Once again, Nolan has completed the disruption
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Text|Nam Rumin Editor|Park Fang
The summer finale can really be called the finale. That's right, from "Oppenheimer" directed by Nolan!
It has been a long time since he was deeply shocked, and this time Nolan taught filmmakers to be human again, and once again achieved great success. If the previous series of commercial films is enough for Nolan to prove himself at the market level, then the later films such as "Dunkirk" and "Oppenheimer" will allow Nolan to climb another peak and come to the ranks of masters.
Hollywood China premiere, long gone!
If "Megalodon 2" Jason Statham came to China for publicity, then Nolan's visit to Beijing to promote "Oppenheimer" became the first Hollywood filmmaker to come to China in three years since the epidemic, after all, "Megalodon 2" theoretically does not belong to Hollywood movies. The significance of Nolan's visit to China is undoubtedly significant and groundbreaking.
In recent years, the box office of Hollywood movies has repeatedly declined, and this year's entire Hollywood film is far from expectations, and when the market performance is not good, Hollywood's top creators are undoubtedly a wind direction to come to China. As one of the top directors in Hollywood today, Nolan's visit to Universal Studios Beijing after coming to China in 2017 is a testament to his importance to the mainland market.
(Nolan surrounded by fans)
As one of the most popular directors in the mainland, the director was also welcomed most warmly in China, and was simply "chased and blocked" by fanatical fans in the mainland, and in the face of this enthusiasm, the director also gave enough response, and the red carpet signature alone took 10 minutes. There are too many Nolan fans on site, which also witnesses Nolan's absolute popularity in the mainland.
After this battle, it may be a turning point, and also a wake-up call to Hollywood that although the mainland market is declining, it is still the largest overseas market, and it must be paid attention to again. And Nolan's "Oppenheimer" has already set an excellent example.
Box office and word of mouth double harvest
In fact, in recent years, with Nolan's great success in commercial films, he intends to transform in the direction of the project, at least now there are more attempts, at least "Dunkirk" and "Oppenheimer" are returning to the World War II period, not commercial films in the traditional sense, more diversified attempts, as if approaching his predecessor Kubrick. And this time "Oppenheimer" has once again achieved great success.
In fact, as a commercial project, there are many problems in the film, such as it is a biographical film, with a length of 3 hours, and it is a character from the World War II period, and the audience's recognition is not enough, etc., there are too many reasons not to sell. But "Oppenheimer" has a great advantage, that is, it is written and directed by Nolan, who can always break the game with extraordinary talent.
Not surprisingly, the film has broken many barriers and made a major breakthrough at the market level, and the current global box office has exceeded 700 million US dollars, of which North America is about to come to 300 million US dollars, and overseas markets are also performing well. Breaking the expectation that the cheer is not shouting. The performance in most regions was excellent, and the audience gave great support and respect to this new Nolan film.
Next, as the last big market in the world, the performance of the mainland market is quite worth looking forward to, of course, it will not have too high performance, after all, "Oppenheimer" is not a popcorn at all, but an extremely serious and high threshold movie, but I believe that there will be a large number of audiences will be extremely loved. With the final blessing of the mainland market, the film will easily exceed 800 million US dollars worldwide, and will eventually rank second in the history of biographical films.
At the level of word of mouth, it is almost the best of Nolan, 93% of Rotten Tomatoes in North America, which belongs to the category of top word of mouth, and all works in Nolan also belong to the first echelon. The North American MTC scored 88 points, completely in the category of gods. Domestic Douban scored a high score of 8.6 points, which is currently the highest rating for Hollywood movies this year.
Obviously, whether it is the market level of the film or the word of mouth level, there is good feedback, Nolan challenged biopic for the first time and achieved success again. He has proven that he can not only easily master any genre, but also constantly innovate and subvert in challenging new genres, striving to give audiences a refreshing effect.
Once again, Nolan has completed the disruption
As early as 2017's "Dunkirk", Nolan was trying to break the traditional way of telling war films through the relationship between time and space, not only a word of mouth, but also a historical box office record for war films. Now the biopic "Oppenheimer" is also the runner-up position at the box office of biographical films, while continuing to seek new breakthroughs in the genre.
The style of the film is still very Nolan, still making articles on the timeline, "Oppenheimer" is not traditionally advanced according to the timeline, but cut into three time nodes, through editing for three lines at the same time, to achieve clutter and not chaos. However, many characters and complex multi-lines still pose a certain challenge to watching the movie, and it requires very patient and undistracted viewing.
Throughout all of Nolan's films, he will always inadvertently "work against the audience" on the timeline and editing, which is actually conducive to faster progress. As a 3-hour "Oppenheimer", the amount of information may take 5 hours to explain clearly, but under Nolan's extremely fast advance, 3 hours is like a snap of the fingers, the rhythm is too tight, leaving no time to breathe.
Obviously, "Oppenheimer" is not a traditional biographical film, the protagonist Oppenheimer is an extremely complex character, and Murphy's performance is impressive and accurate, almost locking in the Oscar male lead nomination in advance, and even being able to win. The theme of Nolan's narration is very profound, it is not anti-war in the traditional sense, but more the fear of war, it is the attitude of the fire bearer to fire, a kind of self-reflection.
With the release of the film in the global market, the world has already given "Oppenheimer" a review, and the mainland market may be a little different, it will be accompanied by huge controversy, and even polarized comments. In the eyes of many people, it will be regarded as a classic in film history, a rare high-quality work of contemporary times, and once it does not belong to its audience, it is completely impossible to experience the charm of "Oppenheimer".
Perhaps this is Nolan, each of his films is full of controversy, top talent, unparalleled imagination, with that retro film live shooting and IMAX top audiovisual experience. Together, these made Nolan and Oppenheimer, a profound, complex, and definitely worthy of a brush.