It is said that these are two of the most popular acts of devotion in the new season of the year -
First of all, I took my mother to "Fengshen " to see Fei Xiang's chest muscles, and then she took our father to "Megalodon 2" to see the masseter muscles of the big shark.
Even after the release of this disaster blockbuster starring Guo Dastatham and Chinese tough guy Wu Jing, the ratings fell to 5.6 at the speed of light;
But this still can't stop the old man from coming to the cinema and getting close to the blood basin of the big shark.
Fortunately, after watching the film, most of the mothers showed the brightest smile of the year on the chest of the young idol Fei Xiang, but the fathers suddenly met the back of the Love Shark family in their dreams.
"My father personally bought an IMAX ticket at a high price, but he was happy and returned with a black face."
And when you try to complain about the weirdness of the film's setting and the lack of narrative rhythm, the father is silent for a long time, with only one sentence:
"What about the big shark? How come there are so many shots of big sharks! ”
Well, you might think he can't handle the plot, he just wants to see more sharks.
Although the first part of the series only received a rating of 5.7, it still holds a high position in the hearts of many shark fans.
There is no other reason - because the fish inside are large, and each one.
Jason Statham, who wants to be muscular and looks muscular, will use a submarine to send an underwater shovel to the big shark:
After a while, he jumped out of the water again and performed the "Human Ace Trident Fish Eye" trick.
Even in the eyes of ordinary audiences, such a plot development is the American version of "The Devil".
But there is always a group of people who are as unruly as catnip -
"I know it's not even popcorn. But that's a big shark! Who can resist the temptation to kill old animals! ”
I would say that they are love behemoths.
It is mostly made up of older men who are obsessed with movies outside about old catastrophes, and occasionally younger blood comes in.
When you are bored during your lunch break or on a business trip, you can open the "Legend of Zhen Huan" or "The Legend of Wulin" section and click a few times.
But only the old movie section of the video site will open, select the movie with the words "monster shark", "poisonous spider", "wild python", "crocodile" and other words in the title, and click to play unconditionally.
The names of such films are usually like ghosts hitting a wall, and it is difficult to say that there is no participation.
Be careful not to appear in monster movies such as dinosaurs, Godzilla and other mysterious monsters.
Just like true sci-fi fans, they would classify superhero movies as pure fantasy.
The monster is so huge that it can be a larger version of the existing creature to provide an exciting valley experience.
According to the suspect's father, the limit he could accept was King Kong. "Even if it's too strange to like beautiful women, at least it still looks like a normal gorilla."
When you fight, you are still human.
In the hearts of fans, Spielberg's Jaws is the undisputed bible of monster movies.
That was 48 years ago. Director Si, who was still very young at the time, became famous with this expensive film and made a special contribution to the diversity of the film industry.
Why did the famous directors of the time like to shoot such strange faces?
Most moviegoers can't resist the temptation of monster movies. In fact, the movie perfectly applies the phrase "small beauty, big power".
"Look, this girl's name is Xiaomei, she and her boyfriend Da Zhuang are going to the forest for a vacation, if nothing else, the closest thing to death in five minutes is her life."
In terms of plot alone, monster movies tend to follow an ancient narrative logic:
A group of brave and careless young people often encounter strange things in the forest and eventually discover that their temptation is a prehistoric snake/big shark/man-eating crocodile, each trying to escape.
These include beheaded homeless people, a few Axis men who love the trip to Tiger Mountain, and a few tough guys with incredible fighting skills.
The hero and heroine must survive when all supporters die, and then kiss when the rescue team arrives.
...... Of course, it's okay to be a hero and be a hero.
In 1999 "Deep Sea Shark", Xiaomei, who was looking for death throughout the process, chose to sacrifice herself in the last 10 minutes. Only Da Zhuang and his Kalemi survived.
Seeing this, many old movie fans who have seen countless movies may find a bug: isn't this the same as those old ghost movies?
However, they all overlooked an important aspect, and that was the behemoth itself.
It doesn't matter who the little beauty is, because in these movies, no one can steal the beast's limelight.
Just by looking at the poster, you can tell who the protagonist is.
It's a little less repressive than nihilistic ghosts and a little more thrilling in hand-to-hand combat than dinosaurs and exaggerated monsters.
The oldest supermassive stars tend to appear alone.
Most of the time it is hidden in the dark and you can only see its claws in the light passing by.
Don't assume that the director is trying to add tension. They may just be worried that their monsters will act as magic weapons on Liu Qian's Spring Festival evening.
After all, the films at that time were mainly about cheap and highly intelligent sharks, made with computer special effects, which looked like this -
This is python made from models -
Whose rubber tube came out, how is it still crumpled?
According to statistics, for every monster movie in the world, a whale is injured. Perhaps because the underwater world can inspire more horror inspiration for the director. Most of these ancient giants were fish or amphibians.
Therefore, they are often arranged to kill whales to test the waters before they start hunting. (Bus
As if beating a gong, he told the audience: "Although it killed such a large whale, the power of this giant beast is amazing!" ”
If there is anything that can resist the existence of monsters, it must be the old man who insists on killing monsters in every movie -
They are the Captain Ahab of modern society, the Hemingway of the world of exploration, and they will return when the entire crew is ready to run for their lives.
The most infuriating is Quint in Jaws. In order to kill the shark with his own hands and avenge his friends, he destroyed the walkie-talkie that called for help.
Friend: Uncle, you have lived enough, but we are still young!
However, it was this insistence on eye-to-eye that drew our dads to the TV.
Young people love the thrilling feeling of mecha destruction, while older men are obsessed with the oldest hand-to-hand combat.
Spot the sea monster with a python and hit your friend hard with excitement when he panics.
Like Santiago in The Old Man and the Sea triumphantly dragging a fish bone.
I can understand why Dad doesn't like to look at dinosaurs: it's not good when the opponent is so big that humans can't escape it!
When the audience began to get tired of the combination of expeditions + prehistoric monsters, these talented directors opened up new genres -
Beautiful Escape Series.
Most of the stories are similar to The Fall, which was popular in musicals long ago. Fortunately, in addition to the bloody incentive of the battle behemoth, there is also the temptation of billions of bikinis.
For example, in Shark Beach, played by the beautiful blonde Blake Lively Lively, this is what she wore before she met the shark.
Later, because of the wound, I needed to knot my shirt to stop the bleeding, so I took it off like this——
Interestingly, there was a similar movie in 2016 called Shark Sea.
tells the story of two girls who watched sharks in a cage, but fell into the deep sea because the cable broke.
A few years later, the team filmed another movie "Shark Sea 2", and the story is almost the same as the previous one.
...... The only difference is that the protagonist has changed from swimsuit two beauties to swimsuit four beauties.
Yes, the movie Behemoth also explores introversion.
At that time, brave old Americans fought with yacht-sized great white sharks, but turned into ship-sized megalodons, eating 10 Wu Jing in one bite.
Not only the type of volume, but also the type of volume.
"Anaconda" and "Prehistoric Crocodile" both made their fifth films, with extremely poor reviews, and the company of "Crocodile vs. Anaconda" only does IP connections.
Finally, I would like to mention point 2.9. Of course, when it comes to the "inflation" of monster movies, nothing compares to a shark movie.
Thanks to the rich imagination, shark movies have even earned a unique name among monster lovers: shark movies.
In the beginning, the shark was considered the weakest boss in the monster movies because it had a fatal flaw, and that was that it couldn't sit.
But the directors said it didn't matter, they didn't have enough skills, so we could do different tricks.
Today we have to mention the film series "Deadly N-Head Shark", which is famous in the shark carving film industry.
It's hard not to suspect that the inspiration for this sand game ad went like this: "In the beginning, a random three-headed shark was spotted. I found out that I bought the director and I became a five-headed shark. ”
Sharks live up to their name. At first glance, you would think that they are no different from the usual monster movies.
It wasn't until shark heads appeared that they realized how strange they were: "Five heads, how does this shark look like legs?" ”
Here is a special introduction to "Deadly Six Sharks", which is also the pinnacle of this series.
As the only shark with a similar head, it has a symmetrical shape that differs from its peers.
But you'll soon realize that he's at the top of the deadly shark world isn't just because of his appearance.
When the handsome man and beautiful woman fled to land, there was a loud noise in the sky, and a shark appeared on the spot -
"You idiot! I'm going ashore! ”
It must be said that even a very obscene film is on different levels.
For example, if you watch Megalodon 2, you can also see a mistake as to why Jason Statham can move freely at a depth of 7,000 meters and hit the Bangbang shark twice.
But when you see Deadly Shark, only one question comes to your mind -
Brother Shark, don't you have 6 heads? Is there only one relationship that can bite?
Brother Shark said: "It's not that I don't want to fight more, mainly because I'm afraid of losing my temperament when biting." ”
If you bite at the wrong angle, it will become a food dragging platform.
But if the original movements all use four heads on the sides, then why not just want four legs?
Shark head next to it: My nose and stomach hurt so much!
Killer sharks had such a powerful impact on fans that it was once thought that sharks' heads would grow indefinitely.
When there are enough of them, they turn into balls. "The last part of this series must be called "Killer Roundhead Shark"."
Until one day, another director made a decision to leave his father behind but make fans happy.
In other words, it adds an element of science fiction and fantasy: if sharks can go to land, they must also go to the sky!
Thus, the "Sharknado" series was born.
The background of the play is that a common disaster occurs on Earth, that is, a storm blows sharks in the sea into the sky and kills them.
He only eats sharks and doesn't eat other fish, and that's okay.
The important thing is that you can combine the urban disaster and the behemoth element, and the powerful combination results like a tall star supporting a blue symbol.
After all, the original monster movie wasn't a brainless, funny movie.
Jaws is believed to be the creator. The story is said to come from "Moby Dick", which is about the great spiritual power displayed by human beings in the face of nature.
Man-eating sharks appear on resort beaches, but the local government refuses to warn them, and even hides them in order to earn tourism revenue.
So three brave middle-aged + old men decided to use their skills to save the townspeople and won the final victory in the long conflict with the monster.
But that same year, Jaws achieved good results, selling nearly 500 million boxes at a production cost of $9 million.
This also laid the foundation for later monster movie directors to "spend small money to do big things".
As a result, it was difficult for latecomers to make high-quality films, production became meaningless, and stories became tedious.
Even the house was built only from flat materials.
With the continuation of dinosaur movies and monster movies, the only "visual spectacle" advantage has finally disappeared, completely falling into the ranks of bad movies.
But to this day, there are still people who do not hesitate to express their love for big sharks and fraternity.
Old people love direct and brutal effects and strategic plans to fight mysterious natural creatures.
Watching the old man kill a python and the young man beat a shark on screen is a rare moment in the boring life tamed by city life.
Although most of them don't go to the cinema and used to rent DVDs, they now rely on their children to sign up for video memberships.
Young fans think it's an electronic brain massage.
A post-95 netizen said that when he stayed in a hotel on a business trip, he would often open a free giant beast movie when he was relaxing.
Unlike Zhen Huan and Zhiwu, Zao brand electronic mustard can only be used once.
As classic as Jaws is, he goes numb when you know exactly how many minutes the shark will hit the boat and bite off his big, strong leg.
I have no doubt that while popcorn movies continue to evolve in space and the multiverse, we still need a steady stream of behemoth movies.
After all, the imagination of prehistoric creatures and the struggle against the forces of nature will always stimulate the adrenaline of humans again and again.
So "Megalodon" can safely and boldly shoot the third and fourth parts -
But this time, remember to shoot more sharks.
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