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Preface
Speaking of Hollywood, everyone should be familiar with it, Hollywood used to be almost the representative of the world's blockbusters, and actors who have not made a name for themselves in Hollywood cannot be called international superstars at all.
However, I don't know if you have noticed it, in the past ten years, Hollywood's works have become more and more collapsed, for example, "Aquaman 2" has just been released, which is simply announcing the end of the Hollywood film era!
You know, five years ago, after the release of "Aquaman 1", it got a box office of 2 billion in Chinese mainland!
However, five years later, "Aquaman 2" only had a box office of 35 million on the day after its release, and it has continued to decline since then.
According to estimates, this masterpiece, which was regarded by Hollywood as a lifesaver at the end of this year, is likely to be a problem with even 300 million box office.
In this way, many people lament, is the era of Hollywood coming to an end, and is it time for the superhero theme to come to an end?
So, why does a "Aquaman 2" make many people see the end of Hollywood?
Disappointing dog-tailed mink
Before talking about the movie, let's talk about the general plot of the movie, the general story of the movie is that after losing the last war with Aquaman, the black manta ray that fell into the sea was fortunately rescued by Dr. Shen.
Later, the two teamed up to find the god-level equipment, the Dark Trident, and then it was a big killing.
Aquaman saw that he couldn't beat each other alone, so he found his brother, Orm, the former king of Atlantis, and the two joined forces to defeat the villain and save the ocean.
The story is such a story, but compared to the success of "Aquaman I", "Aquaman II" is too overwhelming.
I don't know what's going on with it, the first film and television work of the same series, the first part is often the best, and the second part and even more sequels after it are often dog-tailed sequels.
However, because "Aquaman 2" is not worse than the first part, whether in terms of publicity, financial investment and casting, many people still bought it at first.
However, insiders know that this movie is doomed to failure, because when it was released internally, it was beaten back five times, and it has not been broadcast in Chinese mainland, and this movie, which has an investment of about 1.5 billion, has already mentioned the worst DC movie.
So, what exactly is wrong with this movie?
In fact, objectively speaking, if you want to say that this movie is a complete bad movie, it is really wronged by others.
First of all, in terms of special effects, the special effects of this blockbuster are actually really good, at least much stronger than most Chinese movies.
The depictions and special effects of the underwater world and various marine animals are quite good.
It should be admitted that although Hollywood's special effects have not made much progress in recent years, the special effects of Chinese films and television have visibly regressed.
In terms of playing, that's really okay, it's called a dark one, which is very exciting.
The atmosphere of the movie is also good, and Wen Ziren's horror elements are quite in place.
plus the emotional drama that is okay, and the compact plot that has no sense of water injection.
Overall, even if this work is not a masterpiece, it can be regarded as a medium level, at least not a bad movie.
However, most viewers feel that after watching it, it is just two words, mediocre.
So what's going on here?
This has to be said that there have been several hard injuries in Hollywood blockbusters in recent years.
The first is the narrative routine, there is no longer the pride of saving the world like Spider-Man Superman, but it has degenerated into a family, somewhat childish.
But this is not really bad, after all, the theme of the family is also quite moving, but the problem is that the content inside looks compact, but there are too few nutritious parts.
The interaction between the protagonist Arthur Orm and his brother is basically a gag, and he also plays with the bad stalks of Marvel and Warner. can't help but make people play, and it's also disgusting.
What's even more seasick is that whether it's Arthur or Heim inside, it's all Aquaman!
However, after watching this film, I have the idea that I should think about the trade-off between family and work, and the seemingly incompatible questions about the protection of the marine environment.
That's not to mention the other hard flaws in the plot, such as the setting of the characters' combat power, and the structure of the world view are all very problematic.
For example, how can the villain Black Manta Ray in it be able to easily obtain the approval of the Super Artifact with the help of a mortal?
Also, Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman have been mentioned many times in the movie, these heroes, why does Aquaman have to find a brother who doesn't deal with him?
In addition, how did the brothers, who were about to become enemies of life and death in the previous step, suddenly reconcile?
It's not a plot of reunion, we can accept it, but you have to give an explanation, there has to be a twist, right?
The funniest thing is that the boss hidden in it until the end, King Kodacus, appeared domineeringly for two minutes, and then was solved and beaten to ashes by Aquaman's two moves.
No, big brother, you can come back from the dead, and you play with both the pros and cons in the palm of your hand, you are too disrespectful to the audience, right?
Therefore, with these performances, there is really nothing wrong with the audience shouting for a refund!
So then again, whose pot is the bad end of this movie?
Hollywood, which used to be a blockbuster, has become more and more collapsed in the past two years?
Second, Hollywood is in decline
Speaking of which, under normal circumstances, after a bad movie, the first person everyone scolds should be the director, but after the broadcast of this film, director Wen Ziren did not receive much criticism.
Because many people know what the current situation is like in Hollywood, and how is the director Wen Ziren dancing in the shackles?
So what are the problems in Hollywood right now?
First of all, it is that political consciousness is too serious about the kidnapping of movies, which is not only a problem of Hollywood, but also a problem that is difficult for all Western films to escape in recent years.
In real life, the extreme environmentalists who shout for environmental protection, for banning people from using oil, not eating meat, not cutting down trees, and those so-called racial egalitarianism, have become the cancer that has destroyed Western cinema.
A more obvious example is the much-complained little "Mermaid" broadcast some time ago, good guy, find a black man to play the Little Mermaid.
To tell you the truth, what did the white version of The Little Mermaid that I watched say? I thought the prince was blind, and he didn't even want such a beautiful beauty. And after watching the new version, the prince's choice is really correct!
It's not that I'm discriminating against black people, it's a mermaid, first of all, you have to be beautiful!
The same problem is also reflected in "Aquaman II", the original story setting, he should be a grand mythological story, but from time to time there are some topics such as marine pollution protection, how to say it, it's not that it's not bad.
But the question is, isn't it a bit out of place for you to set pickles at a state banquet?
Secondly, it is the capitalists in Hollywood today who are really daring to play with screenwriting and scripts.
I don't know if you still remember that in May this year, Suqian resigned and protested against the collective resignation of Hollywood screenwriters!
Why?
Because, in today's Hollywood, in order to reduce the cost of screenwriters and improve the production speed of scripts, they have divided labor and packaged and assembled production methods, so that a script that originally took several years to grind can be freshly baked within a few months.
The consequences are also quite obvious, the speed of script production is really fast, but the quality, then it can only be hehe.
Do you know why AI can never compare to the human brain? Because the stories made up by AI are serious fast food, which looks colorful, but in fact it is all a streamlined routine, and it is still fresh to watch one or two, and it will get bored after watching too much.
In recent years, the reason why Hollywood's box office has continued to decline is this, they no longer have the whimsical structures of movies such as "Planet of the Apes" and "Spider-Man", and only a bunch of videos spliced together with special effects.
Such Hollywood, where is it worth buying tickets for Chinese?
The improvement of Chinese appreciation
Of course, in recent years, Western films have repeatedly failed in the Chinese market, in addition to their own development problems, but also have a lot to do with the improvement of Chinese's ability to appreciate film and television works.
In the past, the reasons for the explosion of Western blockbusters in the Chinese market were nothing more than the following points, first, people's curiosity about the West, second, the special effects of the West are really good, third, people's blind worship of the West in the era of public knowledge, and fourth, the backwardness of the local film and television industry.
However, in recent years, China's own film and television industry has risen, although there are shortcomings of one kind or another, but at least it has opened the horizons of the Chinese people and allowed them to have a standard for comparison.
In addition, the collapse of Western film and television in recent years, as well as a series of events such as the new crown epidemic and the Russian-Ukrainian war that broke the filter of Chinese to the West, have made Chinese no longer have the fanaticism they once had for Western blockbusters.
As for the only commendable special effects in Hollywood blockbusters today?
I'm sorry, their special effects are indeed stronger than those in China, but the question is how many people will go to see a movie specifically for special effects?
Besides, Hollywood's special effects, he hasn't improved over the years, rather than paying to watch those worthless new movies, it's better to flip through those old movies that have both connotation and special effects.