The Spring Festival is undoubtedly one of the busiest and most lively periods in the Chinese film market. This year, a total of eight films have been officially announced for the New Year, including "Hot and Hot" directed and acted by Jia Ling, "Flying Life 2" starring Shen Teng, and "Article 20" directed by Zhang Yimou and other high-profile works. However, among the many films that have attracted much attention, an animated film called "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space" has become the biggest dark horse.
As an animated film aimed at children, "Bear Infested" has successfully attracted a large number of viewers with its beautiful graphics, interesting story and deep-rooted themes. In recent years, this cartoon has released one film every year, and since 2013, eight films have been launched so far, and each one has a very high rating on Douban.
The success of this cartoon is not only due to its beautiful production and deep-rooted themes, but also because it accurately grasps the needs of the audience and market trends. In the current Chinese film market, audiences are demanding more and more from the quality of films, and they are no longer satisfied with simple comedy or action movies, but want to see more works with depth and connotation.
In 2024, "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space", Bald Qiang is no longer a lumberjack, nor a tour guide, and a 9-to-6 programmer, but he often dreams of strange forests and two bears.
This story is more like the experience of many people, who fantasize about returning to the past when they grow up, so it has also attracted the expectations of many audiences.
Shen Teng and Jia Ling are representatives of the Chinese comedy film industry in recent years, and their works often resonate and laugh from the audience. Directed by Han Han and starring Shen Teng, Yin Zheng, Fan Chengcheng and others, "Flying Life 2" has already been finalized, and Shen Teng also led the crew to do publicity in the last episode of Zhejiang Satellite TV's "Ace vs. Ace".
This film is a sequel to "Flying Life", and the number of people who want to watch it has exceeded 500,000, which is only a few thousand people short of "Bear Infested: Reversal of Time and Space", it is worth mentioning that this film, the number of people who want to watch it has grown very fast in recent days, and it may exceed "Bear Infested" in recent days.
Jia Ling directed and starred in her first film "Hello, Li Huanying" in 2020, This film has achieved a very good reputation and box office after its release during the Spring Festival in 2021, and in 2023, Jia Ling pushed off all variety shows and filmed her second film "Hot and Hot", for this film Jia Ling successfully lost 100 pounds, many netizens also said that they wanted to see Jia Ling after losing weight, and the number of people who want to watch this film ranks third, with more than 370,000 people wanting to watch it.
The fourth is also "Article 20" directed by Zhang Yimou, which currently has more than 270,000 people who want to watch it, the fifth is "Mr. Red Carpet" starring Andy Lau, with more than 120,000 people, and the sixth and seventh are only tens of thousands, and the eighth is the suspense film "Breaking the War", which currently has only more than 1,000 people, but this film was not released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, but on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year.
Although the works of Shen Teng and Jia Ling have attracted much attention, in the special period of the Spring Festival, the audience's enthusiasm for comedy seems to have decreased. On the contrary, cartoons like "Bear Infested: Reversing Time and Space" have managed to capture the audience's attention with their deeply rooted themes and exquisite production. This also proves that in the current Chinese film market, good works and word-of-mouth are the key to winning audiences.
In general, the eight films in the Spring Festival file have their own merits, and works such as "Hello, Li Huanying" also have good performances. But in this special period, "Bear Infested: Return to Earth" has attracted the attention of the audience with its excellent quality and deep-rooted theme.