Chen Sicheng's "Decryption" written and directed by Chen Sicheng was officially released on August 3.
This film fully demonstrates Chen Sicheng's ambition, the 10 dreams in the film are amazing, using the most advanced shooting equipment and first-class shooting technology, and successfully combining the main theme, decipherment and commerciality, which can be said to be a new main theme film shooting direction.
However, some people saw Chen Sicheng's intentions, and some people didn't, and after the movie was released, it got a lot of doubts and complaints, and the Douban score was only 6.9, which was lower than my own expectations and scores.
To sum up, some netizens think that the movie is suspected of plagiarizing Nolan's "Oppenheimer" and "Inception"; There are also netizens who simply don't like Chen Sicheng, because the end of the easter eggs is minus.
In all fairness, this kind of questioning and complaining is unreasonable. After all, when "Oppenheimer" was released, "Decryption" had already entered the creative stage, not to mention that the movie was adapted from the novel of the Mai family; And Chen Sicheng's perception should not be angry with the movie, this is a truth that three-year-old children understand!
However, while encountering bad reviews, Chen Sicheng also received strong support from his peers in the industry, and many friends chartered the venue to support "Decryption", and the movie also received a lot of positive reviews.
Actor Zhang Yi said after watching the movie: "This decryption has given our film (market) another booster, congratulations and cheers." Praise Hao Ran, epic performance! ”
The evaluation given by the author of the original novel, Mai Jia, is a bit scary. He said: "Decryption uses the most advanced technology of the film industry to express its dreams and decipher the techniques. "Decryption" will give Chinese films a new state, a new look, and a new future. ”
In recent years, movies have been premiered, and friends in the industry have been invited to participate, no matter whether they look good or not, since they have come to cheer, it is very common for businesses to praise each other and blow a few rainbow farts, but judging from the words used by Zhang Yi and Mai Jia, it is obviously a sincere recognition of the movie, otherwise Zhang Yi would not use the word "epic", but would say that Zhang Yi has made great progress and breakthroughs; The Mai family will not say that "it will give Chinese films a new future", at most, it will create a new visual spectacle!
So the question is, what kind of movie is "Decryption" that will get such high recognition? After reading it, you can talk about it briefly.
First of all, the creation of "Decryption" is extremely difficult, even to the point that people give up on the spot. In the film production special, the original author Mai Jia admitted frankly that "Decryption" was his early work, which was rejected more than a dozen times, and when it came to adapting the movie, the two core elements of decipherment and dream interpretation were extremely difficult to present, and many directors wanted to shoot "Decryption", and no less than 6 directors and Mai Jia talked about adaptation, but none of them were negotiated, which shows how difficult it is to adapt.
In addition to the difficulty of converting text to image, the novel itself is more suitable for making a documentary that is more literary, such a theme, it is more difficult to highlight the commerciality and be widely accepted by the audience, how to protect the country, protect the family such the main theme core, packaging into a blockbuster commercial film requires skills and strategies. "Decryption" has done it in terms of temperament and content, and the box office of the three-day screening exceeded 20 million, proving that the film is highly recognized by the market.
Secondly, "Decryption" achieves both artistry and commerciality.
The movie itself is a dream, and the dream in the movie is a dream within a dream, "Decryption" breaks the sense of boundary between reality and dreams in the movie, and the whole movie is integrated, a movie of more than 150 minutes, which makes people fascinated by it.
The image expression is of a very high standard. The film picture is clear and transparent, and the close-up shots fully present the micro-expressions and emotional expressions of the actors. Director of photography Cao Yu used a number of ARRI Alexa 65 cameras, an IMAX-certified digital camera with a resolution comparable to 65mm film. At the same time, in order to present a better picture, the lens used in the film is also the Arley DNA lens, plus various tracks, rocker arms, and the rental cost of the equipment is comparable to that of Hollywood's first-line blockbusters.
Through the production of the special, it can be seen that in order to present the wonderful and magnificent dream scenes, the crew spared no effort in scene design, such as the red sand beach that only appeared for a short time, from coloring, fixing color, making waves, and then using giant lights to create a sun, which took three months. The design and implementation of scenes such as the giant chess lamppost, the three giant Ferris wheels, and the giant maze in the back are unimaginably difficult and costly.
Third, the film is eligible for high scores in the presentation of the main elements, as well as the construction of character relationships and rhythm control.
As mentioned earlier, the main element of the dream is decipherment. On the one hand, Chen Sicheng cleverly connects dreams and decipherment together to increase reversal and interest; On the other hand, through the relationship between John · Cusack and Liu Haoran, the plot is more tense and becomes a life-and-death duel between high IQs.
And, "Decryption" has a luxurious cast and superb performances, Liu Haoran's breakthrough in modeling and acting skills, and the rivalry between him and Chen Daoming is really good-looking! So far, "Decryption" deserves a rating of more than 7.5, and it is no wonder that Mai Jia and Zhang Yi have given such high evaluations.