The sense of dissonance is an element that every responsible director attaches great importance to and tries his best to avoid. The original version of "Crazy Stone" had the feeling that the poor were very poor and the rich were not rich. This was entirely because the crew's funds were too tight and they could not create it. It’s no wonder that Ning Hao feels like a rich person.
In the previous life, "Crazy Stone" was like a neglected jade stone, but no one expected that its particularly cheap-looking fur interior was of the highest quality. Unfortunately, the team at that time could only It was based on rough carvings, and in the end, it became a work of art with excellent texture and relatively casual carving.
Now, with sufficient production funds, this piece of jadeite with excellent texture finally has a carving that can match it. Therefore, when the film is finally presented to the audience, the effect is much better than the original version.
A movie lasts about 100 minutes, and it can be said that there is no peeing throughout the whole process. The guests, audience and even reporters on the scene were laughing so hard that the laughter basically never stopped from the beginning to the end.
In the play, Huang Bo's performance is impeccable. Although this is a movie where one man and two men cannot be distinguished from the scenes, his performance is already the well-deserved male lead in the whole movie. His performance not only makes All the audience burst into laughter, and all the directors and actors were surprised;
When acting skills have become the biggest problem plaguing China's new generation of actors, Huang Bo gave a textbook-level performance in this movie, with almost no trace of acting from beginning to end;
Guo Tao, who plays the role of the security captain, also gave an impeccable performance. If I have to point out something less than perfect, it may be that his mountain city accent is not quite authentic.
Liu Tianwang created the image of the international thief impeccably. He had to be tough and handsome, and his acting skills were not to mention. Moreover, his contrasting portrayal of this character was very good, from his appearance to stealing the jade. Before the failure, he maintained a 007-like temperament, with an awesomeness index of 100; and after the failure to steal the jade, he was able to perfectly portray the state of an unlucky thief, with an awesomeness index of -100.
In addition to these starring roles, Tang Wei's girlfriend of the black boss is also very eye-catching. Although the actors in the original girlfriend of the black boss are very good at acting, they do not meet the standards of most people in terms of aesthetics. But when Tang Wei played His hair was dyed yellow and permed, and fake tattoos were painted on his slender waist. When he put on a sexy leopard print outfit and a small fur vest, it seemed as if three big words were written directly on his face: "Social Person."
Wang Xun himself is an actor with a long history. Before this, he had already been on the small stage for many years. His acting skills are much better than those of most people with serious academic background. He has created a perfect urban little man, a person with unique characteristics. Realistic little people who bully others but are afraid of being harsh, flatter their leaders, and pretend to be powerful to others. Such characters are seen too much in real life, but too rarely on the big screen. The reason is that most actors' portrayal abilities are too limited, or they are just painting tigers. It cannot resemble a dog, or it cannot resemble a tiger if you draw a dog.
Although Xu Zheng doesn't have many roles, he also perfectly portrays his role as a real estate developer. Such actors are rare talents. As long as you need him, he can be in a drama by himself. He can play the leading role alone in a drama, but he can also play a green role well in a drama, just like the "mix" in mahjong tiles, which can be played as any kind of tiles.
The movie came to an end when Huang Bo was biting bread and being chased by a chef riding an electric bicycle on a viaduct in a mountain city.
The moment the cast came out, the lights all around came on, and everyone in the room stood up and applauded in unison.
The whole house cheered and the premiere was a complete success.
"Crazy Stone" has no educational meaning, nor is it critical, nor is it related to various styles such as abstraction, postmodernity, neoclassical, and Old-School. It does not satirize society, criticize human nature, or expose dark reality. It's a comedy, a complete and 100% comedy.
But the more pure a movie like this is, the more rare it is.
Many directors think too much. They want to make money and win big awards, and they keep stuffing their own "private goods" into the movies. They also want to be praised and praised by others, giving thumbs up and saying they are awesome. The more they think, the harder it becomes. Realize that most of the things that are finally shot are nondescript.
There are also some directors who like to film the dark side of Chinese society, and such films are often very easy to win awards as soon as they go abroad. Li Mu has been wondering for a while whether some foreign film festivals like to give awards to films that film the dark side of China. Movie.
Although he has no prejudice against this type of director, he has seen this kind of thing a lot, and he always feels that their ideas are not as pure as they seem.
Ning Hao's thoughts are relatively simple. He is down-to-earth in making a movie that can make the audience laugh out loud. Apart from that, there is nothing else. He does not want to criticize society, human nature, or get involved in politics. He just wants to I want to focus on making a pure movie.
Li Mu does not pursue fame and awards in the film and television industry at all, but he cannot be as "pure" as Ning Hao. His motivation for filming "Flying Tigers" is to contain some of his own private goods. On the one hand, he must curb the spirit of Japanese Bushido. To spread it around the world, on the one hand, it also needs to let people all over the world know the sacrifices of the Chinese people during World War II and the cruelty of the invaders. In short, it is not a pure movie.
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After the premiere, "Crazy Stone" was officially released in theaters across the country.
As of midnight that night, "Crazy Stone" had grossed a total of 13 million at the box office.
The film scheduling rate was 60%, and the attendance rate exceeded 80%.
The box office explosion started on the second day.
That night, Li Mu's interview was broadcast on major TV stations.
As the largest "opinion leader" among young people in the world, the young people's blind obedience to Li Mu far exceeds that of the young girls in later generations who follow the female stars of Little Red Book and buy facial masks like crazy.
Li Mu's personal Amway movies, this alone is enough to make young people flock to them. What's more, just after SARS, people involuntarily demand public places deep in their hearts, creating a retaliatory explosion. increase.
Without SARS, some people would not be able to go shopping once a year. However, due to the depressing experience of having to avoid public places at all times during SARS, these people began to actively go to various public places to find a way to release their stress after the SARS epidemic ended.
This feeling is very similar to the feeling of high school students who want to live in an Internet cafe every day as soon as the college entrance examination is over after experiencing a high-pressure and boring senior year.
Just at this time, a comedy film recommended by Li Mu, starring Liu Dehua, and well received by the media was released in the cinema. For a while, walking into the cinema to watch this movie became the best way to relieve stress in the minds of these groups. choose.
Since there were no serious competitors during the schedule, "Crazy Stone" achieved a 70% screening rate on the second day, and the full-day attendance rate exceeded 95%! In most cities and most shows, "Crazy Stone" is sold out!
In first-tier cities such as Yanjing and Shanghai, the attendance rate of "Crazy Stone" remains at 100%, because there are still a large number of viewers who want to see it but cannot buy tickets.
As a result, scalpers began to appear in major movie theaters. Tickets ranging from 20 to 30 yuan were basically sold at double the price. Tickets with better show time and better seat location could even be purchased for 100 yuan, which was quite popular. When "Avatar" was released, it was a sell-out hit.
When "Avatar" was released, 3D movie tickets were sold by scalpers at triple the price and were snapped up by enthusiastic audiences. The few IMAX movie tickets were even sold at sky-high prices by scalpers.
Supported by such high enthusiasm, "Crazy Stone" earned 84 million at the box office nationwide on the first full day after its release!
This single-day box office set a record for the highest single-day box office for Chinese films, and also set a record for the total single-day box office in the Chinese film and television industry.
On this day, all the limited theater chains across the country are running continuously. For each theater, from the time it was opened until yesterday, there has never been a day as busy as today.
As the number of moviegoers continues to grow, "Crazy Stone" has created an excellent reputation on the Internet. Every netizen who has watched this movie said that this movie is the best domestic comedy they have ever seen. There is no such thing as a movie. Not only is the movie great to watch, but the experience of being in a movie theater and laughing with the whole movie theater for 100 minutes is truly wonderful and unforgettable.
A large number of netizens flocked to the "Crazy Stone" forum, posting praises and discussions, making this newly created forum the most active forum of the day. A large number of viewers praised it, and almost no negative comments were seen. It has a good reputation. To this extent, it is the first time in the entire industry.
YY specially released a pop-up push to recommend "Crazy Stone" to netizens across the country. After users click on the pop-up recommendation, they will directly open a report on the YY website. In addition to a brief introduction to the movie, this report also Attached is Li Mu’s evaluation of the film, as well as screenshots of the highlights of Tieba netizens’ comments.
At this time, "Crazy Stone" has become the biggest focus of attention on the entire Internet.
Theater chains across the country were caught off guard by "Crazy Stone" and immediately began to readjust their film schedules. First, they squeezed the film schedules of other movies to the maximum extent. Second, the theater chains themselves began to semi-mandatory refunds or screen changes for users.
For example, for other film and television works released at the same time, only 20 tickets were pre-sold for a 100-seat theater. The theater directly changed the number of shows in this theater and this time period to "Crazy Stone", and then matched these 20 tickets The seats are locked. After the audience who originally purchased another movie arrives at the scene, the staff of the theater chain will coordinate directly. The user can choose to refund the ticket with the original price + a subsidy ranging from 5 to 10 yuan, or he can directly take the original movie ticket. Come in and watch "Crazy Stone".
As a result, on the second full day of its release, which was Sunday, the actual film scheduling rate of "Crazy Stone" nationwide reached an astonishing 92%!
Basically all theaters, all theaters, and all time periods are playing "Crazy Stone" non-stop. Passing through the corridors of the theater, huge laughter is always erupting in all the theaters.
On the second full day, the box office of "Crazy Stone" reached an astonishing 110 million!
The record just set by it the day before was broken by itself the next day!
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