Standard film history champion

Wilfred 2022-01-20 08:02:28

From the beginning of the film's promotion, the two biggest trump cards were unobtrusively played: action comedy and star lineup. As a commercial film, there are a lot of stars outside to attract the box office, and there is a genre film model to ensure word-of-mouth. Even if there are many loopholes in the story, "The Raiders League" is still enough to grab the audience's attention.

This is naturally the benefit of a mature business model. A group of treacherous tricks, but the final result falls into its hands. The drama of the story itself is doomed to its commercial value, and the means of Cui Dongxun, the director of commercial films, is much more than that. Point, there are Lee Jung-jae and Kim Soo-hyun playing handsome in the film, Jun Ji-hyun is sexy after his comeback, Oh Dal-soo’s broken Chinese makes a joke, Yam Da-hua’s middle-aged, Li Xinjie’s skillful and refreshing, everyone in the transnational thief group has its own characteristics, the story is from Busan From Hong Kong to Macau, everything went to the goal of big production and high box office. When the film officially became the most popular local film in Korean film history in October last year, the producers’ expectations for the film had been over-satisfied.

Being the top box office champion is not enough to prove that "Raiders League" is a perfect film. On the contrary, the film's flaws still exist, some plot arrangements are rigid, and the character ending is unclear. Such "stabs" are not rare. Although it is known as the "Asian version of the Eleven Arhats", the film is difficult to compare with the "Eleven Arhats" in terms of story integrity and entertainment. Apart from the tense theft scenes and intense action scenes, the love relationships in the film are only to be tasted. It is difficult to assume the mission of expanding the film's connotation. After the film strips off the dazzling shell of action and comedy, find Without sufficient emotional support, the possibility of digging deep connotations is lost. But having said that, it is certain that the box office success of Raiders of the Lost Alliance did not ignore its flaws, and of course its flaws cannot obliterate the box office success. What we value more is that, just like the movie-watching frenzy that was set off by "Thailand" at the end of the year, "Raiders League" broke the Korean box office record by not only propaganda and schedule effects, but also relying on these well-versed commercial genres. Multi-party cooperation between the director, actors and the people behind the scenes in the creative mode. Without standardized assembly line production, it is difficult to have a mature and functioning film industry.

With the success in the Korean box office, "Indianapolis" successfully landed in Hong Kong, and then introduced to the mainland. This is also the wishful thinking of the producers when they invited a group of Hong Kong actors to perform. China’s audience market has a huge potential, and any country wants to get a share of the pie. Korean films have co-produced many films with China in recent years, and the introduction of "League of Treasures" at the beginning of the year has caused even more problems. An interesting phenomenon. Before, there was the best-selling domestic film in the history of Chinese film, and later there was the best-selling domestic film in the history of Korean film. The two films jointly created a legend relying on the standard genre film model, and the box office champions of the two countries Both are commercial films "Avatar". The box office war is always a genre movie, and only those who are familiar with the rules can play a good show.

Originally published in "Yangcheng Evening News", January 18, 2013, A28

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  • Gust 2022-03-19 09:01:08

    Jun Jixian is the most dazzling, and Yam Dahua is the most miserable. It's still lively and beautiful, but it's hard to become a classic.

  • Paris 2022-04-21 09:03:13

    Excellent commercial production, fully feel the excitement of genre films; however, too many characters inevitably result in distinctive overall characteristics on the surface, but when refined to each character, it appears thin and single.