The last day of 2018, we witnessed the first domestic film box office championship brought by "Call of Calls" after 21 days, witnessed the god-like film marketing of "The Last Night on Earth", with a pre-sale box office of 152 million, which is considered a sensational film market. The best art film.
At the same time, at 17:05:02 pm on December 29, 2018, the annual box office of Chinese films exceeded 60 billion mark.
Everyone here is the creator of this new record.
However, 2019 is coming soon, and these records will eventually be like passing clouds and are broken by new records one by one.
Then, let's look forward first.
Must-Watch Movies
Bumble
Bumblebee
2019-01-04
★★★★★
Director: Travis Knight
Starring: Hayley Steinfield / John Cena / Jorge Randenber Jr. Ge/Jason Drucker/ Justin Therox
may be the best movie in " Transformers " in recent years.
The director of "Bumblebee" is no longer selling copies, but we are familiar with Nike young master Travis Knight.
This young man can rely on his father, but he doesn't inherit Nike's trillion-dollar assets; he can rely on his face, but he just depends on his talent.
"Zombie Bride", "Ghost Mom", " Legend of Magic Strings ", he is already one of the best characters in the field of stop-motion animation. This time he took over "Bumblebee". If he fails, he will really have to go back and inherit billions of dollars. The property is here.
Fortunately, the response is very good.
Rotten Tomatoes have a freshness of 93%, and Douban scores 7.4. As a spin-off of "Transformers", it made a "Transformers", which is the least like "Transformers".
Why do you say so? Because in Knight's hands, Bumblebee returned to the original version. In 1987, an 18-year-old girl, Charlie (Hailey Steinfield), found a broken Beetle car in an abandoned car park in a small seaside town in California.
Yes, it's the original appearance of Bumblebee.
Watch the animation, Bumblebee's original car form was this Volkswagen "Beetle" that set a milestone in the history of advertising and marketing.
The Bumblebee in the movie also no longer has the feeling of a mechanical fighter in "Transformers".
He not only has a personality, but also is very cute.
The first time I met someone, this big guy in steel was actually...shy...
was scared and raised his hand to have a headshot, but Bumblebee was like a pet, directly putting his face up, and he also had a look of enjoyment.
Even so, do you think he is really so soft and cute? Not.
encountered danger, and his boyfriend was extremely powerful, so he picked up the heroine and ran away.
Hearing the heroine's call, he could also look serious.
No wonder many girls were attracted to fans after watching the movie, which was like raising a top-quality little breast dog to tie her boyfriend.
Perhaps Knight's biggest credit is that the Transformers series is no longer a man's patent.
All female audiences began to call him collectively, and this group of Autobots' spring may have just arrived.
Four Springs
2019-01-04
★★★★
Director: Lu Qingyi
Starring: Lu Yunkun/Li Guixian
type: documentary / family
documentary, this year's FIRST Youth Film Festival screened movies.
What made us shine is his super high reputation, with Douban scores of 8.8, which is better than 73% of documentaries.
says it is simple, it is true.
One person, a machine, spent 1,600 yuan, and four years. The director is amateur and the actor is also amateur.
, but is Douban's score so high, giving it an amateur? Obviously not. Its configuration is very similar to "The Last Bang" (the drama version).
This is a documentary full of warmth, which can basically be watched as a private family video of director Lu Qingyi. The protagonist is his father and mother who are over 70 years old.
To be precise, it was his parents' long-lasting love like "showing their love". Unlike young people who hug each other in public, this kind of long-lasting love has accumulated the accumulation of time, eliminated the barriers in the world, and cultivated a tacit understanding that penetrates the soul. It is so simple that it is touching and sweet that it is enviable.
Mother, manly personality, born with a bad temper; father, literary and old man, also plays musical instruments from time to time to entertain himself.
Father always "spoiled" his mother silently, willingly and never complained.
Mother dances on the patio, father plays the violin and accompanies him;
Golden wedding wine, two people have a drink, and the mother has to make fun of it;
Of course, there are all kinds of tacit understanding and surprises in life.
For so many years, love and family affection have long become the same noun for them. Winter goes and spring comes, and life continues, but for those who love each other, time seems to never be enough, and life seems to be no matter what, no matter what, it will not It's too long.
Douban netizens said—
The best story has always happened around us.
It's just that we are too busy to see nothing.
Quedi: Heroes resurrected
Creed 2
2019-01-04
★★★★
Director: Little Stephen · Kapoor
Starring: Sylvester Stallone / Michael B. Jordan / Tessa Thompson / Duf Longer/ Florian Mutruhl
sequel to the 2015 high-scoring boxing movie "Qidy".
was released in the United States on November 21, 2018, with a Douban score of 7.5 and Rotten Tomatoes 83%.
The previous work tells the inspirational story of Rocky, who has bid farewell to the boxing ring for many years, how to train the son of the great boxer Quiddy into a qualified fighter. This movie unexpectedly became a hit and turned into a tear gas for many movie fans, especially boxing enthusiasts.
This sequel, the film basically uses the previous role, except for the director's replacement, the rest of the actors have all returned.
It is worth mentioning that in "Qidy 2", Longgele returned, and Stallone personally participated in the screenwriter. The two elderly tough guys once again joined the screen.
This also makes "Quddy 2" not only a passionate sports action movie, but also a positive energy movie full of inspiration and growth, warmth and healing, family and love.
In the cold winter, enjoy it just right.
Supporting family
The Breadwinner
2019-01-11
★★★★★
Director: Nora Tome
Starring: Sarah Jodley/Soma Chaya/Norin Guramgaus/Lara Sadiq / Ali Badshah
animation masterpiece, nominated for the Oscar for Best Long Animation, and is known as the " Afghan version of Mulan".
"The Man Who Raised the Family" is another Irish animation masterpiece after " Song of the Ocean ". In addition to winning the Anne Award for Best Indie Animation Feature, one of the highest honors in the animation field, the film was nominated for Best Animation Feature at the 75th Golden Globe Awards.
If you happen to know Cartoon Saloon in Irish animation studio, you should be looking forward to this animation.
Its first two works, " The Secret of Kyle's Sutra " and "Song of the Ocean", are 8.4 and 8.7 on Douban, respectively, and this "The Man Who Raised the Family" is 8.3 on Douban.
movie focuses on women. We all know the situation of women in the Middle East today, but in "The People Who Raise the Family", their situation is even worse -
Afghanistan under the rule of the Taliban.
It uses animated shots with Muslim elements to focus on this place where wars are flying in peacetime.
Where, women are not allowed to go out on the street, buy any goods, or communicate with outsiders. This is the tone of the whole movie.
The protagonist Palvana is only 11 years old. His father was arrested in a conflict and lost a man. For an Afghan family, there is no way out.
At this time, Parvana had to cut off her hair, put on her late brother's clothes, and become a boy.
Palvana, who became a boy, has the freedom to desire. She even felt that not being a woman is a kind of happiness in itself.
But society did not treat her gently. She was thrown halfway by her employer when she made money.
do labor and is bullied at will.
The girl who becomes a boy will experience even more tragic pain afterwards...
Compared with the large-scale animation carefully written by Hollywood, "The Man Who Raised a Family" is indeed very niche.
But this more cruel, darker and more realistic animation is worth seeing by more people.
Because the despair we can see is exactly the hope of some people, isn’t it?
"big" characters
2019-01-11
★★★
Director: Five Hundred
Starring: Wang Qianyuan / package Bell / Wang Xun / Wang Yanhui / Qu Jingjing
remake from the Korean phenomenon movie "Veter" 》.
In the Chinese film market, remakes are already a minefield. There are almost no exceptions when you hit one by one.
But at the end of the year we ushered in a good "Call to Ring", and this "Big" character" is likely to be the next one.
Director Wubai (not that Taiwanese singer), director of the 2014 web drama " Psychological Crime ", and producer of the 2017 magical drama "White Night Chasing the Murder". For police and gangster action movies, he is a veteran.
Wang Qianyuan, "The Piano of Steel" and "Save Mr. Wu", confirmed the label of acting, both good and evil, plays bad people with great success, and plays good people with justice.
In this "Big" character", he played an old criminal policeman who was arbitrary and did not play according to the rules, but was full of justice and never bowed to evil forces.
When the kidnapper's cruelty appeared on a policeman in "Save Mr. Wu", you will find that this cruelty naturally has a sense of mission, and the image of Sun Dasheng, the lower-level criminal policeman, also stood up.
Judging from the trailer, "The Big" Character" is still a must-see.
After all, Wang Qianyuan cannot be defeated, and Chinese police cannot be defeated.
You can try it out
2 years later confession
22 year 《官方 《官方
2019-01-11
★★★
Director: Irie Yu
Starring: Fujiwara Ryuya/ Ito Hideaki / Xia Fan/ Nomura Shuhei/ Ishibashi Xingna
is remake from the Korean movie "I Am a Murderer". It was released in Japan in June 2017 and has a good reputation.
The story is full of jokes. According to the criminal lawsuit plan revised by Japan, the statute of limitations for murder is 15 years.
But in 1995, there were five serial murders with the same method in Japan. The murderer is a man who broke into the victim's home and strangled the victim with a rope. But what is puzzling is that he will not "extinguish the family", but will let the witnesses at home go.
This case sparked a lot of public opinion, but the police were always helpless and had no clues. Until one day 22 years later, a man announced that he was the murderer, and he was Masato Sonezaki.
In the dark atmosphere at the press conference, the murderer did not show any regrets. Instead, he showed his "work" from 22 years ago in a propaganda tone, and satirized the police's incompetence.
What's ridiculous is that a frenzy of chasing him was then set off in the society. The murderer became a star. He published books, participated in live TV programs, held press conferences, and held new book signature meetings.
even ran to apologize to the victim's family, attracting attention in this way.
But in the end, the real murderer seems to be someone else...
Compared with the Korean version, the Japanese version pays more attention to the portrayal and description of the characters' emotions and psychology. The blatant murderer, the furious criminal policeman, and the blind pursuit of the melon-eating crowd constitute a perverted and extremely perverted social sentient beings.
, is the important thing about such a suspense movie really the real murderer?
may not be. Behind every case, it seems that it is revealed more than once: every ordinary person who pursues the murderer is an accomplice.
In the movie, Masato Sonezaki joked at the press conference:
"Some things are really lost and only know how to cherish them. After 15 years, God seems to be unable to give me a chance to atone for my sins again."
K He seemed to have forgotten that justice would be late and might never be absent.
Room Escape
Escape Room
2019-01-18
★★★
Director : Adam Robertel
Starring: Taylor Lebourne/ Deborah Anwal /Tyler Russell/Nick Dodaney / Logan Miller
watch the trailer, it's interesting.
heartbeat suspense film directed by thriller professional Adam Robertel. The reason why "Escape Room" is attractive is also its sense of urgency and design.
Six people from different professions and different classes are gathered together. If this game is played well, you can get a bounty.
However, the game is not as simple as imagined, because they found that in this game, it is possible that it is really a life-threatening death.
Various exquisite designs, with brain-like creativity and technological sense, make "Escape Room" a bit light-flavored "Saw".
What is the final truth, and who is the layout hidden behind it, which adds a hint of suspense to the movie.
However, these templated structural designs are still pediatrics for us who have watched "Saw". The most attractive thing about "Escape Room" is that most viewers have played Escape Room...
Just imagine, what should you do if you are decrypting and find that someone will die? What to do if
?
Presting city
Moral Engines
2019-01-18
★★★
Director: Christian Revos
Starring: Hela Silma/Hugo Weiwen/Jingge/Robert Sheian/ Leila George
"Preat City" has a sudden idea - in the future, all cities are mobile.
Apocalypse setting, there is only one wasteland left on the earth, and cities with super engines can move around, predate on this wasteland, and large cities annex small cities to plunder more resources for "survival".
This setting is very clear and quite a bit like the jungle law.
A city that crushes small trees roars by,
is annexed by a larger city in a blink of an eye.
The sky is full of loess, heavy machinery, and predation. Does it remind you of apocalyptic film "Mad Max"?
However, its story uses a storybook similar to "Star Wars" and has the shadow of "City of Sky".
I want to eat your pancreas
Jun's 后后べたい
2019-01-18
★★★
Director: Shinichiro Utsushima
Starring: Matsushi Takasugi/Lynn/Yueyo Fujii/Oma Uchida/Run Fukushima
Generally, the animation version is changed to a live-action version, and this film just happens to be the other way around.
has a live version of pearls and jade in front, so it is still very stressful to adapt. In terms of film quality, the director's tasks are completed in a proper manner.
But in terms of the rhythm control of the film, animated movies are simply a disaster compared to real people.
Of course, if you are used to watching the live version, it will be unnatural to listen to the performances of voice actors. This is the difference between the two types of movies. I will not comment here. However, I still hope that China can have such a live version. and animated versions of movies.
Maybe we can find something different in the comparison between the two versions.
Uncle Lu
Uncle
2019-01-11
★★
Director: Charles Stone III
Starring : Kyrie Irving/ Lille Lyle Havary / Shaquille O'Neal/ Chris Webber/ Reggie Miller
Friends who like basketball are definitely familiar with Uncle Drew .
In 2012, now NBA Celtics (former Cavaliers) star Kyrie Irving co-starred with Pepsi in a series of advertising short films, in which Uncle Drew, who disguised himself as an old man, went to the park to play basketball.
At the beginning, he couldn't run and jump and dribble, but was unable to score a goal. When everyone laughed at him, he suddenly woke up and used his NBA strength to kill everyone in seconds. "Uncle Drew" became famous because of this. Later, Kyrie Irving added the title of Uncle Drew.
daughter-in-law became a mother-in-law. Now, Uncle Drew's big movie has finally come out with the calls of a lot of fans. Although it is an old-fashioned story of a basketball veteran who helped rookie coaches find their original intentions, the joining of many NBA celebrities has made "Uncle Drew" is very popular.
Sharks O'Neal, Chris Webber, Reggie Miller, Nate Robinson... Anyone is the once powerful NBA superstar.
But what we are looking forward to more is their performance in the movie. After all, the NBA is a business league, and these people have appeared on videotapes only as stars.
But as an actor, especially a large-sized commoji like O'Neal, I really look forward to their appearance in the movie.
White Snake·Family
2019-01-11
★★★
Director: Huang Jiakang/Zhao Ji
Starring: Zhang Zhe / Yang Tianxiang / Tang Xiaoxi / Liu Wei / Zhang Yaohan
We listened to it ten thousand times The story of White Snake and Xiaoqing, but this is indeed the first time I have seen such a well-made animation.
video has made modifications to " Legend of the White Snake " in the story, which is also the origin of the name of "Family Origin". Look at this poster, does it look like the one in "Green Snake" that is amazing in Wang Zuxian -
Similarly, in the trailer, the movie seems to bring the beauty of Chinese style to the extreme, exquisite, delicate, and beautiful and fantasy. .
In the promotion and marketing process of the film, the main creators also put a lot of thought into it. When the film was scheduled, with Halloween, the girls of two COS snakes attracted a lot of attention for the film. After the three major issues ("The Return of the Great Sage", "Big Fish and Begonia", " Great Protectors "), the audience's expectations for "the rise of Chinese comics" gradually came to rationality.
Perhaps what we need is Chinese comic works like "White Snake·Family Origin" and "Wind Spell", which move forward step by step. Although
cannot fly for a while, I can see every progress.
Night of Destiny - The Cup of Heaven's Evil Omen Flower Theater Edition
"Fate/stay night" Heaven's Feel - I. presage flower
2019-01-11
★★ ★
Director: Tomoto Sudo
Starring: Kiki Aki Sugiyama/ Shimoya Nako/ Kamiya Hiroshi/ Kawasumi Ayako/ Ueda Kana
Each theatrical animation is a carnival for fans.
Douban’s high score of 8.3, and the ones with the highest short reviews and likes are all fans with tears in their eyes, all five stars.
As a theater movie, its combat is OK and the special effects are sufficient, but the plot is compressed too much and not very well-placed.
, especially if you have never been to the drama version, you may be confused when you look at Zhang Yang's special effects throughout the whole process. This is also the shortcoming of all fans to the movie.
But touching fans is also the greatest significance of its existence, right?
A dog's way home
A Dog's Way Home
2019-01-18
★★★
Director: Charles Martin Smith
Starring: Ashley Judd / Jonah Hall-King / Alexander La Shipp/Wes Stady/Edward James Omos
" The sister chapter of a dog 6" tells the story of a dog traveling four hundred miles back to his owner.
The intention of the video is obvious: dog lovers, tear jerking.
I hope we will gain a lot of emotion and look forward to it!
2018 is another milestone year for us who love movies.
But we look forward to the future more, because such milestones will only increase and more, and Chinese movies will only become better and better.
The Spring Festival that followed was another movie carnival.
What movies are worth watching during the New Year? See you during the Chinese New Year!
(Movie Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Department: Yangyang)
