Recently, Louis Koo is a little annoyed.
has been filmed for ten years and has been frequently re-replaced. Finally, the "China's first science fiction mecha film" " Tomorrow War " , which was released nationwide on August 5, has not performed well in the box office recently.
has been released for 17 days, and its box office is only .49 billion , which is far from "The Wandering Earth", and is even less than one-fifth of " Loneliness Moon ".
is also a science fiction theme. "The War of Tomorrow" invested .45 billion html (RMB 387 million). According to the box office profit rules of a movie, according to the current box office of the movie, "The War of Tomorrow" is a loss.
Unlike other movies that have participated in, Louis Koo is both the starring actor of this movie, the director producer and investor.
and Louis Koo's previous interviews are not difficult to see that there are two biggest reasons for filming this "The Legend of the War of Tomorrow".
First of all, Louis Koo is a mecha science fiction fan himself.
Everyone should know Louis Koo’s love for science fiction is deeply rooted in the elementary school and the construction of water wells.
His home displays mechas, models and figures of all sizes. Many of them are 1:1 replicas, and there are also many global versions.
Guzai likes these figure models to the point of being crazy, and even set up a collection room, so if you have nothing to do, you will be immersed in it.
Make a serious science fiction movie. It is what Louis Koo wants to do most in a long time and is also his interest.
So, he is willing to spend 10 years filming this movie. It is said that the movie was completed in 2017, and the post-production has reached 5 years, and the investment is more like a bottomless pit. More than 3,000 special effects scenes in
film are made frame by frame.
For this reason, Louis Koo did not hesitate to use his connections, not only brought up luxury lineups such as Liu Qingyun , Carina Lau , Zhang Jiahui , Xie Junhao , but also personally sought investment.
At the time when the movie was released, the contracts of these actors had expired and could not be promoted for the movie.
For this reason, Gu Zai personally took action to promote movies in Beijing. He ran to 10 cinemas overnight. Finally, he couldn't stand firm in the battle and trembled his hands and feet and communicated with movie fans with smiles. At the
Accolade Awards ceremony, Louis Koo changed his past low-keyness and told everyone present carefully, hoping that everyone would support his "The War of Tomorrow".
Beijing International Film Festival red carpet session, Louis Koo even hugged his mecha helmet and promoted the new film in the face of a number of media. After operating in a string of
, Tomato Jun saw four words: spared no effort .
I guess everyone wants to ask, Louis Koo has acted in so many movies, and he has never seen him care about any movie he is so concerned about.
Is this "The Legend of War" worth it?
This is the second reason why Gu Zai shot this film, science fiction.
Many people think that if you work hard to promote movies, you just want high box office, high profits, and high returns.
As an investor, Louis Koo naturally has considerations in this regard, but not all of them.
So far, Louis Koo has invested and built 132 modern equipment primary schools, 111 have been completed, and there are 18 health centers and 75 wells.
We don’t count too much. A primary school averages 300,000 to 500,000 yuan, and just schools have gone out for 30,000 to 50 million yuan. This is not considered other charity.
It is no exaggeration to say that Louis Koo is a "superhero" in reality.
. Doesn’t Louis Koo know the risks and pressures behind it when filming a science fiction film like "The War of Tomorrow"?
He knows better than us.
As a professional filmmaker and investor, Louis Koo knows what to make money by filming, although he is the only Hong Kong movie star in China who will not be scolded for making bad movies.
With so many years of connections, Louis Koo can make more movies of "Storm" (" Anti-Corruption Storm "), "Storm"... etc., and he still makes a lot of money and has no risk. Why should he chew the hard bone of "science fiction mecha"?
You should know that science fiction and horror are the two well-known "minefields" of Chinese films.
Tomato Jun thinks it is for dreaming.
is not only creating dreams for oneself, but also creating dreams for Chinese science fiction movies and even Chinese movies.
Looking around, which of the figures and models collected by Gu Zai really comes from the surroundings of Chinese science fiction movies?
has none of them.
"The Wandering Earth" briefly opened the door to Chinese science fiction, and then " Shanghai Fortress " closed the door again. But this door will not become a roadblock to stop China's science fiction progress. "The Lonely Moon" is an attempt, and Louis Koo's "The War of Tomorrow" is also.
Seeing the box office of the movie, Gu Zai looked lonely and had no helpless.
I think he is not considering money more, but rather making Chinese science fiction movies for his own science fiction movies.
We should at least show respect to those who know that their bones are hard to bite and still have their faults, let alone a hero like Louis Koo.
According to Louis Koo himself, the special effects of "The Legend of the War" are calculated in seconds. It took 12 days to do it in one second, and the team spent 576 days in a 360-degree battle shot in the battle.
This also shows that Louis Koo showed his greatest sincerity and the patience of a filmmaker, not just investors.
In this sincerity, there is both the courage to face pressure and countless bitter tears.
Facing this kind of Louis Koo, facing Douban with only .4 points , and the box office was bleak. Two problems of appeared in front of all Chinese audiences again.
is the first one, can "The War of Tomorrow" be scolded?
Tomato Jun watched this movie as soon as possible, and then read netizens' comments, which were polarized.
The party believes that Guzai's science fiction special effects should be supported online.
Other side believes that it is a film that is struck by the plot, so it should be scolded.
For Tomato Jun, "The Legend of the War" is not such an excellent science fiction movie, but it is not as bad as everyone says.
The advantages and disadvantages of this movie are just as obvious.
Advantages , which is naturally a real and shocking special effect. This special effect comes from Louis Koo's own special effects company "The World". It is very particular, with a top-notch texture.
explosion, running mirror , fighting, I dare not say that the world's best, China's first is definitely worth it.
This special effect is not available for "The Legend of the War of Tomorrow".
Disadvantages are also obvious. The structure of the movie is very simple, basically a road-style rescue drama. Some plots are more intelligent, especially the self-destruction of the big boss in the early stage and the scene where Liu Qingyun calls directly after learning about the boss, which really makes people unbearable to look at it.
But it is far from the "bad" level that netizens say.
So Tomato Jun’s point of view is that “The War of Tomorrow” can be “sweared”, but scolding does not mean blind attacks, nor does it mean making rumors out of nothing.
admits that the movie is doing well and accuses it of bad things is what we as movie fans should do.
But upgrading comments to a movie into a verbal battle of personal attacks is no different from trolls.
The second one, the trust problem caused by "The War of Tomorrow".
Tomato Jun’s understanding, of course, we should scold the plot, embarrassing performances and split stories.
There is a fact that scolding can only be used to vent emotions and often cannot solve the problem.
"The Legend of the War" has declined, and the box office has lost money. Gu Zai's heart is dead and the main creator has no confidence, which will lead to a more serious problem. This problem is related to the future of Chinese films.
That is a crisis of trust in science fiction types and even Hong Kong films.
Louis Koo is not as simple as an ordinary actor. He is the boss of many film and television production companies and special effects companies, and is also a direct investor of many films.
He spent money, time, energy, and with full sincerity, he saved up a star game, made a science fiction film, and finally became a laughing stock. This is a bad thing for the film industry and filmmakers.
Waterloo in "The War of Tomorrow" and the scolding of netizens will lead to at least three consequences.
One of the first is the serious decline in Louis Koo's personal reputation.
In fact, before "The War of Tomorrow", Louis Koo was very kind and loved to do charity, so the audience was extremely tolerant of him.
But this time it is different. After Louis Koo worked hard to promote it, he was attacked to "sell miserable" and "pull". It has exceeded the scope of the movie and has reached the height of personal quality and character.
Because of a movie, Louis Koo's personal reputation and reputation are damaged, which is obviously not worth it.
It can be a reputation for three people becoming tigers. Even if they are catching wind and shadow, the impact cannot be saved.
"You can criticize the bad movies, and I can also change them, but I really bravely did it."
This is Louis Koo's response to criticism. Chen Ken is sincere, helpless, but also a little sad. But only Louis Koo knew the hardships of the shooting process.
The second is the negative impact on Hong Kong stars.
As a Hong Kong-made movie, "The War of Tomorrow" means the transformation of Hong Kong films to a certain extent.
The decline of old Hong Kong films is an indisputable fact, and there is nothing to debate about this, but Gu Zai is full of sincerity and filming this "The War of Tomorrow" with the banner of Hong Kong movies, and he must have the idea of changing the ecology of Hong Kong films.
For so many years, we have seen enough of all kinds of Asir and various storms and clouds. Finally, there is a movie that can change its taste, but it is attacking like a tide.
Under such circumstances, whether it is Hong Kong films or Hong Kong stars, they may not dare to make more attempts to the new film industry. For them, if they make fixed-type films, at least they won’t be scolded if they make money. Why do such unsure of things?
Third, of course, it is the impact on Chinese science fiction.
Everyone knows that science fiction is a hard bone. Everyone is watching who dares to chew. After gnawing, they watch the disc and serve the dishes themselves.
019, Guo Fan and Wu Jing chewed, and then "Shanghai Fortress" was about to follow the trend, but was defeated back to its original form. After three years, authentic science fiction has been released, but the market's reaction is not optimistic.
Exploration comes at a cost.
Trial and error requires cost.
Chinese science fiction will never become fat. Without the accumulated experience of films like "The Legend of the War of Tomorrow", our science fiction door may still be closed tightly in many years.
There are too many "fast-winners" among our fans.
Wish you the Chinese national football team to enter the World Cup in one day, and you want to surpass Hollywood in one day. How is it possible?
If "The War of Tomorrow" still faces such unobjective praise, then the diversity of of my country's movie genre will inevitably be affected.
Watch today, it is "The War of Tomorrow" that requires us; tomorrow we will know that we need "The War of Tomorrow" and Louis Koo.
No movie is perfect, so are people.
Louis Koo may be imperfect, but his courage to do this makes Tomato Jun admire him extremely.
said privately, I naturally hope that there will be more such filmmakers in China, because a hundred flowers bloom, and such filmmakers need to experience it by trampling on mines and pits.
Those who make bad movies and win box offices can only be called "businessman" at best, and they are still far from the word "filmman".
But starting from "The War of Tomorrow", Louis Koo is the real Chinese filmmaker in my heart.
(Movie Rotten Tomatoes Editorial Department: One by one)
