The pre-sale box office in mainland China exceeded 100 million, and this treatment must be " Fast and Furious 9" (hereinafter referred to as "Fast and Furious").
After "Fast Spur 7" and "Fast Spur 8" ranked second in the domestic annual box office for 2.423 billion and 2.67 billion yuan respectively, the main creators of the "Fast Spur" series obviously tasted the sweetness of the Chinese market.
latest movie, in addition to " Boss Don " Vin Diesel , "Sister-in-law" Michel Rodriguez , "Little Sister" Jordanna Brewster, "Han" Jiang Chenghao and other family members gathered again, "Zhao Xina" John Cena, who has attracted a wave of fans in China because of the video "Lao Ganma with Steak", played "Boss Don"'s younger brother Jacques. American rapper Cardi B, who "breaks the circle" for praising China's epidemic prevention measures, will also participate in this film.
Previously, Vin Diesel asked the company to make China the premiere of "Fast Spur 9" and release it in North America more than a month ahead of schedule. In the online press conference, Vin Diesel and John Cena thanked the Chinese audience for their support and love for the "Fast Furious" series, and called Chinese movie fans "family".
It is not difficult to see from the main creators' attention to the Chinese market: on the one hand, the Chinese vote is the box office lifeline of the Hollywood blockbusters in the era of the epidemic; on the other hand, "Fast Stimulation" also has extraordinary popularity in the hearts of domestic movie fans.
Lin Yibin + blockbuster complex, opening the new era of "Fast Furious"
Initially, as a crime-type film, "Fast Furious", also belongs to the category of B-level films similar to " Life and Death Speed ", "Fate Express", and " Extreme Agent ". The IMDb scores of "Fast Spur 2" and "Fast Spur 3" are 5.9 and 6 points respectively, and their reputation is mediocre. The drag racing in the
film, as well as the scenes of heroes saving the beauty and fighting in the shootout, show the beauty of masculinity. It can be seen that "Fast Spur" first took the approach of exploitative films (i.e., relying on erotic advertising and explicit and exaggerated films that attract box office), and its target was a restless young male audience.
box office and rating data refer to Maoyan Professional Edition, Douban, Box Office Moio, IMDb
After 2011, both the IMDb score and Douban score, the reputation of the 5, 6 and 7 parts of the series have rebounded. This has to mention the efforts made by directors Lin Yibin and Wen Ziren and and in transforming "Fast Furious" from a B-level film to an A-level film.
Director Rob Cohen made an attempt in "Fast Spur 1", combining elements such as drag racing, spy, and gunfighting. Who knew that when it came to "Fast Furious 2", director John Singleton conservatively treated the story.
It was not until Lin Yibin's joining that "Fast Stimulation" became more systematic and its commercial value was also highlighted.
In addition to retaining the stimulation of racing against good and evil, Lin Yibin also focuses on the criminal film type of theft movie (the group has carefully deployed and closely cooperated, and has laid the groundwork for the establishment of the "fast-stimulating universe".
After experiencing the right track of "Fast Spur 4", the climax of "Fast Spur 5", and the extension of "Fast Spur 6", Wan Ziren took over "Fast Spur 7", making the image more stylized and has a modern texture. At the same time, Wan Ziren, who is good at shooting horror thrillers, also created a tense atmosphere with excellent rhythm.
left: Lin Yibin
As a classic Hollywood series, "Fast Furious" is obviously a representative of "flowering inside the wall and fragrance outside the wall". Compared with the two major stock positions in North America and China, the commercial value of "Fast Stimulus" is mainly supported by the Chinese market.
From the first time "Fast Furious 4" was introduced to China, to the popularity of "Fast Furious 5" gradually heated up, and the domestic box office reached a club of 100 million yuan.The main reason for the big sale of "Fast and Furious" in the Chinese market is the blockbuster complex of Chinese audiences.
In the first 20 years of the new millennium, domestic audiences' expectations for Hollywood blockbusters are pure visual enjoyment and excitement, that is, big scenes, big shocks, and big patterns. Even if it is a series of works, as long as it is linked together, the audience will still linger. The
form records the top 11 domestic movie box office works in the five years from the release of "Fast Furious 5" to the extra chapter of "Fast Furious". The works that rank at the top are mainly series of movies, with most selling points of visual wonder creation and emotional rendering.
Whether it is foreign blockbusters or domestic productions, the top-notch videos are supported by IP. The Hollywood IPs in 2011 include " Transformers ", "Kung Fu Panda", " Pirates of the Caribbean " and "Harry Potter". In 2013, the Marvel Universe emerged, and the ending of Iron Man's personal biography, " Iron Man 3", ranked second, and the champion "Journey to the West" also took advantage of the popularity of "Journey to the West".
series of movies already have a certain fan base and box office appeal, which is conducive to the continuous development of commercial value. The foundation of the success of the "Fast Raid" market is here.
has skilled speed, original passion
followed by "Fast Stimulation" different visual stimulation.
Audiences go to the theater mainly to watch big scenes and explode scenes. The earliest "Transformers" featured special effects.
It is worth mentioning that the Chinese box office of "Fast 5" defeated "Battle of Los Angeles". Although "The Battle of Los Angeles" is also a movie that describes monsters invading the earth, its focus is not on the fierce battlefield, but on the human nature in chaos. The literary and realistic tone of the entire film and handheld photography are far from what most Chinese audiences expect.
unlike other exciting films, "Fast Furious" prefers the presentation of skill in visual effects, and pursues simple and crude primitive passion.
first talk about the speed. In visual presentation, this abstract concept is not only displayed with fast-paced speed, but also reflected in the tension and stimulation of defining speed into "last-minute rescue".
"Fast 5" starts, Brian (Paul Walker) jumps on Dominic (Vin Diesel)'s speed car when the train hits the bridge; in "Fast 7", Brian jumps onto the speed car when the truck is about to fall from a cliff to save the female hacker Ramsey (Natalie Emmanuel). When the missile is about to hit the sports car, Brian transfers Ramsey to another car through drift and jumps to escape by himself.
As for passion, it is done in a simple and crude way. The confrontation between forces is not a method of making a big move, but is presented with the original "head-on-head". The tough guys in
never walk through the main door. They use their muscles to break the wall, or kick open the windshield of the car, and then escape. When Agent Hobbes (played by Dwayne Johnson) touched Dominic's beloved woman's car, "Boss Don" didn't say anything and started fighting with Hobbes directly. It can be seen that the characters in the film are all pursuing the ultimate power and speed. In "Fast Speed 5", the partners try to make the car so fast that they can't even shoot the speed tester. Although Giselle ( Gal Gadot decoration) has a very fast car, it is still captured by a camera. In this regard, she did not use the method of blocking the camera to avoid surveillance, but pursued faster speeds.
At the same time, transforming the indirect feeling of the hot weapons era into a direct impact of the cold weapons era is also the way "Fast Stimulus" deals with the original violent pleasure, and can better satisfy the viewing expectations of male audiences "fret to flesh". At the end of "Fast 5", Dominic drives the car with a chain on the rear of the car.At this time, the combination of the car and the safe, like a cold weapon, was thrown towards the car of the chaebol Reyes ( Jokum de Almeda) . Use cars as weapons, and heated weapons and cold weapons are combined into one.
has no detours, only frontal force, exceed the speed itself as much as possible and break through the limit. This is the original violent aesthetic conveyed by "Fast Stimulation".
Gods assemble and the myth of death
"Fast Furious" has its own stable audience in China and can arouse the emotions of movie fans. This emotion is mainly reflected in the following three aspects.
first is a male emotional myth. Dominic often talks about "family", and this concept of "family" is similar to the brotherhood in the gang. No matter what the family is at, as long as you sit on a dining table, you will always have a sip of wine and meat to fill your stomach.
Bryan was originally an undercover agent placed by the police next to Dominic, but after saving Dominic many times, he was also included in the ranks of his family. When I learned that his former lover Leti (played by Michelle Rodriguez) "fellowed" to the evil forces Shaw (played by Luke Evans), Dominic still tried to rescue Leti and said: "People cannot betray their family, even if they betray you."
This just reflects the male's iron-blooded tenderness. Dominic is considered the "godfather of the new era", but he is not the elegant gangster of the last century, but the street boss after the millennium. At the same time, the protection of friends without blood relationships can also better touch the emotional points of domestic audiences with the help of the cloak of "home".
Secondly, "Fast Universe" is a series of masterpieces that sounded the assembly call of the gods on the domestic screen, even earlier than Marvel.
unlike works such as "Speed of Life and Death" and "Fast Express", "Fast Excitement" follows the path of group dramas. "Fast 5" broke the 100 million yuan mark for the first time in China's box office, and the excitement comes from the gathering of the previous roles. In order to steal the ill-gotten fortune of the chaebol Reyes, Dominic and Brian convened Roman (Hyrius Gibson) in "Quick 2", "technical master" Taeji (Rudad Chris), as well as Han (Kang Sung-ho) who died in "Quick 3", and Giselle in "Quick 4". It is not an exaggeration to call it "Fast Excitement Alliance".
Battle of Hogwarts in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2)" and " Avengers 4: Endgame Battle " (hereinafter referred to as " Avengers 4 ") are all the gathering routines of such series: use a bunch of characters from the previous series to promote a decisive battle, so that the audience can remember themselves during the movie.
But God also dies. When the dusk of Ragnarok arrives, the end of God is even more touching. This is the power of tragedy and the reason why "Fast Spur 7" has a box office of 6 times higher than the previous work - the myth of death.
"Fast Spur 7" is a watershed in the box office of the series. The important publicity event was Paul Walker's accident. In reality, Paul Walker died in a sports car, which coincides with the image in his film. So Paul Walker became a mythological symbol, and he "became crazy because of the play and died because of the car." This emotion is accompanied by the theme song "see you again", making the audience's viewing process become a close contact with the "myth".
In fact, blockbusters always like to highlight the myth of death inside and outside the play to maximize emotions: the death complex in the "Harry Potter" series fell on Professor Snape's "always". "Avengers 4" takes over the demise of the heroes in the previous film, leading to the sacrifice of Black Widow and Iron Man, and the phrase "Love you three thousand times" is almost in line with the "Love you for ten thousand years" meme of "Love you for ten thousand years" in "A Chinese Odyssey".
However, after "Fast 7", the series seemed to be in a deadlock.
F·Gary Gray took over Wan Ziren to film "Fast Excitement 8", with special effects but no new ideas.The extra chapter of "Fast and Furious" was found to direct David Rage, the director of "Hast and Furious " and "Hast and Furious ", but let Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham "collision" collide with each other, weakening the original stimulation of "Fast and Furious". The content creation of Hollywood blockbusters such as
"Fast Furious" is becoming more and more typified, routine and templated. The "resurrection" of Han and the reappearance of Dominic's younger brother may be a surprise for fans of "Fast Furious" but for most viewers, it is just an old routine.
originally held in Shanghai on May 18, and China's offline press conference were also ruined by a statement from Universal Pictures. It is said to be to eliminate "safety hazards."
quality reputation has declined, and coupled with suspected "vicious hype", I wonder if "Fast 9" can still reproduce its past glory.
Let the movie belong to the movie. At midnight tomorrow, "Fast 9" will start on time.
[Text/He Silu]
