The Great Wall premiered in North America, featuring special effects+fresh foreign background settings+Matt Damon
The Great Wall finally opened in North America at American time. At the box office, the first day of "The Great Wall" was US $, ranking behind "Lego Batman" and "Fifty Degrees Dark"; The first three days of the weekend are about US dollars, ranking third in the weekly list. It is expected that on Monday, the day of President's Day, the cumulative amount will exceed US dollars. According to the data, the first three days of box office is not outstanding, but it ranks first among the new films released that week, and slightly higher than the previous industry forecast (the most common is US dollars). Therefore, it is not like what some domestic media have said about "beating the streets".
"The Great Wall" is released in North America, so do foreigners really like it?
Of course, the first reason is that the US media's expectations of its box office are not high. The current cost data of the Great Wall is US dollars. According to the general "cost recovery" formula (relatively simple and crude, not necessarily accurate), it requires US dollars to pay back the cost. At present, the global box office of the film is US dollars, which is not a small gap.
"The Great Wall" is released in North America, so do foreigners really like it?
In terms of word of mouth, the film's freshness on the film review website Rotten Tomatoes of the media series is, and the imdb score that fans can also score is the audience's cinemascore score of b, which is the lower middle score of the popcorn blockbuster.
Undoubtedly, the praise is mainly on the special effects and the wonders of the ancient army. The Voice of the Village praises the film as a visual spectacle, which is worth seeing; The Huffington Post summarized the three highlights of the film, the dazzling visual effects, the arrangement of the ancient army, and Matt Damon's personal charm.
"The Great Wall" is released in North America, so do foreigners really like it?
However, this does not hinder the fancy complaining of crooked nuts. ps。 The above three points are also the places where the slot points are concentrated. For example, Peter Travers, the chief film reviewer of Rolling Stone, believes that the film is too empty and superficial, which is a bit inconsistent with Zhang Yimou's brand of depicting human relations and emotions.
In addition, although the wrap and other media gave high praise, they also stressed to lower expectations and considered that the Great Wall was "a monster hit movie for children only". (This is definitely a bad comment!)
"The Great Wall" is released in North America, so do foreigners really like it?
As for the two famous magazines in the industry, Hollywood Reporter and Variety, they are full of negative energy.
The Hollywood Reporter is the most powerful. From plot to performance, almost no one is spared. "Zhang Yimou and his Hollywood writers concocted a stale monster movie", "the characters are like symbols, and the plot is very boring. The so-called visual wonders become numb after exploding for a while", "I don't understand why everyone talks with their tongues rolled up" (meaning that the generals in the Song Dynasty spoke one by one with a strong American accent, while the United States did not exist at that time).
"The Great Wall" is released in North America, so do foreigners really like it?
Variety sees the essence through the phenomenon. Before that, Matt Damon's participation in the performance had aroused a wave of voices against "white washing". From the reaction of social media, many people really care more about racial equality than Chinese domestic audiences, and the old peduncle who opposes the "white savior" thinks that it is another movie similar to The Last Samurai. Variety pointed out that the whole film is all about promoting Chinese culture. The white male lead played by Matt Damon looks like "receiving re education" from beginning to end. He talks about the blackboard time, what is courage, selflessness, discipline, and of course, the great Chinese invention that Chinese people believe in.
In terms of plot, the arrangement of the Crane Army has also been criticized. "USA Today" thinks that the plot of young girls jumping down in groups is incomprehensible. The BBC directly said that the film is like the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Not only that, Variety named and criticized the performance of Jing Tian, the heroine of the film, the commander of the crane army. "It may be that too many English lines hinder her from playing. They want to establish a kind of sympathetic relationship in the play, but she and Matt Damon act like wood, which makes the close-up even more awkward."
"The Great Wall" is released in North America, so do foreigners really like it?
In other words, Matt Damon, who has always been an actor, was not spared, let alone Jingtian. "Variety" ironically said, "Don't expect this movie to bring him any acting nominations." The BBC film critic mark kermode said more laughingly, "Matt Damon tried at least six accents in this movie, first the Irish accent, and finally changed several times. He decided to give up, or to play in his hometown (American accent)." a. V club thinks that Matt Damon is ignorant throughout the whole process and has contributed similar acting skills to Chris Heimsworth (distressed Hammer lies on his gun).
Of course, the most innocent complaints are the English title (the great wall). Trump once threatened to build a wall on the border between the United States and Mexico during his election campaign. Unexpectedly, on the first presidential day after taking office, he met a movie called "the great wall". Some people jokingly said that "The Great Wall" should be Trump's favorite movie. Matt Damon also said when promoting the film: "I don't know whether he likes the film, but I think he must like the title."
"The Great Wall" is released in North America, so do foreigners really like it?
After all, many people still affirm the pioneering significance of the Great Wall. Wang Zhenxiang, one of the founders of the well-known Asian network wong fu productions, stood in line for the film, saying that the so-called "white savior" is just a tool used by Chinese money owners to sell Chinese culture, which is very helpful for Asian films to enter the American market, Take a look at "Curse of Golden Flower". It can't be sold in the United States. You may not like this film, but please go and criticize it after watching it.
For pure movie fans, these are foreign objects. Your own perception of the Great Wall is the final word. Chinese and foreigners have nothing to care about. （）
