hollywood melon man

Chapter 938: There are scammers everywhere

Perhaps there are too many serious works in the film market recently, so suddenly a comedy-style science fiction movie appeared and was still very popular.

The box office for the midnight show was not outstanding, with "The Martian" earning $1123 million.

However, the film received good word of mouth from the audience and was highly praised by movie fans.

"Matt Damon stopped being a secret agent and went to Mars to grow potatoes."

"Is it possible that Jason Bourne hid on Mars to avoid being captured by the CIA?"

"No way, absolutely impossible."

Of course there are serious comments:
“Why this movie is my favorite science fiction movie in recent years is because it is so positive and optimistic and always sparkles with wisdom.

Many science fiction films are great, but only "The Martian" is the most serious comedy.

It's not profound, but very approachable, and it doesn't preach too much. There aren't too many forced values ​​to be instilled, and Matt Damon's acting is first-rate.

There are two passages that impressed me the most. One was when he just got in touch with NASA and discussed with the audience what kind of pose they should strike, and then he gave a thumbs up and grinned.

One scene shows him sitting on the spacecraft, saying GO with tears streaming down his face.

On a lonely planet, even when communication with Earth is lost, when potato fields are blown up, when rocket launches fail on the ground.

He never lost faith, and his ever-optimistic attitude towards life is very inspiring.”

Another fan said: “An important reason to watch the movie is that the only enemy is not the other side of humanity, but the entire Mars and deep space.

On the other side were the various groups of humans who put aside their past grudges and united to fight an extremely difficult but ultimately successful epic PVE battle. "

Then a fan left a message below: "Man, I cried when I saw this comment. Compared with the conflicts in various countries today, the beautiful world in the movie seems to be impossible to achieve forever."

Indeed, many fans feel that the film does a good job in terms of scientific basis, and the only sci-fi aspect is the cooperation between China and the United States.

But from another perspective, this is also the creator's beautiful hope.

With the support of high word of mouth and the box office appeal of actors like Gilbert Jr. and Matt Damon, the film earned $9487 million in North America in its first week, which was a good start for the summer season.

Movies like "The Martian" are not as good as those traditional sequel blockbusters. Although the box office did not exceed 100 million in the first week, it was also surprising enough.

Some media commented that if this movie had not been directed by Gilbert Jr., it would not have achieved such a high box office.

Indeed, Gilbert Jr.'s box office appeal is also the reason why more people go to the cinema to watch this movie. However, the scene in the film that cooperates with the Chinese Space Administration was criticized by some media.

The Washington Post accused Gilbert Jr. of trying to curry favor with China: "It is an insult to the U.S. space industry that an American astronaut needs to be rescued by China."

The reporter who wrote this article probably would not have imagined that more than a decade later, two astronauts would be rescued after hanging in space for almost a year, and it was a private enterprise that rescued them.

However, this did not prevent some media from launching various verbal attacks on Gilbert Jr. on this issue, trying to discredit and influence the film and cause a negative impact on its reputation.

This is indeed a problem, and many people have been led astray.

However, Gilbert also has a response plan. On Monday morning of the second week of the film, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation announced the development of reusable rockets and the Mars immigration plan.

Later, the Los Angeles Times, as Gilbert Jr.'s mouthpiece, also spoke out.

The Los Angeles Times believes that some people claim to be patriotic, but in fact they are taking money to do bad things and hinder the development of human space industry.

"Weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival, arrogance is." The article borrowed a sentence from the novel "The Three-Body Problem" and then told the history of American science. It was the elite talents from all over the world who came to the United States and created the scientific prosperity.

"Perhaps the ignorant Washington Post doesn't know that one of the founders of the California Jet Propulsion Laboratory mentioned in the movie was Chinese."

It is true that many Americans do not know about this, and the official authorities never publicize it.

But thanks to the quarrel between the two major media, the incident became known to the public. Moreover, a lot of information is public and can be found on the Internet.

The argument would never end, so The Washington Post did not respond.

Taking advantage of this storm, "The Martian" earned $3453 million in box office revenue in four working days, which is a pretty good figure.

And the very next weekend, "X-Men: Days of Future Past" released by 20th Century Fox was officially released.

The film won the championship with a score of 9082 million US dollars, beating the 4435 million US dollars of "The Martian" in the second weekend.

But "The Martian" is not in a hurry. The film's North American box office has accumulated 1 million US dollars, and Disney is quite satisfied with this result.

The most satisfying thing is the overseas box office. In the first week of its release overseas, the film took in 1 million US dollars, of which the Chinese market contributed 6092 million US dollars.

This is thanks to Yang Mi's hype. If she hadn't worked so hard, the film might not have reached this level.

"The Martian" is not the "Transformers" series. Although the director is Gilbert Jr., it doesn't look that cool after all.

What surprised Chinese audiences the most was that the roles of Chinese actors in the film were no longer just cameos, but played an important role.

In the past two years, Hollywood's fraudulent propaganda has made Chinese movie fans, who have been fooled several times, wary, especially since many movies have Chinese actors in them but are actually domestic special editions.

In the past, when Jackie Chan, Jet Li and others made their way into Hollywood, that was the heyday of the Chinese gang in Hollywood, but now that trend has passed.

You will never find a movie like the "Mystery of the Talisman" series or the "Rush Hour" series starring a Chinese.

So you can understand why fans are so excited about the Chinese actors starring in "The Martian".

Gilbert did not go with the crew on the promotional tour of China, but Matt Damon and Naomi Watts went there for a couple of rounds, while Yang Mi participated in the promotions in Beijing and Shanghai.

Then this matter was hyped up by Yang Mi, who was trying to establish herself as the top female star born after 1985.

However, at that time, Yang Mi was at the peak of her popularity, and she used the name of "The Martian" to promote her new drama "Gu Jian Qi Tan", utilizing all available resources.

This is a major work after Yang Mi opened her studio, and she herself attaches great importance to it.

This is very normal in the entertainment industry. Although many black fans are very angry, they wonder why Gilbert doesn't stop Yang Mi's hype.

In fact, little Gilbert didn't care at all, and his subordinates would not report such things to him.

There are people who try to ride on the popularity of others, and there is no shortage of similar examples in Hollywood.

This movie, The Martian, was banned by the Indian Film Board because NASA did not contact the Indian Space Agency in the movie.

This bizarre reason made the Disney executives laugh, and they really didn't know what to say.

Then another so-called Indian science fiction writer came forward and said that "The Martian" plagiarized his ideas and he would file an appeal and ask Gilbert Jr. to compensate him.

Gilbert Jr. naturally doesn't have to worry about such people, as Disney's legal department will solve this problem.

(End of this chapter)