Today, 19 of the top 20 Chinese films at the box office are domestic films.
Among them, you don't need to dig deep to see at a glance that it is the main theme of the movie, accounting for 6.
"Changjin Lake", which will be released in 2021, topped the list with a super high box office of 5.775 billion yuan, and what it surpassed was "Wolf Warrior 2", which broke many records in 2017 and opened the era of the main theme movie.
In fact, there is a record that no movie can break in "Wolf Warrior 2" so far, that is, the cumulative number of mainland moviegoers is 159 million, which is 35 million more than the third-place "Changjin Lake".
If it weren't for the fact that the average ticket price of "Changjin Lake" was 11 yuan higher than that of "Wolf Warrior 2", the champion of the box office list should still belong to "Wolf Warrior 2".
The popularity and influence of "Wolf Warrior 2" back then were far better than the two "Changjin Lake", and its pioneering significance to the main theme film in Chinese film history is no less than the significance of the two "The Wandering Earth" to Chinese science fiction films.
Of course, with the continuous rise of "Wolf Warrior 2" and the continuous record-breaking box office results, there is a polarizing debate on its word-of-mouth.
Some viewers believe that "Wolf Warrior 2" is a comprehensive upgrade on the basis of "Wolf Warrior", with a compact plot, action scenes and fist fights, and exciting gun battles and chase scenes, burning and exploding.
Some viewers also think that the film is a "dog's tail continues to marten", the scene has become bigger, but the narrative has become messy and broken, and they want to raise the pattern, but it is too deliberate, there are many plot loopholes, the villain has no brains to reduce intelligence, and there is a suspicion of marketing patriotism, and using it to make profits.
As a breakthrough exploration of domestic main theme films, this movie does have many logical loopholes and problems in the plot.
Continuing the setting of the first part, the national hatred and family hatred and national righteousness are ultimately attributed to the desperate struggle between two people, and uses personal heroism to contrast nationalism and international humanitarianism, which is somewhat fragmented and twisted.
The characters are basically face-painted with a clear distinction between good and evil, without in-depth display of the arc of the characters, and without explaining the trajectory and motivation of the characters' growth.
Leng Feng played by Wu Jing is as strong as ever, wearing the halo of the protagonist, and has humanity and family and country feelings.
Like the first part, Leng Feng "evolved" into the "ultimate form" because the villain insulted China and slandered the Chinese nation, and finally killed the enemy.
Both films only show Leng Feng's justice, courage, stubbornness, tenacity and patriotism on the surface, and the image of Chinese soldiers ingrained in stereotypes is indeed admirable, but it lacks some complex and multifaceted psychology and the living conditions of ordinary people outside the military.
Not to mention that the rebellious rich second-generation Zhuo Yifan played by Zhang Han is so greasy, the first time he saw Rachel, he stared at it like a wolf seeing its prey.
Although he knew that the character must be designed in this way to highlight his growth and change, in fact, he went from a rookie who would tremble with a gun at someone, to a soldier who fought with a gun and a gun to control the enemy.
There is no logic in this kind of growth and transformation, and the loss of credibility will only multiply the character's tool attributes.
The villain is even more old, never mending the knife, dying of talking too much, dying of insulting a warrior's beliefs and beliefs.
Although "Wolf Warrior 2" has many problems, at the same time, it is also necessary to see its groundbreaking significance for the main theme electricity.
Maximizing the commercial attributes of the main theme movie, making the main theme movie more down-to-earth and more loved by a wider audience, this is the great contribution made by "Wolf Warrior 2" in that era when the film market was booming.
It is undeniable that "Wolf Warrior 2", as a pioneer explorer of new theme movies or new mainstream films, has enjoyed the huge dividends of love education and family and country feelings.
The reason why there is such a high box office and moviegoers is also on the basis of reasonable publicity and marketing, which meets the practical needs of the public's patriotic feelings and emotional value.
Just imagine, a commercial theme movie about China's "superheroes" saving the world, who doesn't want to go into the cinema with great interest and curiosity to see it?
Moreover, the main theme of "Wolf Warrior 2" is based on the issue of evacuating overseas Chinese, which was a relatively novel and unique theme choice at that time.
This also made a good example for the later films about the evacuation of overseas Chinese such as "Operation Red Sea" and "Ten Thousand Miles Home".
In short, "Wolf Warrior 2" is an imperfect but also important milestone theme movie, and its success is the choice of the cultural needs of the times, as well as the result of innovation and breakthrough, boldly changing the face and characteristics of the main theme movie, and it is a good effect of both time and luck.
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