The sci-fi movie “Moonfall” didn’t meet expectations at the box office, and Hollywood critics have pinpointed the reason for Roland Emmerich’s work.
A reporter from The Hollywood Reporter said, “The lines of ‘Moonfall’ are so jumpy that viewers have a hard time understanding the film’s lines.
“Because the box office and ratings of the series were not very good, it is believed that Lionsgate cut the budget, which is the main reason for not getting a high box office with “Moonfall”.
Suggested to Lionsgate – Lionsgate to adopt DC’s model.
The cost of the new “Batman” and “Black Adam” has been reduced, but the quality of these two series is OK, this mode can save money in special times, and the quality of the film will not decline significantly, DC’s mode It is worth learning from Lionsgate, and other studios can adopt this model.
When “Moonfall” was still in the promotion period, Emmerich’s work focused on the lines in the trailer. At the time, some fans felt that the lines of the series had a classic feel.
After everyone saw the feature film, they knew that the trailer only had better editing effects, the overall feeling of the feature film was relatively depressing, and the lines were indeed very jumpy.
From the perspective of the traditional sci-fi film model, both “Star Wars” and “Star Trek” have many jumping lines, such as “There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.” in the Star Wars film, and then “” Through power, I gain victory.”, there seems to be no connection, but there is still a sense of irony to savor it.
After all, science fiction films cannot blindly obey fantasy. Everyone still has to find the meaning of society and the true meaning of reality from the lines. This is the trend of Hollywood blockbusters.
I think that the lines of “Moonfall” have nothing to do with it, and there is a feeling of forcing the development of the plot.
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After all, this large-scale film needs to be compressed and completed within two hours. However, the content of the film is very rich, requiring a lot of bridges as a series. At the same time, the emotions of the actors are also very full, and this feeling of crowding will be projected on the lines. .
In principle, there is nothing wrong with the way that director Emmerich forcibly stuffs seemingly heavy content into the movie through the jumping of his lines.
But “Moonfall” doesn’t work very well in tandem, which may be the reason everyone is a little confused when they see the film.
“Moonfall” grossed just over $10 million over the weekend, and “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which has been in theaters for two months, is a world apart.
“Spider-Man: No Way Home” may not be a fraction of “Moonfall” purely from the depth of the film. Therefore, it is emphasized that the lines of “Moonfall” are jumpy, which makes the audience unable to adapt.
Of course, the critic also praised Emmerich’s sense of strength, using a computer to restore the protagonist’s consciousness towards the end of the film, chatting with the protagonist’s mother and cat, details that have the feel of an epic blockbuster, but can be understood Fans of these episodes are few and far between.
The jumpiness is not the main reason for the “Moonfall” box office hit. It seems that the filming period of this film is in a special period. Lionsgate has repeatedly cut investment, resulting in a gradual decline in special effects and labor costs. The main reason why the film did not achieve the desired effect in the ratings.
Since he praised Marvel’s “Spider-Man”, why did he let Lionsgate adopt the DC model instead of the Marvel workgroup concept?
This is explained in detail-in the special period of Hollywood, the loss of large-scale film industry has become the norm, not to mention that Lionsgate is not a very large film studio.
It is also necessary to save the budget. I feel that the model advocated by the DC working group is more worthy of adoption by other film industries.
Warner’s management has also been replaced in recent years. The new management may be more economical in terms of investment, but they let DC set up a studio, from superhero costumes to sound effects, everything is done by the studio. This kind of The benefit of the model is that it saves money.
The crew members of “Aquaman” have said that in the past, when Warner Bros. filmed a cosmic movie, several entertainment departments discussed it together.
At that time, Warner’s management asked each department to formulate a set of props, and then everyone selected the appropriate props. The cost of this link may exceed tens of millions of dollars.
Now DC Studio solves these problems by itself, and only needs to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to solve the problems of scenes and props.
Sometimes the backgrounds of science fiction films, comic adaptation movies, and many works can be borrowed from each other, and the creators have enough imagination to modify the background, which saves a lot of money.
Obviously, “Moonfall” still uses traditional shooting methods, and once the investment is cut, it will not work.
Therefore, Lionsgate should adopt the DC model.
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