Chapter 375 Excellent Commercial Production
After a brief exchange of greetings, all the guests took their seats, and the qualified movie fans also found their seats and sat down, and the film officially started.
Not to mention the flashing credits, as soon as the film opened, there was a big one for the guests and fans.
As an archaeologist, Cheng Long and a few friends entered an ancient castle in Italy, encountered a series of mechanisms, and finally escaped by relying on a strange shield in the castle.
In order to study this shield, Cheng Long planned to take the shield back.
Little did he know that his whereabouts had long been noticed, especially that mysterious shield.
With the fourth installment of the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series delayed, "The Mystery of the Spell" once again attracted the attention of movie fans as an adventure treasure-hunting fantasy movie.
At the very least, this opening scene keeps the audience's eyes on the big screen, leaving them with no time to pay attention to other things.
After the opening scene, Cheng Long returned to the antique shop in San Francisco's Chinatown, which is run by his father, played by Ng Meng-tat.
The old man was very interesting when he appeared. He kept saying: "There is one more thing, there is one more thing."
Normal people would probably be irritated when they heard this sentence.
Finally, Dad said: "One more thing, this is your niece from China. Her parents sent her to San Francisco. Please take good care of her."
Following Dad's words, Xiaoyu, played by Shu Chang, officially appeared.
Not to mention, looking at Xiaoyu on the big screen, people will immediately think of words such as smart, quirky, naughty and other words, even if Xiaoyu is still in front of a mute now.
Before Cheng Long could deal with Xiaoyu, a group of strange people came to the store and asked for the strange shield.
Of course Cheng Long didn't give it, so these strange people started to cause damage, and Cheng Long got into a fight with them.
This is the typical Furniture City God of War action style. The fights are exciting and humorous. At least judging from the reaction of the fans in the back row, this fight scene is very popular.
To be honest, Cheng Long's previous movies starring in Hollywood did not fully demonstrate his kung fu comedy style.
Including the "Rush Hour" series, in order to take care of the other leading actor, Chris Tucker, some compromises had to be made in the action scenes.
In doing so, the film has a touch of Hollywood flavor, but also lacks the flavor of Cheng Long's action movies.
In "The Mystery of the Talisman", Cheng Long has complete freedom of expression.
As one of the best action scene designers in the world, Cheng Long knows exactly what effect he wants to present.
So this fight scene looks exciting and interesting. This is the experience Cheng Long wants to bring to the audience.
Little Gilbert and Tom Cruise sat together, and Tom Cruise was full of praise for the design of this scene: "It looks very good, very interesting."
Little Gilbert asked: "Have you ever thought about incorporating Cheng Long's style into "Mission: Impossible"?"
Tom Cruise thought for a while, shook his head and said: "This is impossible, I can't be as cool and comfortable as him."
Speaking of which, both of them are real-shooting madmen in the field of action stunts.
Ever since he got the inspiration, Tom Cruise has started to excel in action stunts.
As for Cheng Long, he rarely uses a stand-in during his years of real-life shooting. He usually uses a stand-in to complete actions that he can't do or that don't look good.
Xiaoyu was attracted by Uncle Long's exciting fight, and instantly transformed into a little fan, changing from the autistic child just now to a talkative one.
Watching the interaction between Cheng Long and Xiaoyu is very interesting.
If there are two adult actresses in a movie, there may be some competition. But if there is one big one and one small one, this competitive relationship no longer exists.
So Bingbing Li watched the scene and said to Shu Chang: "Changchang, you did a great job, really good."
Cheng Long also expressed his approval: "I didn't expect that when we were filming this scene, we had quite a tacit understanding."
In Little Gilbert's words, he may be a little older than one or two years, but Shu Chang is simply the best choice for Xiaoyu, and is more suitable than Sissi.
The main characters all appeared, and the old man took off a charm from his shield, with the twelve zodiac signs of the dragon engraved on it, and it seemed to have some magical power.
Cheng Long asked: "Dad, why is there a dragon on the shield?"
Dad knocked Cheng Long on the head. "Idiot, it's because the dragon represents defense, so it's placed on the shield." "The dragon represents defense? Why does the dragon represent defense?" Cheng Long said he didn't understand. He still didn't understand. Why shields have magical powers.
Dad said that he had researched it clearly, and he believed that it was the dragon talisman on the shield that gave the shield its magical power.
"This must have flowed out of China at the end of the Qing Dynasty. It has a history of at least thousands of years." Dad analyzed that there are other talismans, because the talismans are based on the twelve zodiac animals.
So Cheng Long was given an important mission by his father, which was to collect these talismans for research and at the same time prevent the talismans from falling into the wrong hands.
From here on, the film passed for about forty minutes, but the audience watched it with gusto and found it very interesting.
This treasure hunt type of movie is interesting. It feels like you are participating in the adventure and solving puzzles with the protagonist. It is very refreshing.
With an important mission, Cheng Long can no longer take care of Xiaoyu and has to embark on a journey.
However, Xiaoyu obviously didn't want to be left behind by Uncle Long, so she sneaked into the car and hid in the back seat.
Cheng Long turned around to get his clothes and found Xiaoyu, who was startled. After a series of wranglings, Cheng Long finally agreed to take Xiaoyu on a treasure hunt.
Of course, Xiaoyu was talking about treasure hunting, and Cheng Long was talking about research.
And their journey was not peaceful. They were mainly targeted by two groups. One group was the ones who harassed the antique shop before and claimed to be Valon's men.
The other group was from the 13th District. This group The agency specializes in investigating mysterious events in the world. Recently, they investigated the secret of the spell and noticed Cheng Long.
The director of District 13 is, of course, Director Nick played by Dwayne Johnson. He also had a misunderstanding and a fight with Cheng Long.
From Nick, Cheng Long finally learned the secret of the talisman, so he was determined to find all the talismans and prevent them from falling into the wrong hands.
Cheng Long, Xiaoyu and her father came to the Yucatan Peninsula. They heard that there were clues to other spells here, but who knew that Walong and his group followed them here.
A series of fights ensued, and several Mayan pyramids were destroyed.
From this point of view, Cheng Long also has a physique like Lara Croft. Wherever he goes, places of interest will be destroyed.
But Tomb Raider was a movie that even game fans didn't like, and Talisman looks like a lot of fun.
Not only are the stunning visual effects scenes, but also Cheng Long's unique action comedy elements, which can make the audience's palms sweat from time to time, and then make them laugh again.
Dad and Xiaoyu are also very popular, especially Xiaoyu.
According to the general Eastern classical philosophy, obedient children are good children and will be liked by others.
But in North America, this approach doesn’t work, or it’s not mainstream. Xiaoyu, a child with her own ideas and opinions and a lot of clever ideas, is very popular with North American audiences.
It’s not until the second half of the film that Little Snake, played by Bingbing Li, appears, trying to steal from Cheng Long an item with magical powers they’ve discovered.
Watching the heroic Bingbing Li appear, fans responded well.
Not to mention I like it a lot, but at least I don’t hate it.
At the end of the film, it took place in Boston. Because of the magical power of the pig charm, half of Boston almost flew into the sky.
Cheng Long contributed various stunts in the film, including flying airplanes and riding mountain bikes.
Dad also showed up for a magic show, and the ghosts and ghosts left for a while, which became a mantra among movie fans.
Xiaoyu, the favorite, performed a fan dance, which aroused applause from the audience.
After successfully guarding the pig talisman, Cheng Long reached a cooperation agreement with District 13 to jointly find other talismans.
The story of "The Mystery of the Talisman" still leaves a trace of suspense.
When the movie ended, the audience burst into applause, giving their own cheers to this wonderful movie.
As a commercial film about adventurous treasure hunting, "The Mystery of the Spell" is not as good as the "Lord of the Rings" series in terms of the film's connotation and conception, but it can still be regarded as an excellent commercial film.
After seeing the performance of the film at the premiere, Gilbert Jr. said to Nolan and Cheng Long: "We can plan the second part."
Having said that, Cheng Long still has "Rush Hour 3" to shoot this year, and Gilbert Jr. also needs to find a new director to take over the series of movies.
Whether "Mystery of the Spell 2" can meet the audience quickly depends on the strength of the market.
(End of chapter)