Chapter 527: The Little Broken Ball Takes Off: A New Era for Chinese Science Fiction Films
Amidst everyone's anxious wait, July 15th finally arrived.
The highly anticipated film "The Wandering Earth" was finally released worldwide on this day. In many parts of the world, movie tickets for the next three days have already been sold out, especially in China, where the screening schedule for "The Wandering Earth" is simply terrifyingly large.
The national screening rate of 74.6% is unprecedented. Almost all 3D theaters in the country are occupied by "The Wandering Earth", whether it is the most ordinary 3D theater or the giant screen theater with better effects.
The popularity of "The Wandering Earth" in China is too high. Although the ticket price is not cheap, it cannot resist the audience's enthusiasm. Cinemas also want to take advantage of this. The ticket price of the most ordinary 3D theater for "The Wandering Earth" is as high as 50 or 60 yuan.
The giant screen theaters, with their better effects, command higher ticket prices. Seventy or eighty is considered cheap, while many large theaters charge upwards of a hundred yuan. While many netizens complain about the high prices, they continue to watch. Qingyao Media can't do anything about this; they can't forcefully change the prices set by the theater chains.
Besides, this isn't about exploiting people. Good movies are great value for money, so how can that be called exploiting people? Movies are commodities, after all. If you market a bad movie and sell it at a high price, that's exploiting people.
It's summer vacation, and early in the morning, long lines of people are waiting to see movies at major cinemas across China. This scene is nothing new to everyone. It's a common sight in Qingyao Media's films over the years.
Today was no different, with many people lining up early in the morning. Unlike previous years, there were quite a few people in their forties and fifties among the moviegoers.
And this number is not small. Although it is not as large as that of young consumer groups, it shows one thing, that is, they have also paid attention to "The Wandering Earth" and have developed a strong interest in this movie.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the audience who had bought tickets for the first show started to come in. Many people had anticipation in their eyes, hoping that the movie would bring them a big surprise.
Tiandu Cinema is the most famous film and television studio in Shanghai. This is because it has a super giant screen hall, which has the largest super giant screen in Asia, and the viewing effect is amazing.
This giant screen hall can accommodate 560 spectators at a time. The huge screen combined with the top-notch sound system allows you to truly feel as if you are there.
Of course, the ticket price of this cinema is also very expensive. Today, "The Wandering Earth" was released here, and the ticket price of this super hall was as high as 1,099 yuan.
Most people wouldn't be able to look down on such a high ticket price. However, in Shanghai, there are so many wealthy people. Many people are willing to spend over a thousand yuan to see a movie. Despite the high ticket price, the first three days of tickets have already sold out.
Even the midnight show, which runs from midnight to 7:30 a.m., was sold out. Tickets for this time were discounted, but even then, they were still a hefty 599 yuan.
Zhao Hao is a fan of Su Yang and a wealthy second-generation. His girlfriend is also a fan of Su Yang, so when tickets for "The Wandering Earth" were released, Zhao Hao immediately grabbed two. Two thousand yuan might not even be enough for Zhao Hao to spend on a meal.
"here we go……"
Soon, the movie officially started playing, and my girlfriend beside me said excitedly. The whole theater also went dark, and everyone was staring at the screen.
The movie opens with a very warm scene. The smiles of the elderly, children, middle-aged people, and especially the children are particularly healing.
But the audience soon understood something from the conversation: no need to draw lots, entering the dungeon, all of this represents a cruel reality.
The story slowly unfolds, and when the Wandering Earth project was announced, many viewers' eyes lit up. Oh my god, build a planetary engine and propel Earth to its new home 4.2 light-years away.
This completely overturns everyone's perception of science fiction movies. In previous Hollywood science fiction blockbusters, when problems occurred on the earth, humans built spaceships to escape from the earth.
But The Wandering Earth takes the entire Earth with it. Now, many people finally understand why it is called The Wandering Earth. It turns out that it takes the Earth with it on its journey. No matter what happens, the Earth will always be humanity’s home.
"Wow……"
Soon, someone exclaimed in amazement. The plot had been modified to show the full picture of the planetary engine. Seeing the huge planetary engine built by humans together, many viewers couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
With the help of special effects, the huge planetary engine is super shocking and looks extremely real. This is the burning budget. The special effects have no sense of disobedience and are in no way inferior to top Hollywood blockbusters.
The budget is burning, and the special effects are showing. In the original version, things that were simply summarized in a few pictures and a few words are completely and slowly brought to life here.
The huge planetary engine, the spectacular Navigator International Space Station, and the magnificent underground city. Compared with the original version which was only two hours long, Su Yang's version of The Wandering Earth lasted three and a half hours.
This is also why theaters are generally raising prices this time around, because the market is so long. With so much time, the story becomes richer and more epic. If it were someone else, a movie like this would probably be split into two parts.
However, Su Yang chose not to do so. He simply told the story in one film, leaving the rest of the story to be written in the future. A film must tell a good story to be considered a good film. The film is an hour and a half longer than the original, naturally making the story richer and more engaging, and the special effects budget also increased.
"start up……"
The movie continues, and when the world announces the launch of the planetary engine, many people are shocked.
The huge planetary engine emits terrifying thrust. Faced with such a terrifying engine, humans seem so small.
One planetary engine after another started up, and the entire earth seemed to be shaking. The cities and land around the engines were destroyed by the huge vibrations as if they had suffered a nuclear attack.
"Goodbye, Solar System..."
When these words were shouted out in different languages, the audience in the cinema were completely moved.
After the Earth's interstellar engine was started, the huge Earth was pushed away from the solar system little by little. The scene was extremely shocking. Special effects were used here to fully demonstrate this shock, and the audience could see the funds being burned.
The Earth is large and small, and the camera moves from close-up to distant shots. At this point, half an hour into the movie, the words "The Wandering Earth" appear. The first half hour is just an opening credits sequence.
But the opening sequence has already conquered the audience. When seeing the four big characters "Su Yang's Works", many viewers smiled knowingly.
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