As the ending song played, Rick thought for a moment.
This movie isn't actually perfect.
Although the scenes in the second half are very powerful, the plot is a very common and conventional routine of characters sacrificing themselves to delay time, and reinforcements arriving to defeat the enemy, without much breakthrough.
But sometimes the orthodox plot can make people feel very refreshed.
Even though Rick knew from the wizard's words and actions in the previous plot that he might sacrifice and die later, and even though he could guess from the previous plot that reinforcements would definitely arrive later, when he actually saw these plots, his emotions were still aroused, and he couldn't help but feel excited about the plot.
In fact, Rick felt that this plot was even better and could make his heart beat faster, as if he was in a fortress.
When the wizard sacrificed himself, Rick felt truly sad and secretly clenched his fists. But when the horn sounded, he really felt redeemed.
The ending song ended and the screening room fell into darkness, with only the fluorescent light from the player's interface illuminating everyone's faces.
No one can speak, no one can make any comments.
Because all the comments are written on your face.
There is no doubt that this movie has reached a very high standard in terms of plot, special effects and performance.
Moreover, the cultural connotation of this movie is not the traditional hero saving the world, but more like all mankind working together to resist natural disasters.
It's the same if you replace Winter Wolves and Tides with Floods and Earthquakes.
This movie shows the indomitable spirit and strong will of human beings when facing difficulties.
This was extremely shocking to Rick and others.
Western movies, especially Hollywood movies, whether they are heroic epics or disaster films, most of them focus on a specific protagonist.
Whether it's a comet hitting the earth, a landslide or a tsunami, or a flood or an earthquake, or even an alien attack on the earth, there are always the protagonists who stand up for their families and save the world.
If a meteorite falls, the protagonist and his team will be sent to blow up the meteorite. If there is a problem with the earth's core, the protagonist and his team will be sent to blow up the earth's core. If Godzilla destroys the city, the protagonist and his team will be sent to blow up Godzilla. If there is any doubt about the problem, the protagonist will just blow it up and it will be solved.
There are often scenes where people all over the world are watching the protagonist saving the world alone, as if everyone else is trash and only the protagonist can solve the problem.
This kind of personal heroism is the main theme in Europe and the United States.
But what is shown in this movie "The Tides of Devil" is a picture of human beings working together to fight against alien races. In this movie, although there are scenes of individuals fighting against monsters, the real victory depends on the vast ocean of the people.
For a native European or American like Rick, this is difficult to understand.
According to his thinking, it might be the mage who rushed out and turned the tide, defeating the giant wolf single-handedly, and then his teammates arrived and eliminated the remaining fleeing wolves.
It is incomprehensible that a person rushed forward but could only cause a little damage to the giant wolf and ended up losing his own life.
More importantly, after he went up, the others followed suit and rushed forward. This way of fighting subverted Rick's imagination.
Isn’t individual life important?
While he was shocked, he also fell into deep thought.
“I don’t know how to describe this movie, but I was definitely touched.”
Les sniffed.
There aren't many purely fictional movies like this that can make him feel excited. Even the recent films that Hollywood is so proud of are mostly about modern urban crime or social issues, or they are superhero movies that are mass-produced like canned food. These can no longer move him, an old producer.
But now, what was reflected in this movie made him really think.
Whenever he thought of the scenes in the movies where everyone worked together to fight natural disasters as if they were a community with a shared destiny, Rice felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.
In Europe and the United States, which advocate freedom and individuality, this kind of behavior of sacrificing the individual for the collective is extremely rare.
But through this movie, this emotion was clearly conveyed to Rice's mind.
He now even began to feel that the feeling of everyone working together was very passionate and exciting.
No matter who you are, you will want to fight side by side with your companions like in the movies. When you think of this, Rice feels his blood boiling.
After working for so many years, his heart, which had become indifferent due to social engagements and interactions, unexpectedly became restless.
"This movie will be a hit, I'm 100% sure of it!"
As a director, Justin has keenly sensed the commercial potential. In this era, this kind of movie can definitely reap a lot of box office revenue and capture the hearts of the audience.
You know, many audiences now go to the cinema just to have fun, watch the special effects, watch the action, and watch the stars.
In some action movies, the plots are completely illogical, with cars driving straight into space. In other movies, political correctness is forced on the audience's aesthetic taste, and classic masterpieces are changed beyond recognition.
Even many European and American audiences have complaints about the current film and television industry.
It is such a movie like "The Devil's Tide" that satisfies all the needs of contemporary audiences, so the box office will definitely not be low!
It can be said that the special effects alone are worth the price of the movie.
"Rick, you'd better contact this movie yourself and try to get it to be shown exclusively in your theaters. If you can get it, you might be able to set a box office record."
Armitage was the calmest. While feeling the shock brought by the movie, he also thought about commercial issues.
Normally, movies are released in all theaters, but sometimes, theaters will offer to make concessions and require exclusive screening of the movie, just like the exclusive broadcast of a website.
As for a movie like "On the Tides of Devil May Cry", Armitage believes that under normal promotion, its box office will definitely not be less than 500 million US dollars. With additional publicity, it is not impossible to reach 1 billion US dollars.
Such box office results are, if not rare, at least a great achievement.
What's more, when it comes to imported movies, cinema chains get to reap the benefits and get exclusive broadcasting, which is a sure profit.
"I understand, I understand..."
Rick also realized the seriousness of the problem.
He immediately stood up, picked up his cell phone, and prepared to contact his subordinate Thomas Lee.
While he was on the phone, the other three took out their cell phones and searched for information about Lu Ban.
However, there is very little information about Lu Ban on English websites.
"Wait a minute, I saw that this director had two films before. Although they were not shown here, some English translation groups on some forums have uploaded subtitled versions."
Justin said excitedly.
“Should we check out his other works?”
He suggested.