The movie continues to play on the big screen...
This happened to be a scene where Cheng Fei made a guest appearance - it was under her "instigation" that Shang Qianyu wanted to join the superhero group.
A lot of plots and space at the beginning are used to describe the personal lives behind these superheroes with glamorous appearance and extraordinary abilities.
In traditional superhero movies, in order to enrich the characters and make them more vivid, all kinds of daily plots are also added, such as a mess of emotions, setbacks in life, or conflicts between individuals and teams.
This shows that these superheroes also went through hardships and persisted in their beliefs before they finally became heroes who protect humanity.
It is touching to watch, but sometimes it always gives people the feeling that "rich people worry about how to spend their money."
Such worries may not be consistent with the worries of the general public.
"The Black Robe Inspection Team" is much more down-to-earth.
They would quibble over whether or not convenience stores provide straws for drinks.
After returning home, I would look at my bank card balance with an ecstatic expression.
Looking at the "partner" occupying the center position in the promotional video, emotions of jealousy and envy will appear on your face.
He said one thing to his leader and another behind his back...
Similarly, as people who rely on external forces to obtain super powers, they are just like some nouveau riche who become rich overnight, and even their minds are distorted.
These are real living people with flesh and blood.
"It looks great. Is this really shot by a new company?"
“…”
Unlike other viewers who were watching the movie seriously, Yang Ruoqian's attention was not on the movie at all.
The audience watches the movie, and he watches the audience.
It’s over… The movie has been playing for more than 20 minutes, why hasn’t anyone gotten up to go to the bathroom?
Yang Ruoqian couldn't help but glance at the big screen.
"Is it really that beautiful?" Yang Ruoqian couldn't help but mutter in a very low voice, "There's not even one person playing with their phone?"
…
Yang Ruoqian could recite the following plot summary by heart.
Because all the magical plots in the entire movie were decided by Yang Ruoqian himself.
But as he watched, Yang Ruoqian gradually stopped paying attention to the reactions of other audience members, and all his thoughts were immersed in the world constructed by the movie.
As a film that tends to be a group portrait and does not have an absolutely definite male protagonist, how to divide the screen and how to switch scenes without making the audience feel disconnected requires extremely high basic skills from the director.
An Zhou, the director of "The Black Robe Inspection Team", did this perfectly.
The switching of the screens is smooth and the transition is exquisite, which does not affect the sense of immersion at all.
The acting skills of all the actors are good, and the most important point is that these actors were not famous before and have never played any memorable roles.
The feeling of being reminded of another character when seeing this face disappeared completely.
It’s as if the actors themselves are the characters in the movie, rather than someone around you, which increases the sense of immersion.
Without spending a lot of money to hire big-name actors and without the constraints of sky-high pay, the crew can invest more resources and funds into scene construction, special effects and various details.
The plot of the movie progresses slowly, and it reaches the scene where Shang Qianyu is successfully deceived and comes to the company to apply for a job.
“…”
Yang Ruoqian, who played a guest role as a company executive, swept all the documents on the table to the floor and said angrily: "They took 5 million and I took 1 million. Do you still want me to thank them?!"
"MY! MONEY!!!"
It was obviously a very serious plot, but the ferocious expression on Yang Ruoqian's face, the documents on the floor and this line successfully made the audience, who had been silent for a long time, laugh.
"puff……"
"Ha ha……"
The depressing atmosphere presented by the movie relaxed my tense nerves from the beginning to now.
How to achieve a moderate degree of relaxation and ups and downs in the rhythm without affecting the overall tone of the whole movie... "The Boys" did it perfectly.
Without popcorn to eat and unable to use anything at hand to relieve his stress, Yang Ruoqian looked at the big screen with a blank expression.
If he hadn't been on camera, destroying Yang Ruoqian's sense of immersion, he would probably still be immersed in the plot of the movie.
Now that he came to his senses, he suddenly realized - why does this movie feel so good?
It wasn't like this when I wrote the script! Now, the entire movie is going according to my idea, but why is it so good when it is filmed? !
Should we blame the screenwriter? Others worked diligently to write the script and demanded that it be completely in line with Yang Ruoqian's standards.
Should we blame the director? An Zhou vividly presented the elements required by Yang Ruoqian to the audience in every shot. What was wrong with him?
Blame the actors? Stop talking nonsense.
Blame it all... can only blame yourself? The first half of the plot is absurd and ridiculous, but the audience can feel what it wants to express.
Later, the plot gradually reached its climax, and the superheroes revealed their true faces one by one.
Among them are good people in the general sense, people with ordinary personalities, selfish people, people who are not so bad completely, and of course, people who are completely bad.
When he was wearing the clothes that symbolized justice and solving physiological problems on the roof of a building, when he had a ferocious face and threatened the company's employees with death, when he said creepy words with a smile... the audience just watched seriously, and not even one "original fan" jumped out to curse him.
When Shang Qianyu, who played the role of conscience in the superhero team, had to compromise in the face of reality, everyone just sighed helplessly.
While watching these plots, Yang Ruoqian kept putting himself in the shoes of a fan of these superhero prototypes.
Then he discovered sadly that it seemed like these plots really wouldn't break the defenses of the original fans and wouldn't arouse hatred from the original fans.
Because everyone can obviously resonate with these plots.
If traditional superheroes give the audience a dream, a dream of a perfect and powerful man covered in starlight to save everyone... then "The Boys" brings them back to reality.
But reality is never perfect.
Ugh, what am I imagining?
I wrote this script myself!
Yang Ruoqian shook his head suddenly and realized a terrible fact.
The movie is just expressing a plot and telling the story through pictures, but what the core of the story is, a thousand people may have a thousand different opinions.
Perhaps the person who wrote this script, specifically Yang Ruoqian here, wanted to use this plot to disgust people, but when it came to the director and screenwriter, they might not understand it that way.
Once the director shoots the movie according to his understanding and it is shown in cinemas, the audience's understanding may once again deviate from that of the director and screenwriter.
There were two different understandings in between, and what was finally presented was a world of difference from what Yang Ruoqian originally envisioned.
This is the difference between movies and text.
In a written story, if the author wishes, he or she can express the central idea of his or her story very clearly, and can even directly use narration to conclude the story.
But movies...can't have too much "objective" narration.
A boring story can become a masterpiece in the hands of a powerful author.
A clichéd plot can be turned into a classic in the hands of a strong director and actors.
On the other hand, a very good script, in the hands of a rubbish director, may become a piece of shit that is nailed to the pillar of shame.
"Magic City Fortress" is the latter.
Judging from the current trend, "Black Robe Inspection Team" should be the former without a doubt...
The superhero who bullied the heroine when he first joined the company was certainly hateful, but when faced with major issues later, his instinctive act of lending a helping hand to the weak moved everyone.
In order to avenge his wife, he forms a partnership with the male protagonist who lost his girlfriend and sets out to overthrow the evil company. However, his actions gradually become like those of superheroes in the subsequent plot, making people feel strange yet familiar.
The plot vividly shows the changes that happen to a person after he gains powerful strength - after he is able to compete with superheroes, the audience is not happy for him.
Because the dragon slayer has long since turned into a dragon.
Every character is changing, some are growing, some are falling...
In the end, they even released a vicious and cruel murderer for revenge...
Revenge was ultimately successful, and Homelander and Evil Corporation collapsed.
But it seems that nothing has changed in this world.
“…”
After several hours of ups and downs and exciting plot, the whole story finally came to an end.
The lights in the cinema were turned back on.
The big screen went black, and along with the list of thanks, there was an ending song with a cheerful melody and sad content.
As expected, Yang Ruoqian saw his name in the acknowledgments list.
It was said to be a token of thanks, but Yang Ruoqian felt sad no matter how he looked at it.
Just like the ending song of this film.
Now there is no need to worry about the movie box office.
I finally established an extremely expensive legal project, but now... all my work has been in vain.
Let’s first find a way to reduce the impact of this movie.
Just as Yang Ruoqian was about to get up and leave the cinema, the staff thank you form suddenly disappeared.
The movie scene appears again.
The attention of the audience who were packing their belongings and preparing to leave the theater was immediately attracted.
There are even Easter eggs!
After some movies end, a plot will be played at the end, either to supplement the main film or to follow up the second part.
This kind of clip is called an Easter egg.
Generally speaking, the footage of Easter eggs will not be very long, only a few seconds or ten seconds at most, but the amount of information hidden in them is huge.
I didn’t expect that “The Boys” also had Easter eggs?!
The audience, who had been bombarded with high-quality films for two hours, still felt unsatisfied. Some even sat back in their seats, unwilling to miss even this last bit of the plot.
On the screen, there was a place ravaged by war. The ground was full of potholes, and the streets were full of broken walls and ruins. It was obvious that it had been baptized by war countless times.
Bang, bang, bang…
Not far away, the sound of bullets pouring out could be clearly heard.
Suddenly, a superhero in red fell from the sky and with just a wave of his hand, all the gunshots disappeared.
Just as he was surveying his achievements with a smug look, a pair of trembling hands covered in blood reached out from the rubble behind him, tightly grasped a pistol that had fallen to the ground, and lifted the barrel with all their might.
At the same time, the screen went completely black.
"Bang!"
With a gunshot, the whole movie ended perfectly.
…
The audience sat in their seats for three or four seconds, and only after they were sure that no other plot twists would suddenly pop up later did they finally walk out of the cinema exit in an orderly manner.
Even those who had come with the intention of finding fault and watching the show laugh at the same time remained silent, still savoring the ups and downs of the plot in their minds.
After all, in the eyes of many people, a superhero movie shot by a domestic team, especially a new team, is really hard to praise.
When we left the screening room and arrived at the theater entrance, many people were discussing the plot with red faces.
"In one word, absolutely amazing! After watching it, I just felt it was awesome."
"I used to think that domestic superhero movies were a joke."
"No, how can I let my rebellious sons enjoy such a wonderful movie? I'm going to spoil it for them right now."
"It's useless. Even if you know the plot and go to the movie, you will still be amazed."
"That Easter egg at the end is a stroke of genius, right? I was actually quite upset when I first saw the ending, but after seeing that Easter egg, I was really excited."
"This movie is definitely going to be a huge hit, and it will make the director and actors famous as well. I'm afraid that several of the leading actors will be promoted directly from the 18th tier to the second tier or even the first tier."
“They are really good at acting!”
"By the way, what's the name of the girl who plays the female lead? She's so pretty, and obviously much better than the tech-savvy one."
"The special effects are also very good, there is nothing out of place... Which company shot this? It's the pride of domestic films!"
"The guy who yelled 'My money' was also hilarious, but I don't know why he had no more scenes later."
"I'll go back and wait for those video bloggers to release a film review, and then I'll see what those haters have to say."
"What else can I say? All the slanders have been refuted on their own."
Yang Ruoqian felt uncomfortable listening to the people around him praising the movie, praising his own actors, and praising himself.
Judging from the current discussion and word of mouth, this movie is 100% doomed.
He could even hear hurtful words like "Buy a few more votes to support the pride of domestic production".
Even Yang Ruoqian, who watches movies with tinted glasses, thinks it's good, let alone passers-by.
Who knew that the purpose of this movie was just to take advantage of the popularity and offend a group of superhero audiences! "Fortunately, there is "Green Lantern" in the same release period as mine. With this competitor, the box office should not fail... It won't explode too much."
But Yang Ruoqian couldn't just do nothing and pin his fate on his competitors.
We must find a way to stop profit in time...
(There is one more chapter to come. I always see that the data goes down every time I update. Don’t lie to me. I can see the backstage. You guys don’t buy into the idea of adding more chapters!) (End of this chapter)
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