In April, "Taken" officially started filming.

The film will be shot in the United States and France, with a total investment of US$50 million.

The reason why the investment is so small is mainly because it is difficult for pure action movies to sell well nowadays.

Special effects blockbusters are now the mainstream of action movies. Because of the blessing of special effects, visual spectacles can be created at will.

Previously, in "Red Zone", Jackie Chan jumped from the top of a building, spanning a distance of more than eight meters, which amazed American audiences.

But now with special effects technology, it is easy to jump not only eight meters, but also eight hundred meters.

Therefore, action actors can no longer compete with computers.

No matter how beautifully they perform kung fu, and no matter how dedicated they are to risking their lives, they can't compare to the special effects produced by computers.

Just like chess, checkers, and Go players, they all fell to the computer one after another. No matter how superb their chess skills are, they can't match the computer's brain speed.

Of course, pure action movies will never die.

After all, no matter how realistic and sophisticated the computer special effects are, it is difficult to achieve the thrill of a pure action movie with punches and swords that penetrate the flesh and bones, giving the audience the pleasure of watching hormones explode.

Because as soon as the audience sees the special effects, they will know that it is fake, and it is naturally difficult to accept it. Therefore, pure action movies will still have a group of fixed fans, and in the future, with the proliferation of special effects technology, pure action movies will usher in a period of recovery.

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It's just that manpower is sometimes limited. Human beings' physical ability, speed, and reaction all have limits. They are not as good as computers, and their performance is almost endless.

As technology advances, they will create more realistic and detailed pictures. By then, the profession of action actors will basically cease to exist. Without qualified action actors, naturally there will be no pure action scenes.

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After the filming of "Taken" started, it went very smoothly.

Shooting action movies is already something Xiang Nan is familiar with.

And he and Cong Shan have been married for many years, so they naturally have a good rapport when filming.

The only trouble is Zhou Dongyu. Her acting skills are pretty good and she can express the necessary expressions, but her English is not standard enough.

Because she only graduated from high school, and her academic performance was average, and English was not her strong point. But she played the role of a Chinese girl who grew up in the United States.

It can be forgiven if Xiang Nan and Cong Shan's English is not good. After all, many first-generation immigrants do not speak English well, have strong accents, and like to combine local and foreign languages. But the English of the second-generation immigrants is no different from that of locals.

Therefore, Zhou Dongyu still needs to improve her English. At least she needs standard pronunciation for those lines, so as not to make people feel like she is acting in a drama.

Zhou Dongyu also knew this, so he specially asked an English teacher to help him supplement his bad habits. However, he had to eat food one bite at a time. It was not possible to achieve accurate pronunciation and fluent conversation in a short period of time.

Therefore, Xiang Nan had to skip her scenes and choose to film other scenes so that she could have more time to hone her accent.

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During the filming period, in April, Universal Pictures released the movie "Inception" directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, John Gordon, etc.

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This movie tells the story of a team of magical dreamers who sneak into other people's dreams, steal the core secrets from their subconscious, and modify other people's subconscious.

In fact, the story of "Tomb Robbery" is very easy to understand. It is the story of a group of people passing through many levels and finally successfully completing the mission.

In terms of context, this is no different from "Dungeons and Dragons", where adventurers form a team, go through adventure after adventure, and finally win the treasure.

The biggest charm of this movie is that it fictionalizes the profession of a dream maker, who can actually enter people's subconscious through their dreams.

Dreams are ever-changing and omnipotent. Nothing or anything will not be surprising when they appear in a dream. Any laws, rules, morality, and logic are completely ineffective here.

Therefore, the director can be imaginative and weave any story or shot he wants without being disturbed by anything. The audience will naturally be able to see more incredible, wonderful and stunning scenes.

This is the biggest charm of this movie. The director has always been called a "dream maker". The movies he makes allow the audience to enjoy two hours of wonderful dreams. And Nolan really made a dream this time

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After "Inception" was released, the box office response was very good.

On the one hand, Nolan has become one of the most outstanding directors in Hollywood with the success of "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight" and has cultivated a large number of loyal fans, so the movie is naturally

Some people are following you;

On the one hand, Leonardo has made many good-looking movies in recent years, such as "The Aviator", "Blood Diamond", "The Departed", "Revolutionary Road", "Shutter Island"... all of them are box-office hits.

, word-of-mouth win-win, gaining more and more support from fans and recognition in the industry.

Therefore, their cooperation has already represented box office appeal. What's more, the script was written by Xiang Nan himself. As the so-called strong alliance is, it is naturally very attractive to the audience.

Therefore, in the end, the North American box office was US$290 million and the global box office was US$890 million. Compared with the cost of US$160 million, these results are quite good.

The birth of this movie once made mainland filmmakers feel downcast.

The hit release of "Avatar" last year has made mainland filmmakers realize how far behind they are in terms of technology compared to Hollywood. Now "Inception" has made them even more aware of the gap between them and Hollywood screenwriters.

How big is it.

From hardware to software, no one can compare, so they naturally lose confidence.

However, Xiang Nan knows that mainland movies actually have great potential, but now mainland filmmakers only know how to blindly follow the pace of Hollywood.

When Hollywood makes kung fu movies, he also makes kung fu movies; when Hollywood makes special effects blockbusters, he also makes special effects blockbusters; when Hollywood makes imax3d, the mainland is swarming with 3D movies...

They have never considered what advantages, strengths and characteristics mainland movies have compared to Hollywood movies, so naturally they fall behind step by step and are beaten down.

In 2010, five of the top ten box office hits in the country were Hollywood blockbusters. Moreover, if there was no domestic film protection month and there were quota restrictions on the introduction of foreign films, the gap would be even more obvious.

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In June, the movie released is "Captain America", which tells the story of the birth of Captain America Steve Rogers.

The story of this movie is actually very cliche. A kind-hearted poor boy succeeds in passing a test even though he is not favored.

There are really too many such stories, there are many among Chinese people, and they are certainly not uncommon in Hollywood.
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