Best ever July Month for China's box office and Hollywood contributed only 10% in total revenue..
Chinese film, television, music
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Best ever July Month for China's box office and Hollywood contributed only 10% in total revenue..
Nice. I still remember the time when people were worried during covid if Chinese cinema goers would ever return. Or going further back a decade ago when Hollywood movies dominated and people wondered if domestic movie industry can ever catch up.
The critics lambasted china policy of restricting number of foreign movies shown but I believe its the right policy. Allows for space for local industry to develop and learn.
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New trailer just dropped, looks fire.
(I was typing out this post at the same time!)
Commercial success has until now eluded Daolang becoz he got into loggerheads with 'established industry authority figures' early in his career. This song's tune and lyrics, based on the eponymous story in Strange Tales (聊斋志异), poke fun at said authority figures in a very oblique way.
What's interesting is that the song has become a cultural phenomenon, with people from all kinds of traditional Chinese
performing arts covering the song.
Also, supposedly, a German politician read the translation and said present day Germany resembles the lyrics. And of coz there's the usual 1450 and Chinese self haters claiming the song is about China and CPC.
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Commercial success has until now eluded Daolang becoz he got into loggerheads with 'established industry authority figures' early in his career. This song's tune and lyrics, based on the eponymous story in Strange Tales (聊斋志异), poke fun at said authority figures in a very oblique way.
What's interesting is that the song has become a cultural phenomenon, with people from all kinds of traditional Chinese
performing arts covering the song.
Also, supposedly, a German politician read the translation and said present day Germany resembles the lyrics. And of coz there's the usual 1450 and Chinese self haters claiming the song is about China and CPC.
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And more, look them up!
Saw Feng Shen on a IMAX screen. Really enjoyed it. Story was changed from the novel to reflect modern sensibilities. I actually quite like the fatalist themes of the original novel but understood why they felt it had to be changed for the movie. In particular I like the changes they made to Yin Shou (Zhou Wang) and Daji's storyline. The whole 'who is the rightful master of the world (天下共主)' storyline is good too, more so for those who don't know about the story.
VFX-wise it's mostly okay. Nezha's Hun Tian Ling (混天綾) was an eyesore but everything else looked fine. The art direction is solid, especially the white-bronze-jade armors design. Looked absolutely fabulous. That for me was the best reason to see the movie on a big screen. Their intricate designs are just stunning to look at on an IMAX screen. You will not see such gorgeously designed and crafted armors in any other movie.
Probably going to watch it again next week before it loses IMAX screens to newer releases.
P.S. I remember watching Lord of the Rings at the IMAX on Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand on a screen that was billed as the largest in the southern hemisphere. Two decades surely went by fast. Can't quite remember how I felt about the LotR trilogy, but I didn't go back for a second viewing.
VFX-wise it's mostly okay. Nezha's Hun Tian Ling (混天綾) was an eyesore but everything else looked fine. The art direction is solid, especially the white-bronze-jade armors design. Looked absolutely fabulous. That for me was the best reason to see the movie on a big screen. Their intricate designs are just stunning to look at on an IMAX screen. You will not see such gorgeously designed and crafted armors in any other movie.
Probably going to watch it again next week before it loses IMAX screens to newer releases.
P.S. I remember watching Lord of the Rings at the IMAX on Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand on a screen that was billed as the largest in the southern hemisphere. Two decades surely went by fast. Can't quite remember how I felt about the LotR trilogy, but I didn't go back for a second viewing.
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Trailer for 冬与狮, a TV series based on the same novel as the Battle at Lake Changjin
People are worried about the director (Gao Xixi, who directed the 2010 adaptation of Romance of Three Kingdoms which a lot of people hate). Coming this month to CCTV1.
People are worried about the director (Gao Xixi, who directed the 2010 adaptation of Romance of Three Kingdoms which a lot of people hate). Coming this month to CCTV1.
Not that I'm complaining, but how many Lake Changjins are we gonna have by the end of this decade? Xd
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its going to be the Chinese pearl harbor or normandy. endless remakes and interpretations, each one typically worse than the others.
China pretty puts a soft ban on Korea and Vietnam war dramas for a few decades. Most of modern wars movies or dramas were focused upon Japan invasion and civil war.
More Korea war movies and dramas are coming out in the next few years. However, I hope they put more efforts for other parts of the war.
More Korea war movies and dramas are coming out in the next few years. However, I hope they put more efforts for other parts of the war.