In October, the long-lost ＂fairy fight＂ finally came back!
October 4, 2021Journal no.2434
As an important schedule in a year, which is second only to the Spring Festival, the eleventh file every year is regarded as an important node that impacts the KPI of the box office throughout the year. After bidding farewell to the depressed summer and Mid-Autumn Festival, in October, the domestic film market has recovered, and many large-scale movies are rushing to be released on the National Day. In addition to domestic large-scale movies, Hollywood blockbusters have also begun to return, and the long-lost "fairy fight" picture is about to be staged.
This year’s National Day file started on September 30th, with 8 new films released. Among them, The Battle at Lake Changjin and My Father and I are the most anticipated movies in the National Day. The former is directed by Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark and Lin Chaoxian, and starred by Jason Wu, Jackson Yee, Duan Long, Zhu Yawen, Jerry Lee, Hu Jun, Han Dongjun, Huang Xuan, Ou Hao and others. The latter is jointly directed by Jason Wu, Zhang Ziyi, Shen Teng and Xú Zhēng, starring Jason Wu, Leo, Zhang Ziyi, Huang Xuan, Shen Teng, Ma Li, Xu Zheng, Song Jia and others. Both films have very strong lineups, almost bringing together the top actors and directors in the Chinese film industry.
The Battle at Lake Changjin-
Restore the real battlefield of Changjin Lake to resist US aggression and aid Korea
Director:Chen Kaige/Tsui Hark/Lin Chaoxian
Starring:Jason Wu/Jackson Yee/Duan Long/Zhu Yawen/Jerry Lee/Hu Jun
Type:Plot/history/war
Release date:2021-09-30
Recommended reason:Based on the battle of Changjin Lake in the second battle of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the film tells a magnificent history: 71 years ago, Chinese people’s Volunteer Army went to the DPRK to fight, and in the extremely cold and harsh environment, the Eastern Front combat troops pursued all the way with their iron will and heroic fighting spirit, bravely killed the enemy, reversed the battlefield situation, and played a military and national prestige. The film stars Jason Wu, Jackson Yee, Zhu Yawen, Jerry Lee, Elvis Han and Hu Jun, and Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark and Lin Chaoxian are the producers and directors. The theme of the film to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea can easily arouse people’s feelings about home and country, further accelerate the fermentation and sinking of word of mouth, and realize the spread of broken circles.
Me and my parents
-pay tribute to your parents.
Director:Jason Wu/Zhang Ziyi/Xú Zhēng/Shen Teng
Starring:Jason Wu/Zhang Ziyi/Xú Zhēng/Shen Teng/Han Haolin
Type:plot of a play
Release date:2021-09-30
Recommended reason:With the theme of little people in the great era, the film created a group of ordinary people who are full of flesh and blood, full of emotion, ordinary and great, and gathered more than 50 powerful actors to compete on the same stage. To some extent, they also represented the mission inheritance of several generations of filmmakers in China. The film takes four eras as the sequence, focusing on four very different families, with the chapters of Riding the Wind, Poetry, Duck Prophet and Youth Travel respectively. It describes the struggle experiences of several generations of parents from the perspective of "home and country", tells the blood connection and spiritual inheritance of Chinese, and reproduces the memory of Chinese’s hard work.
Five Boys Who Drove the Water—
The story of an unprecedented synchronized swimming performance
Director:haolin song
Starring:Xin Yunlai/Feng Xiangkun/Li Xiaoqian/Wu Junting/Wang Chuan
Type:Comedy/sports
Release date:2021-09-30
Recommended reason:It tells the story that five high school boys with different personalities joined the school’s men’s synchronized swimming team by mistake. Facing the distrust and ridicule of teachers, classmates and parents, they ignited the fighting spirit of "wanting to win once" and completed an unprecedented synchronized swimming performance through all difficulties.
Cpaing and Lu Xixi’s Canned Little Man.
-"Canned Man" is a real fairy tale movie.
Director:Yu Fei
Starring:Hong Yuexi/Zhuang Zexi/Tian Yu/Liu Yiying/Yu Shuyao
Type:Comedy/children/fantasy
Release date:2021-09-30
Recommended reason:The film is adapted from the fairy tale of Canned Little Man written by Zheng Yuanjie, the "King of Fairy Tales". The two protagonists in Canned Little Man of Pipiru and Lu Xixi are from this magical magazine. They are twin brothers and sisters and good friends of Shuke and Beita, and Canned Little Man is one of the stories specially written by Zheng Yuanjie for them.
Tyrannosaurus Tu Tu with Big Ears in Action—
Childhood memories return again
Director:Suda
Type:Animation/Children/Fantasy
Release date:2021-10-01
Recommended reason:Tu Tu with Big Ears is an original animated work produced by Shanghai Animation Film Studio in 2004. It is the growing memory of two generations and is still loved by many children and their parents. "Round head and big ears, clumsy hands and clumsy feet running like a top", this child with big ears named "Hu Tutu" is like a small sun, which can bring endless happiness to everyone every time.
Exploring the Princess of Cats and Mermaids—
Invite you to go on an adventure under the sea.
Screenwriter:Liang Le Xiao Hongyun
Type:Animation/Children/Fantasy
Release date:2021-10-01
Recommended reason:There are 180 episodes in the four TV versions of Detective Cat, and the whole network plays more than 300 million times, which is very popular among children. The first animated film "Exploring the Cats and Mermaid Princess" perfectly integrates fine production into funny and novel stories, which is bound to make Daguan fans who have always liked to explore cats gain new joy!
The eagle catches the chicken—
An indispensable game in childhood
Director:Dong long
Type:Animation/Children/Fantasy
Release date:2021-10-01
Recommended reason:Whether you are born after 80′ s, 90′ s or 00′ s, "the eagle catches the chicken" is an indispensable game in childhood. In the process of running and chasing, children scatter laughter and laughter on the playground, and also gain friendship during the game. The movie "The Eagle Catches the Chicken" adds a new annotation to this original antagonistic relationship: the hen raised the baby eagle out of maternal instinct care, and the baby eagle Jinbao stood up in a crisis when she grew up, and the firmness of protecting her home showed her great love and morality beyond the population.
Lanxin Grand Theatre-
Gong Li Su Yan appeared in the mirror to restore the true colors of the actors.
Director:Lou Ye
Starring:Gong Li/Mark Chao/Odagiri Joe/Pascal Greggory
Type:plot of a play
Release date:2021-10-15
Recommended reason:The film is adapted from Hong Ying’s novel The Death of Shanghai and Yoko Guangli’s novel Shanghai, starring Gong Li, Mark Chao, Eric Wang and Zhang Songwen. The film tells the story of Yu Yan, a movie star, who returned to Shanghai in 1941 to play the drama Saturday Novel directed by her old love Tanna. However, all forces paid close attention to her movements and wanted to find out the real purpose of her visit. A woman’s fate is closely drawn by the times. In the play, the foreign enemy and I are inseparable. Under the undercurrent, she has a choice to change her fate.
Turandot: The Origin of the Curse—
Guan Xiaotong provoked the girder.
Director:Zheng Xiaolong
Starring:Guan Xiaotong/dylan sprouse/Jiang Wen/Hu Jun/Sophie Marceau
Type:Love/war/fantasy
Release date:2021-10-15
Recommended reason:Inspired by Turandot, one of the world’s top ten operas, this film tells the story of Khan’s search for all the world’s talents to solve the mystery in order to save Turandot, his daughter cursed by the tricolor bracelet. Calaf, whose identity is mysterious, becomes the key to solve the mystery, and the murderous general intends to take advantage of the chaos to seek power, thus a story surrounding war, conspiracy and love begins. The film has a very strong lineup. The film is directed by director Zheng Xiaolong, directed by screenwriter Wang Xiaoping, starring Guan Xiaotong, dylan sprouse, Hu Jun, SNH48, Sissi, Wang Jia, Zou Zhaolong, etc., featuring Jiang Wen’s friendship, especially Sophie Marceau and Vincent Perez, with a large number of big names and huge momentum.
Dune—
Sweet tea "Love each other and kill each other" in Zendaya’s dream
Director:David Lynch
Starring:William Lin Hurt/Matt Kaisla/alec newman
Type:Action/science fiction
Release date:2021-10-22
Recommended reason:The Hollywood sci-fi masterpiece Dune has recently won box office titles in many regions around the world, and the praise rate of rotten tomatoes has been more stable, with some rising as high as 91%, which makes China audiences increasingly look forward to witnessing the legend on the big screen. The film is directed by denis villeneuve, the new godfather of sci-fi movies who once created "Coming" and "Blade Runner 2049". The "Sweet Tea" stars Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, oscar isaac, josh brolin, Stellan Skarsgard, Dave Batista, Zendaya, Zhang Zhen, Jason Moma and Javier Baden, and the top sci-fi imagination sets off an audio-visual feast.
The first incense burner—
Sandra Eddie Peng Yuyan staged the topic of love.
Director:Ann Hui
Starring:Sandra/Faye Yu/Eddie Peng Yuyan/Zhang Junning
Type:Love/plot
Release date:2021-10-22
Recommended reason:Adapted from Zhang Ailing’s work "Fragrance of Aquilaria Resina: The First Furnace" attracted a lot of controversy when it was started. This film is the third remake of Zhang Ailing’s novel after directed by Xu Anhua’s "Love in a Fallen City" and "Half Life", starring Eddie Peng Yuyan, Sandra, Faye Yu and others. It tells the beautiful story of a Shanghai girl Ge Weilong who went to Hong Kong to study and met a playboy Qiao Qiqiao, and a series of love-hate entanglements happened between them.
The Grand Theft—
Argentina’s annual local movie box office champion dies
Director:Ariel ViNograd
Starring:Diego peretti/guillermo francella
Type:A comedy/crime/action
Release date:2021-10-22
Recommended reason:The film is adapted from a sensational real bank robbery in 2006, directed by Argentine director Ariel ViNograd, starring diego peretti and guillermo francella. The film tells the story of a down-and-out artist planning to rob a bank in Rio de Janeiro, Acasuso, and assembling a group of strange thieves with stunts. A series of serial schemes such as "hiding the sky from the sea" and "golden cicada peeling off the shell" are amazing. The logic of "high IQ" crime is strict and reversed constantly, and it is amazing.
Wuhai—
Surreal but not as those know it who have been poor together
Director:Zhou Ziyang
Starring:Huang Xuan/Yang Zishan/Tumen
Type:Reality/love/suspense
Release date:2021-10-24
Recommended reason:Wuhai is a realistic film with a compact plot, starring Huang Xuan and Yang Zishan, especially Tumen and Wang Shaohua, and starring Sophir Hwang, Wang Yu and Chao-bei Wang. It tells the story of a young couple’s emotional storm and great changes in reality in just a few days.
007: No Time to Die—
One of the top IP in film history
Director:Cary Fukunaga
Starring:Daniel craig/ana de armas/Léa Seydoux/rami malek
Type:Action/horror/adventure
Release date:2021-10-29
Recommended reason:As one of the top IP in film history, the 007 series has now reached the 25th installment. On September 29th, the much-anticipated action masterpiece "007: No Time to Die" held its world premiere in London. daniel craig, bond girl, Léa Seydoux and ana de armas were all dressed up, and Starlight Glimmer. With the opening ceremony, the word-of-mouth of the film was also lifted, and rotten tomatoes started with a score of 100%, winning the best performance of the daniel craig Bond series.
Embarrassment—
Yôjirô Takita’s classic film 4K restoration.
Director:Yôjirô Takita
Starring:Masahiro Motoki/Tsutomu Yamazaki/Ryoko Hirosue/Kazuko Yoshiyuki/Takashi Sasano/Kimiko Yo
Type:plot of a play
Release date:2021-10-29
Recommended reason:Based on the novel The Diary of the Funeral Husband by Japanese writer Aoki Shinmen, The Funeral Master was directed by Yôjirô Takita and co-starred by Masahiro Motoki, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Ryoko Hirosue, Kazuko Yoshiyuki and Takashi Sasano. The film tells the life of a Japanese mortician. From the perspective of a novice mortician, the film observes all kinds of deaths and stares at the loving people around the deceased.
I’m the Guardian—
Focus on remarried family conflicts
Director:Respectfully
Starring:Shang Yuxian/Yanhui Wang/Lin Jingzhe
Type:Family/plot
Release date:2021-10-29
Recommended reason:I’m a Guardian is a film focusing on the realistic theme of family and belonging, which shows the confusion of contemporary urban youth in family, work and life with delicate brushwork. The film has been well-known in many internationally renowned film festivals and won numerous awards. In the previous screening, many viewers commented that the film "the story is warm and delicate, reflecting millions of ordinary families" and "an ordinary life epic from a female perspective".
"My Father and I" The Battle at Lake Changjin leads the National Day file.
This year’s film market is generally tepid. Although both the Spring Festival and Qingming files have broken the records of previous years, they have remained in a relatively depressed state for a long time due to factors such as insufficient supply of large films and low audience sentiment. According to the data of Cat’s Eye Professional Edition, the total box office in the past summer file from June to August only received 7.381 billion yuan, which was not only lower than the same period in 2014, but even less than the total box office created in the seven days of this year’s Spring Festival file. The total box office of the Mid-Autumn Festival is 453 million, which is also greatly lower than last year. In October, with the movie "My Father and I" made by The Battle at Lake Changjin and other major producers, the cinema seems to be welcoming signs of warm spring, and the approach of the National Day file also makes the slogan "the strongest National Day file" strike again.
However, with the arrival of the National Day file, the so-called "strongest" began to be controversial after the Railway Hero and Ten Years of Warm Words, which were originally scheduled for the National Day file, quietly withdrew near the National Day file, and the National Day file formed a pattern of "2+1+5". The first camp is composed of The Battle at Lake Changjin’s main theme film Me and My Father, the second camp is a youth film, and after the exit of Ten Years, there is only one film, Five Boys Who Drove the Water, and the third camp is composed of five children’s films, such as Pipiru and Tiny People in Lu Xixi, Tyrannosaurus Tu Tu with Big Ears in Action and Tyrannosaurus Tu Tu with Big Ears in Action.
The box office appeal of the three camps is very different. The first camp’ sThe Battle at Lake Changjin, Me and My Father.The two films have become well-deserved National Day files.Wangzha movieBy the 29th, the pre-sale box office of two films had reached 150 million. The six films of the second camp and the third camp, together, have a pre-sale box office of less than 3 million, which is obviously a trend of cannon fodder. What’s even more shocking is that last year, he won 1.6 billion box office with Legend of Deification pays photogenic attention, and the year before last, he grabbed 5 billion box office with Ne Zha.Guangray picturesThis year, it was only a Japanese remake of a youth film that sold well for the National Day file.Five teenagers who saved the waterOn September 30th, however, the number of films scheduled for this film was only 2%, and the pre-sale box office was even lower than that of young cartoons.
Foreign blockbusters hit after the festival
Surprisingly, however, driven by the National Day archives, many new films came after the holiday, including not only the annual Hollywood sci-fi masterpiece Dune, but also the classic IP such as 007, and the literary film such as Lanxin Grand Theatre.
Generally speaking, movies like Dune and No Time for 007 to Die are both box office blockbusters in summer, but this year’s release was postponed to October due to the epidemic. Among them,Hollywood blockbuster DuneAfter its premiere at Venice Film Festival on September 3rd, it has been captured in many parts of the world.top-grossing movieThe freshness of rotten tomatoes is as high as 91%. Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson, starring in "Sweet Tea", are both favorite actors in China. I believe it will be good to come to the box office in China. butSuper IP "007 is too busy to die"The premiere ceremony was also held in London on September 29th. As the last James Bond film starring daniel craig, the reputation of James Bond also got a "good start". The freshness of rotten tomatoes reached 90%, and the critic website scored 76. This achievement also made many domestic James Bond fans look forward to the film.
In addition, several famous directors’ literary works were also released in October. Directed by Lou Ye and starring Gong LiLanxin Grand TheatreWill meet with the audience on October 15; Directed by Xu Anhua, starring Sandra and Faye Yu, adapted from Zhang Ailing’s original novel.The first incense burnerIt will also be released on the 22nd; Plus a romantic film with Huang Xuan and Yang Zishan.WuhaiAnd Japanese films that won the Oscar.okuribitoIt can not only continue the popularity of the National Day file, but also make up for the lack of types, and also bring hope for the impact of high box office in 2021.