China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 350 Coco is released globally

Looking at the list of films to be released during this year's Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, Li Mu felt an inexplicable sense of pride - the world line has really changed a lot because of him.

Originally "囧" was going to be released at this time, but in this time and space, Li Mu directly ended the "囧" series with the film "Not囧".

Originally, there was supposed to be a "Nine-Storey Demon Tower" to be released in the near future, but as a result, the copyright of "Ghost Blowing Lamp" in this time and space was firmly in Li Mu's hands. "Nine-Storey Demon Tower" had no chance of being developed in this time and space. .

The same situation applies to the American "Minions with Big Faces" and "The Third Love" starring Liu Yifei and Song Chengxian. These two films were also disrupted by Li Mu in this time and space. "Minions with Big Faces" "Cute Face" will still exist in the future, but it will appear as a manga without animation.

Especially in "The Third Love", Liu Yifei in the original time and space officially announced his relationship with Song Chengxian during this time period, and Liu Yifei in this time and space is already his legal wife, Li Mu, and the two have even started dating at this stage. Discuss the creation of villains.

All told, at least 4 films in this year's schedule have disappeared due to the appearance of Li Mu. Some brand-new movies that did not exist in the original time and space appeared during this period, but none of them constituted a big impact on "Coco". Threat, Li Mu looked around at this moment, and it seemed that only Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible 5: The Secret Country" could compete. At this time, "Mission: Impossible 5" had been released for more than half a month, and the box office was at its peak. It's long gone.

So – who else?

Looking at the drastically changed timeline that he had messed up, Li Mu felt secretly happy, but the happiest thing was that the original "The Third Love" starring Liu Yifei disappeared.

Time flew by, and soon it was September 9th, when "Coco" was officially released worldwide.

……

"Xiaowen, will you do anything later?"

"It's okay, what's the matter with you?"

"How about we go see a movie."

"Okay, it's been a long time since we watched a movie."

At the gate of a certain university, two girls who were classmates in high school and went to the same school after college suddenly bumped into each other. The tall and thin one among them was named An Qi. She suggested that they go to a movie and then they find a girl. We sat down and started discussing which movie to watch.

"How about this one, "Mission: Impossible: Rise of Secrets". Many students in our class have been talking about this movie recently, saying it is very good-looking. The boys all like it. It is said that there is a Tom Cruise crawling on it." The clip of the tallest building in Dubai can make people’s hair stand on end.”

"Have you seen Mission: Impossible 1?"

"No."

"What about Mission: Impossible 2?"

"nor."

"What about 3 and 4?"

Still shaking his head.

"We haven't seen anything from 1 to 4, so why should we watch 5?"

Xiaowen stuck out her tongue when she heard this and said with a smile: "That's right."

So the two people continued to choose.

"How about watching this "Magic Mirror"?" An Qi suggested again.

Xiaowen clicked on the detailed information: "Starring Sun Jian, Zhou Hong, Jin Ensheng, Li Caiying - there is no one I know in it. Is it good to watch?"

"You don't know Li Caiying? She acted in "The Wife Is Back"."

"Korean?"

"I'm sure. If you look at the name Kim Eun Sung, I guess it's also from Korea."

"Let's read the synopsis first."

"The girl Yuzhen received a mirror delivery, and a stranger sent a photo of her room, saying that he was behind the girl at the moment... and there was no shadow of her grandma. Is this a ghost movie?"

"It would be great if it was really a ghost movie. If it is a ghost movie, I would watch it regardless of whether it has stars or not. Unfortunately, if there is a ghost, it will definitely not pass the review. It is probably just a gimmick. In the end, it must be people who are doing it."

"What about this "Assassination"?"

"I don't like the name very much."

"Read the introduction first."

"The cast is great. Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Jung-jae are my favorite stars."

"Jun Ji-hyun? Let's see what we're talking about."

"It talks about resisting Japan and assassinating the North Korean garrison commander and traitors. This film has a Maoyan score of 8.8, which looks very good."

"Maoyan is a movie with a high rating. Let's see what the rating is on Douban."

"8.1 points, Douban also has a high score, I guess it can't be wrong, maybe this one."

"It should be a good movie, but I don't really like the subject matter."

An Qi looked helpless at her best friend who had trouble making choices again.

When it comes to watching a movie, I feel happy. When it comes to choosing which movie to watch, I feel annoyed.Her best friend not only watches movies, but also looks for a partner. She acts like a nympho when it comes to introducing someone to her, gets cold feet when it comes to making an appointment to meet, and is always hesitant when others don't make up her mind. It seems that I shouldn't let her choose today. Yes, he should just come up and buy the tickets and then drag her straight to the theater.

"That's it, let's watch "Assassination"." An Qi made up her mind.

"Don't worry, don't worry, look at the pre-sale box office of "Coco" is so high, it's already 1.5 million. How about we study this one again?"

An Qi glanced at her phone and said, "The pre-sales are high because the director is Li Mu, but this is a cartoon."

Xiaowen disagreed: "What happened to the cartoons? Don't you also like "Frozen"? Director Li Mu? This is the one! Maybe there will be another "Frozen"?"

Angel retorted: "How can there be so many "Frozen" movies? I've read the introduction. This movie is about a Mexican custom. It's probably not interesting."

Xiaowen opened Douban and looked at it. At this time, viewers who had watched the video had already commented on it. However, Douban had not opened the comments yet. After watching it for a while, Xiaowen suddenly said excitedly:
"Didn't you just say that you must watch a ghost movie? This movie seems to be a ghost movie. Someone on Douban reported that this movie was almost banned because of this. As a result, all the reviewers were stunned to cry during the review. This is an exception to the review. Judging from the description, the movie seems to be very good, maybe this one."

An Qi was speechless: "I said ghost movies are a must-see, but I didn't say they were animated ghost movies. A combination of cartoons and ghost movies?"

She always felt that this combination was weird.

Yes, Li Mu is indeed very popular now. Almost all moviegoers in China don’t know about Li Mu, and almost none don’t watch Li Mu’s movies at all. If you don’t like this one, you may like the other one very much. Li Mu The styles of Mu's works vary greatly, and there will always be one that suits you.

It's impossible for everyone to want to watch Li Mu's movie just because they heard it is. Otherwise, if the number of moviegoers in the whole year exceeds 6 million, how come the highest domestic box office is only over 40 billion?

But seeing Xiaowen so excited about the movie, An Qi agreed, and she was quite happy because her best friend who had difficulty choosing had a choice so quickly this time. To be honest, she was quite surprised.

After buying the tickets on Maoyan, seeing that they still had plenty of time, the two of them went shopping in the mall for a long time. They didn't come out of the mall until the opening was less than half an hour away.As soon as she arrived at the door, Xiaowen suddenly remembered something.

"An Qi, how much paper do you have left?"

An Qi rummaged through her bag: "Is this enough for you? Your stomach hurts? Hurry up, don't miss the start of the movie."

Xiaowen said seriously: "You don't have much left. I'm afraid it's not enough. Just wait for me and I'll go back to the mall to buy wrapping paper."

When An Qi heard this, she leaned into her best friend's ear mysteriously and said, "So much is not enough for you. Are you worried that you have hemorrhoids again and can't wipe them clean?"

"Fuck you." Xiaowen smiled and pushed her best friend, "I saw someone on Douban saying that this movie was super tear-jerking. Didn't it mean that all the reviewers cried after watching it? I was afraid that I would arrive at the theater later. We both cried when the time came and we didn’t have enough tissues.”

After saying that, Xiaowen ran back to the mall in a hurry, leaving her best friend An Qi alone in the wind and messy at the entrance of the mall. In fact, paper can also be bought in the cinema.

"When you go to see a movie, why are you in a hurry and buying tissues because you're afraid that the movie is too tear-jerking and you won't have enough tissues? Is it a cartoon? Or even an animated ghost movie? God, what evil have I done? Let me do it. Such a best friend, I really sympathize with her future husband!”

After a while, her best friend came out of the mall, and An Qi had the urge to cover her face again. She actually bought two packs of tissues!

"Let's go!" Xiaowen finally said with satisfaction.

The two came to a nearby cinema. At this time, the ticket hall was already overcrowded. There were many people queuing at the self-service ticket machines and ticket booths. Most of the waiting audience were discussing Li Mu's latest film " Coco".

"It must look good."

"I heard that the screenings have been extremely well-received. Many critics were disapproving of the film before watching it. After watching it, they immediately deleted their previous predictions and strongly recommended it to fans."

"How many of the three goals can Li Mu achieve this time?"

"There is no problem if the global box office exceeds 10 billion U.S. dollars. There is a high probability that it will be a 9 on Douban. I haven't seen many film critics even saying that this film can get a 9.5. Forget about the Oscar, although it should be based purely on the quality of the film. There is a chance, but when it comes to Oscars, it’s not just about the quality of the film.”

"Looking at the trailer, many of the characters in Coco are skeletons. I wonder if China can take this opportunity to lift the ban on ghost-related themes such as supernatural horror."

"It's probably enough."

"It's about to start, let's go buy popcorn too."

"Okay, is there anything else?"

"Is there anyone selling tissues here? I heard that many critics cried after watching this movie. I have run out of tissues in my bag."

An Qi next to her was stunned when she heard this, wondering why there are people as stupid and cute as her best friend Xiaowen. There are actually other people who are also worried that the movie is too tear-jerking and there are not enough tissues!
How can you believe what the movie marketing says?

A few minutes later, the movie tickets were officially checked in, and An Qi and Xiaowen also walked into the No. 3 screening hall with the crowd.

Then the movie officially started playing.

At the beginning, Angel was happily eating popcorn while staring at the big screen in front of her. The little protagonist Miguel was born with a love for music, but his family regarded music as a curse due to historical reasons. The little protagonist Miguel’s grandmother even He smashed his beloved guitar.

A very common dream chasing routine, the protagonist's dream and the resistance from the family. Although the production is indeed very sophisticated, is it said to be comparable to "Frozen" and beat Hollywood?

I can’t help but ask – is this it?
I accidentally traveled to the world of the dead, which was a little scary for a moment, but after all, it was not a real skeleton, so it was just a little tense at first. Once I got used to the style of painting, it turned out to be a bit funny.

Does a dead person need to pass an inspection to see a living person?Or even a computerized office?Can a living person put a photo on the altar and a dead person pass the level?It turns out that technology is also developing in the dead place, which is interesting.

In the living world, if there is no one to place photos, you will be stuck in the marigold bridge?

"Hahaha, details, these little details designed by Li Mu are quite interesting."

"Family Reunion Office?"

Even this part of the underworld has Chinese characteristics, which is great. Even the aliens in Hollywood movies speak English!
Then the "ghosts" in the office made the entire broadcast hall burst into laughter, especially a female skeleton dressed in a gorgeous dress said loudly: "We are not going to your former wife's house to celebrate the festival, don't even think about it." There, the entire theater immediately went crazy laughing.

"Hahahaha, go ahead, you are so talented. How did Li Mu come up with this plot? The expression of the female skeleton is exactly the same as that of my female colleague. How did they manage to turn into skeletons and still have such lifelike expressions? "

"Awesome! This is exactly the same as the quarrels I have seen in second-marriage families."

"The expression on the male skeleton amused me to death."

"Suddenly I thought of the scene in "Let's Get Married" where the civil affairs bureau handles divorce procedures for a quarreling couple. Li Mu is really so full of life."

The movie continues.

Then the protagonist's great-great-grandmother appeared, and she even smashed the office computer with her shoe. The scene was exactly the same as the real-life dispute at the ticket gate. When the computer was scrapped and smoked, there was another burst of laughter in the theater.

The staff said that the Rivera family was cursed because Miguel stole something on Day of the Dead. Miguel argued that he didn't want to steal, he just wanted to use Great-Great-Grandpa's guitar to enter the competition, and Great-Great-Grandpa would borrow it. To him, and then the expression, demeanor and lines of Miguel’s great-great-grandma once again made the audience laugh:

"The musician is not allowed to be mentioned in our family. I thought he was dead a long time ago."

What a vivid line. In reality, isn’t it exactly the same when women talk about unreliable husbands and ex-husbands?What is a good movie?What is grounding?That’s it!

but.

It's obviously a very down-to-earth and expressive line, but many viewers just feel like there's something wrong with it.

There is indeed nothing wrong with a living person saying this, but it is strange to think that it comes from the mouth of a skeleton.

Sure enough, Xiao MiG said next: "But you are all dead!"

Some viewers even slapped their thighs with laughter.

The audience didn't think it was a problem when the staff of Skeleton sneezed. The staff said he was allergic to dogs and the audience didn't think it was wrong. Miguel said that his dog had no hair and would not cause allergies. For a moment, the audience even felt that the staff was deliberately making things difficult for Reve. After pulling a family together, the staff member sneezed again and said, "I don't have a nose yet, but I'm allergic to dogs."

"Hahaha!"

"With this good review, who said you can't have allergies if you don't have a nose?"

"That's right, I heard that people with amputations still feel pain in the amputated part."

And then.

Miguel will be able to return to the living world with the blessing of his family. Great-great-grandma added a condition to her blessing - he can never touch music again in the future, and Miguel agreed.

Then Miguel returned to reality, and then he looked at the guitar of his great-great-great-great-grandfather Dracus, the singer, with a smirk on his face, and plucked the strings again. He entered the world of the dead again, less than 2 minutes before and after. , even when he arrived in the world of the dead, his arms still held the guitar.

The scene was very embarrassing for a time.

(End of this chapter)