This director only makes bad movies

Quietly, the movie "Atlantic" was released.

There was almost no publicity for this film, strictly speaking, no publicity at all.

Originally, it was impossible for anyone to watch this kind of trivial promotional movie, but some people still walked into the cinema.

Among those who walked into the cinema, some simply chose a movie to watch at random, while others did so because the name "Atlantic Rim" was somewhat similar to "Pacific Rim".

There is a psychological effect called the familiarity effect, which means that when purchasing items, viewers will subconsciously choose products from brands they are familiar with.

This is why big companies often advertise.

Because these big companies have to maintain their exposure at all times and let the audience remember them. Maybe these audiences felt speechless when they saw the advertisement, thinking why it is annoying to see this company's advertisement every day.

But in this annoying process, relevant impressions are established. When it comes to buying something, the audience will subconsciously buy the brand they have an impression of.

The same is true when watching movies. For the same two unfamiliar movies, one is somewhat impressive, and the other has never been heard of, so the audience will choose the movie that they have an impression of.

Xu Nan's movie "Atlantic Rim" has never been advertised at all, but "Pacific Rim" is often advertised. When they see the somewhat similar title, many viewers who want to watch the movie subconsciously choose this one.

What is "Pengci"? This is called "Pengci". Even your advertisements are "Pengci".

There are also some people with unique vision. After watching "The Age of the Hobbit", they felt that it was very suitable for them, and they became very strange fans of Xu Nan and became Xu Nan's fans.

They heard that Xu Nan's movie was released, so they came to watch it.

Of course, there are very few people with this unique taste. Most of the people who go to the movies just happen to want to watch a movie. They were somewhat impressed by the movie "Atlantic Rim", so they chose this movie to watch.

Benjamin also came to the theater to watch the movie.

"Atlantic" is about to be released, and he actually has a lot to do, but in his busy schedule, he still took some time to watch the movie.

He didn't know why he had to watch this movie. He had obviously heard from a familiar theater friend that this movie was very bad, so bad that it had no bottom line. But when the movie came out, he still couldn't hold it back and bought it specially. A ticket to see it in the theater.

Maybe this is love?

There were not many people in the theater, and the attendance rate was relatively low.

But Benjamin knows that this is the attendance rate of a normal movie.

In fact, except for a few big-budget movies and special holidays, in most cases, not many people watch movies.

This attendance rate would definitely not be acceptable for the movie "Pacific Rim", but if it were replaced with "Atlantic Rim", there should be no problem.

The lights in the theater suddenly dimmed, and Benjamin braced himself, knowing that the movie was about to start.

The screen lit up, and the logo of Nanhai Film and Television appeared.

Benjamin had already adjusted himself to enjoy the movie, but the words of the person next to him suddenly made him unable to hold his nerve.

"Strange, has Warner changed its logo?"

Benjamin turned around and saw a middle-aged white man with a puzzled expression.

Obviously, this guy mistook the movie and mistook this copycat movie for "Pacific Rim" produced by Warner Bros., otherwise he wouldn't have this expression.

There are really many fools like this in the United States. Many people have no brains at all, and all kinds of anti-intellectualism are rampant.

Benjamin originally wanted to explain, but after thinking about it, he decided not to.

There is no need to explain to a fool. The more you explain, the more confused he will be. Just watch the movie.

The movie continues to play, and the background of the movie begins to be explained on the screen.

In 2013, due to unfavorable human environmental protection, monsters appeared in the ocean and frequently attacked humans.

In order to prevent the destruction caused by monsters, the military specially developed powerful mechas and built a mecha team to fight against monsters and protect humans.

It has a decent beginning, and there is nothing to say about the historical background. Whether the movie is good or not actually has little to do with the historical background.

If the quality is good, the period background will be the shining point. If the quality is poor, it will be useless no matter how good the movie background setting is.

But Benjamin couldn't help but frown.

In the plot at the beginning of this movie, there are several shots showing monsters and mechas. This is because the movie needs to explain the background of the times and let the audience have a certain understanding of this background.

There is no doubt that mechas and monsters cannot be shot in real life, and must be produced with special effects, because there are no such things as mechas and monsters in reality.

Benjamin knew that this was a copycat movie. He also knew that the cost of the movie was very low and the special effects were cheap.

But when he first saw such rubbish special effects, he was still shocked.

This is too eye-catching.

Movie special effects have been developed for so many years. As long as the company has money, there is no problem at all in making special effects that are the same as reality.

This is what Benjamin did. He spent tens of millions of dollars and asked Industrial Light and Magic to form a team of hundreds of people to create special effects frame by frame. Only then did he feel satisfied.

But your special effects

Are you sure this is a special effect and not a texture? ? ?

How is this different from those head-changing monsters on YouTube?

At least the head-swap ghost still worked hard to find a picture that matched the original screen. However, the mechas and monsters in this movie are visibly inappropriate and even more weird than the ghost video.

This is a movie, a high-end movie, and you created this special effect.

Benjamin was almost discouraged, and his outlook on life was greatly affected.

He can vouch for his reputation that the special effects in this movie are the worst he has ever seen in his life.

Not even as good as old movies from decades ago.

No, this is not a special effect, this is a texture.

If this is also a special effect, where should the texture be placed?

"Walter?"

"Farke?"

"Oh, God."

There were exclamations from every part of the theater, obviously they were all shocked by the shocking special effects.

Benjamin took a special look at the middle-aged white man who recognized the wrong movie, and found that his mouth was wide open with disbelief on his face, as if he was shocked when he saw a mouse catching a cat.

Fortunately, this special effects scene only lasted for tens of seconds and was gone soon.

Benjamin breathed a sigh of relief.

This director is quite sensible. If the special effects continue, even if God comes, they will not be able to hold on. All the people in the theater will leave.

After the movie explained the background of the era, the official plot began, with a scene of the three-protagonist team training at the training base.

Looking at this training base, Benjamin was silent.

Are you sure this is a training base and not a school playground?

This is obviously a school playground. The layout and environment can tell whether the school playground is good or not.

No, does this director from China know how to make movies?

Movies are all about a sense of immersion. The purpose of every shot, every picture, and even every line is to immerse the audience into it and make them believe that this story really happened.

The movie itself is fictional, but the director cannot remind the audience of this. A good director must make the audience forget everything in the shortest possible time, and their mood follows the fate and ups and downs of the characters in the movie. Only in this way can the movie be successful.

This is what he did in "Pacific Rim". From the construction of the film's background, to the characters' acting skills, to the characters' lines, and the special effects, every aspect is designed to engage the audience.

Because only when the audience is into the movie will they find the movie enjoyable.

But when it comes to this movie, you’re afraid that others won’t know that you rented a school playground to film in, right?

How do you keep the audience engaged?

If they are not interested in watching a movie, they will only think that the character interactions in the movie are like children playing house, and they will not be involved at all, let alone find the movie interesting.

The training of the three-person protagonist team is also very fake, running, push-ups and long jump, which has nothing to do with driving a mecha.

The plot of the movie quickly progresses to the monster attack.

The second time he saw the special effects, which were no different from the stickers, Benjamin felt nothing but fucked up.

But what fucked him up even more was the Department of Defense.

In normal movies, the Ministry of National Defense is a bunch of precision instruments, with serious-looking officers and soldiers sitting inside, creating a tense atmosphere.

But what the hell is this Ministry of National Defense? It's obvious that the classroom has been renovated well. There is not a single precision instrument, and the only prop is a table filled with messy documents.

With this kind of arrangement, how can you make the audience believe that this is the Ministry of Defense?

Well, it's actually quite normal. If the training base is a school playground, then it makes sense that the Ministry of National Defense is a classroom.

What a ghost.

The classroom is the Ministry of National Defense, are you kidding me?

I have no idea what the director was thinking when he was filming. Why not find a slightly better room? If you can’t afford precision equipment, you can rent it. If that doesn’t work, you can just put in two computers.

What makes people want to complain the most is the actor who plays the role of the Ministry of National Defense. They are all middle-aged uncles. They are very fat and have fat visible to the naked eye overflowing from their clothes.

No, how can such an actor make the audience believe that he is a soldier?

How can these fat men embody the temperament that a soldier should have?

Also, what about military uniforms? Don’t people in the Ministry of National Defense wear military uniforms?

Benjamin almost doubted life.

Watching a bunch of fat dudes arguing about how to annihilate monsters leaves one with a sense of disillusionment.

Is it for satire?

Americans are notoriously fat, with the obesity rate ranking first among developed countries.

Take a look around the streets and you will see that there are fat people everywhere, including public officials, police officers, civil servants, etc. The proportion of fat people is also very high.

Therefore, the director deliberately arranged for a group of fat people to play the roles of senior officials of the Ministry of National Defense. It must be to satirize the phenomenon that the streets are full of fat people.

Well, that must be it, there is no other explanation.

Otherwise, Benjamin couldn't figure out why the director would find such an actor to play a soldier of the Ministry of National Defense.

It's so outrageous, it's definitely meant to be satirical.