Chapter 32 Overseas word of mouth spreads back to China

As the saying goes, flowers bloom inside the wall, and the fragrance outside the wall becomes fragrant. After the fragrance outside the wall, the fragrance inside the wall becomes even more fragrant.

In the Internet age, the spread of fragrance has become faster and faster.

After "Comet" was released on Netflix, the number of views increased rapidly, and it even became an Internet celebrity movie on the Netflix platform.

"Comet" is like a puzzle game, catering to the puzzle-solving fun of the younger generation of audiences. For example, whether the heroine has been "replaced" in the movie, which of the eight people are "aboriginals", and which ones are

You can even analyze the movie frame by frame, sentence by sentence, as to when the visitors to the parallel world were replaced, how many different parallel events were created by the protagonists' choices, etc.

Through the spread of young people on social platforms, this movie not only formed a movie-watching trend but also created social topics. The turmoil caused by "Comet" abroad spread back to China, causing waves on the domestic Internet.

With a score of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes and 7.5 on imdb, these overseas hits have become a news source for domestic media.

Objectively speaking, the reason why Rotten Tomatoes has such a high evaluation of "Comet" is that firstly, there are not many film reviews; secondly, North American film critics and even professional film critics have a rebellious mentality towards the current popular comic book blockbusters, and "Comet" is just right.

It has become a tool for some professional film critics to satirize comic book movies.

The third is that "Comet" is too shabby. It is a low-cost film that can be seen by the naked eye. In fact, many film critics are not that cold about the film, but considering such a small cost, they generally show mercy.

These three reasons make "Comet" surpass most Hollywood science fiction movies in the past decade on Rotten Tomatoes.

Relatively speaking, the imdb rating is not that high.

This time it’s “How do you feel about “The Night the Comet Came” ranking first on Netflix outside North America on November 1, and ranking second on the Twitter trending list?”

Therefore, "Comet" is strangely and fortunately not attracting the attention of racists and China-haters, nor is it arousing any stress reaction from some people.

"To be honest, I could have imagined that one day Chinese films would go abroad again and be recognized by the world, but I never expected that it would be a science fiction film. As a science fiction fan, it brings tears to my eyes. I hope Chinese filmmakers will

If we can be inspired by the success of "Comet", the argument that China is good at looking backward and the United States is good at looking forward can be put to rest..."

Even when Hollywood movies refer to China, they will reflect strong Chinese elements that they think of, such as crowded restaurant kitchens, Chinatown, red lanterns, long, squinted, hanging eyes, and people wearing hats.

Even the Chinese people with braids have traditional Chinese landscape style scenery. In sharp contrast to China as the first industrial power, the Chinese elements in the cultural works that appear in front of European and American audiences are basically insulated from modern industrialization.

"It doesn't matter what I think. Let's see how Americans think about it. The following are random comments I saw on Twitter without any deliberate filtering.

""Comet" has a freshness rating of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes. Do you know what this concept is? Only one of the comic book movies in the past ten years has been equal to it. When it comes to science fiction films, there have only been two in the past ten years.

The movie is ranked ahead of him!..."

"I am in the United States and have just returned home. The success of "Comet" is actually based on poor translation. When I first read the English translation, I was immediately furious. I will take a few pictures to show you...

…What a surprise, Netflix responded to our email, and soon the new translation of "Comet" made by me and a few friends will be online..."

"What movie broke the domestic film record and won the Rotten Tomatoes title?"

"What do you think? All the Chinese-style blockbusters with staggering investment in recent years are a waste of money. Those directors who always think they are high-minded and blaming the audience should take a closer look at how "Comet" tells the story. Even the story is told.

It doesn’t make sense, no matter how big the scene is, what’s the use? I would say that instead of supporting these so-called blockbusters to compete for Oscars with no hope of winning, it is better to submit "Comet", which has no hope of winning anyway..."

"American film critics praised, another science fiction classic was born?"

"I saw someone in the comments saying that "Comet" is pseudo-science fiction. Haha, such people don't understand what science fiction is at all. In my opinion, "Comet" is the hardest science fiction. The uncertainty principle is involved in the movie.

and decoherence theory, and the world constructed based on these two theories has no obvious bugs.

It can be seen that the director must have a considerable understanding of physics, especially quantum physics. It is worth mentioning that the director’s undergraduate school is not only Beijing Normal University, but also majored in mathematics. He is definitely quite talented in mathematics and physics. This is the only way to have such talent.

Only directors with mathematical thinking can write logically rigorous and complex scripts..."

"Here it comes! Another fantastic film with the highest score on Rotten Tomatoes this year!"

In this way, the domestic Internet has another round of echoes due to the overseas popularity of "Comet" being resold back to China. The difference is that this time "Comet" is being focused and discussed as a symbol of the output of film and television culture.

This is actually determined by the theme of "Comet". As film critic Dorian commented, this is a world movie. The story itself and the background do not have many unique cultural elements of China, or what audiences in Europe and the United States think of Chinese culture.

Element is a story that takes place in a middle-class family in a modern city.

"The streaming media giant promotes Chinese movies and intends to target the Chinese market?"

This round of popularity from overseas has superimposed on the popularity of the original "Comet", resulting in even more extensive discussions and popularity.

“The highest-rated film of the year on Rotten Tomatoes is born, and it’s actually a Chinese film!”

It’s not that he doesn’t love money. Even if he is not short of money, he will not turn away the money that comes to his door. This is mainly for the sake of his future personal brand image. As a talented director and the future leader of Chinese commercial films, Chen Jingxing

There are requirements for your own personality, and advertising and endorsement products must at least have a certain level, such as luxury cars, yachts, top luxury goods, etc...

""Batman: Freeze" was surpassed by this domestic film?"

So much so that there are still many netizens in the United States who even think this is a movie from South Korea or RB. Except for Chinese and international students, not many Americans pay attention to the fact that this is a Chinese movie, because it has appeared in European and American audiences in the past.

The Chinese film and television dramas in sight usually have strong cultural attributes, and there are very few purely modern urban-themed works known to them.

…

“Domestic films are entering the world again!”

Not only are the marketing accounts gaining popularity, China's largest video barrage website C Station has set off a wave of video commentary and analysis of the "Comet" movie. At this time, the film and television commentary category up owner itself is C Station to promote transformation and strengthen the development of self-made content. The vanguard.

What's more, someone has translated the comments about "Comet" on foreign social media into a video and posted it on Station C, which has received an astonishing amount of views.

Of course he didn't answer.

"Laxative, please note that "Comet" ranks second on the American trend list..."

"Real-name opposition to front-row praises. I think the popularity of "Comet" in the United States is a miracle that cannot be replicated. The reasons are as follows..."

After all, good-looking domestic movies and domestic online movies that are praised and loved by European and American audiences and cause a sensation are two different things.

…”

Comments from abroad are surprisingly friendly, and even if there are complaints, they rarely involve specific countries.

Questions about "Comet" on Zhihu have once again been on the hot list.

There are even advertisements and endorsements for Chen Jingxing.

"The great thing about "Comet" is that he created a universe with dialogue in a house. I think it is fully worthy of the title of a science fiction classic. This is the true nature of science fiction movies. It can be created with just a few scientific principles. A story that will subvert your outlook..."

"Comet" has become a topic outside the circle.

Unfortunately, the people who came to him for advertising endorsements this time did not meet his standards. This cannot be blamed on domestic manufacturers for being "ignorant". It is really the director's identity that limits his exposure. The popularity of "Comet" in public opinion The biggest beneficiaries are the actors, followed by the creators behind the scenes. If Director Chen's appearance and age were not quite topical, there would be no endorsement ads for him.

In addition, he was fortunate that the actor contract for "Fatal Identity" had been signed, otherwise the salary would have increased significantly.

Of course, this round of popularity has brought some changes to Chen Jingxing, and he was urged by Zhang Jingyan to record an interview show before filming "Fatal Identity".

"Southern People Weekly"
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