As of June 9th 10, the box office of Nine-story Demon Tower has exceeded 600 million. As the only domestic special effects blockbuster in the National Day file, the box office of this film directed by Lu Chuan has exceeded 400 million yuan in less than five days. According to the production cost of 65.438+0.2 billion yuan mentioned by Lu Chuan, the box office of the film is not bad, but the rating of the film on various film review websites and ticket purchasing websites is not high, 10, and the rating of Nine-story Demon Tower in Douban is only 4.7, which can be said that the reputation is really poor. I wonder if anyone hacked on purpose. The overwhelming criticism and voicing seems a bit excessive, and there are many personal attacks on Lu Chuan. This reminds people of the novel "Ghost Blowing Lights", which has eight films, and the adaptation copyright belongs to several film companies, and the director will not be a person. Lu Chuan was the first shot. In addition to shouldering the voices of themselves, production companies and partners, I believe that other copyright owners who blow the lamp are also paying close attention to the market reaction of this film, and their mentality is complicated. Therefore, "Nine-story Demon Tower" is quite a bit of a target, and the gun tastes like a bird. This can be seen from the fact that the film has not been opened on Baidu's website, and such treatment has never been seen in other films.

The first time I saw a movie, I saw the trailer of Flower of the Nine-story Demon Tower on the Internet. The majestic western desert, the beautiful Kunlun Mountain, the snow-capped glaciers, the golden sand sea and the ancient desert wasteland in the film shocked me. I immediately decided to watch this film and get a sneak peek.

During the National Day, I made a special trip to the cinema to see the film. I don't know, it's not as good as expected, a little anticlimactic, but it's not as useless as bad comments. It should be said that Director Lu Chuan is still attentive and tries his best, and he can be regarded as a pathfinder of China monster adventure theme. Especially in the front part of the film, both the special effects and the idea are very wonderful. For example, the fire bat siege, the collapse of snow-capped mountains, the abyss of huge caves, deep-sea exploration and other plots are extremely imaginative and can be called the essence. However, with the development of the plot, the stamina is insufficient, and it seems a bit scattered and routine, with obvious traces of imitating Hollywood movies, which makes a mysterious adventure film become a simple "strange" film and makes the audience unwilling. Of course, as the main creators, they do have their own difficulties. As Lu Chuan said: No tomb raiding, no ghost blowing and no ghost doing are the three untouchable policy red lines. Therefore, the film "Nine-story Demon Tower", which has been adapted into a best-selling online novel, is very different from the original "Ghost Blowing Lights".

Let's take a look at the main content of the film first: the film tells the story of an expedition composed of the 749 th Bureau of the mysterious army entering Kunlun Mountain for investigation in the early 1980s. During the inspection, they experienced many difficulties such as large beasts and avalanches, most of which were casualties. But this small army did not give up. They walked on to their destination, and then they came to a snow cave, which happened to be the location of the nine-story demon tower. The arrival of the expedition triggered the awakening of the monster trapped on the ninth floor of the demon tower, and the curse seal for the ghost family began to loosen, which triggered a disastrous disaster. Everyone on the expedition died except Hu Bayi. At this time, the leader of the team, Professor Yang, disappeared. The surviving hero was injured and returned to the hospital. It seems that everything has subsided. But its calm only leaves a breathing space for the stormy waves behind it. Three years later, Hu September 18th was reassigned to a new unit. He was picked up by the librarian at the railway station. At this time, another dark force also came to the station. The game between these two forces is the mystery of the nine-story demon tower. The struggle between human beings and ghosts has begun again. As a descendant of Yi clan, Hu September 18th is the core to open the nine-story demon tower. The film revolves around the journey of a mysterious and terrible monster. ...

The nine-story demon tower has one feature: some plots in the film come from real historical materials. For example, Professor Yang left a book, walked into the hinterland of Lop Nur alone and disappeared. The real event is 1980. The famous archaeologist Peng disappeared in the desert of Lop Nur after leaving a note "I want to find a well in the east", and it has not been found so far, which has become one of the top ten unsolved mysteries of Lop Nur. Another thing is the auditorium that was attacked by monsters in Oil Town. The real event was 1994 Karamay fire in Xinjiang. This vicious fire killed 325 people, including 288 students. The fire broke out in the auditorium. It can be seen that Lu Chuan seems to want to connect an unknown mysterious magical imagination with the real historical memory that people are familiar with. This personalized method is undoubtedly novel and unique.

Another highlight of Nine-story Demon Tower is special effects. Eight top international special effects teams were invited, 1500 special effects shots and 4,000 people served. It can almost be said that it contains the elite collection of international classic teams! In the movie, the fighting scene between the Millennium monster and human beings in the town is shocking. In the process of fighting with human beings, the monster's hair is everywhere. Even in some shots, we can see that the feather of Tang Yan wearing a down jacket is clearly visible in the wind, which shows that its fine production level has reached the top level. There are also scenes such as the hinterland of Kunlun, aerial photography, Prince's Tomb and the Great Beijing Library, which are also very shocking with the help of special effects.