Journal No.2731 on May 2, 2022period
On the evening of April 24th, the movie Meet You, which was originally scheduled to be released on May 1st, was postponed. On the 25th, the animated films Awakening of the Mini World and I am Tyrannosaurus Rex all announced the cancellation of the plan originally scheduled to be released on April 30th. In addition, the previously announced cancellation of the files, such as Keep You Safe, Hello, Brother, The Prosecutorial Storm, Hello, Beijing, GG Bond Movie Ocean.Eight films announced their withdrawal from the "May 1st File".
Such a situation has happened once in the "Qingming file" just past. On March 25th, four domestic films, Life Events, Detective Wars, You are My Spring and Friends of the Week, which were originally scheduled to be released in Qingming archives, were also announced to be withdrawn. In the end, the total box office of Qingming Festival in 2022 was 120 million, which was the lowest box office in Qingming Festival in the past decade, except for the closure of cinemas during Qingming Festival in 2020.
Under this circumstance, the May 1st gear began to appear.Replay a filmGet home at one o’clock, The Little Mermaid’s Fantasy Adventure, As long as you live better than me, etc. appeared on the list of films released in May 1st. So, what other new films are worth looking forward to in May?
I really hate long-distance relationships—
Reflect the realistic problems of modern young people’s marriage and love
Director:Wu Yang, Zhou Nanxuan
Starring:Ren Min, Xin Yunlai, Li Xiaoqian, Cao Weiyu, Zhang Shu.
Show:April 29
Recommended reason:The film reflects many practical problems of modern young people’s love and marriage, such as how important the sense of security is in long-distance love, how to overcome the time difference problem of long-distance love, how to maintain the freshness of long-distance love and so on. The film tells that after the college entrance examination, the girl Zhao Yiyi finally confessed to Xu Jiashu, who had a crush on her for many years, and then they started a long-distance love by mistake. But they firmly believe that it is a lifetime to survive in a different place. However, it is not easy to overcome the difficulty of being clearly in love but constantly absent from each other’s lives. In particular, the appearance of Saikh and the twists and turns of love between girlfriends Jojo and Li Tang made Zhao feel a lot. Finally, when the long-distance love is upgraded to a foreign love, do you want to stick to it, or do you want to leave it alone? The two people who grew up separately had to face their inner answers again …
League of Bad Guys—DreamWorks’ new work
Director:Pierre perrifel
Dubbing:Sam rockwell, Awkwafina, Antonio Ramos
Show:April 29
Recommended reason:This new work of DreamWorks is adapted from Allen Breby’s children’s book series of the same name. The first comic book in this series was published in 2016 and has sold millions of copies worldwide. The film was directed by Pierre Perifil of the French, who was an animator of Kung Fu Panda series. The writers’ team has created League of Scrappy Wood, Monster Training Camp, madagascar 2 and so on. The film was released in North America for three days on April 22nd, and grossed $24 million, winning the North American box office title last weekend. The global total was 87.1 million US dollars, and the box office performance was stronger than industry expectations. League of Bad Guys is another family fun film with bright performance after Sonik the Hedgehog 2, which has been widely acclaimed by the audience recently.
Punch, Mom—
The story of a single mother
Director:Emi Tang
Starring:Tan Zhuo, Tian Yu, Tian Hairong
Show:April 30th
Recommended reason:The film tells the story of a single-parent woman’s struggle and love. Poplar is a stubborn young mother who sticks to her inner principles. A few years ago, on impulse, she was forced to give her children to her sister to raise. Until one day, she met Shen Hao, a wonderful man with a poisonous tongue and a warm heart. With his help, Poplar rekindled his fighting spirit and made up his mind to take back everything he had lost. And waiting for the poplar in front, but completely beyond her imagination … Tan Zhuo and Tian two powerful CP is quite fresh.
Mom—
Focus on people related to Alzheimer’s disease.
Director:Li-Na Yang
Starring:Yanshu Wu, Xi Meijuan.
Show:May 8 th
Recommended reason:The film focuses on the theme of the elderly, which is rarely seen on domestic screens, and gives attention to people related to Alzheimer’s disease, which is of great social significance and discussion value. In the film, two old people, both retired university professors, face great challenges in their lives because of Alzheimer’s disease, and their deep love for each other makes them hug each other tightly and snuggle hard, and their lives glow with touching brilliance. The 85-year-old mother has taken on the responsibility of care. The mother-daughter relationship in this special situation is even more profound and powerful.
Captain Everest-China’s first film
Immersive experience of climbing Mount Everest
Director:Wu Xi
Starring:Sura Wang Ping, Ze Yong, Cui Zhouping, Xiaoxi, Liu Ping, Wang Fuan, Jian Jian and the coachman.
Release: May 13th.
Recommended reason:Captain Everest is the first film in China to experience the whole process of climbing Mount Everest in an immersive way. It truly records a folk mountaineering team composed of ordinary people. Under the leadership of professional mountain guide and captain Sura Wangping, it embarked on a long-awaited trip to Mount Everest and approached the top of the world step by step, showing the beautiful scenery of Mount Everest and the dangers of climbing in front of global audiences from a new perspective.
"Superstar Married"-jennifer lopez
True colors play romantic comedies
Lead performance:Kat Coiro
Starring:Jennifer lopez, owen wilson.
Show:May 13th
Recommended reason:The film tells the story of jennifer lopez’s diva Kate and music star Bastian planning to hold a century wedding at the concert, but at the high-profile live broadcast, Bastian’s cheating video was exposed by the media, and the sudden betrayal brought Kate to the brink of collapse. In a dilemma, she made a bold decision to marry an ordinary teacher in the audience, Charlie! Charlie was at a loss when the big star showed his love without warning, but he accepted the fate that fell from the sky … The huge difference in lifestyle made their "marriage" variable and brought jokes again and again. In the past two years, there are few overseas romantic comedies on the mainland big screen, and "Superstar Married" undoubtedly fills the gap to some extent.
Unrequited love. Orange gives birth to Huainan—
Chang ‘an personally adapted it in August.
Lead performance:Bin Huang
Starring:Sophie, Xin Yunlai, Wu Jiacheng
Show:May 20 th
Recommended reason:The film is adapted from the novel of the same name, which mainly tells the story of Luo Zhi and Sheng Huainan’s secret love for more than ten years. Luo Zhi and Sheng Huainan are a pair of classic secret lovers. Many people envy their love when reading novels. From their childhood meeting to their college meeting again, Luo Zhi’s love for Sheng Huainan is all in his diary. I don’t know how Sheng Huainan felt after seeing it. The film was written by Chang ‘an, the original novelist in August. I wonder if it can win the hearts of the audience.
"Can you not leave me"—
Love that never forgets and reunites.
Lead performance:Wang Ziming, Xiao Fei
Starring: Chen Qiaoen, Jia Bing, Guo Tao, Celina Jade and Wu Yue.
Show:May 20 th
Recommended reason:The film tells the story of the love that is unforgettable and reunited in love, the love that has embraced after many years of ups and downs, and the love that has been patched up in life. Sometimes love is a taste, a habit, a season and a place. In these ordinary and extraordinary loves, we see the greatness of love and the power of love.
Dog Romance —— From the perspective of dogs
To show human love.
Lead performance:Chen Guohui, Xia Yongkang.
Starring:William Feng, Naza, Yoko Lamu, Guanjin Bu, Jasper Liu.
Show:May 20 th
Recommended reason:The film "Love Dogs" shows how the protagonist seeks love and explores the nature of love from the perspective of dogs. Dogs not only have their own monologues, but also are responsible for matchmaking. On the basis of romantic comedy, pet elements are added, focusing on the emotional needs of urban men and women in the face of pressure, which truly shows the feelings of companionship and mutual healing between people and pets.
Downton Abbey 2—
World-renowned British classic IP
Lead performance:Simon Curtis
Starring:Maggie smith, elizabeth mcgovern, michelle dockery, laura carmichael
Show:May 20 th
Recommended reason:As a world-renowned British classic IP, with the popularity of the original Downton Abbey series for six seasons and the launch of the film of the same name in 2019, Downton Abbey 2: A New Era has finally been waited for by fans after more than two years. On April 25th, the world premiere of the film was held in London, and the Crawley family was reunited at the scene. Starlight Glimmer: hugh bonneville, elizabeth mcgovern, michelle dockery, laura carmichael and allen leech.
"May 1st gear" precooling?
These films choose to go against the wind.
A number of films are off-file, but there are also "retrograde" films in this "May 1st File", such as the film Captain Everest. The film truly records the whole process of a folk mountaineering team composed of ordinary people climbing to the top of Mount Everest, and is the most complete film showing the climbing of Mount Everest so far. Weibo, the official film, wrote: "Under the pessimistic mood that the May 1st files have been withdrawn one after another, and everyone is lamenting that the May 1st files will disappear again, we have made a very irrational decision in the eyes of the outside world:" Captain Everest ",which was filmed after putting our lives together, will be advanced to the May 1st file for a large-scale national advance screening." It is understood that as the world’s first truly complete Everest climbing documentary film, "Captain Everest" set a new record for the highest altitude of 8470.2 meters known to human beings.Seven alpine photographers "put their lives on the line" and shot the whole process with a load of 70 kilograms, only presenting the image of Mount Everest that only 0.00007% of human beings have witnessed.
In addition, "I really hate long-distance relationships" and "Punch, Mom" have become two films that have always been strong on May Day. "I really hate long-distance love" chose to stick to the May 1 ST file, which is probably because it is "friendly" to youth romantic films. After all, the May 1 ST file is the explosion schedule of youth romantic films every year. Later We, such as My Love, have made considerable box office gains in this period, and this kind of film also has a large audience base. And "Punch Mom" is Tan Zhuo’s masterpiece that returns to the big screen after two years after Dying to Survive in 2018 and Sheep Without A Shepherd in 2019. The film tells the story of Bai Yang, the mother who fell to the bottom of her life, returning to the boxing arena with the help of coach Shen Hao for the custody of her children. The film vividly shows a woman’s perseverance in sticking to herself, not lying flat, not admitting defeat and not bowing to fate in a desperate situation.
"5.20" gorgeous British style meets Chinese campus style,
Who can break through?
The coldness of the May 1 ST file is for5.20 scheduleBring a glimmer of hope, and some long-awaited films will come on this day. A film written by Chang ‘an in August and starring Sophie, Xin Yunlai and Wu Jiacheng.Unrequited love orange in HuainanAfter repeated file-fixing and file-withdrawing, it was finally released. As the last work in the "Zhenhua Trilogy" that has been adapted into a film and television drama, the previous film and television has failed to surprise the audience. I wonder if the work written by the original author can win the audience’s love. Another long-awaited filmDownton Abbey 2Also scheduled for May 20th, after the series "Downton Abbey" was released globally in 2019, it not only earned $237 million at the box office with its excellent quality, but also achieved 84% freshness of rotten tomatoes and 94% popcorn index respectively. This time, "Downton Abbey 2" assembled the original team, which is also very exciting.
In addition, a romantic comedy film starring William Feng, Lina Gu Zha and Yoko Ramo.Dog romanceAlso file 5.20. The film was written and directed by Chen Guohui and Xia Yongkang, who have jointly created many successful romantic comedies. Chen Guohui has been exploring new creative directions in recent years, after the commercial film "Fire Hero" won 1.7 billion box office. Xia Yongkang used to be a royal photographer in Wong Kar-wai, and many classic images such as In the Mood for Love came from him. The combination of the two is estimated to attract a wave of attention.
Generally speaking, the supply of films in May is indeed limited, and the withdrawal of many films has made the supposed strong schedule a little deserted. In addition, the audience’s willingness to watch movies is not high, so the box office results in May are not expected to be too ideal.
