421 The Impression After the Screening
"Baseball Heroes" is a movie without special effects, so post-production is relatively easy. The only trouble is those games. In order to make the game scenes more beautiful, Lin Junxiu specially found a few classic baseball games to study.
After a while, some show-off content was added. However, show-off content is difficult to shoot, so this part still has to be completed with computer special effects. In addition, it is the audience in the stands. Although Lin Junxiu’s call
We can mobilize so many people, but there are too many organizational and execution difficulties in actual operation. This part still needs to be filled by computer special effects.
"So this movie is considered completed?" When the people from the production committee heard Lin Junxiu's report, they asked in disbelief. Although Lin Junxiu has always been known as a "quick shooter" when making movies, this time, "from
It’s only been two weeks since filming was completed?”
"Two weeks is enough time." Lin Junxiu said. "This is a refined version that has been edited and has added special effects and soundtrack. We are now holding a preview meeting and determining what the final edited version will look like."
The original movie version of "Baseball Heroes" has a high score of 6.9 on Douban, which is considered a good comic book movie. However, Junxiu Lin is not satisfied with the original movie. For example, it excessively weakened the independence of the heroine Masami Nagasawa.
.Perhaps in order to cater to more viewers, Asakura Minami, played by Nagasawa Masami, became the baseball manager and deleted the content that she was a gymnast. After this modification, the plot is indeed more focused, and it is also in line with ordinary men and women.
The feeling of love.
But Lin Junxiu knows that the feminist ideas of this era are on the rise. Whether it is a female audience or a male audience, they all hope to see a more independent female character. Although girls can choose to be a sky flower or a kapok tree in love.
, but the current aesthetic is undoubtedly leaning towards the kapok tree. So Lin Junxiu retained Asakura Minami’s gymnast line, and at the same time he also expanded this line. In this way, Uesugi Tatsuya not only took Asakura Minami with him
Koshien, but took Minami Asakura, who won the National High School Gymnastics Championship, to Koshien to make the two people's identities more equal.
At the same time, Lin Junxiu wrote all the line of Uesugi Kazuya into his memories, that is, at the beginning of the movie, Uesugi Kazuya had passed away. Lin Junxiu made this modification because he was worried that the audience would misunderstand, and then let Uesugi Tatsuya
The emotional line with Minami Asakura turned into a "love triangle". In addition, as a relaxed campus youth movie, Lin Junxiu did not want to include too many "crying scenes", so Uesugi Kazuya died early and there was no need to dwell on it.
It was written that Tatsuya Suga's emotions collapsed. The audience for youth movies is young people. They are at the age where "youth don't know what it's like to be sad". Why do you have to make them cry? Let them watch a movie easily.
, wouldn’t it be nice to be a little happy and a little moved?
Finally, Lin Junxiu added several descriptions of baseball games to the movie to make the movie more passionate. After all, the original version of "Baseball Heroes" is more like a youth love movie, but Lin Junxiu's purpose is to make a passionate campus movie. In addition,
Another reason I don’t want to say it openly is that if it was made into a love movie, wouldn’t it be necessary to arrange a kiss scene with Masami Nagasawa?
"A very good movie!" The first person to speak was the representative of Toho. On the one hand, they are the agency of the heroine Masami Nagasawa, and on the other hand, they are also the largest theater company in Japan. Whether the movie can be released depends to a large extent.
This is what they said. "A movie that reminds people of youth and campus, and the memories are still delicious strawberry yogurt!"
Hearing a bald middle-aged uncle say that his movie is strawberry yogurt, Lin Junxiu was actually a little repelled deep down in his heart. However, seeing that the uncle seemed to be nostalgic for something, Lin Junxiu still resisted the desire to complain. And with Dong
After Bao Company's tone, members of the production committee such as TBS TV station and Dentsu all expressed their approval of the film.
After confirming the final cut of "Baseball Heroes", it was natural to start preparing for release. The promotional videos have been released one after another after the filming was completed, and now the final promotional video can finally be announced. After the final promotional video was released, the starring actors of the crew
They began to take turns to show off their faces in various programs, which made the Saito brothers who were originally a little silent feel pain and joy.
After nearly a month of intensive promotion, "Baseball Heroes" has finally opened in theaters across Japan. As a live-action movie, it is undoubtedly a miracle that it can get 30% of the screenings at the opening. You must know that Japan's theaters give priority to film scheduling
They are animated films, followed by Hollywood films, and finally domestic live-action films. After the first two major choices, the remaining film share is usually only about 20%, which is still divided among several Japanese domestic live-action films. But
This time, relying on Lin Junxiu's fame, I was able to secure 30% of the film's slate. I was really excited that even major newspapers reported it as headline news. And Dongbao Cinemas guaranteed that even if the box office is not as expected,
They'll last two weeks, too.
However, after the box office data came out, major theater chains immediately felt that this film schedule did not disappoint them. "Baseball Heroes" mobilized nearly 60 million people to watch the movie in its first weekend alone. You must know that movie tickets in Japan are very expensive
Yes, if you are not for children and the elderly, who can basically get half-price movies, ordinary people will have to pay nearly 100 to 120 yuan to watch a movie even on a discounted day at the cinema. This is not even the ticket price of IMAX or 3D movies.
So you know what it means to mobilize so many people into the theater, right?
According to a sample survey by "Tokyo Sports News", about half of the people who came to watch the movie this time were fans of Lin Junxiu, and about one-third of them came to watch because Lin Junxiu won the Oscar.
Movie. Among the remaining half of the audience, nearly two-thirds are old fans of "Baseball Heroes". Because of this data, "Tokyo Sports" published an article that the high box office of the "Baseball Heroes" movie version is only temporary.
Because this is completely a fan-oriented movie. As we all know, fan-oriented movies will definitely have a huge box office hit in the second week.
Generally speaking, a 70% drop in the box office in the second week compared to the first week is within the normal range; however, fans of the movie are very likely to dive directly to the bottom of the swimming pool in the second week. Unfortunately, "Tokyo Sports News" swore that the analysis and
This did not happen, and "Baseball Heroes" continued to lead the box office list in its second week. Although the major theater chains increased their film schedules, the high quality of the movie itself was also an important factor.
"This is the live-action version of "Baseball Heroes" that I have been looking forward to." In the movie review page of "Daily Sports", film critic Tetsuo Nishikawa wrote.
Tetsuto Nishikawa is not only a newly emerging film critic in Japan, but he is also an avid anime lover. He has said on many occasions that it was Mitsuru Adachi's comics that guided him to become a baseball lover and manga nerd. Therefore,
After the movie "Baseball Heroes" was released, many people were looking forward to what kind of evaluation Nishikawa Tetsuo would give. You must know that comic book movie adaptation is not only a long-standing problem in China, but also a thankless task in Japan. Many people are thinking
They all secretly expected Tetsuto Nishikawa, a big fan of Adachi Adachi, to come out and criticize Lin Junxiu. What they didn't expect was that this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes was actually Lin Junxiu's licking dog!
"Campus sports comics have always been a hot topic in the film and television industry, but many adapters often only care about the word 'campus' and completely forget the word 'sports'. So one after another campus sports comics have appeared in film and television dramas
It has become a campus love drama here, and sports and other things have been deleted and almost no longer exist. In this case, why don't you just adapt those pure love girl comics? Fortunately, director Lin Junxiu's "Baseball Heroes" and
Unlike those coquettish bitches, this live-action movie retains the passion and friendship of sports comics, and at the same time, it also adds the faint and hazy first love that Mr. Adachi Mitsuru is good at. In this early summer, such a live-action comic adaptation
The movie is like a cup of sweet and sour yogurt, which reminds people of that summer, her friends on the court and her under the shade..."
Tetsuo Nishikawa is a rising star in the film critic circle, but his appeal among young movie fans is extremely high, so "Mainichi Sports", a newspaper known as the "Seven Major Sports Newspapers" in Japan, also opened a film review column for him. However, the newspaper office
Later, they admitted that with the launch of Nishikawa Tetsuto's film review column, the newspaper's sales had actually increased a lot, and they also found that they had more young readers.
In Japan, reading newspapers is usually considered something that only middle-aged and elderly men over 30 years old do. But now, because of Nishikawa Tetsuto's column, many high school students will also buy the "Mainichi Sports". This makes the newspaper company
I was pleasantly surprised, because Japanese people are extremely loyal, and the things they loved in high school often last until they are in their old age. If high school students can be cultivated to also like reading "Mainichi Sports", it will mean that the readers of the next ten years will
The group is already quietly being generated.
In addition to film critics like Tetsuto Nishikawa praising Lin Junxiu, friends in the industry like Ayumi Hamasaki will naturally help bring a wave of traffic. Although Ayumi Hamasaki has begun to decline, the number of fans of Ayumi Hamasaki is still
Very huge. And as time goes by, the loyalty of Hamasaki Ayumi's fans will further increase. Think about it, Ayumi will be sealed as Hamasaki in the future, but her concert tickets are still hard to get. Is it possible that her concert tickets will be sold out?
Do fans really not know that Ayumi Hamasaki's singing skills will never come back? In addition to Lin Junxiu's friend group, Toho's artists will naturally also cheer for their little princess movie. With the support of many parties, "Baseball Heroes"
"Miraculously once again topped Japan's weekend box office charts for three consecutive weeks.
However, Lin Junxiu stopped paying attention to this movie after "Baseball Heroes" won the box office championship for a second time. As a director, he has overfulfilled what he should do, and the rest is what Toho, the distribution company, should do. According to
According to feedback from Toho, South Korea, China and Southeast Asian markets are interested in introducing this movie. After all, Adachi Mitsuru's comics have also swept these places. However, Toho did not negotiate a share of the box office, but only a buyout, so it is a
The hammer was bought and sold.
While the market was still analyzing the reasons for the success of "Baseball Heroes", Lin Junxiu took the crew of "Always 3-chome Sunset" into the studio. The original name was changed by Lin Junxiu and was called "San" General Assembly
It makes people think that there is still "Four", so Lin Junxiu decided to call it "The End", clearly indicating that this is the final chapter. When Toho or other film companies plan to restart this series in the future, it will have nothing to do with Lin Junxiu.
Lin Junxiu has made it clear that he wants to draw a clear line.
The "Sunset at Sanchome" series is already the third one, and the main actors of the crew are still the actors from the first two parts, so everyone's running-in time is much shorter. After a week of script reading, "Always Sunset at Sanchome"
"The End" began filming. This movie is mainly to fill in the holes dug before. Although the comic actually does not end here, Lin Junxiu gave full play to his magical adaptation skills. Adaptation is not random editing, but must conform to the movie script.
Chapter completed!