Menor the Destroyer Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 14 hours ago, CJ Sarandos said: China is saying NO to this American propaganda shit. At least Bond was already confirmed. Sony needs to pay some China officials to get Venom approved as well. In what way is Shang-Chi propaganda? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Just now, Menor said: In what way is Shang-Chi propaganda? It isn't. You shouldn't take everything I say seriously. Most isn't. What I meant is that China seems to be much more focused on local products and doesn't want so many American productions occupying screen space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdsacken Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 13 minutes ago, CJ Sarandos said: It isn't. You shouldn't take everything I say seriously. Most isn't. What I meant is that China seems to be much more focused on local products and doesn't want so many American productions occupying screen space. China is just proving they really don't care about the box office and there's nothing we can do to make them care about it. China is tightening its rein hardcore lately and I'm not sure that's going to dissipate anytime soon. I would like it to but we shall see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox20 Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) I mean the fact Jungle Cruise is nowhere to be seen says more about the current situation than Shang Chi not having a date. Edited September 12, 2021 by Fox20 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john2000 Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Fox20 said: I mean the fact Jungle Cruise is nowhere to be seen says more about the current situation than Shang Chi not having a date. jungle cruise has been pirated like hell by now...so i dont think that even disney themselves tried to push for a release...between that and and shang ..they care way more about shang Edited September 12, 2021 by john2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 (edited) What other american movies are approved for a Chinese release besides Bond? Edited September 12, 2021 by CJ Sarandos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john2000 Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 7 minutes ago, CJ Sarandos said: What other american movies are approved for a Chinese release besides Bond? dune also other than that..thats it though to be fair other than shang chi of which fait is still uncertain ....there hasnt been another major hollywood movie .. ps venom will too but prob in oct 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poweranimals Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Sounds like they have an issue with Disney specifically. I know they released Free Guy but they may not have realized Disney owns 20th Century Fox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox20 Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 8 hours ago, john2000 said: jungle cruise has been pirated like hell by now...so i dont think that even disney themselves tried to push for a release...between that and and shang ..they care way more about shang As if China cares if it's pirated or not when they released Tomorrow wars. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 16 hours ago, CJ Sarandos said: It isn't. You shouldn't take everything I say seriously. Most isn't. What I meant is that China seems to be much more focused on local products and doesn't want so many American productions occupying screen space. You mean anything right? 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exomassey Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 https://twitter.com/spoilerpleaser/status/1437342723548139526?s=21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie Jatinder Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 (edited) I was going for completing Top 100 WW Grossers on letterboxd list and had 6 remaining. One of which was Hi, Mom. On bright side, its not as bad as Wolf Warrior 2, but overall its really average. Comedy doesn't really work much, the main emotional twist right in the final moment was somewhat good. The film could have done so much better with the whole time travelling back to your parents, but did almost nothing. 3/10. Insane this film has done $800M+ just on power of CNY. How much will genuinely good films do. Edited September 14, 2021 by charlie Jatinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerPaw Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 10 hours ago, charlie Jatinder said: I was going for completing Top 100 WW Grossers on letterboxd list and had 6 remaining. One of which was Hi, Mom. On bright side, its not as bad as Wolf Warrior 2, but overall its really average. Comedy doesn't really work much, the main emotional twist right in the final moment was somewhat good. The film could have done so much better with the whole time travelling back to your parents, but did almost nothing. 3/10. Insane this film has done $800M+ just on power of CNY. How much will genuinely good films do. Haha. Some of the comedy does not translate well into subs. I think for Chinese, being fillial is a key virtue hence many can relate. Have you seen the Ip Man 1 & 2, Stephen Chow's Mermaid / Journey to the West or even Lost in Thailand. Those were movies well ahead of their time and are classics; which if shown today... would have broken records IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie Jatinder Posted September 15, 2021 Share Posted September 15, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, TigerPaw said: Have you seen the Ip Man 1 & 2, Stephen Chow's Mermaid / Journey to the West or even Lost in Thailand. Those were movies well ahead of their time and are classics; which if shown today... would have broken records IMO. I tried IP Man 1 once, I am not big on martial arts, so skipped it and watched something else. Will check them out. I have few of Tony's film on watchlist including Chungking Express, Mood for Love, etc. Would have watched Infernal Affairs, but since I recently watched Departed, not in mood to watch it. Edited September 15, 2021 by charlie Jatinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerPaw Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Fun Thursdays, almost seems like Raging Fire on its 49th day rose to number 1 again, beating Free Guy on its 21st day. How do I insert a picture - not from URL? Will see what happens when actuals come out; but Raging Fire has a chance to become the highest grossing Hong Kong film in Mainland - it is less than 100m yuan away from reaching the goal. Reigning champion is Shockwave 2 at around 1.32bn yuan. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Feng Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 Early ticket sale of National Day movies look very gentle. Both ChangJin and My Country, My Parents have long runtime(176 mins & 156 mins). 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerPaw Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 7 hours ago, Gavin Feng said: Early ticket sale of National Day movies look very gentle. Both ChangJin and My Country, My Parents have long runtime(176 mins & 156 mins). You are right earlier in the year where you mentioned people these days spend their time / money doing other things - not just movies. I mean i know that Universal Studios in Beijing has its soft opening, and seen people posting that they have visited... looks so much better than Univeral Studios Singapore (which i used to work part time for). Really made me feel like flying to Beijing ASAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Feng Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 22 minutes ago, TigerPaw said: You are right earlier in the year where you mentioned people these days spend their time / money doing other things - not just movies. I mean i know that Universal Studios in Beijing has its soft opening, and seen people posting that they have visited... looks so much better than Univeral Studios Singapore (which i used to work part time for). Really made me feel like flying to Beijing ASAP. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Feng Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 (edited) Big-screen experience does not look that attractive. For me, the most satisfied experiences this year are: Raging Fire - A entertaining blockbuster which offer general audience all they want. Hubble 3D(BIFF) - It really make me feel being in space by stunning 3D effects. City Lights(BIFF) - Cinema could and should be that pure. (And Hollywood and local industry keep offering me shits like Detective Chinatown 3, Godzilla v Kong, Black Widow, F9) I guess Mulholland Road would be my next. Edited September 18, 2021 by Gavin Feng 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerPaw Posted September 18, 2021 Share Posted September 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Gavin Feng said: Haha; i have seen videos of the Harry Potter World and Transformers world of Universal Studios - the theme park - but not the KF Panda world (in the theme park) nor anything regarding the resort. 😅😅😅 Eye opener. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...