Reasons for the success of 20 12 film

As a disaster film, 20 12 is naturally excellent in visual effects. In the previous trailer, the overwhelming disaster scene was shocking enough, but the feeling of witnessing it on the big screen was still extraordinary. California sank to the bottom of the sea, the aircraft carrier Kennedy crashed into the White House, Yellowstone National Park erupted, and the sea overflowed the Himalayas. These are really classic shots of the perfect combination of artistic imagination and visual special effects technology. Because mainland audiences won't see Avatar until June of 20 10, there is no doubt that the best visual effect film for mainland audiences this year is 20 12.

However, if a disaster film is only excellent in visual effect, it will soon make the audience tired. After all, sensory stimulation is just seasoning in any movie, even if it is a disaster movie, the main course must be the emotion between people. Fortunately, the god of this movie heard my previous resentment. Director roland emmerich didn't make the mistake of Ten Thousand Years of Prehistory (BC 10000) and avoided the accumulation of pure sensory stimulation in 20 12. Instead, he worked hard on the script and skillfully integrated these visual effects scenes. Basically, the visual special effects scenes in this film are rarely displayed simply for display, but are well combined with the plot and characters.

Like The Day After Tomorrow directed by roland emmerich, the main story of 20 12 focuses on the fate of an ordinary family. The hero starring john cusack is a failed writer. He came across the news that the world was going to be destroyed. In order to save his family, he embarked on a thrilling adventure. Under the guidance of the main line of this story, the sub-lines of the story are also proceeding in an orderly way. All the plot tension comes from people of all colors' responses to disasters. The disaster scenes described in the previous trailers are spectacular, but what really touches the audience is the beauty and tenacity of human nature.

Of course, for the current audience, this story that has been basically modeled is nothing new and surprising. For those who are experienced in genre films and disaster films, it takes about 30 minutes to judge who will live and who will die. But 20 12, with its powerful visual effect, still gives these stereotypes a different feeling. This is the power of the Hollywood film industry system. Facing audiences of different countries, nationalities and cultural backgrounds, it can always find some similarities in it, and skillfully integrate these cross-cultural human similarities into the story, and then repackage it with powerful visual effects, and finally integrate a film that makes most audiences feel satisfied and exciting.

The "China element" in 20 12 can be said to be the most expressive and positive one among the mainstream Hollywood commercial films in recent years. The ark plan to save mankind was carried out in China (from the landform, it should be in Tibet). The director borrowed the mouth of the annoying Yankee in the film and said with emotion: (to the effect) Only China can do such a huge workload! By the way, I'm a little flattering to the mainland audience.

Obviously, Hollywood has regarded Chinese mainland's fast-growing film market as the most potential market in the future, which is why Hollywood has taken great pains to cater to the mainland market with these China elements. But before the film was released, I saw some publishers even mentioned "China saves the world" and "Wenchuan spirit" in their propaganda. I have to say that this is wishful over-propaganda, so that it is a bit erotic. But China has nothing to do with saving the world, just doing what you have to do. And this movie has nothing to do with Wenchuan.

(In the film, the actor who plays a Tibetan worker in China plays Mr. Liu, a Hong Kong villain abused by Batman, in The Dark Knight, and the actress in China plays a Tibetan grandmother who looks a little strange, mainly white and fat, unlike Tibetans. )

It is worth mentioning that the director always remembers to add some humorous condiments to the audience in exciting special effects scenes and exciting plots. There are many similar highlights in the film. As for how much you can feel, it depends on your smile.

Director roland emmerich, as a German and a European, may not like America very much, so he buried many Americans in it. Anyone who has seen The Day After Tomorrow knows that it is basically difficult for an American president to survive in his movies.

When the hero led his family to flee, he took a big plane to China with a Russian millionaire (well, he was a billionaire because he could afford three air tickets, each worth 6,543.8 billion euros). This big plane is an Antonov An-225 super-large military transport plane with a take-off weight of over 600 tons. It is the largest transport plane in the world at present. The children exclaimed after seeing it, and the Russian millionaire proudly said that it was made in Russia. (The An -225 was actually developed by the Antonov Aviation Research and Technology Consortium of Ukraine, not strictly Russian. Maximum range of aircraft 15400 km. In the film, the plane flew from the west coast of the United States to Sichuan, China, without refueling. )

For Liu's fans, I have to say that Liu's shadow often flashes faintly in this film. For example, when disaster comes, how to choose who can go to the ark and who can't? As long as readers are familiar with Liu's works, it is not difficult to get their own answers.

And Liu's famous saying in "Dark Forest" is also reflected in this film in disguised form: Is it necessary to give civilization time? Or educate the years?

Behind the scenes, the coming end of the world

If we want to discuss who is the most passionate about disaster in Hollywood today, roland emmerich's name must be second to none. The director who directed disaster films such as Independence Day and The Day After Tomorrow has always enjoyed destroying human civilization. This time, he chose "20 12." Take the end of the world as a gimmick. Regarding this new work, roland emmerich said, "For many years, I mainly made disaster films. Many people have told me that they like movies like The Day After Tomorrow very much. I asked them why, and they told me that it would be an incredible shock to see the familiar city destroyed on the screen. With this in mind, I began to ponder the doomsday theme of 20 12. Actually, I had the idea of 1999 filming the end of the world when I was filming Independence Day. Unfortunately, I couldn't catch up at that time, so I began to conceive the story of "20 12" in 2006. This time, we want to make this movie before the earth is destroyed (laughs). "

When talking about why he loves disaster themes so much, roland emmerich said: "disaster movie is a film with strong conflict. When watching, the audience may abandon many elements that need careful consideration. This is an extreme confrontation, which is related to the survival of life. This is a contest between life and death, and everyone is easily attracted by movies with this theme. For me, I like to describe the virtual disaster of the city, which will make everyone alert and be prepared for danger in times of peace. " 20 12 "tells a possibility. Will the earth come to an end in 20 12 years? If it is true, what will human civilization do? What should the inhabitants of the earth do? The film highlights these contents. "

"I am very satisfied with 20 12," roland emmerich said of his new work. One regret of this film is that the production time is very tight, and it will be released before Christmas this year, which is a long time ahead of my original plan. So this leads us to accomplish many things in a limited time, especially computer special effects. Special effects are the most important in this work. There are so many special effects shots this time, and I feel so stressed for the first time. The production team needs to shoot scenes from all over the world, and then we will discuss how to present the destruction scenes of these cities together. For a time, our whole team met almost every day and discussed many details repeatedly. Fortunately, all this was done on time with good quality and quantity. "

John cusack takes the lead.

In 20 12, john cusack played the most important role. Why John? Roland emmerich said: "Strangely, when I started to conceive this story, in my mind, the hero looked like john cusack. I have seen some of his past works. He grasped the theme of the thriller well. I like to capture his improvisation in the movie and add many interesting elements to this movie. "

As for john cusack himself, he has made many independent films, including Identity, Phantom of 1408 and other widely acclaimed works. He also expressed his views on 20 12: "I don't think this film is my one-man show. The most important role of my character is to connect all the characters in the film, and together we make up this film. I am a scholar in the film, and I like the role of this senior intellectual, because it is such a person who will always save the world (laughs). "

Roland emmerich, who is also the screenwriter of this film, elaborated on how he designed the role of john cusack: "All such disaster movie needs a role with relative authority and some weaknesses. In michael bay's The End of the World, I think the role of Bruce Willis is very classic. He is a very real person with a great personality. In the end, his decision to sacrifice was reasonable. An excellent disaster film should have such an ordinary character full of human nature. Based on this idea, I created Jackson Curtis, played by john cusack. In this film, Jackson Curtis faces many dangers and has to save his family. This film describes how an ordinary person became a hero. His scenes are very heavy, and the film revolves around him most of the time. John cusack played this role vividly. "

The original name of this film is A Farewell to Atlantis.

20 12 is the most expensive film directed by roland emmerich with an investment of 200 million dollars.

When filming the trailer of "20 12", the soundtrack of the movie was not finished, so sharping's original sound was used.

In fact, the eschatology of 20 12 is a western idea, not created by the Mayans. On the contrary, the Mayans only thought that in 20 12 years, the world would enter a new era, which had little to do with the end of the world.

The film was originally scheduled to be released on 20 10, but in 2008, the box office and word-of-mouth of roland emmerich's work "Ten Thousand Years of Prehistory" were not ideal, so roland emmerich accelerated the production of "20 12" and the film was released one year ahead of schedule.

Like other works directed by roland emmerich, roland emmerich also participated in the script creation of 20 12.

In view of the large number of plots and scenes depicting disasters in real cities in "20 12", the Motion Picture Association of America once had a fierce debate on the classification of the film. A considerable number of people thought that the film should be rated as R, but in the end, considering that the film did not have too bloody paragraphs, "20 12" was finally rated as PG- 13.