novelraw Chapter 69 Is this a movie that a Chinese director could make?
Chapter 69 Is this a movie that a Chinese director could make?
A village in the city of Zhejiang Province.
Liu Xiaofeng, his face grim, pushed open his brother's door and, before even stepping inside, began questioning him: "Liu Xiaochuan, did you take the 60 yuan from my pocket?"
"Yeah, bro, I found these on your bed today. Didn't you say you were going to take me to the movies? I saw you were busy, so I went and bought the tickets myself. It's at 5 pm today," Liu Xiaochuan said, slapping the two movie tickets on the bed.
Liu Xiaofeng went in and saw that the ticket said "The Shallows." He almost flew into a rage, yelling, "Are you stupid? I said I'd take you to see a movie, it was 'The Warlords' next month, not this crap 'The Shallows'!"
"It's all the same, it's all the same. This is a movie directed by Shen Qing. Didn't you say before that Shen Qing's 'Taken' is one of the best action movies?" Liu Xiaochuan said with a chuckle.
Looking at his younger brother's grinning face and then at the two tickets for "The Shallows" on the bed, Liu Xiaofeng was furious.
The two brothers come from a poor family. They are both sensible and rarely ask their family for money for anything other than studying. However, children are playful after all. After hearing their classmates talk about how great it is to watch movies in a theater, they also want to experience it.
Liu Xiaofeng had finally saved up 60 yuan and originally planned to take his younger brother to see "The Warlords" next month. He had watched a lot of Li Lianjie's DVDs since he was a child and was a die-hard fan of Li Lianjie. Since it was his first time going to the cinema, he definitely wanted to see his idol's work. Unexpectedly, after telling his brother that he was going to take him to see a movie, the kid didn't want to wait even a day and actually went and bought tickets for "The Shallows".
He had seen Shen Qing's movies, of course, on pirated DVDs. To be honest, they were pretty good. But Li Lianjie was an idol he had liked for over ten years. Could he compare?
"Brother, don't you want to see 'The Shallows' anymore? Give me both tickets, I'll go see it with some girls from my class."
"roll!"
Liu Xiaofeng clapped his hands and grabbed the two tickets.
4:30 PM.
Liu Xiaofeng and his younger brother Liu Xiaochuan arrived at the cinema closest to the urban village.
The hall was already bustling with noise; no one expected the movie to be so popular!
"Bro, look how popular it is! These two tickets were definitely worth it!"
"Bullshit! Even if you bought 'Taken 2' before, at least Shen Qing starred in it, and at least his action scenes were passable. 'The Shallows'? The cast is practically just one unknown actor! Are you kidding me? Has China ever made this type of movie? Liu Xiaochuan, sometimes I'm really curious what's going on in your head all day long!"
Liu Xiaofeng was so angry for another unspoken reason: he had even resisted watching the famous "Lust, Caution" while waiting for "The Warlords," having heard it was extremely stimulating. He had saved his money to watch "The Warlords," only to have his brother buy him the worthless "The Shallows" instead!
Before long, the cinema started checking tickets, and the older brother, looking unhappy, and the younger brother, grinning, followed the flow of people into the screening hall.
"What was the female lead's name again?"
"I forgot, wasn't it Yang Mu? Oh right, she played Guo Xiang in the new version."
"What the hell? You bought a ticket and you don't even know the female lead's name? It'd be a miracle if this movie was even good!"
The two brothers found their seats and sat down, and soon the movie officially began.
A little boy playing on the beach found a helmet with a camera attached, and the helmet had a row of holes that had somehow appeared on it.
The little boy turned on his camera, and the video showed two men surfing. They were initially very happy, but then, for some unknown reason, they started swimming desperately towards the shore.
Then the man seemed to be dragged into the sea by some mysterious force. He struggled desperately, and the video became blurry and chaotic, making it impossible to see what was happening.
The image finally stabilized a little, then a gigantic shark suddenly charged at high speed...
"Holy crap! That startled me."
"It seems alright!"
Liu Xiaofeng was also taken aback. He felt that this beginning... really had the feel of a Hollywood monster movie. If it didn't fall apart later, it shouldn't be a waste of money.
Next, the female lead appears, arrives at the beach by car, briefly exchanges information with the driver, and then prepares for surfing, starting with taking off her clothes.
With a hot figure and a sexy surfing outfit, the sun shines on her beautiful body as the girl meticulously cleans her surfboard. She ties her ankle leash, then hugs the surfboard and runs towards the waves, a natural and touching smile on her face.
This scene is absolutely amazing!
Some people in the theater couldn't help but exclaim "Wow!", which immediately resonated with a wide audience.
Wow, what a figure...
"Wow, that's awesome!"
"What a nice view."
"Damn, this girl is amazing. She's bound to be a superstar sooner or later."
"Of course! He's acted in several of Shen Qing's movies, and he has such a good relationship with Shen Qing, how could he not be famous?"
"I feel like she could have become famous even without Shen Qing."
Next is a scene of the female lead surfing, which is very pleasing to the eye. Many viewers were experiencing this sport for the first time and found it very novel.
The owner of the helmet that the little boy found at the beginning of the movie appears. Judging from the beginning, it seems that these two men are almost certainly going to die.
Surprisingly, the two men who should have died made it ashore, leaving the female protagonist alone to continue surfing.
The female protagonist was left alone on the vast sea, and the atmosphere of horror suddenly intensified.
The camera follow-up shots below the sea level evoke images of sharks that could appear at any moment.
The cries of seagulls overhead were unsettling.
The accidental discovery of the whale carcass, along with its large, fresh wounds, seemed to foreshadow an ominous event.
The sudden appearance of the dolphin gave all the spectators a fright.
The perfectly chosen soundtrack and lighting design brought the atmosphere to its peak.
Liu Xiaofeng glanced at his younger brother, then looked at the other people in the theater, and was surprised to find that most of them were infected by this atmosphere, and almost everyone was staring nervously at the big screen in front of them.
"This is a bit weird," Liu Xiaofeng muttered to himself.
He never expected that a Chinese director could make this type of movie without making him feel awkward!
Not only is it not embarrassing, it's actually quite beautiful!
A big wave came, and the female protagonist took the opportunity to stand up on the surfboard. A blurry shadow flashed by in the waves and crashed into the surfboard from underwater, sending the female protagonist flying.
The seawater here is very shallow, and the seabed is full of various reefs. The female protagonist twists and turns, crashing into the reefs, tumbling a few times, and then crashing into the reefs again, tumbling and crashing again.
No one in the theater was even breathing; the impacts were so realistic that the audience felt real pain just watching them.
The female protagonist quickly surfaced and swam towards the floating surfboard. Just as she climbed onto the surfboard, she was immediately pulled back into the sea by something. She struggled desperately, and the seawater below suddenly turned bright red.
It's blood! Lots of blood!
One second the seawater was turquoise, and the next it turned bright red, creating a strong visual impact.
At that moment, the screening room was eerily quiet. Everyone was staring intently at the big screen, and many people's fingers were clenched so tightly they turned white.