I feel fine about the advertisements. There are some in the movie, but I think I can accept them.
I feel that this movie is not as touching as I imagined it would be. It’s not a movie that can really make you cry, which is how it was promoted. There are actually quite a lot of advertisements in the movie. But all in all, it’s a good movie that’s close to our lives.
I think it’s a good movie that can inspire people a lot. We can learn a lot from the movie and know more about how people in earthquake disaster areas survive. That way we can do more to help the people there.
China's movie industry is going from strength to strength. From total revenue of just over $600m for the sector just 4 years ago, the income from box office takings alone in 2009 is estimated to have hit over $850m. This marks the fourth consecutive year where year-on-year growth exceeded 25%; and if that continues this year, 2010 could see movie earnings break the $1bn figure - and China's box office market become one of the top ten worldwide.
Avatar may be the most successful movie of all time in China. But has been pulled from the majority of theaters sooner than expected.
The state-run movie distributor, China Film Group, unexpectedly yanked the film from over 1,600 2-D screens in favor of a biography of the ancient philosopher Confucius which stars veteran Chinese actor, Chou-Yun Fat which debuted on Saturday.
According to a report in Hong Kong tabloid, the Apple daily, the move was made at the urging of propaganda officials. It said they were concerned Avatar was taking too much market share from domestic films - and drawing unwanted attention to the very sensitive issue of forced evictions.
About thirty four years ago, a devastating earthquake hit Tangshan city in Hebei province, causing more than 240,000 deaths.
Feng Xiaogang, one of China’s most famous movie directors made a movie called Aftershock which centers on the quake and then follows the lives of a group of survivors. The movie has also been made the first-ever non-English language production to be digitally re-mastered.
The movie was released this Thursday in China and its digitally re-mastered version set to play selected international IMAX cinemas from July 28.