Tran Thanh's "The Four Guardians" has just set a record for the Vietnamese film with the highest opening day revenue of all time, but the film's quality is controversial.
Morning of January 30, director Tran Thanh announced the first day of the movie's revenue The Guardian Quartet was 30 billion VND, recorded on the first day of Tet At Ty (ie January 29). This achievement crushed other films shown during Tet, as well as all previous Vietnamese films.
Tran Thanh also expressed: "It's really beyond imagination... This is a record that even Tran Thanh himself finds difficult! I wonder if I can surpass this number next year?".
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Box Office Vietnam recorded the film's revenue of 58 billion VND on the afternoon of January 30, along with the following comments: The Guardian Quartet accounts for 80% of Vietnamese theater revenue.
Another very notable number is the screening of The Guardian Quartet On the first day of Tet, nearly 5,000 servings were sold, which Tomorrow good Mrs. Nu's house are not available (approximately 3,500 seats).
Because the movie's revenue increased so quickly, theaters gradually adjusted on the first day and the following days, not initially. The Guardian Quartet had this advantage.
With this opening achievement, the film is expected to reach a total revenue of 600 billion VND, surpassing Tomorrow became the highest grossing Vietnamese film.
While on a cinetour at the theater, Tran Thanh also revealed that the film crew might "blindly tear the bag" with the participation of a few "drunk brothers" as cameos in the film.
Although the older brothers have a great appeal to young audiences, the reason for the film to achieve such a large revenue record is largely due to the "Tet movie" brand. by Tran Thanh".
Audiences, even those who are not fans of Tran Thanh or his "brothers", all choose Tran Thanh's movies to watch first on the first day of Tet.
However, the total revenue of The Guardian Quartet have over Tomorrow Whether or not it will depend on the film's word-of-mouth effect.
Last year's Tet, Tomorrow has a good word of mouth effect with many compliments. The story and philosophical quotes in the movie are all hot and discussed for a long time. Many people love the movie and watch it many times. This leads to a steady increase in revenue and the movie stays in theaters for a long time.
Tran Thanh's worst movie?
Regarding word of mouth effect, if looking from thousands of comments across online forums, it can be said that The Guardian Quartet is not being well received.
"Tran Thanh's worst movie. Noisy and nonsense" is a comment that many people agree with, under an article praising the movie on the showbiz gossip page. "The movie is bland, nothing memorable, the comedy is too noisy. Not as good as Tran Thanh's previous movies" is another comment.
In a previous interview with the media, Tran Thanh admitted that he chose to make this film because he wanted to have a year to relax after making many psychological films. He admitted that this film has a simpler plot than his previous films.
He also believes that making comedies does not mean going downhill or regressing compared to making psychological films.
The problem is that Tran Thanh's "downfall, regression" if any, is not in the comedy genre or simple script. The film has declined in the point that the audience pointed out above: bland, nothing memorable.
The film explores a painful issue in love - one person goes too fast, the other stays the same and the two gradually drift apart - but it doesn't delve into it deeply, so it's not very impressive. There are also few memorable "moral" quotes worth discussing.
The film's plot is said to lack emphasis, lack purpose, and be too predictable. With such a simple story, the duration is too long (2 hours and 12 minutes). Besides the love triangle between the three main characters, the remaining characters have such bland roles that they are either there or not there.
The three main actors were promoted as the "visual trio", all beauty queens and male gods, but their acting was only average. The supporting cast was all famous comedians, but their comedy was bland and boring, they talked too much and too fast, making it difficult to grasp. Many lines seemed to be made to go viral on TikTok instead of being put into a movie.
A type of "signature" scene in Tran Thanh's films is the scene of a one-on-one argument between the two main characters, then in The Guardian Quartet, This scene between Quoc Anh's character and Tieu Vy also quite boring, no memorable lines.
And The Guardian Quartet also regressed in an important factor that makes Tran Thanh's films often praised: the filmmaker's life experience.
Tran Thanh's films are often praised for their everyday quality and for delving into painful issues in society and family.
It's a matter of toxic parents, generation gap in Godfather and Mrs. Nu's house; the difference in class between rich and poor and the status of single mothers in Mai; the status of women working in the massage profession is subject to many prejudices in Tomorrow.
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