In other words, the white guys are far from chivalrous and they’ve got far more to learn from the Chinese than they can teach them. In fact, the white people initially come across a hindrance to the Chinese more than heroes who have arrived to save the day. These extreme circumstances force them to put their past aside and become as honest and brave as the Chinese soldiers fighting the threat.
They’ve come to China to steal black powder to take back to Feudal Europe, but instead they’ve arrived in the middle of a supernatural war at the edge of China that threatens to take over the world. William (Matt Damon) and his cohorts are far from honorable. Is this a film that exemplifies the worst eccentricities of both Hollywood and Chinese blockbusters, or did critics just not get it? Movie (3/5) It is one of the first big budget collaborations between Chinese and American film studios, and was directed by Zhang Yimou and features Hollywood actors Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, and Willem Dafoe. I'm against those stars who attempt to get more money to act in the more low-quality movie.The Great Wall (2016) was heavily panned by critics (even Chinese ones) and was widely regarded as a flop at the box office. He joined the movie because of the high pay, he said. Wang Haige, chairman and founder of the Huading Awards, China's version of the People's Choice Awards, told TheWrap in 2016, That movie became one of the worst movies in China. Even the Chinese thought it was crap too. The movie was a critical dud as well it earned 35 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes. It, however, did better abroad with US$289.3 million. It’s an outsider comes into a new culture, finds value in the culture, brings some skill from the outside that aids them in their fight against whatever and they’re all changed forever.”Ī flop in the US, The Great Wall - which also starred Andy Lau, Pedro Pascal and Willem Dafoe - grossed US$45.5 million (S$61.83 mil) against a reported US$150 million budget. He said: “I saw the movie as the exact same plot as Lawrence of Arabia, Dances with Wolves, Avatar. In the podcast, Damon also addressed the whitewashing allegations against the movie and whether the story perpetuated the white savior stereotype. I hope to never have that feeling again.” He added, “That’s as s***** as you can feel creatively, I think. I am definitely going to die here, but I’m doing it.’” It’s the up at dawn siege on Hamburger Hill.
I came to consider that the definition of a professional actor knowing you’re in a turkey and going, ‘Okay, I’ve got four more months. “I was like, this is exactly how disasters happen, Damon said.
Speaking to Marc Marcon on his WTF podcast, Damon said he knew the monster picture was doomed after he saw how the movie's Hollywood backers were pressuring director Zhang Yimou to change his vision. The 50-year-old actor admitted he felt as s***** as you can feel creatively when making the 2016 China-Hollywood co-production, in which he starred as a mercenary warrior imprisoned within the Great Wall of China before joining forces with his captors to combat an alien invasion. Matt Damon knew The Great Wall was a turkey during filming.