2001 was definitely a very interesting year, at least in terms of films.

The movie, which not many people were optimistic about, became popular. And what is given high hopes is that there are various problems.

Of course, there are also those that are as stable as ever.

"The Mummy Returns", this movie is a work that was actually rushed out, and was ready to take advantage of the last movie's popularity to harvest the box office, but it was really popular with fans.

Seriously, this movie hasn't dropped much from the previous one, which can be said to be a success to a certain extent.

So much so that Rachel Weisz and Brandon Fitzer, two stars with a strong passerby temperament, jumped to the first line.

It must be said that they are indeed powerful movie stars, but the opportunities were not very good before.

But the success of "The Mummy Returns" cannot hide the failure of many expected works.

"Artificial Intelligence", a movie that was originally pinned on high hopes, hit the street directly.

I must admit that this movie still has a lot of highlights, and, in terms of level, it is definitely a masterpiece in science fiction movies.

However, it is also important to understand how highly anticipated this movie is.

In 1990, the great director Kubrick announced that he would shoot this movie, and he really had to go back in time, in fact, as early as the 70s, Kubrick had such an idea, when he decided that he wanted to make a sci-fi version of "Puppet Wanderings".

However, for many reasons, it can be said that this movie was never made, and the script was rejected many times, until 1999, when the legendary director passed away, and this movie became his unfinished meaning.

However, a great director is a great director, and although Kubrick did not finish the film, he found a friend to continue as a director.

That director is Spielberg.

Of course, many people don't know that the other side of Spielberg, as far as the current situation is concerned, everyone's perception of this director is still ...... Genius, super genius.

All sorts of positive words are added to his head, and his dream factory is the largest independent film company today.

Making a film independently is a very powerful thing in itself, and anyone in the know will understand it, especially in a place like Hollywood.

However, this is actually an old onmyoji.

When Akira Kurosawa won the Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award, Spielberg commented, which roughly means: Akira Kurosawa is the Shakespeare of Japan.

This sounds like a compliment, and many people think so even now, but if you think about it, isn't there a little bit of a problem?

It is undeniable that Kurosawa has made a lot of movies related to Shakespeare, and "Chaos" is born from "Macbeth", but Kurosawa has also made a lot of works that have nothing to do with Shakespeare.

As a result, in Spielberg's mouth, the Japanese film emperor he 'admired', became a work that was stuck with Shakespeare, and the key was that it still carried the superiority of the West over the East in culture.

Doesn't this have a YYGQ flavor?

Of course, no one thinks that way now, and everyone even thinks it's a good thing.

As far as the current situation is concerned, many filmmakers praise Spielberg in various ways, especially many film critics in China, and even say that Spielberg is the god of film.

However, this "Artificial Intelligence" has Kubrick's addition, Spielberg's direction, handsome guys like Jude Law, and Osmond's outstanding performance...... You must know that Osmond, a young actor, has played Forrest Gump and "The Sixth Sense", and can be said to be the best acting actor in the world.

As a result, the film was a box office failure!

Well, the total box office of more than $200 million worldwide is a success for the average film, but for this movie, it is really too much of a failure.

And, the biggest failure is that the North American market contributed less than $80 million at the box office.

This made Warner Bros. and DreamWorks suffer a big loss, and the most important thing is, what kind of film company is DreamWorks?

Independent film companies!

On this film, Spielberg worked with Warner, but it didn't work out.

Failure in failure!

It is surprising that such a highly anticipated blockbuster has appeared in such a situation, and I can't help but sigh.

Sometimes, the global box office of more than 200 million dollars is not enough.

However, there are still surprising works.

When the summer vacation came to its hottest, a movie called "Fast and Furious" was born.

With less than $40 million in investment, the film easily achieved a box office of over 100 million in the United States!

The world's 200 million is a certainty.

Although they are both 200 million, 200 million is really different from 200 million.

With so much news intertwined, this 2001 is really interesting.

And in such an atmosphere, the time has come to August.

This time is actually the second part of the summer file, of course, as far as the official is concerned, it will still be said, this is the middle essence of the summer file, but in fact, everyone knows what is going on.

The U.S. holiday is in May.

At the beginning of this August, a very interesting movie came, "Rush Hour 2".

......

Los Angeles, Hollywood.

"Big brother, can you tell me how you feel now?"

"I'm really excited. ”

"Miss Zhang Ziyi, that ......"

"Yay!"

This city, this place, there are movies released almost every day, but "Rush Hour 2" is completely different this time.

In fact, the premiere of the film has already been done, the release was carried out on a plane.

Because there are related jokes in the movie, it was an interesting premiere.

But of course, this kind of premiere is not serious enough, and the producer still has to make a big splash, but at the moment, Big Brother Long, Chris Tucker and others are in a good mood, but the best mood has to be said to be Zhang Ziyi.

And...

Look at it, the current Zhang Ziyi jumped directly into the arms of the eldest brother Long, the eldest brother is the eldest brother, don't look at the age now, but the tendon meat of the body is still very good.

Needless to say, this is the most important photo of the evening.

Big Brother Long hugged Zhang Ziyi with a smile on his face.

It's still a princess hug.

......

"I don't understand you!"

Seeing that many newspapers and magazines used this photo as a cover, Zhang Ziyi had a smug look on his face.

Now, "Rush Hour 2" is a huge success, and the box office can be described as an explosion.

Although Zhang Ziyi is not a heroine, of course, in Big Brother Long's movie, he will always be the protagonist.

However, his goal can be regarded as accomplished.

Zhang Ziyi is really an international star now, even if others question her, she will think so.

Isn't it a problem that any of the movies I've made have been a hit?

Perhaps, my sister's luck is so good.

It's you guys who have stained my sister's light!

Not to mention, there may be some truth to it.

However, it won't be long before the latest masterpiece "Red Cliff 2" by internationally renowned director Yuki Kusano will be released.

Zhang Ziyi is one of the important characters...... That's what she thinks now, anyway.

Do you want to go to the premiere?

Well...... Wait!

Yes, Zhang Ziyi made a decision, she had to wait for the producer of "Red Cliff 2" to send an invitation.

In the past, her status was not enough, and she had to take the initiative to pull relationships for all kinds of things, but now she doesn't have to.

At least Zhang Ziyi thinks that she doesn't need it, her status has improved, and she should have the kind of style of a star.

No, it's the panache of a big star!

So, Zhang Ziyi waited like this...... Wait, wait, wait.

Until August 17th, the world premiere of "Red Cliff 2" was grandly held, and Zhang Ziyi did not receive any so-called invitation.

This...

"Yuki Kusano, you bastard!"

Not to mention, when Zhang Ziyi scolded people, he still had the style of the little fox in "Rush Hour 2".