Chapter 1112 - Inside and Outside the Circle
Despite the raging economic crisis, Inception attracted a lot of attention, with Embassy Pictures premiering at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles ahead of the first weekend of October.
If nothing else, Christopher Nolan teaming up with Tom Cruise alone is enough to attract the attention of fans and the media.
The premiere was extravagant, with fans on both sides of the red carpet screaming.
Especially Tom Cruise, as the leading actor, proves what it means to be an old man.
Beauty, money, figure, experience, and technology are the favorite of girls.
Blake Lively, the heroine of "Green Lantern", has amply proven that Leonardo DiCaprio in the 100m and eleven seconds is not a good choice.
And then there is Christopher Nolan, "The Dark Knight" made the British director a god directly, and I don't know how many Nolan fans there are in the United States and even around the world.
And it is a brain-dead fan in the mouths of fans of "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Godfather".
Of all the directors in the past, including James Cameron and Steven Spielberg, there is no director in Hollywood who has attracted fans as much as a superstar as Christopher Nolan.
Maybe Uwe Ball has a little bit of meaning, but if Christopher Nolan is a superstar, Uwe Ball is a small influencer at best.
It is no exaggeration to say that after "The Dark Knight", Christopher Nolan has 10 million brain-dead fans who are willing to pay for tickets.
God is all brought out by the power of the faith of the general public.
Not to mention the heavenly ones, Hollywood is no exception.
Christopher Nolana Tom Cruise's appeal is so great that many celebrities rushed to the premiere of Inception.
After many acquaintances entered the theater, they came to say hello to Ronan.
"I heard that Warner Bros. is going to continue filming 'Batman'?" Ronan casually asked Christian Bale, "Did they send you an invitation?"
Christian Bale hurriedly shook his head and said: "No, Nolan is going to end this series after directing the trilogy, and I don't plan to play Bruce Wayne anymore." ”
He lowered his voice slightly: "Warner Bros. and DC Comics want to merge the new "Batman" series directly into DC's Justice League cinematic universe, I watched "Green Lantern", and this decision is too bad for me. ”
In Christian Bale's view, it is a sand sculpture movie, and there is a silly actor, and it is estimated that the actor has to be more sand sculpture to be popular.
The plot is even more nonsense, the second generation of officials is frustrated in love, and in the war for the rich second generation Bai Fumei, he lost to the handsome guy of the poor second generation......
Ronan determined that Batman would change actors later, changed the subject, and asked, "I heard that you sang a rap in the crew of "Terminator 4". ”
Christian Bale said with a smile: "It was a hot day, I was in a hurry, and I couldn't help it. ”
Subsequently, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who have officially signed contracts with Shahai Entertainment, also came over and exchanged a few words with Ronan.
After the popularity of "Twilight: New Moon" declined, this couple regained the title of Hollywood's most high-profile couple.
Of course, it will not be easy for them to regain this title, and it is full of twists and turns and hype.
Although Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt don't have a good way of getting together, the two and the team behind them are well versed in hype, borrowing the aftermath of the love triangle of the year, relying on the hype gossip scandal, they have achieved the effect that one plus one is greater than three.
The process of these two from a love triangle to the final marriage and even breakup can be used as a classic case of star operation.
can hype gossip into a topic on the table of the American people, and these two people are also extraordinary.
Take this year as an example, there was once news that the two were about to get married, and the gossip media frantically hyped the news that Angelina Jolie caught Brad Pitt cheating with the nanny at home, but the angry Angelina Jolie only fired the nanny.
Subsequently, there was another-for-tat news widely circulated, Brad Pitt asked a private investigator to investigate Angelina Jolie's past and found that the other party's private life was not simple......
It seems that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have gone wrong, but in fact the two have benefited a lot.
After a flurry of hype, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie easily overtook Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart to reclaim the top spot in Hollywood's couples.
In fact, after careful analysis, it is not difficult to find that most of these so-called rumors of emotional crisis are carefully planned.
As for who the mastermind is, you don't need to look for evidence, just see who is the ultimate beneficiary.
In the professional terms of Hollywood's promotion of celebrity couples, the hype at this stage belongs to the period of change.
Next year, it will be a different way.
That's right, hyping up the same type of news about a couple for a long time will inevitably cause aesthetic fatigue, so it should be carried out in stages.
The next stage is likely to be the plateau, with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie showing various grudges.
At another stage, it is logical that the marriage proposal period has arrived, driven by the power of money, the gossip media is more active than the three aunts and five mothers on the other side of the Pacific, urging a marriage, promoting the news that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are about to get married, etc.
has been stable and sweet for two years, and the aesthetics are about to get tired, so well, the breakup rumors can be put on the hype agenda.
Using celebrities who have a relationship with you, or borrowing all the elements that can be hyped to promote yourself, is what every Hollywood star or person who wants to be a star is doing.
In Hollywood circles, showing affection or breaking up is also a regular means of publicity.
Love is never meant to be shown, and the love that comes out will soon wither and die, which is almost a law of Hollywood.
Before entering the theater, Ronan met Kevin Tsohara of Warner Bros., and the two chatted alone for a while.
"I heard that Twentieth Century Fox has sued Warner Bros. again?" Ronan looked very curious.
Kevin Tsohara nodded: "James Murdoch, this bastard, doesn't even follow the most basic rules in the circle. ”
This kind of words, spoken from their own standpoint, everyone is vigorous.
James Murdoch is like this, Kevin T'Souhara is the same, and even Ronan will be no exception.
Ronan shook his head slightly: "Hollywood, which was originally a tacit understanding, suddenly came to an outsider who did not abide by the rules, which caused a headache." ”
Kevin Tsuhara remained unmoved: "I heard that you are still talking to Twentieth Century Fox about the rights to those two comics?"
"There has been no progress. Ronan waved his hand: "Twentieth Century Fox is obviously coping and wants to drag it out." ”
Kevin Tsuhara immediately answered: "They're so unruly. ”
Ronan agrees with this, as if he doesn't know that Twentieth Century Fox is suing Warner Bros. again because Warner Bros. signed the "Watchmen" share agreement, but dragged the box office share and did not pay.
But relative to James Murdoch, both Ronan and Kevin Tsuhara identify as insiders of each other.
The two chatted and entered the theater, sat in adjacent seats, and chatted until "Inception" began to be screened, and then stopped.
This is not a typical science fiction film, perhaps it is more appropriate to define it as "a contemporary action science fiction film that takes place within the structure of consciousness", and the film is not about the future world, but about the present real world, where a new bioinformation technology has been developed to allow people to enter the minds, minds, or dreams of others through this means.
Inception is somewhat like The Matrix or a synthesis of Minority Report.
A new technology has emerged in the world of the film, allowing people to enter other people's dreams, so as to spy on others** and steal important information.
In the defenseless, dreams become the best way to enter the human subconscious, and Tom Cruise's protagonist Cobb is a thief, an experienced thief, and unlike most "three hands", he doesn't need to pick other people's wallets.
In this world, there is a very strange name for people like him - Dream Thief.
His specialty is to infiltrate other people's dreams, steal valuable information and secrets in the subconscious, and if necessary, he will carry out further memory transplantation to tamper with his memories.
As a pioneer Dream Thief, he naturally has a team, he and his team are hired by a wealthy Japanese businessman, invade the dreams of a wealthy businessman, and implant memories for the rich businessman to cut and split the company under him, which is almost an impossible task......
The story is not complicated, but the film uses a relatively complex narrative technique.
Viewers who like science fiction movies may feel this way, most science fiction movie stories are actually very simple and straightforward, which can be called straight - nothing more than an alien invasion, a certain earthling finds a way to escape and finally finds a solution to the aliens, or suddenly falls into the pursuit of some kind of terrifying monster, and then there is some strange environment in the future, forced to start a life-changing adventure......
This kind of repeatable, imitated, and mass-produced story core is one of the characteristics of commercial films, if it is filmed well, it will be widely circulated, and if it is not filmed well, it will often make the audience feel that it lacks novelty, is gorgeous and empty, and has no personality, just like fast food that is easy to get tired.
Christopher Nolan makes the movie fascinating and meaningful with wonderful narrative and perfect details, most of the movies about virtual reality and dreams still focus on the real life part, because it is difficult for them to present a complete dream world, the film delicately shows how to enter the dream, the problems that may arise in the dream, how to wake up, etc., so that the dream completely forms a complete world, with its own unique laws, laws, and logic.
Paired with some puzzles and as good visuals, the whole film looks particularly fascinating.