The autumn season is completely abandoned, and no one wants to be here. Therefore, "Thor 2: The Dark World" chose the second week of November, that is, the week after Halloween, aiming at the huge potential of the Thanksgiving market, hoping to tap the enthusiasm of the family market and the fan market, and look forward to achieving box office success.

But that has changed.

"Gravity" has squeezed almost all the box office potential of the entire month of October, and the movie-watching motivation of the autumn and holiday stalls seems to have all been focused on this movie, so what about after that? What's more, the holiday stalls are the holiday stalls, and the cold winter ice and snow are about to hit, and the situation is getting worse and worse.

Disney and Marvel Studios suddenly felt a sense of foreboding.

But now there is no turning back from the bow, and there is no choice but to face it head-on. All they can do now is pray that the last two weeks of gravity will be exhausted.

There is still some time before the landing of "Thor 2", and this week there is another work worth mentioning premiering in the North American market, "Captain Phillips".

The film is directed by Paul Greengrass and stars Tom Hanks.

Previously, after Paul and Lan Li ended their cooperation on "Edge of Tomorrow", he immediately devoted himself to the preparation and filming of this work. In order to shoot this work, Paul gave up the opportunity to be a guide tube for "Extreme Wind/Flow". In the preparatory stage, Paul had asked for Ranley's opinion.

The film is based on true events in 2009, telling the story of an American ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, which is the first time in nearly 200 years that an American ship has been hijacked by pirates.

The male protagonist Captain Phillips is more than half a hundred years old, and Lan Li's age must not be appropriate, Paul and Lan Li mainly discuss the creation of the character and the filling of details. Later, Paul brought up the problem of actor selection, and Lan Li introduced Tom Hanks, and through his matchmaking, Paul and Tom reached a cooperation.

After the official release of "Captain Phillips", it ushered in a frenzy of praise, with a comprehensive media rating of 83 points, a fresh index of 93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, an average score of 8.3 percent for the mass media, and an 89 percent popcorn index.

But this is not a purely commercial film, but an awards season biographical work similar to "Apollo 13", "Forrest Gump", and "A Beautiful Mind" with a certain box office pulling momentum, which is also the type of work that Tom is best at.

The film did not follow the pace of screening and expansion, but was released on a large scale in 3,000 theaters at the beginning.

The film earned 25 million in its opening weekend, proving once again Tom's unique appeal in the North American market, and compared to the production cost of 55 million, a profitable future could have been determined before entering the awards season, and if it weren't for the "gravity" that was too defying, "Captain Phillips" could have won the weekend box office.

Paul, Tom and Lan Li also maintained a good relationship with no spark of competition.

In the talk show, the host took the initiative to mention the competition between the two movies, and Tom complained with a smile, "I should have avoided Lan Li in advance." This guy is so annoying, you can see him everywhere, and there is nowhere to run. ”

Immediately afterwards, Paul took advantage of the situation, "I told you a long time ago, we should bring Lan Li over and perform together." ”

Tom said with gusto, "What about Barkhad-Abdi?"

The audience burst into laughter.

Bahad Abdi is an amateur actor from Mogadishu, Somalia. In order to present the most authentic and appropriate feeling of "Captain Phillips", Paul re-screened all the pirates and selected a large number of amateur actors with no acting experience, and Bahad was one of them.

Unexpectedly, the real and delicate filming technique made Bahad shine, and now he has become a strong contender for Best Supporting Actor in the awards season.

Tom's words just now were obviously making fun of Lan Li.

On the other hand, Lan Li also heard such remarks when he was promoting, and he spread his hands generously, "Huh, if it's the thirties now, I'll nod and agree." ”

In Hollywood in the thirties, because of the serious problem of race/race/discrimination/discrimination, no black people were able to appear on the big screen. When the plot requires it, white actors are used to play black people after their skin is blackened, and this situation has occurred many times not only in the era of black and white films, but also in the era of color films in the later era. Although some blacks later began to appear in movies, they were still in the minority.

It wasn't until 1939 that "Gone with the Wind" came out, in which Hattie-McDaniel, who played the maid, won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress the following year, the first black actor in history to win the statuette, which changed the pattern of the whole society.

The reason why the authority of the Oscars was so important in the past is because the Academy was able to change society through art.

The reason why Lan Li retorted so much was because Bahad was black.

The witty and clever response immediately became a hot topic, going viral on social networks and inadvertently making an important promotion for both films.

"Captain Phillips" and "Gravity" are both awards season works, but the audience and market of the two works do not overlap, so naturally there is no spark of competition, not to mention, the strong momentum of "Gravity" is unstoppable!

With the full explosion of the box office the following week, the discussion of "gravity" is still rising, and the ferocious momentum shows no signs of stopping.

On the social networking platform, "how real is the space environment and story details presented by 'gravity'", the related discussion topics have completed the feat of swiping the screen, and in less than two weeks, the topic has exceeded three million hot topics! And it is still continuous, which is also a height that "Avatar" has not been able to reach back then.

In addition to the important reason why the social network is not developed enough in 2009, the main factor is that "Avatar" created a Pandora planet, which is an independent world in the universe, all imagination and systems are based on James Cameron's imagination, after all, it is a virtual world, and now there is only one story of "Avatar", and the whole system is not as complete and huge as "Star Wars", which also limits people's enthusiasm for discussion to some extent.

But this time the "gravity" is real.

Everything is based on real physics, which not only arouses the enthusiasm of the party, but also closes to people's lives, everyone can express their opinions and join the discussion, and even the official social networking platform of NASA has become the object of constant harassment by people to discuss "gravity".

So, "The Tonight Show" keenly seized the opportunity, and Jay Reynaud invited former astronaut Garrett-Reisman to be a guest on the show.

The real-life astronaut who flew into space three times and spent three months on the space station, and after retiring from the military, he continued to serve at NASA as an astronaut safety training officer and assignment specialist, and remained on the front lines of space research.

He undoubtedly has an expert say in space, in the universe, and in the phenomena of "gravity", because he has truly experienced what Ryan and Alex have witnessed, except for explosions.

Needless to say, after the official recording of this episode of "The Tonight Show" was announced, it became the darling of the entire social networking platform, and countless discussions have gathered, and everyone is looking forward to this episode of the show, not to mention the audience, even Jay Renaud himself is gearing up.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is a program that the people want.

"I couldn't believe what I was about to say, but...... Now young people all over the United States are starting to get interested in science and astronomy, and God, I thought it was back in the eighties. Jay Leno's opening remarks immediately burst into laughter in the audience, which was clearly an allusion to the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union in the eighties.

Jay Leno let out a long breath, "Whew, but that's the way it is, even I started working on NASA documentaries, and this time, I watched it for two hours before falling asleep, which is also a new record." After the joke was over, Jay Renault welcomed today's guest, Garrett Lessman, with a round of applause.

In the midst of a burst of cheers, Garrett appeared a little awkward and jerky.

After a brief pleasantry, Jay Leno officially cut to the topic, "What do you think of it?"

"I think it's the closest space movie ever made, and I mean, that guy named Ranley Hale looks too much like me. Ha ha. Garrett is also a bubbly personality, and his first sentence detonated the laughter of the audience.

After the laughter had reached a moment, Garrett continued, "Actually, since the release of this movie, I have been constantly asked what I think of this movie, even in the Houston work base, I have to be asked dozens of times a day, and to be honest, now 'how is this movie' is fast surpassing 'how big are you in space' and is about to officially become the most hated question of every astronaut." ”

"Oh, that's a shame. Jay Leno exclaimed like an audience member with a look of regret, but his thoughts were obviously different from those of the audience, "Our next guest is definitely going to be sad, what should I do? I don't even dare to invite him out now." Then he turned around and looked at the door, "Hey, man, how about you stay in the back and record today?"

"Okay. Wait, what about today's afternoon tea date?" The door of the studio opened, and Lan Li appeared in front of the audience.