Chapter 352: "Ghost Shadow 3" vs. "Sin City"!
"It's safe to say that "Ghost 3" is not as good as "Ghost 1", but it's still too scary! At the end of this movie, I found it so hard to close my teeth, my jaw hurts! The purest horror and fear! When the movie **, that chill spreads from the spine to the whole body......"
3,120 North American theaters screened one after another "Ghost Record 3", and groups of different audiences came and went, but there were bursts of the same exclamations, HOLY-CO!
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"Woo woo!" In front of everyone in the screening room, Little Fox cried bitterly, he liked "The Big Bang Theory"! Since watching the first episode of "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grade Elementary School Student?", I like that magic young, that guy is obviously so funny, how could it be! Brother Little Fox, who was standing next to him, laughed happily, and quickly took out the DV and started filming successfully, ready to upload it to YouTube in response to the nostalgic activity, at that time in 98, he was one of the victims, and was killed by "Ghost 1" I was so scared that I almost peed my pants, and now I don't look for my dear brother, is it still my brother?
THERE ARE COUNTLESS CHILDREN WHO ARE SCARED AND LOSE THEIR TEMPER, CRYING AND SWEARING, AND SOME OF THE OLDER YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST AS UNCOMFORTABLE LAUGH MALICIOUSLY: "SON, YOU-ARE-TOO-YOUNG!"
"This is Amazing Jan!" If you go back to the summer of 1998, "Ghost 3" is really nothing, after many years, the wonder boy who became famous and was abandoned, under the bitter pleading of Lionsgate, once again made a psychological horror film, it turned out, it was really not a joke...... However, IMDB's score is not high, only 7.2 points for the nature of a high-quality commercial film and will gradually decline; after a film review is freshly released, the popular film critics on Rotten Tomatoes have only 55% freshness, and the well-known freshness is 50%, rot! Wang Yang's list of filmmakers (Producer) after "The Demon Wears Prada" has received a green rotten evaluation for the second time in his career, and it is also his first second consecutive defeat, and the law of office buildings seems to be in effect.
No matter how much the audience screamed, the more thoughtful critics had their own opinions, Kevin Grout was fine with his directorial debut, the lead actor Chloe Moretz was greatly appreciated, and Marvelous Young was once again the target of public criticism, almost relegated to the ranks of M. Knight Shyamalan.
Roger Albert, the film critic who praised "Ghost Record 1" a few years ago, was the first to watch the movie, and the first time he published a disappointed and sarcastic article in the Chicago Sun: "It's inexplicable that some people still haven't made enough of these films! The first time it was very beautiful and new; Stephen Whitdy of The Newark Star Chronicle wrote, "Why would you want to watch the movie if you haven't seen It?"
"There's nothing to frighten about, the film is just the same old crap. You can see people sleeping in their rooms or sitting with nothing to do, and then the doors and windows will make very loud noises in the morning and evening, almost every three minutes, to wake up the sleeping audience. I completely guessed the plan of director Kevin Grout, he only thought about how to be more 'magical Young', maybe Wang Yang supervised him to do this, "Ghost Record 3" is a ridiculous, excess product. —Jeffrey Westerhoff, The Northwest Herald...... Wang Yang had a terrible review of his 18-year-old, and Kevin Grout became a victim! The New York Times, the New York Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Orlando Sentinel, the Salon magazine official website and other media all pointed the finger at Wang Yang, and made another mess!
"WANG YANG'S FOOL'S JOKE SHOULD BE UPLOADED TO HIS YOUTUBE, NOT ON THE BIG SCREEN. "Well-known blogger film critic Alan Dyer smashed Rotten Tomatoes for this reason. More than half of the film critics and some viewers launched a new round of indiscriminate bombardment of Wang Yang, and Jason-C gave half a star: "Now it seems that the Oscar for Best Director has really ruined Wang Yang, and he is becoming only a business, and "Ghost Record 3" is the best proof of this." Tyzted-K gave it one star: "How boring is it to live with this movie? ANG's once again terrible launch, and I don't have hope for Firefly." ”…… According to the official statement of Lionsgate & Flame, "Ghost 3" is scheduled to be released on April 1, April Fool's Day, to commemorate the prank viral marketing of "Ghost 1" that year, and at the same time encourage fans to shoot funny short films and have a new century thriller carnival!
On the right side of the 55%/50% freshness, it is as high as 85% of the audience's liking, excluding the audience who gave bad reviews because of "repetitive, boring" and other reasons, everyone else is satisfied with the praise to varying degrees.
The Hollywood Reporter's Frank Shekzan said: "While it doesn't completely break the format of its predecessor, Ghost 3 expertly brings a scare like no other. Rotten Tomatoes user Jun-K gave it four stars: "Better than the second part, but not the first one." It has a richer story and characters, a peculiar atmospheric feel that may not be able to win new fans, and fans of the series will love it. Sebastian-N gave it five stars: "I really like Ghost 3, Chloe Moretz is my latest favorite character, and that's it." ”
"Ghost 3 didn't show interest in art, it just wanted to use the camera to give you the greatest fear, the least safety, and it succeeded. —T.Y. Burr, Boston Globe;" Fantastic Young and his conscripts remake "Ghost Record," but you don't know how far they've gone to keep you in a state of high anxiety when watching the movie! Some people think enough is enough, and I think they can continue to push for the discovery of this one angle. —Peter Howell, Toronto Star...... Compared with the "post-best director era" of "Ghost 3", the reputation is mixed; the treatment of the two new films released at the same time is different, "Hala Beauty Salon" has a 38%/50% freshness and 69% liking, and there is no dark horse; "Sin City", which many fans and fans are very concerned about, received film reviews and audience praise, with the highest 78%/76% freshness among the new films this week, and the second highest 75% audience liking, which is almost a comprehensive praise and did not disappoint supporters!
It has a super highly restored black and white style of comics, impressive scenes, shocking and terrifying gray content, low-cost but excellent special effects, and impeccable acting...... Everything about it is the kind of Cult film that you like very much once you like it, and everything is everything, which is more classic than "Forrest Gump" and "The Shawshank Redemption", and there are even fans who shout that it will sweep the 78th Oscars next year;
"In the end, I have to say that I love Sin City almost to the point of resentment. —Andrew Salis, The New York Observer; It's a visual paper black fantasy, tough and extreme, yes, brilliant. —Roger Albert, Chicago Sun.
"Sin City is Hollywood's first great movie this year that deserves praise and surprises. —T.Y. Burr, Boston Globe;" Robert Rodriguez is a wild and talented man. —Richard Peijing, Albert & Roepe; Sin City is a hard, cold, relentless beating, a bold, unparalleled vision, and that's something Hollywood seems to have given up. —Stephen Whitdy, The Newark Star Chronicle; Sin City is so much to tell, but most of all, it's fun! It's probably not for everyone, and everyone should watch it once anyway. —Lou-Lumenick, New York Times...... For fans who pay attention to "Ghost Record 3" VS "Sin City", this scene seems to be the PK of Magical Yang holding a broken copper and iron and other people's steel swords. There is no doubt that "Ghost 3" is not as artistic as "Sin City", the comics themselves are so powerful, the original theme content can't be so bad on the screen, the first battle is the box office, the first weekend champion, the first week champion, and now ...... Miraculous Yang sniped and failed, but was ridiculed?
Because April 1, April Fool's Day box office daily came out, "Sin City" in 3,230 theaters received 11.82 million box office, an average of $3,659 per theater, and "Ghost 3" in 3,120 theaters received 10.52 million, an average of $3,371 per theater.
Although the production cost of 5 million was easily recovered, although it can be called a commercial miracle, although the audience likes it more, this box office war is ...... In the first round, "Ghost Record 3" lost, both the total and the average.
In an April schedule like this and a non-blockbuster showdown like this, losing the first day is often equivalent to losing the first week, losing everything.
"Impossible!", "Amazing Yang is over!" The two factions of fans who formed a scolding war have a new battlefield, this time the supporters of "Sin City" naturally attacked, and the supporters of "Ghost 3" were beaten back, Donegal said: "This result is a very normal thing, it is that some people overestimate Wang Yang, and the "Firefly" directed by him himself has a great chance of bad movies, not to mention the product of "Ghost 3" purely to squeeze the audience's money?" Jessica Alba made the wrong choice when she missed out on a classic movie that will forever go down in film history for yet another children's drama. "Some people can finally see the truth, and that is that Wang Yang acted in a stupid comedy," Manish said. ...... "Hahaha!" They really think that "Sin City" is "Idle Hand", and everyone who says that Wang Yang can clean up no one should shut up, he doesn't have that ability, "Ghost Shadow 3" can hardly even clean up "Idle Hand"!" PierreG's words were full of firepower, and they were also supported by many people in the same camp: "Neither "Singing and Dancing Youth" nor "Firefly" will be the opponent of "Sin City". "If you give that $200 million to Sin City, I can't imagine how great the movie will be. ”…… Is "Ghost Shadow 3" a bad movie that has neither film criticism nor "no attendance"!? Even the second sci-fi film "Firefly" will not be worth mentioning?
The fans of Wonder Yang are suffering from sarcasm and ridicule, and the executives of Lionsgate, who have been expecting and firmly believing that "Ghost 3" will set off another "ghost frenzy" from the beginning, can't help but be at a loss. "It's really an April Fool's joke now! The loss of the first round of "Ghost 3" made them a little lacking in confidence.
Luis-C replied to Donegal saying, "It seems like Sin City is a free-to-watch film, and a lot of people are happy to see Ghost 3 come out, and we really have the fun of fear and have a good evening, why are some people so upset?" Niklas-S said, "Well, maybe not that many people like it, but I have to say, Ghost 3 is very scary, at least for me." Keith-C said: "It's too early to tell, right? ...... "No way, no way Magic Jan can't lose!" Evelyn is still full of confidence in this box office battle, she was scared of what stupid look last night! She was almost taken to the hospital by ambulance again, is she the only one who feels terrible? Judging from the reactions of everyone in the screening room, it is obviously not. "Ghost 3" is so terrifying and exciting, and there is the popularity of the previous work and the magic Yang there, how can it be lost? The first day behind may be just because ...... "Ghost 2" is too boring, "Ghost 1" is too far away, but there are still two days left this weekend!
"When I went to watch the midnight show of "Ghost 3" tonight, I almost forgot the story of the first part...... Just kidding, how could you forget!" A 25- or 26-year-old man in Los Angeles laughed and chatted with his girlfriend on his phone;"I heard that "Ghost 3" is scary, I think it's a magical young producer and screenwriter after all, it shouldn't be one of those garbage money movies, go see it?" a 20-year-old girl in Chicago discussed with her best friend; "We went to see one that night, and I really missed this kind of pseudo-documentary horror film." "In a beautiful college in Boston, a young couple walked by laughing and walking in Lindao.
"You also like Magic Young? Wow, good taste! Haha, of course I've seen "Ghost Movie", but I haven't seen it in theaters, I don't know what the big screen projection is, I was too young in '98, not timid, I was only 9 years old at that time! I don't know much about it, no matter what, I can't miss "Ghost 3" again!"Vancouver, a young high school boy tries to date out the girl he likes;"Didn't the newspaper say the movie sucks?", "Do you hear those critics? Then you will lose a lot of good movies. ”…… As night falls in the northern hemisphere, streetlights on both sides of the street glow dimly, and a Humvee drives by at a steady speed.
"No, I'm going to the theater to watch Sin City right now. Rejected Robert Downey Jr.'s invitation to "date", and hearing his question, Wang Yang in the driver's seat said with a smile while driving: "You read the box office report? What, I'm not worried, give me a reason? Please! Let's not say that I don't have any PK meaning, I believe that "Ghost 3" will win the weekly championship, many business analysis reasons...... That's it anyway, yes, I give the enemy an increase in the box office. ”
Turning the wheel around the corner, he laughed and said, "I love Sin City comics, I love everything that kind of surreal city, any MAN! And I love Nancy, I want to see how Scarlett Johansson plays, yes, and Alexis Bledell." Joshua, who was sitting in the passenger seat, clutched his chest with a look of intoxication: "Awesome acting! Ali is really a breakthrough performance this time!
This is the second night in a row that Joshua has gone to see Sin City, one is his former dream girl Scarlett Johansson, and the other is his beloved girlfriend, and the movie makes him feel very happy!
"OK, bye-bye!" Wang Yang ended the call, then turned his head to glance at the excited Joshua, continued to pay attention to the road ahead, and said with a smile: "Men's night!How about it? Let's go to the bar to have fun after watching the movie?" Joshua stretched out his fist and touched him, nodded and said, "Only drink and don't pick up girls!" He suddenly showed a strange expression: "Dude, you have been holding back a lot lately, haven't you? I heard that you can't ** in the first three months of pregnancy." Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders, stepped on the accelerator and accelerated: "How come? You don't think that ** is only a missionary? Oh my God! Fortunately, she is not, she is that kind of ...... A woman who always surprises. ”
Joshua angrily honked his horn, and the car suddenly let out a screeching "horn", and his face was full of disbelief: "HEY, that's my sister!
"It seems that you asked me, right?" Wang Yang glanced at him and shook his head angrily: "And what are you nervous about! I don't plan to tell you the details." Joshua looked at the front of the car in the rear-view mirror, looked at himself with a wrinkled eyebrow, and felt very good: "And I am a very, very emotional person, very romantic and very passionate, not the kind of conservative Catholic man, I am a man who should live in Sin City." Wang Yang asked, "Then why did you remove the Jesus tattoo?" Joshua was silent for a while before he spoke in a deep tone: "Because this is the City of Angels." ”…… The two contributed two movie tickets to "Sin City" that night, and when they lined up to buy tickets, they found that "Sin City" was a blockbuster, but "Ghost 3" was not left behind, and at least five or six out of ten young people walked into the theater for it. Joshua also understood why Wang Yang was not worried, some people thought that "Ghost 3" was just an April Fool's Day joke, then they must also think that its box office on the second and third days was an April Fool's Day joke.
April 2 became a thing of the past, and the box office came out on Saturday, "Sin City" continued to collect 10.2 million, with an average of $3,160 per house, and the total box office rose to 22.028 million in two days; "Ghost Record 3" showed an astonishing box office upward trend, with a single-day 17.2 million, an average of $5,512 per house, and the total box office soared to 27.72 million! This gave it enough strength to overturn "Sin City" and become the leader of the North American weekly box office list from April 1 to 7.
"At the North American Saturday box office, "Ghost Record 3" sold tickets and reached the top" - Yahoo Entertainment
(To be continued)