Chapter 230: A Gambling Counterattack!
"Hahaha......"
With Jim and Michelle completing their wedding on the big screen, the screening of "American Pie 3" quickly came to an end, and the audience in the theater began to disperse, and the young couple of Shalina and Marcus also left with a smile and talk. They all think that the movie is okay, and it is a bit of a laugh, but the obvious formula is clichéd, and those jokes and gags have already been played in the first two parts, and this one is like a gas tank without much gas, and it seems very tired and boring most of the time. Especially after watching "The Hangover" at the beginning of the year, for the current comedies and R-rated comedies, like many people, they feel that they are either quite outdated, or "Very Little Spy 3" is for children under the age of 10, maybe it is too naïve, and they can't keep up with the pace of "The Hangover". And what about "Las Vegas 2", which will be released tonight?
Sarina looked at her watch, there was still time for this night, and she couldn't give up the magic directed by Young, Natalie...... Due to the difference in the length of the film, it seems that "MIT-21-TEAM" will be finished in more than ten minutes, and Sarina thinks and asks, "Marcus, let's continue to watch a new movie of Magic Young?"
"Well, I don't know, you decide. Marcus shook his head hesitantly, the movie was very interesting to them in terms of card counting and story, but the actor candidate made them choose to watch "American Pie 3" first, and then decide whether to watch "21" or not depending on the evaluation. Watching the people around her go in and out, buying tickets and leaving the cinema, Sharina said, "Wait a minute, I'll go to the bathroom." ”
After going to the bathroom and adjusting her makeup, seeing that the time was almost up, Shalina took out her mobile phone and typed a sister who had already said that she wanted to watch the first scene of "21", and asked with a smile: "Hey, Ellie, have you watched "MIT......"?
"Still watching "American Pie 3"?" walked out of the screening room in a happy mood, and Claire asked her boyfriend. Adam's face was not interested, his mind was now full of playing cards, and he said, "Look at it on Sunday, I want to go home now and check the 21 o'clock and card counting." Claire nodded indifferently, she had no enthusiasm for "American Pie 3" in the first place.
"OK, I'll go home and write a movie review!...... it's called 'A perfect brainstorm!'" Claire smiled and walked outside the movie theater, but Adam, who was next to her, was puzzled: "I heard me right, did you?
With a "what's the big deal" expression, Claire asked, "Am I not okay?" Adam asked, "In what newspaper?" Claire said proudly: "Blog! I've written a lot of movie reviews, and now it's getting a lot of hits! I've also made a lot of money on advertising." ”
"Blog?Blogger's blog?Why didn't I see it?" Adam suddenly became even more confused, Claire shrugged and smiled: "I have several blogs, I haven't told you yet, I want to talk about some achievements." At the beginning, I was trying to have fun, and last year I read "Sweetheart" and wrote it casually, and then I wrote a few articles about "District 9" one after another, and there were no clicks. But it's been getting more and more popular lately, so I guess I'm writing better. ”
She said a little excitedly: "Adam, I have found that I have a talent for this, and I want to be a ...... A film critic who was included in Rotten Tomatoes!Now you can make money by blogging...... "Adam didn't hit her and angered her, it is estimated that it is tens of thousands of clicks, hehe responded: "Go for it!"
"Oh my God, you didn't go tonight? Of course it's pretty, Blackjack!" In the elegant girl's bedroom, Evelyn looked at the computer screen, her right hand manipulating the mouse click, and the left hand held the telephone microphone, sighing, "After seeing Jeff-Ma them, I really want to go to MIT now, ......ahhh Forget it, I organize a USF-21-TEAM. I'm Amanda, haha!"
She said with a smile while logging on the IMDB website to open the main page of "MIT-21-TEAM", and without hesitation, she rated a score of 10, and the total score was still 8.5 after the rating, and she wrote a short comment: "Cool that made me almost faint!"
I opened Google again and searched for "choose three doors, paradox", Evelyn laughed and said: "It's Natalie's role, it's so cool!" She has a lot of problems now, and the movie makes them interesting, and she can't sleep without figuring out it...... "......" In the suite bedroom of the Caesars Hotel, Wang Yang slept very sweetly, and the sound of breathing could be faintly heard. Although there was a celebration banquet after the premiere, Jessica, who was lying sideways, was very energetic, she propped up her head with one hand, looked at his sleeping face with a smile, no matter how she looked at it, she seemed to be relaxed, recently he was sometimes weird, maybe it was the tension and pressure of the movie release, and now he can sleep well!
Jessica smiled and reached out to caress his face gently. Wang Yang didn't seem to react, and his lips moved slightly: "%#%*#...... Joshua, think about it......" She couldn't help but laugh, she said Joshua, did she dream of Joshua, was she teaching him how to make movies?
"Please, how did you do it! I want a ring!" In the hazy dream, Wang Yang pointed to the aggrieved Joshua and said frantically: "Haven't you found out from her collection of magazines for so many days? Do I want to go there myself? That's too obvious! No, prop master, I want a ring!"
The number of ratings on IMDB grew, and when the next day it quickly rose to 91,163 users, the main page score stabilized at 8.2/10, which is currently the highest score in the range of a gambler cheater. The highest grossing film holder is "Gambler Ma Huali" with only 6.7/10 and 18,977 ratings, while "Liar" leader "Impunity" has 7.8/10 with 146,315 ratings.
The power of "idol directors" and the quality of the film have long been fused, but there are several other well-known stats that will not be scored by fans, and the Metacritic website has rated a score of 80 on the same level as "The Hangover".
And the audience liking of Rotten Tomatoes is 92%, although it is not as good as the original 95% of "The Hangover", but the audience comments are also full of praise. "Cool!" seems to have a herd effect, appearing in the list of comments on every page, along with an official comment from Rotten Tomatoes: "The MIT-21-TEAM members are the coolest on screen this year, and they have teamed up to create a real entertainment extravaganza." ”
"It's a tongue-in-cheek movie! It's not a derogatory term, it's a break from the Hollywood way. ”
User Dean D appeared so excited that he gave it five stars and wrote a long comment: "I can't describe how much I love it, I've been taught Hollywood-style preaching, clichéd, clichéd, clichéd, boring...... There's nothing here, just the thrill of being crazy and following the wit, indulging and obeying the law! Everyone in the movie is so bad, but you can't help but admit that you're impressed by their intelligence, and you want to be like that! So they're so cute. ”
"What surprised me even more was that this was the Hollywood ending, and the members of the 21 group were still chic and happy, they didn't delay their studies and didn't lose their dreams, it sounds so unreal, but it's true. Instead of seizing the opportunity to preach, Wonder Jan carefully brought out a series of exciting poker games, and he loved this young guy to death!
Dean D didn't forget to write: "Natalie Portman's performance is just as staggering! How can she play so well? It's cool." ”
Lewis T commented: "Cool, funny, professional! There's a lot of numbers still hanging around my head, it's the best gambling movie I've ever seen, and the old card-counting movies suddenly seem ridiculous, including The Hangover." Roy-P wrote: "'21' is a bit like 'Ocean's Eleven', giving me the same excitement to watch the movie. It's based on real-life events and doesn't worry me about not knowing how to keep them away from the casino, but rather enjoy the story to the fullest. ...... "I love the editing and the soundtrack, some of the details, some of the images are impressive!" Jennifer said, and Jon-L said, "It's a lot better than I expected!" Fantastic Young did the right thing, and that was to teach the casino a hard lesson. Andrew T said, "OK, Wonder Young told us that the Chinese and the Jews are good at math, and they can win millions in one night together. But hell, did you win the jackpot in the end?"
Martin Chen, whose avatar is a dark-haired Asian, wrote: "There's a lot of fun, amazing talent and memorable scenes, and it's so cool in the bar, in the classroom, in the casino, thanks to Amazing Young!" White brunette girl Randy M wrote, "I'm going to say, oh, MY! Amazing Young's movie doesn't disappoint, everything is so cool! Young's cameo is hilarious!" Nick O wrote, "The director is cool and smart, the actors are cool and smart, and then we see this talented and indulgent movie." ”…… There are countless fans who praise the director and the actor in the comments, and there are countless fans like Ilan-S who say "Natalie and Wonder Young are really the best combination!", and Rachel's performance has also been widely acclaimed: "She played a character who tries her best to calm down, but is actually arrogant and arrogant in her heart!" At the same time, Alexis's performance was also praised, Andy Q wrote: "Amazing Young has completely developed her temperament, it is so lovely, I believe she will have a good future on the screen!"
And the actor Wu Yanzu naturally got a lot of praise, no matter what skin color, once he watched the movie calmly, the quality of his acting skills was obvious to all, but it just depended on whether the audience said it and how to say it, Alex V said: "Daniel Wu performed very well." Ciara said, "I like Daniel Wu, his image is new and unique, that's a fact, isn't it?"
It's hard to make a movie satisfying everyone, and obviously "MIT-21-TEAM" isn't like that kind of movie, except for the 92% praise, shouts of coolness, and a few intermediate comments: "It can pass the time well on a sleepy afternoon." "There are also 8% of the audience who don't like it because it's boring, the MIT group is not punished, it's like an MIT admissions movie, it's not fun enough, and the sense of threat is not enough...... On Saturday afternoon, the Friday box office data on August 1 was freshly released, and the newly released "American Pie 3" received 10.22 million box office in 3,172 theaters, ranking second. The winner of this day is none other than "MIT-21-TEAM" with 3,354 theaters, which swept 18.64 million at the box office and is expected to exceed 40 million in the first weekend, while "Impunity" was 10.11 million on the first day and 48.64 million in the first weekend.
This achievement made Flame Movies and Wang Yang somewhat surprised, the influence of the Chinese actor was not as great as expected, and the audience accepted it calmly like the hit kung fu film "Rush Hour".
Maybe it's the attraction of Best Director, maybe it's the presence of Natalie Portman and Rachel McAdams, maybe it's the fact that the Chinese actor is clear to the audience at the beginning of the promotion, maybe it's the fact that this true story is quite attractive, and Jeff Ma is Chinese.
"MIT-21-TEAM" not only attracted young people to come to the show, but also middle-aged and elderly people, with a 25-year-old audience divided into 50%:50%, and the ratio of male and female audiences is also 50%:50%! There is no doubt that this is the most perfect audience combination for a movie, and both men and women love it.
"To be able to reach the attention of all audiences, men and women, old and young...... It's very exciting. People will be immersed in this fun viewing process and feel another life in the real world, which is the coolest thing about it. Simon Willis, head of distribution for Flame Films, told the Los Angeles Times that he laughed: "Young said, 'We can expect more now. That's true, MIT-21-TEAM is definitely worth watching. ”
Box office statistics websites have attributed the expected success of "21" to several factors: "an unbelievable director, a cast full of anticipation, a compelling story, and the usual excellent marketing." ”
The calendar on the wall turned over and over, countless audiences came and went in theaters across North America every day, and the ratings and reviews of IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes were also added every day, and soon the weekend of August 1-3 passed, and "MIT-21-TEAM", which won the championship on the first day, won the championship without any suspense, with a box office of 49.67 million US dollars, and if there was a showdown, it just won more than one million of "At Large".
Directly defeated by it is "American Pie 3", which has 45% critic freshness and 65% audience liking, "cliché and shabby", "Hollywood's over-exploitation", "a little fun"...... However, it also had a good record of 25.78 million in the first weekend, ranking second. The third is "Very Little Agent 3" with 10.5 million, followed by "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" with 10.14 million...... FilmReport.com's weekend box office report review, editor Bloom described this week's winners: "The expected comeback of the gambling film, the work with the ability to set new records, and now no one can stop the magic of Yang." He also has some sympathy for "American Pie 3": "This movie is actually not that bad, if you want to hate, you can hate "The Hangover" in front, and now it is with Magic Young, and failure is inevitable." ”
The 49.67 million weekend opening box office and Rotten Tomatoes' 92% liking rate make people see the audience's enthusiasm and love for "MIT-21-TEAM", and the film critics, who are very concerned about the youngest Golden Globe Award and the Oscar Award for Best Director's new work, have already given their own answers. There are 205 film reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, of which 174 are fresh and 31 are rotten, with a freshness rating of 85% for popular film critics and 90% for well-known film critics.
"An exaggerated story, what does Wang Yang want to say? This is more like a hideous show. —Mike Lane, The Northwest Herald;" The actors' acting skills are beyond reproach, and the picture editing and soundtrack are very beautiful, but it is disappointing that Wang Yang does not want to discuss anything from beginning to end, it is so arrogant and empty. The end of the film also tells us that maybe there is no problem? maybe. —David Bias, Atlantic City Daily News; Watching them walk around for 2 hours with some interesting details but generally repetitive dull. —Sean Fraser, Chicago Reader...... Most of the 31 rotten film reviews accuse the film of having no substance, and Hollywood formulas and clichés are certainly spurned by everyone, but once almost all of them are gone, not everyone will be satisfied, after all, cliché kind words are still good words. Of course, "MIT-21-TEAM" is not unrepentant or stubborn, but it is a chic departure to return to the past, and 85% of film critics have enjoyed this entertainment feast.
"Because we can. This pride and self-confidence, and the winner-like mentality of knowing what you're doing, runs through this indulgent, new and unique film. —Elizabeth Wiezman, New York Daily News; I sat willingly for 2 hours, and I didn't want to miss a scene or a line (which would make you unintelligible), and all my expectations were fulfilled, and it was so enjoyable!" —Betsy Shagi, Los Angeles Times; A convincing storyline, a pleasing acting showdown, Wonder Young's most enjoyable movie, cool!" – Roger Moore, The Orlando Sentinel...... It has 85% freshness, 92% likeability, and box office champion...... and other good reviews and good results, as well as real people and card counting, these are enough to attract fans and audiences who have not yet watched the movie to enter the cinema and see this style that has been praised as an "unprecedented gambling film". The box office of "MIT-21-TEAM" has naturally increased every day in the first week, and the distance between it and movies such as "American Pie 3" is also getting wider and wider.
(To be continued)