"Kagoky!Kagoky!Kagoky......"

On the big screen, Victor, played by Tom Hanks, watched the news report on the TV screen, excitedly shouting the name of the motherland, and in the "Happiness Terminal" screening hall in front of the screen, most of the audience watched it dull and boring, a few were excited, and several audience members yawned in boredom;

The hall of "Crazy Dodgeball" resounded with bursts of laughter, and the audience of "Harry Potter 3" was filled with children watching mesmerically, "I want to go home! I want to go home!" After learning the truth that Victor did not set foot in New York, the old man stopped the plane that was about to take off with a mop, watching the old man being arrested by the airport police, watching everyone try their best to help Victor get out of the airport to complete his father's signature dream, some of the audience of "Happiness Terminal" were very moved, their eyes were moist, but a large number of people laughed.

Last-minute save!Just like Andrea broke out and scolded Miranda at the end of "The Devil Wears Prada", a typical Hollywood-style ending, the technique of countless commercial films. But Steven Spielberg did too badly this time, too blunt and too obvious! At this moment, a group of film critics watching the movie from all over North America are quite dissatisfied, too old-fashioned and trile, and the whole movie is full of artificiality.

It's simply a great director doing the work of minors! Jeffrey Anderson of "Motion Picture Film" shook his head, what a disappointment! Since "Saving Private Ryan" in 1998, Spielberg's movies have not been as good as one in the past 6 years, if "AI Artificial Intelligence" still has some touching, "Minority Report" also has some novelty, and "Impunity" is a delicious entertainment commercial film, then what is this "Happiness Terminal"?

"This is the worst film in the history of Spielberg's directing. "Salon is also "Salon" magazine's Charles Taylor has already thought of this film review, to talk about it for now, Steven Spielberg is more like the one who encountered the law of office buildings, after "Saving Private Ryan" won him a second Oscar for Best Director, he slowly couldn't even make commercial films, and now ...... A numb flesh that makes your scalp tingle!

And the magic Young, who was born in 1998, made three commercial films in a row after winning the Oscars, and finally didn't bother to think about it, didn't want any big director style, and went back to work as a minor. Andrew Salis, the film critic of "New York Watch", sighed depressedly, it is really uncomfortable to watch bad movies every day, what are the nerves of Steven Spielberg and Wang Yang, the two big directors?

The calendar on the wall flipped through a few times, and the weekend of the 18th-20th came to an end. Every time there is a new film release opening weekend, Steven-Spielberg will lock himself in his home, cut off all contact with the outside world, don't listen to phone calls, don't read text messages, don't watch the Internet, don't watch TV, don't want to be exposed to any information related to the results of the new film, everyone knows his habit, so he won't deliberately bother and provoke him for no reason.

The three days of "Happiness Terminal" were no exception, and early on Monday morning, Spielberg went to the headquarters of DreamWorks to look around here and there, and when it was time to go to work, he came to the distribution office. Seeing that the employees were not elated, Spielberg suddenly felt a little nervous, is it really the same as the reaction evaluation during the test screening? He calmly asked, "How is the film?

"19.05 million. Jim Sapp, the manager of the distribution department, didn't say anything, and directly reported the box office results. Although he has never cared much about the company's finances, Spielberg is very sensitive and professional about the box office, and when he hears this number, he knows what it means, mediocre. It may not even win the North American championship. Jim Sapp walked up with a detailed report of the closing figures, and said in a deep voice: "Third place on the weekend......;

Really...... Sure enough, it's like the reaction at the test screening? There is no hope for the Oscars, isn't it even enough to be a summer vacation popcorn movie? The first place is "Furious Speed"? Spielberg's face became a little silent and ugly, and he nodded: "I know." Instead of looking at the statements, he turned and left the issuance department and headed for his director's office. Now that the movies have been released, let's prepare for "War of the Worlds"! The box office, the film reviews are good, and he doesn't want to lose to George Lucas and the young man at the 2006 Saturn Award for Best Director.

After all, he has been accustomed to storms for many years, and he is the holder of the total box office champion of North American directors, and the loss of "Happiness Terminal" did not bring Spielberg any frustration, but this Waterloo, Wang Yang, who chased fiercely behind, etc., gave him some feelings of pressure, not finance, but purely "director", how many years has he not tried such heavy pressure......? Looking at the 2005 market release schedule in his hand, Spielberg sitting in the office chair suddenly shook his head and laughed for some reason, it was really lively, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" on April 29, "Heavenly Dynasty" by Ridley Scott on May 6, "Star Wars Prequel 3" by old friend George Lucas on May 19, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" on June 10, "Batman" by Darren Aronofsky on June 17, "War of the Worlds" on June 29, "Fantastic Four" on July 8 …… There is also a "Firefly" set for June, the child Wang Yang.

Old friends, children, George Lucas, Wang Yang...... Let's meet next summer! Spielberg turned on the computer with a smile and calmly browsed the specific reactions of "Happiness Terminal", but he thought that if he didn't shoot "War of the Worlds" better, how could he be embarrassed to meet them and join in the excitement?

Just by looking at some film critics who say that ""Happiness Terminal" is a shame in Spielberg's directing history", you already know how bad its reputation is, no one teaches anyone, the fact is that another big director is planted on light comedy, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes that includes 120 film reviews is 55% and 51% respectively, both of which are a puddle of green rottenness, and the audience's liking has not saved face, only a mediocre 72%, and an IMDB score of 7.0. This is only 1% short of being able to label a "bad movie".

"It comes across as insincere and dogmatic perfunctory. —2/4, Jamie Bernard, New York Daily News, "A sweet and delicate comedy." —3.5/4, Roger Albert, Chicago Sun; A bad movie, a really bad movie. —2/4 points, Richard Collis, Time Magazine; —2/4, Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury; The little pleasure it offers is entirely dependent on the viewer being unquestioning the plausibility and indulging in the incredible story. Believe me, addiction is necessary. —2/4, Peter Howell, Toronto Star...... With such a bad word-of-mouth response, as well as the problems that the film itself does have, and at the same time the theme story lacks explosiveness, June 18-24 has passed, and "Happiness Terminal" has not reversed the momentum, and only gained the third place in Zhou with 27.9 million.

This is two years after the release of "Minority Report" in June 2002, Steven Spielberg once again released a new film in the summer slot, but did not receive the first week winner, but this is also the second time. Since the release of "Jaws" on June 20, 1975, which received $470 million at the global box office (1,842.9 million after adjusting for inflation in 2011), and created the concept of summer blockbusters (Summer-Blockbuster) and summer vacation schedules, Spielberg has had a total of 11 summer vacation blockbusters, including "Happiness Terminal".

The first 9 winners include "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in '81 (384 million worldwide (1,111.5 million adjusted for inflation), "Aliens" in '82 (adjusted for 2.057 billion), "Raiders of the Lost Ark 2: Indiana Jones' Temple" in '84 (adjusted for 789.1 million) worldwide, "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" worldwide (adjusted for 945 million) in '89, and Jurassic Park in '93 914.6 million worldwide (adjusted 1,757.6 million), 618.6 million (adjusted 1,072 million) in '97 Jurassic Park 2: The Lost World, 481 million (adjusted 810 million) worldwide in '98, and 235.9 million (adjusted 331.7 million) in '01 AI Artificial Intelligence.

A series of astonishing record numbers ended in the 10th "Minority Report", because the box office difference of 3.74 million lost to "Star Baby" in the first week, and finally 358 million worldwide (adjusted 490 million), and then the second consecutive defeat of "Happiness Terminal", a shameless failure.

Fans who wanted to stir up trouble before had nothing to say, regardless of the box office awards, social impact and other aspects, Wang Yang's achievements were far inferior to Spielberg, and there was still a long way to go to take over and catch up, and the premise was that he did not become Kevin Costner. However, many things are in the past, as far as "Happiness Terminal" VS "The Demon Wears Prada" is concerned, it seems that the former does not have the appearance of being able to collect 500 million.

"Is Steven Spielberg old?" is a question that many people have, and I have to say that this is really a big blow and makes people lose confidence, but according to the gossip of "friends", Spielberg doesn't think so, Yahoo Entertainment said: "He's angry and full of fighting spirit right now, and he's going to prove himself again with "War of the Worlds", maybe there's another one next year." It is understood that "War of the Worlds", with an investment budget of up to 130 million, is still in the preparatory stage and plans to start filming in November.

Movie fans don't mind Spielberg being full of fighting spirit, this is exactly what they want to see! Wang Yang is full of energy over there, Spielberg is also full of energy here, it seems that the rotten tomatoes and stinky tomatoes in the film critics are not useless, will the summer of 2005 be a big wave of movie-watching?

It can be known that the summer of 2004 was very lively, and the top of the weekly list from June 18 to 24 belonged to "Furious Speed", which won the North American championship with 40.26 million and collected 100 million box office in two weeks, and also had a furious momentum in overseas regions, and the global box office has reached 192 million. The flame movie is full of confidence in it and plays a role, the publicity and almost simultaneous release are all blockbuster specifications, "Furious Speed" naturally does not live up to expectations, all countries are rave reviews, there is no depth of meaning but absolutely entertainment.

"Furious Speed" is just around the corner to surpass "Fast & Furious" 1&2, and TheNumbers analyst Bruce Harder estimates that it can soar to 300 million at the global box office.

Collecting $200 million or $300 million for a movie seems to be an easy thing for Flame Films, but it doesn't include other film companies. "80 Days in the Circulating World" suffered a ""Wind Whisperer" style fiasco, and only received 14 million box office in 2801 theaters for 9 days, 31%, 27%, and 45% on Rotten Tomatoes, and Disney, which invested 110 million in production costs alone, really lost a lot; "Star Baby 2", "Copy the Wife" and other films continued to move forward with difficulty; but this week's runner-up "Crazy Dodgeball" is a dazzling dark horse, with a box office of 39.67 million in a single week, and the evaluation of rotten comedy on Rotten Tomatoes is okay: 70%, 64%, 75%。

"Happiness Terminal" failed, "80 Days in the Circulation World" failed, and the PG-13 comedy "Miss Haobai", which received 7.5 million box office in 2 days after its premiere, was 15%, 30%, and 62% on Rotten Tomatoes...... There are no competitive live-action comedies on the market right now, and this is a great opportunity, and Dodgeball is a must-have, and if there are no new competitors, it could probably do a box office miracle, but its good fortune only lasted for a week.

On June 25th, 3251 North American theaters, "The Hangover 2" was grandly debuted! The previous work is the king of R-rated comedy, starring Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, and Ed Helms, the king of R-rated comedy and the new generation of representatives of the Rotten Boys Gang, from Christmas with a wild income of 617 million to a more lively and prosperous summer vacation!

"Hahahaha!" Despite the absence of the main creative team, due to the proper publicity and the huge popularity of "The Hangover", fans and audiences from all over North America still flocked to movie theaters over the weekend, ready to have a good laugh. They were neither surprised nor disappointed, halfway through the show, the laughter did not have the rhythm of the previous work, not so often and loudly, and the mouth twitched with laughter, but no one in the hot screening room got up early or left the venue early, or did not laugh more than once.

The Hangover series is one of the important plans for Flame in the coming years, and with the second installment there will be a third, or even a fourth. It's just that the first Zhuyu is in front, although Flame has set "The Hangover 2" to follow the framework of amnesia and finding people, but the details and jokes still have to be ingenious, for this new behind-the-scenes creative team with a heavy responsibility, Flame has been selecting interviews for a long time, and has engaged in fan voting public election activities, so they have formed a team one by one.

The director eventually hired 41-year-old Paul Feige, who has been active in the creative circle of TV series since the 90s, and in recent years has written and written the NBC channel short-lived series "Freaks and Nerds", a comedy about the school nerd community that only aired for one season in the fall of 1999-2000, and was cut in half because of poor ratings. This is also the only concern NBC has about the ratings of "The Big Bang Theory", which fortunately stars not high school students but college professors and scientists.

But on the big screen, Paul Feiger's resume is blank, after he directed the independent film "Letters to Copenhagen" for "Alden-Media" only released a DVD in 2003, and Lionsgate, which bought the theatrical distribution rights, intends to arrange for it to test the big screen this year. But in any case, now Paul Feige has made his screen debut with The Hangover 2.

And on the side of the screenwriting team, in addition to Paul Feige, there is also Philip Stark. Stark is a native of Houston, but he doesn't have much of a cowboy's flair for cool, but he has funny cells, and he has worked on the screenplay for South Park, and his most famous job is writing the script for Pig's Head, Where's My Car?. Released in 2000 and making star Ashton Kutcher popular, this film tells the story of two young people who wake up with amnesia and tattoos after a night of partying.

The two couldn't even remember where their car was parked, so they set out on a journey to find a car. "Pig's Head, Where's My Car?" is a comedy story of the same genre as "The Hangover", but the producer "Alcon Entertainment" shelved the sequel script "Seriously, man, where's my car?" written by Philip Stark, and Flame Movies extended an olive branch.

Fortunately, Paul Feige and Philip Stark have good chemistry, and "The Hangover 2" naturally had many creative differences along the way, but the main creative team resolved them one by one, and invited Mike Tyson to make a cameo in the cast, playing this hangover farce to the limit.

"Hahaha!" In the bursts of laughter from the audience, "The Hangover 2" was screened in theaters one after another, and movie tickets were sold one after another. Soon the weekend of June 25th - June 27th came to an end, and there was no suspense, and "The Hangover 2" unstoppably won the opening championship. Looking at this latest box office list, many studios can't help but sigh, who else can stop the flame movie?

(To be continued)