Chapter 509: A New Era of Aesthetics (Subscription Requested)
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I don't know anything else, David Ellison knows very well that if you talk to Universal Pictures in the name of Matthew, it will basically be over, and a series that can be a super hit in six or seven films in a row, will Universal Pictures let it go easily?
He stayed at Horner Manor until close to noon before leaving, returned to Skydance Pictures' office in Century City, and immediately mobilized his professionals to investigate the situation of Universal Pictures, "Fast and Furious", Paul Walker and Vin Diesel and others, and even specifically asked someone to verify what happened to Vin Diesel and Matthew in the "Fast and Furious" crew.
Although he thinks that following Matthew will make a lot less risk and pressure on investment, he will not listen to a few words and make a decision casually for such a huge project decision.
David Ellison has to do some upfront thinking before he talks about anything else.
In Horner Manor, after David Ellison left, Matthew made a special phone call to Helen Herman and told him about the situation, wanting Helen Herman to initiate her relationship with Angel Agents and inquire inside Universal Pictures.
Helen Herman, for her part, didn't quite understand it, but she responded.
Matthew's idea of playing this series, Vin Diesel was only a small factor, more because he knew that the series was very profitable.
Later, I filmed N more than one film in a row, and I planned to drive the car into the sky, if I didn't make money, I would have been cut a long time ago.
If you can win it, maybe you can really go to the sky racing in the future......
Later, he had a phone call with Amanda, who sent a mobile hard drive full of film crews hired by charitable foundations, filming refugees receiving relief supplies and interviews in several war-torn countries and regions in Africa.
In addition to this, the video includes interviews with UN officials, peacekeepers and UNHCR High Commissioner Gutierrez.
After Matthew read it, he received it in the safe, and Amanda not only gave him one, but Helen Herman also had one.
Helen Herman will consult with the crew of "The Three Hundred Spartans" and Warner Bros. to determine when the videos will be released to better promote the film.
Matthew didn't have to worry too much about these things, put away the mobile hard drive, and he went online to see the reputation of "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta".
Online, the film's average IMDB score dropped from 9.7 on the night of its premiere to 8.6, which is not surprising to Matthew, given that there were only a few hundred people rating it at the time, and now there are tens of thousands of people rating it.
Surprisingly, the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is not only marked as rotten, but the freshness is only 52% after just one day of release, and the average critic score is 5.1.
Critics didn't like the film too much.
It is estimated that like several films he starred in in the past, the critics' reputation of "Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" will be inverted with the box office.
Matthew has experienced a lot and is used to it, anyway, the goal of "Spartan 300 Warriors" is not award season.
has acted in so many films, has been praised by others, and has been criticized by countless people, and gradually I don't care much about it.
As long as the box office is a big hit and the commercial appeal is undiminished, film critics are willing to give bad reviews.
So, he calmly looked at the bad reviews on Rotten Tomatoes that scored low.
The film's criticism is mainly focused on Zack Schneider's show-off skills and his show off as the male lead, but these are the main selling points of "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta".
As for the lack of humanistic ideas in the bad reviews, disrespect for history, etc., Matthew is too lazy to watch it, is this a problem in Hollywood movies?
He looked through the Internet for a while, and suddenly noticed that there was a blog post about "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" with an astonishing number of views.
The blog post seems to have been written by an ordinary movie fan.
"Yesterday, waiting for a meeting in the company, BOSS went out and encountered a traffic jam, waiting for him to come back, I was idle and looked through a number of newspapers and magazines, and found that there was a film in the column of many film critics with a flood of bad reviews, after the meeting, I went to the Internet to search, and what I saw was the opposite, fans praised this film called "Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta". ”
"This strange phenomenon aroused the curiosity of me, a person who doesn't often go to the theater, and I bought a ticket to go to the theater this morning. ”
"This may be the movie that uses the most naked men with panties and big chest muscles in history, and when I think of film critics commenting on this film full of vulgar physical show-off and unbridled bloody scenes, in fact, when I watched this, I admired it in my heart: In the end, it is a film critic, professional! I didn't want to watch it, but people will stir up your fire with a word. ”
"Flesh or show off? This can't be done, this must be investigated deeply!"
"And bloody scenes, and unrestrained? It's so brutal, who will go to hell if I don't go to hell!"
"That's it, with the heart to see how fleshy and bloody it is, I entered the theater and watched nearly two hours of 300 panty male models vs. the Persian Golden Chain Panty Emperor, there must be many people like me, because this film became the North American box office champion on the first day of release. ”
"After watching this film, I think that although the male models in the panties don't even wear clothes on the battlefield, and it's really nonsense to cut the flesh alive, but this film is actually not bad at all......!
"When we watch TV dramas on public stations on the Internet, in a season or a dozen episodes, we occasionally change clothes, take a shower, show a small breast, and when we don't pause, don't take screenshots, and can't even see clearly, people will show you two hours! It's still 300! It's all wearing briefs!"
"What do you think you should think of this?"
"To put it in style, the aesthetics of this film are not vulgar, the picture is very robust and grand, and the color is like an oil painting, creating a new era of war drama aesthetics. Every frame of the hero's battle scenes is Michelangelo-style strength and sensuality, coupled with the inhuman aura of the Persian Emperor wearing a gold chain and gold underwear, this film looks really epic. ”
"No matter how nonsense the demonization of the Persians is, no matter how much history has torn off the Spartans' armor of war and allowed only underpants to sponsor them, no matter how unrestrained the blood is sprayed, the themes of bravery, loyalty, unity, defending the homeland and defending the country, and the strong 'brotherly love' will never go out of style. ”
"Brave but outnumbered, the tragedy of the hero's death in a hundred battles made me bow a handful of old tears, the male models finally died together, the picture is extremely shocking, this is by no means a bad movie in my heart. ”
Seeing the end, Matthew couldn't help but nod slightly, this kind of thing is not a word, let alone a film critic saying that a bad movie is a bad movie, nor is it that some people say that a good movie is a good movie.
Watching a movie is actually a very subjective feeling.
The most typical is the recognized ghost Quentin Tarantino, fans who like his style think his films are classics, and those who don't think he makes super bad movies.
Let's just say that when he was on the other side of the Pacific, the Marvel superhero series just came out, and he thought it was very good, but then he watched a lot of homogeneous superhero movies, not only did he not have interest, but he was a little disgusted.
Even if it is an Oscar, it cannot represent the vast majority of people, and there are still quite a few people in North America who think that Spielberg's "Schindler's List" is a super bad movie with nonsense.
Hollywood movies are essentially no different from other commodities, some people like it, and some people don't like it.
People who like it can say they like it, and people who don't like it can also say they don't like it, Matthew can't stop others from expressing their opinions, so he has never responded positively to the bad reviews of film critics.
Since he has done it, he dares to let others say it, and if he dares to do it and dare not let people say it, then what is it? He can't make a word in Hollywood.
Those who criticize him can criticize, and he can pretend not to see it.
Of course, criticism and attack are two different things.
Turning off the computer, Matthew went to read the newspaper again, "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" occupied the entertainment section, and the Spartan warriors who occupied the United States grabbed a lot of social news pages.
These Spartan warriors with red cloaks and red trousers have been seen regularly in the past week.
He was the one who came up with this bad idea, and once when he was discussing the film with David Ellison and Zack Snyder, he suddenly remembered one thing, once an unscrupulous merchant store opened, and hired a large group of ** Spartan warriors to plot to occupy the imperial capital, which attracted many citizens to watch and had an extremely bad impact on the surrounding order.
When the persuasion of the police uncles was ineffective, they decisively took coercive measures, how could the so-called "Spartan warriors" be the opponents of modern police, and were quickly taken away by uniforms, and later many pictures spread all over the Internet.
In Matthew's words at the time, the Spartans didn't pick a place to die.
Warner Bros. also participated in this propaganda, and they had all gone through the normal formalities beforehand, otherwise the Spartan warriors would certainly not be the opponents of the police who could draw their guns and shoot at will.
People who often exercise have most hormones, and if they do something with the police, it is not a propaganda film, but a negative news.
Although Matthew is at home, Bella Anderson keeps coming in the news that everything is going well in "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta", and there are no competitive opponents in the current North American film market.
In the middle of the afternoon, he received another call from Helen Herrmann, who brought good news that one of Armani's directors in charge of marketing and publicity wanted to meet with him.