Chapter 256: "Rush Hour" Premiere (3)
"Of course I want to come, it's something I'm looking forward to. 13579246810" Leila smiled and hugged him.
"Hello, director. Shu Qi also stepped forward to greet her.
Leila also hugged her, "It's a pleasure to see you." It's just how did you end up together?"
"I am honored that Brother Chen Long invited me to come. Shu Qi explained.
Klayla thinks I'm afraid it's not that simple, maybe in the future their relationship is good enough to shoot glass bottles together, but now
After thinking about it for a moment, she already understood what was going on.
Simply put, it's a compensation. Chen Long originally promised to help her introduce Yang Ziqiong to the role of her new movie, but then there was no information for unknown reasons. Then Laila signed Shu Qi, and with his energy in the East and his relationship with Wen Jun, he naturally knew about it as soon as possible.
Chen Long didn't do what he promised Laila, and he didn't know how to explain it to her. Knowing that after signing Shu Qi, he was relieved and embarrassed at the same time, so he brought Shu Qi over to show her face when he walked the red carpet, which could be regarded as helping her improve her popularity.
Thinking about this, Leila couldn't help but want to laugh. No wonder Chen Long has always been very good in the East, if he has always been so humane, I am afraid there are few people who don't like him.
After a while, the movie officially began in the theater that gradually dimmed.
The main creators and cast members in front of them are watching the movie with apprehension, whether the movie will be liked by fans, and they will soon know the result after waiting for several months. The audience in the back row was holding popcorn and staring at the screen excitedly. Most of them are fans of Leila, and they just want to know what Leila made after giving up her "good" horror movies and turning to action movies.
It may sound like an exaggeration to say that most of them are fans of Layla, but it's true. Among the actors, the most famous is probably Chen Long, but he is more famous in the East. Back then, he rushed into the red fan area of the United States, which gave him some fans who liked martial arts, but compared to Leila's huge fan base, it was not a little bit worse.
Leila uses the time of three movies to tell her fans that she can't fail, her movies won't be bad, and what she creates is a classic. With these three beliefs, it's no surprise that her fans will use all means to storm the cinema.
Holden is a die-hard fan of Leila. Because of his unconditional support for her on TV shows, he has become an important figure in a Leila fan group. His friend's friend worked at the box office, which allowed him to get a ticket to the premiere after paying for a big meal.
At this point, he sat in his seat excitedly with popcorn in hand, waiting to see his idol Leila perform another magical magic. No matter how many people outside are not optimistic about the movie, he doesn't take it to heart at all, because he knows that after today, the movie will use facts and box office to tell those people how much mistakes they made!
The beginning of the movie is not complicated, it is the daughter of an Eastern diplomat who is held hostage by gangsters. In order to save her, a diplomat who does not trust Americans has brought in his friend, the HK policeman played by Chen Long, to come to the United States to help him.
However, the idea of a diplomat is very ridiculous in the mind of FB. They think that in their territory, an Oriental person doesn't know anything at all, how can he save the child? The most important thing is that if he really rescues people, their faces will not be wanted, and they will definitely be sprayed by the outside media.
So Chen Long, who came to the United States, was mixed up with a black policeman who was also fooled, and after a ridiculous back and forth, the two decided to work together and use their methods to approach the conspiracy step by step, and finally destroyed the conspiracy and saved the child.
There's nothing remarkable about this movie, and what is worth pondering in it is a light-hearted kung fu comedy. It is also a very orthodox path, the bad guys are finished, and the good guys are saved.
The story is a bit clichéd, but the audience just loves movies like this. What's different about Rush Hour is that it incorporates oriental kung fu into the movie, and it's a different kind of kung fu from the Bruce Lee-style kung fu they are familiar with.
Chen Long's kung fu is a highlight of the film, and his body makes some unexpected movements from time to time, flexible as a squirrel, and sometimes cunning as a fox.
Another highlight is the laughter generated by the collision of Eastern and Western cultures, especially Krystac, who plays the black policeman, and Chen Long, who pretends to be stupid, has a stark contrast, which causes the audience to laugh from time to time.
Layla's eyes were on the screen, but her ears were watching carefully for the reactions of the audience behind her.
They laughed! Enough for a movie!
It's the first time she's made a movie of this genre, not just the action, but also the funny part. She doesn't think she's a very funny person, and it would be embarrassing if the audience couldn't laugh in a place that was filmed.
Fortunately, the audience was very face-saving, and bursts of hearty laughter made her finally put the last trace of worry into her stomach.
Soon, the story advances to the fighting part.
The movements are all designed by Long Chen himself, and it is still his kung fu style, which is smooth and amazing, what Leila did was to perfectly integrate the movements he designed into the movie, and use her lens to make more people temporarily forget the toughness brought by Bruce Lee's kung fu and appreciate this new style.
In these fights, Leila used some special editing methods, which were also more popular in later generations. For example, when a person jumps high, freeze the frame, make a camera transition, and then turn it into slow motion. Another example is to quickly switch between images during the chase to create a sharp and compact atmosphere that the audience can empathize with.
In fact, she originally wanted to add the moment in The Matrix, but when she thought about it, the movie was probably already being filmed at this time, and it was not enough trouble to involve plagiarism or something, so she gave up.
But these are enough now, don't look at these small means have been used in later generations, but now they seem to be unheard of, and full of freshness.
Some film critics and media reporters hiding among fans were amazed to find that these innovative editing techniques were simply fantastic! Who would believe that just making the picture faster or slower could have a magical effect on the film?
Thinking that these clips came out of the hands of the young director who was not yet twenty years old, many people couldn't help but be speechless.
But there are also people who don't think so, no matter how fancy the tricks are, it's useless if the audience doesn't buy it. It's useless to say whether the movie is good or not, the box office is everything. Of course, no one will admit this, as we all know, it is important to win the award with connotation, and the box office or something is a floating cloud.