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At the end of the programmed press conference, Matthew came to the side door of the temple auditorium, and before he even went out, he heard the noise of discussion outside the door, and he didn't need to go out to look, he also knew that it was crowded with reporters outside.

Fortunately, the temple auditorium is experienced in dealing with this situation, and when the car that picked up Matthew drove over, four security personnel immediately escorted Matthew out of the gate, and Matthew got into the car before the reporters could react.

If it were in the past, he would definitely take the initiative to dedicate himself to the siege of reporters, because it is beneficial to promote the film, but tonight the crew broke enough information, so much that the media needed to digest it for two days, and he didn't need to do anything extra.

But these reporters, who are not qualified to enter the auditorium of the temple, can't get what they want, where are they willing to leave easily, blocking in front of Matthew's car, just not giving way.

These reporters, more precisely the paparazzi, are thick-skinned enough to stand still even when the driver honks the car horn.

"Be patient. Helen Herman tilted her head to look ahead and said, "Hopefully you're ready." ”

Matthew sat down in the seat of the car and asked, "What are you going to do? Are you going to be chased and intercepted by reporters and paparazzi after becoming famous?" and without waiting for Helen Herman to answer, he added, "I've waited too long for this day, and it's a pleasure for me." ”

Helen Herman turned her head to look at him, knowing that Matthew's thinking was not quite the same as that of ordinary people.

Matthew opened his hand slightly, closed his eyes, and deliberately put on an expression of enjoyment.

In fact, he does enjoy the feeling now.

A few months ago, even if he begged for an interview with the media, few people paid attention to him, but now, even if he hid in the car and did not come out, a large number of paparazzi still took the initiative to surround him.

Five minutes later, with the assistance of the security personnel of the temple auditorium, the car finally broke out of the encirclement and slowly drove onto the Avenue of Fame.

He suddenly thought of something, turned to Helen Herman and said, "Those plans must have seen you, and I want to follow behind to see what the relationship between the two of us is." ”

Helen Herman ignored Matthew at all and said directly to the driver, "Send me to Burbank's Angel Agency first." ”

The black Mercedes sedan quickly stopped on the side of the road where the angel agency was located, and Helen Herman got out of the car, leaving Matthew alone to continue the ride north.

Ten minutes later, Matthew returned home, and after he took a shower, he went up to the attic of the house to take a look, and in the dim light of the street lamps outside, he could vaguely see cars and motorcycles parked near the house, as if the paparazzi were going to stay here all night, and they were not going to go back.

Matthew got out of the attic, turned on the computer, and went to look at Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB, which have not yet lifted the ban on the rating of the film, and it is estimated that it will not be available until tomorrow.

At the premiere just now, Universal Pictures also invited a number of well-known film critics to participate in watching the film in accordance with industry practice, these film critics are different from the previous internal test screenings, which are relatively fairer, although film reviews have long become a business, but these people are also more cherished of feathers, and many times will be for their own reputation and long-term plans.

According to Helen Herman, these well-known film critics will not easily accept money from film companies, let alone be impressed by petty profits, and their columns and fame in the industry have a certain commercial value in themselves.

Matthew knows very well that when these film critics' film reviews are reported tomorrow, the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes will be lifted.

As for IMDB, he hasn't studied it yet, and he doesn't know too much about the scoring rules of this website.

It was close to midnight, and Matthew went to the attic to look at it again, and found that the paparazzi outside had not left yet, and it seemed that he couldn't shoot big news, so he refused to leave.

These paparazzi's favorite thing to shoot is gossip and scandals, but unfortunately Matthew basically has nothing to shoot in this regard.

Britney is in Australia and will go to New Zealand and won't be back in Los Angeles anytime soon.

Thinking of Britney, Matthew went down to the attic and found his mobile phone to make a call to Britney, not counting today, the two have not spoken on the phone for three days, due to the time difference in different places, he and Britney have very little free time, it is difficult to get together.

This time, he still didn't get through Britney's phone, so he simply edited a text message and sent it to Britney.

The time was not early, after waiting for more than half an hour, seeing that Britney did not reply to the text message, Matthew simply went to rest, although he didn't need to run the announcement tomorrow, but he couldn't sleep too late, in case there were dark circles under his eyes, it would be a trouble to face the media cameras in the next few days.

When he woke up the next day, Matthew first called to ask for breakfast takeout, and at the same time asked the other party to help piggyback on the mainstream newspapers and entertainment newspapers currently on the market.

Waiting for the takeaway to arrive, he entered the restaurant with a pile of newspapers, and while enjoying breakfast, he flipped through the news related to "The Scorpion King".

The first is the film review column in some major newspapers distributed across the United States.

After flipping through some newspapers, Matthew has a general understanding of the above movie reviews, and in general, the good and bad account for almost half, and the good reviews are a little more than the bad ones.

Kenneth Turan, a film critic for the Los Angeles Times, commented: "The Scorpion King" offers plenty of sensory stimulation — cartoonish violence, innocuous exoticism, and excellent action scenes.

He also specifically mentioned Matthew, believing that the actor's excellent action play is the most encouraging part of the film.

On the contrary, the San Francisco Chronicle criticized "The Scorpion King" for its poor script, the story pale, and the dialogue did not quite fit the context.

However, the newspaper also mentioned Matthew's male lead, and praised it: Matthew Horner's male lead is extremely dazzling in such a mediocre film, and it is his rock-like handsome face, smooth muscles and excellent fighting that make the whole film less boring.

The most influential "New York Times" in North America doesn't look down on this film very much: the plot is very simple, funny and not powerful, the exterior is not shocking, and there are no mummies or demons, and the length of 90 minutes also fully shows that it is a small-budget production, purely frying the cold rice of the "Mummy" series, and the only highlight is the combination of Matthew Horner and Kelly Hu's macho man and beauty.

The Washington Post, one of the three major newspapers in the United States, has a slightly better review of the film: the action scenes of "The Scorpion King" are exquisitely designed, and the three long-shot action scenes at the opening, middle and end also show the ambition of the crew.

Then, Matthew flipped through many newspapers and found that whether it was a good review of the film or a harsh bad review, there were almost no reviews criticizing him as the leading actor, even the worst reviews were that he successfully completed his job, but his performance in literature and drama was a little less than ideal.

Most newspaper reviews considered his male protagonist's appearance and action scenes to be the most prominent and attractive parts of the film.

The criticism focused on the plot of the film and the relationship between the pros and cons.

Frankly speaking, Matthew also thinks that the plot of the film is indeed very old-fashioned, which is also the consistent style of Stephen Sommers, and it is also a common way for Hollywood to avoid risks.

This kind of pure commercial entertainment film, if the plot is too tortuous and profound, it is a burden.

The crew was clear from the beginning that the selling point of "Scorpion King" was not in the plot at all.

Matthew finished breakfast, flipped through all the newspapers, turned on the computer and looked at it, as he expected, the freshness of "The Scorpion King" on Rotten Tomatoes has been lifted, and among the 40 film critics included on the website, 26 are positive and 14 are negative, and the freshness has reached 65%.

However, the average score of the film is low, only 6.2 points, which is just passing.

On the movie reviews collected by the Rotten Tomatoes website, Matthew saw a bad review of himself as the leading actor: Matthew Horner's acting skills seem to me to be "a bit stiff", and it seems that he is a little better at beating the bad guys than showing a realistic smile.

Matthew was a little scratching his head, but who came back, he filmed action scenes that seemed to be more difficult, and it was indeed a lot easier than literary dramas.

Exiting the Rotten Tomatoes website, he went to IMDB to take a look, found the "Scorpion King" column, and found that because of the lack of comments, the IMDB average score of the film had not been brushed out.

He deliberately dragged the webpage down to find out the comments that fans had left and browsed them.

Compared with professional film critics, fans have a more tolerant attitude towards "Scorpion King" and have a higher evaluation.

A message from a fan called "Like Mummies", like a die-hard fan: To be honest, the first time I saw Matthew Horner in "The Mummy Returns", I was electrified by him, developed muscles, toned body, comparable to the gods in Greek mythology, Hu Kaili in the trailer I have seen her unparalleled beauty, the combination of these two people is a must-see even if it is a movie without acting skills.

Another fan called "Crazy 2-in-1" also likes this film: Matthew Horner is cool, as a man is to be such a person, dare to face the difficulties in life, and rely on his own efforts to fight for a world. I've always believed that a good piece of work can change a person's perception of the world, and as a movie for men, it's worth recommending.

While Matthew was hiding at home, secretly looking at his praise, a FedEx car drove out of the forwarding center in New York and headed for an address in the suburbs.

What is surprising is that behind the express truck, there are more than a dozen interview vans with the logos of various newspapers, magazines and television stations.