For the "Hobbit" series, although Matthew does not pay attention to it as much as "Fast and Furious", "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games", the studio occupies 20% of the investment and the corresponding premiere share, and will contact the crew from time to time to learn about specific developments.

Now, after several years of hard work, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is about to be released around the globe, and he certainly won't miss the premiere.

The success of the Lord of the Rings trilogy has created countless Middle-earth fans around the world, and before the premiere has even taken place, more than 100,000 visitors have already flocked to Wellington.

Matthew himself, who is also a huge fan of the series, especially the Lord of the Rings trilogy, still vividly remembers the battle of the Valley of the Holy Helmet and the battle of the Plains of Perran.

Hollywood recognizes that no fantasy film has so far reached the heights of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Now, he has a direct connection to Tolkien's Middle-earth.

The world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey was held at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington, New Zealand, and attracted nearly 100,000 fans.

In addition to Peter Jackson and Martin Freeman and other main crew members, Hollywood commercial film director James Cameron also came with his wife to help out.

In addition, the Prime Minister of New Zealand and the Mayor of Wellington also came to the premiere theater.

As we all know, the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was a global hit that year, and New Zealand's tourism industry benefited greatly.

New Zealand clearly has high hopes for Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" trilogy on the island, announcing two months ago that it would rename Wellington "Middle-earth Centre" on the day of its premiere, a title that will last for three weeks.

Wellington also spent more than NZ$1.1 million on the premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and Air New Zealand has also partnered with the famous Weta Studios to convert a Boeing 777-300 into an aerial commercial for The Hobbit and create a movie-themed aircraft for the promotion of the film, in an effort to sell the New Zealand "national film" to the world.

The plane was seen in the sky above the premiere and was very eye-catching.

On the day of the premiere, New Zealand television even broadcast the weather forecast in Elven language, and Wellington Airport put up a giant sculpture of Gollum early in the morning, setting off a "Middle-earth" craze throughout New Zealand.

Over the course of the week, Wellington will be in the festive mood with a grand red carpet ceremony, a hobbit craft market and open-air film screenings that will keep fans entertained for the rest of their lives, as well as the purchase of Middle-earth coins from New Zealand Post and the postmark of 'Middle-earth'.

It is no exaggeration to say that New Zealand has tied the new growth point of the national economy to Middle-earth.

A series of movies can be related to the lifeblood of a country's brokerage, which is extremely rare in the entire history of film.

In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, all of Middle-earth's scenery is taken from New Zealand, and New Zealanders hope that through the release of the new trilogy, more visitors from all over the world will come to New Zealand to explore the magic of "Middle-earth".

When Matthew walked the red carpet of the premiere alone, he met many familiar actors and greeted many people, such as Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving and Ian McKellen and other members of the Holy White Council.

Unfortunately, Christopher Lee, the head of the Holy White Council, did not come to Wellington because he was too old to withstand the bumps of the long journey.

Among the actors I met, the most impressive for Matthew was Richard Armitage who played Thorin Oak Shield, the British actor is nearly 1.9 meters tall, but he plays a dwarf in the film, which has to make people marvel at the charm of today's movie magic.

The Prime Minister of New Zealand also specifically approached Matthew to say hello.

"It's an honour for New Zealand to have you here for the premiere. ”

The prime minister is very good at talking, because he knows that it is not your average star who is standing opposite, but a person with far more global influence than himself, "You are welcome to come to New Zealand often." ”

The host seemed very welcoming, and Matthew was polite and responsive, "It's a beautiful country and impressive. ”

The Prime Minister of New Zealand is very good at coming and says at the right time, "Mr. Horner, can you be invited to be New Zealand's tourism ambassador?"

Matthew did not immediately answer, such a thing cannot be promised casually, even if the person who invited him was the head of a government.

"New Zealand is very beautiful, the sky and the air give you a sense of purity. ”

In the face of a country's top politicians, Matthew is not at all worried, so many years of Hollywood career has long been practiced, isn't it just clichés? Who is worse than whom? He said with a smile, "From the moment I got off the plane, what I saw was the best scenery." ”

When he hears others praise his country, the New Zealand Prime Minister naturally wants to show that he is happy.

Matthew changed the subject, "As a film actor, Peter Jackson is a film director I admire very much. I am thrilled to be invited to New Zealand for the world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, and I look forward to rediscovering Middle-earth on the big screen. ”

The Prime Minister of New Zealand is not stupid, he understands that Matthew is euphemistically refusing, so he no longer mentions this topic, and continues to laugh and chat with Matthew for a while, as if he has been in a good mood.

Although this is a rejection, it does not cause negative emotions at all.

Waiting for Matthew to leave, the New Zealand Prime Minister nodded frequently, a Hollywood star can mix to the point of Matthew Horner, not to mention unprecedented, but it is extremely rare, few stars can have such good cultivation and emotional intelligence as Matthew Horner.

Turning down his invitation, people have nothing to say, let alone disgust, is this the charm of Hollywood's number one star?

This charm comes from his own appearance and temperament, and even more from his excellent mind.

After Matthew left from the New Zealand Prime Minister's side, he found Peter Jackson.

"I watched a test screening of Warner Bros. Matthew had seen about a dozen minutes of cinematic footage a long time ago, and the 48 frames 3D effect was amazing. ”

Peter Jackson, like James Cameron, is a well-known technology freak in Hollywood, and replied with a smile, "The revolution in film technology is happening all the time, and audiences always want to see better picture quality, just like DVDs have replaced VCDs, hoping that this technology can bring a better viewing experience." ”

Matthew nodded, "I hope so." ”

Every innovation in film technology may not be bought by the audience.

However, Weta Studios is really strong.

Peter Jackson co-founded Weta Studios and Weta Digital, the world's most influential film special effects and props production company, is the work of Avatar's stunning visual effects.

"The Hobbit" tells the story of about 60 years from the era of "The Lord of the Rings", which can be said to be a prequel to "The Lord of the Rings".

This made the majority of Middle-earth fans very excited, and seeing the original cast of "Lord of the Rings" reunite and meet Middle-earth again after many years is undoubtedly the biggest motivation for Middle-earth fans to enter the cinema

Matthew is also the first time to see this film on the IMAX 3D screen, and judging from the finished film, this epic movie will definitely be a journey to relive the old dream for Middle-earth fans, and the dwarf, elven and Middle-earth lands are still magnificent.

When 48 fps collide with 3D technology, the effect is equally brilliant and gives people an extraordinary fantasy feeling.

I still remember living on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and the first time I saw the scene of the elven kingdom of Rivendell on the computer screen, the original "Lord of the Rings" series has made people want to live in this picturesque elf world, and this film makes the wonderful scenery of Rivendell more beautiful in 3D technology, coupled with Peter Jackson's superb scene scheduling ability, it is even more unforgettable.

The action scenes, such as the scene where the wolves chase the rabbit pulling the cart, have a few shots that make the wolf feel like the wolf is coming at you, and there are also high-altitude overhead shots or sideways action shots, such as the opening scene in the dwarf kingdom, which are also more tense in 3D.

However, the flaws of the film are as prominent as the highlights.

The film is too long, not to say that 166 minutes is long, and films like The Dark Knight are not shorter than that, but the narrative rhythm of "Unexpected Journey" seems to be stuck more than a decade ago.

It's more of a slow-moving feature film, with a nearly three-hour run that stretches people's patience to the extreme, and without the visual effects to keep the audience hooked and the antichases that the Lord of the Rings trilogy has built, the film would have been much less appealing.

In this day and age, slow-paced films are really deadly.

Ten years ago, the vast majority of audiences might have been able to sit comfortably in their seats and watch a movie slowly advance the plot, but in this era of more and more rhythmic times, people's patience is becoming less and less, and only fewer and fewer audiences like the rhythm of a movie that is as gentle as water.

There is no way to do it, this is the inevitable development of the times.

Movies, especially commercial films for the public, cannot be separated from the existence of the times after all.

Seeing the end of the film, Matthew also realized that he must unite with Warner to have a good talk with Peter Jackson, and he can't let the pace of the next two films remain so slow.

And he thought of some of those reasons as well.

The Hobbit is very short after all, and is more of a children's book than the magnificent Lord of the Rings trilogy, and while both are essentially children's books, the former is undoubtedly more childlike.

The elongation of the film in some small plots is also related to the oversimplification of the original story structure, after all, it is inevitable to drag on in some places to shoot such a short trilogy.

Fortunately, the fantasy atmosphere of this film is as good as ever, and it is estimated that it can meet most of the expectations of fans.

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