Chapter 853: Dream Thief
As soon as night fell, a black sedan stopped in front of the entrance of the Century City Imperial Entertainment chain theater, two black men with sunglasses quickly walked into the theater, and then entered the pre-booked VIP viewing hall.
"Why are we going to watch Matthew Horner's movies?" Jada Smith looked disgruntled, "giving him the box office for nothing!"
Will Smith was a little helpless about his wife, and said, "Can you look a little farther? What's the use of our two tickets? What about "Inception", it directly affects the "Kung Fu Dream" that I invested in!"
Jada Smith snorted, "That Matthew Horner is just having trouble with us, knowing that our "Kung Fu Dream" is scheduled, and he wants to put his film on this weekend, obviously to grab the box office." ”
"You can't say that. Will Smith still kept his cool, "In this film, Matthew Horner is only the actor and the nominal producer, and he has no say in terms of production and scheduling. ”
Jada Smith still looks like that, "His kind of bastard, what shit can't do?"
Hearing this, Will Smith suddenly fell silent, after all, many things cannot be ignored and heard.
Think about the anti-Matthew-Horner league they set up in the first place, what is the outcome of each one? It's just a miserable comparison.
Francis Lawrence has long disappeared from the directorial circle, Naomi Harris ran directly back to the UK to change careers, and the worst is undoubtedly Spike Lee, the pioneer of the black movement in Hollywood, who went straight from a fighter for freedom and democracy to a garbage that everyone spits, infected with alcohol and drug addiction, and it is said that he will not live for a few years.
Speaking of which, because of his caution, he only let Jada Smith come out, and then saw that the situation was not good, and quickly apologized and changed his position, so that he was not negatively affected.
But in the past two years, there are almost no ...... in the crew that is willing to ask him to be the leading actor of a first-line commercial production
What happened, can Matthew Horner get out of it?
Thankfully, he's not one of those people, and luckily he got Green Lantern from a crowd of contenders.
Not to mention anything else, as long as he can do as much as Johnny Depp does in "Pirates of the Caribbean", Matthew Horner has basically no way to do anything again, and he may even win one back.
The sudden sound of the soundtrack interrupted Will Smith's ramblings, and then he focused on the big screen.
This is not a typical science fiction film, perhaps it is more appropriate to define it as "a contemporary action science fiction film that takes place within the structure of consciousness", and the film is not about the future world, but about the present real world, where a new bioinformation technology has been developed to allow people to enter the minds, minds, or dreams of others through this means.
After watching it for a while, Will Smith felt that "Inception" was somehow much like "The Matrix" or a synthesis of "Minority Report".
A new technology has emerged in the world of the film, allowing people to enter other people's dreams, so as to spy on others** and steal important information.
Unsuspecting, dreams become the best way to enter the human subconscious, and Matthew Horner's protagonist, Damme Cobb, is a thief, an experienced thief who, unlike most "three hands", doesn't need to pick other people's wallets.
In this world, there is a very strange name for people like him, Dream Thief.
His specialty is to infiltrate other people's dreams, steal valuable information and secrets in the subconscious, and if necessary, he will carry out further memory transplantation to tamper with his memories.
As a pioneer Dream Thief, he naturally has a team, he and his team are hired by a wealthy Japanese businessman, invade the dreams of a wealthy businessman, and implant memories for the rich businessman to cut and split the company under him, which is almost an impossible task......
To be exact, the story is not complicated, but the film uses a relatively complex narrative technique.
As a star who has starred in many box office hit sci-fi films, Will Smith has a clear understanding of sci-fi films, especially commercial sci-fi films.
Most science fiction movie stories are actually very simple and straightforward, which can be called nothing more than an alien invasion, a certain earthling finds a way to escape and finally finds a solution to the aliens, or suddenly falls into the pursuit of some kind of terrifying monster, or is forced to embark on a life-changing adventure in some strange environment in the future......
This kind of repeatable, imitated, mass-produced story core is one of the characteristics of commercial films, and if it is filmed well, it will be widely circulated, and if it is not filmed well, it will often make the audience feel that it lacks novelty, is gorgeous and empty, and has no personality, like a fast food that is easily boring.
Inception definitely doesn't fall into this genre.
The film was screened for a short time, and he found that the plot of the film was complicated, with ups and downs, and hidden or explicit echoes before and after.
From the perspective of science fiction conception, the concept of "Inception" is not unprecedented, unique and novel.
It's a very attractive film, but Matthew Horner's performance is not very good, and from his point of view, it is decent at best.
"But it's just hugging Christopher Nolan's thigh......"
Will Smith's thoughts weren't revealed, "It's just a lucky bastard." ”
The most successful part of this film is that the director makes the film compelling and meaningful with a brilliant narrative and perfect detail, and most movies about virtual reality and dreams still focus on the real life part, because it is difficult to present a complete dream world.
Christopher Nolan delicately shows how to enter the dream, the problems that may arise in the dream, how to wake up, etc., so that the dream completely forms a complete world, with its own unique laws, laws, and logic.
Paired with some puzzles and as good visuals, the whole film looks particularly fascinating.
"Matthew Horner's luck was really good. Will Smith's thoughts became stronger and stronger, "It is really a bit of an eye to pick such a special sci-fi production." ”
What is the most feared of a sci-fi film like this, he has summarized the previous failures, and what he is most afraid of is undoubtedly the Shinto and inexplicable genre of "Cloud Atlas".
This film is obviously not, and it seems to have successfully avoided those pitfalls.
As the plot of the film deepens, Will Smith sees very clearly that "Inception" is not here to test the audience's intelligence, so the plot is complex but not deliberate, everything is needed for this shocking content.
It seems complicated, but without a superfluous shot and a superfluous line, missing a shot or missing a dialogue at random will will make the viewing incomplete.
The plot is also quite clear, because there is a very obvious main line in the whole story that Cobb and Arthur the Dream Thieves, entrusted by the Japanese giant Saito, invaded the consciousness of Fisher Jr., the son of Saito's rival British giant Fisher Sr., so that he automatically disbanded his father's company after the death of the old Fischer.
This is done with a layered dream.
During this time, he saw incredible visual spectacles, such as the reversal of space and the resurrection of people.
All this seems impossible in live-action films, because live-action movies have extremely limited depictions of human dreams, including David Lynch, who is only playing with the tangram splicing of reality and dreams in a single space.
And the amazing thing about this film is that the dreams described can do whatever they want, subverting the laws of physics accepted by human beings at will.
Will Smith sighed, even if he had some thoughts before, he had to admit that Matthew Horner was very clear-headed, never touched those niche films, and always stayed in the public's field of vision.
Perhaps this is also a key factor in his ability to climb to the superstar position.
The film starring Matthew Horner continues to face a wider audience, not limited to so-called senior fans or professionals.
In addition, the producers fully recognized Matthew Horner's strengths, and deliberately added those action movie techniques that he is good at, these seemingly vulgar plots are of great significance in the film, not only to buffer the unbelievable plot, but also to give some audiences who are used to watching popcorn movies a sense of cordial return, so as not to get lost in this relatively complex narrative.
At the end of the film, Will Smith looked at Jada Smith, who was already impatient, but sat still, because judging by the experience of the past years, Matthew Horner's new film is very likely to be a big hit.
He couldn't help but shake his head, in the past five or six years, all the movies starring Matthew Horner have not exploded at the box office?
"Let's go!"
Will Smith stood up and beckoned Jada Smith out of the VIP room, gradually realizing that Matthew Horner was throwing other Hollywood stars farther and farther away.
But thinking about those things before, he still doesn't have a crush on Matthew Horner.
In contrast, he admires Christopher Nolan even more, the British director has outstanding ability, and some of the "second-hand" ideas that Hollywood has used for a long time have exploded into a breathtaking charm once he mixes them.
Emirates Rock Theater in Los Angeles, when the subtitles of the film fell, the audience burst into extremely warm applause, Matthew also stood up and clapped his palms, and at the same time turned his head slightly to look back, and the applause in the place where the ordinary audience was arranged behind was extraordinarily loud, and it lasted for several minutes without stopping.
"Inception" is not at all like those complicated films, but it is very popular with audiences.
This is definitely not the kind of film that is philosophical for the sake of philosophy and deep and profound like the sequel to "Cloud Atlas" or "The Matrix".
Although they are all typical pretend movies on the outside, they are fundamentally different.