On May 16th, the long-awaited "Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones" was finally released in the middle of the night on Thursday and early on Friday.

Although the title of the first major film shot with a digital camera fell to last year's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", as an A-list blockbuster that started shooting at the same time, "Star Wars Prequel 2" certainly sparked thousands of onlookers.

Tickets for the midnight movie show at midnight on the 16th were booked online for the first time, so the advance tickets were sold out within three minutes.

On the 16th, the advance ticket box office performance reached $30 million, and on Friday it exceeded $24 million, Saturday 31 million, and Sunday another 24 million, and the final box office in the first week was fixed at a terrifying result of $110 million!

And this time, although it has not been released globally, on the 16th, including North America, the United Kingdom, Thailand, from North America to Europe, and then to Southeast Asian countries and regions, the film was released together.

The first three weeks of the film remained at the top of the North American box office, and in just three weeks, "Star Wars Prequel 2" successfully exceeded the 200 million mark.

As for the box office and audience, the film still broke 100 million in the first week and 200 million in three weeks, becoming the absolute first in the current summer file.

But at the same time as the large-scale release of the movie, there was also a mixed reputation for the film.

Just like all trilogies, there is always an unloved encounter, and the "Star Wars Prequel" series is obviously the second installment now.

Some people, or not too many people, say.

[It's] a two-hour exhilarating and serious entertainment – Time magazine

A Technological Milestone That Doesn't Look or Sound Like Again – The New York Post

Although Time magazine and the New York Post gave some praise, more media and filmmakers still think that George Lucas is quite old and can still eat?

The New York Times was unsparing — a two-hour, 12-minute action hero commercial, a paradigm for the latest in digital filmmaking, a chance for talented actors to read the worst lines of their lives and get paid well for it. It's not basically a movie – if you define a movie as "vivid characters, dramatic plots, and storytelling with visual imagery".

The Chicago Sun-Times also said that the film was just an attempt at technology, lacking fun and energy, and the title "Attack of the Clones" was simply a rigid portrayal of the whole film.

In addition, Newsweek directed George Lucas, whose work is aged, and compared to the smooth-paced, emotionally charged "The Lord of the Rings," it is both lengthy and the narrative is stiff.

Even Harry Potter, also filmed with digital cameras, has been revisited, with the Los Angeles Times saying that Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, also filmed with digital cameras, is full of charming whimsy, but "Attack of the Clones" is reduced to gorgeous empty shells and outdated themes.

The popularity did not last long, and the North American base camp, which easily exceeded $400 million in the previous game, became struggling after breaking through $200 million.

The box office curve has dropped by about 30% every week, and as for the overseas market, the enthusiasm this time is much lower than that of the previous work, which makes the previous work both exceed the box office of 400 million US dollars, and this work can only barely reach 300 million box office.

Obviously, the poor word-of-mouth quickly dragged down the film's box office results, making it the lowest-grossing and lowest-rated Star Wars film in history!

Some radical critics even shouted: "Lucas is already old, Jiang Lang is exhausted!" and "It's time to think about a new Star Wars leader!"

The wave of public opinion caused by "Star Wars Prequel 2" even affected Sid, who was filming "The Departed" in Canada.

"Hey, Sid, Sid, what do you think of Star Wars Prequel 2?"

"As a blockbuster film, which was also shot with digital cameras, what do you think of Star Wars Prequel 2?"

These questions have almost become the daily questions of the paparazzi reporters who block Sid outside the crew every day, and Sid usually prevaricates with the sentence "I've been busy lately, I don't have time to watch movies".

But today, Sid's footsteps stopped, making a group of paparazzi pounce forward and backward and almost fell a lot, looking at the huddled paparazzi, Sid showed his trademark faint smile, "Do you still want to ask "Star Wars Prequels" today?"

"Uh——, yes!"

There have always been a lot of paparazzi around the crew of "The Departed", whether it is the super luxurious lineup of the four protagonists or Sid himself, they are the focus of super gossip, not to mention the collection of these five superstars at one time?

But whether it is Tom Cruise and other starring stars, or Sid himself, they have hardly given these paparazzi a good look, if Tom Cruise is a star before he takes the stage, for the sake of the public image, he will pose with a smile.

Na Sid, who is himself a behind-the-scenes person and a big boss, usually doesn't even bother to give these paparazzi a good look.

So when I suddenly saw Sid's smile today, everyone was shocked.

After seeing that Sid was interested in saying something, everyone immediately handed over the various microphones in their hands, and Sid immediately spoke: "I'm just going to talk about what I think of Star Wars Prequel 2." ”

Everyone nodded again and again, not even daring to say more, for fear of interrupting him.

So Sid smiled and winked, and then said, "Overall, I'm still quite disappointed with Star Wars Prequel 2. ”

"Oh-"

The paparazzi immediately let out an exclamation, is this the leader of the new generation of directors to the older generation of directors? Everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes with excitement.

"In particular, the plot and character handling are relatively rough. Compared with the old version of "Star Wars", Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia built a solid iron triangle-style adventure story. ”

"The characters in Star Wars Prequel 2 are empty and pale, and the pale characters lead to the hollowness of the plot, which in turn turns a good space adventure epic into a bloody romance drama on TV stations. ”

"I see—"

The paparazzi excitedly raised the microphone in their hands, and couldn't help shouting in their hearts, "More fierce material, more fierce material!"

"If I had to shoot it, I would have a better solution. Sid's last sentence simply hit everyone's extreme, and they responded excitedly with a sloppy expression: "Yes, yes, Sid, you're right." ”