Since "City of Angels" and "Ace Spy 2" were released on the same day, Elizabeth wanted Eric to accompany her to watch this movie two days ago, so Eric asked people to charter a screening room in a theater in downtown Santa Monica. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, Elizabeth called Eric in the morning, and without saying anything, she hurried to New York. Although Elizabeth didn't say it explicitly, Eric could guess what was going on. At the beginning of the year, Murdoch traveled to Asia, and when he returned, he still brought back a certain woman, and now, it is estimated that it happened.

Eric would not be involved in this kind of family affairs, Elizabeth returned to New York, and Eric did not return the booked screening room.

Warner's promotion of "City of Angels" some time ago was faintly playing the gimmick of another "Ghost Love", Eric had not seen this film before, and he also wanted to evaluate the quality of this film himself, so he took Natasha Hensquge with him, by the way, as a relaxation after a week of work.

Leaving Firefly Studios, the two had dinner at nearby Venice Beach before rushing to the cinema.

Under the guidance of a staff member of the theater, Natasha Hensquech held popcorn and drinks, and followed Eric into a luxury screening room with only more than ten seats.

"Nothing," Eric shook his head, still walking over and sitting down on the couch.

Natasha sat down as well, and Eric nodded at the staff member and said, "Let's get started." ”

The other party politely replied and exited the screening room.

The lights in the screening room quickly dimmed, and when the Warner Bros. logo appeared on the screen, Natasha asked, "Eric, what about Warner movies?"

"yes, you don't think I'm only watching my own movies, do you?" Eric smiled and nodded, and explained, "This is City of Angels, played by Cage and Meg." ”

"Oh, I saw the poster," Natasha smiled sheepishly and said, "I thought you would take me to watch Ace Spy 2." ”

"Why do you say that?"

Natasha thought about it, she felt that she could often see "Ace Cheap Spy 2" and the other two movies of the Firefly system on TV or various billboards during this time, so she said: "This movie, it seems, is more popular." ”

On the big screen, after Warner's opening, the angel Seth played by Cage leads a little girl's soul into heaven, followed by a conversation between the two angels about touch, angels can't touch mortals, and likewise, mortals can't feel the touch of angels, the two live in the same space, but they seem to be two worlds.

After a long time in Hollywood, Eric also found it difficult to enjoy a film with a pure audience mentality, sitting in front of the big screen, he would almost subconsciously analyze the advantages and disadvantages of a movie.

The beginning of "City of Angels" is really a bit mediocre to Eric, and the soundtrack that follows is a bit abrupt.

In addition, although he and Cage are good friends, Eric still secretly complains in his heart that the current Cage plays an angel, which is too discordant no matter how you look at it. This guy has passed the peak of his appearance, his hairline is like the sea water at low tide, and he is no longer as handsome as he was in "Moonlight Sultry" ten years ago.

Subsequently, the plot and narrative rhythm of the film also seemed a little chaotic and hasty, just after watching it for about 20 minutes, Eric was completely relieved, at least, "City of Angels" will definitely not pose any threat to the three films of the Firefly system.

When Eric took Natasha Hensquich to watch "City of Angels", in Chicago, the central United States, Michael Wilmington, the resident film critic of the Chicago Tribune, also bought tickets and entered the screening room of "Ace Spy 2".

If it weren't for the fact that he was going to submit a review of "Ace Spy 2" to the Chicago Tribune, Michael Wilmington would never buy a ticket to watch this kind of spoof movie, he has always preferred literary films.

Moreover, Michael Wilmington was really not in a good mood today, because during the day, he watched "City of Angels" with great expectations, only to be disappointed.

In the early promotion process, Warner Bros. wanted to create another "Ghost Love"-style romance film, but after watching "City of Angels", Michael Wilmington's evaluation of this film in his heart can be described in one word, that is, mediocrity.

Whether it's a bright script or a deliberately created tragic ending, it makes people feel very uncomfortable. As for the creativity of angels and mortals, after "The Love of Humans and Ghosts", this kind of idea is definitely not an innovation in Hollywood.

Think back then, Cage in "Ghost Love", Meg Ryan in "When Harry Met Sally", how amazing it was.

But now, Michael Wilmington feels that "City of Angels" does not show the charm of two Hollywood A-list stars, which is absolutely a great waste.

didn't buy snacks like popcorn or bring a notebook, Michael Wilmington found a random seat in the screening room and sat down, he was already prejudiced in his heart, so he didn't take "Ace Cheap Spy 2" too seriously, as for the movie review to be submitted, just write it casually.

Before the lights were turned on, Michael Wilmington still looked around, although it was in the bustling city center of Chicago, but in this screening hall that can accommodate about 200 people, the attendance rate was probably more than eighty percent, which still surprised Michael Wilmington slightly.

However, considering the large-scale publicity of Firefly, Fox and MGM in the early stage, which was completely costless, Michael Wilmington is relieved.

As a film critic, he naturally knows the film industry very well. In recent years, advertising has become more and more important in the film industry, and correspondingly, the release cycle of movies has become shorter, with most commercial films recoup more than 70% of the total North American box office in the first four weeks of release.

As a result of this change, there have been fewer and fewer cases of relying on word-of-mouth to create box office miracles in recent years, and the threshold for Hollywood film production has become more and more excessive.

With these things in mind, in the screening room, the screening of "Ace Cheap Spy 2" has begun.

Elizabeth Hurley, the glamorous heroine of the first film, still makes a cameo appearance at the beginning, turning into a female robot who knocks Mike Myers naked out of the hotel room and runs around. The film still uses the comic occlusion technique in the first part, and the various positions full of evil fun make the audience in the theater can't help but burst into laughter.

As a film critic who has read countless films, Michael Wilmington knows all kinds of spoofs in the movie, but his instinctive antipathy makes it difficult for him to feel anything about this film.

After watching patiently for dozens of minutes, Michael Wilmington was thinking about whether to leave the show early, when a continuous spoof plot in which the heroine kept taking out all kinds of small things from the male protagonist somewhere in the film once again broke out into a series of laughs in the theater.

Michael Wilmington looked around, recalling the dozens of minutes he had just spent, and it seemed that on average, two or three minutes in the theater, there would be a burst of laughter.

Suddenly giving up the idea of leaving the theater early, Michael Wilmington sat down in his seat with peace of mind, but his attention was not too much on the screen, but on the audience around him.

The non-stop laughter lasted for a full 90 minutes, and even when the subsequent subtitles were raised, the audience did not immediately get up and leave the stage, because the tidbits accompanying the end credits were still hilarious.

"Haha, that's funny, maybe we can take the time to watch it again. ”

"Brooke Whispers is still so hot. ”

"Peter, they didn't watch the movie together, it was definitely a mistake. ”

"That scene is really funny, and I don't know if it will really be revealed during filming. ”

"Mike Myers is a genius. ”

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Walking out of the screening hall with the flow of people, listening to the gossip comments of the people around him, Michael Wilmington also seemed thoughtful.

It's still difficult for him to give this film any positive reviews, compared to the first one, this time it's just another lot of old stalks. However, it can make the audience laugh, at least, it is better than the film "City of Angels" that makes people even a little embarrassed.

All the way home, Michael Wilmington opened his laptop, and was about to write a movie review of "Ace Spy 2", when he remembered something, closed the document again, opened the browser, and logged in to the Yahoo movie section.

Finding the page of "Ace Cheap Spy 2", Michael Wilmington glanced at the general evaluation of the film.

Yahoo Movies' evaluation system for films is quite novel in the eyes of many people, and it is divided into professional film review scores and general audience scores.

Everyone knows that Yahoo Portal is actually the online media platform of the Firefly system, so the integrity of this portal has always been questioned.

The critics' score of "Ace Spy 2" is only 5.1, which may still be a bit too high in Michael Wilmington's opinion. Many of the more well-known film critics did not enter Yahoo movies, and Michael Wilmington, who also received an invitation from Yahoo Portal, did not enter Yahoo Movies either. The professional film critics of Yahoo Movies either belong to the media of the Firefly system, or they are not very famous. Whether these people can rate a movie without bias is, in Michael Wilmington's view, simply unlikely.

Looking at the back, the general audience score of "Ace Cheap Spy 2", oh, the Yahoo portal calls it the 'popcorn index', but it is as high as 7.6.

Even though it was expected in the screening room, Michael Wilmington felt that the number was a bit high. If he is asked to score, he will only give 3 points to the professional rating of this film, and as for the so-called popcorn index, he can only give a passing evaluation of 6 points.

looked at the score of "City of Angels" again, the critic's score was 6.3 at this time, just passing, but the popcorn index was lower than "Ace Cheap Spy 2", only 7.3. Although he also doesn't like "City of Angels" very much, Michael Wilmington feels that the so-called popcorn index of "City of Angels" should theoretically not be lower than that of vulgar spoofs like "Ace Spy 2".

Questioning the integrity of the Yahoo portal, Michael Wilmington doesn't see anything wrong with his own bias.

So he found a few other film review websites, and although the ratings of these websites are obviously different, the overall trend of film reviews is basically the same. Film critics don't like "Ace Spy 2" and reluctantly approve of "City of Angels", but ordinary audiences obviously prefer "Ace Spy 2", but they are not very interested in "City of Angels".

Since the advent of movies, the situation in which film critics dominate the word-of-mouth of a film has not changed in North America. This is also the source of Michael Wilmington's sense of superiority in the face of "Ace Spy 2".

But at this time, after flipping through several movie websites, Michael Wilmington suddenly felt a faint threat.

How can ordinary people dominate the word-of-mouth of a movie, this is completely to smash the jobs of traditional film critics.

Because of this instinctive disgust and disgust, Michael Wilmington's sense of identity with "Ace Spy 2" has also disappeared.

Reopened the document, Michael Wilmington began to knock on the film review of "Ace Spy 2": It seems that Mike Wells will never be able to get rid of the influence of "Saturday Night Live" on him, I have to say that "Ace Spy 2" is another, pee, and fart movie that has been piled up with all kinds of rotten bridges......

Neither "City of Angels" nor "Ace Spy 2" is a blockbuster film, although both film companies have arranged premieres for competition, or for publicity, but the film is not scheduled for midnight.

As a result, it wasn't until Saturday morning that the reviews of the two films went viral.

Unlike the initial score of more than 7 points, after the large-scale release on Friday, the critics' evaluation of "City of Angels" has obviously begun to decline, and the overall score can only barely maintain a passing line of more than 6 points.

In comparison, "Ace Cheap Spy 2" is much more 'simply', and the media film reviews have dropped directly to the level of a bad movie with 5 points.

However, although the North American media basically did not recognize the reputation of the two films, the first-day box office data of the two films surprised everyone, especially the first-day box office of "Ace Cheap Spy 2".

Beverly Hills, the president of Twentieth Century Fox, Joe Rose, was awakened early in the morning by the ringing of the phone, and when he heard the assistant report the first-day box office data of "Ace Spy 2", he even thought he was still dreaming. After confirming it several times, Joe Ross was convinced, and the news spread quickly.

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