"With its ups and downs, powerful soundtrack, sharp and varied editing, and excellent performances from several actors, Eric Williams has followed the warmth to bring us a very different black symphony. ”

From the mysterious chant at the beginning to the tragic symphony at the end, the gorgeous soundtrack runs through the whole movie, but it doesn't make people feel noisy at all, the compact plot is full of tension, there is no redundant shots, and the two-hour visual feast makes people feel a sense of inner peace. ”

"Sex and blood have always been the two elements that can most stimulate the audience's adrenaline in movies, but many movies are always sex for the sake of sex, blood for the sake of blood, but the use of blood in the middle of the film is not deliberate at all. During the movie, every time there was a scene of Tom Cruise coughing up blood, I could hear the heartbroken exclamations of the female fans around me, but this exclamation was mixed with excitement like a high tide. A handsome and gentle mysterious man who is both good and evil has made most women fall in love at first sight, Eric Williams is still not satisfied, and adds an exciting blood-vomiting attribute to the protagonist, I am sure that the character of Andy created by Cruise will definitely cause many filmmakers to imitate it in the future. ”

The wonderful performances of the two protagonists did not hide the brilliance of several supporting roles, Joe Percy raised his eyebrows and shook his head, and the reappearance of Brooke Smalls after a few years of silence is even more eye-catching, perhaps because of the girl's years of precipitation at Princeton University, Brooke Shield's acting skills are no longer superficial, but a little more profound and restrained. Although it was only a few minutes of appearance, it left a deep impression, and I believe that this time, even if Brooke Whispers does not win a positive acting award, the judges will definitely not consider girls as objects again, and I am looking forward to Brooke Shield's performance in other films in the future. ”

The next morning, with the slight rattle of the paper flipping, Eric sat in a chair in the dining room and read intently the various movie reviews that had come out of today's newspaper. Nicole, on the other hand, was busy coming and going, bringing the prepared breakfast to the table from time to time.

Soon, a sleepy Drew floated into the dining room in slippers, pulled out a chair and sat down at the table, his chin propped up with one hand, and squinted as Eric flipped through the newspaper.

"Why don't you sleep more?" asked Eric without looking up.

"Hungry," Drew said, pulling over the basket in the middle of the table and reaching for the bagels, but was hit by Eric's rolled up newspaper, "Did you brush your teeth?"

"Brush it after eating?" the girl blinked and pretended to be pitiful.

"Eat it when you're done," Eric glared at the girl, not conniving, waving the newspaper in his hand, ready to hit it again.

"Okay, yes, like an old-fashioned old man," Drew slumped to his feet and floated out again, a little crazy from the party last night, and the fact that he hadn't eaten much, so the girl looked sluggish at this point.

Nicole stood in front of the kitchen counter and listened to the conversation between the two people, with a slight envy in her heart, although the two did not have any intimate words and actions, but this kind of ordinary conversation made people feel more warm between relatives. In contrast, although Eric has always been polite to her, he has never treated her as his own. It's not that the girl hasn't made efforts in this area, but with little success.

Bringing the cooked oatmeal into the dining room, the girl began to divide breakfast among several people, but a bowl of cereal porridge was gently placed in front of Eric, and when she looked up inadvertently, she saw Eric frowning slightly at a newspaper.

"What's wrong?" the girl asked softly, sitting down. 、

Eric shook his head slightly, "It's nothing, it's just a movie review." ”

Nicole glanced at the name of the newspaper in Eric's hand and whispered, "Is it someone criticizing?"

"Well," Eric nodded, "I don't think it's inexplicable, this person seems to be targeting me, I don't remember messing with this person." Eric said, looking downward, hoping to find some information about the author, and some newspapers would often include the critic's information at the end of the article if they asked for a manuscript from a more famous film critic, so as to make the reader feel that this person was very authoritative.

"It turned out to be a full-time film critic for the magazine, and a graduate of Columbia University's journalism department," Eric whispered, and Nicole, who heard the name, her heart skipped a beat: "Eric, can I take a look?"

Eric handed the newspaper over, and the girl glanced at the author's name, and suddenly felt a little weak, and it said George Northam.

“…… The storyline, the noisy soundtrack, and the repetitive and nonsensical shots all together create a two-hour movie that I feel is a waste of viewers' time and money......

The girl only glanced at one of the paragraphs, and hurriedly returned the newspaper, her eyes flickering slightly, she knew that the article must have been produced because of herself, because George Northen had originally praised Eric, perhaps because of the accidental coincidence last night, which made the other party feel embarrassed, and this kind of thing happened.

If the other party had explicitly refused when they accosted him, perhaps this kind of thing would not have happened.

Thinking so, Nicole became a little more empty-hearted, and asked cautiously, "Eric, this movie review won't have an impact on the box office, right?"

"No," Eric said, "most critics have a positive attitude towards the film, and it's okay to pop up a criticism or two once in a while, as long as the general direction of word-of-mouth doesn't go wrong." ”

"Oh," Nicole breathed a sigh of relief.

Eric carefully examined the girl's expression, "Nicole, you seem to have something on your mind?"

"No, no," Nicole quickly shook her head in denial.

Eric didn't ask any further questions, hurriedly flipped through the few remaining bits of newspaper, and began to eat breakfast.

But George Northen didn't seem to intend to give up on publishing a critical review, and the next day, the third day, several newspapers reappeared with each other's reviews, and the rhetoric became more and more intense.

In the end, the other party even began to question whether the movie was shot by Eric.

George Northon first listed some plausible commonalities of Eric's previous films, after all, the style is very heartwarming, and then changed the conversation to make a detailed comparison between the other films and the black and cold style, and finally, gave the reader a feeling that it had nothing to do with the previous films at all.

Next, George Northen began to comment on the similarities that exist in many of the films of the film masters, and always instilled in the audience the idea that if several films were shot by one person, even those with a variety of styles, there would be a lot of commonalities in the works.

But it didn't, so George Northen boldly suggested that the film wasn't actually shot by Eric himself, but by the gunman found by Columbia. It's all a money-making film in the name of a talented director like Eric Williams, and fans are fooled.

Eric, who saw this article, shook his head helplessly, deeply realizing that hooligans are not terrible, but they are afraid of the wise sayings that hooligans have culture. Because the analysis of this article is too detailed, and the high level of professionalism is beyond Eric's reach, he is worthy of being a top student from an Ivy League school, and even Eric himself has to admit that the other party's analysis is very reasonable.

Because the newspapers that published George Northam's articles had a good influence, the 'gunslinger' view had quite a big impact on the public.

The box office battle in the summer season is very fierce, and once there is an opportunity to hit competitors, other film companies will definitely be willing to add fuel to the fire, so in just a few days, the doubts in the media gradually increased, and Columbia had to pay attention to this matter and urgently contact Eric to discuss countermeasures.

"Perhaps, we can sue the film critic named George Northen for defamation," said one executive in the room.

The management of the legal department shook his head and retorted: "We have already considered this method, it is difficult to work, and the federal court will not even accept our lawsuit." George Northam is so shrewd that his essay is more like a professional paper, and he doesn't explicitly state that it wasn't shot by Eric, he's always hinting at it, and it's very convincing, and to be honest, I can't help but believe it if I hadn't just seen the filming process of a movie in the first place. ”

"Now, the most important thing is to clarify, and we can't let that continue to ferment. ”

"It's easy to say, but it's not easy to do, you say, how can we clarify it for Eric, should we let the TV station broadcast Eric's filming live? We've also found some news photos from the original shooting process, but unfortunately, there are a lot of photos of Cruise, Hanks, and even Brooke Shields, but Eric's photos are very few and not very convincing at all. ”

Just when everyone was a little worried, Eric, who was late because he was delayed by some things, pushed the door and walked into the conference room, still holding a cardboard box in his arms.

"Sorry, guys, for the delay in preparing these things. Eric apologized to the crowd and sat down.

Everyone couldn't help but turn their eyes to the small box that Eric had placed on the conference table.

Eric noticed the puzzled gazes of everyone and took the initiative to explain: "Oh, these are some tapes, which were filmed by that little girl from Drew who went to the set several times to visit the class, fiddling with the camera. ”