Chapter 968: "in.the.end"
Walking out of the "Huaxia Theater", the fat man Eddie, who was sitting next to Cheng Xiaoyu, immediately updated his "whisper": "This is a surprising enough 'horror movie', just the ending song is worth a ticket price, highly recommended." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”
He searched for "scary.movie" on "whispering" again, but few of them were related to today's movie, he was eager to discuss some interesting details about the movie with others, Eddie wanted to know some information about the ending song, searched for the single title "in.the.end" that appeared at the end of the credits, there was no relevant information, and searched for the band name "guilty.crown" but there was no gain.
This made Eddie a little surprised, and turned to his friend and said, "Hey, Walker, can you believe it? I can't find information about such a powerful band on the Internet! It's incredible......
"Did you misspell the word?" 'guilty.crown'...... Are you sure you're playing this ......"
"Of course ......."
"Maybe it's some rookie band......" Fat Eddie's best friend said with a shrug as he looked at his phone screen. The reason why it can't be searched is because Americans translate Cheng Xiaoyu's "Guilty Crown" as "The.crown.of.sin", while Cheng Xiaoyu uses "guilty.crown" (original guilty crown), after all, this is the official English name of the anime "Guilty Crown".
Fat Eddie took out the car keys from his pocket and pressed the unlock button, his Chevrolet off-road lights flashed and chirped twice, Eddie turned his head and asked, "What do you think of this movie?"
Walkla said with a smile: "It's funny, although it's vulgar, but in fact, the director is still very thoughtful, and I will buy a set when the DVD is released, and carefully study how many movie stalks are used in it...... Truth be told, the ending credits are a bit of a waste for this movie...... Of course, it's not that the movie isn't good enough, but the ending song gave me a big shock...... I can't wait to get this song on my phone........"
Eddie bent down and squeezed into his seat, laboriously fastened his seatbelt, and said, "Me too...... The ending song is awesome, but I haven't heard of the director or the band, so I knew it wouldn't be too bad to come up with a movie with such a creative commercial......."
"The funniest scene is where the two black people were killed in the movie theater, and I felt like my smiling face was sour......"
"Where is it good, but the ending is more exciting, especially complaining about Director Peter, it makes me laugh to death, this director must have had a holiday with Director Peter, and he really spares no effort to be black here...... No, I have to recommend Garcia to come and see them...... Before, they said it must be a bad movie......"
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After Eddie got home, he began to watch "Whisper" and "Rotten Tomatoes" on the Internet, the movie called "Scary.movie", which showed a polarized reputation on the first night, and the general audience who watched "Scary.movie" unanimously gave praise, and the "Scary.movie" and the Avengers discussion group was full of praise, especially for the ending song "in.the.end" , almost to the point where no one does not say good.
"Whisper" user Stewart commented: "There are a lot of spoofed movies including "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", "American Theory", "48 Hours", "Frightening Night", "Demon School", "Murder on the Orient Express", and other classic horror films. Fearful of the interlocking deadly killings and eerie low music, you're sure to remember a classic scene or two, because it seems to happen to you at any time. And this director likes to play with memes, each meme is a mockery of Hollywood horror films, but it would be wrong to think that it is just a simple spoof, although the plot and dialogue are vulgar, but it is very meaningful, and it mocks many current social phenomena. With a lot of watching as a base, when you spoof with Scream, you'll get the same thrill as the magic trick. That's right, the severed arms and stumps are nothing more than rubber products, and the blood and rotten flesh are only extracted from animals, and the director can use them to create a carnival feast if he wants. And those female ghosts with long hair and pretentious tricks are actually just ordinary girls, if you have the intention to provoke, they will give up their appearance and show their vivid human side. If you love to be frightened, watch more than 50 horror movies and remember the bloody scenes and death traps, if you hate middle-class life and all pretentiousness and hypocrisy, if you just live a dull life and try to laugh unscrupulously, then this movie called Scary.movie is for you. It will bring you to see through the simplicity and absurdity behind the horror movies, and see through the filth, embarrassment and unbearableness under the surface of middle-class life. In the end, this movie must see the ending, and you will be blown away by the ending song....."
This comment has received the most likes so far, and many netizens have published: "This is the most surprising movie of the year, countless .......times stronger than "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and other comments, of course, not many people have seen it at this time, and this statement has not caused any waves.
"Spoofs also require technical content, and this movie is not intended to be the best spoof movie at the moment, but I didn't expect this movie to be shot by an Asian American..... The ending of "in.the.end" is a big praise....... It's a pity that I don't have a download address right now, and for this ending song, I want to watch "Scary.movie" again......"
"It's not just a spoof, the plot is also worth playing! Who would have thought that the murderer was actually a dumb!"
"Although I don't know which films I spoofed, it's very funny, it's just a bit low-level fun!!"
"My boyfriend and I couldn't stop laughing, and although some of the images were disgusting, they were really funny....... In addition, I asked for the ending song download and the name of the band, but I searched just now and didn't find ......."
Of course, it was not without dissenting opinions, and there were quite a few disdainful comments.
"I don't know what kind of mentality is to say that it is good-looking, I don't think there is anything more vulgar and worse than this......."
"The funny jokes are really a bit clumsy, and the director thinks he is clever in using all kinds of bridges and movie plots, but he is disgusting....."
But these critical comments are only a very few, in addition to the discussion on "whispers", the love of ordinary audiences for it is also reflected on "Rotten Tomatoes", the comments are full of words such as "it's so funny", "horror movies can make people laugh and tears is also a kind of strength", "one of the best movies of the year" and so on.
Although only 77 theaters screened on the first night, "Rotten Tomatoes" included 91 film reviews, of which 23 were fresh, but 68 were rotten, and the freshness of popular film reviews was 78%, but the freshness of well-known film critics was only 25%, and the contrast between the two was a strong contrast.
Apparently those critics think that "scary.movie" is not even a movie worth watching, not to mention that it is not a good movie, and Hollywood Movie Weekly film critic Emerson commented: "Except for the ending song that is amazing and the female characters are all beautiful, the others are a bit of a mess, this movie is nothing at all! It has no logic for the sake of being funny, and the story is also very poor, which makes people think that this is a very inferior spoof film." Although there are spoofs of various horror movie techniques, classic plots and modes, some of them are too much, making people feel as uncomfortable as eating flies, and some of the jokes can really make people laugh, but the scenes are full of disgusting kisses, which is really unlikeable. ”
USA Today's special columnist John Smith and Peter Copra, who are close friends, wrote: "The stupid and perverse Scary.movie, with its self-righteous jokes and mockery, really makes people think that this is a very vulgar movie, especially the malicious mockery of the horror film Peter Copra, which makes people think that the director is suspected of kidnapping and hype, and I really don't recommend everyone to watch it." ”
Yahoo Entertainment's William Henry commented: "Scary.movie is outrageous, entertaining, and a spoof movie that makes people laugh from beginning to end, but it's also vulgar, debauched and stupid, as a rookie director, it's a bit of a pity to make a debut with such a work, this movie is actually very thoughtful, but the director is funny for the sake of being funny, a little too much, and the only advantage may be that the ending song is worth listening to......."
But none of this stopped "Scary.movie" from becoming the center of the conversation, and the public's curiosity about the movie, which was not mentioned by name in the promotion, only increased the audience's curiosity after the polarization of the audience's evaluation with the critics.
Because the first day was full, and even the second day of movie tickets were sold, the number of movie theaters for "Scary.movie" on the second day increased from 77 to 396, and on the third day it rose to 952, and as the number of moviegoers gradually increased, the online controversy became more and more intense.
Especially when someone broke out that this was the Chinese director who had a conflict with Peter Copla, the resulting discussion occupied the entire film and entertainment forum, after all, Peter Copla has also been in Hollywood for so many years, accumulating a large number of fans and contacts, at this time, Peter Copla's fans and fans of "Scary.movie" fought together, hyping the topic even hotter, and countless magazines and newspapers couldn't bear to be lonely and joined the war group.
Of course, the position of the media is very clear, that is, criticism, this is a Chinese film, this movie is too vulgar, he has contradictions with horror film masters like Peter Kopla, maybe they also charge a little public relations fee.
"This movie is a farce created by the cunning Chinese people, what is vulgar and humorous, laughing to your headache, you don't know the movie at all, except for forcible patchwork, and malicious ridicule, I really can't see any excellent ....... in this movie" - "Independent Film Weekly"
The Los Angeles Journal commented: "Obviously I don't find pleasure in this film, these vulgar jokes and jokes make me embarrassed to watch, and as for the memes and plagiarized clips, you call it sarcasm, I call it mockery..... It's just superficial and disgusting...... The masses were just deceived by this pornographic joke patchwork movie........"
But no matter how bad the film reviews are, it still can't stop countless audiences who want to watch the movie from pouring into the cinema to watch the Hollywood debut of this explosive Chinese director.
By the end of the first week, "Scary.Movie" had expanded to 2,156 theaters, and by this time Universal was already full of confidence that this dark horse movie had grossed hundreds of millions.
Although the word-of-mouth polarization is somewhat serious, from October 30th to November 6th, "scary.movie" earned 8.93 million box office in a week, ranking seventh on the box office list! It also became the first place in the best opening result of this year's R-rated comedy, and the previous record was held by the 31.25 million of "The Second Wedding" in the summer vacation.
In first place is "Sea Raiders" directed by Miller Martinezdo, but it has 2728 theaters and has received 28.41 million box office, and its evaluation reputation is much better than "scary.movie", "Rotten Tomatoes" included reviews, well-known film critics have a freshness of 81%, and an audience liking of 63%,
In second place is "Star Wars", which was released one day earlier than "Scary.movie", and "Star Wars", which was released in 2,511 theaters, swept away 27.15 million box office.
In third place is "The Law of Love" released in 2217 theaters, which won 18.4016 million box office, but its public film review freshness is only 31%, and there is a lot of scolding on the Internet, old-fashioned storylines, unchanged plots, and bad dialogues, if it weren't for the super popularity of the starring Moore Lopez, this movie wouldn't even be in the top ten.
Another new police film "Pursuit in the Line of Fire" released in 1921 theaters ranked fourth with a score of 13.24 million, followed by the animated film "Glacier" with 12.06 million, "Special Forces 3" with 9.7 million, and "Scary.movie" with a box office of 8.93 million in seventh place......
Although Cheng Xiaoyu's "Scary.movie" is only ranked seventh, you must know that it is only on the list in the first week, and its overall scheduling rate in the first week is not very high.
At the end of the first week, in the case of test screenings, the box office of 8.93 million was enough to make Cheng Xiaoyu, a Hollywood novice, feel proud, but Cheng Xiaoyu did not have the slightest hint of this number, this number did not make "Universal" feel the pressure at all, because the figure of 8.93 million US dollars is too far from 200 million, and after the end of the first week, no one thinks that Cheng Xiaoyu's movie can reach 200 million US dollars at the box office, which still seems to be an impossible task.
On Monday, NBC's "North American Box Office Charts" section was busy in the office, and the editor-in-chief, Alan Hill, was looking at the materials to edit out today's program, she looked at the computer screen, compared with the top 10 movies, and saw the promo films that needed to be made to those movies on TV, and Alan Hill couldn't help but frown when she saw "scary.movie" in seventh place.
This movie has been very controversial recently, Alan Hill tends to believe the judgment of most critics, this is not a good movie, most of the movies in Hollywood that have been criticized by everyone are bad movies, there is no doubt about this, it should be "Universal" marketing to rank seventh, so Alan Hill does not plan to cut the promotional video of this movie into the broadcast, but plans to put the name of the movie over.
But she didn't expect that her rough cut version seemed to give the film four minutes long, which puzzled her and called the editor-in-charge, Torres Turner.
When Torres Turner arrived at her office, Alan Hill tapped his pen on the table and said to him solemnly: "Torres, give me a reason, this 'Scary.movie' has neither a star star nor a famous director, why give him such a long time? I know you've always had a good relationship with Universal, but that's not a reason for you to do this......."
"Editor-in-chief, the reason why I did this is, firstly, because the movie is really good, and secondly, because the ending song of this movie is so good, there are four minutes, and it is entirely because of the ending song "in.the.end"......" Torres Turner said very seriously.
Alan Hill was not convinced, and with a cold snort, opened the video edited by Torres Turner and dragged it to the playback position of "Scary.Movie", where she was already planning to cut the clip.
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