Los Angeles is home to the largest Chinese population in the United States, and after the release of "Interstellar", it immediately triggered a frenzy of movie-watching among these people, directly boosting the box office to collect 58 million over the weekend, ranking third at the box office in the first week. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

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David Thomson is a professional film critic in North America.

As vice president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, David has rarely written film reviews himself.

The status has arrived, coupled with the rise of comic book adaptations in recent years, there are few movies that interest him.

However, no matter how much status you have, you still need to eat!

So, I accepted the invitation of Disney and wrote a film review about "Interstellar".

With the prosperity of self-media in recent years, the voice of film critics is no longer as stable as before, but the status is still there, especially when the awards season comes!

In an Imperial Theater in the eastern suburbs of Los Angeles, in a traditionally affluent district, film critic David Thomson sits in a waiting area, waiting for his film to begin.

As a professional film critic, he can enjoy the treatment of watching films for free, and when the time is up, he walks into the theater and chooses a relatively backward position at random, so that he can leave the film at any time after it starts.

In front of him, there sat two ordinary fans, one of whom seemed to have watched "Interstellar", and was talking endlessly to the other.

"First of all, I want to say sorry, after all, it is a science fiction movie shot by Chinese! I was not optimistic about Interstellar beforehand. Therefore, the word-of-mouth that received most praise after the release of the film was somewhat unexpected. ”

Hearing this voice, David Thomson took out his notebook and took out a pen again, ready to write down the fan's opinion, "Until I watched this film in the theater in the morning, I must admit: such a deep science fiction movie is really difficult!"

"You are a typical race, can't we Chinese make good science fiction films?"

That friend of his was supposed to be Chinese.

"Then you give me an example!"

“…”

David Thomson smiled, what a funny conversation!

At the beginning of the movie, David relaxes his mood and prepares to read the beginning, then leaves, finds a random bar for a drink, and then chats with a friend, and when he goes back in the evening, he writes the movie review.

Very normal work schedule.

After all, there aren't many movies that can make critics see from beginning to end!

In most movies, as long as you see the beginning, you can guess the general ending.

Moreover, the editorial office of the magazine or newspaper that feeds the article often has specific requirements for their film reviews.

Normally, the big six studios will go directly to the editor-in-chief of some major newspapers and tell them what kind of reviews they want, good or bad.

Of course, big newspapers also have a bottom line, if the reputation of a film's test screening is too poor, no matter how much public relations work is done, the newspaper's comment column will not be able to give real praise.

But if it doesn't exceed the bottom line of the editorial department, the test screening is okay, and the film will not seriously drag down the reputation of the newspaper, it will be much easier!

"Interstellar" has a good reputation, but sci-fi movies have never been a favorite movie category for critics, so most critics rarely get to watch the whole movie, so the most common words in their film reviews are 'The movie is not bad, the picture is beautiful, but the props are really a bit old!'

Why don't you introduce more about the movie?

They've only seen the beginning!

Not to mention the festivals of these film critics and the like, the most professional box office estimator in North America, "Box Office Magazine" gave the final North American box office of 220 million tickets, as for the global box office, it did not give specific data, the reason is that 'director Shen Lin has a lot of influence in China, and it is impossible to predict what kind of box office potential this "Interstellar" will burst out!'

It's not all good news, as Salon magazine said that the dialogue in "Interstellar" is ridiculous, like astronaut Romilly explaining to the male protagonist Coopa what a wormhole is before they are about to pass through it.

If Cooper really is NASA's only hope, a brilliant astronaut, why does he need someone to explain to him what a wormhole is?

The most brilliant line in "Interstellar" is undoubtedly "Don't Walk Gently Into That Good Night" by British poet Dylan Thomas, but other than that, it's hard to believe that this is the work of Simon, who wrote Mad Men!

There's also the fact that the main character, Coopa, has two children, but most of the time the audience won't realize it. Because Shen Lin brushed aside "unimportant son Tom". Oscar nominee Kathy Affleck plays just a grumpy, bearded man here. At the end of the movie, Coopa is reunited with his daughter, and the unimportant Tom has been completely forgotten.

……

Shen Lin got on the plane back to China.

Matthew McConaughey and Scarlett Johansson were also on the plane.

"Shen, will the Chinese audience like me?"

Matthew had never been to China, and he was a little curious about the other side of the ocean, and of course, more worried.

"Matthew, don't worry, you are an Oscar winner, this name is very popular!"

Shen Lin rolled his eyes a little helplessly.

Scarlett smiled secretly.

She doesn't need to worry about her popularity, her sisters often come to China, and she has already experienced the enthusiasm of Chinese fans!

"Shen, "Interstellar" has a box office of close to 50 million US dollars in China, and your popularity in China is so high?"

Cook said, holding the latest newspaper and pointing to a piece of news on it.

"This is still not a lot of publicity, I estimate that the box office of this film in China can reach 300 million US dollars!"

Shen Lin smiled confidently.

This is his confidence in himself, and he also has strong confidence in the promotion of light!

In addition, during this time, "Please Answer 1990" was hotly launched, which naturally played a role in promotion!

"If this film does make $300 million at the box office in China, I'll consider dating you!"

Scarlett said abruptly.

Shen Lin was taken aback: "I have a girlfriend!"

"Who cares!"

Well, you foreigners are!

"I think it's a good point of publicity!"

Cook looked at Scarlett, then at Shen Lin, and said, "It can bring a lot of topics to the movie!"

"No! No, there have been scandals involving many celebrities in our country recently, and I don't want to be pointed at by netizens!

Shen Lin hurriedly waved his hand, if he really wanted to be like Cook said, then he and Scarlett would hype up, not to mention whether the fans could accept it, the key Yingbao would definitely not agree.

"Don't worry, this movie has a score of 9.2 points, a very high score, I have close to 60 million fans, and the box office will definitely not be bad!"