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When Theolod flew back from the Caribbean after his vacation, he was waiting for not only some avid fans who picked him up, but also a group of reporters who couldn't wait. Theorod, who is too smooth on the road of acting, has made these reporters who are trying to dig up some other news wait for a long time to wait for such a good opportunity, judging from the public reputation and this week's box office, "Fight Club" is likely to become Theorod's bad movie!
Unfortunately, he went on vacation so coincidentally that they didn't get a first-hand picture of him, and they don't know what he thought about it. Now that he has finally returned to China, of course these professional reporters have to squat and block people.
Even if Marshall greeted Natle and asked him to take Theolod through the VIP tunnel, there was still a group of reporters on the short road to the SUV outside the tunnel. When they saw Theorod, they immediately rushed to the crowd and shouted:
"Theo, look over here!"
"Theo, do you know what happened to Fight Club this week?"
"Theo, do you have any thoughts on Mr. Thorpe's evaluation?"
"Theo, how was your holiday?"
Of course, the last question is just a polite sentence, and no one really cares if he goes on vacation to the Caribbean or not, but they think it's probably unpleasant, after all, the movie he starred in can't last the second week and suffers a big defeat, and no one will have a good time.
In the face of the group of reporters who were like jackals, tigers and leopards, Theolod not only let the bodyguards surround him, but let them protect Natle's family and Maggie, and he was also like Maggie's personal bodyguard, tightly supporting Maggie's body. On several occasions, the "" reporters stabbed the microphone directly into his arm, or eagerly grabbed the corner of his clothes, and Nattle frowned, but he still calmly put his family on the SUV, closed the door, and only looked at the group of people.
The reporter thought that he would leave without saying a word, but he didn't expect that he didn't follow Maggie into the car, but stayed outside the car with a posture of "ask whatever you want, I'll listen", and immediately became excited. They really love this actor who treats reporters and the media with an unexpectedly good temper.
Seeing that Theolod hadn't gotten into the car yet, Natel wanted to press him straight up, but he made a gesture to him to calm down. In desperation, he had to be vigilant by his side, and as soon as these reporters asked too tricky questions, they immediately isolated him from the crowd and bought him a chance to get on the bus.
"You're here and asking me how my holiday was? You guys are so sweet, I'm having a great time, the beaches in the Caribbean are so beautiful. Theolod chose this polite question as his opening remarks, and the reporters didn't take this answer to heart, they all knew that this kid was good at pulling in the distance between the two when facing reporters, and his emotional intelligence was particularly high, maybe he just wanted to ease the atmosphere this time.
But Theorod doesn't seem to be planning to end the conversation about vacations just like that. He still has a warm smile on his face, like every returning tourist who has just returned from a wonderful vacation, and when others mention it, his eyes always flash with nostalgia and pleasure, and that light makes Theorod's eyes look as blue and clear as the Caribbean sea.
"We first spent a few days on the island of Torola, where the inhabitants were very welcoming and very simple, and once we went to the fruit market, and a lovely local girl gave me a mango, and I didn't know how to give it back, so I gave her a beautiful pebble that I had picked up from the bottom of the sea, but instead of disgusting, she made it into a necklace. The next day, she and her friends would greet us in a friendly way, and every day you lived there you could be touched by the rustic friendship and warmth of the locals, which was a very happy thing. ”
What kind of enthusiasm and simplicity, that's when the little girl sees that you look good-looking and handsome, so she will give you fruit, if it is a crooked melon and cracked dates, the dwarf and poor walk over, I am afraid that the girl will not look at it. Many reporters slandered in their hearts. Why are you talking about this, they don't want to listen to your travelogue!
"West ......"
Some reporters tried to interrupt him, but Theolod didn't pay attention to the other party, but suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he looked at them with a smile: "By the way! You can't guess who I met over there." ”
“…… Who is it? You say, you say. "Journalists have to cope.
"Christian Bale, he's my neighbor, we met by chance while diving, and we stumbled upon our villa on the same shore, and the next day, we went to Puerto Rico together. That's a coincidence, isn't it, folks? I'll tell you a little secret, Chris in the water is more attractive than he is on screen. ”
Who did you meet? Christian Bale? Oh yes, he seems to have just finished filming "Killing Cop" and was on a break, and unsurprisingly with his girlfriend Hibbi Blachik. Yes, it's a coincidence that the two of you can meet, but are you so excited? You don't seem to have anything to do with him before, right? Well, they don't want to know this, the next one.
"We spent the next few days in Puerto Rico, and every day I would go surfing, diving, going on an adventure in the rainforest, and kiteing with Chris...... However, Hibby always made him available, and the relationship between the two of them was enviable. ”
Nonsense, you don't look at when people have been together since then, and they haven't been tired of it for five years now. The reporters rolled their eyes silently, they always felt that they had overlooked something, and when they looked at the SUV behind Theorod, it suddenly dawned on them -
"Oh, speaking of that enviable couple, Theo, haven't you met the girl you like? It seems that you and your grandmother are not the only ones who are on vacation with you this time!" a female reporter asked in a loud voice, if nothing else, there was also a brown-haired young girl who was sent to the car by Theorod's bodyguards just now!
"That's right, Theo, why don't you talk about the girl in your car? Who is she? What is your relationship?"
Seeing that the reporter began to coax, Nattel's face turned black as soon as he brushed it. He was just about to step forward and blast away the group of reporters who had nothing to do, but Theorod raised his hand to stop him.
"You're talking about the girl with curly brown hair, big bright eyes, a sweet smile and a pair of dimples, who looks like a doll and a little angel?"
Listening to Theorod's gentle tone, which was so gentle that it could overflow water, and looking at the suspiciously sweet smile on his face as if he was mentioning his beloved, these reporters immediately left "Fight Club" behind, kept nodding their heads, and stared at Theorod excitedly like a hungry wolf staring at a little lamb.
"You really want to know my baby girl?"
"That's right!" "Look at this title, look at this title! Who would believe it!" The reporter continued to nod.
"Well, in fact, I don't want to expose her to the media too early, after all, she is still young, and I don't want to affect her private life, so before I and Nattle were consciously or unintentionally avoiding her, this is for the sake of her growth......"
What the are you going around, please hurry up, okay!" The anxious reporter almost grabbed Theolod by the neck and made him spit it out.
"Actually, we grew up together. ”
Oh oh oh! Childhood sweethearts! The reporters' eyes are green.
"When I was a kid, I went to Nattell's house to play and I always bumped into her because she was Nattell's sister. Before I became famous, we were close to each other like a family, and now Nat takes his mother and sister and I take my grandmother on vacation together, it's like a family trip. ”
…… Huh?
"I think with my relationship with Nattell, she is also my sister, and as her older brother, I have an obligation to protect her from the annoyance of media exposure, but we can't protect her for the rest of my life. ”
…… What?
"So, sir, if you want to chase her, you must pass me first, and then her brother Natel. Theorod stared solemnly at the male reporter who was the most screaming in the group, and pointed at himself with his thumb, and then at the black-faced Nattel beside him.
The male reporter was stupid, and so were the other reporters.
"Well, I wish it had been a longer vacation, but I have to come back and get back to my work," Theolod said, pausing, and the reporter, who was still confused, heard the word "work" and thought he was finally willing to talk about Fight Club, and immediately came back to his heart.
Theolod saw that they were drawing attention, and then continued, "After all, you see, I still have to continue to voice and Ed's directorial debut is about to start, and as a good friend, I have to support him, don't I? I kind of love working with him." Well, it's not early, Maggie is tired after a long flight back, we have to go home early, thank you for your warm welcome and greetings, goodbye. ”
Theolod politely beckoned to them, and walked leisurely into the car under the watchful eyes of the bewildered group of reporters.
Theolod is going to make a new movie again? When they agreed that he didn't want to take on any new scripts in the near future, he generously revealed that he was going to make a movie again?!Why didn't there be any news before?Wait, Ed's directorial debut?Who is Ed?Edward Norton?!The two of them are going to work together again! Or when the future of "Fight Club" is uncertain!
Wait! At that moment, these reporters finally remembered the grief and indignation that they had once been teased by Gao Shuangshang's "" -- "Fight Club"! Theorod had just said so much, and they had listened to so many things silently, but none of them had anything to do with "Fight Club"! Theorod, come back, don't go!
In this regard, their "master" Theo said that only by casting a wide net can they fish more. When the attention of this group of reporters is swept away by too much information, who can remember what their original purpose was? It just so happens that he has signed a contract, and Marshall will soon inform the media about his new film, so it is better to let him use this opportunity to promote it.
After the weekly box office of the second week came out, it once again pushed "Fight Club" to the forefront - 32.67 million box office, which seems to be good, nearly 1 million more than last week, but the problem is that last week was a three-day result, and this week? This is a full seven-day result! In such a comparison, the second week of "Fight Club" fell badly enough.
However, among the various voices of the media following the trend, there are also a few people who have been trying to justify the name of "Fight Club", some of them are critics, some are ordinary netizens, they will go to the cinema again and again to support their favorite movies and stars, and then get different insights from watching the movies again and again.
Among them was Roger Ebert, who came back from his fifth movie, watched the weekly box office of the second week of "Fight Club", and wrote his fifth film review under the desk lamp in the early morning, and this time he decided to write a long review instead of the previous four short reviews.
At the moment, he can memorize almost every line in the movie that impresses him, and he thinks that this way he is qualified to dissect every character, especially Taylor, who combines all decadence and rebellion.
“…… When the film is no longer witty, witty and light-hearted, it is thought that Taylor is leading everything to savage, brutal, endless senseless violence, and the film seems to hint at this to the audience, and all the turning points are almost focused on Taylor, when Jack's fist swings at Taylor's abdomen at Taylor's instigation, everything goes in an uncontrollable direction. ”
"But is that really what the movie is trying to tell us, to promote violence and anarchism? Is that really what Taylor's character is all about? I've always believed that every character has a reason for his own existence, especially Taylor. Unfortunately, he is too cunning and withdrawn for us to catch his shadow, and whenever I see him, I always ask myself, do I really know him?"
Actually, when we see him as Jack's reaction to the world, it becomes very obvious that Theorod knows how to portray Taylor as a charismatic and dangerous personality rather than a human being. As a nascent personality, he doesn't understand Jack's complexity, but he knows that he exists to influence and protect Jack. He was born in this decadent world, and Jack's various grievances and reluctance all collapsed on him, which made him extreme, violent, moody and casual. ”
"Taylor once said, 'When we have nothing, we are free'. This proposition has bothered me for a long time in the previous four times, because the members of the fight club are not really free as he says, maybe they are free to vent their emotions, maybe their behavior has become uncontrollable, but they are still subject to Taylor, subject to his thoughts. ”
"It's a place that has been much debated and criticized lately, but if you really know Taylor, then you know what a dangerous man he really is at speaking and agitating. His real intention was not to give the members of the fight club so-called freedom, never, he was not looking at the individual, but the whole. ”
“…… Taylor's speech in the middle of the movie stuck with me for a long time. Forced by this so-called life, this expectation and dream is degenerated, and it becomes a false dream bubble brought to us by the material society, numbly living, numbly working for others, and we become a forgotten generation. That's right, who was not a forgotten generation at the end of the twentieth century? People have no goals, work only to live, pressure comes from the pursuit of fame and fortune, when the members of the fight club are increasing, this small microcosm shows the confusion of millions of people......"
“…… This film is more about the debate about social issues than the simple split personality story and character behavior, which people dismiss as violent garbage, but what they reject may be the naked/naked, blood-soaked social phenomenon that we don't want to face. When you really understand him, you understand this movie, you don't think that this movie has a hypnotic effect. ”
"The sudden turn of events over the past week has given me some speculation that while the more sophisticated will be able to read the arguments in the clash of characters, I suspect that the audience prefers to put the answers in front of the story succinctly than to discuss. Sure, they'll buy tickets for Theorod and Norton, but more people will see the film as a celebration of violence than a discussion of Taylor's moral philosophy and dissection of social issues. ”
"It's a sad thing, whether it's the movie ticket money they spent and didn't get the real thing, or the unparalleled performance of the two lead actors. Sean Thorpe said that "Fight Club" portends a big failure in Theolod's acting career and a loss of acting skills, but from what I've seen, it would be a big failure without him as Taylor, and this talented actor reassures me as always. ”
Norton is also surprisingly able to have chemistry with the powerful Theorod - Theorod perfectly shows Taylor, who grows more and more radical as Jack's mood changes, and Norton also does a great job of interpreting Jack, who is gradually changing under Taylor's influence. The relaxed rivalry between Theorod and Norton and the 'storm center' Theorod who dominates the audience are also the highlights of this movie......"
After commenting on the performance of the leading actor and director, Roger Ebert made the following conclusion: "...... I don't know why there are always people who like to think of Fight Club as a 'politically wrong' unconventional movie, and if you don't think it's because of its violence, eroticism, and anarchism, then you need to take a closer look at the movie, what Fincher wants to tell, what Theolod and Norton say, is in it. ”
This film review, in its entirety, is longer than any previous film review by Roger Ebert. From lines to characters, from filming techniques to actors' performances, from lighting to sets, little by little, he gradually dissected "Fight Club" and published it in the New York Times, which occupied almost the entire section of the newspaper.
For Ibbert's rare and more honest behavior, many fans gradually beat the drum in their hearts - this film review undoubtedly made them understand "Fight Club" thoroughly, and even if they didn't, they understood seven/eight points, so, is this movie really as he said, not so bad?
Of course, there are also many people who jump out to refute Ebert's over-interpretation, such as Sean Thorpe, who was named by him, and film critics who supported Ebert also immediately stood up in support, and for a while, the topic of "Fight Club" gradually shifted from the box office crash to the meaning of the movie, and the onlookers were dizzy.
Maybe you don't know the truth until you look at it a few more times.
So, uncontrollably, in the third week, the weekly box office performance of "Fight Club" rose instead of falling, and directly rose to 40.27 million, undisputedly winning the box office championship of the week again! 166 Reading Network