Chapter 113: The thief shouts to catch the thief
There is a common problem in science fiction films, that is, those who like it will like it very much, and those who don't like it will not feel it at all. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoTake the classic "Star Wars" series of movies with the largest fan base as an example, loyal fans are even willing to spend their money on movie merchandise and bother to collect all kinds of gadgets, and there will always be a few friends around them who can't watch "Star Wars" and feel that this behavior is brain-dead.
Although "This Man is from Earth" is a soft sci-fi main setting, it is indeed a sci-fi movie, so it faces the same situation: those who love it will hold it up to the sky, and those who don't like it will devalue it. Angela was dragged to the cinema by her boyfriend, but after more than a hundred minutes, she only had one feeling, the movie was really cool, but she couldn't catch those points at all, "Why should we waste two hours here, go shopping, buy some clothes and eat something, isn't it?"
Reggie has already watched it with his friends once, and the second time he watched it, he still thought "This Man is from Earth" was very good, and the reason why he brought his girlfriend to the cinema was to share good works, but unfortunately this woman's head was always filled with new clothes and food. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look down, and sure enough, the woman with big breasts was ...... Fa extricated himself, "Okay, you're right, what are we going to eat for the night?"
"There's a new Italian restaurant on the Upper West Side, and Gina went with her boyfriend last week, and I heard it was a good deal. Angela took out her make-up mirror to touch up her makeup, and although the air conditioning was on in the movie theater, she still sweated a lot, and she had spent two hours of makeup in the morning.
Some of the news that flowed out of the South by Southwest conference has been collected by various media in advance, and the audience who participated in the test screening event at the beginning have received quite good reviews, so even if they receive the benefits that must die, film critics dare not step on "This Man from Earth" to death as soon as they come up. But after the first-day box office statistics came out, they couldn't suppress their unicorn arms, a movie that only sold $110,000 at the box office on the first day, they said it was a bad movie, and the people would definitely believe it, so they were in a very relaxed mood when typing the movie review.
In the United States, film critics rely on traditional news media to survive, and major newspapers are their main battlefield, and after writing film reviews, they will send them to relevant newspapers to publish them, and the manuscript fee is usually not too bad, as for operating official accounts, big Vs and other things are difficult to be recognized in the United States.
Apparently the success of the first film and the title of Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival carried young Paul a little carried away, and the whole story of "This Man is from Earth" is completely unbelievable with its lengthy and uninteresting dialogue and unexplained long shots. The author can say here that our director has entered the wrong profession, and he should be rehearsing plays in the university's drama club instead of coming out to make movies. ”
Kimon Lee looked at what he wrote with satisfaction, as long as it was a movie that didn't give him a red envelope, he had to step on it, Liang Baoguang didn't show his due posture, and of course he had to teach a good lesson as a veteran in the industry. Although he didn't go to the cinema to watch "This Man from Earth" in its entirety, he was able to make a complete film review after reading the articles written by his peers. Picking up the phone and calling the editor he knew well, he was relieved to confirm that the other party had received the email, and the New York Post still had many readers.
Critics were divided into two lines, with some criticizing "This Man from Earth" as rubbish, while others insisted that it was an epoch-making masterpiece. Obviously, the number of people in the latter is really not enough compared to the former, so the argument between the two sides has been unequal, and when the deniers spread the argument that "you can still say good things in the face of such a bad movie, it must be a benefit", they are a little weak to refute it.
The situation of thieves shouting to catch thieves is too common, and whoever has more people and who shouts loudly and who holds the mouthpiece is right, the box office of "This Man from Earth" not only did not rise the next day, but directly fell to more than 90,000 US dollars, which made the Blue Bird Film Studio talk a lot.
"Sika, it doesn't seem to be going well for the new OPPA movie. As soon as Tiffany and S.M said that they were invited to participate in the film in the United States, they were immediately released, and she was about to go to New York to participate in the filming of "Burst Drummer", so she was naturally very concerned about Liang Baoguang's related news.
"If it doesn't go well, it won't go well, and our debut won't go well. Jessica replied lazily.
S.M Entertainment's resources are the best among the three major agencies in the music industry, and there are giants like Samsung Group standing behind them, giving them an advantage that the other two can't match, according to the strategic layer's expectations, Girls' Generation should be an instant hit with the support of their predecessors, but the fact is that the market doesn't buy it. Now the existence of the predecessors has become an obstacle, and the fairy queen and the Lan family, who are willing to empty their pockets for them, do not love the house and Wu, but regard the girlhood as an enemy, making the nine girls have a very difficult time now.
"Ah, how can I say that people also take good care of you sisters, the new movie "Burst Drummer" is written especially for you. "If you want to say that you don't envy and jealousy, it must be false, Jessica's cold personality and popularity are so high, it's just because of her beauty, even as her best friend Tiffany, she is quite unhappy, and she and Kim Taeyeon are getting closer and closer after joining the "SuperGirls" project.
"Cut, you're in a hurry, is he you?" Because of Kim Tae-hee's matter, Jessica was not happy, and she was even more angry when she was noisy by Tiffany, so the tone of her speech at this time was very bad, but she also seemed to notice her own problem and eased her expression, "You don't know him at all, I've seen this guy eat his hands, but I really haven't seen the way he suffers." ”
"That's right. Because it was not released simultaneously in South Korea, Tiffany did not have the opportunity to go into the theater to see it, and could only learn about this slightly strange name through film reviews. The power of the media lies in its ability to influence people's thoughts, and she can't be as confident in Liang Baoguang as Jessica, so she can't help but be influenced by those film reviews, "This movie didn't have a premiere, and it didn't come up with a strong publicity offensive, and this weird lake always makes people worry about whether he fell out with Sony classic movies." ”
"Probably. Jessica understands Liang Baoguang's temper, he is not willing to accommodate others at all when he is not happy, and when the movie was announced on the Sony classic movie, she knew that the relationship between the two parties must be stiff, and sure enough, such a problem occurred.
Tiffany scratched her head, she was about to go to New York to "contribute" to Liang Baoguang's movie, and naturally hoped to come back in a beautiful way, but the direction of things was very different from what she expected, but she was just a little idol who had just debuted, and she couldn't change anything, "Now film critics in the United States generally look down on "This Man is from Earth", and some film critics give very poor reviews. ”
Jessica took the laptop that Tiffany usually hid under the bed, and the agents and assistants didn't dare to take it out before looking at it, and pursed her lips disdainfully, "These are all brainless bad comments, just ignore them, and said that under the influence of the last work and the best director at the Cannes Film Festival, "This Man is from Earth" is obviously his debut, and he was still studying when he made this movie. ”
In addition to Jessica's unconditional trust in Liang Baoguang, Liang Gesheng and Yun Jingyi can sit still, and other friends, whether they are "friends", have expressed concern about the setback of his new movie. Scarlett Johansson and Kim Tae-hee asked him how he was feeling, and Natalie Portman talked to him on the phone for more than two hours, and even wanted to visit New York in person.
Natalie Portman cares about Liang Baoguang's attitude, he has been silent for the past two days and has not done any movie promotion at all, which makes her suspect that he has lost his enthusiasm for movies. She has invested a lot in Liang Baoguang, if she fails for other reasons, she won't take it too seriously, but if she loses for subjective reasons, she can't accept it.
Natalie Portman didn't expect Liang Baoguang's agreement with Sony's classic movies to be so strange, but even if she knew it, she didn't approve of Liang Baoguang's approach at this time, "You still have to mix in the film industry in the future, because of the momentary gamble, the Waterloo of a movie outweighs the loss, and people will definitely talk about your debut when they talk about you in the future, if it is too ugly at the box office, it will affect your historical positioning." ”
"It's too early to talk about historical positioning. Liang Baoguang is like a rookie who has only played two games now, even if the draft pick is higher than others, it is not good to consider his position in the Hall of Fame in his rookie season, "And I won't joke about my future, I have already had a plan to deal with it, but now is not the time for me to exert my strength." ”
Liang Baoguang showed an indifferent attitude, Sony's classic movies are also immovable, the results of one or two movies have little impact on the reputation of their entire company, and this movie didn't cost them a penny, even if it was only one or two million box office, it recovered the cost of allocating theaters, so they were not in a hurry. Teaching disobedient filmmakers a lesson is a common method used by film companies to establish their prestige, and although they are very confused about Liang Baoguang's attitude, they can't see the problem, and can only take it as a sign that he has given up treatment.
Liang Baoguang didn't care about Sony's classic movies at all, at this time, he only had to die in his eyes, and he couldn't smile at the knife he stabbed in the dark.