Chapter 432: Declaration: The pirates are coming

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Oprah has been running a talk show in the United States for more than ten years, and has been popular for more than ten years and has many fans.

She wrote a film review for a commercial movie on her blog so bluntly, and did not hesitate to give all the praise to the role of Captain Jack Sparrow, and applauded Chen Tiandu's performance, so she almost pulled the banner to cheer for Chen Tiandu.

This kind of performance, compared with ordinary her, is really a bit "out of line".

But such praise is not unique to Oprah, and the guests who attended the premiere last night all gave them words of praise.

"Because the horizon has always been there. You want to get there, but you never get there. That's it, it's hard to give up. ”

Writing the first sentence of the film review on his blog, Ellen DeGianis said: "I read a book written by a French sailor and when asked why he chose to be a sailor who has been adrift, the sailor replied. So, Captain Jack's last words were: Now set off towards the horizon, beyond the horizon, and it is the city in the sky! ”

I fell in love with this passage, and suddenly understood why Chen Tiandu, who had always suffered criticism, insisted so much on making this pirate-themed movie. I was touched by this passage. He said something in my heart. After so long, I was moved by this movie because of this passage. The horizon is freedom. ”

Bolliville, a reporter for the New York Times, has successfully turned from black to fan, and she is completely conquered by this film.

Chen Tiandu has proven his directing talent in several films, and the Oscar for Best Director is the highest award. However, in this "Pirates of the Caribbean", he showed his talent as an actor again. It was originally a solid script relationship in the triangle, but because of Chen Tiandu's interpretation of the role of Captain Jack Sparrow, it broke the conventions, broke the shackles, and broke the thoughts, and it became a completely one-man show. Even so, the result was still jaw-dropping, stunning, and couldn't help but give a standing ovation. ”

"Chen Tiandu relied on one-third of his personal role to successfully save pirate movies, and he only relied on his own strength to make pirate movies that had almost disappeared for half a century shine again!"

"There are many classic lines left in the film. I can't spoil them one by one, but I'll just say the two that impress me the most. Gregory the Dragon's most profound line is that I am Gregory. Great Gregory. However, Captain Jack Sparrow appears as a ruffian, and his actions are full of drama, and his words are full of humor, "Please call me Captain Jack!" It's also the same, and it's memorable. Doesn't it feel familiar. That's right, after all, the script was written by himself. ”

Los Angeles Times Professional Film Review:

"It's fun to revisit, and as a fantasy controller, there's absolutely no resistance to this kind of genre. I watched "Pirates of the Caribbean" again today just to see Captain Jack Sparrow.

This cunning and wise man is both good and evil. Not bound by the law. But he has his own moral bottom line, and he still has a good side in the bottom of his heart, a little good face, a little cautious, and a little neurotic, but in fact, he is very sober, and he doesn't care too much about wealth and rights, just pursuing freedom, adventure and the unknown......

It's really....both the advantages and disadvantages are very much to my liking, it's really not easy. ”

The Chicago Tribune also focused on Captain Jack:

"Captain Jack Sparrow's experience is the thirst for freedom in the blood and soul of the people at the bottom. He lives on the other side. has all kinds of bad things about little people, and he has great ambitions, but he doesn't have the courage to do things that break through the bottom line. It's like those who don't have the courage to break the rules in real life, who don't have the ability to sail alone. ”

"There's no doubt that people will fall for Jack Sparrow just because he's crazy enough for freedom. And we have been suppressing our sensibilities, we are too rational, even if we are drunk, we are sober. Reason can bring order to the world, but can reason bring us happiness? We mistakenly think that 'reason is higher than emotion'. But they forget that rationality is only meaningful when it returns to sensibility in the end. Only when we feel, listen, touch, and feel can we have impulses, can we be like a living person. ”

"It's like Jack Sparrow, 'Hit the horizon!' ”

"Entertainment Weekly" also gave a very high evaluation:

"Every boy has a dream when he was a child, in which he is an all-powerful pirate captain, with a three-foot knife at his waist, commanding a skeletal flag sailing ship, unrestrained in search of adventure and excitement on the sea. At that time, I may have been blind in one eye because of years of fighting, so I didn't have to close the other eye when I was using a monocular; Or maybe a broken hand. In short, you must not have neat facial features and complete limbs, otherwise how can people see their vicissitudes at a glance. ”

"Chen Tiandu has brought us a vivid dream!"

"He portrays the down-and-out but optimistic and witty Captain Jack Sparrow vividly. The first time I escaped from the island of death, although the process was told by others, it was also enjoyable to listen to. He lurked in the water and waited there for three days and three nights until all the sea creatures knew him. On the morning of the fourth day, he tied himself to a group of turtles and tamed them as his own raft. Everyone thought it was a joke, but when he was abandoned on the desert island again, the audience was immediately shocked......

……

Seemingly overnight, the entire North American fan audience was announced, "The pirates are coming!" ”

During the holidays, the vast majority of movie fans began to go straight to the cinema, choosing to buy tickets for "Pirates of the Caribbean".

Early in the morning, Chen Tiandu got up very early as usual and had breakfast with his mother and Kate. Kate specially spread out the pile of newspapers, and the readers' media praised them paragraph by paragraph, because Chen's mother couldn't read English newspapers. She read it with relish, picked out the good ones, and Chen's mother listened happily.

Chen Tiandu accompanied him with a smile on the side, until it was not early, and after the phone had rang n times, he had to get up, kiss Kate, and hug his mother again: "I have to go, there are still several countries to run." Apologetically said to Kate, "I'm sorry, I can't accompany you." ”

Kate smiled. "Go, I'm not a child." Call back more often. ”

Chen's mother couldn't get used to this kind of departure, and worried: "You want to go abroad again?" How long will I go this time? ”

"First of all, you have to fly in various cities in the United States. And then there is overseas publicity. This time, I paid more attention to overseas publicity, and if it went well, it would take more than a month. It's very hard mom, I can't take you on a trip. ”

Mother Chen was speechless, "Who wants to go with you." Just to get you back sooner. I can't stay in the United States for long, and I still have your grandfather at home and they need to take care of me, so I don't feel at ease when I have a nanny at home. ”

Chen Tiandu was silent for a moment when he heard this, speechless. I had to reluctantly hug the two women like a child for a while, and then left.

The office floors of Matrix Films were bustling with people, even though they had only rushed back to Los Angeles from New York in the early hours of the morning. Peck was full of energy. He took the latest statistics in his hand and walked quickly to Chen Tiandu, who was about to leave for the United Kingdom.

"Boss ......"

He walked directly to the desk, and without waiting to sit down, he said, "The midnight box office statistics and audience word-of-mouth have come here." ”

Seeing Chen Tiandu looking up at him, Peck said quickly: "IMDB's current rating is still as high as 8.8 points, and the freshness on the Rotten Tomatoes website is 90%. 150 in favor and 18 against. ”

The midnight show was released in 3,812 theaters, and "Pirates of the Caribbean" took home $13.28 million. Broke the box office record for Thursday's midnight show. The survey firm we hired immediately consulted 2,820 viewers, and the A+ rating rate was over 80%. ”

In Peck's words, there was a faint excitement, everyone knows that the audience of the midnight show is limited, and most of the audience are die-hard fans or fantasy movie lovers, and the score has a natural advantage, but such an explosive midnight reputation is the popular "The Matrix" that year, and it has not been reached.

All this shows how effective this series of propaganda is.

Chen Tiandu also breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "It is estimated that there will be a good show in Disney." He looked at his watch again. said: "I'm leaving, you are responsible for handling the situation here." Theaters, if anyone wants to expand the screening, just take it down. I haven't tried what it's like to have a 4000+ theatrical release. ”

Peck promised, "Okay, I'll take care of it." Any other commands? He didn't mention "Fallen from the Sky", which was released at the same time, because it was unnecessary. The release of the film could only be found in the corners of the newspapers, and all the entertainment headlines went to the pirate captain named Jack Sparrow.

Chen Tiandu really thought about it and said: "Pay more attention to peripheral products, this is the first time we have advocated launching peripheral products ourselves." According to our predictions, the merch should be very selling this time. Including parrots, undead monkeys, dragons, and other animals. There are also things like captain's hats, compasses, models of the Pearl, etc...... I won't list them all. By the way, there is also the matter of a limited auction of Aztec gold coins, which should also be well promoted. Remember to ask the department in charge of merchandise to report back to me every two days. ”

Peck wiped the sweat from his forehead, which is too many to list. He could only smile bitterly and find a notebook to write it down, so as not to forget it.

……

As Chen Tiandu guessed, Disney is indeed in some trouble now.

"According to incomplete estimates, the box office on Friday alone can soar to more than 30 million, plus the box office at midnight, it is almost more than 40 million US dollars." The directors of the distribution department were furious, "I just want to ask what was the reason for keeping such a blockbuster out of the door in the first place, and mobilizing resources to block it." Someone has to be held accountable for this mistake. ”

The head of the artist department frowned, "No one is responsible for anything, do we Disney have any losses?" It's just missing out on a movie, after all, before it was released, who could have expected it to be a big hit. ”

The people in the production department also raised their objections, they didn't want to get too close to the CAA. In recent years, there have not been many big sales of CAA packaged projects. "But now the more Pirates of the Caribbean hits, the more Disney will be nailed to the pillar of shame. I would say that this phenomenon has been around since the acquisition of Marvel was not insisted on in the first place. Take a look at Marvel today, which has become Hollywood's most promising film company. Once, it almost ended up being Disney's. ”

There was silence in the office, after all, the original chairman had been "resigned". Now that we want to be held accountable, who should be held accountable? No one can say how many interests are entangled. There's no way they're really fighting for a Pirates of the Caribbean. Even this controversy is just an internal strife.

Disney is too big and full of factions. After being continuously cut off by Chen Tiandu, it seems that he has gradually begun to make these big names feel uneasy.

"Maybe we have a remedy......" Suddenly one of them spoke, and everyone looked at him.

"I'm talking about Disneyland, bringing the film into it. But on one condition, we can claim the distribution rights for the next sequel. We are Disney, and as long as we show sincerity, no one will really fight against us. ”

There was a sudden silence in the office, and everyone looked at each other, "Agreed, but you must get the right to distribute it." Otherwise, Disney can't afford to bring other companies' movies to Disneyland. ”

"Seconded! It is recommended to keep a calm distance from the CAA, it is not a wise choice to get too close, they pay too much attention to the cultivation of rights, and have neglected the essence of the movie. ”

"Against ......"

"Seconded!" (To be continued~^~)