Chapter 720 Scene 720 The Black Knight is coming
"Don't try to lie to me, I can see your notebook, your guy's original goal was 600 million." Lei Ting stared at him and snorted.
"Sister Tingting, if I say...... I calculated that "Life of Pi" would Peter Warner let "The Dark Knight" be released at this time, would you believe it? Li Xiaole blinked.
"I believe it." Lei Ting nodded and looked at him: "You guy has so many ghost ideas in his head, what can't he think of, I just want to ask you a question, who do you think the two of you can win at the box office this time?" ”
"Hah...... I really don't know how to say this, I just think that the global box office of "The Dark Knight" will at least exceed one billion, after all, the difference in subject matter is too great...... I'm afraid we are not his opponents in the overseas market......" Li Xiaole smiled and said: "As for the North American box office...... Who knows, I'm not an immortal. ”
"Aren't you Jesus Lee?" Lei Ting looked at him sarcastically.
"Ah~~ This young lady, this Jesus sees that your cheeks are flushed and your eyes are peachy, there must be a **** flying tonight......" Li Xiaole closed his eyes and pretended to be a ghost.
"This is what you said~" Lei Ting snorted coldly, rushed over and sat on Li Xiaole at once, and was about to tear off his clothes when he pressed him, so frightened that Li Xiaole waved his hand again and again and said in a panic: "Sister Tingting~ Don't mess around, save some strength and have serious things tomorrow?" ”
"What's the matter?" Lei Ting squinted at him from top to bottom.
"We attended the premiere of "The Dark Knight", Nolan helped us promote, we can't help him do something......" Li Xiaole said as a matter of course.
"You're going to the premiere of The Dark Knight?" Lei Ting was stunned for a moment and asked, "Aren't you clearly provocative?" Can Nolan agree? ”
"I'll call him right now and ask him to help us get a spot." Li Xiaole broke free from Lei Ting's suppression, took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket, and then sent an email to Nolan's mailbox.
"Director Nolan, I want to go to the premiere of The Dark Knight, can you leave me five tickets?"
In the office of Warner Studios, Nolan's assistant black girl, Judy Montari, was checking the release materials of tomorrow's theaters, and when she saw the new email, she clicked on it casually, and when she saw the content, she turned her head in surprise and shouted to Nolan who was closing her eyes and recuperating:
"Mr. Nolan, there's a guy who wants to attend your premiere, can you come and see whose email address it is?"
"Didn't I tell you, Judy, don't pay attention to these chores tonight and concentrate on work~~" Nolan on the sofa opened his eyes and said unhappily.
"Mr. Nolan, don't you be so arbitrary? I'm asking you for a reason, of course! Judy Muntari, the assistant black girl, said angrily: "You saved this email address!" It must be an acquaintance of yours, in case it was sent by your mother, wouldn't I remind you otherwise! I'm a professional! ”
"Hmm...... Sorry, Add, I'll take a look. Nolan couldn't do anything about this black girl, so he could only come over and see who was looking for him for a ticket at this time......
"This guy is looking for you for 5 tickets~ It's definitely not an ordinary person, or I wouldn't have called you." Judy explained with a lot of sense.
"Well, he's really not an ordinary person." Nolan opened his mouth in surprise when he looked at this email address, and then laughed: "Give him an email back, just say thank you Mr. Li Xiaole, I will prepare the best position to wait for him." ”
"Wait, you're saying that this guy asking for a ticket is Li Xiaole!?" Judy Muntari's eyes widened and said, "How dare he come to our premiere, isn't he an enemy of our Warner!?" This is a blatant provocation to us! ”
"Warner and Black Pearl are against each other, and we're just rivals." Nolan smiled and emphasized: "It's a fair playing opponent. Li Xiaole is really the same as him, they both want to give full play to the maximum potential of each other's works and see where the limits of these two movies are. "Life of Pi" has already helped him heat up the box office, and he also hopes that "The Dark Knight" can help "Life of Pi" add a boost and let the film reach its full potential, so that the two sides can compete fairly.
Warner's fight with Black Pearl is a commercial interest, but the competition between their directors is a gentleman's battle, no one wants to win in an unfair way, and he also very much wants Li Xiaole to witness his own painstaking work.
On the morning of December 28, almost all entertainment media in the United States were overwhelmingly rendering the premiere of three blockbusters tonight.
No matter what kind of audience these three movies are aimed at, there are Nicolas Cage and Brad Pitt, David Fincher, Christopher? Nolan~~ With the praise of the mainstream media, especially the three major daily newspapers "The Washington Post", "The New York Times", and "The Alum Times", the audience can find a reason to watch.
Tonight is not only a holiday for movie fans, but has even become one of the important New Year's events for many Americans, during this time, the film market has been booming with "Life of Pi", and the public's enthusiasm for watching movies can be said to be at its peak.
The media, movie fans and fans are feeling the blood boiling, David Fincher VS Christopher? Nolan vs Li Xiaole! Three talented directors face off!
Following "The Golden Compass" vs "Life of Pi" and "I Am Legend" vs "Life of Pi", Li Xiaole's "miracle movie" has ushered in his new opponent, and this time it is Christopher, who is known as an old enemy? Nolan~!
On this much-anticipated night, no one expected that the Black Pearl Company would attend the grand premiere of "The Dark Knight" at the Chinese Theater.
Li Xiaole, Tom Cruise, George Clooney, Black Pearl Trio actually came to cheer for the competitors!? When he was interviewed on the red carpet at the scene, all the flashes and cameras were aimed at the two people who were shaking hands with Nolan affectionately.
"Director Li Xiaole, why did you come to the premiere of "The Dark Knight"? Aren't you worried that this will help director Nolan at the box office? Director Nolan announced that he would get 600 million box office in North America~" The reporters handed the microphone to Li Xiaole and provoked the two to ask.
"Director Nolan has always been an artist I love, and I'm excited to be here for the premiere of this film in person as a regular movie fan." Under the attention of fans in the world, Li Xiaole said calmly to the camera:
"I think if "The Dark Knight" can get 600 million in North America, then "Life of Pi" can also get this result."
After speaking, there was an uproar at the scene, didn't Li Xiaole come to play? Only Nolan put his arm around Li Xiaole's shoulders and smiled, and the scene of the two contemporaneous genius directors hugging each other at the premiere of "The Dark Knight" has become an eternal classic.
After everyone entered the theater and took their seats, Tom Cruise next to him asked Li Xiaole curiously: "Do you think this movie can really surpass "Iron Man"? ”
"Very likely." Li Xiaole commented with a smile: "The height of the story in this script is too much higher than that of "Iron Man", which cannot be compensated by other skills and performances. ”
"Hah, maybe." Tom Cruise laughed and disagreed, he didn't believe he would lose to the British actor Bale.
But when the movie starts, Tom Cruise can't laugh, Nolan uses a very unique and depressing music, so that this grand movie presents a completely different world from what people imagine, and in the first six minutes, six bank robbers start robbing and killing each other, making everyone open their mouths wide and stunned......
"The criminals of this city once had their own beliefs, honor, respect, look at you, what do you believe? What do you believe? I believe that what doesn't kill you will make you ...... Even stranger. ”
When Heath Ledger killed all of his fellow robbers, shoved a grenade into the officer's mouth, and removed the clown mask to reveal another "clown" mask, everyone shuddered at the sight of the corners of his red mouth.
Tom Cruise suddenly understood at that moment that his opponent as Iron Man was not just Batman played by Bale, but the peerless villain played by Heath Ledger - "Joker......
For the next 2 hours, the people in front of the screen are completely immersed in that crazy Gotham City, becoming a part of it, feeling the horror brought by the clown all the time, the child shivering in the seat, and the critic also feeling the scalp tingling,
This movie is not only wonderful, but the role of the "clown" is simply amazing, as an enemy of the gangster, he successfully persuaded the gang to take refuge in himself, his grasp of human nature is deep in the bone marrow, like a Tai Chi master, according to the situation, the plan is calculated, and such a great existence has been achieved.
Before he designed the two-boat game, everything went according to his expectations, bringing people into that state of madness, and he laughed on the screen and said to everyone: "You see, madness is like gravity, all it takes is a gentle push." ”
And when everyone was overwhelmed by the darkness and madness of the clown, and felt desperate, the crazy Gotham City on the screen suddenly burst out with the greatest brilliance of human nature.
The most dazzling brilliance of human nature swept like a midday flame, and the clown created a dark haze that shrouded people's hearts for 2 hours~~
Wow...... Whether it was Tom Cruise, Wagner, George Cruise, or Lei Ting, and even everyone on the scene, they were extremely excited for the moment, cheering in their hearts, Nolan is simply amazing~!
At the end of the movie, everyone at the scene gave a standing ovation, sincerely praising the shock brought to them by this movie.
"That's amazing...... We're probably no match for Warners this time. Lei Ting took a deep breath and sighed incomparably, this is a wonderful work that people like her who are not keen on movies think are wonderful.
This great "The Dark Knight" will face off against the equally great "Life of Pi", who will win? This question echoed in the hearts of everyone at the scene......