Jennifer. What exactly did Jefferson do right? Don't ask me, I don't know. www.starter oh dear"

"I don't think Jennifer is a good actress, I mean, the Oscar for Best Actress has to be awarded in conjunction with the actor's own resume, and even if we only look at the performance in one movie, Jennifer's performance is far from that good."

"It was a mistake for Jennifer to continue to star in Pirates of the Caribbean 2, maybe she has burned all her talent in "The Fifth Sally", she played beautifully in "Pirates 2", but did Elizabeth do anything other than martial arts scenes?"

"Pirates 2 is a puzzling movie, and Jennifer's performance in it is especially puzzling, she blindly shows her wonderful figure, and like the director of this film, completely forgets that they were hired for another purpose: acting."

Critics love and hate people in any field, and when they love you, their writing will turn into a flood of praise, praising you and even thinking of yourself higher than they would have been. But these moody, new and old guys always abandon you when you don't expect it, and suddenly become extremely harsh, and disparage your passable works, and those compliments that make you happy suddenly become hollow out, bitter criticism, these talents can make you as happy as you are, and you can make you more frustrated. ――In a word, it is easy for people to lose sight of reality in comments, and if you always listen to comments, then your estimation of yourself is either higher or lower than reality.

In Jenny's personal career, critics appeared with an angel face at the beginning, and critics have never spared their praise for this newcomer who was born out of thin air and has excellent color and art, of course, this is also because it is indeed rare to find a newcomer like Jenny who is very mature in acting skills as soon as he debuts, and is too beautiful to speak. Even for "The Notebook" and "The Devil Wears Prada", the critics have a very tolerant attitude, in terms of acting, the former is not much outstanding, the latter is a breakthrough, but "The Notebook" has received a lot of praise. Even after "The Fifth Sally" was closed, to a certain extent, it was thanks to the unanimous praise and admiration of the critics - but maybe because the relationship between Disney and film critics has always been average, maybe because this time there is no Weinstein in the operator of "Pirates", a well-connected bull among critics, after the large-scale release, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" received a miserable response in the film critics' circle, except for Josh who was praised for his real breakthrough, director Wibinski was scolded bloody, Johnny was not spared, and the only one who was worse than the two of them was Jenny: critics seemed to be unusually unhappy with her, and they didn't know if someone was secretly pushing the flames, anyway, now, the criticism is not limited to her performance in "Pirates 2", and even extended to the Oscars earlier this year. More than one critic is asking, 'With Jennifer's performance in this movie, is she really good enough to be crowned?' Does she have what it takes to make history? ’

Of course, the Oscars can't take back the trophy because of such a lot of criticism, but in any case, Jenny's "Pirates 2" has created a box office myth while also greatly degrading her style as an acting woman, which now seems to be beyond doubt. In fact, in this regard, film critics are not out of nothing - Jenny does not have any breakthrough performance in "Pirates 2", most of her scenes are playing, a small number of line scenes, although there are also a lot of micro-expressions and small actions to explain the psychological struggle process of the characters, but due to the limitations of the script, the character of Elizabeth is not as good as the first part in the second part, and the room for play is just like that, remove the surprise bonus points of the first part, and the performance of the second part is not surprising. If film critics don't know how to appreciate the play, then Elizabeth's role is about the same as a large vase.

In fact, it is not uncommon for actresses to play vases, but Jenny is unlucky that "Pirates 2" is too close to the Oscars, and she has just created a legend. The more you can see that Jenny has put a lot of effort into the play, the more they rub the fire - the play is all filmed by actresses who can't act well in literary films, Kate. Did Winslet ever film a fight scene? Meryl. Will Streep go to make Tomb Raider? You Jennifer. Jefferson won two Oscars at the age of 25, and Kate didn't have any of them, are you embarrassed to transform into a woman? Mentally fine, right?

The love is deep and the responsibility is earnest, and it may be a bit hypocritical to say that film critics want to use harsh criticism to drag Jenny back from the evil path, but this tide of bad reviews definitely has the factor of 'retaliatory bad reviews'. "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" now seems destined to be the same as the "Mission Impossible" series, becoming a high-grossing work but with a low reputation in the critical circles, but Jenny is now under more pressure from reviews than Tom. Cruise is much bigger – and generally speaking, critics are still merciful about the box office superstar, because after all, if the box office proves that the public still likes her/his performances, then she/he must be superior. But Jenny has become an outlier, and for a while, the comment columns of major websites and newspapers have ridiculed her, and this trend of bad reviews has even become a piece of news in itself, and it has been published in the entertainment gossip section in a grand manner: one of the most profitable actresses of all time has received serious bad reviews, will this affect her fate with "Avatar"? Has Jennifer's mood suffered? Did she go to the hospital, as rumored, because she was depressed after a bad review, so she sought help from the medical community?

However, it doesn't matter how the entertainment forums, the nameless tabloids, or the serious news media consume Jennifer. Jefferson's, to the general public, the critics' bad reviews do not seem to be able to shake their own aesthetics and conclusions. In the second week of its release, the IMDB score of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" stabilized at 7.8, a score that is not up or down, and there is a certain distance from the classic 8, but even if it declines again with the spread of the movie-watching crowd, it is unlikely to come to the 6 of bad movies, as for Rotten Tomatoes, the audience's liking has also stabilized at about 85%, and the domestic and global box office is also rising steadily. The beautiful and neat martial arts action is very impressive, and there have even been a lot of finishing posts in the forum, discussing the bugs and excellence of Elizabeth's fight scene design.

As for the loose plot, thin characters, and chaotic narrative criticized by film critics, although there was also feedback from the audience's film reviews, this did not seem to affect the audience's enthusiasm for watching the movie at all, as well as their good impression of the actors. Jefferson, Josh. Blanche and Johnny. Depp's filmmaker order is rapidly climbing on IMDB, Johnny. Depp occupies the first place, but she is followed by Jennifer - she has not fallen out of the top ten ranks for half a year, and can even return to one place from time to time during some deserted movie weeks, and this time it is the same, taking advantage of the east wind of the release of the new film, she rushed to second place, and even squeezed Johnny into second place at one point.

"The audience loves pirates, they love the sense of fantasy, they know it's not real, so the bizarre behavior of the protagonists doesn't make them frown — it's a style that's unique to the Pirates franchise." In Fox's spacious conference room, several senior executives of the production department sat together, and the director, Kevin Brown. Riley crosses his hands and analyzes the reasons for the success of the "Pirates" series, "Pirates are reckless, upside down, crazy and spontaneous, but people use these elements to distinguish between film and reality. So, the shortcomings that critics mind the most are not so important to the audience, because the film itself has enough points to attract them, I don't know if you have noticed, the story of "Pirates" is a bit cartoonish, it needs a kind of 'don't ask why' mentality, and this is the right cartoon mentality, children don't ask why, they just need to be exaggerated enough, bright colors make them feel good - so you can notice that Jack's headdress is colorful, look at it this way, It's no surprise that the series has achieved huge popularity among children, and for summer films, the children have won. ”

As a sequel, they added martial arts scenes as a selling point to the nonsense and laughter of the first episode, which was enough to meet the audience's expectations and even surprise them. We all know that the audience is very satisfied, they don't necessarily need a good story, good scenery, special effects, martial arts and even love scenes, faces, can make them enter the cinema and even give the movie a high score. The special effects of Pirate 2 are very magnificent, which is a feature that DVDs can't replace anyway, so people are willing to go into the cinema. "Production Manager Jack. Amber said with an excuse, "We noticed that many viewers on Rotten Tomatoes have commented that although the plot is messy, the special effects are very shocking. This shows that there is more and more room for special effects movies now, considering the growing development of high-definition TV technology and P2P sharing mechanism - damn The Pirate Bay - I think James is right, the future is the era of visual effects, visual effects can get more people into the cinema - of course, there will always be people who are willing to go into the theater to see a good story, but good special effects can pull more people in. ”

"Hmm, so you think Avatar is a worthwhile investment?" Kevin keenly asked, "Even if it's worth half a billion?" ”

"It may not be able to earn it back at the box office, but the follow-up DVD sales and peripheral development? As long as the whole film has the quality of sample films, indeed, I think there is a great possibility of making a profit. Jack said frankly, "However, before Cameron, who believed that a film with an investment of 200 million could also pay for itself at the box office?" Looking at the current "Pirates" series, the investment in the second part is 200 million, can it make a profit at the box office? I think so, I think Disney has made a lot more money on this project than 200 million. 200 million is now - 8 years after "Titanic", it seems that it is not so unattainable, Paramount is working on "Transformers" budget is close to 200 million, I can give you a few examples at will, I want to say, Kevin, maybe 8 years later, 500 million is not an unusual number, 500 million can also be profitable at the box office - and the first film to make history is likely to be "Avatar". ”

Jack's perspective on the problem was also quite enlightening to Kevin, and he closed his eyes and meditated for a while before nodding cautiously, "Yes...... If you look at it from this point of view, "Avatar" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" may be very similar, they are both special effects precursors, the story is not strong, and the characters have a tendency to be cartoonish, and what is more interesting is that in the budget, they both have a unique style of playing Jennifer. Jefferson, the kung fu foundation she showed in "Pirates 2", can be easily transplanted into "Avatar", making the Na'vi martial arts more attractive - if "Avatar" can get the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", at least we won't lose money. ”

"In fact, on the basis of the same number of moviegoers, the box office figures of "Avatar" are definitely higher than that of "Pirate 2"." Lemon, the senior data analyst who has not spoken. Jin raised his hand and said, ""Avatar is a 3D film, and the ticket price is definitely higher, so it is not very difficult for it to surpass "Pirate 2" at the box office. Of course, I'm doing this with a very good model. ”

Kevin and Jack both nodded, and they had no objection to Lemon's last words. From the paper to the final release of the movie, there are too many variables in the middle, just to take the simplest example, as soon as 911 comes out, all the movies with the element of 'plane hitting the building' cannot be released, and if you want to fix this picture, horror films and thrillers have not done well at the box office for half a year, and almost all the genre movies that are being released in the 911 schedule are losing money, which has nothing to do with the quality of the film itself, it is completely unlucky. Lemmon's words can only be under the ideal situation of 'Cameron did not miss, there was no mistake in the publicity, and there were no emergencies before and after the release', and the possibility of estimating the return of "Avatar" at the box office seems to be as slim as imagined.

"Is there anyone else in contact with Cameron right now?" Kevin asked, "What about Disney?" - The box office success of Pirate 2 must have made them smile, and now they suddenly have a lot of cash in their hands...... Tsk, didn't your friends at Cameron Studio reveal anything, Jack? ”

"No," Jack's face was also gloomy, the box office miracle of "Pirate 2" made them strengthen their confidence in "Avatar", but it was not without harm, far exceeding the expected box office, which means that within a few months, Disney will accumulate an unexpected cash flow in its hands, although it may not be able to make up 500 million, but as long as there are 2 or 300 million, the budget will be saved casually. The most critical thing is that several high-level executives have read Jennifer. Jefferson was confident in Avatar and wanted to lobby for news of Disney's takeover. Now that she's led another box office storm, it's hard to say if Disney will change its attitude and throw an olive branch to Cameron, and with Jennifer's thread, maybe Cameron will really get along with Disney - after all, Disney has just bought Pixar, and their VFX department is a big step forward, which may be very attractive to Cameron. "But Cameron does have been on the phone with Jennifer a lot lately, and Jennifer has come to do further human modelling, and it seems that he doesn't mind the pressure of comments Jennifer is under right now."

He exchanged a knowing look with Kevin, and Kevin also had a disdainful smile on his lips: Fox doesn't mind the pressure of comments Jennifer is receiving now, if a movie star acts casually, even the most boring literary film can get more than 200 million, and the average box office is more than 400 million, the critics will scold it, no film company will mind this, even if it is a literary film that rushes for the award, under the premise of receiving 200 million at the box office, it is nothing if you can't win the award, after all, winning the award - not to make money?

"It's time to restart negotiations." Once he became suspicious, the more Kevin thought about it, the more wrong it became, and he finally made a decisive decision, "Contact Cameron, we should show sincerity, and the sharing clause he proposed can be agreed, but the premise is that Jennifer. Jefferson had to make sure the show. ”

Under Jack's somewhat surprised eyes, he shrugged, "What? Don't tell me you really don't believe it at all - the legend about this lucky girl - of course, if it's an investment of less than 100 million......"

Jack thought about it and smiled bitterly: in front of a 500 million project, even the most sane people would choose to believe that there may be supernatural powers in this world, and it really favors Jennifer. Jefferson. "It's just that in this way, we will be very passive when negotiating salaries."

He was a little worried, "And maybe Jennifer's mentality will change after receiving bad reviews, maybe she will want to take on some literary films to prove herself, after all, the feedback that "Avatar" provokes from film critics is probably not very good......"

"yes." Kevin sighed as well, and he looked at the drenched and quiet Elizabeth on the TV screen, muttering, "I'd pay a dollar for what she was thinking now—what was she thinking?" ”

Yes, Jennifer, who has encountered setbacks for the first time since her debut. Jefferson, what is she thinking now?

#

Jenny, in fact, was thinking about the bad reviews she had endured lately - her reaction to them proved that she was not a miracle girl without weaknesses, at least she didn't know herself very well, Jenny had thought that she would not care about criticism from the outside world, and when discussing with Cesare about the Oscar follow-up, she had no idea what Cesare was planning. Let some people come out and question you' this step, she won't be able to bear it, and it turns out that maybe Jenny really doesn't care when others criticize her private life, but that's because they don't know the truth at all. And once they started commenting on her acting skills, her reaction was far less calm.

"You really think I'm just a 'provoking man's sex. Fantasy dolls'? Cesare? She asked nonchalantly, putting down her knife and fork, scooping up the napkin and wiping the residue from her mouth, "I mean, if it's a very malicious comment, of course I can take it seriously, but the more I think about it, the more I think it makes sense - those martial arts actions do seem to have elements of serving male audiences, and indeed, some of the actions are very suggestive." ”

Cesare sighed and put down his glass, "Well, I can see now why I really need to visit." ”

The two of them sat by the pool for lunch, instead of choosing to eat out, mainly because Jenny has been surrounded by a lot of paparazzi outside her residence, for her now, undisturbed going out has really become a luxury dream, and even driving to Big Dream can attract a lot of follow-ups, and this also makes it impossible for Cesare to have a meeting with her in Big Dream, after all, he is still a CAA agent, he can go out with Jenny to eat, watch football, and even visit her house frequently, But it is still not appropriate to go public to go to Jenny's company many times. So after the release of "Pirates 2", the two met at Jenny's house instead, and Jenny also reduced the number of trips to Big Dream - she didn't need the paparazzi to pay too much attention to her company, and many of the employees who came and went there didn't like to be overexposed.

"Oh, so you're not here for lunch today." Jeanne raised her eyebrows, and gave the room a reproachful look—though far away, Mary seemed to sense her displeasure, and she ran away from the drawing-room. "Damn Mary, she'll never figure out who's paying her."

"Looks like Mary wasn't wrong." "It's surprising that you do dwell on these criticisms, Jefferson, and I thought you were past the point where you would be influenced by the comments -- and as far as I know, it's not like no one has criticized your acting before," Cesare said. ”

"But there have been many people who have praised my acting skills before." Jenny defended, "Besides, it's different—"

She couldn't explain it to Cesare or anyone else, but for her, Elizabeth of "Pirates 2" was different, Jenny didn't use a golden finger in the process of acting, there was no empathy, there was no pre-rehearsal in the space, and 99% of the material used in the whole play was her own performance, just like the average actor, reading the script, rehearsing, and then integrating into the role. - On the one hand, Elizabeth doesn't have any difficult scenes in 2, most of them are plays, and the gold finger does not have much effect, on the other hand, it is also because she has been in the sequelae of concussion for a period of time after falling into the sea, and once she uses the acting space, the symptoms of nausea and vertigo will be aggravated, plus if she uses the gold finger excessively, or if she uses the gold finger in the case of extreme fatigue, she will have headaches and discomfort, and she does not dare to challenge the limit in addition to the concussion. So there may only be a little scene at the beginning of this whole play, which she has previewed with a golden finger, and this part has all been cut. Therefore, it can be said that "Pirates 2" is actually Chen Zhen/Jenny's first work, and it is completely her own work created through the general performance process.

Although she has won more than a dozen awards, it is really difficult for Jenny to draw any self-confidence from the awards - after she learned that the award was □□, this cannot but be said to be a very normal change, although she did not use the empathy gold finger in "Prada", and her acting skills have been praised a little, but it is still the result of using the gold finger to 'repeatedly preview', which is difficult to bring her any comfort in the current situation. Jenny also knows that the backlash from the critics doesn't mean that her performance in "Pirates" is poor, but-

"Okay." "I can't tell you what's different, but it's different, and the most frustrating thing about this whole thing is that it's not the result of your manipulation, Cesare—they spontaneously band together to question me!" And it feels terrible. ”

Cesare ignored her complaints, instead pulling a folder out of his briefcase in another chair and throwing it to Jenny. "Here--now you're done, let's take a look."

"What is this?" Jenny asked, eagerly opening the cover, "Script - you've already picked the next film for me?" ”

"Of course." Cesare cut off a steak, stared at the pieces of meat on his plate, and declared with gusto, "There's only one thing you can do in the face of skepticism - crush it head-on with your next work, don't you?" ”

In Jenny's somewhat unconvinced muttering, the carnivore almost greedily forked the beef and put it in her mouth, her blue eyes narrowed slightly, and she chewed it with pleasure.