Chapter 368: Compact 8 Minutes
Among the many movie theaters in Los Angeles, the most well-known should be the Chinese Theater in Hollywood and the Kodak Theater built in 2001 - the 3,400-seat Kodak Theater has been the venue for the Oscars since 2002, and the history of the Chinese Theater for more than 80 years has also made it the favorite premiere venue of many blockbusters. Every year, many films leave their handprints in front of Chinese theaters in order to promote the news, and of course, very few can be placed in the theater in the end: in 1992, when Tom was in full swing. When Cruise left his handprints here, he was questioned, "How can you get his handprints to appear in Marilyn. Next to Monroe? "It is conceivable how high the requirements for the status of stars are to leave their own traces in this small open space.
"Jennifer hasn't left a handprint in the Chinese theater, has she?" Invited to the premiere from Chicago, Richard Brown. Roope saw the acquaintance and he walked over to Alain. Morrison said hello and said casually, "Is there one?" I thought they were going to have a handprint event in the afternoon - in any case, she should be the most qualified star to leave a handprint among the stars who will rise after the new millennium. ”
In the space before the official start of the premiere, the guests attending the premiere were strolling around the courtyard. Cameron, Steven. Spielberg, Rob. Marshall and the others were talking and laughing in the corner of the courtyard, and Warner not only came to senior producer Carey. Oronte, even Jeff. Robinov personally came out to give the big dream a platform, which can be said to have given enough face - if you count Lin Yibin and Paul who came because of "Fast and Furious". Walker, Fan. Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Tom of "Mission Impossible 4". Cruise, Ang Lee, Andy. Samberg, Jennifer. Bell, Leonardo, who came purely because of friendship. DiCaprio because and Zachary. Quintu is familiar with Karl. Urban, Chris. Pine, J.J. Ebumles and others, the Chinese theater was bustling with people, and there were a large number of fans outside the theater screaming different names, and from the perspective of venue and security, the pomp and circumstance was not inferior to the Oscars held at the neighboring Kodak Theater a few months ago, which was broadcast live on the red carpet......
"Nope, I heard they won't do anything like this until they're invited to the theater," Alain said, shaking his head and feeling a little emotional, "so I guess it will take another five to ten years to see Jennifer's name in the courtyard - if she hadn't been in her prime for that long, she might not have been qualified for the theater." ”
"It didn't take Marilyn that long to leave a handprint." Richard muttered and laughed: Stars who have the hope of really leaving their handprints will cherish their reputation more, but those actors who have no hope of leaving their handprints in the yard are flocking to it, which is also a strange phenomenon in Hollywood. "However, then again, if Jennifer's performance in "Codename Shero" is as bland as "Avatar", then I also have to question whether she is qualified to leave a handprint."
"Bland—that's exactly what I want to say." Alan also nodded, and he laughed self-deprecatingly, "Of course, if it weren't for the box office of "Avatar" and this fresh way, maybe we would have said it a long time ago - you can't say that she didn't perform well, but it's true that since "Nine", successive movies have given people a sense of lack of surprise, not enough to criticize, but compared to her before, this is indeed an ominous sign. ”
"Of course, you'll still pay attention to her films," Richard nodded sympathetically, "It's almost a guarantee of quality and popularity, and to be honest, sometimes you can't help but feel that she doesn't care about the reviews at all, after all, she already has a box office, but sometimes you feel that she deserves to be treated gently, as she said, it's not easy to balance artistry and commerciality...... Let's go, go in and see where we are - it's a shame that we won't be able to see the IMAX version in advance at the premiere at the Chinese Theatre. ”
"Yes, that's a problem, the 3D screening hall of the Chinese theater is not so comfortable, I guess they must have opened several halls this time, otherwise so many people would not be able to arrange it at all," Alain and Richard walked together to the inside of the theater, "How is Roger's health lately?" - I thought you weren't going to go to Los Angeles to see the premiere, but last time you said you wouldn't go too far for something like that. ”
"They're not going to have a premiere in Chicago, and they're buying me a ticket—" Richard shrugged, "Besides, you know, it's Jennifer." ”
The two critics looked at each other, laughed, politely said 'sorry', passed by an Arab in a suit, and walked into the theater, "Do you see, there are five translators in the foyer, and there are really people from all countries at this premiere-"
As the absolute starring and investor of the film, Jennifer. The Jeffersons were of course the busiest couple in the audience, and the whole crew went to various interviews after their debut, and it was difficult to greet their friends in every way, but the reception team composed of professional PRs did not leave out any of the guests, and soon the two film critics found their seats - as Alain expected, this time the Chinese Theater opened all the 3D screening halls for nearly 500 premiere guests, and the main crew members were almost all sitting in the theater of industry insiders, film critics, relatives and friends, premiere tickets from sponsors, investors, and a lucky audience of a marketing campaign filled the remaining two screens.
Drinks and snacks are in the lobby and can be taken at will, however, the excited audience still filled the theater early, and the crew members have been nowhere to be seen, and there is no usual pre-screening speech, almost as soon as the time comes, the screen goes black, and the audience hurriedly put on 3D glasses and enjoy the 3D logo of Big Dream in the dark: Although a movie is produced by multiple companies, and it is normal for the opening animation to be played one after another, but this time, the logo of Big Dream is ranked before Warner, For most viewers, this is still a very new experience.
"My name is Kelly. Johnson, born in 1987, is 23 years old. Warner's logo had just been ushered in to the audience, creating an out-of-screen effect, and in the midst of the dazzling light, Kelly's voice came out clearly, as if she was interviewing, and she quickly recited and said, "I have two master's degrees, a doctorate, I work at the Wellington Institute of Industrial Biotechnology Frontier Technology, I have an IQ of 160, I am financially good, I am not an alcoholic, and I am not addicted to drugs-"
With her voice, the glare faded away, and the camera cut directly through the closed doorway - the nameplate of 'Dr. Liukin's office' on the door flashed, allowing the audience to guess that the psychiatrist inside the door was consulting Kelly, and almost without giving time to react, the camera entered the office and focused on Kelly who was sitting upright. Johnson: Wearing a plaid shirt and denim shorts, she tied her blonde hair into a ponytail, and a big Longchamp dumpling bag was placed at her feet, and the corner of the laptop keyboard was exposed in the bag, and with Kelly's even stiff sitting posture, as well as the black-framed glasses on her face, and some frizzy hair, the geek image was about to come out, and with her rapid tone, Dr. Liukin sitting next to her raised his eyebrows higher and higher - this subtle funny side made the theater suddenly burst into bursts of chuckles, Just a few seconds after the movie opened, the first laugh occurred.
"Interesting," said Richard. Luo Pei muttered, and he stopped his spine, feeling a long-lost thrill. Love flashed in my heart again, of course, not because of this laugh at the beginning. "The opening scene is a bit of a parody of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", the same is doing consulting, well, but it's nothing, all the links in the movie are actually filmed badly, it mainly depends on how you put it together...... But Jennifer finally brought a new kind of performance, even at the level of a commercial film, which is fresh enough......"
Yes, if Jennifer's performance in four consecutive roles from Monroe onwards has been somewhat patterned, then she has been in Kylie. Johnson's performance is indeed a surprising standard of 'I haven't seen it before', she uses a particularly restrained sitting posture to express the character's personality, and the micro-expressions are also very stingy, it can be said that Kelly is almost expressionless - but this is fundamentally different from the kind of actor who is expressionless because he can't perform - her somewhat tight shoulders and neck, pursed lips and constantly moving eyes all hint at Kelly's rich inner activities, and more importantly, in Kelly, You can even feel the slightly youthful aura of the student, you can feel that she is 'stretching' herself, a little bluffing in front of Dr. Liukin, and Kelly's characteristics of being young and inexperienced in society are brought out at once, and people immediately enter the role.
Oscar-level actors, such acting skills are not new, it can only be said that Jennifer is good at dealing with one more type of role, in addition to that-
Alan. Morrison moved around Richard and muttered in a low voice, "She's really dedicated—good enough in terms of maintenance." ”
Yes, Richard smiled silently - playing a 23-year-old student at the age of 29 this year, he can still perform that feeling of youth, judging from the makeup, there is no sense of disobedience or traces of aging, not even the common hyaluronic acid chin, Botox cheeks, the cheek contours are still natural, and among the female stars who have undergone a slight plastic surgery after the age of 25 in Hollywood, and are too old and haggard to remove their makeup within 2 or 3 years, it is tantamount to a clear stream - trying to maintain their youth, It is the duty of an actor to prolong his artistic life, postpone the time of micro-plastic surgery as late as possible, and maintain the naturalness of facial expressions.
No matter what the media speculates about Jennifer's private life, at least for film critics, what they have heard has always been the story of Jennifer dieting, exercising, and abstaining from parties in order to maintain the best possible appearance. Jennifer won several Oscars in a few years, but the performances of "Nine" and "Avatar" were not outstanding, so she has not been scolded by film critics.
"My parents and I have a good relationship, I have an older brother, an older sister, and a younger sister, and we are in regular contact with each other, and I have not been bullly in primary and secondary schools." With all the psychiatrist's interests sealed in one breath, Kelly breathed a sigh of relief, "Is there anything else you want to know?" Dr. Liukin? ”
"Uh......" Dr. Liukin dragged out, and the theater burst into a short laugh again, tapping her notebook up and down, and said in a tentative tone, "Tell me about your childhood?" ”
Seeing her cautious and tricky attitude towards Kelly, the smiles on the audience's faces grew wider, and Kelly shrugged her shoulders unnoticed.
“ok。” "My childhood," she said. ”
After a flashback special effect, a cute little actor wearing a mermaid princess dress, wearing a princess tiara, holding a balloon in his hand, in a corner of the crowded and bustling Disneyland, carefully counting the crowd in the queue, his little face tightened, and said, "26, 27, 28, 29......" and with a "Kelly! The two older children ran over, and the audience who listened to Kelly's narration immediately understood: This is Kelly's brother and sister.
"Mommy, Mommy, Kylie is here—"
The lineup of child stars in "Codename Shero" can be called luxurious, and little Kelly is played by Joey. Kim plays the role of her sister who is Hollywood's most famous child star, Dakota. Fanning, the cute young lady waved her hand into the distance, and then turned to her sister questioningly, "Kelly! You should hold my hand, if you get lost, an alien monster will come and eat you - I assure you, it's absolutely true! ”
The audience who watched "War of the Worlds" let out a soft laugh, and of course Kelly on the screen did not react to this teasing joke, she was still counting the number of people in line at the entrance, "32, 33-"
"Kelly!"
"Kelly!"
When the anxious parents ran over under the guidance of their brother, Kelly turned around suddenly, ignoring the blame in her parents' tone, her cute little face was full of solemnity, shook off an oversized Disney map, took out a marker from her waist bag, squatted on the ground and began to draw while explaining.
"Jonathan wants to play Riptide, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Ghost Mansion, and Suzanne wants to go to the Grizzly Mine and the Exploding Speeder, and you want to take me—"
Rolling her eyes, Kelly said, "It's a Small World, the Mickey Mouse Theater, and the Mark Twain, now, these attractions are located on the map—"
She drew a few circles on the map and pushed her exaggerated bow-trimmed glasses, "It's half past nine in the morning, and Disney's hottest attractions, Riptide and Pirates of the Caribbean, don't need to line up or get fastpasses, we're now next to Pirates of the Caribbean, and 33 people have been in in five minutes, which is within the digestive range of a boatload of 30 people." Considering that the road out of the city in Los Angeles may be congested with traffic now, and the distance from the city to Disney is about 1 hour, there will be no big fluctuations in the flow of tourists in this hour, Jonathan, you should go to Pirates of the Caribbean and Rapids at the speed of running, Dad, you run fast, you take him with you, and you can finish the popular project in Jonathan's intention in an hour. - Susanna, you and your mom go to the Exploding Bike and Grizzly Mine, you are slightly inferior in speed, but if you play well, you can still solve three attractions in an hour, your route is to go to Space Mountain first, then the Exploding Coaster, from here you turn around to the Grizzly Mine, walk back to the distance to pick me up, so that we can squeeze into the line of the Little World before the crowd with toddlers arrives-"
In her fast speech and writing and talking, constantly drawing a road map, Johnson's family showed the same sluggish expression as Dr. Liukin, brother Jonathan and sister Suzanne exchanged glances, Jonathan stretched out his hand and circled the edge of his temple a few times, Suzanne shrugged her shoulders, while Johnson's father and mother glanced at each other, and directly stepped forward to hug Kelly, who was still talking.
"What- put me down, dad?!" Little Kelly struggled and protested in surprise, but was easily suppressed by her father. "Nope, Kelly, it's a family trip."
"But—but that would be the most efficient—" Kelly protested, still unrelenting.
The screen switches, Johnson and his family are walking down the road with a thick stack of fastpasses in their hands, and it is obvious that they have not been able to catch up with the lack of people, most of the popular projects are already crowded, and they can only queue up later. However, Jonathan and Suzanne didn't seem frustrated, but Kelly, who was tied with a safety rope around her waist to prevent them from getting lost, pouted and sulked.
Seeing the mine truck in the distance speeding through the air, bringing bursts of screams, little Kelly couldn't help but stand still, showing a wistful expression, in her field of vision, the movement curve of the mine car formed a tangible trajectory, centrifugal force, gravity formula flashed in turn-
With a flick of the safety rope, these special effects were interrupted instantly, and Jonathan exclaimed playfully, "Kelly, heel!" And Kelly rolled her eyes, and in the laughter, she looked like an ordinary little girl, "Ing-ing!" ”
With the white light of the special effects, the camera cuts back to the psychiatrist's office, and Dr. Liukin nodded, writing something in his notebook and said, "I understand, there are some difficulties in communication, but the family relationship is very good - I saw that you went to college at the age of 12 and left your hometown, is this a test for you?" ”
Kelly thought for a moment, then quickly replied, "I still have to take physical education classes with my peers, and I had some troubles at that time, so nothing else is too big. ”
"Trouble with definitions." Dr. Liukin said unhurriedly.
With a memory expression, Kelly shrugged her shoulders, and the special effects glowed again, and the audience returned to Kelly's girlhood-
"Hey, Nerd," Kelly was blocked by a few sinister boys and girls in the closed gymnasium, either with dreadlocks or shaved moxie, one of whom threw his basketball onto the court, "I've lost my ball, help me pick it up." ”
Kelly, who was already a 13 or 4-year-old girl, wearing a sportswear and trousers with exaggerated color contrasts, and exaggerated orthodontic braces, and was indeed very nerdy, looked at the ball, and then at a few bad students who were obviously older than her, and she blinked, "Why? ”
“why?” Several young boys and girls looked at each other a few times, took a few steps forward to surround Kelly, and began to jokingly push her back and forth, "Why? Huh, it looks like you're not good at everything, Miss Jack-of-all-trades? why? ”
The camera pans away, and after a chaotic sound effect, it cuts through the wall and directly into Kelly's dorm room, where she is talking to her mother on the phone with a bandage on her face, "Yes, Mom, I'm fine, no, don't let Suzanne come to see me......"
As she spoke, she quickly looked up something on the old computer that she was looking at - the words on the screen slowly enlarged, and the web page of the Gibson Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gym gradually occupied the screen, and the mouse moved to the sample video on the web page, clicked the play button, and the villain in the video moved, and the camera zoomed in, and Kelly, who was still wearing a dirty sportswear, stood in the jiu-jitsu gym, and saluted the coach like the freeze-frame action of the sample video, and then flew forward and kicked it, bravely hitting the coach's waist-
With the coach's can't help but let out a laugh, a series of images of Kelly being easily knocked down and practicing seriously are made into a page turning montage, like the kind of villain who can move when turning the page, the movements are stiff at first, but the more later, the attack speed becomes smoother and the movements are more and more beautiful, and the coach's laughter has become less relaxed over time. Eventually, on the last page of the booklet, Kelly deftly leaned sideways, grabbed the coach's sleeve and rubbed it up, giving him a regular 'armbar' joint technique.
Unlike many mediocre movies that have to be edited by 'water' and finish an ordinary thing in a few minutes, "Codename Shero" is not the kind of movie where you can go and come back and keep up, the story develops very fast, and if you can finish it with one shot, you won't use two shots, and the use of montage is almost a bit of a comic book rampant, and there are few empty shots and long shots between scenes, but more through montage, just like now - after successfully cruising the coach, the practice is over, Of course, Kelly couldn't really lock the coach with her strength, take off the braces, and become a beautiful girl, she floated a confident smile, jumped from the coach's shoulder to the ground, and the camera was aimed at her bare feet, when the bare feet touched the ground, after jumping up slightly, the camera also shook slightly, and when she pulled up again, Kelly had already put on her shoes, and the scene was changed to the gymnasium, and several previous campus bullies came over from a distance, and when they saw Kelly, they smiled evilly, "Yo, braces girl-"
The surrounding students of the same age retreated in fear, and Kelly bent down to pick up a ball, and in the face of the group of bullies, she smiled contemptuously and said a little slurred, "What? Do you want to ask me to pick up the ball again? ”
Such a provocative attitude, of course, angered several bad students, who pressed towards Kelly, and Kelly looked left and right - this time, the special effects of the human movement lines became very clear, and the formulas, theorems, and analyses were quickly read out in Kelly's mind, and presented to the audience's ears in the form of a heartfelt narration, "She is accelerating, and she will be the first to reach me-"
The rhythmic, rock-like background music sounds, heralding the protagonist's glorious moment, and in the midst of such music, Kelly picks up the basketball and throws it back - but instead of landing on her intended target, the ball hits the mohican boy next to her target in surprise with her eyebrows raised.
The camera slows down suddenly, and in a line of slow-motion in which the ruffians are surprised to get out of the way, Kelly rushes towards them - but, in the midst of the audience's disgruntled sighs, an unreasonable montage of sounds, and Kelly's first exertion is over, and she stands in the headmaster's room with multiple bandages on her face and her hands suspended by simple bandages, rolling her eyes silently at the headmaster's headache.
"Huh? Did you lose the first sortie? "Alain. Morrison couldn't help but let out an 'ah', he was a little disappointed - although it was reasonable to lose, it was not an unacceptable arrangement, but-
Before I could figure out what would come after the 'but', the camera turned, and opposite Kelly, six even more embarrassed bad students appeared in the audience's field of vision. Moxican's hair, which had stood proudly like a cockscomb, was now drooping, and the rest were either hanging from their hands or with large bruises on their faces—and when they saw Kelly's eyes turn to them, they all stepped back a little, and leaned closer to each other.
A chuckle rang out in the theater, and Alain laughed happily, shaking his head and thinking, "Kelly is such a bad girl—"
took out his phone from his pocket and looked at the time, his eyebrows raised high - Alain's sense of time has always been good, but he didn't expect that after all these things, the movie had just passed 8 minutes. And in these 8 minutes, he only had some thoughts about comments in the first few tens of seconds, and after that, he was completely immersed in the plot and into the role of the audience, and his brain was busy processing the huge information in the picture, and there was no time for even comments.
"That's really ......" glanced at the neighbor and saw Richard. Luo Pei also leaned forward slightly, his shoulders tightened, his expression was engrossed, Alain shook his head, and just wanted to sigh about the quality of "Codename Shero", as well as Jos. Wheddon's metamorphosis was again attracted by the big screen, "Oh, is Kelly going to be detained?" Is that why she became a hero? Well, as an original hero with no comic book background, Kelly's story is very—"
What is Kelly's story', Alain didn't continue to think about it: as before, he was completely attracted to the movie and completely forgot his identity as a 'film critic'......
The author has something to say: Note: 1fastpass is a kind of Disney reservation ticket, when there are many people, you go to get one, and when it is time to make an appointment, you can go directly to line up a fast channel to enter the venue. This way you don't have to wait in long queues all the time
2 Kylie's kind of braces see the large, exaggerated braces that Katyperry wears in "LastFridaynight".
3 Kylie's stalk with a safety rope at Disneyland is borrowed from the third or fourth season of "Modern Family", when the family goes to Disney, Lily uses a stalk with a safety rope, and by the way, this show is also an Emmy winner, so I recommend going to see it.
4 'Kelly, heel' is a reference to the above, heel is a term that makes the dog follow
5 World War stalk is that the little girl played by Dakota Fanning in "War of the Worlds" survived the pursuit of the Martian monster
6 Hollywood Chinese Theater Terrier doesn't need to explain this, haha
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Update.,Tonight, everyone will only have this 1 more.,I gave up 9k full attendance again......
Anyway, if I have a good writing before 12 o'clock, I will put it, and if I don't write it, I will ...... Let's just come and see it at 7 o'clock tomorrow, and last night there was a second surprise that it was nothing, no, right, haha......