Over and over again, until the end of the last scene, Shao Shuaijun watched "The Night Watchman" back and forth, and all the comments were in his ears. Whether good or bad, scolding or contemptible, it echoes in my mind repeatedly. From the very beginning, my self-confidence was bursting, and I wanted to direct a real blockbuster of my own.

Then the 3D photography was denied, and he still thought that "Night Watchman" would be the coolest.

The Golden Horse Awards came back, and "Painted Skin" was a box office success, and the award was undoubtedly a big failure, which was also the biggest denial of him. Shao Shuaijun couldn't bear it, and he began to desire, eager to use "The Night Watchman" to destroy all resistance. I don't know if it's self-confidence or arrogance, he scolded with the Academy Awards.

At this time, the special effects version of "Night Watchman" was almost done, and after reading his work, Shao Shuaijun could not help but waver. He always felt that the movie was good, but his inner self-confidence seemed to be a castle in the air, and it began to collapse little by little.

He tried to give himself the courage to be emboldened, and even if the internal premiere was poorly evaluated, he was unwilling to admit that he would fail.

But after watching the movie several times, the audience's comments became worse and worse again and again, and finally all his self-confidence collapsed in an instant and became a ruin.

Shao Shuaijun closed his eyes and opened them again, hoping that it was just an illusion, but the curtain slowly closed in front of him, ruthlessly shattering all his fragility. He felt like the darkness was going to swallow him, he felt like the whole movie theater was a cage, and he was trapped in it, struggling to get out.

"Ah Jun, the last one is over, let's go back." Lee so-so's words. Pulled him back from the Dark Realm.

Then go back in silence.

"Ah Jun, the box office of the movie hasn't come out yet, don't be nervous."

Shao Shuaijun turned his head, not wanting Li Xiuxiu to see how funny and ridiculous he was now: "It's already out, it's not early, Sister Xiuxiu, you should rest early." There are still a lot of things that you need to deal with in the company, so let him go with the movie, the dust has settled, and nothing will change. ”

Under Shao Shuaijun's repeated persuasion, Li Xiuxiu finally returned to rest.

In an empty room. Only Shao Shuaijun was left.

"Bad reviews...... It doesn't mean that the box office is bad! Shao Shuaijun. There is still hope for you! ”

Rubbing his stiff face, Shao Shuaijun didn't take a shower or take off his clothes, so he covered his head and began to sleep.

……

Three days later, the weekend box office for "The Night Watchman" finally came out.

69 IMAX theaters in North America. It grossed $5.8 million. Almost every movie is a sellout. But that's also the only thing to be happy about in "The Night Watchman". 3,045 theaters in North America opened. It only got $15.96 million at the box office in three days over the weekend, and with IMAX theaters, it was only $21.76 million. Ranked third in the weekend box office list.

"Pirates of the Caribbean 3: The End of the World," which was released for four days, topped the list with $110 million, and "Shrek 3," which was released for two weeks, came in second with $51 million.

Although there is such an anti-heaven existence as pirate films, the box office of other movies may be affected, but the summer season has always been a world of competition for blockbusters, and the audience will not be too diverted because of this.

Such a poor result of "The Night Watchman" is equivalent to a death sentence in North America.

What's worse is the rating on IMDB, 4.6 points, super bad movie score.

"The plot is dry and old-fashioned, and I can't think of any points to give except for the fight scenes."

"I don't know why Thomas is obsessed with crime and delinquency, why can't he be a hero in a hearty way? There is also an inexplicable ending, this director is really funny, and there is no lower limit to IQ! ”

"I feel that aside from the plot, it's really enjoyable to watch in IMAX, it's amazing. Especially when Thomas was on the top of the building, looking down on the whole city, it was so cool, it was like being there! I recommend you go to the IMAX theater. ”

"A big bad movie, Jack. Gyllen Hill should go back to playing your broken sleeve romance movie, China Shao, go back and make your monster movie! ”

"After watching it, I feel that the IQ has been pulled down, originally I thought that watching the film made by the Chinese, I couldn't understand it in the clouds and fog because it was too profound, watching this I finally knew that it was not the movie that was profound, but that we were too esoteric, this is only suitable for preschool to watch!"

There was a lot of scolding on IMDB, and it was even more of a mess on Rotten Tomatoes, with a total of 87 reviews, 15 qualified, and a freshness of 17%.

"Obviously, Shao Shuaijun wants to follow the Hollywood business model, but his awkward ideas have messed up a movie that should be excellent."

"With naïve plots and clichéd narratives, Chinese directors are not suitable for commercial films."

"The fiery action, the contradictory heart, the theme of doing good and eliminating evil, the character of happiness and revenge, all the elements are big selling points. It's a pity that when combined, it's another "Hulk", which is disappointing. ”

"Obviously, Hollywood produces hundreds of blockbusters every year, and they are popular all over the world. Among them, excluding "Night Watchman", Hollywood is not so easy to break through, China Shao. ”

The overwhelming criticism and ridicule attacked Shao Shuaijun.

The box office of "Night Watchman" in North America plummeted, only $8.7 million in the second weekend, and $2.3 million in the third weekend, and it was less than three weeks to be urgently drawn. In the general theater, it only got a total of 29 million US dollars. Then the Southeast region, South Korea, and Japan were released in the same poor box office, and in the end these regions combined to get $12 million

Only in IMAX theaters, from the original 69 theaters to all IMAX big screens in the United States, the number of moviegoers has been refreshed over and over again. For the commercial power of IMAX, it shocked everyone. It was $5.8 million in the first weekend, broke through $10.48 million in the second weekend, and is still attracting more people to the movie, and demand outstrips supply.

Whether it succeeds or fails, "Night Watchman" began to land in China and Europe, and the same problems encountered in the United States, "Night Watchman" failed miserably at the box office, and the reputation was even worse. In Chinese mainland, with the strong appeal of Shao Shuaijun's three words, "Night Man" can break through the box office of 100 million. It is impossible to continue.

But compared with the advertised 1.3 billion yuan and the real 900 million yuan, this money is simply a drop in the bucket.

On Time Online, the public score and film critic score of "Night Watchman" have refreshed the new low of Shao Shuaijun's works, with a public score of 5.8 points and a brightness of 26%.

"After watching "The Night Watchman", I doubt that this is a movie made by Shao Shuaijun, it is simply a hodgepodge of things that I don't know what to do. If it's business. You're fighting from start to finish. If you play deep, don't do this and that, it's really completely poisoned. ”

"Although Shao Shuaijun is my favorite director, I still have to give "Night Watchman" a score of 4 points. Inexplicable movie. ”

"I want to suffocate when the plot is depressed. There is no refreshing feeling of a hero blockbuster at all. Bad review! ”

"Junjun's movies are the best, the best! 10 points, no explanation! ”

"$150 million. 1.3 billion yuan, you can show me this thing. ”

"No matter how crazy the shouting is, it can't change the bad quality of Chinese directors, it's just a shame in his own home, and he goes to Hollywood to lose face, who do you think you are?"

"After reading it, some things are not vomiting or unhappy, I can feel what Shao Shuaijun wants to say and what he wants to say. But the excessive pursuit of commercialization, but not even the story is good, how can it be commercialized? In the past, Shao Shuaijun was called a 'storyteller', but now it seems that this is an exaggeration. ”

Among the film critics, the most powerful one is Wei Jian of "Nandu Entertainment Weekly", who did not say it in the film review, but published a bib on Time.com: "Jiang Lang is talented, Yelang is arrogant, these two idioms are tailor-made for Shao Shuaijun." We have to admit that Shao Shuaijun has always been a very thoughtful and talented director, and many movies have proved this. But as the story says, Fang Zhongyong could write poetry when he was a child, but he became a fart when he grew up, why? Because people need to walk down-to-earth, and can't learn birds to fly, Shao Shuaijun is learning birds to fly. How can a director who has never proven himself in various awards become a great director, let alone a great Hollywood director? Failure is inevitable! ”

Wang Rui, director of Nortel's directing department, also issued a bib: ""The Night Watchman failed, another Chinese director failed in Hollywood, can Chinese filmmakers really break through the shadow of Hollywood?" I hope Shao Shuaijun will not be defeated by the setbacks in front of him, although there are setbacks on the road to Hollywood, as long as he continues, he will eventually return to Hollywood one day. ”

Cai Xiaoyun, a special reporter of "Beijing Entertainment News", gave a score of 2/4: "The contradiction between ideology and business is the biggest problem of "Night Man", and Shao Shuaijun's failure lies in the failure to integrate ideology into business, so that the two are disjointed, which leads to an unsmooth plot and incoherent. ”

After all, Time.com is mainly based on movie reviews, and most of them are just scolding movies. However, the media on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places suddenly broke out, especially in Hong Kong and Baodao.

"The Academy Awards are right to reject "Painted Skin", Shao Shuaijun has to pay the price for his arrogance!"

"Losing the Golden Horse Award is not a problem of our organizing committee, but a problem of the film itself, and the nomination of "Painted Skin" is already the greatest tolerance."

"A man can speak wildly, but he must know himself."

"The box office of "Night Watchman" hit the wall, and the stock of Dream Chasing Golden Harvest may decline sharply!"

"The film can't recover the cost, and Shao Shuaijun's company is facing a desperate situation!"

"The first mainland entertainment stock may be forced to postpone!"

More media have also turned over Shao Shuaijun's old accounts. What Hong Kong news meeting angrily scolded reporters for "shut up", what airport angrily threw the microphone, what refused to sign autographs for fans, what hotel hangover, what made nonsense in the face of interviews, and what scolded the Golden Horse and the Academy Awards, as if Shao Shuaijun was the biggest cancer in the entertainment industry.

Those filmmakers who were forced to shut up in the literary and commercial debates, now that the first batch of investment targets of the Youth Directors' League has been settled, they have no worries, and they have begun to emerge in the media again, lashing out at Shao Shuaijun for his mercenary intentions, and he will end up in ruin!

Whether it is scolding or not, Shao Shuaijun seems to have disappeared from the entertainment industry, and there is no news at all.

There was no response, no rebuttal.

The darkest hour hangs over the hearts of everyone who cares about him! (To be continued......)

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