On a business trip, there is only one more 5000 words today, sorry~~――

It's not just the media, the fan frenzy is even more crazy than Smith Week's previous films.

On the IMDB website, from the end of the Spartan 300 movie to the dawn of the sky, the entire rating and comments are surging, and countless people leave their own thoughts, leaving their expectations for the United States after the 729 incident, and leaving their hearts to surrender to Smith Zhou again.

"When I typed this line, I was still very excited, the iron-blooded King of Sparta was full of admiration, but it also brought heartbreak, Hugh Jackman, is simply a genius in acting, this movie can completely make him a superstar!" - Hanks, a Washington movie fan.

"Whenever the supporters of the Lord of the Rings shout Spartan three hundred red pants, I want to fight with them in anger! In my eyes, no one is more chic and cooler than Hugh Jackman's king and Christian's warrior. The cool artistic conception between the blades makes me hysterical, oh my God! I announce that I have officially become a brain-dead fan of director Smith Chow. - Chicago movie fan West.

"Leonida's words before he died made me cry bitterly, and I found that I had fallen in love with this hero, Hugh Jackman, I love you!" - Minnesota fan Heidi.

"Angelina plays the queen with a full sense of aura, ten out of ten queen fan! Although there are not many scenes in this Gang of Men movie, I believe that she will definitely be good for her to take this opportunity to hook up with Director Smith Chow! Come on, Angelina! - Boston movie fan Dominic.

"Eye-popping visual effects, unparalleled cold weapon fighting, picturesque scene descriptions, and Smith Chow, whose imagination far surpasses that of humans! Oh, my God. If one day the Smith Week publicity stops. I'm going to go and play the glass of his window! - San Francisco movie fan Donald.

But. Behind the praise, another blockbuster film has the upper hand in terms of the number of reviews and media attention, and that is "The Lord of the Rings".

Roger Albert, the nation's most famous film critic, did not watch a Smith Week film directly for the first time. The movie he watched was the Lord of the Rings, and then the Spartan Three Hundred.

He made an evaluation of the Lord of the Rings with two large fingers, but with Spartan three hundred, he was slow to make an evaluation.

The Lord of the Rings. I think it's a rare masterpiece of romanticism.

The grand scenes, exquisite stunts, and superb performances in the film needless to say, the performances are outstanding. It's just that after reading it yesterday, a faint joy and serenity rose in my heart, and I seemed to have figured out a lot of things.

After watching the film, my remaining questions were: What does the Lord of the Rings represent? What does Frodo stand for? And what does Mordor represent? What does Aragon stand for? In addition to the strong visual shock, the whole film wants to tell us a truth.

My answer is this.

The Lord of the Rings is the sum of evil desires, and Mordor is the general spokesperson of evil, and the creator condenses all the evil desires of people into a small ring. The ring does not melt, and the evil does not perish. Even if there are epic heroes, the Fellowship of the Ring, they can only win a brief victory, not destroy it. Because the power of evil is so great - men who have become half-beasts, monsters of all kinds, one after the other, and so on. Only by dissolving the Ring (i.e., human desire) in the Red Flame Magma can one win a fundamental victory.

Gandalf is a messenger of God, who can only guide and activate his powers and guide a right path, but he cannot do it for him.

Salvation can only be accomplished by man himself. Rely on justice, bravery, strength, and will to fight, and rely on the clean and clear power in your heart that never disappears to completely destroy your desires.

And Spartan 300, after the blood stains flying all over the sky, behind the darkening of the MV style and the aesthetics of violence, there is always some feeling that the plot is a little thin, for this reason, I am very entangled, it seems that I have to think about it for a while before I can give an evaluation.

Roger Albert's statement is quite pertinent, but more media outlets are singing praises to The Lord of the Rings, and the Chicago Sun, which has a rare opportunity, finally ushered in a bright spring, jumping up and down, and happy.

And Lionsgate boss Frank is also full of magnifying cannons, and confidence seems to have returned to him, and the crooked finger pointing at Smith Zhou appears in various interviews all day long, making people wonder if he has to go to the toilet to make a big discussion.

Well, if you want to defeat the Lord of the Rings in word-of-mouth, this is as helpless as Sparta's 300 facing 50,000 Persian troops, but if you can defeat it at the box office, the task given by the director system can be regarded as completed, right?

Zhou Shaoming secretly thought, turning a deaf ear to the comments of the media, he had done his best to make the Spartan 300 reach a higher status than the original time and space, but the death hole of the whole movie is that the pattern is too small, which is inherently insufficient compared to the Lord of the Rings that truly reproduces the world of Middle-earth.

Well, box office, box office!

Zhou Shaoming clenched his fists and waited for the box office data to be revealed.

After a sleepless night, Zhou Shaoming rushed to the company early, he really didn't want to wait for the results at home, he was anxious and he just wanted to know for the first time, on the day of the 19th, Spartan 300 and the finger king, who took the lead at the box office.

Jon came earlier, Zhou Shaoming looked at his red eyes, knowing that he hadn't slept well last night, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Jon, pay attention to your body!" Is there a box office data rate to be calculated now? ”

Jon shook his head and said to Zhou Shaoming: "Not yet, it is estimated that due to the time difference, the box office data of the movie on the 19th has not been fully counted, but it is soon, it is estimated that by noon, Nielsen will give specific data." ”

In North America, i.e., the United States and Canada, as the world's recognized main film production and consumption areas, its box office statistics are completed by a third-party independent agency. The box office and related data are mainly derived from two companies: Lantrac Group of Companies, founded in 1977, and Nielsen EDI, founded in 1976, which provide a variety of data, industry analysis and research reports for more than 80,000 screens in 23 countries and regions and more than 50,000 screens in 14 countries, respectively.

North American box office statistics agencies are "third-party independent", that is, they do not engage in any direct commercial activities such as film investment, production, distribution, screening and peripheral product operation, and their business scope is limited to achieving profitability through the statistics, analysis and release of movie box office data. Some basic data (such as daily or weekly movie box office rankings) is often released to the public for free on its own official website or its authorized partner media as open data.

"Hmm. Hopefully a good result. Notify me as soon as there is news! Zhou Shaoming said to Jon.

Jon made an "OK" gesture. I thought about it. He asked, "Boss, how did you go to the cinema yesterday to observe?" ”

Zhou Shaoming laughed at this, and then walked into the office and smiled at Jon: "Full seats." And the popcorn boss should scold me again, I guess if I continue like this, I will have multiple nicknames, Popcorn Terminator! ”

"Boss. You're amazing. After listening to Zhou Shaoming's words, Jon pretended to express his surprise and slapped a flattering horse.

"However, the audience to see The Lord of the Rings this time is also very large, and it is also full, and the owners of the movie theater were going to die of joy yesterday, and there were thousands of people queuing up in the movie theater!" Zhou Shaoming recalled yesterday's scene and smiled.

"Haha, I'm going to get busy first. I'll let you know as soon as there's any news. Jon smiled as well, and went about his duty.

Watch Jon run away in a frenzy. Zhou Shaoming went to Christina's office at this time.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhou Shaoming saw Christina working seriously. There are a lot of papers on the table, and it seems that she has to be busy again today.

was able to enter her office without knocking on the door, and Zhou Shaoming was the only one in the entire company, so at this moment, even if Christina didn't look up, she also knew who was coming.

Without raising her head, Christina kept looking at the file and said, "Zhou, you're back, I fell asleep yesterday when you came back too late, and I didn't call you in the morning because I wanted you to rest more, why did you get up so early?" ”

After listening to Christina's words, Zhou Shaoming said with a smile: "It's okay, you work so hard, how dare I be lazy?" ”

Hearing this, Christina raised her head with a playful smile, looked at Zhou Shaoming and said, "You are a great director, no one dares to talk about you if you are lazy." ”

Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around, Zhou Shaoming kissed her pink face, and poured towards Christina like a sweet talk and no money, and Christina glanced at Zhou Shaoming coquettishly and said with a smile: "You bad guy, it's really annoying." ”

"Hey, hey." Zhou Shaoming kissed enough, laughed, and sat beside Christina affectionately.

"Okay, okay, I still have work to do, you can take a look at our official website, there are already countless comments on it, and other online reviews are already full of all kinds of movie reviews." As she spoke, Christina looked at the document in her hand again.

Zhou Shaoming also smiled, and then picked up a laptop on the side and sat on the sofa in the office.

After opening the website of Supernova Pictures, Zhou Shaoming saw a lot of comments from the audience, and like IMDB, there are many movie reviews uploaded by fans as soon as possible after watching Sparta.

"The comic adaptation based on Miller is very cool, and the graphics follow the style of Vice City, the roaring and recklessness of the muscular men, the spectacle of the fighting scenes, the technique of storyboarding, and the skillful scenes. For legendary epic films, the Spartan Three Hundred Warriors completely subverted the tradition!

"On the screen, this film can be described as gorgeous from beginning to end, and there is almost no scene that has not been rendered by computer, so the whole thing looks like a super-long special effects CG. Most of the ink is used in the movie for war scenes, although there are some sensational scenes interspersed with it, but on the whole, it can still be summed up in one sentence, let's kill happily!

"300" presents the most brutal and heroic scene in the history of Western warfare, when the last Spartan warrior fell in a pool of blood, there was no miracle of being outnumbered, but this is history, this is the hero.

This is also the experience of the father of the chainsaw, although everyone calls him a miracle, but I believe that behind this miracle. It must have been full of sweat and tears!"

There are a lot of big scenes in the film. But real knives and guns still account for most of the part. The beauty of the human body is fully demonstrated by the bayonet in the red, especially the part before Astino is beheaded, which is the duet dance between him and his comrades. The shield blocks the sword from the sheath, and kills five people in ten steps.

In a word, refreshing! ”

After reading these praise-filled remarks, Zhou Shaoming logged on to Yahoo.com. After all, the people who run to Supernova's official website to support the movie are generally fans who really love the father of the chainsaw, so most of the opinions are full of praise.

Whether it's for a director or a film. It's all unhealthy, because if you only see the good and not the bad, you won't make any progress at all.

Only by going to other websites can Zhou Shaoming see the comments on his shortcomings, and by the way, he can also take a look at the audience's evaluation of "The Lord of the Rings".

As soon as he logged on to Yahoo, Zhou Shaoming saw a comment that bombarded Sparta.

"The plot is rough, the actors are superficial, and the action is exaggerated. The picture MV, watching the big screen is nothing more than that. The music is too loud. The director is a lingerie show that shows 300 naked men. ”

Ay. Although he has tried his best to do his best, but with a thousand readers, there will be a thousand Hamlets, Zhou Shaoming can't make everyone think that the Spartan Three Hundred Warriors is a good movie, he can only do his best to meet the needs of the largest audience.

So although he saw a lot of bad remarks, Zhou Shaoming still looked at these movie reviews calmly.

After watching it for a while, Zhou Shaoming focused his attention on Sparta's biggest competitor "The Lord of the Rings".

One of the first comments was to give "The Lord of the Rings" a high rating.

"I think my words pale in the face of this epic masterpiece, and I have no intention of using my own scarce adjectives to describe this film that has been enshrined as a myth. I would say that everyone has a Lord of the Rings, and everyone faces the temptation of the Lord of the Rings. ”

After reading this description, the pressure on Zhou Shaoming's shoulders couldn't help but increase, in Hollywood, there are not many epic masterpieces in total, and the current fans will give such a high evaluation, which shows how amazing the effect of "The Lord of the Rings" is.

"It's both a myth and a deep allegory. There are so many weaknesses in human nature: greed, inability to resist temptation, selfishness, and it is these weaknesses that bring disaster after disaster to humanity. The protagonist in the film is not so much fighting the devil as he is fighting himself, and what humans have to do is to overcome themselves. Several classic dialogues reveal the themes of the film and contain many philosophical implications. ”

"Humans can't resist the temptation of such a small thing? No matter how small a person is, he can change the future. ”

"This is not only a contest between good and evil, but also a struggle within the hearts of human beings. It's hard to say whether some of the characters in the play are good or evil, and in the face of great temptation, anyone can make mistakes. ”

"In addition to the shock of the scene, the most commendable thing about "The Lord of the Rings" is the reality in the magic. The magic technique undoubtedly amplifies the magic power of the Ring, and highlights the greed for power, the defense of faith, and the surrender to fear. I can say without hesitation that this is the only movie that I have watched for so many years that can be compared to "Titanic". ”

It's another comment, and it's different from the previous one, this comment is directly the comparison between "The Lord of the Rings" and "Titanic".

What was the score of Titanic? Even in the previous life, the Titanic has always ranked first in the global box office list, and has never been surpassed by anyone.

Zhou Shaoming watched slowly, thinking about future movies, although there are many movies, classics are precious!

There was a knock on the door, a slightly urgent voice.

"Come in, the door is unlocked." Zhou Shaoming raised his head and said outside.

Soon, Jon walked in, still holding a document in his hand, came to Zhou Shaoming, and handed the document in his hand to him: "Boss, this is the box office data that Nielsen just counted about the Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta and the 19th of "The Lord of the Rings". Take a look. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Shaoming took the folder and opened it, there was actually only a piece of paper in it, but Jon specially packed it up with a folder in order to be formal.

Zhou Shaoming's mood couldn't help but get nervous, this was the first time that after the movie, he was very worried about the box office.

The data on the paper made him breathe a sigh of relief, and his brow furrowed even tighter.

The Spartan Three Hundred Warriors was released in 3,398 theaters on the 19th, with an average of $6,421 for a single theater and a box office result of $21818558.

The Lord of the Rings' first Lord of the Rings appeared, and it was released in 3,359 theaters on the 19th, with an average of $6,358 in a single theater and a box office result of $21356522.

On the day of the 19th, the difference between the results of the two films was only 63 US dollars, and the total score was only 460,000 US dollars, and Sparta narrowly won!

However, Spartan 300 is relying on the invincible image and momentum accumulated by several of his own movies, and he tried his best to take advantage of the publicity to launch the market, because the Lord of the Rings is the first, the audience still needs to accept time, as time goes by, the connotation of the Lord of the Rings will become more and more attractive to neutral fans, and they will not have an advantage at all!

Maybe, maybe Sparta will be overtaken by The Lord of the Rings after winning the box office championship in the first week!

Although the fight against epic blockbusters can also have such results, although Smith Zhou is only 23 years old and has a bright future, although the box office of Spartan 300 on the first day exploded and collected more than 20 million US dollars, beating the Lord of the Rings to the top, it is expected that the North American box office should break 200 million, but Zhou Shaoming's heart has a feeling of powerlessness for the first time. (To be continued.) )