"Gladiator" is a relatively small controversial work, because whether it is Ridley Scott or Russell Crowe, and even the choice of subject matter, it is extremely safe, look at this configuration: a great director, a first-class actor at his peak, an epic hero, from the perspective of awards, this is already a work that is quite flattering.

However, this does not mean that the people attending the premiere today will be more eye-catching for it, on the contrary, the standards for film critics to look at it will be more demanding, because everyone knows that you are going for the Oscars, whether you are good enough or not, whether you are worthy of general optimism, he must be judged with a spirit of 12 points. In fact, many people have this mentality, and the more people say yes, the more they want to find out what is not good enough - it can show that he is highly qualified, unique and unique. In a way, this is true, which is why there are often teachings where the truth is in the hands of a few.

Brent and Haven are old friends – basically any big Zuò movie that premieres in New York will invite them both. The New Yorker and the New York Daily News are also reputable outlets, and no one will ignore them.

"Let's hope Ridley doesn't push too hard." Brent watched as the media and other colleagues were still seated, and the main creative staff had already arrived in the front row, "I think he wants to go crazy thinking about Orcas." ”

Haven is more than fifty years old, and he can be described as a time-honored name in the film critic world, and when he heard Brent's slightly mocking statement, he didn't agree with it, "Hollywood directors and stars, don't you care about this, money and fame, the Oscar is certainly worthy of the madness of every Hollywood careerist." ”

"Yes, but I think it's still too much to make a film for the purpose of the Oscars, and the awards are for film achievement, not for directors and actors."

The old-school Haven and the more radical Brent have their own reservations, and they are not wrong, the film itself requires a certain sense of independent thinking, and if the film is centered on the award, this thinking will inevitably be weakened or even lost.

But the difference between the strength and weakness of the movie and the award is so obvious, the Oscar is stronger, then the movie will revolve around it, otherwise the Oscar will not deign to please you.

Of course, Brent and Haven understood this, so the argument was a superficial end.

In the end, it depends on the quality of the movie "Gladiator".

After they had been sitting down for about twenty minutes, everyone was seated, the lights in the screening room went out, and the big screen began to light up.

The names of DreamWorks and Universal at the beginning of the opening credits also remind these film critics and media who hold the right to criticize that this is not an independent film company, and Steven's DreamWorks and the giant Universal Pictures have just given a lot of honorarium.

But this is the norm, everyone is calm, secretly thinking about how to be worthy of that honorarium, but also to attract the attention of the audience, a large number of rhetorical and gorgeous praise, but can not promote sales.

From this point of view, Daniel is a bit of a no-brainer. Among so many film critics here, except for a small group at the top of the industry, many of the rest of them plan to use Daniel as a breakthrough.

There's nothing wrong with that, if you're going to use actors to critique a movie, it's hard to say that you're going to be convincing with a supporting cast with little drama, like which media is going to bash the movie with Richard, who plays the old emperor Marcus - just because he's an old man with quirks, which would be laughable anyway.

Russell Crowe, Connie Nelson and Daniel Sandler are the only three options.

In this, Crowe is in full swing, and if you want to use him as a breakthrough, I am afraid that it is not much easier than dealing with DreamWorks and Universal - once an actor is in a period of rapid rise, then there will inevitably be various interest groups around him, and if you move him, it means that you will move the cake of those people.

In Daniel's own case, when he participated in the USC Short Film Competition, Universal hinted that it would do public relations for him. With Crow's current status and commercial value, of course, the power involved is stronger and greater.

It's hard to get started with Crowe, and Connie Nelson is honestly a non-topical actress, basically not newsworthy, and in a movie like "Gladiator", a woman can hardly be called the main character.

Everybody is smart, and when you think about it, Daniel Sandler is like a candle in the dark. His work is not convincing - his acting is inconclusive, but it is also not lacking in popularity and attention - newsworthy, if not quite large. Not to mention that there is no actor in "Gladiator" who is more suitable than him, even if all the movies that will be released in the second half of this year, there is basically no actor more suitable for him to make a breakthrough.

Daniel sat in the first row, and did feel a little chill behind him, and many people looked at him with green eyes.

After a few brief background introductions, the movie officially begins.

The background music is as everyone expected, calm and powerful, and well-rendered - it is a movie on a high level, which is everyone's first impression.

The film begins with Maximus's Germanic Wars, and there is something striking about Clough's portrayal, which makes him look more at ease than more majestic heroes - meaning that he will be more like a human general than the cold gods of Mount Olympia.

"Very clever to mobilize to the death." Brent thought to himself, and after a few minutes, he was relieved, even if Ridley really wanted to go crazy about Oscar, he was still smart enough in this movie, Maximus's pre-war mobilization, a lot less blood and incitement, but better than plain and firm, this is a symbol of sincerity in the movie.

Haven's focus is different from Brent's, he has a sense of regret, the movie is still too messy, it can be seen that Ridley tried to create a more realistic Roman and Germanic savage battlefield, but missed, the shock brought by the reality can not be reflected very well. Of course, overall, the first ten minutes of the movie are still worthy of everyone's expectations for it.

After the great victory of Rome, there is a close-up of the old emperor, and it can be seen that he is a little too weak. The interior of the luxury carriage that switched over made many people stunned for a moment, and then began to unconsciously straighten their backs.

The war scenes are set the tone and refreshed, and they are quite exciting and exciting for the average audience, but the critics don't pay too much attention to them. After entering the official plot, it is the focus of their movie.

A beautiful woman lying on the sofa, and a silhouette of a young man in a blue dress.

Almost instantly, everyone understands who these two people are - this is the advantage of highly commercial films, the three protagonists, each with their own positioning, as long as you know a little about the movie at the beginning, you can quickly correspond to the characters in the movie.

Princess Lucyla, played by Connie Nelson, and Conmerdius, played by Daniel Sandler, are the heirs of Rome.