Chapter 79: "Gladiator" Premiere (2)
"Oh."
Brent let out an exclamation as soon as Commodius first appeared on screen.
"Young girls don't seem to hate this villain anymore."
With a delicate face and gorgeous clothes, especially Daniel's deep eyes and his long eyebrows, this is indeed enough to make most women swoon. In fact, the styling of a movie is becoming more and more important, because the meaning of the film to the audience is changing, and it is gradually just an ordinary form of entertainment - which means that it often only takes a little bit of harmony for people to be willing to buy tickets for it, and the plot, big names, traditional themes, etc. are no longer the ultimate selling point of the movie. Flashy styling and simple visual stimulation are just the icing on the cake and the selling points that have only been added to the past.
Many people in the screening room chuckled in their hearts, but soon they began to rejoice again, for they thought of the beginning of the news, "The splendid shape of Commodius is stunning, but—" What a twist, isn't it?
The plot doesn't stop because of their changing minds, and the prince and princess, who talk about the death of the old emperor in the carriage - and his children, at this time Conmerdius, who still believes that he will inherit the throne of the Roman emperor, begins to reveal his heart to him...... Then, the future emperor, who was at ease in his carriage, learned that the war had been going on for nineteen days, and that it was still ongoing, and he probably realized that he should be there.
"Straightforward." Brent commented in his heart.
Commodius has only appeared for two or three minutes, but a series of plot settings have already imprinted a lot of labels on this villain.
Affectionate and stupid, openly talking about the death of the old emperor and being honest about Lucilla's confidence in his succession, for film critics who are used to watching all kinds of episodes, they can already fully understand what kind of person this is - he is a fool, and whatever stupid things he does later are naturally understandable.
As for Lucyla, his sister, he almost directly announced that he had unethical feelings, so this is still a child who is not in a normal heart.
In addition to the above two points, a prince who accompanied the army did not know anything about war, and under the premise that the old emperor and the general were on the front line, he actually entangled with women in a luxurious carriage.
It's a straw bale.
Idiot, abnormal, straw bales - this is the appearance of Commodius.
In Brent's view, Ridley deliberately separates from camps quickly, and the symbolic antagonist helps to elicit the audience's feelings, but it may still be lacking in the artistry of a film.
Brent, who was thoughtful, turned his head sideways to look at Haven.
"What do you think of Daniel's cousin?"
Brent looked at him in surprise, Haven's style of criticism was not on the actors, and Commodius had only been on the scene for a few minutes, so it was a bit too early to talk about Daniel's acting skills, unless Daniel's publicist had put a chip.
This conjecture made Brent a little awkward, and he did not receive any contact from the actor, which seemed to be a differential treatment.
How many of these people have been PR by Daniel? Brent glanced vaguely across the screening room.
Of course, Haven doesn't know what Brent is envisioning, and Daniel doesn't have the financial resources and face to buy film critics of Haven's level now, and their prices all start at $100,000 - Daniel's yet-to-be-released "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy" is only paid 70,000 yuan.
He was a little excited, "Have you noticed that building a character's personality quickly, in general, hurts the fluidity and naturalness of the character, but Commodius doesn't have this problem. ”
Brent quickly understood what Haven said, indeed, what you gain will inevitably lose something, and the rough establishment of a negative image will inevitably damage the rationality of the character, and for the audience, this image he has only known for three minutes, and he has to recognize what kind of person he is - even if the movie succeeds, it will leave a reluctant and unreasonable impression.
Recalling the scene just now, Brent realized why Haven was a little excited - Daniel's performance just now was indeed quite level, even in the same scene, he was constantly pushing the character to establish a sense of hierarchy and appearance, this is a Roman prince with good genes, and then he seemed to turn his face sideways, the light in the carriage was very uneven, and the dark light hit his face, making him more obscure, and then his facial expressions, eyes and voice were also charming.
Brent still has a strong memory, but he can only remember these, he really didn't pay attention to Daniel's acting skills just now, and these small subtle treatments are difficult to notice at the beginning.
After prevaricating Haven, Brent began to pay attention to Daniel's performance.
When they talked, the exchange between Maximus and the old emperor was excessive.
Commodius was soon back in action.
Immediately, the posture is quite elegant.
However, the ensuing artificiality undoubtedly deepened the impression that this was a nuisance.
Brent brace himself.
"Sure enough." Brent noticed that Commerdius was a little embarrassed when he heard the old emperor say, "You missed the whole war." But Brent found that Daniel only made movements on the stiffness of his facial muscles when he was dealing with the performance, and there was no noticeable change in the corners of his eyes and mouth.
The kid didn't care at all - that's the message Brent had gotten.
Missing a war for the survival of a nation would seem so inconsequential to a would-be heir.
This sense of absurdity really raised Brent's viewing expectations.
For those who can watch movies, Commodius is starting to get interesting, what can he do with such a setting?
It's just a small treatment, and for the average audience, it may just feel that he is a little careless, but for an industry insider like Brent, it means that Commodius has asked for a flat and straightforward way of telling characters, which has become exciting.
"Ridley will love him to death." Brent whispered to Haven that there was a lot of whispering at the premiere, and everyone needed to know what the rest of their peers had to say.
Haven wasn't mistaken, and Brent didn't say Russell Crowe on the screen again, he was talking about Daniel Sandler.
Haven chuckled twice, agreeing with that.
The Oscar judges have seen countless films, and they have gotten rid of a lot of movie-watching excitement when they watch films, so observing details has become their favorite, no matter what factors their tickets will consider in the end, at least in their own opinion, this kind of movie with good details is advantageous.
So Brent was not wrong when he said that Ridley would love Daniel to death, and the Oscar judges were likely to be curryed favor with Daniel's interpretation.