"What will be the beginning of this one?"

Sit in the second row, Jane? Lauder to Ivanka? In Trump's ear, he asked, "It's not going to be another big war, is it?" ”

"I don't know, I haven't seen it yet." Ivanka playfully shrugged her shoulders and pointed to Duke in the front row, "The director is here, you can go and ask him." ”

Simple? Lauder held back her curiosity, "I'd better wait a while." ”

Duke's films always have a wonderful beginning, which has almost become the consensus of the audience, and countless people in the Chinese Grand Theater in Hollywood are waiting for the beginning of "The Two Towers"!

The lights in the auditorium finally went out, the big screen began to light up, and the classic opening soundtrack began to echo everywhere, from New York to Los Angeles, from Seattle to Miami, and everyone watching the film stared at the same time with their eyes wide as if they were afraid of missing a second of the shot.

"The world is changing, and the age of the elves is coming to an end......"

Subtitles are still showing on the screen, and a dreamy and ethereal voice sounded along with the soundtrack, "The glory of the past is drifting away in the wind, and the key person has awakened!" ”

Hearing this familiar voice, Chrissy subconsciously said, "It's Gelladriel, it's Queen Galadriel, this is my favorite!" ”

"You can recognize it just by your voice?" Pete next to him couldn't help but ask, "How many times have you watched The Fellowship of the Ring?" ”

"Not much...... "Chrissy scratched his chin, "only five times!" ”

Brad? Miller didn't say anything, just sighed, the Lord of the Rings movie version was too appealing, especially for those of them who were book lovers!

The time of the subtitles is very short, but it flashes by in a few seconds, in the beautiful golden forest. Queen Galadriel stood proudly like an angel.

"He needs to complete his mission, find him and bring him to Roslorian!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a giant eagle soared into the air and flew towards the distant sky.

The picture moves with the giant eagle, changing from a forest to an alpine snowy scene, and an old voice echoes in the mountains.

"I am a servant of the Secret Fire. I am the bearer of the Flame of Arnor, and the fire of darkness cannot defeat me......"

The camera passes through the mountains and returns to the Moriath Mine again, Gandalf is pulled into the deepest part of the world by the Fire Demon, the camera keeps falling with Gandalf downward, the old wizard holds the enemy fencing and starts a fight to the death with the Fire Demon, and the opening battle officially kicks off!

The fight between the two ex-Maia can only be described as tragic, with both sides cutting through the flames. Falling into the deep water again, Morgoth's Firedemon spread his wings and flew from the deepest dungeon to the highest mountain, Gandalf fought to the death, but he was no match for the Firedemon, and suffered a heavy blow on the mountain, but before he fell, he used the power of lightning to kill the Firedemon.

Morgoth's fire demons rolled down the mountain. Gandalf lay motionless in the snow.

The Chinese Theatre in Hollywood is silent, even those who have not read the original book understand. The film pulls Gandalf out again, definitely not to show them how the old wizard died!

They were all waiting, waiting for the moment when Gandalf stood up!

The camera slowly pulls in to the badly injured Gandalf, and the darkness gradually disperses, and when it is about to take up all the images on the screen, there is a sudden sound of rapid breathing. The picture is back to normal again, but Gandalf, who is gray-robed and gray-haired, has turned into a white-haired old man with bare shoulders.

The so-called god system of the Lord of the Rings is quite mixed, and in the original books, it was Iluvita who sent the dead Gandalf back to Middle-earth. But the length of the film is limited, and Duke doesn't want to get involved with systems like the gods, so he simply uses the method of killing the fire demon to advance to the class.

This does not prevent those who have not read the original book from understanding, but also makes those who have read the original book easily think of how Gandalf came back.

The next scene, of course, is the Condor from above, which brings Gandalf back to Roslorian.

In the Golden Forest, Queen Galadriel personally dressed Gandalf in a white robe and looked at him affectionately, "Mithlandil ......"

“My.lady……”

Gandalf took the white jade-like cane and officially became a white-robed wizard!

At the moment when Gandalf took the cane, applause rang out without warning, and the applause in the Chinese Theater in Hollywood was thunderous!

In the Nokia Theatre, Pete, Chrissy and Brad? The three of Miller were also applauding with the crowd, they didn't know why, and after seeing Gandalf reborn from the fire, the excitement in their hearts could no longer be restrained!

In the AMG Theater in New York, there was thunderous applause all around, David? Dengbi is as inconspicuous as a light raindrop in the thunder, but his brows are deeply furrowed, and his eyes look at the big screen with a little disgust. What is the difference between such a movie and those cheap cartoons?

Without special effects, without action scenes, what would you do?

He turned a deaf ear to the thunderous applause in the theater, and just looked at the picture on the screen with disgust on his face, thinking about how many points he should give.

Seventh? It's too high, is the special effects movie worth such a high score?

However, the next scene, let David? Denby thinks that a score of seven may be okay, Frodo and Sam appear, the weight of the Lord of the Rings makes the hobbit seem to be unable to raise his head, and the appearance of Gollum, who has a complex personality, makes his eyes shine even more, and the film is also touching the inner world of these two people.

The pace begins to slow down, and the characters' inner feelings are gradually brewing, David? Denby nodded, what if the film didn't pursue the big scenes, but followed Frodo all the time? Baggins, and if he uses a slow narrative structure to illustrate his complex inner world with Sam and Gollum, he would give this film a score of seven!

However, just as he was thinking this, the camera cut to the three of Aragorn, and another great battle broke out, and the previous silence of the audience in the theater was immediately replaced by high feelings, although the battle of the Lohan cavalry to encircle and suppress the orcs was not long, but it raised the nerves of the audience that had slowed down slightly because of Frodo to the level of excitement again.

David? Dengbi watched the war drama with disgust, and the audience watched the war drama with great interest.

"Duke deserves to be Duke!" Critch exclaimed, "His films will not be cold, and the war scenes in the book have been filmed by him now!" ”

Pete nodded approvingly, "I think Duke is definitely the first-class level in Hollywood when shooting Cold Weapon Wars!" ”

A film, only fantasy scenery and excavation of the characters' hearts is absolutely not enough, at least for commercial films.

In the final analysis, the Lord of the Rings trilogy is a commercial masterpiece after all, and there is no need to describe too much in the hearts of the characters, which will become a burden to the film and will only make the film move closer to the niche.

There is one thing, even a literary director can't deny that 95% of the audience in this world walks into the theater for recreation and to pursue the simplest happiness!

As he said in an interview, one of the first factors Duke considered when making the film was the taste of the public.

Even his two films with the narrowest audience, "Chicago" and "One Hundred Thousand Urgent", are actually typical popular films.

For the rhythm of the film, Duke appropriately reduced a little of Frodo's line scenes, as long as he could explain the development of events, the length of the film is only 175 minutes, and there are scenes between Merry and Pippin and Shuhu, those long-winded dialogues, he has simplified them as much as possible to avoid delaying the release version too long.

After all, he and Peter? Jackson is different, he is a fan of the Lord of the Rings movie version, but he is not a die-hard fan of the original book, and he will not be like Peter Fatty, because he wants to restore the plot of the original book as much as possible, thus dragging the film slow and long.

Therefore, by the time the film is more than an hour underway, Siyodon has already made the decision to hide in the Valley of the Holy Helm and use the fortress of Fort Clarion to fight against Issinger's army.

Gandalf went to ask for help, and King Hiudon and Aragorn were on their way to the Valley of the Holy Helm when they were stopped by the wolf's horsemen of Isengard, and another great battle broke out.

"Oh, he's so handsome!"

Looking at the footage of Legolas bending his bow and shooting arrows, there was an exclamation from the theater, "This elf is so charming." ”

"Even though I'm a man, I'm attracted to him."

"It's my favorite character in the movie."

Just in David? Next to Denby, a black girl almost shouted, "God, I'm going to marry Legolas!" I must marry Legolas! ”

What you see in your eyes and what you hear in your ears makes David? Denby's dislike for the film grew deeper.

What is this? It's okay not to create a film without heart, and to make a male vase to attract the audience, in addition to these unpopular methods, Duke? What else will Rosenberg have?

David? Denby's heart was filled with deep disdain, and he couldn't help but snort coldly, "Disgusting character! ”

His voice was a little loud, and it was immediately caught by the girl next to him, who looked over with wide eyes, it seemed that David? Dengbi insulted the most sacred and inviolable existence in her heart, "What do you say? Are you insulting Legolas and Duke's Lord of the Rings? ”

Years ago, David? Dengbi has seen the madness of movie fans, and was cheated by the girls of the Lauder family once, and he knows very well the obsession and madness of these people, plus several people around him have looked at it, as if as long as he nods and admitted, he will directly open his mouth and tear him apart.

"I definitely didn't mean that."

Obviously, the fans around him who are about twenty years old don't know who he is at all, David? Dengby had to lower his posture slightly, "I promise, you heard me wrong!" ”

"How could I have misheard?" Black women still have some questions.

David? Denby had no choice but to say, "Actually, I'm also a fan of Duke......"

He had an idea and pointed to the screen, "Look, this scene is too huge!" ”

The eyes of the others immediately returned to the big screen, and then they couldn't take their eyes off it, and in the panoramic shot, Isenger was densely packed with strong orcs, who were about to attack Lohan.

The Battle of the Valley of the Holy Helmet is about to break out! (To be continued......)

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