"What do you think?"

Out of the theater, Jane? Lauder put on her sunglasses and asked Ivanka as she walked? Trump, "Like this film?" ”

"It's okay." Ivanka took out her sunglasses from her bag, put them on her face as well, and said, "Not as good as you say." ”

Simple? Lauder nodded approvingly, "Compared with "The Matrix", there is still a significant gap between this film and "The Matrix", but it is only a small-cost ......"

She thought for a moment, "The rhythm of the first half is not like Duke's style, and the gunfight scene in the back is a typical Duke?" Rosenberg filmed. ”

"So, the film feels a little weird." Simple? Lauder added, "There are some differences in style before and after. ”

Ivanka walked over and grabbed her arm, "Let's not talk about movies, let's go shopping on Fifth Avenue." ”

"Okay."

It's not far from Fifth Avenue, and the two of them are walking towards that side, Jane? Lauder asked, "Where are you going this summer?" Do you still want to work part-time? ”

"yes, but I don't want to model anymore." Ivanka? "It's not easy to find a place where you can pay well and learn to exercise," Trump said. ”

"I've heard Erin mention it." Simple? Lauder thought of something, "There's an intern in New Zealand, you can go over and have a look." ”

In the relatively cold spring season, especially on the weekend after the Oscars, although the number of films released is enough, the production cost is more than $10 million, even more than $6 million, and there is only one "100,000 Urgent".

This is the coldest schedule in the North American film market, "100,000 Urgent" basically has no heavyweight competitors, and various distribution companies will not invest a lot of resources in this schedule.

As the only film in the same schedule that is really well-known and has the highest investment. "One Hundred Thousand Urgent" inevitably became the focus of commentary.

On the second day's print media, there were many film reviews of the film.

As a film critic who watched the film for the first time, Richard? Chris certainly won't miss the opportunity to comment.

"The nearly 40-minute shootout at the end of the film is very much like "The Line of Fire" back then, and even the intensity and duration are still excessive, but compared to the detailed details and indescribable soothing rhythm depicted in "The Line of Fire". "100,000 Urgent" is more like a shoddy summer popcorn, which is not the same as director Duke? Rosenberg has an inseparable relationship. ”

"With his ability, he can make this sensational theme into a film that deeply explores human nature and social issues, gunfights are not impossible, but they can be brushed aside, there is no need to last for such a long time, he has ruined a theme that can cast classics!"

The summer file can be said to be the worst schedule for film critics. In recent years, these critics have simply turned a blind eye to Duke's summer films, and now they see a relatively mediocre production, and they are naturally in full swing.

"Why didn't he cancel all the foreshadowing of the plot and go directly to shoot the shootout in the back? For Duke? For Rosenberg, his films don't need a plot at all, just superficial gunfights and explosion scenes are enough. ”

- The Hollywood Reporter Todd? Mccarthy.

"The three-line narrative structure in front of it is eye-catching, especially the film's description of family and family. Is it Duke? There are few delicate emotions in Rosenberg's films, but as soon as the gunfight scene appears. The whole film was ruined, the shootout was so long, and the noise made it difficult to sit comfortably in the theater. ”

-- Kenneth, Los Angeles Times? Turan.

"This is an adaptation that does not match the facts, it neither shows human nature, nor does it explore the deep-seated issues behind the incident, and the family and feelings in it only stay on the surface. Like Duke? The explosions under Rosenberg's lens, like those filmed, are just sensationalism for the sake of sensationalism. ”

-- The Washington Post, Ann? Hodina.

"Is this a professional evaluation?"

On Saturday morning, Duke sat in his living room in Wellington drinking morning tea, and casually put the fax aside and asked Tina, who was sitting in front of the computer. Phenanthrene. "Anything else?"

Tina? Fei turned his head to look at Duke and pointed to a website on the monitor, "A website related to movie reviews that was just established last year, specializes in collecting professional reviews from film critics on the media, and uses Rotten Tomatoes and Fresh Tomatoes to show the ratings of Xiàn films......"

Duke became interested when he heard it, "Is there "One Hundred Thousand Urgent"? ”

"Yes." Tina? Fei turned his head and said, "I'm afraid the results will disappoint you, the website currently has collected 54 professional film reviews, with a bad review rate of more than 60 percent, and the Rotten Tomatoes index of "100,000 Urgent" is rotten, and the freshness is only 54 percent. ”

"Low enough."

Duke muttered, picked up his teacup, took a sip, and asked, "Is this the only thing on the site?" ”

"There is another one, which is a project scored by ordinary audiences."

Tina? Fei looked at it for a while, and then changed her tone, "Congratulations, Duke, on the popcorn index, which represents the popularity of ordinary audiences, the current index of "One Hundred Thousand Urgent" is eighty-one percent. ”

"Not bad."

It was an experimental film, and Duke didn't expect the audience to be well-received, "better than I expected." ”

Now that the film has only been released for more than a day, the number of people who see the film in North America is limited, and most of the people who can go to the theater to watch "One Hundred Thousand Urgent" for the first time are also his supporters or hidden supporters.

As the number of viewers increases, the rating decreases.

As for the Rotten Tomatoes index, which represents professional reputation, Duke is too lazy to take a second look, it is not obvious now, with the increase in the fame of Rotten Tomatoes, and in the next ten years, compared to the scores that IMDB can affect many audiences, the Rotten Tomatoes index is simply chicken ribs, often many rotten films that represent a very poor professional reputation, and the popcorn index behind the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is extremely high, and the relative market response is also very good.

Just as no one will use professional film critics or film critics to measure the market prospects of a film in the future, Rotten Tomatoes Freshness only represents the opinion of a small group of only a few hundred people in North America, and no commercial film will be stupid enough to pay attention to Rotten Tomatoes Freshness.

Later the development of the site also proved. The IMDB score, which is relatively more aimed at the audience, has a much greater impact than the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes, which has simply become a chicken rib that is not well understood.

To put it mildly, after more than ten years, let alone the big six companies, even those small film studios will not take Rotten Tomatoes freshness seriously. The Rotten Tomatoes website itself has been on the verge of bankruptcy several times.

The fax machine rings again, Tina? Fei stood up and walked over to pick up the fax that came over.

"Count?" Duke asked.

Compared with those vain ratings and evaluations, this is the focus of his attention.

"It's a fax from Warner Bros."

Working together for so long, Tina? Fei also knew what Duke valued, and immediately said, "In a sample survey of 50,000 ordinary viewers, the praise rate was 79 percent, and the overall audience scored A." ”

She looked up. Duke's face was normal, and there was nothing unusual about it.

Tina? Fei remembers very well that this was the worst audience reputation on the first day of all Duke films, and it was also the first time that the audience praise on the first day was below 80%.

"Continue?" Duke said calmly, "What about the rest?" ”

"On the first day of release in North America, 2,200 theaters received $4.21 million, with an average of $1,913 for a single theater."

Again, with the exception of Duke's first film, "The Speed of Life and Death". This is also the worst opening box office result.

"It's okay," Duke leaned back on the couch. He smiled and said, "It's not as bad as I imagined." ”

Hear that, Tina? Fei couldn't help but roll her eyes, and also felt a little strange, Duke has always been confident, but this film is an exception.

"Are there any other statistics?" Duke asked again.

Tina? Fei looked at it. said, "Warner Bros. counted the two parts of the film that were not liked by the audience and the most popular with the audience. ”

She lowered her head, looked at the fax text and said, "More than 90 percent of the audience surveyed think that the slow pace of the film is their most unbearable flaw. More than 92 percent of the shootout scenes were thought to be very well designed. It lasted long enough and was hot enough, and the realistic gunfight at the end was the most popular part of them. ”

This is expected by Duke, if the film is really made as those critics say, maybe they will give it good reviews, but they will lose the vast majority of the audience, and if the film is really made according to the taste of the critics, it will be successful?

No kidding, the likelihood of failure is even greater, the most typical of which is the former Wachowski siblings.

Classicist realistic shootouts have indeed declined, but such films can only use gunfights as a weapon to attract audiences, and as for the fast pace, Duke has never thought of shooting films at a lukewarm pace.

Duke may not be able to guarantee what kind of movie will be a big hit, but he is very sure that if the pace of "100,000 Urgent" is as slow as "The Line of Fire" to make people sleepy, even if the film relies on his appeal on the first day, the box office will not be too bad, but it will definitely shrink significantly on the second or third day.

No director wants to make his own films, and throw them on the market only to get a bunch of empty praise from critics, but in fact they are losing money.

The most typical is "The Line of Fire" a few years ago, Michael? Mann's film received numerous professional acclaim, but it was a big hit at the North American box office, and the shootout in the film was indeed well received by the audience, but the lengthy foreshadowing and lukewarm rhythm were simply unbearable.

That was a few years ago, and the pace of life is much faster now than it was a few years ago.

Even if Duke deliberately sped up the narrative rhythm of "One Hundred Thousand Urgents", most viewers still thought the pace was slow according to the statistics faxed by Warner Bros.

The future is an era where fast-paced movies can shine. (To be continued......)

PS: It's going to rain again in Jinan...... I'm going to get a wedding shoot tomorrow and I'm a little nervous...... Let's get some monthly passes and recommended tickets to stabilize your mind.