Gently breaking free of the arm holding her, Ivanka turned her head to look at the side, Duke was still asleep, she knew that her boyfriend consumed too much energy to deal with reporters last night, and she didn't bother him, just leaned in front of her forehead, kissed her, and then tiptoed out of bed, went into the bathroom to wash up, and then changed her clothes and went downstairs directly.

Because the time was a little early and the villa was very quiet, Ivanka walked to the computer by the floor-to-ceiling window, turned on the system, and prepared to see the reaction of "Two Towers".

She didn't go to Duke's personal website, which is a concentration of fans, and she doesn't need to look at it to know that it must be a good review.

Open the Google homepage, Ivanka searched for it, entered the IMDB website, and saw the poster of "Two Towers" in a prominent position on the homepage, and clicked directly without any hesitation.

The first thing Ivanka saw was the rating of the film, the advance and midnight scenes have ended, and there are quite a lot of users who have scored, and the number of people displayed is as high as 25,788, and the average score of "Two Towers" is 9.6 points!

"That's normal, isn't it?"

Muttering to herself, Ivanka smiled slightly, and then looked down, and many users who rated it left comments, several of which were still veteran fans.

"The connection between the storylines of 'Two Towers' uses classical montage techniques, and the last shot of the first part of the story is visually the same as the first shot of the second section."

"In terms of character creation, there are many highlights in the film - Frodo's psychological state of wandering and struggling by the temptation of the One Ring makes the characters thicker, but the most exciting is the new character of Gollum."

The film's action scenes are not as numerous or dense as in the first episode, but the finale of the Battle of the Valley of the Holy Helmet still lives up to expectations, and its stance is worth the movie's ticket price. This scene has a full view of the battlefield, but does not ignore the details of the encounter of swords. The composition of the full-view shot is so powerful that you can take your breath away and forget that a lot of the content in the frame is actually computer animation. ”

This is a very pertinent evaluation, Ivanka continued to look down, and then saw that Duke's brain-dead fans swiped the screen.

"Genesis in a fantasy movie!"

"It's a spectacular picture that needs to be seen repeatedly.

"I don't like to watch fantasy films, though. But I have to say that the battle of the Valley of the Holy Helmet was too exciting. ”

"This one is very well connected, the battle scenes are just right, the scenes are magnificent but not tired, although the drama is a little lengthy, but the story has fully unfolded, and the final chapter is fully prepared."

"If you watch 1, how can you miss 2, and how can you miss 3 next year!"

"The darkness before dawn in The Two Towers. The desperate battle to defend the city, the kind of complexity and courage unique to human beings, moved people to tears! ”

"Director Duke? Rosenberg is definitely a genius, and in this one he shows his extraordinary talent, making the difficult narrative of "The Two Towers" seem natural and smooth, and make people look forward to the rest of the story. ”

There was footsteps on the other side of the stairs, and Ivanka turned her head to look, Tina? Faye came down from upstairs. There was also a copy of the text in his hand, which should have been a fax he had just received.

"Morning. Evie. ”

"Morning, Tina."

The two of them said hello, Tina? Fei put Wen Jiàn on the coffee table, looked this way, and asked, "Hasn't Duke gotten up yet?" ”

"Hmm. I'm still sleeping. Ivanka nodded, "I was a little tired from dealing with too many reporters yesterday." ”

Not only yesterday to deal with reporters, she is very clear that the period before the release. Duke was running announcements everywhere, promoting the film, and was so busy that even though she had come to Los Angeles three days earlier, she hadn't actually met Duke a few times.

If the premiere hadn't been in Los Angeles, Duke wouldn't have slept in the Duke's estate right now.

Ivanka knew Duke's attitude towards work, and it wasn't until the film was released last night that she relaxed a little.

The job of a director is really stressful, so it's no wonder Anna? Prinz didn't want to direct the film alone, and this pressure was really scary for female directors.

"Tina," Ivanka asked, looking at the paper, "is that the latest statistic?" ”

"yes, the Lord of the Rings sent a fax in the early hours of the morning." Tina? Fei picked up the text and walked over, "I'm also tired these days, I overslept last night, and I only saw it this morning." ”

With that, she walked up to Ivanka and handed Wen Jiàn over.

It's not a trade secret, Ivanka took it, quickly flipped through it, and then sighed heavily.

"There was no surprise at all!"

Tina? Fila pulled over a chair next to him, sat down, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "Isn't it good that there are no accidents?" ”

Nodding his head slightly, Ivanka heard footsteps again, and Duke came down the stairs, dressed in a tracksuit and seemingly ready to go for a walk around the garden as usual.

"Hi dear." Ivanka immediately stood up and walked over, "Why don't you sleep more?" ”

"I can't sleep." Duke rubbed his forehead as he walked down the stairs, "The biological clock woke me up. ”

He continued to walk towards the door, "I'm going to run...... Let's take a walk today. ”

"I'll go with you." Ivanka followed, along with the stats.

The two walked through the stone path in front of the villa, into the garden, and walked along the path sandwiched between the palm trees towards the beach, where the rising sun had just climbed the treetops and the breeze had not yet blown from the hot sea, which was a rare time of the day suitable for outdoor activities.

"Faxed from the Lord of the Rings." Ivanka gestured to Duke for the document, but didn't mean anything to him, "Want to hear it, dear?" ”

Duke pointed to his ear, "Looks like I'm going to be able to be lazy with my eyes in the future." ”

Ivanka smiled, turned from the path to the wooden table under the gazebo, sat down on a wicker chair, flipped through the papers, and Duke walked over and sat down across from her.

"In terms of cinemas, 27,662 people submitted survey feedback, with a positive rating of 96% and a CinemaScore of A+"

Speaking of this, Ivanka suddenly stopped and asked curiously. "What is CinemaScore?"

"CinemaScore is a market research company based in Las Vegas. It mainly investigates the ratings of viewers after watching a movie, and its reported results are used as a basis for predicting box office revenue. The highest grade is A+ and the lowest is F. ”

After a brief explanation, Duke added, "This is a professional research company that has risen very quickly in recent years, and the number it publishes is one of the important bases for theaters and distribution companies to adjust. ”

Ivanka nodded. Continuing to read the statistic for Duke, "Rotten Tomatoes included 48 professional film reviews, 78 percent fresh, and many film critics gave bad reviews, and for example, Roger? Albert and David? Dengbi is such a big-name film critic. ”

She blinked deliberately, "Honey, do you want to listen to their movie reviews?" ”

"I don't have the habit of looking for abuse." Duke waved his hand, "Say something else." ”

"Okay then." Ivanka also knows that Duke doesn't care about critics' opinions, "The film's popcorn audience love index is 94 percent. The MetaCritic website counted 77 entertainment journalists with an average score of 88. ”

Duke knows very well what such a high audience and market index represents.

Sure enough, Ivanka didn't make any more tricks, and said directly, "In yesterday's 2,145 advance shows, the average attendance rate was 84 percent, and the box office was 4.07 million US dollars. A single show grossed over $1,800! ”

Duke pinched his chin, after the explosion of "The Fellowship of the Ring". He and Warner expected this result, although they did not use all the theaters in advance, but the theaters were full of confidence in the film, and almost all of the theaters where "The Two Towers" were screened were the largest theaters in their theaters, otherwise they would not have received such an excellent box office in advance.

"Congratulations, dear." Ivanka's voice interrupted Duke's distraction. "The Two Towers has set a new box office record for your midnight show!"

"What?" Duke didn't hear it just now.

Ivanka deliberately showed a dissatisfied expression before saying, ""The Two Towers earned $9.89 million at the box office in 3,876 theaters at midnight, breaking the original record of $9.47 million held by "The Fellowship of the Ring"!" ”

"That's good news!" Duke gently shook Ivanka's hand. "We should go back and have a drink."

"Sorry, I've been losing weight lately." Ivanka smiled apologetically, "Alcohol is a banned substance!" ”

"Evie, you don't have to."

Duke is well aware that Ivanka has always been mindful of what he used to say about her figure, so fitness, dieting and weight loss have not disappeared from her schedule.

Ivanka couldn't listen to Duke at all, "It's something I'm willing to do." ”

She looked at her watch and pulled Duke to her feet, "It's almost time, let's go back to breakfast, your diet and rest need to be regular." ”

The two of them walked back with their hands in hand, but they didn't go far before they saw Tina? Fei hurriedly came over, obviously in a hurry.

"Did something happen, Tina?" Duke asked.

Tina? Fei took a breath and quickly said, "Nancy, Parney, and the Lord of the Rings Studios all called, and a large number of bad reviews of "The Two Towers" suddenly broke out on the Internet, not only did they encroach on IMDB, but also spread to other websites, as well as your personal website, which also had a lot of bad reviews!" ”

Her words immediately caught Duke's attention, and he quickened his pace towards the villa, the Internet can make a movie, and sometimes it can have a huge negative impact on a movie.

Ivanka followed and took the time to ask Tina? Fei, "I just went to IMDB to see it, and although there are bad reviews, there are very few." ”

"It was just brushed up at this time of your walk." Tina? Fei replied, "Dense appearance in a short period of time! (To be continued......)

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