Chapter 277: Five Works in Five Months
As once said, "Fast and Furious" is qualified as a commercial film, with exciting racing, suspenseful plots, and handsome men and beautiful women, so even if the investment is only 40 million, Universal still held a small premiere and contacted nearly 3,000 theaters.
"Fast and Furious" also paid off, taking $42 million at the box office in its first three days, comfortably topping the North American box office.
The press and critics also praised the film, with the New York Times giving it an 8 and then lowering it by a point, still calling it the most hode racing movie of the year. And the film critic Lawrence? Hart also said in his column that although "Fast and Furious" is decent in structure and does not have too many highlights, as a racing movie, it is still full of sincerity and does not have too many logical loopholes.
Although he didn't say it explicitly, most people know that he was comparing the movie to the 2000 "60 Seconds Rush." The racing movie of '00 was made by Nicholas? Cage and Angelina? Julie starring, and the racing footage is also very tense, but the storyline is so stupid, to give a simple example, the mastermind behind the scenes is easy to be killed, so Weishenme Cage has to honestly help him steal the car?
In addition, all kinds of details can't stand scrutiny, and the foreshadowing is too long, etc., unlike "Fast and Furious", which tells a story, so it lost a lot of money, so that Hollywood talked about racing movies during that time, and "Fast and Furious" will only have an investment of 40 million, which is not unrelated.
But now, with the current big sales and good reviews, "Fast and Furious" can be regarded as a race movie, but although the media praised the movie, it was a different tone when it came to the actors.
"Fan? Diesel does look like a gang boss, but at the same time he's more of a driving rampage guy than a speeding car thief. ”
"Jordana? Brewster has finally changed, and her character has become more rebellious. ”
"Michelle? Rodriguez showed the wildness of a Latin girl, but that's about it. ”
"Sean? Don is the most heroic of the several starring roles, but compared to his previous roles, this is the most average performance. ”
In short, these things can be summed up in one sentence, that is, the actors did their duty, but only did their duty. Well, it's just a commercial movie, for commercial films, excellent acting is just the icing on the cake, the audience wants to see more exciting stories, as long as the actors' acting skills don't make people feel like a play.
So, Sean didn't put much effort into the performance during filming, although he was indeed the most prominent of the several leading actors, although he was more concerned with driving. In fact, most actors are like this in commercial films, as long as they do what the director asks them to do, more than that, it's thankless, unless the style of the character itself is too strong, such as Jack? Captain Sparrow.
In this case, it has also given many media opportunities to play, especially some media that like to target him.
"Sean? Don finally gave up on being a real actor and began to transform into an idol, and throughout the movie, he is like many youth idols, showing his sturdy figure and handsome face. Many youth idols hope to change the public's perception and hope that they can be more like an actor than a simple idol, but it is surprising that he has made the opposite decision. Maybe Sean finally realized how old he is now, and he is still far from being a real actor, so he can only go to re-idol and wish him good luck. There is no doubt that this sarcastic report was indeed written by the New York Post, and they really did not miss a single opportunity.
This article also aroused the approval of many people within a certain range, after all, before this, most of the movies starring Sean were more literary and artistic, and several commercial films were either supporting roles or cameos, but "Death is Coming" starred, but at that time he had just become famous, and the famous works had not yet been released when they were filmed. But in "Fast and Furious", he is an out-and-out actor, even if the movie is a double protagonist, the perspective almost follows him, and this is a purely commercial film, and after he was nominated for an Oscar and his acting skills were partially recognized, so when he was mentioned by the New York Post, it is inevitable that some people will not think much about it.
Fortunately, there are media outlets like the New York Post that like to create a topic, and there are columnists who are good at observation and discovery.
"In February, he was silent and repressed in front of his father, and finally responded with fierce means by committing suicide to his son in front of his father; In March, he could not find a purpose in life, and went from suspicion to fierce attacks on his own people, but eventually returned at the cost of his life to join the neo-Nazi youth; In April, he was the root of two robbers who liked to do special effects, simple-minded but could come in handy when it mattered; In May, he was a policeman who was so troubled by life that he had to submit to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but died in the fog under the guns of his colleagues; And now, in June, he is good at racing, and he is sent undercover to the underground driver to find out the speeding car robbery criminal, but Zuihou has released the other party for various reasons.
Starred in 5 movies in 5 months, played 5 different roles, and completely unreminiscent, Sean? Don is the most surprising young star. He always seems to surprise people, playing a 25-year-old role at the age of 18, successfully getting an Oscar nomination, making a movie that became the highest-grossing aiqing comedy in North America, releasing songs that are sought after by countless people, and simply attending the Oscars in a completely different capacity, all in just over three years.
Some people call him the lucky boy, well, Sean may be lucky and always gets a good role, a good script, a good song, but can luck alone make him as surprising as he is today? I've interviewed directors I've worked with, whether it's Anthony? Minghella, or Steven? Soderbergh, or Billy? Bob? Thornton, although they have their own opinions on Sean, there is one thing that is surprisingly unified, this young man is serious.
Yes, no matter what the role is, Sean will prepare very seriously, he reads the script repeatedly and figurs out the role, he remembers every line, he is good at discussing and communicating with the director, it is said that he also carries a small notebook, and he will write down any ideas. This may be an exaggeration, and I thought it was unlikely, but when I found out which movies he had acted in in the past five months, I suddenly felt that it made perfect sense that he could surprise people. ”
This is an article written by an independent journalist on his blog, which not only praises Sean, but also gives a fact that many people have surprised and even Sean himself has not noticed: for the past five months, he has basically had a movie released in North America every month.
Although there are independent films in this, and he is not all the protagonists, even the supporting roles have quite a lot of scenes, which is impossible to ignore, so this makes him quite extraordinary.
"Strictly speaking, "Dance of Death Row Inmates", which sent Hallie to the throne of the actress, should go to the work of '01, right?" On the edge of the pool in his mansion, Sean was lying on a recliner in his swimming trunks, and asked Frederick.
"That's right, but it's all screenings, and in order to qualify for the Oscars, the official release time is February 8 this year, so it's the movie released this year." The agent waved his hand nonchalantly.
Then he sighed: "It's a pity, if we could have noticed this earlier, we would have a very haode publicity point, and we can make your professional image, or excellent acting skills, be sought after by more people." ”
"Really?" Sean looked at the top of the parasol, "I think it's good to be like this now, there are some things that are done too much and will only have the opposite effect." ”
In 911, because of the suddenness of the incident, the first media to report on it was the blogs of some people who were near the scene, so after the incident, half-dead blogs began to grow rapidly. At this time, he published an article on the blog, and the other party was still a well-known independent reporter, which immediately spread quickly on the Internet and caused a huge wave, so that the print media quickly reprinted it.
After all, this kind of situation where an actor has released a movie every month for 5 months with his participation in this situation is almost rare before, unless those tricks are also included.
So, although it can't be said that the whole of Hollywood is talking about Sean, most of them are surprised by him, after all, in the eyes of actors who have a relatively leisurely life of fame and can release two or three movies a year, this situation is completely desperate, even if they all know, in fact, there are many factors that cause this situation.
But there's no denying that Sean is the exception, and if he becomes the exception, there will be attention, so it's no wonder that Frederick would want to take this opportunity to take him to the next level.
"How come," he waved his hand, looking quite arrogant, "As long as you have a detailed look, there will definitely be no problems, and if you don't seize the opportunity, people will remember how you can do it!" ”
"Really?" Sean turned his head and looked at him with a smirk, "Okay, Fred, just say anything, my sister has gone back, and I know nothing happened to you." ”
That's right, Liana stayed four or five more days after the premiere of "Fast and Furious" and then left Los Angeles for San Francisco, much to Sean's relief. You know, it was because she was here that he wanted to go to Jordana's house that night, even though she had previously said she wanted to visit his mansion.
God knows what will happen once Liana and Jordana meet, she knows that it's one thing for him to be dating several women at the same time, it's another for her to see him come home with a girl. Fortunately, Jordana didn't think much about it at the time, probably because she had just made him deflated, and she was very happy, so she casually agreed.
Coupled with the fact that Liana didn't show up at the party, presumably because of Sean's warning, and Frederick was there - that's what weishenme Sean knew nothing had happened to them - so the fears didn't come up.
"Can we leave this out of it?" Frederick replied with some embarrassment and depression, but soon changed to a mysterious smile, "I have good news. ”