"I've never seen anyone so brazen!"

After watching the second trailer of "The Lord of the Rings 1", the great director Ridley Scott had such a sentence in his heart.

- Of course, there may be some differences in the specific words, but the meaning is definitely this.

As a great director who just made a classic epic movie like "Gladiator" last year, Ridley can naturally think about what "The Lord of the Rings", a movie that seems to be a fantasy story, but is also a heroic epic in essence, looks like.

In his opinion, this film from the Ghost Party Studios, like the upcoming "Black Hawk Down" that he shot this year, is a film that is more seriously affected by 911.

- What is lacking and what is missing.

- To put it simply, when people are stimulated too strongly in reality, they will not be willing to go to the cinema in the short term to find a stronger stimulus.

Therefore, in the two or three months after 911, it is actually normal for war films, action films, horror films and other genres in the North American film market to be given a cold reception.

Ridley Scott racked his brains and didn't come up with any ideas that could go against this market trend, because he was ready to resign himself to fate.

Unexpectedly, in his opinion, "The Lord of the Rings 1", which is also affected by 911 and should not be too good at the box office, launched such a trailer full of healing style-

"It's a fraud!!"

Ridley was tempted to say that.

But he had to admit that this second trailer for "The Lord of the Rings" could indeed make the audience feel at ease, and then be lured into the cinema.

However, it's a pity that Ridley's "Black Hawk Down" is a modern warfare theme, and Ridley can't cut a trailer with a completely opposite style like "The Lord of the Rings......

In short, because of Charlotte's crooked move, coupled with the gradual recovery of the North American film market, the situation before the release of "The Lord of the Rings 1" has finally opened.

And Peter Jackson has also calmed down a little, and his weight is no longer soaring.

And on December 19th, one day later than Ridley Scott's "Black Hawk Down", "The Lord of the Rings 1" was finally released -

"That's more than I expected!"

Although it was not yet time to breathe a sigh of relief, Peter Jackson's mood was still a little lighter.

After all, when "Black Hawk Down" premiered yesterday, Peter saw it with his own eyes.

- Of course, the cinema where the premiere is held, which is operated by a special person, is still full of flowers on the surface.

But Peter didn't go to a big theater.

He just randomly found a small theater to see how the competitors were doing.

- Who made the premieres of "Black Hawk Down" and "The Lord of the Rings 1" only one day apart?

However, that scene suddenly made Peter's heart half cold-

Although it is not considered a door-to-door ticket, in a theater that is not operated by a special person, the attendance rate of "Black Hawk Down" is really not high.

Peter could see this very clearly by the number of scenes he watched.

In particular, after watching the movie, Peter felt that Ridley Scott's "Black Hawk Down" was really well filmed, worthy of his status as a senior Hollywood director.

But the attendance rate of this movie just can't go up.

Many viewers even gave a clear answer when they were doing questionnaires-

"We know that this movie should be good, but in today's social environment, I really don't want to watch too many violent things. ”

- This is the North American audience!

- They don't even want to watch violent things, so how did those dirty and exciting B-movies come out before!?

Anyway, Peter Jackson, who overheard the audience's answers, was already dead set on the box office results of "The Lord of the Rings 1" at that time.

- Who made "The Lord of the Rings" also have a lot of combat elements?

But now, it doesn't seem to be as bad as it seems.

Of course, Peter also understands that what the specific situation is, he has to observe at least one day, and wait for the box office results on the first day to come out.

But at least, he's looking forward to it again......

"This time it should be good!"

In contrast, Charlotte is more confident than Peter Jackson, a director.

After all, as a time-traveler, he knows how classic the Lord of the Rings trilogy is-

In his original time and space, these trilogies were not only box office successes, but also successfully helped Peter Jackson win the Oscar for Best Director.

You know, this is the fantasy work that the Oscars hate the most!!

If it weren't for the fact that the Oscars have always discriminated against movies with themes such as science fiction, fantasy, and horror, how could the Saturn Award, an award exclusive to fantasy horror films, be born?

But Peter Jackson relied on such a movie that should have been discriminated against by the Oscars, and successfully won the Oscars, and even won 11 awards, which can be called a sweep.

Because of this, although Charlotte knew that Peter Jackson would leave Tolkien's works, the director's level would drop significantly, but he still signed him and became the second director in the Ghost Party studio to be in charge of a commercial big production in addition to himself.

- If nothing else, the Lord of the Rings trilogy alone plus the later "The Hobbit" trilogy will be enough for them to make money for twenty years younger.

Not to mention, if it really doesn't work, Charlotte can also take the story of "Elf Diamond" and let Peter Fat continue to shoot it.

- Anyway, with the grandeur of Tolkien's worldview, he just wanted to rely on Middle-earth for the rest of his life, and there was no problem.

Of course, the copyright issue can be a nuisance.

However, that's more for the average person -

Although Charlotte is a good person many times, it does not mean that he will not use spells to achieve some of his own goals when he is in need......

Of course, it's still too early for now.

But in general, Charlotte is still very confident in the "Lord of the Rings" series.

In particular, after obtaining the World Tree incarnation transformed from a dragon, Charlotte's judgment on whether a movie can be popular or not doesn't even need to rely on box office reports.

- Take "The Lord of the Rings 1" as an example, since the premiere of this movie, he has used the branches of the world tree to establish a connection with the source of the magic of this movie, or the world of cinema.

After that, if you pay attention to the speed at which its magic gathers, you can roughly judge it.

——This is a big data judgment that goes straight to the hearts of the people and will not be polluted by any pollution!

And the magic of "The Lord of the Rings 1" is indeed very fast, which is completely in line with Charlotte's expectations.

So, now he is very relieved.

He didn't wait for the box office report of the midnight show like he had done when his movie was released before, but with Charlize, he coaxed Ovilia to sleep at home.

Even, at the request of his naughty daughter and equally naughty wife, he sang a unique lullaby -