The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1144 Determined to Win
"Times", 100 points!

"The Wall Street Journal", 100 points!

"The Washington Post", 100 points!

"Vanity Fair", 100 points!

"Chicago Tribune", 100 points!

Full marks, full marks, full marks continue to flood the screen, and the positive reviews have set off a massive market boom.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times also gave praise.

“Like David Lean, the film has not lost the glimmer of humanity while achieving a grand epic, and reminds us in a great way that a great action movie is not simply about destroying and exploding buildings, but about bringing deep visual and auditory shocks through the scheduling of scenes and pictures, and feeling the roar in the depths of the soul.”

One hundred percent!

Positive reviews across the board, with overwhelming praise.

It's not just a simple positive review, the unanimous full marks are absolutely spectacular.

Could it be——

Anson succeeded again?

No, Russell Crowe.

All of the above enthusiastic praises belong to "Master and Commander", which was greeted with cheers.

Following "A Beautiful Mind" and "Gladiator", movies starring Russell have received three consecutive praises. The current grand occasion is in no way inferior to the release of "Gladiator", witnessing the peak of Russell's acting career.

No wonder!
No wonder 20th Century Fox is so confident. Apparently the rave reviews from the internal previews have strengthened their judgment and they are full of expectations for this work.

They are targeting the box office, they are targeting the Oscars, and they are ready to sweep the holiday season, grabbing both the box office and the awards, and they want to do both well.

Don't forget that epic films such as "The Lord of the Rings" and "Gladiator" are the hottest and most anticipated works in the past two years. The competitor of "Master and Commander" is not "Pirates of the Caribbean", but the Oscar-winning Best Picture that swept the box office.

really!

As soon as it was released, "Master and Commander" received rave reviews.

20th Century Fox: Even if the little gimmicks at the premiere of "The Butterfly Effect" are novel, so what? In the end, strength will have to speak for itself.

Strength, indeed strength. Roger Ebert even used David Lean as a benchmark to praise the cooperation between Peter Weir and Russell Crowe.

David Lean, a British director, is the director of many legendary classics such as "The Bridge on the River Kwai", "Lawrence of Arabia", "Doctor Zhivago", "Brief Encounter", etc. He has won two Oscars for Best Director, the Palme d'Or and the Golden Bear, and is regarded as one of the greatest directors of all time.

There is no doubt that Roger Ebert has made no secret of his love for "Master and Commander", and a perfect score of 100 is not enough to express his enthusiasm.

And, that's still not all.

Of the forty-two media outlets, thirty-four gave positive reviews, seven gave medium reviews, and one gave negative reviews, which was overwhelming praise. The final media overall rating was eighty-one points.

So, “81 points”, what level is this?
Compare it horizontally with Russell Crowe's own works.

"Gladiator," sixty-seven points.

"A Beautiful Mind," 72 points.

Clear at a glance!
Russell has made a name for himself in Hollywood, with great box office and award success, and his career is still on the rise. Relying on the breakthrough of "Master and Commander", he is aiming for higher goals and is ready for a new breakthrough in his career.

Boom, boom boom boom.

A shock!
Before the release of "Master and Commander", there was a jubilant atmosphere inside 20th Century Fox, and industry insiders had foreseen that the film might be a hit; but no one expected it to be such a hit. It is definitely the number one seed of this year's awards season, and it emerged out of nowhere with a devastating momentum.

The "butterfly effect" is dangerous.

After the release date was announced, people in the industry were already exclaiming, and were worried about "The Butterfly Effect". They couldn't believe that New Line Cinema would choose to go head-on with "Master and Commander". The situation was not good. On the premiere day, "The Butterfly Effect" finally made a comeback through Anson's creative ideas.

According to incomplete statistics, after the interview session of "Master and Commander" ended that day, at least one hundred reporters left the Chinese Theater and went to the Wilshire Theater. Even 20th Century Fox could truly feel the loss of reporters, which led to a lot of discussion after the premiere.

Although 20th Century Fox was full of confidence and Russell was determined to win, no one could underestimate Anson's strong rise.

However, this "craze" lasted less than twelve hours.

First, "Master and Commander" dominated the entertainment section headlines of major news media, and then there was a series of good news about the media reviews of "Master and Commander".

Russell Crowe is indeed determined to win!

So, what about the "butterfly effect"?

Even the media reporters began to worry. A quick scan of the media reviews of the "Butterfly Effect" showed:

The situation is not good.

Media reviews: There are often differences in the order of film reviews among major media outlets.

To give a simple example, the premieres of "Master and Commander" and "The Butterfly Effect" were held at the same time, and Roger Ebert was too busy to attend both premieres. He could only attend one premiere. As for the other movie, he could only wait until the movie was released and then update his review.

Of course, a media outlet like the Chicago Sun-Times cannot have only one film critic. They can still send another film critic to watch the premieres of the two films separately with Roger, but the media review that is updated first will not be Roger Ebert.

If Roger is interested in another movie, he can still wait for the movie to be released and still post reviews on his own professional film review website, but these reviews will not affect the media's overall review.

This time, the situation is a little special——

The Chicago Sun-Times did not send an additional film critic to the premiere of "The Butterfly Effect."

The reason is very simple. Roger is personally interested in "The Butterfly Effect". He watched "Master and Commander" first and then watched "The Butterfly Effect".

The Chicago Sun-Times did not send any additional film critics to the scene.

As a result, when the first batch of media reviews of "The Butterfly Effect" were released, "Chicago Sun-Times" was not included, and Roger still gave priority to "Master and Commander".

It is precisely because of this that the first batch of media reviews of the "Butterfly Effect" only had twenty-three.

It is far inferior to "Master and Commander", almost half the difference.

This small detail shows that there is a clear gap in the popularity and importance of the two films in the media.

A bad start.

This incident happened to Anson, who was at the peak of his popularity. It was really rare. It can only be said that Russell Crowe's momentum was not to be outdone, and coupled with the decisive action of 20th Century Fox, Anson was successfully suppressed in the end.

At this point, the media had something to say: People have been discussing Anson's market appeal, but now it seems that Anson's foundation is still unstable and slightly inferior.

At the same time, among the 23 media reviews, there were exactly ten negative reviews.

Ten!

There are ten of them in total, overwhelming the screen, shocking!

It's all red. It's not good, not good. The situation is really not good. Even without comparing it with "Master and Commander", such a situation is worrying.

The Wall Street Journal, ten points, "A terrible life and a terrible movie."

"Vanity Fair," 20 points, "It's like getting a surprise box of Valentine's Day chocolates that taste like grass. Ugh."

Los Angeles Times, 20 points, "An immature exploration of chaos theory. The presentation, planning and thinking of each plot twist are like those of a middle school student. They are immature and taken for granted, but cannot stand up to scrutiny."

Oh no!
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