The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1149 Spoiler Alert

"Isn't this crazy? What on earth is New Line Cinema thinking?"

"I have a wild idea, and it might be Anson's idea."

"...Isn't that the case?"

"Think about how crazy the 'Cat and Mouse' pop-up surprise event was last year, when we were still wondering if Anson would come to Paris."

"Ha, if it was Paris, I'd also be curious about which cinema Anson would choose."

"So, I think it's very likely that Anson will continue to break imagination this year. There is no such genius idea in the head of the New Line Cinema distribution team."

"But even for Anson, this strategy is crazy, isn't it?"

Chirping and rustling.

The discussion could not be stopped at all, and every face was filled with excitement and joy.

In the small space of "Light and Shadow", movie lovers expressed their opinions one after another, each expressing their own views.

In the crowd, Karl remained silent, immersed in his own thoughts.

Then, Carl came up with a bold idea and threw it out hesitantly.

"Is it possible that Anson did this on purpose?"

People around were looking over here, and the discussions became a little quieter.

"From the beginning of the new format of the premiere, Anson has been emphasizing the 'butterfly effect', and each of our choices may lead to different results."

“So, Anson also leaves the choice to the cinema managers.”

"On the one hand, the cinema manager's choice of ending and how to arrange the screenings may affect the cinema's own box office performance."

"On the other hand, we can see which version of the ending is encountered in which show and how the audience feels about it, which will also have a chain reaction."

heh.

The surroundings suddenly became lively, and the discussions could not be stopped.

Someone nearby exclaimed, “But, this is not good for the movie’s box office, right?”

Carl nodded, "That's the purpose."

"Anson knew that the decisions of theater managers and the audience's response would directly affect the box office, but he still handed over the decision-making power."

"The movie box office will become an unknown factor, completely disrupting this year's holiday season market."

shock!
A piece of dullness.

Then someone said, "It's like a big social experiment."

Wow!
Admiration, exclamations, surprise, all kinds of reactions erupted like a volcano.

Even Carl himself could not imagine how Anson came up with such a propaganda plan. The movie completely broke the fourth wall and extended the dramatic effect in the movie to the real world.

You don't even need to ask anyone, Carl himself is the best example.

Through watching the movie, I was unknowingly drawn into this dramatic vortex.

Judging from the plot alone, Carl agrees with the North American film critics that the two screenwriters lack social experience and life experience, and all the plot arrangements are too taken for granted, which is completely the thinking mode of college fraternity boys.

But the movie is obviously more than that. Led by Anson, the actors add a lot to the film and break the fourth wall, allowing the dramatic tension to pour out onto the audience.

Carl believes that if it weren't for Anson, replacing any other actor to play the role of Evan, the effect of the movie might be greatly reduced. Moreover, after the movie ended, the storm in his mind still did not stop, and all aspects were involved in the butterfly effect, resulting in a series of subsequent reactions.

So, before he woke up, Carl had already appeared in "Light and Shadow", exploring the second version of the ending of the movie with a group of new friends.

Later, Carl recorded all his thoughts in the film reviews on his blog.

"…We can't help but wonder if life would be different if it was this way or that way. However, Anson Wood used the time of a movie and the entire release plan of the movie to tell the uncontrollable nature of life:

Instead of dreaming of perfection, it is better to accept the unexpected and imperfections calmly, embrace the wounds and pain calmly, and find the strength to move on.

Indeed, the plot of "The Butterfly Effect" is... naive and stupid. In order to highlight the dramatic effect, the single-threaded narrative method is completely unable to feel the impermanence and complexity of fate; but it is precisely behind such a narrative that the audience is left with room for thinking -

See, it’s simple, with such a simple plot and such a simple story, how will you choose?

The movie gives five versions of the ending, which one do you like?

The audience's choice completes the final period of this film, a real period:
Maybe, the French like tragedy; maybe, Americans like happy endings; maybe, the Chinese like regretful incompleteness.

And so on and so forth.

This is the most cunning part of the movie. You, sitting in front of the big screen, have become a part of Anson's social experiment, including those high-handed film critics.

When you laugh at Anson being a vase, Anson is laughing at your stupidity.

So, do you really understand it?"

In his blog, Carl spoke freely and without concealing his opinions. He not only praised the movie, but also pointed his gun at those pretentious film critics and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

score?

Carl doesn't have a rating, this is a blog, just his own opinion.

But at the end of the blog, Carl did express his opinion with the words "highly recommended" and "must see", and there is no doubt that this is a work that should not be missed.

This blog post caused a huge response.

It first spread in Europe, then was translated, crossed the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and was widely disseminated in major forums around the world, sparking a series of heated discussions.

The popularity is still rising, even leaving the small circle of movie fans, attracting attention from other groups, and once again standing in the eye of the storm of controversy.

In the center of the mighty storm, some netizens raised soul-searching questions:

So, what is the ending?
I've been talking so much nonsense, isn't it just a marketing strategy for the movie? There's no need to force it to be high-pitched. In the final analysis, it's just a means of publicity. So, 24 hours after the movie was officially released, have all five endings appeared? Has anyone found all the answers?

In a lively atmosphere, there are always people who pour cold water on others, and there are always people who play the role of the rational person.

It only takes a while for netizens to post all five versions of the ending, and then these rationalists will start to criticize condescendingly:

But little.

however!
This time the situation is slightly different.

Before netizens responded to the call to announce the ending, a view quietly spread:
No spoilers.

In 2003, because social networks had not yet appeared, the possibility of information dissemination and exposure was relatively low, and the issue of "spoilers" had not risen to a new level, although people still did not like spoilers; but spoilers confined to forums were not necessarily visible to everyone.

Therefore, netizens are not so vigilant for the time being.

But this time, no one knows where this trend started. The slogan of "No Spoilers" has been widely spread in major forums:
Netizens believe that they should decide for themselves whether they need to see the whole ending and what ending they should see, without other people interfering.

(End of this chapter)