The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 478 Breaking the shackles
Praise, praise, all praise.

It started with good reviews, and then encountered a wash of medium reviews. Unexpectedly, it would turn around and usher in a wave of positive reviews again.

The two major comprehensive media headed by the "Los Angeles Times" and the "New York Times", the two major professional and authoritative media headed by the "Hollywood Reporter" and "Variety", four giant-level media unanimously sent praises.

And it’s not just good reviews.

Two hundred points and two ninety-five points.

There is no doubt that this is horrifying feedback, enough to make other industry insiders speechless and dislocated jaws, but it is actually happening before their eyes.

What’s even more incredible is that this is just the beginning.

Other professional media are also not stingy in their praise and admiration. From the ratings to the wording, everything shows their appreciation for the movie, and they fully detonate the reputation of "Spider-Man" in a crazy way——

The Wall Street Journal, ninety-three points, "Incredible, Sam Raimi has managed to simultaneously satisfy the fantasies of fans of the original comics and the expectations of superhero movies for outsiders with no knowledge of comics, or rather, Anson- Wood did it?”

"The Washington Post," 91 points, "It's so fluid and so spot-on that I dare anyone to say we don't need superhero movies."

USA Today, 90%, "Anson Wood makes Peter Parker vulnerable, strong, tender, decisive, and, most importantly, irresistible. Touching in an unexpected way." Every viewer has a soft heart.”

One, two, three, four, or five, the reviews are pouring in.

stunned.

stunned.

Everything was so turbulent and crazy that the audience began to doubt their own eyes.

Check once, check twice, no matter how many times you check you will get the same answer:

There was no mistake, no dazzling.

This means that the positive reviews are flooding the screen, and in the blink of an eye, the neutral reviews are wiped away again, so that the pages of the media's brown review website are all green.

Feel comfortable physically and mentally!

But is this true?
Is it possible that a movie adapted from an otaku comic book, a nondescript superhero movie, and a typical summer popcorn commercial movie has caused the authoritative media to collectively go crazy?
Wait, maybe—

This is a way for the media to join forces to save the summer box office market. No matter what, even if it is half-coaxing or half-cheating, they still have to trick the audience into the cinema?

However, a closer look reveals that this is impossible.

There may be a slight chance that one or two media outlets will receive unanimous praise from authoritative and professional media outlets in such a large area, so there is only one possibility:
Movies are really good movies.

These praises are professional and objective reviews.

In the predicament of bearing countless pressures and bearing countless doubts, "Spider-Man" really turned the situation around and found a new way to blaze a trail.

This is indeed a rare scene.

After all, summer popcorn commercial movies often mean being close to the market and the public, and those professional film critics are naturally more picky——

For reference, since 1990, among the works that have won the annual box office championship in North America, only "The Lion King" in 1994 broke the 88-point threshold in media reviews, reaching a score of ; other works have not received "appreciation" from professional film critics. .

"Titanic", 75 points; "Terminator 2", 75 points; and "Men in Black", 71 points. These are the only three works whose overall media evaluation is higher than points.

Box office and media reviews are often not directly proportional.

It can be seen that it is an impossible task for a summer film to win the recognition of audiences and film critics at the same time.

Now, after "The Lion King", another work has accomplished such a feat. After eight years, a dark horse has once again emerged.

Although the movie has not yet fully launched in major theaters and the audience still needs to wait patiently for two days, professional film critics can't wait to start partying.

In fact, the tip of the iceberg can be seen from the number of media reviews - fifty.

Fifty media outlets immediately released movie reviews for "Spider-Man"!

This is the first time in history that a movie has received feedback from fifty media outlets after its premiere, focusing the attention of the entire film industry.

Here, you can see that the entire Hollywood is making concerted efforts to promote "Spider-Man" in an attempt to ignite the summer season. No matter whether it is good or bad, at least the popularity needs to be brought up; whether they care or not, people in the industry are paying attention.

Attention is power.

And whether the next step is good or bad, the media still has its own authority and professional image to maintain, so they write down their opinions immediately.

Time will prove the value of these comments.

Fifty media outlets, ten neutral reviews, and forty positive reviews——

No negative reviews.

For a rare occasion, "Spider-Man" earned zero negative reviews.

Regarding Sam Raimi's alternative approach of focusing on Peter Parker's growth story as a middle school student, the media generally believes that this is brilliant, because it allows the audience to have an innate resonance with the character, no longer watching a spectacle, but with The characters are connected.

To be more precise, "Spider-Man" should not be targeting superhero movies such as "Batman Returns", "X-Men", "Blade Runner", etc., but youth movies such as "Stand By Me" and "The Breakfast Club" A coming-of-age movie, but at the same time, it can satisfy your summer popcorn cravings.

It is precisely because of this that the most harsh and sharp media only gave a 50-50 average rating. Maybe the upper limit of "Spider-Man" is not high, but its lower limit is very high. This also laid the foundation for the movie's explosive reputation. Base.

At the same time, there was also a media comment that cut into the audience's psychology accurately and sharply.

"When we see the Twin Towers again in the movie, it will awaken the sad memories in our hearts; but at the same time, when we see Peter Parker shouldering the responsibility of a hero with his thin shoulders, we all regain our courage."

This is the key.

Various factors collided together and finally created this wonderful scene before us.

Comprehensive media review: 81 points.

Exploded, exploded, exploded completely!

This is the first summer movie to be released widely in the millennium to have its media reviews break through the 80-point threshold; moreover, it has been rated by fifty media outlets, and its credibility and authority have skyrocketed.

This time, it’s no longer a smoke bomb, Century City can safely cheer and cheer——

Maybe they are competitors, maybe they will come into contact with each other if they turn around, but at least for this moment, the whole of Hollywood is united.

If this kind of "Spider-Man" can't wake up the sluggish box office market, then Hollywood may really be helpless.

All is ready except for the opportunity.

As a film company, they have prepared everything they can and have done their best. Now they can just sit back and wait for market feedback.

Leave everything to fate, or rather——

Leave it to Peter Parker.

Times make heroes, so can Peter Parker become a hero this time? To be more precise, can Anson play the hero?
Apparently, more than one media outlet chose to believe it.

"Village Voice," eighty-eight points.

"Anson Wood! Anson Wood! Anson Wood!"

(End of this chapter)