Made in Hollywood

After the beginning of the new week, "Gravity" ushered in the test of the working day. Although the box office of the film was excellent in the first week, to finally get an excellent box office data in North America, it needs a stable enough trend and a stable box office. The trend is also closely related to word of mouth, which is conducive to the use of the film to win prizes.

Facts have also proved that the good audience and media reputation accumulated in the early stage of the film, coupled with Duke’s "diamond signboard" created by more than a dozen films, have been directly transformed into commercial appeal.

On Monday, the first working day after the large-scale release of "Gravity", the box office on that day was only 42% lower than that of last Sunday, ending the day's screening with a score of 14.95 million US dollars.

On Tuesday, this is the traditional discount time for theaters in North America, which also caused many films' Tuesday box office to be the highest in the box office on weekdays. "Gravity" was no exception, with a reported $1.57 million on that day.

However, on Wednesday, the film’s box office inevitably fell by 20%, with a gain of 12.97 million US dollars that day.

Together with the $1.35 million won on Thursday, one week after the expanded screening of "Gravity", the film won $14.59 million from North America.

Starting from the second weekend, the film will be screened overseas on a large scale.

"Gravity" is in hot screenings, and the Oscar nomination voting that began on December 31 last year is also in full swing. All the votes sent by the college to each member will not be recovered until early February. The judges have enough time to carefully consider. , This is also the best opportunity for each film producer to publicize their films.

A judge voted for a certain film or the corresponding actor at the time of the nomination. If the film and the actor finally appear on the nomination list, the probability of the judge making the same choice in the final vote is often more than 90%.

And once the nomination list is announced, a lot of public relations work cannot be carried out as blatantly as it is now, especially some actions that discredit competitors.

In the annual awards season, there will always be many films attacking each other, especially those popular films, which are often the focus of attacks, such as Ang Lee’s "Brokeback Mountain" in previous years. After being discredited by countless TV media and industry insiders, the promising best film award was lost.

This is a circle that is entangled by fame and fortune, and this year is no exception. "Gravity", which is currently being screened and received quite well. Inevitably, some offensive remarks have been drawn.

""Gravity", a shallow technical work full of numerous shortcomings!"

In the new issue of the "Hollywood Reporter", the topic of this article is extraordinarily project. It is not only Duke who buys advertisements or related columns in a media that has great influence in the circle like the "Hollywood Reporter". do. There are also many in Hollywood who can afford this money.

"Since the release of "Gravity", many people have praised it as a work by God. They think that the film is a work by God. There are no more than the following types: good technology, good story, good performance, strong sense of experience, thoughtfulness, Artistic."

"In all fairness, the high scores given to it because of its good technology are still within the normal range. Although the visual effects presented by the special effects technology of this film are not as good as that of "Avatar", it can still be considered a bit of investment this year. It’s made. But it’s beyond the scope of ordinary people’s understanding to say that it can match the 3D effect of "Avatar"."

"The visual effects of "Avatar" even the grass tip of the distant view is very delicate and the texture is very strong. When the smoke is filled with smoke, I feel that I may be covered with dust. What about "Gravity"? Except when satellite debris strikes. Click on the 3D effect. The other is just a tablet. When I watched, the other audiences in the same scene said that there was no 3D effect. I really don’t know how people who say that the 3D effect is good can see the 3D effect and the exquisite and profound visual wonders?"

"The story is good, right? To tell the truth, the prisoner who draws this argument is really simple and effortless. What is a story? Something is not a story. The important meaning of a story lies in the description of the course of the event. What is a good story? It is the ups and downs of the course of the event. It is undulating, full of tension, coherent and vivid, beginning and ending, and can explain a certain truth or sublimate a deeper meaning."

"What kind of story does "Gravity" tell? A story of survival. The core of the story is to survive, which means that the protagonist survives through overcoming various difficulties, so most of the time is to watch the heroine float past. Almost. Didn't catch it, floated back, caught this time...this one won’t work, change another. Floated over again, almost missed, floated back, caught this time... Is this a so-called good story?"

"Because it is a movie with the heroine alone, there is basically no suspense about the fate of the character. Of course you might say how do you know she will not die? I can only tell you that normal humans don't think so. Very much. Sudden gameplay can be done occasionally, but survival movies actually watch the process of escape. Maybe some people watch the flat-panel space screen for half an hour after the heroine dies halfway, but Duke Rosenberg is like this The dull director obviously won't take this risk."

"This story is comparable to that of a toddler who fell and then stood up and stood up again. After several iterations, he finally learned to walk as boring. If the child ran a few steps in the end, the story would be "Gravity" has become a scum in seconds. People who feel that this film has a good story will probably wake up every day and find that they are still alive, and they will praise God with tears in their eyes."

"A good performance? Let alone a movie without a story or lines, it limits the actors to have no acting skills. From the point of view of the film, Scarlett Johansson has been acting for acting from beginning to end, with empty expressions and artificial performances. , You can’t see the panic from the heart when you die, you can’t see sadness and pain when you lose a colleague, you can’t see despair when your first hope is shattered, and you can’t see loneliness when you learn to bark."

"Scarlett Johansson’s performance is absolutely catastrophic. She has no godless personality. Except for screaming and gasping for breathless oxygen consumption, sometimes she can’t tell whether she wants to live or die. Don’t take it. She was shocked and mentally numb as an excuse, and I promise to replace Alessandra Ambrosio to play better than her."

"Speaking of the sense of experience, due to the flatness of the visual effects and the lack of emotional pavement of the characters, neither can feel the magnificence of the universe, nor the sense of weightlessness and the feeling of loneliness and helplessness in space, and the story is thin and boring. It makes people totally unable to enter the scene."

"As for what is thoughtful and artistic, I will let you go, because you are hopeless. When will Duke Rosenberg's films have anything to do with these two?"

"Although movies will lead to personal sublimation due to subjective understanding and feelings, they also have relatively rigid creative rules and standards. A good movie must withstand the test of wisdom and time, like "Gravity" This kind of reluctant commercial movie can not be put into the palace of gods by relying on the pale and empty praise and the brainless interpretation of fans."

The media can always influence the choices of many people, especially some judges who don't watch movies very much, and the influence of "Hollywood Reporter" on the industry is beyond doubt.

On the other hand, in the history of Oscars, apart from the special "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, no unrealistic film has been able to achieve a complete victory. Many people are in the authenticity of "Gravity". Work hard.

A former astronaut named Scott Palazsky was interviewed by the media. He has completed seven spacewalks, including the seven hours he spent dangling on the robotic arm of the International Space Station. Repair his solar panel array that may accidentally electrourinate at any time.

When he was interviewed, he pointed out various common sense errors in the film.

"The first thing that surprised me was that three people were walking outside the cabin. Only one person was doing hard work. Poor Scarlett Johansson was doing all the work, while the other two men were doing nothing: one of them was tossing. The space shuttle’s payload bay is loaded with shelves, and George Clooney is wearing a turbocharged jetpack. In the movie, you see him approach the Hubble Space Telescope using the jetpack. If you do this, you will hit Solar cell arrays cause the cells to bend and make them useless. So this is all wrong and even ridiculous."

"Let me talk about the rationality of Scarlett Johansson's role. She should be very inexperienced. She said that after six months of training, this is her first mission, flying a simulator during ground training. It is impossible to land successfully. With this level of training and experience, it is impossible to assign her to a mission. She calls herself a mission expert, but she is actually what we call a "load expert": someone because of a very special skill , You may be sent to space missions to do a specific mission or experiment. What I want to say is that to become an expert in space walks requires at least two years of basic skills training. We never send a payload expert to do space. walk."

"There is also a serious misrepresentation. Scarlett Johansson did not wear a liquid circulation cooling suit or diapers is a spacewalk mistake in the movie."

Finally, the former astronaut deliberately said humorously, "However, this is a science fiction film that is not based on reality, and we can't look at it professionally."

Just after this interview was broadcast on TV, Duke saw the relevant content. The other party’s intention was quite obvious, that is, to eliminate all the content that may be based on reality in "Gravity", so that most people will naturally It is summarized in the ranks of science fiction movies like "Star Wars".

As we all know, this type of film has never been Oscar's dish. (To be continued.)

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