Made in Hollywood

This is destined to be a restless summer file. "The Dark Knight Rises" seems to be cursed, and various strange things keep appearing.

On Sunday afternoon, when "The Dark Knight Rises" was shown in a large theater in Guadalajara, Mexico’s second largest city, there was a sudden fire in the theater. As firefighters arrived in time, more than 800 spectators were evacuated in time. Fortunately, the local fire department The report said there were no casualties.

But this is not over yet.

In the evening, Ohio police confirmed that they had arrested a man carrying a gun and knives in the theater and found a large quantity of weapons and ammunition in his residence.

According to a notice issued by the Ohio police, they were reminded by a theater manager at that time and found the abnormal man. During the interrogation, they found a "Glock" pistol containing bullets and two bullets in the military bag he was carrying. A large magazine full of bullets and 4 knives.

This incident once again pushed "The Dark Knight Rises" to the forefront.

Some protest groups began to appear in Washington, DC, and they strongly demanded that "The Dark Knight Rises" be forced down.

With so many things happening one after another, if there is no negative impact on the "Dark Knight Rise", it is impossible, and the first thing that is hit is the North American box office of the film.

Although it has not been officially disclosed to the public, and relevant agencies have also cancelled the routine North American weekly box office rankings, it is not difficult to find out that "The Dark Knight Rises" after receiving another $52.13 million on Sunday, the first weekend from North America Gained 205.38 million US dollars.

This is the second North American film with a box office of more than $200 million in the first weekend, but there is still a significant gap between the outside world and the expected box office of "The Avengers" by Warner Bros.

In other words, "The Dark Knight Rises" did not meet expectations.

As Duke said, perhaps the shooting incident has attracted too many people’s attention, making the impact of "The Rise of the Dark Knight" far beyond the scope of the movie, arousing huge curiosity and topics in overseas regions, leading to the film In the first week of its overseas box office, there was an explosion of numbers, with nearly 350 million U.S. dollars from nearly 100 countries and regions, which pushed the film’s global box office past the 500 million U.S. dollar mark in one fell swoop. Up to 551.27 million US dollars!

So many things have happened, making "The Dark Knight Rises" full of topicality. Compared with traditional media, the voice on the Internet is more relaxed. Will not go online at every turn.

On instant sharing, some people commented on the gunman arrested by Ohio police on Sunday—the fact is that the 37-year-old man Scott Smith in Ohio was very surprised after seeing the shooting in Santa Monica Commercial Plaza. I was afraid, worried that someone would commit crimes of imitation in a theater near me, but I wanted to watch a movie. then. He made a difficult decision. He took a Glock pistol and a few knives to the theater, even if someone came. Then he was arrested.

Just like the voice above, what reassures Duke and Warner Bros. is that most fans are still on the side of "The Dark Knight Rises."

"Perverts want to ruin this movie!"

"The North American box office is said to have not met expectations. It is completely caused by these scumbags!"

"The shooting and the movie are two different things, don't rely on Batman!"

There are also fans who watch the excitement and do nothing, and say so on their own instant sharing and Twitter-I can only say that Duke's movies are too awkward, and it is possible for children to imitate them. But James Holmes is a grown-up... I can only blame him for his psychological distortion.

The debate on "The Dark Knight Rises" is far from over.

Since this film was released in China during the same period, even the media on the other side of the Pacific joined the discussion.

"The Batman shooting is a tragedy of American institutions and laws, not a tragedy of Hollywood movies!"

This is the title of an article on a southern media on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. It can be described as a clear-cut stand.

"The 25-year-old American James Holmes shot "The Dark Knight Rises" at the Santa Monica Commercial Plaza in the Greater Los Angeles area and shot at the audience in the theater, killing 12 people and wounding 58 people. This Not only was it a shocking tragedy in the United States, it also sparked discussion on a global scale."

"Because the killer is obsessed with the character in the film and there are signs of imitating the character, some people think that this is the movie that has brought people bad. This view is biased. A killer has not seen this new film. He is the character played by Heath Ledger before imitating; secondly, there are often heinous bad guys in movies. If you want to prevent someone from imitating, then almost all movies except inspirational movies must be banned."

"In fact, a sane person can distinguish between the movie world and the real world, knowing which behaviors can be learned and which are untouchable. In this sense, the killer imitates the clown played by Heath Ledger. With children Watching "Harry Potter" riding a broom and jumping from a tall building is the same nature, mistakenly taking the illusion as reality. Such a person is a sick person and a lunatic, but the former hurts the innocent and is therefore even worse."

"There are crazy perverted people everywhere. You can't lock them up when they haven't broken the law, but the American gun management magnifies and worsens the contradiction. Even more unfortunately, knowing the problem, but the American system Unsolvable. Issues that are not complicated in the eyes of other countries have been deceived by politics in the United States. The two biggest issues in American politics are guns and abortion. Basically, the two factions share half of the people. It will never be resolved."

"Citizens can own guns. This was written into the Constitution when the United States was founded. It is a sacred right that many Americans consider to belong to citizens. This is not only difficult for ordinary Chinese to understand, but even Americans who advocate gun restrictions are often puzzled. They think Hunting cannot use those extremely lethal guns. As everyone knows, people who oppose the restriction of guns use gun ownership as a means of restricting government power, leaving a way for defending civil rights. The American extreme right has its own way. The militiamen have guns and ammunition, and they often make anti-government remarks. But as long as there is no specific action, those are not illegal."

"The American documentary filmmaker Michael Moore once made a far-reaching film called "Bowling in Columbine", which tells about the shooting incident in the school in that year and the calls from all walks of life to restrict guns. But his politics The tendency is too obvious, and it is not easy to convince the opposition with cynicism. In fact, many middle school students in the United States go to school with guns. This kind of tragedy is difficult to eradicate. You can say that this is the price Americans paid for their so-called freedom. ."

"But the U.S. Constitution's protection of freedom of speech exceeds the protection of gun ownership. Therefore, this tragedy will not have any essential harm to "The Dark Knight Rise". In the United States, filming is a form of expression of speech. 1981 In 1 year, crazy fan John Hinckley shot President Reagan because he was obsessed with star Judy Foster. Fortunately, the bullet did not hit the fatal part, but it also disabled Reagan’s press officer. Hinckley’s behavior was obviously imitating Foss. The special film "Taxi Driver", but this did not affect the film history of the film, nor did it affect Foster's career in the film industry."

"In short, what Americans need to review is not movies, but their laws and systems."

Although "The Dark Knight Rises" has not been downgraded by the Chinese side, the treatment it has encountered is not that good. Under the domestic protection policy of Scissors, Duke's film is in China and Sony Columbia's "Super Spiderman" "It was released on the same day, which directly caused the latter to become a tragedy...

The fact that Hollywood films get together is a direct result of the protection of schedules here.

It can be said that the end of a domestic protection month in this market brings about the beginning of another protection month in disguise, and this "unwritten tradition" of defending against enemies outside the schedule has also triggered debates and heated discussions among Chinese fans. , Tasting, Tucao——Why set up a domestic protection month by default? Is the practice of protecting the month reasonable? Why can it cause such big controversy and dissatisfaction? Can domestically produced films really protect domestically produced films? Can this protection law serve local fans and the market? Do other countries also use domestically produced protection months to protect national films?

In all fairness, fighting against Hollywood’s massive invasion and supporting and protecting local films is a basic position adopted by most countries in the world when developing the film industry. From a policy perspective, certain restrictions are imposed on the circulation of Hollywood films in their domestic markets. It is also understandable to open up a living space. South Korea, France, Italy and other countries have implemented mandatory quota systems for Hollywood movies.

Protecting and supporting local movies is the policy direction and need of every country, but why is there such a huge controversy in China?

Because he had lived in that country, coupled with the current investigation and research, Duke can naturally see part of the reason, which is inseparable from the simple and rude approach of the big scissors.

During the period of 1-2 months, only good and bad domestic films, large and small, competed for the battlefield. The introduction of Hollywood blockbusters was almost eliminated across the board. This degree of protection, from the point of view of fans, has lost service and diversification. And the sense of choice, and from the perspective of national movies, the crowded and crowded domestic large, medium and small movies at this schedule have caused a lot of rushes or indiscretions. The protection of the month is not a omnipotent fortress. The film shows excellent strength.

Therefore, although the original intention of Protecting Month is to protect national films, on the one hand, it violates the rights of the audience and loses the hearts of the domestic fans.

When doing market research in Warner Greater China, a representative of the theaters said so-Hollywood does have a great impact on Chinese movies, but the fundamental reason lies in the quality of Chinese movies. From the standpoint of the audience, they Of course choose to be optimistic about the film.

Do other countries also have a so-called protection month system? (~^~)

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