Vol 2 Chapter 442: Heavenly Eagle

"What will the beginning of this film be?"
Sitting in the second row, Jane Lauder leaned into Ivanka Trump's ear and asked, "Will it be another big battle?"
"I don't know, I haven't seen it yet." Ivanka shrugged playfully and pointed to Duke in the front row. "The director is here. You can ask him."
Jane Lauder suppressed curiosity, "I'd better wait a while."
Duke's films always have a wonderful beginning, which has almost become the consensus of the audience. In the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, countless people look up and wait for the opening of "The Two Towers"!
The lights in the theater finally went out, the big screen gradually lit up, and the classic opening soundtrack began to reverberate everywhere, from New York to Los Angeles, from Seattle to Miami, everyone who was watching the film concentrating and staring at the same time , Seems to be afraid of missing any second shot.
"The world is changing, and the age of elves is coming to an end..."
Subtitles were still appearing on the screen, and a dreamy and ethereal voice sounded along with the soundtrack, "The glory of the past has drifted away with the wind, and the key person has awakened!"
Hearing this familiar voice, Clichy said subconsciously, "It's Galadriel, Queen Galadriel, this is my best∠, love!"
"You can recognize it just by your voice?" Peter next to him couldn't help asking, "How many times have you watched "The Fellowship Expedition"?"
"Not much..." Clichy scratched his chin, "Five times!"
Brad Miller didn't say anything, just sighed, the movie version of the Lord of the Rings is too attractive, especially for their book fans!
The time of the subtitles is very short, but a few seconds flashed past, in the beautiful golden forest. Queen Galadriel stood proudly like an angel.
"He needs to complete his mission, find him and take him to Lothlorien!"
As soon as her voice fell, a giant eagle rose into the sky and flew towards the distant sky.
The picture moved with the giant eagle, changing from a forest to a snowy mountain scene, and an old voice echoed in the mountains.
"I am a servant of the Secret Fire. I am the holder of Arnor's Flame, and the Dark Fire cannot knock me down..."
Through the mountains, the camera returned to the mine of Moria again. Gandalf was dragged into the deepest part of the world by the Balrog. The camera continued to fall with Gandalf. The old wizard held the enemy's sword and fought with the Balrog. , The opening battle officially kicked off!
The struggle of the two former Maya can only be described as tragic, and both sides passed through the fire. Falling into the deep water again, the Balrog of Morgoth spread its wings and flew from the deepest dungeon to the highest mountain. Although Gandalf fought to the death, he was not the opponent of the Balrog. He suffered heavy damage on the mountain, but before he fell, But borrowed the power of thunder and lightning to kill the Balrog.
The Balrog of Morgoth rolled down the mountain. Gandalf lay motionless in the snow.
The Chinese Theater in Hollywood is silent, even people who have not read the original will understand. The film once again pulled Gandalf out, absolutely not to show them how the old wizard died!
They were all waiting, waiting for the moment Gandalf stood up!
The camera slowly pulled in towards the seriously injured Gandalf, the darkness gradually diffused, and when it was about to occupy all the screens, there was a sudden sound of rapid breathing. The picture returned to normal again, except that Gandalf with gray hair in a gray robe had turned into a white-haired old man with bare shoulders.
The so-called divine system of the Lord of the Rings is rather complicated. In the original book, Iluvita sent the dead Gandalf back to Middle-earth. However, the length of the film is limited, and Duke does not want to be involved in systems such as the gods, and simply uses the method of killing the Balrog to advance to the class.
This does not hinder the understanding of those who have not read the original, but also makes it easy for those who have read the original to think of how Gandalf came back.
In the next scene, of course, it was the Condor that brought Gandalf back to Lothlorien.
In the Golden Forest, Queen Galadriel put on a white robe for Gandalf herself, and looked at him affectionately, "Misrandil..."
"Mydy..."
Gandalf took the white jade-like cane and officially became a white robe wizard!
At the moment Gandalf took the cane, applause rang out without warning, and the applause was thunderous in the Chinese Theater in Hollywood!
In the Nokia Theatre, Pete, Clichy, and Brad Miller were also applauding with the crowd. They didn't know why. After seeing Gandalf's rebirth from the ashes, their excitement could no longer be restrained!
In the Amg Theater in New York, there was thunderous applause. David Denby was as inconspicuous as a raindrop in the thunder, but his brows were deeply frowned, and his eyes looked a bit disgusting. The big screen, at the beginning, it was all a mess of messy things. In addition to special effects or special effects, is there a real-time shooting? What is the difference between such a movie and those cheap cartoons?
Without special effects, without sensational action scenes, what else would you do?
He turned a deaf ear to the thunderous applause in the cinema, just looking at the screen with disgust, thinking about how much he should give.
Seven points? It's too high. Does special effects movies have such a high score?
However, in the next scene, David Denby thought that it might be okay to play seven points. Frodo and Sam played, the weight of the Lord of the Rings made the Hobbit seem unable to lift his head, and the complex Gollum appeared on the stage. , It made his eyes brighter, and the film also touched the inner world of these two people.
The rhythm began to slow down, and the characters' inner feelings were gradually brewing. David Denby nodded. If the film does not pursue the big scene, but always follows Frodo Baggins, and uses a slow narrative structure to explain He and Sam and Gollum's complicated inner world, he can score seven points for this film!
However, just as he thought about it, the camera cut to the three Aragonese again, and another great battle broke out. The previous silence of the audience in the theater was immediately replaced by high emotions. The Rohan cavalry surrounded the orcs. Although the battle was not long, it brought the audience's nerves slightly slowed by Frodo and once again raised it to a level of excitement.
David Denby looked at the war scene with disgust, and the audience watched the war scene with great interest.
"Duke deserves to be Duke!" Clichy exclaimed, "His movies will definitely not be cold. The scenes of war in the book are all taken by him now!"
Pete nodded in agreement, "I think Duke is absolutely Hollywood's top level for shooting Cold Weapon Warfare!"
A film with only fantasy scenery and digging into the hearts of the characters is definitely not enough, at least it is definitely not enough for a commercial film.
After all, the Lord of the Rings trilogy is ultimately a commercial production, all commercial masterpieces do not need to describe too much in the hearts of the characters, otherwise it will become a burden to the film and will only make the film move closer to the minority.
There is one thing, even a director who is literary and artistic cannot deny that 95% of the audience in the world walk into the theater for entertainment, in order to pursue the simplest happiness!
As stated in the interview, one of the first considerations for Duke when making films is the taste of the public.
Even his two films with the narrowest audience, "Chicago" and "Hundred Thousand Hot", are still typical popular films.
For the rhythm of the film, Duke appropriately reduced the part of Frodo's line. It is enough to explain the development of the event. The length of the film is only 175 minutes, and there are scenes of Melly, Pipin and Shuhu. He simplified the long-winded dialogues as much as possible to avoid dragging the release version too long.
After all, he is different from Peter Jackson. He is a fan of the movie version of the Lord of the Rings, but he is not a die-hard fan of the original. He will not be like Peter Fatty, because he wants to restore the plot of the original as much as possible, thus dragging the film slowly. Long again.
Therefore, when the film progressed more than an hour, Hidden had already made a decision to hide in the Valley of the Helm and use the Horn Fortress to fight Isengard's army.
Gandalf went to ask for help. On the way to the Helm Valley, King Hiurdon and Aragorn encountered Isengard's wolf ride, and another battle broke out.
"Oh, he is so handsome!"
Looking at the footage of Legolas bowing his bow and shooting arrows, a sound of admiration came from the cinema, "This fairy is so charming."
"Even if I am a man, I am tempted by him."
"This is my favorite character in the movie."
Just beside David Denby, a black girl almost shouted, "God, I want to marry Legolas! I must marry Legolas!"
What he saw in his eyes and what he heard in his ears made David Denby more and more disgusted with this film.
What is this? It doesn't matter if you don't have to make the film, and you have also made a male vase to attract the audience. Apart from these infamous methods, what else can Duke Rosenberg do?
David Denby was full of deep disdain, and he couldn't help but snorted, "Disgusting character!"
His voice was a little loud, and he was immediately caught by the girl next to her. She stared at him. It seemed that David Denby insulted the most sacred and inviolable existence in her heart, "What are you talking about? You are insulting Lai." The Lord of the Rings of Golas and Duke?"
As early as a few years ago, David Denby had seen the madness of movie fans. He was fooled by the Lauder girl once. He was very clear about the obsession and madness of these people, plus several people around him watched it, as if As long as he nodded and admitted, he would just open his mouth and tear him apart.
"I definitely didn't mean it."
Obviously, those around twenty-year-old movie fans don't even know who he is. David Denby had to lower his posture a little, "I promise, you heard it wrong!"
"How could it be wrong?" The black woman still had some questions.
David Denby had no choice but to say, "Actually, I am also a fan of Duke..."
With an idea, he pointed to the screen, "Look, this scene is too big!"
The eyes of the other few immediately returned to the big screen, and then they couldn't move away. In the panoramic shot, Isengard was densely packed with strong orcs, and they were about to launch an attack on Luohan.
The battle of Saint Helm Valley is about to start! (To be continued...)
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