Vol 2 Chapter 471: Hard to have an epic movie

The plot of this film is developed at the same time. At the beginning, there were three lines. Later, when the Perrin Plains War broke out, it became two lines and merged into one at the end, drawing a perfect picture for the entire series. period.
After the continuous climax, the plot of the movie has come to the end. Aragorn, who was crowned king, took Arwen to the four hobbits. He took all the humans to salute the four hobbits, Baicheng’s On the square at the top of the tower, the Hobbit, who was only half the height of an ordinary human, suddenly appeared extremely tall.
The soundtrack has also changed from soothing to exciting. "old.friends" suddenly sounded. The high-pitched soundtrack can easily remind people of the contributions made by the four hobbits in this magical journey. They are indeed worthy of the present. honor.
The camera slowly zoomed in, and finally turned into a close-up of Frodo Baggins's face, and then zoomed out again, and the majestic Saint White City became an icon on the map.
"The story has finally come to an end, and the Quaternary of Middle-earth World begins. As for the Fellowship Expedition, although their friendship will last forever, they will all go their separate ways..."
The camera continued to zoom out, the parchment turned into a book, and Frodo, who had returned to the Shire, got up from his chair and closed the book.
The king has returned, and the movie is bound to end.
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Yes, the release version of "The Return of the King" is over here. Although Frodo and others were filmed and edited to return to Hobbiton and go to sea, Duke has no plans to use the release version. The climax of the film has been After the return of the king, he vented incisively and vividly. He is not a hard-core book fan like Peter Jackson. There is no need to explain the whereabouts of everyone behind.
In the past, the movie that was most criticized by the audience was the stinking and long 20-minute ending after the climax.
Duke did not hesitate to remove this paragraph from the release version, thus successfully controlling the length of the film to 181 minutes.
The twenty-odd minutes that were free seemed not too long. However, the effect of increasing the amount of film discharged is quite obvious.
A movie theater can save more than 20 minutes for a movie, and one more movie can be shown in one day!
Although this will arouse criticism from some book fans, this is Duke's consistent production style, and he will not sacrifice substantial gains for the so-called art.
Besides, he has edited that part of the scene into DVD. At that time, it is also a boo head for promotional DVDs, such as the true ending version of "The Return of the King"...
The subtitles fell, and Billy Boyd's "The Last Parting" sounded. From the southeast to the northwest, from the southwest to the northeast, in all theaters in the United States where "The Return of the King" was shown, almost no one left. They are all listening carefully. Welcome this opportunity to bid farewell to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
No matter how fantastic the journey is, it will end! No matter how beautiful we get together, we must parte!
The lights came on, Brad Miller sat in the cinema seat and did not move, the singing of "The Last Parting" was still flowing slowly, and there were pictures on the screen on the parchment. He felt in a trance that he had a dream. A dream that stretched for 3 full years.
He has a very mixed mood. He doesn't know how to describe his feelings, he just knows that this summer he will never watch it this time!
Jones and Cunites were silent. They are hard-core fans of Duke and have been with his films for ten years. Although the end is sour, they know that there will be more masterpieces waiting for them to enjoy in the future.
Kirk and John had forgotten Roger Albert long ago, and they recalled the scenes of the film in their songs, the wonderful scene, the magnificent scene!
After the subtitles were finished, there was applause in the amg theater in New York, and all the audience stood up and applauded.
At almost the same moment, in Philadelphia, Boston, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle...in all the theaters where "The Return of the King" was shown, the audience stood up and saluted the film with a standing applause. !
In the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, Jones and Cunites could not wait to stand up, and like everyone else, they gave the most enthusiastic applause. They clapped, even shouted, venting all their passion, and never thought about it. I don't care if I pat the palm of my hand all the time.
This warm applause lasted for ten minutes!
Like the first two premieres, Duke had to bring the crew to the curtain call again and again, until the applause was gone.
As a director who also wants to develop in epic movies, Oliver Stone is different from ordinary fans. When Frodo Baggins closed the parchment book, he left the theater first, but went into the parking lot and got into the car. However, he didn't leave immediately. Instead, with the help of a quiet environment, he sorted out the Lord of the Rings trilogy in his mind.
In Hollywood, there is a well-known convention about adapting movies from novels-first-rate novels can only produce third-rate movies, and first-rate movies are often adapted from third-rate novels!
In the development of Hollywood over the past few decades, this sentence is about to be tempered into truth.
But this truth has become an excuse for the losers of literary film adaptations before Duke Rosenberg and the three curved surfaces of the Lord of the Rings.
Oliver Stone has read the original work not once. In his opinion, Duke Rosenberg has a spirit of bold and adventurous on the basis of holding a pious posture. He is not lost in the vast waves of Tolkien's original work. It was a bold and arrogant man who cut off the less important branches and vines in the original work, leaving only the most critical people and things, and then spent nearly nine hours calmly recounting the legend that he has long been familiar with.
Duke Rosenberg is no ordinary Hollywood director after all.
With a light sigh, Oliver Stone has more and more thoughts about "The Return of the King" and his director.
In Hollywood, after most of the directors have achieved commercial success, regardless of whether they are good at them, they can't wait to enter the literary film, hoping to get professional and authoritative recognition, so as to make some schizophrenic and indistinguishable movies. In this way, the so-called complex human nature and profound connotations are displayed, and their artistic standards are shown.
But Duke Rosenberg is obviously different. He has always been at the forefront of business. The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is not a movie that wins with connotation at all. What the Lord of the Rings refracts and Guru implies greed, all are Nonsense, but black and white, beauty and ugliness, evil intentions to suppress justice, and ultimately justice over evil is the theme, the story is that simple.
However, most Hollywood directors don’t understand that the simpler the story, the harder it is to shoot. Under the simple thematic framework of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Duke Rosenberg, in addition to special effects and technology, also endowed the film. Friendship, love, affection, unity, courage, kindness, loyalty, responsibility, commitment, sacrifice...
Under the pen and ink of ordinary directors, these terms that are incomparably vulgar when written down are entangled into the most thrilling emotional force in the film. They take turns to be responsible for hitting the souls of people from beginning to end, and let people experience those who have no time in the busy. Feel the simple emotions that have even been forgotten.
There is another scene. There may never be a second movie as magnificent and magnificent as Duke Rosenberg’s "The King Comes", but when using a lot of special effects and action scenes, the young director showed With a solid foundation and firm control of the entire film, the greatest achievement is the balance of each part of the film.
The other party knows when to let the audience meditate quietly, and when to bring the audience the purest sensory and exciting scene.
Thinking of this, Oliver Stone suddenly came to the conclusion that there will be no epic movies comparable to it in the future, and which director can perfectly combine reality and illusion, theme and legend in this way?
Spielberg can’t, George Lucas can’t, Steven Soderberg can’t, nor can he Oliver Stone!
Oliver Stone couldn’t help thinking of the "Alexander the Great" he was about to produce. Although the two are different, war is undoubtedly an extremely important part of the scene. Now with the "Return of the King" before the production of "Alexander the Great" Even if there is a huge war scene, I am afraid that it will not be able to get the strong reaction of movie fans...
Maybe I should pay more attention to digging into the heart and emotions of Alexander the Great?
Even if he would move closer to the commercial side, his consistent director style determined Oliver Stone’s thoughts at a critical moment. He gradually made up his mind to start the car and leave the parking lot to bring Duke Rosenberg and "The Return of the King". Put his name behind his head to make an epic war film full of literary style.
In another theater in Beverly Hills, Michael Ovitz also walked out of the theater. If he wanted to beat his opponent, he had to understand his opponent, but this time the opponent was a bit too tough, even if he walked to the door of the theater. You can still hear the faintly excited cheers from the theater where "The Return of the King" is shown.
In his opinion, this is a triumph of movie special effects. It is precisely because of the use of computer special effects that the film can be so shocking. Although he can see the shortcomings and flaws, it has a magnificent epic, magnificent war scene and The weird magical scene is destined to be only a few sighs after satisfaction.
If it is the work of other directors, Michael Ovitz will definitely watch it several times with admiring eyes, just the director of the film...
He sighed, facing such a powerful film and director, it really hurt people's confidence and morale.
I can only do my best for...
Back in the car, Michael Ovitz called Martin Bob and asked him to contact a professional film critic. Although the other party was declining in the summer, when facing a powerful enemy, he must unite all the forces that can be combined. .
How else would it affect such a magnificent movie?
Michael Ovitz knows very well that with the full support of Warner Bros. and the North American Theater Alliance, they will never be able to hold this magical behemoth, just to slow down its progress. (To be continued...)
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