Vol 2 Chapter 549: Ready to start

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The film was screened for more than two hours, and Billy Emerson could not count how many yawns he yawned. If it were not for the occasional explosion, he might have fallen asleep long ago, and his two companions, one I was bored playing mobile games with my head down, and I dealt with Coke and popcorn simply and attentively, and obviously lacked the slightest interest in the movie being shown.
As a fan of aerial combat films, Billy Emerson is one of the few people around who can insist on watching movies seriously. Although this movie is not as boring as "Kings of Heaven", it can be watched. Sex is really average.
For Billy Emerson, after more than two hours of long suffering, apart from disappointment or disappointment.
The screening was getting closer to the end. When I turned back to think about the plot I had seen before, Billy Emerson couldn't help but curl his lips. The whole film had very few likes and countless dislikes.
For example, some plots and lines, although the screenwriter tried to do his best not to use the lines and manners of the new generations born in the 1980s to package the characters that belonged to their great-grandfather generation, but in the film, regardless of the protagonist, the protagonist, the protagonist and the opposite, the characters and the related plot The handling is either too old to lose teeth, or it is ridiculously ridiculous, like ￠→, although it is not like an air combat movie about courage and courage, but a fusion of western, science fiction and cartoon elements. Hodgepodge.
In Hollywood, hodgepodge is often synonymous with bad movies.
For example, the various performances of the pilot Rollins played by the first actor in the film, James Franco, make people feel that "The Heroes of Air Combat" is actually a Western movie.
This bad boy escaped to France on the other side of the ocean with the case of assault behind his back. He also brought the free and unsophisticated style of cowboys to the "Lafayette Air Force" that should respect the uniformity of military orders.
He could ride, no... he drove a fighter plane to go on a date with the French girl, and smuggled the girl and her three nephews from the German occupation zone. But the commander would let him pass easily; he was able to calmly land the plane on the battlefield that should have been plowed into a sieve by the artillery fire of both sides like a lonely cowboy, and rescued his comrades who were trapped in the crash in the distance. , It makes people feel that they are not facing the German army equipped with a large number of Maxim machine guns and heavy artillery, but just Indians with throwing axes and bows.
As for the last section where he killed the German pilot with a pistol at high altitude, it looked like a cowboy playing tricks on horseback. It's just that under his crotch is a biplane fighter at a speed of 100 miles per hour, and the classic laws of physics and mechanics will not have any effect on such a ruffian and scientifically blind cowboy.
And the bleakness of the actors' performance is also obvious.
Although "The Heroes of Air Combat" was supposed to be a group play, except for the male No.1 Franco, all other pilot shots are pitifully scarce. The lack of portrayal of the characters is naturally expected. Things.
It's just that James Franco, the male number one, obviously failed the director's high expectations. Although the performance is considered hard work, it is still superficial, and Joseph Fiennes, who plays with him, is a bitter hatred. His face was full of the heaviness and gloom brought about by the war, but it was a pity that standing with Franco, who was like a ruffian cowboy, looked like he had thrown a match that had just been lighted into a nitrogen bottle and couldn't get any reaction.
Of course, Billy Emerson does not deny that James Frank’s appearance in the film is indeed very handsome, but even if he becomes more attractive than Leonardo DiCaprio, he cannot save the film alone. bored.
During the screening of the entire film. David Ellison was a little restless, and would look back from time to time. This is the first film he raised funds to shoot, or a large production with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars. It must be a fake to say that he is not nervous, but to his peace of mind, from the screening to the end, he did not see anything like "Heavenly Kings". The phenomenon of large-scale exits at the premiere.
Is this a good thing?
Perhaps this is the beginning of success.
Just when David Ellison thought so. The subtitles slowly fell, and he turned his head slightly to look back, his eyes full of expectation.
Naturally, what I expected was applause, the kind of applause that resounded like thunder and continued like a tide.
David Ellison heard many people talk about it. When Duke Rosenberg’s film premiered and even ended, the audience could always applaud spontaneously, and the applause lasted for nearly ten minutes.
He also wanted applause, which at least meant the audience's recognition of the film at the premiere.
However, the subtitles were gone, and there was a hum of discussion in the theater, but there was no applause that David Ellison expected.
David Ellison frowned slightly, but he was not in a hurry. It is said that after the screening of many wonderful films, the audience will always be recollected, and the applause will inevitably be late.
He believed that applause would surely sound spontaneously.
As time passed by, the discussion in the theater became louder and louder, and David Ellison couldn't help but look back. Many audience members had already stood up and were ready to exit, but they didn't applaud.
"This is..." He couldn't help but chuckle in his heart.
At this moment, sparse applause suddenly sounded from various places in the theater. This applause seemed to remind the audience that applauding after the premiere is a kind of movie-watching etiquette. They finally clapped their palms, but this applause does not matter how you hear it. It's not loud, it seems to be routine.
The loudest applause still came from the first few places and the seats of the guests in the front row.
David Ellison’s face became a little difficult to look. The front row was filled with VIPs attending the premiere. How could these people be rude in public, and the initial applause was not an ordinary audience at all. It's been arranged long ago!
Driven by the support, the applause is still so sluggish, could it be that the film...
Thinking of this, David Ellison shook his head, and an idea naturally jumped into his mind. This is just a premiere and it doesn't explain the problem, does it?
"David, a great movie."
"David, good job."
"This movie will definitely sell well."
In the applause, many people came over, with bright smiles, and congratulated David Ellison. David Ellison also cheered up and expressed gratitude with a smile on his face.
Perhaps it is because these people’s faces are full of sincere words of praise. David Ellison gradually regained his confidence. So many people praised this film, which shows that "Air Combat Heroes" always has its merits.
"what do you think?"
Standing up from her seat, Irene Lauder asked Duke, "Will it pose a threat?"
"What do you think?" Duke asked rhetorically.
Irene thought for a while and said, "The special effects are very good, but the plot cannot be concealed. There are so many special effects movies, and the audience may not buy it."
After she finished speaking, she stared at Duke closely.
Duke understood what his friend meant and had to say, "In my personal opinion, the standard of the film is moderately low."
"Lower than average?" Irene tilted her head and walked forward beside Duke. "For David Ellison, a recent investor and producer in Hollywood, your average evaluation is simply a compliment. "
In the movie industry, even if you count him as a cheater, there are very few directors and producers who can succeed in the first work, even James Cameron, there are not so brilliant "Piranha 2". Getting started.
In Duke’s eyes, "Air Combat Heroes" seems to be full of various elements that audiences love to see, such as nostalgic cowboys, such as battlefields full of personal heroism, such as the protagonist of the cow b, such as the idealization of the air combat of World War I To bring the style of science fiction, but these elements combined, but will not please the audience.
The reason is simple. In the past two decades of Hollywood history, the hodgepodge of movies has never been a real success.
Maybe others don’t know this, but Duke knows very well that the only really successful hodgepodge movie in Hollywood’s A-level production is "Avengers", and the success of this film is how many years and how many films did it make. bedding?
In fact, after seeing the film’s messy style, Duke knew that the film might have a certain box office appeal, but imagine the super-sales expected by David Ellison and Walt Disney, it is very, very difficult. It even needs a miracle to happen.
Although many people are walking towards David Ellison and others, Duke is not interested. He has watched this film with his own eyes and learned the true appearance of his competitors. There is no need to mock the other party in the past.
Even a few ridicules are probably of no use to the Ellison family. The other side of arrogance is often cheeky.
Besides, words are the least powerful way to fight back.
What he has to do is to use various means to combat "Air Combat Heroes" in the market, so that the two father and son who don't care about money will feel the pain of the flesh.
Even if the Ellison family is very rich, even if the film is funded and shot through various channels, David Ellison’s money invested in this project will certainly not be small. If the box office fails, the number of losses will definitely make this. Annoyed with father and son.
Compared with a few ridicules in the past, this kind of counterattack is more powerful.
Out of the theater, Irene Lauder and Duke got into the car one after another. The car started in a flashing light. Duke looked at the rearview mirror. Some paparazzi had already followed, obviously wanting to see if Irene would do it. get off.
Duke whispered to the driver, "Go to the Upper East Side."
He had no plans to go back to the hotel. He wanted to send Irene Lauder home first, and then to his mother. Although her mother is now in Europe, she came to New York.
Rolls-Royce gradually speeded up. Duke took out his cell phone, dialed a number, and said lightly, "It's time to start." (To be continued.)