Chapter 69: Film reviews and box office

"This is a movie full of hope, just like the poster says: timidity puts you in prison and hopes to help you get free. The movie begins with the banker played by Tim Robbins. Di Dangyu was jailed for murdering his wife and his lover. The various debates on the law made us lean on him to do this thing, but the various performances after his imprisonment made him suspect that he was innocent. This question has been for a long time Time has no answer.
But there are clues in many places. The first theme of the movie came to light when Morgan Freeman played Rhett and the Shawshank prisoners drinking cool beer on the roof. This is what we have been pursuing tirelessly for a long time-freedom.
In this way, Andy changed the views that affect the people around him. When the prison radio sounded "Le Figaro's Wedding", when all prisoners on the playground were still listening, with Red ’s narration , We see another theme-hope.
的 Everything he does is not meaningless, as can be seen from Rhett's three parole hearings. The first time, he wanted to fool through; the second time, he just dealt with things; only the third time, after Andy escaped, after the corrupt prison chief and prison guards were punished, he seemed to care nothing. Deep down, I already know a lot of things. So he got parole. The third theme of the film is therefore expressed-salvation.
Now we should know that Andy is innocent, otherwise he would not always keep his little hope in this dark prison, and keep his hope for freedom. In fact, after two-thirds of the plot passed, the truth about Andy's killing of his wife and his lover was finally revealed through the mouth of a young man who was jailed for theft. However, Norton, the prison chief who relied on Andy's money laundering, refused to let him go, and eventually killed the young man in jail.
Therefore, Andy escaped through the channel dug out by the small stone hammer bought by Red, waded through the dirty river, washed away the evil, and reborn on the other side! The warden paid the price, and Red, who was redeemed and successfully paroled, met again with Andy in Mexico.
Both Tim and Morgan showed superb acting skills, Andy's calmness and wisdom, Red's numbness and helplessness, and finally remorse, were all outstanding in their expressions and body language.
Of course, Adrian as a director also played a role. The director who produced two small-cost high-grossing box office in one year and succeeded in the European film festival showed superb skills and fluctuated the audience's emotions. The control is just right, I believe that everyone can't help but applaud when he sees Andy climbing through the sewer and escaping from the rain looking up at the sky. In addition, he set countless details in the film, which made the whole film more interesting. I have to admit that he is good at telling stories. In any case, this is a movie worth watching. "
The Washington Post Wayne Jackson
This is a representative review of Shawshank's Redemption in the newspaper the next day. Unlike Adrian's memory, most film critics praised the film.
Of course, this is because La Verne, together with the global publicity credit, is also related to Adrian's amazing performance. The director who produced two small-cost high-grossing box office movies in a year is still the first, and his personal style is also strong and changeable. From "Two Great Smoke Guns" to "Shards of Memory" to the present "Redemption of Shawshank", there are three different styles of the three films. There are similarities but more differences. This is really amazing. Already.
Of course, the quality of "Redemption of Shawshank" itself is very good, otherwise no matter how amazing the director's resume and how clever the means of publicity, you will not get such a result. But there must be commendations and slams. Don't forget what those people said when he declared that this was a "near-perfect movie".
"The Redemption of Shawshank is a mediocre work. Tim Robbins is more of a saint than a prisoner in the prison, and the stingy Morgan Freeman has always tortured the audience's ears with voice-overs-oh , Please, can you say a few more words?
Except for the cunning of the warden and the perversion of some prisoners, others are lackluster. Of course, as the three most important scenes, earning beer on the roof, playing music privately, and finally fleeing are still some highlights, but the loose plot can easily make people fall asleep before seeing these.
Obviously, the director tries to express a lot of things in it, hope, freedom, redemption, institutionalization, etc. Unfortunately, the more things that are expressed, the easier it is to express badly. Many directors have fallen on this, and Adrian is no exception, completely wasting the acting skills of Tim and Morgan and Stephen King's novels. Adrian is still too young, I think he will continue to make some more cult movies or it will be better. "
-"Los Angeles Times" Clancy Pope
This film review can also be regarded as the most representative of the critical article. Their main attack points are in three places: the deviation of the character modeling, the relatively loose rhythm, and too much to express.
It seems that the criticism is very pertinent, but in the eyes of many people, these criticisms are not enough ~ EbookFREE.me ~ think that this is some intentional provocation. In fact, this feeling will not be the fault of film critics who take the film seriously, mainly because some guys who write how to attract the attention of the eye like to follow the trend, and swearing or criticizing such things is inevitable. Addicted, so Adrian had some sympathy.
Generally speaking, it is mostly praised. Although the advantages are not obvious, it is enough to attract people to enter the theater, and don't forget that there is sympathy. It's just that the box office in North America in the first week of the weekend was not very satisfying. There were about 23 million. It should be known that Universal contacted almost 2000 cinemas for "Shawshank Redemption". Although it is not expected to get 60 million box office in the first week like "Terminator 2", the data of about 23 million is really worrying.
However, as time passed, this worry gradually dissipated. After Halloween entered November, the box office of the second week actually got 27 million! Most movie fans praised the movie when they watched it in the movie theater. Through word of mouth of these movie fans, many people got into the movie theater. Therefore, the box office in the second week is actually higher than the first week.
In this way, the total box office in North America is in its early 50s, which has basically kept the cost. If this momentum continues in the future, plus the blessings of Toadrian's two previous films, the overseas distribution rights of "Shawshank's Redemption" have already been sold early, and Universal will surely make a profit while recovering its investment. .
Therefore, in mid-November, Universal held a medium-sized celebratory banquet at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills for the outstanding achievements of "Shawshank's Redemption".
(Well, finally, Chapter One is going to be buried tomorrow, come with tickets, everyone)