~： Four hundred and twenty-one-2 polarized fan reputation

"Nami, don't judge a movie by your own likes and dislikes!"

With a click, Wayne leaned on the sofa and lit a cigarette, without even looking at the newspapers and magazines piled up on the coffee table, took a sip of coffee, raised his wrist, glanced at the time, and asked, "Nina, what else? Didn't you come?"

"Not yet, but it should be soon." The assistant pushed her glasses and shook her head gently. "The time is still in a hurry, do you want to eat something first?"

Wayne crossed Erlang's legs and looked at the bright sunlight outside the floor-to-ceiling window. "Forget it, I have no appetite."

While several people were talking, the housekeeper Hela walked downstairs, dragging a huge suitcase in her hand. Just like the countless trips in the past, all Wayne's personal belongings had to pass through the hand of the housekeeper, and then Arranged by Nina at the time of use.

This time, the publicity and promotion activities of "The Departed" will be carried out by Wayne and the crew. It is expected to fly over major cities in North America in two weeks, and then fly directly to Europe.

"There's that David Dembey's film review here, do you want to hear it?" Naomi Wattsqing leaned against Wayne beside him, threw the New Yorker in her hand, and then pointed the newspaper to the man beside her. The stroller, said mischievously, "Look, little Fendi, your dad's movie is on again, do you want to hear it? Would you like mom to read it to you?"

"Hey, she can't understand this now."

Wayne rolled his eyes, glanced at his daughter who was playing with his fingers in the stroller, and instantly felt that his heart was about to melt. The little guy's eyes widened and his father grinned.

The Australian actress deliberately cleared her throat despite the sweet interaction between their father and daughter. "The Departed, this is a film in the Greenberg format through and through. Here, we want to remind fans who have plans to watch the movie. For most of the films in the Greenberg format, we cannot ignore the religious aspect, otherwise there must be an understanding the absence of.

The film Greenberg maintains a consistent style of realism. From the rough fighting documentary at the beginning, as well as Castro's narration, you can clearly experience the unique immigrant culture of Boston in North America, which brings out racial conflicts, gangsters , violence and other characters' regional and social description.

Here I want to emphasize one point first. Realism is not necessarily close to reality. It should be said that it is more realistic than other styles, but no matter how close a movie is to reality, it does not mean that it is good. Similarly, the absence of sensationalism and melancholy does not mean that a movie is not good.

To measure whether an art form or art style is outstanding, not only how many skills and creativity it has to show off, but also whether it can be the most suitable form and style to reflect a specific theme and content. , so as to reflect the value.

Let's think about it, what style of story could be more effective in representing a Greenberg-style gangster character than realism? Like Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs, The Departed is a stylized gangster movie, with character dialogue as violent as their actions.

The taste of the whole film is violent, cruel and pathetic. Tonalities like this, presented in a form-aesthetically honest manner, come close to the film's purpose of being on the fringes of reality in the eyes of the common man. So in fact, the characters are more faithful to themselves than to be vulgar for their vulgarity's sake.

It has to be said that this is a typical violent aesthetic gangster film, Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather", which taught many people how to be a man. And Wayne Greenberg's "The Departed" is telling you how brutal the struggle between men is.

As a conscientious production that has been highly anticipated this summer, Wayne Greenberg did not disappoint. This "The Departed" can be rated 9 points by me. I recommend all gangster movie lovers or all men to go to the theater. Watch this great work once.

Missing "The Departed" will be your biggest loss this summer. David Denby. "

"Wow even."

The assistant girl exclaimed in exaggeration, raised her eyebrows at Wayne, and teased, "Boss, look, you have patiently accepted this film critic's guidance, which is really useful. In my memory, It seems that David Dembby rarely gives a movie such a high rating? What's more, he recommended your movie to fans!"

Until now, Nina still remembers the scene last night when the famous film critic gave instructions to his boss on how to make a movie at the cocktail party last night. Although this is ironic to outsiders, the effect is exceptionally good. Look at it. , Early this morning, the film critic began to brag about it impatiently.

In fact, both women in the room knew that, if it weren't for The Departed's professional ratings during awards season, Wayne would never have bothered to listen to each other's chatter.

To tell the truth, let alone a small film critic, there are not many people in the world who can teach him about filmmaking. He can hold his nose and listen to the other party's feel-good talk for a long time. , is already a very compromised result.

"Well, though I need them to speak up for me now." Wayne shook his head to put the cigarette **** out in the ashtray. "However, in my heart, I still haven't changed my view of them."

All along, in his heart, he has never valued or recognized the profession of film critic. One by one, these people have their own newspaper columns, recommending movies to fans in the name of directing the film industry, in fact they can't direct any of them.

Almost all of the art that this group generally recognizes is going against the masses of the moviegoer, as if, if they didn't, they wouldn't be able to embody their distinctive art.

A group of only a few hundred people in North America, can they represent the real needs of movie fans? They can't, a group of people who only watch movies and then use vitriolic language to get attention, can they direct the film director? Neither do they.

In Wayne's heart, he has never been very interested in this group, because he knows that as long as more than ten years pass, this group will disappear in the wave of the Internet, and it is difficult to have the right to speak as it is now. .

When ordinary people can also find a voice channel, then everyone can express their opinions, everyone is a film critic, and the Internet will ruthlessly tear down the last fig leaf of this group.

"Crack. Kick. Kick."

The voice of the fax machine sounded at the right time, and before Nina could react, Naomi Watts stood up and walked over. In the morning, the statistics that Wayne had been waiting for finally came.

Compared to those vain movie reviews and media reports, this is what he cares about the most.

"That's right, statistics from Warner Bros."

After being together for so long, Naomi Watts understood what Wayne cared about the most. After sitting back on the sofa, she immediately read the fax paper.

"Warner Bros. commissioned a third-party survey company to distribute a total of 20,000 questionnaires last night. In the returned questionnaires, it was shown that 78% of the early audiences received positive feedback last night, and the overall audience rating was a. "

The Australian actress's voice became smaller and smaller. She raised her head to observe Wayne's face secretly, and found that he did not reveal obvious dissatisfaction, but only lit a cigarette again, and was relieved.

The reason is very simple. This "The Departed" is Wayne's first film after "Happy Death Day", and has the lowest reputation among all the works. His films have always relied on strong storytelling to empathize with the audience. Even with large-scale scenes, he has never let many audiences express dissatisfaction.

"Let's talk about the box office first." Wayne leaned on the sofa relaxedly and said, "Did the performance at the box office meet expectations?"

"The three major theater chains, led by ac, Emperor Cinemas, and the American Artists Chain Company, opened about 3,200 advance screenings for The Departed. According to preliminary statistics, the film earned about $6.54 million at the North American box office. It has exceeded the $5.5 million expected by Warner Bros."

"Well, it's not bad." Wayne nodded slightly, although he knew that the early box office was affected by many factors outside the venue, but this number at least guaranteed that the film's box office on the first day would not be too ugly. "It's a lot higher than I expected."

Starting this morning, the film has officially entered a large-scale public release. In North America, most of the fans who could enter the theater last night are estimated to be fans of the three leading actors, as well as Wayne himself. Fandom supporters.

This part of the people who are willing to watch the movie in advance will not be willing to give the movie a too low rating, so this statistical report can only be used as a reference. The specific market potential of the movie still has to wait until the box office is released on the first day. can be seen.

Naomi Watts was relatively satisfied with him, and while he was quietly relieved, he also inevitably guessed that Wayne's film, which is mainly used for the Olympics, should not have as high expectations for the market as his other works.

"What about other specific statistics?"

The Australian actress hurriedly looked at the fax again and continued, "Analysis by the distribution department of Warner Bros., The Departed has a trend of polarized audiences, and they deliberately checked the opinions of fans in multiple questionnaires."

"Is it polarized?" Wayne reluctantly spit out a large cloud of green smoke. He also expected this result. After all, the scale of the film is there, and there must be some fans who can't accept it.

"Yes, according to the returned questionnaire, about 78% of movie fans gave the film a rating of A or above, and the remaining over 15% gave the film a rating of C and below. , The Warner Bros. distribution department analyzed that this is a typical love to death, and those who do not love even have a disgust because of the excessively large scale of the film."

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