Chapter 793： Action!

"The Matrix" premiered in Los Angeles, the audience received rave reviews, the audience responded strongly, and the film critics gave positive comments."

"Famous film critic Peter Rogier told the Los Angeles Times reporter after the premiere that "The Matrix" is the best film he has watched in recent years. The film's philosophical reflections on virtual and reality. It is a complete sublimation of the original novel, and the innovative shooting methods such as bullet time and 360-degree lens rotation effects are even more impressive."

"The Wachowski brothers show off the talents of the Hollywood newcomers. Eric Williams once again proved his extraordinary vision in film production."

After the strong premiere, the fireflies basically put down their concerns about the box office prospects of the "Matrix" movie, and started small-scale screenings in major ticket warehouses such as Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco, accompanied by the last wave. A strong propaganda campaign, the film's reputation and popularity quickly exploded.

From the premiere of May 27th to the official release of the film on May 31, in just three days, "The Matrix" has reached a total of $680,000 in the box office of 26 screens in major cities in North America. On the 30th of May, the Empire’s midnight box office on the 3,100 screens in North America surpassed Jurassic Park three years ago, reaching $4.65 million.

After the two data were released, the media that had been seen in the "Matrix" all closed their mouths. The top executives of several film companies also secretly fortunate that they did not put their own summer file in the main game against the "Matrix". on.

Even, even after the "Titanic" jumped the ticket, the "Mummy 2" was changed to "Don't Kill the Island", and the whole world was secretly worried about it for a week, fearing that "The Desperate Island" would be "The Matrix." "The same quality, although "Mummy 2" has the audience base of the previous game, the testimony is also very good, but the two strong films are collided before and after, and it is inevitable that both sides will suffer.

In the original time and space, "The Matrix" from the beginning of production until the film was released, Warner maintained a very unsightly attitude, and even put the film release date in a relatively deserted Easter period, but even so, "The Matrix" The first part still achieved a $170 million North American box office at a medium cost of $63 million, and the other hurricane, which was starred by Will Smith, cost $170 million, and won Time Warner. The box office champion of the release of the film. Subsequently, with the first super-strong word-of-mouth, the quality of the second part was seriously reduced, and the box office in the first week still reached 150 million US dollars.

The new version of "The Matrix" keeps the original master team and the core story, no matter the level of production, propaganda or schedule selection is far beyond the current year. The film may be restricted by the R-rated rating and cannot reach the box office miracle of Jurassic Park that year, but the score is far more than the original.

Therefore, after the premiere, Eric flew to the Bahamas with confidence and began the production of "The Royal Casino of 007".

The Bahamas, like Canada and Australia, belong to the Commonwealth countries. These countries basically regard the Queen of England as the head of state. Therefore, most of them do not have a president. The Bahamas retains a very old governor system.

As the best tourist destination in the Caribbean, the Bahamas has more than 3,000 islands, but fewer than 30 have been developed.

Although many of the story elements of the old version have been retained, in general, the new version of "Royal Casino" has been completely different from the two stories of the year. In the new script, there are still not many plots in the Panamanian Islands. However, Eric has retained the plot of terrorists attempting to attack the airport. This episode is not planned to be filmed in Miami, but in the capital of the Bahamas. At Nassau International Airport, along with other changes, the crew’s shooting cycle in the Bahamas was as long as one and a half months.

In order to cope with the filming of the crew, the Bahamas specially set up an island called Providence for the scene of the crew. The shooting of other islands such as Nassau and Paradise Island also received full support from the Bahamas.

Eric arrived in the Bahamas on May 28th. Filmmaker Barbara Brockley, starring Pierce Brosnan and a leading actor have been assembled in Paradise Island where the crew is stationed.

Hundreds of people in the entire crew, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars a day without doing anything, Eric arrived in the Bahamas, no time to repair, and quickly began to work.

After all, it was not directed for more than two years. Although the Victoria's Secret Annual Show was produced during the period, it has nothing to do with the film. A few days before the start of the shooting on June 2, Eric was basically re-entering the director's state. Fortunately, he had done things for two generations. The various professional cognitions related to the director were in-depth instinct, two years. It is impossible to forget, and with the support of the strong production team behind them, the corresponding sense of strangeness is quickly disappeared in the rapid break-in.

On June 2nd, the Paradise Casino Beach in Bahamas, Royal Casino was officially launched.

Based on the principle of easy and difficult, the film first shot was Bond's encounter with the film No. 3 **** the beach.

There are no specific lines in this shot, and it is relatively simple to shoot.

According to the order of the primary and secondary, this 007's No. 1 state girl is naturally Cate Blanchett. In order to let Kate have some intellectual temperament of the working girl, Eric is currently arranging her to live in the Firefly UK branch. The nickname is the sister of Kate's character, and she is served by Christina Aguilera. Another role of this character is the backup angel of Charlie's detective agency.

Therefore, at this time, the woman in the Bahamas is the No. 3 girl, and Eric did not intervene in the selection of the character. The final selection of the selection team is very coincidental, Terry Hatcher, according to the original time. Line, Terry Hatcher is also the 18th 007 girl. Eric saw this woman on the cast of "Wuwang City" last year. It is not difficult to guess that Terry Hatcher should be an artist of ICM, otherwise she will not appear in the firefly system continuously. The main focus is on the list of protagonists.

Of course, Eric now has no time to take into account these tangled game entanglements. Hollywood is a complicated game.

Standing behind the familiar monitor, Eric looked at the surrounding shooting track, the actor who was buried, looked at his crew, and the familiar feelings poured into his heart, and his mood was somewhat excited.

The assistant director waved at Eric and said that when everything was ready, Eric finally raised his microphone and said to everyone: "OK, the first game of "The Royal Casino", Action!"

In the distant shot, Terry Hatcher played the female No. 3 Catalina on a white horse running along the beach, followed by a group of excited children.

As the lens moved slowly, Catalina rode away and the camera was fixed on the bright faces of several children. Eric once again gestured: "Card, Good, ready for the next game."

After all, Eric’s first shot after re-directing the guide, Eric’s voice fell, and everyone around him temporarily stopped his buddy and gently slammed his hand.

Terry Hatcher, who was helped by the staff to jump off the horse, came over and squeezed around Eric to pretend to look at the monitor. He didn't have to find a word: "Eric, don't you have to take a few more spares?"

This is to make a good color head, not to mention this simple lens is accumulated by four cameras in different positions for more than a minute of material, the late editing is only about 15 seconds, of course, no need to retake.

"This lens is no longer needed," Eric smiled and shook his head, looking at the woman in a bikini with a hot body. "The chances of NG will definitely be there. I hope you don't lose patience when you arrive."

"Of course not, how dare I lose patience in front of Eric," the woman stunned Eric, and got up and walked away.

Several staff members around pretend that they could not see the 'interaction' between the director and the actress. They were busy, and Eric just shrugged a little. Similar to the role setting in the movie, Terry Hatcher is already married in reality, and Eric is not a man. He is usually not provoked by this woman.

Taking advantage of Pierce Brosnan's preparations, Eric took a few sets of beach and sea empty shots with the old partner Nicole Frank, who was in charge of photography, and then started the next one, where James Bond surfaced. The first time I saw Catherine's scene.

To be honest, Daniel Craig's body in the original version can only be described as 'strong', and there is not much male beauty. Pierce Brosnan is different. When he wears a suit, he is a living clothes rack. Under the suit, for the role of Bond, the body shape, eight packs, mermaid line, and long legs are enough for a group of young women to scream directly.

In the shot, James Bond came to the surface, slowly coming towards the shore, Catalina jumped off the horse, the two looked at each other, Pierce Brosnan showed a smile, Catherine looked a bit reserved, slightly I swept Bond's eyes and took the flattering away.

This is the second official shot. Eric also doesn't want to call the card. However, looking at the performance of the monitor Nails and Bruce South, Eric raised the microphone: "Card, No-Good, Pierce, Terry. Can you come over?"

The two soon gathered, and Pierce Brosnan also wiped the water stain with a large towel sent by a female assistant of the crew.

Eric holds the script and speaks a little more than gestures: "It's like this, Pierce, your eyes are too purposeful, it seems to be looking for something, this is not right, I need your eyes to be more careless. Terry, you have to show not only curiosity, but also a feeling of being attracted, oh..." Eric said, pointing to Pierce Brosnan, his expression was a serious saying: "Is this wonderful? Can a male body not appeal to you?"

Pierce Brosnan’s expression was a little embarrassing, and Terry Hatcher nodded subconsciously and said, “Okay, Eric, I probably know what to do.”

"So, let's go again," Eric said, indicating that the two began to re-buried.

In the original version, James Bond was deliberately looking for the clues to trace the bombers, but in this version of the script, the two were completely encounters.

Katrina’s husband, Alex, is a gray-transaction middleman on the periphery of the Ghost Party. Bond, who was sent by Mrs. M to the Bahamas for a holiday, met with Alex’s wife, Katerina, on the beach. The two quickly became surprised. Meet at the Paradise Island Casino, because Alex’s cold and rude attitude towards Catalina, has always pity the jade to bond the other side, in the table to win Alex's car Aston Martin wins, this Aston Martin also became a key prop of Bond's accidental involvement in the whirlpool of the Ghost Party.

To put it bluntly, the most obvious feature of this 007 is that from the stage of the script, Eric intends to let 007 open the stage of telling the story.

In the past, most of the 007 went on the route of selling gimmicks. The world was framing everywhere, and various planes and cannons were bombarded. As for the plot, although the big production film is inevitably a short story, the 007 series is very When there are few good storytelling, if it was before the 1990s, because of the general backwardness of film shooting technology, these gimmicks can attract a large number of viewers to buy, but with the development of special effects of film and television, even if it is a catastrophe, alien invasion, etc. The scene, the audience will gradually become accustomed to, the 007 series continues to follow the original route, and can only gradually decline.

In the original time and space, James Bond, who was shaped by Pierce Brosnan, received a lot of praise, but because of the films he participated in, the story is full of holes, not to mention the continuity of several films in the plot. Sex, even within a movie, there can be a variety of unrelated plots, so Pierce Brosnan played four Bond films in a row, and the box office is generally not too high.

Until Daniel Craig took over 007, the series began to clumsyly describe a slightly more telling story, perhaps with a bit more luck, starting with the first "Royal Casino", played by Daniel Craig. The four Bond films, the total box office is almost twice the size of the Pierce Brosnan version, Daniel Craig has become the highest paid Bond player in history.

The first day of shooting was very smooth, because on the weekend, the crew chose to finish the work early, and in the evening held a small boot party in the resort where Paradise Island was stationed.

On the second day of the official opening of "Royal Casino", the "Matrix" North American first-quarter three-day box office was also released.