Chapter 627： Remarks of veteran film critics

In this busy season, Ryan also accepted an invitation from the White House and flew to Washington to attend the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner.

This is an annual traditional event of the Washington authorities with decades of history. The political, business, press, sports, and entertainment celebrities gathered together for a humorous night.

Here, you can not only see the giants of the media industry, but also the stars of Hollywood and sports, you can also meet well-known media reporters, and you can also meet some of the famous rich people on the Forbes rankings.

Of course, most of the top rich are busy people, they only show up occasionally for a year.

The White House Correspondents Association dinners are usually held in the Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC in the form of formal dinners. Of course, the incumbent president’s speeches are indispensable. However, on such occasions, speeches are usually humorous and self-deprecating, and will not be too serious The topic, the president standing on the podium, is more like a talk show host.

Ryan sat at the table in the front row, and from time to time he would applaud lightly with Summer Redstone and Rupert Murdoch next to him. George Bush on the stage made a bit of serious talk after he teased himself. Some.

"Speaking seriously, tonight can remind us that we are fortunate to live in such a country. Here, reporters can criticize national leaders every day without worrying, and then once a year, the Federal President can be here to speak to the media and The reporter fought back, we should stick to the tradition of press freedom!"

Everyone laughed and applauded, making jokes, making fun of high-ranking officials, and making fun of celebrities in political circles. It has always been a repertoire of the banquet.

Later, some well-known reporters and critics took to the podium, and various ridicules continued to appear, and some even mentioned "Fahrenheit 9/11". No matter what, in this country that advertises so-called freedom of the press, it will never be criticized. The president was guilty of political decision-making.

The pig-headed president sitting with Barbara Bush also had a normal face. Cheeky is a necessary condition for politicians.

"Ryan, guess he will step down?" Summer Redstone glanced at the side where the Bush family was sitting. There was no expression on his skinned face. "Maybe this is the last time Bush will attend this banquet. ."

"Do you want him to step down, Summer?" Ryan also looked in which direction.

"Who knows." Summer Redstone made a gesture, "If his policies are beneficial to us, then just continue to sit in this position."

"Assault Bush's policies..."

Rupert Murdoch on the other side raised his cup to Ryan and said, "But our media is the most eye-catching program."

The three laughed tacitly.

The media will never represent the voice of the public, just like those two people said. As long as it is beneficial to their own group, they will not care whether they are sitting in the presidential position with a pig or a dog.

If a bomb strikes this banquet hall now, there will be less disputes in the world in a short time, and there will be less inciting remarks in the world for the time being.

During most of the banquet, Ryan exchanged views with Summer Redstone and Rupert Murdoch. Although the three companies competed, their interests were different. In particular, News Corporation’s business focus was still In traditional media.

Disney is mainly focused on the film and amusement industries. At the same time, it is actively expanding its network.

George Bush also brought his family to greet him. The media is an indispensable help for the presidential election and one of the main items of campaign funds. It has established a good relationship with the media group. It is an essential course for every presidential candidate.

Although in recent years he has been engaged in political donations and other actions, Ryan has no obvious political inclination. In this regard, he believes more in interests than politicians' guarantees.

The dinner is like that. Everyone wore a mask to socialize and socialize, talking and laughing together.

This can only be regarded as an episode in life, and Ryan returned to Los Angeles the day after the dinner. With the support of up to 60 million U.S. dollars in publicity expenses, "The Superman Family" landed on the North American theaters on time.

As early as last year's "Looking for Nemo", "The Superman Family" was highly anticipated. Many people wanted to see if Pixar Studios could produce a different screen superhero.

To a certain extent, this is not a typical Pixar-style animation film. It is also the first time that Pixar Studio hired an outside director to produce a work, but what remains unchanged is the sophisticated production and the plot suitable for all ages.

There are also some light anti-ridicules, especially the ridicule of Superman's cloak, which will definitely be impressive.

What do the animated films of Pixar Studios represent? That is basically synonymous with well-made and excellent endurance. Under the premise of ensuring the popularity of publicity, it easily attracts a large number of young audiences who have just started the holiday.

Today, Blue Sky Studio is still busy with the production of "Ice Age 2", DreamWorks Animation Studio's "Shrek 2" has not yet been completed, and Warner Bros's "Polar Express" will not be released until the end of the year. Who can compete with "The Superman Family" "competition? Who can stop the progress of Pixar Studio?

"Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Sith" has been too long since its premiere. After the North American box office broke through 350 million US dollars, it can no longer attract a large number of fans, and the third week of "Troy" was only more than 10 million US dollars. At the box office, this is obviously not possible.

"The Superman Family"'s $73.52 million box office on the first Wednesday, basically heralded the success of Pixar Studios.

The members of the Superman family moved into Disney parks and Disney stores around the world as soon as the movie was released. The huge Disney animation family once again added important members who can earn money.

The media also praised the work of Pixar Studio as always.

"This is a great work. It has the ambition to introduce modern life. It is suitable for both complicated adults and children. It is ironic but also inspiring. It is a great work with unlimited possibilities."

"People may be surprised to see how clever this movie is and how unobtrusive it is."

"One of this year's most ingenious and eye-catching animated films is more lively due to a strong and reliable lineup, and it plays a group of characters who happen to become superheroes."

This has almost become a common practice. Pixar Studio’s animated feature film was released, and the media was praised, the box office was a success, and the peripheral products were super-sold. In the end, the box office plus peripherals swept away at least more than 1.5 billion US dollars of wealth from the world.

It has been performed too many times in the past, so many that it makes people numb and enviable.

How many people like you, on the contrary, how many people hate you. This sentence is not unreasonable. There are many people in Hollywood thinking that Pixar Studios is finished, just look at the embarrassed expression on Ryan's face.

If Pixar's movie is ended by a work that he vetoed, it would be even more exciting.

After the conversation with David Denby two years ago, Ryan became one of those veteran film critics who disliked the most. But helplessly, with the acceleration of information circulation and the rapid development of the Internet, film critics The human profession, as Ryan said that day, is becoming more and more difficult to influence film fans, becoming more and more marginalized, and the newly emerging young film critics obviously do not want to confront a media giant, and there is always a gap between speeches. Contrary to their older generations.

Those veteran film critics who judge the life and death of a movie after enjoying a film review are naturally unwilling to withdraw from the stage of history. They have always wanted to find an opportunity to find a way to prove that this group of people still have a unique vision, far more than that who only knows. Commercialization and assembly line production guys.

Now, the best opportunity is here.

"King Arthur", a film rejected by Ryan Jenkins, was selected for release one week after "The Superman Family". If the box office and word-of-mouth performance are excellent, it will undoubtedly reduce the reputation of the other party, and the so-called unique vision will also be reduced in the future. For a joke.

Every industry has a circle of every industry. As early as before the release of "The Superman Family", more than a dozen film critics who used to be famous throughout the United States participated in the "King Arthur" preview held by Sony Columbia Pictures, and then reached a speechless The tacit understanding.

Among these people are film critics like David Denby who were directly refuted by Ryan, and famous characters like Roger Albert, who just recovered from a serious illness.

After the trial film meeting, these people successively applauded "King Arthur" loudly in the column, and tried every means to mobilize fans to watch.

"The thrilling plot, breath-taking fighting scenes and great historical background will surely create an unprecedented "King Arthur story of tragic and magnificent, magnificent historical theme, one of the greatest epic movies One!"

The film has not been released yet, and it has attracted so many acclaimed voices from old film critics. If it were placed ten years ago, it would definitely cause a sensation and attract a large number of audiences into the theater. These film critics did not hesitate that this was criticized by them in the past. In countless commercial films, they will not hesitate to throw away their previous positions for the benefit.

Fortunately, they still retain a little bottom line, and did not lash out at "The Superman Family", otherwise they would really make a big joke.

Veteran film critics once again made unanimous voices. They wanted to prove that this industry should not be marginalized, their voices should not be ignored, their film reviews can still affect the box office performance of movies, and their vision is still clever.

Of course, they should also enjoy more benefits in the movie circle.

However, this is not the era of information obscurity, nor the pre-mid 1990s. In such an era of rapid information exchange, can they really affect the younger and younger mainstream moviegoers? (To be continued...) ()