Hollywood Domination Chapter 184: Retaliatory comments
"What did Jennifer Jefferson do right? Don't ask me, I don't know."
"I don't think Jennifer is a qualified actress. I mean, the honor of Best Actress Oscar must be awarded in combination with the actor's own resume, and even if we only look at the performance in one movie, Jennifer's The performance is far from that good."
"It was a wrong decision for Jennifer to continue to play "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", maybe she has burned out all her talents in "The Fifth Sally", she played beautifully in "Pirates 2" Lah, but did Elizabeth do anything other than fight scenes?"
""Pirates 2" is a puzzling movie, and Jennifer's performance in it is especially puzzling. She blindly shows her beautiful figure, just like the director of this movie, completely forgetting about them Another purpose of being invited: to perform."
No matter what field you are in, critics are always loved and hated by people. When they love you, their literary talent will turn into colorful compliments, praise you high, and even think of yourself more than before. high. But these moody, new and old-fashioned guys always abandon you when you don't expect it. Instead of overindulging in the past, they suddenly become extremely harsh, criticizing your works that are still passable, and those that make you happy A compliment, suddenly turned into a well-thought-out, vitriolic criticism, can make you as depressed as it can make you happy. ——In a word, comments can easily make people unable to recognize reality. If you always listen to comments, then your estimate of yourself is either higher or lower than the reality.
In Jenny's personal career, the critics appeared as an angel at the beginning. For this newcomer who turned out to be a talented newcomer, the critics have never been stingy with their praise. , This is also because it is rare to see a rookie like Jenny who has mature acting skills and is ridiculously beautiful. Even for "The Notebook" and "The Devil Wears Prada", the critics have a very tolerant attitude. In terms of acting skills, the former is not outstanding, and the latter is a breakthrough work, but "The Notebook" is not praised at all. Not a lot. Even "The Fifth Sally" was able to seal the title, to a certain extent, thanks to the unanimous praise and admiration of the critics-maybe because the relationship between Disney and film critics has always been mediocre, maybe because this time " The operator of "Pirates" is not as well-connected as Weinstein among the critics. After the large-scale release, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" received terrible feedback from the film critics. Apart from a few compliments, the director Verbinski was scolded bloody, and Johnny was not spared, and the only one who was worse than the two of them was Jenny: the film critics seemed to be very dissatisfied with her, and I don’t know if it was Some people are secretly fueling the flames. Anyway, now, the criticism of this article is not limited to her performance in "Pirate 2", and has even spread to the Oscars earlier this year. More than one film critic is asking, 'With Jennifer's performance in this movie, is she really worthy of the title? Does she have what it takes to make history? ’
Of course, it is impossible for the Oscars to take back the trophy because of such comments, but in any case, while Jenny's "Pirates 2" shaped the box office myth, it also greatly damaged her style as an acting woman. It is beyond doubt. In fact, at this point, the film critics are not born out of nothing-Jenny did not have any breakthrough performances in "Pirate 2", most of her scenes are played, a small number of lines, although there are many micro-expressions and small actions to explain the psychological struggle process of the characters, but due to the limitations of the script, the character Elizabeth in the second part is not as good as the first part, and there is only so much room to play. It's not surprising to say that it is lackluster. If film critics don't know how to appreciate play, then Elizabeth's role is about equal to that of a large vase.
Actually, it's not uncommon for a movie queen to play a vase, but Jenny is unlucky because "Pirates 2" is too close to the Oscars, and she has just created a legend. For the film critics of the performance, Jenny is simply resigned to depravity. She has such good acting skills, but she develops drama? The more it can be seen that Jenny has put a lot of effort into the fighting scenes, the more they are fighting - the fighting scenes are all filmed by actresses who can't act well in literary films, has Kate Winslet ever filmed fighting scenes? ? Will Meryl Streep make 'Tomb Raider'? You, Jennifer Jefferson, won two Oscars at the age of 25, and Kate doesn’t have one yet. Are you ashamed to transform into a girl? Are you mentally okay?
Love is deep and responsibility is severe. It may be a bit hypocritical to say that film critics want to use harsh criticism to drag Jenny back from the evil way, but this tide of bad reviews definitely has "revenge bad reviews" ' Factors included. "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" now seems destined to be like the "Mission: Impossible" series, becoming a high-grossing work with a low critical reputation, but Jenny is now under more critical pressure than Tom Cruise Much more—generally speaking, critics will be merciful when it comes to a box office superstar, because after all, if the box office proves that the public still likes her/his performance, then she/he must have something special. But Jenny has become an anomaly. For a while now, the comment columns of major websites and newspapers have ridiculed her. This trend of bad comments has even become a piece of news, and it has been published in the entertainment gossip section in a grand manner: One of the highest-earning actresses of all time is getting bad reviews. Will this affect her relationship with "Avatar"? Was Jennifer emotionally affected? Was she admitted to the hospital, as rumored, because she was depressed after receiving bad reviews, so she sought help from the medical profession?
However, no matter how gossip entertainment forums, anonymous tabloids, or serious news media consume Jennifer Jefferson, for the general public, it seems that the bad comments from the critics cannot shake themselves aesthetics and conclusions. In the second week of its release, the imdb score of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" stabilized at 7.8, a score that does not go up or down. There is a certain distance from the classic 8, but even if it drops again as the moviegoing crowd spreads, it is unlikely It will come to the 6 of Rotten Movies. As for Rotten Tomatoes, the audience's like rate has stabilized at around 85%. The domestic and global box office are also steadily rising. There are quite a few **** voices in the fan forums, discussing Elizabeth 'Thrilling martial arts' - the audience was deeply impressed by her cool, beautiful and neat martial arts moves, and there have even been many tidying posts on the forum, discussing the bugs and excellences of Elizabeth's fighting scene design .
As for the loose plot, thin characters, and chaotic narrative criticized by film critics, although there are feedbacks from the audience's film reviews, this does not seem to affect the audience's enthusiasm for watching the movie at all, and their love for the actors. Favorability, Jennifer Jefferson, Josh Branch and Johnny Depp's order of filmmakers are all rising rapidly in imdb, Johnny Depp occupies the first place, but followed by Jennifer——she hasn't fallen out of the top ten in the past six months. In some deserted movie watching weeks, she can even return to No. 1 from time to time. It's the same this time. He rushed to second place, and even pushed Johnny into second place at one point.
"Audiences love pirates, they love this sense of fantasy, they know it's not real, so the bizarre behavior of the protagonists doesn't make them frown-this is the unique style of the "Pirates" series." In the spacious meeting of Fox In the production room, several high-level executives from the production department sat together. The supervisor, Kevin Riley, crossed his arms and analyzed the reasons for the success of the "Pirates" series. People use these elements to distinguish movies from reality. Therefore, the shortcomings that film critics care about the most are not so important to audiences, because the film itself has enough points to attract them. I don’t know if you have noticed, "Pirate" The story is somewhat cartoonish, and it needs a movie-watching mentality of 'don't ask why', which is very suitable for the movie-watching mentality of cartoons. Children don't ask why, they only need exaggerated shapes, bright colors The colors put them in a good mood - so you can notice that Jack's headdress is colorful, so it's not surprising that the series has achieved huge popularity among children, and for the summer film, children He who wins wins."
"As a sequel, they added martial arts scenes as a selling point amidst the slapstick and laughter in the first episode, which was enough to meet the audience's expectations and even surprise them. We all know that the audience is very happy. Very satisfying, they don't necessarily need a good story, good scenery, special effects, martial arts and even love scenes, faces, can make them walk into the cinema, and even give this movie a high score. "Pirates 2" The special effects are magnificent, and this is a feature that DVDs can’t replace anyway, so people are willing to go to the cinema.” Production manager Jack Amber said with an excuse, “We noticed that many viewers left comments on Rotten Tomatoes Said that although the plot is messy, the special effects are very shocking. This shows that there is more and more room for special effects movies now, considering the growing high-definition TV technology and p2p sharing mechanism-damn Pirate Bay-I think, James You are right, the future is the era of visual effects, and visual effects can bring more people into the cinema—of course, there will always be people who are willing to go to the theater to watch a good story, but good special effects can draw more people into it .”
"Well, so you think "Avatar" is a project worth investing in?" Kevin asked sharply, "even if it's worth 500 million?"
"The box office may not be able to earn back, but the subsequent DVD sales and peripheral development? As long as the entire film has the quality of the samples, indeed, I think there is a great possibility of making a profit." Jack said frankly, "But , before Cameron, who believed that a film with an investment of 200 million yuan could recover its cost at the box office? Looking at the current "Pirate" series, the second part has an investment of 200 million yuan. Can it make a profit at the box office? I think it can , I think Disney has made a lot more money on this project than 200 million. 200 million now - 8 years after "Titanic", doesn't seem so unattainable, Paramount is in The budget for "Transformers" is close to 200 million, and I can give you a few examples. What I want to say is, Kevin, maybe 8 years later, 500 million is not an unusual number, and 500 million is also Make a profit at the box office—and the first movie to make history may very well be Avatar."
Jack's perspective on the problem was also quite inspiring to Kevin. He closed his eyes and meditated for a while, then nodded cautiously, "Yes... If you look at it from this angle, "Avatar" and " Pirates of the Caribbean 2 may be very similar, they are both leading special effects, the story is not strong, and the characters are all cartoonish. What's more interesting is that in the budget, they all have a unique playing style of Jennifer. Jefferson, the kung fu foundation she showed in "Pirates 2" can be easily transplanted into "Avatar" to make Na'vi martial arts more attractive-if "Avatar" can get "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" At the box office, at least we won't lose money."
"In fact, based on the same number of viewers, the box office figures of "Avatar" must be higher than that of "Pirates 2." Lemon King, a senior data analysis specialist who has been silent all this time, raised his hand and said, " "Avatar" is a 3D film, and the ticket price must be higher, so it is not very difficult for its box office to surpass "Pirate 2". Of course, I made this analysis under a very ideal model."
Both Kevin and Jack nodded, and they had no objection to Lemon's last sentence. From the paper to the final release of a movie, there are too many variables in the middle. Let me give you the simplest example. After 9/11, all movies with the element of "airplane crashing into a building" could not be released. This screen needs to be repaired Besides, the box office of horror films and thrillers has not been good for half a year in a row, and almost all the genre films that are being released during the 911 schedule are losing money. This has nothing to do with the quality of the films themselves, and it is entirely bad luck. Lemmon's words can only be calculated under the ideal situation of "Cameron did not fail, there was no error in the announcement, and there were no emergencies before and after the release". slim.
"Is anyone else in contact with Cameron now?" Kevin asked, "What about Disney? - The box office of "Pirate 2" must have made them smile, and now they have a lot of cash in their hands... ...tsk, haven't your friends at Cameron's studio leaked anything, Jack?"
"No," Jack's face darkened. The box office miracle of "Pirates 2" boosted their confidence in "Avatar", but it was not without its disadvantages. Within a month, Disney will accumulate an unexpected cash flow. Although it may not be able to make up the full 500 million, as long as there are 200 to 300 million, the subsequent budget will be saved. The most important thing is that several high-level executives have read the news that Jennifer Jefferson has full confidence in "Avatar" and wants to lobby Disney to take over. Now that she is once again leading a box office storm, it is hard to say whether Disney will change its attitude and throw an olive branch to Cameron. Under Jennifer's gossip, maybe Cameron will really reconcile with Disney-after all Well, Disney has just acquired Pixar, and their visual effects department has taken a big step forward. Maybe this will be very attractive to Cameron. "But Cameron has been talking to Jennifer a lot lately, and Jennifer has also come to do further body modeling. It seems that he doesn't mind the pressure of commenting on Jennifer now."
He and Kevin exchanged a knowing look, and Kevin also had a disdainful smile on his mouth: Fox doesn't mind the pressure of comments on Jennifer now, if a movie star plays casually, even if Even the most boring literary and artistic films can get more than 200 million yuan, and if the average box office is more than 400 million yuan, the critics can scold them as much as they like. No film company will mind this. Even if it is an award-winning literary and artistic film, in the On the premise that the box office can earn 200 million yuan, it doesn't matter if you don't get the award. After all, winning the award-isn't it for making money?
"It's time to restart the negotiations." Once he became suspicious, the more he thought about it, the more wrong he became, and he finally made a decisive decision, "Contact Cameron, we should show sincerity, the sharing clause he proposed You can agree, but the prerequisite is that Jennifer Jefferson must ensure the performance."
Under Jack's somewhat surprised eyes, he shrugged, "What? Don't tell me you really don't believe it at all - the legend about this lucky girl - Of course, if the investment is less than 100 million... "
Jack thought about it, and smiled wryly: In front of a project with a scale of 500 million, even the most rational person would choose to believe that there might really be a supernatural power in this world, and it really favors Jennifer Jefferson. "Only in this way, we will be very passive when negotiating the salary."
He was a little worried, "Besides, maybe Jennifer's mentality will change after receiving bad reviews, maybe she will want to take on some literary films to prove herself, after all, the feedback that "Avatar" has aroused from film critics Probably not too good..."
"Yeah." Kevin also sighed. He stared at the drenched and gloomy Elizabeth on the TV screen, and murmured, "I'm willing to pay a dollar for what she thinks now— —What is she thinking?"
Yeah, Jennifer Jefferson, who has encountered setbacks for the first time since her debut, what is she thinking now?
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Jenny, in fact, was just thinking about the bad reviews she received recently - her reaction to them just proved that she is not a miracle girl without weaknesses, at least she doesn't know herself very well, Jenny She thought she would not care about criticism from the outside world. When discussing Oscar's follow-up strategy with Cesare, she never thought about whether she would accept the step of "letting some people come out to question you" in Cesare's plan. No, and it turns out that maybe Jenny really can't care less when people criticize her private life, but that's because they don't know the truth. And once they started commenting on her acting, her reaction was far less calm.
"Do you really think I'm just a 'doll to arouse men's sexual fantasies' in "Pirates 2", Cesare?" She asked abruptly, put down the knife and fork, picked up the napkin and wiped her mouth The dregs on the side, "I mean, if it is a very malicious comment, of course I can ignore it, but the problem is that the more I think about it, the more I think it makes sense-those martial arts moves seem to serve the male audience elements, indeed, some actions are highly suggestive.”
Cesare sighed and put down his water glass, "Well, now I see why it is very necessary for me to visit once."
The two of them sat by the pool for lunch instead of eating out, mainly because of the constant paparazzi outside Jenny's place, and going out undisturbed has really become a reality for her now. It's an extravagant dream, and even driving to the dream can attract repeated follow-ups, and this also makes it impossible for Cesare to have a meeting with her in the dream. After all, he is still a CAA manager now, and he can talk to her Jenny went out to eat together, watched the game, and even visited her house frequently, but it is still not appropriate to make public the fact that she has visited Jenny's business many times. So after the release of "Pirates 2", the two met at Jenny's house instead, and Jenny also reduced the number of trips to the Great Dream - she doesn't need the paparazzi to pay too much attention to her company, and many employees who come and go there don't like it was overexposed.
"Oh, so you didn't come over for lunch today." Jenny raised her eyebrows, and sent a reproachful look into the room—even though it was far away, Mary seemed to be aware of her Unhappily, she ran away from the living room. "Damn Mary, she'll never figure out who's paying her."
"It seems that Mary is right." Cesare pointed out, "You do take these criticisms to heart, Jefferson, which surprises me. I thought you were overwhelmed by the comments." It's the stage - as far as I know, it's not that no one has criticized your acting skills before."
"But many people praised my acting skills before." Jenny argued, "Besides, this is different—"
She couldn't explain it to Cesare or even anyone, but to her, Elizabeth in "Pirates 2" was different. Jenny didn't use her golden finger during the performance, there was no empathy, no space 99% of the materials used in the final play are her own performances. Like ordinary actors, she reads the script, rehearses, and then integrates into the role. ——On the one hand, Elizabeth didn’t have any difficult scenes in 2, most of them were fighting scenes, and the golden finger really didn’t help much; on the other hand, it was also because she suffered from the sequelae of concussion for a while after falling into the sea , once the performing arts space is used, the symptoms of nausea and dizziness will be aggravated. In addition, if she uses the cheating finger too much, or uses the cheating finger under extreme fatigue, she will have headaches and discomfort. Dare to challenge the limit, so this whole drama may only have the first part of the scene that she has previewed with cheating fingers, and this part has been cut out. Therefore, it can be said that "Pirates 2" is actually Chen Zhen/Jenny's first work, and it is completely produced by herself through the general performance process.
Although she has won more than a dozen awards, it is really difficult for Jenny to gain any confidence from the awards now-after she learned about the awards, this is a normal change, although " In "prada", she didn't use the empathy cheat, and her acting skills were well received, but that was the result of using the cheat to 'rehearse' repeatedly, so it's hard to bring her any comfort in the current situation. Jenny also knows that the backlash from the critics does not mean that her performance in "Pirates" is bad, but—
"Okay." She was stuck for a long time, and finally gave up and spread her hands, "I can't tell where the difference is, but this is different, and the most frustrating thing about this whole thing is: This is not the result of your manipulation, Cesare - they spontaneously banded together to question me! And this feels terrible."
Cesare ignored her complaints, but took out a folder from the briefcase on another chair and threw it to Jenny. "Here - since you have finished eating, let's take a look first."
"What is this?" Jenny asked, and opened the cover impatiently, "Script—you have already picked out the next film for me?"
"Of course." Cesare cut a piece of steak, stared at the meat on the plate, and announced with the momentum of feasting, "the only thing you can do in the face of doubts is to use your Your next work will crush it head-on, won't you?"
Among Jenny's somewhat unconvinced murmurs, the carnivorous animal almost greedily forked up the beef and put it in its mouth, narrowing its blue eyes slightly, and began to chew with enjoyment.