Hollywood Domination Chapter 223: The Mystery of the Main Match

The two private detectives did not venture forward to check, but listened to the sound of the vehicle explosion from a distance across the hill. They looked at each other with complicated expressions. Moments earlier, the sun had fallen on Michael, making the image of the hillside and the horses seem like a fairyland, and now, with the movement of the clouds, the same sun fell on them, and in the sun, the two private detectives But they still look preoccupied, their faces are deep and stiff, and they look extraordinarily ugly in the sunlight.

Michael's figure fled in the mountains and forests, and Karen trimmed her eyebrows in front of the mirror. She no longer panicked, but looked very calm, carefully preparing the battle robe for the new day, even being unnecessarily harsh Carefully adjusting the angle of the stockings, Jennifer's performance in this section is quite delicate, although there are not many expressions, but it is deeply portrayed, and Karen's feeling of 'dead inside' is perfectly interpreted by her. The changes in movements and expressions are used to act, and it is based on the actor's mentality. You don't need the aid of lines or plots, and you don't need to have a high level of appreciation to understand. Karen is already living in despair. This There is no hope at all, and she can't find the joy of living. She has been sucked away by the company.

"For them, now is an embarrassing stage, and the legal fee will be reduced to 24% after crossing this range..."

The scene of lifelessly dressing up, interspersed with the scene of Karen explaining in front of the board of directors confidently and calmly, and the scene at the beginning of the film complement each other, forming a sharp contrast, bringing despair and suffocation to the audience. It feels like I just watched a double execution, and when Dan Jeffery nodded to Karen with satisfaction, saying that the board of directors needs time to consider the proposal, Karen's smile perfectly reflected' The essence of laughing but not smiling', although her lips are smiling, but her eyes are stagnant.

"Unexpectedly." Roger also clenched his fist. Normally, after sitting for a long time, his body would always remind him to stand up and move around, but today, Roger has been completely overwhelmed. Fascinated, he seemed to forget his own pain. "Jennifer's acting skills are amazing, this is definitely her highlight, especially this smile, it really hits the bottom of my heart."

Not only clips that can arouse people's intense emotions are called Huacai paragraphs, but any clips that can show actors their acting skills and make them show that "only I can play this paragraph well" can be called Huacai paragraphs. The color segment, this is the segment that really weighs the actor's strength. Let a few post-actor-level actresses play vases in a commercial film. With similar style and appearance, it is impossible to distinguish the acting skills. Even if it is a vase that is a little bit better at acting, the audience can be driven. emotions, to complete one's own acting tasks, only this kind of scenes that can't be presented by the whole film's main theme and essence can truly reflect the actress's performance. Acting comes.

The real acting skill is that the director only needs to guarantee one shot, and the actor does not even need a soundtrack to set it off. This kind of clip is the real big show of acting skills. Whether you evoke nostalgia, sadness, anger or deep thought, as long as it is a difficult clip that can touch the hearts of the audience, it can be regarded as the highlight of the actor himself!

As the audience, of course Roger sighed for Karen’s tragedy in this episode, and even sympathized with her. Her depravity was not because of her evil nature. Karen can only be said to be an ordinary person with weak resistance. Michael There may be only a slight difference between her and her, her despair can be said to be a kind of sadness of the contemporary corporate system-however, as a film critic, he is instinctively excited by Jennifer's wonderful performance, such a gorgeous The color segment also made him more and more confident about the ending of the film: Karen's color segment came out, and the next thing is the rivalry between the two, and Michael's ending.

In order to make room for the board of directors, Karen left the meeting room, caressing the unwrinkled clothes while walking, staring blankly at the sunlight outside the window, when she walked outside the door, she turned around inadvertently, Her eyes suddenly widened, and for the first time there were rippling waves in her stagnant eyes—but these were not good waves, but surges of despair. A damned person had come to her, and Karen was sure that Michael had come with a purpose.

"It's pretty scary, isn't it?"

"Did you see Arthur? He's hovering right in front of us."

Michael looked calm and composed instead. He shrugged and smiled gracefully, "It's just a joke, don't be so nervous."

Karen opened her mouth wide, watching Michael's performance, but couldn't utter a word. She watched Michael's performance, and stammered out some excuses or rebuttals from time to time: This is an internal document of u/north, We have ownership.

This matter, even if it is true, we still have attorney/client privilege.

Although she still uses standard legal language and spits out one after another advanced legal words, Karen's eyes are always in contact with Michael, and she always expresses emotions that are completely different from the lines: Michael's eyes are also He has been firmly locked on to Karen. What is surprising is that there is not much contempt and disgust in his expression, but his melancholy eyes are compassionate and gentle. As for Karen, she seems to be seeking Michael's forgiveness. They were engaged in a fierce battle of wits, and Roger had already seen, or guessed, that what Michael wanted was not money, but Karen who confessed that she had murdered Arthur and tried to murder him. He wanted to confirm this and her It was related, and Karen was avoiding this question instinctively, she would rather give money than let Michael get the handle.

The director seems to have no intention of concealing the direction of the plot. Rather than saying that he wants to deceive the audience and present this old stalk that has been used by countless people, it is better to say that he is trying to film the second confrontation between Michael and Karen. When they first met, Karen seemed to be undoubtedly the dominant side on the surface, but in terms of the fundamental relationship between the two, their hostility and dislike went both ways. , the hostility between the two gradually dissipated. In their eye contact, it seemed that some unspoken understanding was being established, and some unspoken reconciliation was being formed. Karen seemed to realize that Michael understood her—not that Michael Forgives her decision, but Michael can understand her desperation and isolation, the sympathy of two losers backed into a corner, and she can feel Michael's sympathy for her when all her secrets are revealed. When it was revealed by Michael, things took the worst step, but Karen felt relieved and relieved: there were no more secrets, and it was finally over.

"Ok." She said, her tone was a little weak, the corners of her mouth trembled slightly, her expression was complicated, it seemed to be crying, laughing, and at the same time.

"Okay what?" Michael said, "Would you agree to give me the money, Karen?"

Karen seemed to be aware of Michael's tricks, as evidenced by the gentle gaze between Michael and her, she looked at Michael helplessly, as if looking for his help, and Michael nodded calmly and gently.

"I agree to give you the money." Karen whispered, her shoulders slumped, she began to tremble, and the layers of masks and armor Karen built outside began to crumble, and she was no longer that calm A powerful professional elite, she is Karen Cloud, a fearful, lonely loser.

The crow's feet in the corners of Michael's eyes deepened. For the first time in the whole film, he really smiled. Dan Jeffery pushed the door out, looking at this scene with doubts and wariness, "Karen?—Who are you? Karen, are you okay?"

Karen squatted on the ground covering her face, and Michael said loudly, "I am Shiva, the God of Destruction."——This is the line Arthur once said.

The police swarmed up from behind Michael. Michael's brother, also a New York police detective, exchanged glances with him. He seemed to have noticed the change in his brother, "Are you all right, Michael?"

Michael handed the original document to his brother, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, he did not answer his brother, just walked down the escalator, walked out of the building, and got into a taxi.

"Where are you going?" The taxi driver wrapped up the hot dog intestines and asked inarticulately. There was also a photo of him and his family hanging above his dashboard.

Looking at the photo for a moment, Michael's expression was complicated and unspeakable. His eyebrows were furrowed, but then slowly relaxed. Like Karen, he seemed to be crying, but also seemed to be laughing. There was a light in the corner of his eye—where was he going, where was he supposed to go?

Michael took out a few bills and handed them to the driver. "Open the way for 50 yuan."

He leaned back in the chair, looking thoughtfully at the street scene outside the window, and slowly, a innocent and hopeful smile climbed to the corner of his mouth, and Michael laughed——

His half-broken smile froze on the big screen, and with the charming soundtrack, the whole film came to an end.

In the first few seconds, the film critics seemed to be immersed in the plot and couldn't extricate themselves. After a while, there were sparse applause in the small screening room, and the lights came on. Alan and Derek applauded at the same time , while getting up and going to the bathroom, they didn’t talk about the movie right away, but deliberately let the atmosphere settle first: For a commercial movie, you may be able to give it a score after watching the ending, but a good art movie requires With careful taste, film critics must carefully consider and recollect the director's intentions, the theme and structure of the whole movie, the performance of the actors, and even the details of the soundtrack and editing, pondering the real story the director is telling, a little Tasting the hard work of the crew members drop by drop-this is also a kind of respect for the film itself.

"Excellent story." It was Chaz who broke the silence first, and she praised Jennifer's assistant, the girl named Mary, "I'm not a film critic-for God's sake, I I can’t say I like movies very much, especially those boring art movies, but in the past hour or so, I didn’t feel dull. Of course, the subject matter is serious and the movie is very deep, but it doesn’t make you feel watching Video is a burden, you know what I mean?"

Mary smiled and said, "You don't mind if I record it - the first cut was slower, but Jennifer thought the film should be appropriately dramatic, so she sped up the cut and lost some of the plain atmosphere. of the rendering."

"It's really thought-provoking," Chaz said, nodding. "Of course I was a lawyer, so I felt more -- but if I had to guess, it would be Jennifer's lowest-grossing movie." , it has requirements for the experience of the viewer, and the threshold for viewing movies is very high.”

"It's really boring for teenagers," Kenneth also interjected in agreement, "It's not that teenagers are the ruined generation, art movies will die in the next generation, no, it's not that, of course some teenagers like it Art movies, but I'm afraid Michael Crichton is dealing with this issue that teenagers won't understand, this movie may be a classic for middle-aged people, but teenagers will only think that lawyers are evil, I I don't know, I'm afraid it will leave the impression that big companies are evil. Of course, there is no doubt that the film itself is a good work, very calm and restrained, but it retains a touch of tenderness. It does not have Aaron Sorkin The fanatical preaching, which I especially appreciate, especially the ending."

"Especially the ending." Derek re-entered the screening room, interjecting with a touch of fanaticism, "of course especially especially the ending, whether it's Jennifer or Daniel—the ending part—"

"Yes, Daniel is in the taxi, including the eye scene between Karen and him before—" Alan also found a seat in the last row, "This is enough to be recorded in history and can be included in textbooks Segment. It's not going to be a phenomenal movie, and I doubt it will pay for itself at the box office, but there's no doubt that the script, director, and lead cast are surprisingly good. Both Jennifer and Daniel have broken through— They were born for those two characters, I don't know about you, but when I saw the last dialogue between the two, and Daniel's smile - I really felt that touch for a long time, like Someone is touching my heart."

Film critics love rhetoric as soon as they speak. Alan said a little excitedly, "There is no sensationalism from the beginning to the end, but this ending is really classic. It makes people feel very, very calm and very beautiful."

"—Because you are middle-aged." Kenneth said, "so you can feel it, and I am also middle-aged, so I can feel it too. I think this is j.j's best movie and Daniel's best It's one of the best movies in the world. It's a feeling that shakes the soul and evokes your sensibility. But realistically, this movie's box office can't compare with "The Fifth Sally", let alone "Pirates of the Caribbean", The general audience will only think that this is a boring suspense film, the storyline is simple, there is no gunfight scene, and the only exciting last minute is still completed by the villain—"

"Tony tried his best to get closer to the mainstream, and he arranged at least one last minute." Derek said, "In several key plots, you can still see that he tried his best to create tension, take care of the public, and try his best. Appreciate both refined and popular tastes, but this cannot change the fact that it is essentially a niche literary film. I think it is futile for him to do so. Maybe it is the film’s failure. These chasing plots will divert the audience’s attention—”

"On the contrary, I really like these traces of investigation, it reminds me of "The Bourne". To take care of the tastes of the public, the director must find a balance between himself and the audience, right? It is not feasible to regard "Michael Clayton" as his own monologue. Of course, looking back, Michael did not experience After shooting and playing, the plot seems a bit plain to the public, but when watching a movie, the sense of tension can help the audience maintain their attention and make them more likely to get in touch with the core of the movie, isn’t it?”

No matter how good a movie is, there will be people who like it, and some people don't like it, arguing about the slight difference of opinion-Chaz helped Roger read his argument, "I admit that this may be too much for young audiences. Obscure and boring, but it's a bombshell for discerning mature audiences, and more importantly, there aren't many young people on the Oscar jury," the critics discussed the director's prospects again, They all admired Tony's calmness, "You will never see those clichés, gore and sensationalism in his films, and "Bourne Shadow" is like this. His films have always had a very scary sense of reality, which makes the You can easily blur the line between reality and film."

"His ability to explore such serious topics is amazing, and the movie dialogue-especially Arthur's monologue-"

"Oh, absolutely, the casting of Arthur is also very good. Sidney is right to leave this role to the British. It is a natural fit for someone born in the West End to read such dialogue, such passion!"

"Yeah, an old expressionist guy playing mania, eh? Pretty genius idea."

"Yes, the fusion of expressionism and experienceism, isn't it? In the confrontation between Arthur and Daniel, Daniel's natural acting skills completely set off Arthur's unnaturalness-the point that is always held in expressionism Let Arthur's abnormality be completely externalized, and it is emphasized inadvertently, very relaxed and clever arrangement, very wonderful design."

"Daniel is in good shape. There is no doubt that his heyday has not passed. This movie will become a masterpiece in his life. Compared with this one, he will rely on the works of his youth. His appearance comes to get points."

"Just comparing "Michael" and "There Will Be Blood", Daniel's condition is getting better and better, his appeal is strong, and he has made a breakthrough performance, challenging new types of roles, no longer Weird success, isn't it? If "Michael" chooses to win the Oscar in 2009, maybe Daniel can win the best actor again."

"But if you choose this year, the votes are likely to be divided. After all, objectively speaking, both of his films are eligible for nominations-but I don't think Daniel will care about this."

"Of course." The film critics agreed, and Roger nodded his head with great effort: for Daniel, the award is already something outside of him. He is destined to be recorded in the annals of history. Even from the most utilitarian point of view, taking one more and taking one less will not affect his salary. The films he starred in cannot be more popular. Now that special effects films are popular It's even more impossible, and the acting points have already been fully filled, so if you win an award, you won't get an award. Is it really that important? If so, he wouldn't be so low-yield.

"And what about Jennifer?" The topic went around for a long time, and finally came to the heroine, Chaz asked curiously, "Do you think Jennifer can win another Oscar? - In my opinion, she should be Enough."

When Jennifer was mentioned, the atmosphere froze for a short while, and then several film critics smiled wryly and shook their heads.

"It's just hard for you to judge her," Derek said. "What can you say? Her performance is in the movie. For such a performance and breakthrough, it is inappropriate to give any evaluation. "

"Right, right!" Kenneth felt like he had found a bosom friend, and he said excitedly, "It's hard for you to say that she has made progress, because you never know when she intends to develop in this direction-it's also hard for you to tell She is a genius, even if they are geniuses, their acting skills will be divided into genres, but Jennifer is just, Jennifer is just—”

Roger touched his wife, handed a note, and Chaz read aloud, "She is just a phenomenon, all you can do is observe, you can't predict at all."

Several film critics looked at each other, and no one raised any objections. Alan smiled wryly, "Anyway, I can't predict, I think "The Fifth Sally" is her peak, and she will be here Such a quick emotional switch, with some dramatic style, but I didn't expect her next movie to be like this-I don't know how to say it, so restrained?"

"touching," Roger held up a note with a few words written on it, "simple and rustic."

"It was like her performance had a soul," Derek said. "She and Daniel, they both embraced their characters wholeheartedly, and they totally gave up on themselves during the shoot and became Michael and Karen, a How a 25-year-old young woman can feel Karen's mood is still a mystery, but she has indeed become Karen, which is a very remarkable feat. She is not inferior to Daniel. On the contrary, she and Daniel Hugging to complete the film, the unified performance style of the two is so harmonious, which makes the film shine in structure without any imbalance."

"Yes."

"Exactly."

"That's it."

Successive voices of approval sounded, and Chaz also expressed his approval on his own behalf, "This sentence expresses my thoughts. This movie not only has a moving plot, but also gives people a sense of beauty in structure, like A natural work of art - I found it fascinating and worth revisiting, and if it wasn't so heavy on its content, I might have revisited it soon."

"bp?" Roger's note wrote these two letters succinctly, and the film critics understood it at a glance: Oscar's best film is also the finale of the Oscars every year, and the finale of the annual awards season is the Oscar. This crown jewel.

A film, even if you have won the best director, best actor and actress, but not the best film, you are not a winner of the awards season!

"At least there are nominations." Derek said quickly, and he looked around, "It's already halfway through this year, and I haven't seen a better film than this - there must be nominations."

Whether they will win an award or not is still hard to predict, because some award-winning hit films are still building momentum in the early stage, and there is no final cut version to watch, or they have not seen it, and there are many factors outside the market whether they win the award, not all Video quality decides.

"Best director? This can only be nominated. Tony's strength is calmness, and his weakness is calmness. This will ultimately be a disadvantage in the awards."

"Best Actor? There is no doubt that Daniel will be nominated. As for the award, we have to see the situation."

"Best Actress..."

In the previous awards, everyone quickly reached a consensus, but when it came to Jennifer, the film critics hesitated again: Jennifer Jefferson's situation is too special, and what happened to her again There have been so many accidents that people are afraid to make predictions about her problems.

"Leaving aside the probability of nomination," Derek said hesitantly, "According to Karen's role, should she apply for a supporting role or a leading role?"

"Let's be the protagonist, it's the protagonist in terms of importance——"

"It can be counted from the playing time, or it can be a supporting role..."

The few film critics who had been discussing in full swing just now were stuck. They looked at each other for a while, and then turned to Mary who had been listening quietly—how Jennifer plans to play the role of Karen, this question can only be asked She's gone——