Hollywood Domination Chapter 368: Compact 8 minutes

Among the many movie theaters in Los Angeles, the most well-known ones should be the Hollywood Chinese Theater and the Kodak Theater built in 2001-the Kodak Theater with 3,400 seats has been the venue for the Oscars since 2002. The venue, and the 80-year history of the Chinese Theater has also made it the favorite premiere venue for many blockbuster movies. In the small yard in front of the theater, there are many superstar handprints and footprints. It is also one of the theater's sources of income. Every year, many films leave their handprints in front of the Chinese theater in order to promote news. Of course, very few can be placed in the theater: in 1992, when Tom G When Ruth left his handprint here, people questioned, "How can you let his handprint appear next to Marilyn Monroe?" The traces of the star, how high is the requirement for the status of a star.

"Jennifer hasn't left her handprints in the Chinese theater, has she?" Richard Rope, who was invited and came from Chicago to attend the premiere, saw an acquaintance, and he walked over to Alan Morrison After saying hello, she chatted, "Is there? I thought they would take advantage of the momentum to hold a handprint event in the afternoon—in any case, she should be among the rising stars after the new millennium, and she is the most qualified to leave a handprint here." It's a star."

During the gap before the premiere officially started, the guests attending the premiere were strolling in the yard, James Cameron, Steven Spielberg, Rob Marshall and others They were chatting and laughing in the corner of the courtyard, and Warner not only came to senior producer Kerry Orient, but even Jeff Robinov personally came out to give Dameng a platform, which can be said to have given enough face—— If you count Justin Lin, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson from "Fast and Furious", Tom Cruise, Ang Lee, Andy Johnson from "Mission: Impossible 4", Samberg, Jennifer Bell, Leonardo DiCaprio who came here purely because of friendship, Karl Urban and Chris Pine who came here because they were familiar with Zachary Quinto, J.J. Abramles and others, the Chinese theater is very lively with people coming and going, and there are a large number of fans gathered outside the theater screaming different names. From the perspective of the venue and security, this grand occasion is not inferior at all The Oscar Awards Ceremony, which was held in the neighboring Kodak Theater a few months ago, was short of a live broadcast of the red carpet...

"Nope, I heard that they won't hold similar activities until they are invited by the theater," Alan shook his head and said with some emotion, "So I guess, if you want to see Jennifer's name in the yard, you still have to wait. It will take five to ten years—if her peak period has not been this long, then she may indeed not be qualified for the theater."

"Marilyn didn't take such a long time to leave fingerprints." Richard muttered and laughed: Celebrities who hope to really leave fingerprints will cherish their reputation more, but those who have no hope of leaving fingerprints at all Actors who stayed in the yard flocked to it, which is a strange phenomenon in Hollywood. "However, having said that, if Jennifer's performance in "Code Shero" is as mediocre as in "Avatar", then I have to question whether she has the qualifications to leave fingerprints."

"Bland—that's exactly the word I want to say." Alan also nodded, and he laughed at himself again, "Of course, if it weren't for the box office of "Avatar" and this fresh way, maybe we would have I just said it - you can't say that her performance is not good, but indeed, starting from "Nine", the successive films have given people a feeling of lack of surprises, which is not enough for criticism, but compared with her before, This is indeed an ominous sign."

"Of course, you will still pay attention to her movies," Richard nodded sympathetically, "it has almost become a guarantee of quality and sales, and to be honest, sometimes you can't help but feel that she might not be at all. I don’t care about movie reviews, after all, she already has a box office, but sometimes you feel that she deserves to be treated gently by others, as she said, it’s not easy to balance artistry and business... Let’s go, go in and see where we are Where—it’s a pity that it premiered in a Chinese theater this time, so I can’t see the imax version in advance.”

"Yes, this is a problem. The 3D screening halls of the Chinese Theater are not so comfortable. I guess they must have opened several halls this time, otherwise there would be no room for so many people," said Alan and Richard They walked into the theater together, "How is Roger's health recently? ——I thought you guys wouldn't come to Los Angeles to watch the premiere. Last time you said you wouldn't travel too far for this kind of thing in the future."

"They stopped holding the premiere in Chicago, and bought me a plane ticket—" Richard shrugged, "Besides, you know, this is Jennifer."

The two film critics looked at each other and laughed, they politely said 'sorry', passed by an Arab man in a suit, and walked into the theater, "Look Have you arrived? There are five interpreters in the foyer. There are really people from all countries at this premiere—"

As the absolute leading actors and investors of the movie, Jennifer Jefferson and his wife are of course the busiest couple in the audience. Greetings, but the reception team composed of professional PR did not neglect any of the guests, and soon, the two film critics found their seats - just as Alan expected, this time the Chinese Theater opened all the 3D screening halls , for nearly 500 premiere guests, almost all the movie theaters where the main crew members are seated are industry insiders and film critics, relatives, friends, sponsors, investors, and lucky audiences for the premiere tickets and marketing activities Filled the remaining two auditoriums.

Drinks and snacks are all in the lobby, you can take them at will, but the excited audience still filled the theater early, and the crew members have never been seen, and there is no usual pre-screening speech session, almost When the time came, the screen went black, and the audience hurriedly put on the 3D glasses and enjoyed the 3d logo of the big dream in the dark: Although a movie is produced by multiple companies, it is normal for the opening animation to play one after another , but this time, the logo of Big Dream ranked ahead of Warner. For most audiences, this is still a very fresh experience.

"My name is Kelly Johnson. I was born in 1987. I am 23 years old this year." Warner's logo has just been ushered in to the audience, creating an off-screen effect. In the glare, Kelly's voice is clear She quickly recited as if she was in an interview, "I have two master's degrees and one doctorate degree, and I work in Wellington Institute of Industrial Bio-Frontier Technology. My IQ is 160. My IQ is 160. Good financial situation, no alcoholism, no drug addiction—"

Following her voice, the glare gradually faded, and the camera cut directly through the closed door—the nameplate of "Dr. Liujin's Office" on the door flashed past, making the audience guess that the psychologist inside the door The scene of giving Kelly a consultation, and almost no time to react, the camera entered the office and aimed at Kelly Johnson, who was sitting upright: wearing a plaid shirt and denim shorts, she tied her blonde hair into a ponytail, her feet There is a big longchamp dumpling bag next to it, and a corner of the laptop keyboard is exposed in the bag. With Kelly's sitting posture, it can even be said to be a bit stiff, as well as the black-rimmed glasses on her face, and her frizzy hair, geek image It was about to come out, and with her fast tone, the eyebrows of Dr. Liu Jin who was sitting next to her were raised higher and higher-this implicitly funny side made the auditorium suddenly burst into bursts of laughter. In seconds, the first joke came out.

"Interesting," Richard Lopez murmured, he stopped his back and felt a long-lost passion spark in his heart again, of course, it wasn't because of the opening joke. "The opening is a bit like "Mr. and Mrs. Smith". It's also a consultation, um, but it's okay. In fact, all the links in the movie were shot badly. It mainly depends on how you combine... But Jennifer finally brought another A new kind of performance, even if it is a commercial film level, it is fresh enough..."

Yes, if it is said that starting from Monroe, Jennifer's performances in the four consecutive roles are somewhat patterned, then the performance she contributed to Kelly Johnson really belongs to the category of 'never seen before' Surprising standards, she used a particularly restrained sitting posture to express the character of the character, and the use of micro-expressions is also very stingy, it can be said that Kelly is almost expressionless-but it is not the same as the kind There is an essential difference between the expressionless actors - her somewhat tense shoulders and neck, pursed lips and constantly moving eyes all imply Kelly's rich inner activities, and more importantly, in Kelly, You can even feel the slightly youthful atmosphere of the student, you can feel that she is 'stretching' herself, she is a little bluffing in front of Dr. Liujin, Kelly is young and has little social experience. It was brought out, and people immediately entered the role.

Oscar-level actors, such acting skills are not new, it can only be said that Jennifer is good at handling another type of role, and there is another one-

Alan Morrison moved beside Richard, and murmured in a low voice, "She is indeed dedicated enough—in terms of maintenance, she is sincere enough."

Yes, Richard smiled silently—playing a 23-year-old student at the age of 29 this year, he can still perform that youthful feeling. Judging from the makeup, there is no violation Sensation or signs of aging, not even the usual hyaluronic acid chin, Botox cheeks, the cheek contours are still natural, in Hollywood, most of them will have plastic surgery after the age of 25, and they will be too old and haggard within 2 or 3 years. Among the female stars, it is no different from a stream of fresh air—trying to maintain one’s youth, prolonging one’s artistic life, delaying the time of micro-plastic surgery as much as possible, and maintaining the naturalness of facial expressions, which is the nature of an actor. How can you act if you can't control your face anymore?

No matter how the media speculates about Jennifer's private life, at least for film critics, they have always heard stories about Jennifer dieting, exercising, and abstaining from parties in order to maintain her best appearance. Basically, the professionalism that is almost extinct, so how can filmmakers not have a good impression of her? Jennifer has won several Oscars in a few years, but the performances of "Nine" and "Avatar" are not outstanding, so she has not been scolded by film critics. In addition to her strong public relations, the industry has gradually fermented over time. Favorability is also an important reason.

"My parents and I have a good relationship. I have an older brother, an older sister, and a younger sister. We keep in touch with each other regularly. I have never been bullied in primary and secondary schools." All the interests of the psychologist were blocked in one breath Now, Kelly took a breath, "Is there anything else you want to know, Dr. Liukin?"

"Uh..." Dr. Liu Jin dragged out her voice, and short laughter rang out again in the theater. She tapped her notebook up and down, and said in a tentative tone, "Tell me about your childhood?"

The smiles on the audience's faces widened at the sight of her cautiously tricky manner towards Kelly, who shrugged indifferently.

"Okay," she said, "my childhood."

After a flashback special effect, a cute little actor wearing a mermaid princess dress, wearing a princess tiara, holding a balloon in a corner of the bustling Disneyland, facing people in the line The crowd counted earnestly, their little faces tensed, and they said, "26, 27, 28, 29..." And following the call of "Kelly!", two older children ran over, listening Audiences who have passed Kelly's narration can immediately understand: this is Kelly's brother and sister.

"Mom, Mom, Kelly is here—"

The lineup of child stars in "Code Name Shero" is luxurious. Little Kelly is played by Joey King, and her sister is Dakota Fanning, the most famous child star in Hollywood. Chu waved his hand, and turned to his sister questioningly, "Kelly! You should hold my hand. If you get lost, there will be a big alien monster coming to eat you - I promise you , this is absolutely true!"

The audience who had watched "War of the Worlds" laughed softly, but of course Kelly on the screen would not respond to this teasing joke, she was still counting the number of people queuing at the entrance, "32, 33——"

"Carrie!"

"Carrie!"

When the anxious parents ran over under the guidance of her brother, Kelly turned around abruptly, ignoring the reproach in her parents' tone, her cute little face was full of solemnity, trembling. I opened an oversized Disney map, took out a marker pen from my pocket, squatted on the ground and started drawing while explaining.

"Jonathan wants to play Riptide, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Ghost Mansion, Suzanne is going to Grizzly Mine, Explosion Speed, you want to take me-"

Rolling her eyes, Kelly said, "Small World, Mickey Theater and Mark Twain, now, the distribution of these attractions on the map is-"

She drew a few circles on the map and pushed her exaggerated bow-knotted glasses, "It's 9:30 in the morning, Disney's most popular attractions, Ridge Riding and Pirates of the Caribbean, don't need to line up or get fastpass, we Now next to the Pirates of the Caribbean, 33 people entered in five minutes, which is within the digestion range based on the capacity of a boat of 30 people. Considering that the road out of Los Angeles may be stuck in traffic, and the distance from downtown to Disney It is about 1 hour, and the tourist flow within this hour will not fluctuate greatly. Jonathan, you should go to Pirates of the Caribbean and Riptide first at a running speed. Dad, you run fast, so you take him there. Within an hour, you can finish Jonathan's favorite project. ——Susanna, you and your mother went to blast the car and the grizzly mine. Your speed is a bit slower, but if you play well, you can still solve it within an hour Three scenic spots, your route is to go to Space Mountain first, then Explosive Speeder, after turning the corner from here to Grizzly Mine, walk back to the distance to pick me up, so that we can squeeze into Small World before the crowds with young children arrive In the queuing line—”

During her fast speaking speed, writing and talking, and constantly drawing the road map, the Johnson family all showed the dull expressions of Dr. Liukin. The older brother Jonathan and the older sister Susanna exchanged glances, and Jonathan stretched out his hand on the temple. After going around a few times, Suzanne shrugged her shoulders, while Johnson's father and mother looked at each other, and stepped forward to hug Kelly who was still talking non-stop.

"What—let me down, dad?!" Little Kelly struggled in surprise and protested, but was easily suppressed by her father. "Nope, Kelly, this is a family trip."

"But—but that's the most efficient way—" Kelly still protested unwillingly.

The scene switched, and the Johnson family walked on the road relaxed and happy, holding a thick stack of fastpasses in their hands. Obviously, they failed to catch up with the time when there were few people. Most of the popular projects were already full of people. You can only queue up later. However, Jonathan and Suzanne didn't look depressed, but Kelly, who was tied with a safety rope around her waist to prevent her from getting lost, pouted and looked sullen.

Seeing the distant mine truck galloping through the air, bringing screams, little Kelly couldn't help standing still, showing a longing expression. In her vision, the movement curve of the mine truck A tangible trajectory was formed, and the formulas of centrifugal force and gravity flashed out one by one——

With a flick of the safety rope, these special effects were interrupted instantly. Jonathan called out jokingly, "Kelly, heel!" It looks like, "coing!"

With the white light of the special effects, the camera cut back to the psychiatrist's office. Dr. Liu Jin nodded and wrote something in his notebook while saying, "I understand, there are certain difficulties in communication, but the relationship between family members Very good - I saw you went to college at the age of 12 and left your hometown, is this a test for you?"

Kelly thought about it for a while, and then quickly replied, "I still have to take physical education class with my peers. I had some troubles at that time, but there are no other major problems."

"It's troublesome to define." Dr. Liu Jin said unhurriedly.

Kelly shrugged with a look of reminiscence, the special effects came back, and the audience returned to Kelly’s girlhood——

"Hey, nerd," inside the closed gymnasium, several boys and girls with dirty braids or shaved mohawks stopped Kelly's way. I lost my basketball on the field, "I lost my ball, help me get it back."

A 13 or 4-year-old girl, wearing sportswear and trousers with exaggerated color contrast, and exaggerated orthodontic braces, Kelly, who is indeed very nerdy, looked at the ball, and then looked at a few more A bad student who is obviously older than her, she blinked, "why?"

"Why?" Several boys and girls looked at each other, stepped forward to surround Kelly, and began to jokingly push her back and forth, "Why? Huh, it seems that you are not proficient in everything Ah, Miss Know-It-All? Why?"

The camera pans out, and after a chaotic sound effect, it cuts through the wall and cuts directly into Kelly's dorm room, where she's talking to her mother on the phone with a bandage on her face, "Yes, Mom, I'm fine, no, don't let Suzanne come to see me..."

While speaking, she was looking up something quickly on the computer that looks old today—the words on the screen gradually enlarged, and the webpage of Gibson Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Gym gradually occupied the screen, and the mouse moved to the webpage In the sample video in , click the play button, the villain in the video starts to move, the camera zooms in, and Kelly, who is still wearing a dirty tracksuit, stands in the Jiu-Jitsu gym, and the sample The same as the freeze-frame action in the video, he gave a salute to the coach, then stepped forward and flew up, and bravely grabbed the coach's waist——

As the coach couldn't help laughing, a series of pictures of Kelly being easily knocked down and practicing seriously were made into a page-turning montage, like the kind of villain who can move when turning pages. Stiff, but later on, the attack speed became smoother, the movements became more and more beautiful, and the coach's laughter became less relaxed as time went on. Finally, on the last page of this booklet, Kelly dexterously turned sideways, grabbed the coach's sleeve and rubbed her body up, giving him a standard "cross-lock" joint technique.

Different from many mediocre movies that require 'water' editing and a few minutes to finish an ordinary thing, "Codename Shero" is not the kind of movie that you can wander off and keep up with when you come back. The story develops It’s extremely fast, if you can finish with one shot, you won’t use two shots, and the use of montage is almost comical. There are few empty shots or long shots between scenes, and more It was through montage, just like now——After successfully securing the coach with the cross, the practice ended. Of course, Kelly couldn’t really lock the coach with strength. After removing the braces, she became a delicate girl with a confident smile. She jumped from the shoulder of the coach to the ground, and the camera was focused on her bare feet. When the bare feet touched the ground and jumped up slightly, the camera flicked slightly, and when it was pulled up again, Kelly was already wearing After putting on the shoes, the scene changed to the gymnasium again. The previous school bullies walked over from a distance. After seeing Kelly, they smiled evilly, "Yo, braces girl——"

The surrounding students of the same age backed away in fear, and Kelly bent down to pick up a ball. Facing the group of bullies, she showed a contemptuous smile and said vaguely, "What? Tell me to pick up the ball?"

Such a provocative attitude, of course, angered a few bad students, they rushed towards Kelly, and Kelly looked left and right——this time, the special effects of human body movement lines became very clear, one by one formula , theorem, and analysis were quickly read out in Kelly's mind, and presented to the audience in the form of voice narration, "She is accelerating, and will reach me first—"

Rhythmic, rock-inspired background music sounded, heralding that the protagonist's glorious moment is coming, and amidst the sound of such music, Kelly picked up the basketball and threw it around - but the ball did not It didn't land on her intended target, but under the astonishment of her raising her eyebrows, she hit the Mohawk boy next to the target——

The camera suddenly slowed down, and in the slow motion of a group of vicious little ruffians getting out of the way in surprise, Kelly rushed towards them-but, amidst the dissatisfied sighs of the audience, an unreasonable montage sound effect , Kelly's first show of power ended here. With many bandages on her face and her hands hung up by simple bandages, she stood in the principal's office and silently rolled her eyes at the headmaster with a headache.

"Ah? Did you still lose in the first attack?" Alan Morrison couldn't help saying 'ah', he was a little disappointed-although it is reasonable to lose, it is not unacceptable arrangement, but——

Haven't figured out what's after the 'but', the camera turned around, and opposite Kelly, six more embarrassing bad students appeared in the audience's field of vision. Mohawk's hair used to stand proudly like a cockscomb, but now it is drooping. The rest of the people either hang their hands or have large bruises on their faces. The cowards backed away a little, and huddled closer together.

Suddenly there was a chuckle in the theater, and Alan also laughed happily. He shook his head and thought, "Kelly is such a ruthless girl——"

He took out his phone from his pocket and looked at the time, his eyebrows raised high - Alan's sense of time has always been very good, but even he didn't expect that after talking about so many things, the movie will be 8 minutes have just passed. And in these 8 minutes, he even had some comments in the first few tens of seconds. After that, he was completely immersed in the plot, entered the role of the audience, and his brain was always busy processing the screen. There is a huge amount of information, and there is no room for comments.

"This is really..." Glancing at his neighbor, he saw that Richard Rope was leaning forward slightly, his shoulders tensed, and his expression concentrated. Alan shook his head, just wanting to express his feelings about the quality of "Code Shero", And the transformation of Joss Whedon, the big screen attracted attention again, "Oh, is Kelly going to be detained? Is this why she became a hero? Well, as an original hero with no comic background, Kelly's story is very—"

What exactly is Kelly's story, Alan didn't continue to think about it: just like before, he has been completely attracted by the movie, and he has completely forgotten his identity as a "film critic"...