King of Hollywood Chapter 69: Film reviews and box office

"This is a movie full of hope, just like the sentence on the poster: timidity puts you in prison and hopes to help you be free. The opening of the movie is played by Tim Robbins The banker Andy was imprisoned and charged with murdering his wife and his lover. The various debates on the law made us inclined to do this, but the various performances after imprisonment made people suspect that he was innocent. This question lies in There is no answer for a long time.

　　 However, some signs can be seen from many places. When Reid played by Morgan Freeman took the Shawshank prisoners to drink cool beer on the roof, the first theme of the movie was concave. It shows that this is something we have been tirelessly pursuing for a long time-freedom.

　　Andy changed the opinions of the people around him little by little. When the prison radio sounded "The Wedding of Figaro", when all the prisoners on the playground were listening still, with Rui In Germany’s narration, we saw another theme—hope.

　　Everything he did was not meaningless, as can be seen from Reid’s three parole hearings. The first time, he wanted to get through the customs; the second time, he just dealt with the matter; only the third time, after Andy’s escape, after the corrupt warden and guards were punished, he seemed to care nothing Deep down, I have understood many things. So he was released on parole. The third theme of the movie is therefore expressed-salvation.

　　 Now we should know that Andy is innocent, otherwise he will not keep his little hope and his hope for freedom in this dark prison. In fact, after two thirds of the plot passed, through the mouth of a young man jailed for theft, the truth about Andy’s killing of his wife and her lover was finally revealed. However, relying on Andy Money Laundering Warden Norton refused to let him leave, and eventually killed the imprisoned youth.

　　 Therefore, Andy escaped through the passage dug through the small stone hammer he bought through Reid, wading through the dirty river, cleaning up his sins, and reborn on the other side! The warden paid the price, and Red, who was redeemed and successfully parole, met again with Andy in Mexico.

　　Both Tim and Morgan have shown superb acting skills, Andy’s calmness and wisdom, Reed’s numbness and helplessness, and the final confession are all outstandingly shown in their expressions and body language.

　　 Of course, Adrian as a director is also indispensable. The ghost director who produced two small-cost high-office box offices in one year and achieved success at the European Film Festival showed superb skills and brought the emotions of the audience. The ups and downs are just right. I believe everyone can’t help but applaud him when he sees Andy crawling across the sewer to escape from the rain and looking up at the sky. In addition, he has set countless details in the movie, which makes the whole movie more memorable. I have to admit that he is very good at telling stories. In any case, this is a movie worth watching. "

　　——The Washington Post Wayne Jackson

　　This is a representative film review of "The Redemption of Shawshank" in the newspaper the next day. Unlike in Adrian's memory, most film critics praised the film.

　　 This is of course because Laffern and the global publicity credit is also related to the amazing performance of Adrian. The director who produced two small-cost high-box movies within a year is still the first one, and his personal style is also changing. There are many ends, from "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" to "Memento" to the current "Redemption of Shawshank", the three films have three different styles, similarities but more differences, which is really surprising.

　　 Of course, the quality of "Shoushenk's Redemption" itself is very good, otherwise no matter how amazing the director's resume, no matter how clever the means of publicity, will not get such a result. But there must be criticism and criticism. Don’t forget what those people said when he declared that it was an "approximately perfect movie".

　　" "The Redemption of Shawshank" is a mediocre work. Tim Robbins is more like a saint than a prisoner in prison, and the nagging Morgan Freeman has always tortured the audience’s ears with voiceovers. ——Oh, please, can you say a little less?

　　 Apart from the cunning of the warden and the perverts of some prisoners, others are lackluster. Of course, as the most important three-stage drama, earning beer on the roof, playing music in private, and finally escaping is still a bit of a look, but the loose plot is easy to make people fall asleep before seeing these.

　　Obviously, the director tried to express many things in it, hope, freedom, redemption, institutionalization, etc. Unfortunately, the more things expressed, the easier it is to express badly. Many directors have fallen on this, and Adrian is no exception, completely wasting the performances of Tim and Morgan and the novels of Stephen King. Adrian is still too young, I think he will continue to make some more cult movies or it will be better. "

　　——Lanxi Times Clancy Pope

　　 This film review can also be regarded as the most representative article in criticism. Their main attack points are in three places: deviations in character formation, relatively loose rhythm, and too many things to express.

　　 It seems that criticism is very pertinent, but in the eyes of many people, these criticisms are untenable~IndoMTL.com~ thinks that this is a deliberate stab. In fact, this feeling is not the fault of film critics who take movies with seriousness. The main reason is that some guys who write as much as they like to follow the eye like to follow the trend, and cursing or criticizing this kind of thing is inevitable. Addicted, so Adrian has more sympathizers.

　　 is generally well received. Although the advantages are not obvious, it is enough to attract people to enter the theater, and don’t forget the sympathy points. It's just that the box office in North America's first week-end weekend was not very satisfying, and it was about 23 million. You have to know that Universal has contacted almost 2,000 movie theaters for "Shoushenk's Redemption". Although I don't expect to get 60 million box office in the first week like "Terminator 2", the data of about 23 million is really worrying.

　　 But as time went by, this worry gradually dissipated. After Halloween entered November, the box office in the second week actually got 27 million! Most movie fans praised the movie when they watched it in the movie theater. Through the word-of-mouth communication of these movie fans, many people were brought into the theater. Therefore, the box office in the second week is higher than in the first week.

　　 In this way, the total box office in North America is almost 50 million, which has basically kept the cost. If the momentum continues to be maintained in the future, plus the blessings of the previous two films of Adrian, the overseas distribution rights of "Shoushenk's Salvation" have been sold out early, and Universal will certainly make another profit while recovering its investment.

　　 Therefore, in mid-November, at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Universal held a medium-scale celebration for the outstanding performance of "Shoushenk's Salvation".

　　 (Well, finally, the first chapter pit will be buried tomorrow, come with the ticket, everyone)