Made in Hollywood

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The premiere in Los Angeles has just come to an end, located in the major theaters of New York on the east coast, and the midnight show is about to start.

Look, this is Christopher Lee...

After getting off the taxi in Times Square, Irene unfolded the poster in her hand and placed it in front of several companions, This is definitely the coolest and most temperamental old man in Hollywood!

Irene, how many times have you repeated this?

A black-haired girl curled her lips in dissatisfaction, and greeted the other four companions to walk towards the AMG cinema across the square, No matter how cool Li has temperament and no matter how legendary his experience is, it will not change the fact that he is an old man! We like it It's a handsome young man...

Oh, God... She gave her a nympho look. Just thinking about Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt makes my heart get drunk.

So you must watch Interview with the Vampire? Irene asked in dissatisfaction.

yes!

Three of the female companions said at the same time, We came to see Interview with the Vampire!

How about you, Anna?

When walking into the theater, Erin asked her friend that although she studied film at New York University, Anna prefers fast-paced movies. She shrugged, I'm not interested in those two poker faces.

These words attracted glares from the three girls. Anna and Irene hurried away from their sight and walked to the ticket office. Because of the late time, there were not many people waiting to buy tickets.

Brave to the Dead Island, midnight show, two! Irene said.

Interview with the Vampire, Midnight Show, three!

The voices of several girls caught the attention of a middle-aged woman in the lounge, her name is Chris, an employee of an investigative consulting company employed by Warner Bros. Ticket sales for its biggest competitor, Interview with the Vampire.

She sat here for two full hours, and there was almost no suspense in what she observed, just like the tickets purchased by a few girls just now. In the midnight show that relies on the support of fans, the ticket sales of Interview with the Vampire stabilized. Breaking the Dead Island is one of the best.

The time is gradually approaching zero o'clock in the Eastern Time Zone, and fewer and fewer people enter the theater. Most of the people who come in at this time are for the two films that have just been released. Chris will occasionally chat with people. A few words to understand the audience's viewing mentality.

Most of the viewers who choose Interview with the Vampire are because of the starring role and the influence of the original book, while the supporters of Brave to the Dead Island are mostly action movie fans, and they have been paying attention since the Super Bowl commercials. this video.

Nearly two-thirds of the viewers Chris asked about said they first learned about Daredevil from the Super Bowl halftime commercial, featuring a Hummer and Ferrari chase and a unique 'bomb perspective' They all left a deep impression on them.

With targeted advertisements and a suitable publicity platform, Warner's publicity seems to be doing a good job. From these messy information, Chris keenly captured a little bit, the advertisement of Brave Island in the Super Bowl Propaganda seems to have played a role.

Sitting in the movie hall, Anna took the water that Irene handed over, put it aside, and rolled her eyes around. There were about forty audience members, most of them were men, and they were female action movie fans like them. Relatively few.

The film kicked off quickly, and like Duke Rosenberg's previous film, Breakthrough is also super fast-paced, with transitional plots often flashing by, constantly using action, explosions and speeding cars. The scene is sensational. Irene next to her has been yelling and yelling since the first action scene, and she has no ladylike demeanor from a famous family.

Unlike Irene, Anna University majored in film production. While watching the film, she also used a calm mind to constantly analyze the plot of the film. When the film gradually came to the end, she also gained a lot of experience.

In Anna's view, the film's storyline is full of trial and error at all costs from beginning to end.

In the main line of General Hammer, he brazenly stole VX gas missiles for the sake of his subordinates who suffered and could not receive timely compensation. He was stationed in Alcatraz prison and summoned two Marine Corps elites on the recommendation of acquaintances. This is a strategic move. The big failure was also a fatal mistake; the seals headed by Lieutenant Colonel Anderson were eliminated, but the two protagonists were missed, and the first tactic was wrong; John Mason was lured out as a hostage, and Mason and Gusby were imprisoned, but Mason escaped Going out and destroying the elites of the Marine Corps is the second tactical mistake; modifying the flight path because you don’t want the missile to hit the downtown area of ​​San Francisco, causing infighting and dying at the hands of your subordinates, this is the third tactical mistake.

Zheng Fang is also constantly trial and error. For example, Gusby, one of the protagonists, almost died because his colleague played with dolls during the bomb disposal; he was called to the airport and talked about his understanding of VX poison gas when the situation was unknown, so he was regarded as a demolition. The best candidate for the bomb; lost the fight with John Mason without any strength; because he was not trained, although he narrowly won the fight, he ignited the green smoke bomb a little later, and was thrown into the air by the blast. sea.

The story progresses in a trial-and-error manner without being abrupt and blunt.

General Hammer knew that violence and violence could not be exchanged for the conscience of Congress, but his final act caught the attention of the President; he never killed a single civilian from beginning to end, although his kidnapping, imprisoning, and launching were all terrorist acts. The sentence before his death - how could this be, I have done something - is enough to show the patriotic feelings in the bones.

What he did was wrong in form, but right in essence.

As a positive figure, when the Pentagon, politicians and the FBI discussed the case, they knew that the bombing of Alcatraz would kill civilians, but they had to do it for the sake of national justice; they knew that it was wrong to imprison Mason, but they still tried to imprison him again after the mission was over; Knowing that Gusby was a rookie, he still ordered him to dismantle the gas missile - nobody but him.

These decisions are not wrong in practice, but in essence they are full of blindness, exasperation, shallowness and shortsightedness, especially in the bathhouse ambush, all SEAL members face the condescending Marines, MP5 in their hands are heavy firepower such as assault rifles In front of it, it's simply not worth mentioning...

This simple and direct sensation left a deep impression on Anna. If Mason's revenge on Womack represented a partial struggle against the unfair system and was lucky enough to succeed, the bathhouse ambush meant high-sounding justice. Complete failure in the face of evil!

Of course, that's just her own opinion of the movie.

At first, the SEALs tried to climb out of the sewers. As a result, facing the laser alarm on the manhole cover, they took the method of reflecting the laser to try to avoid detection, but they did not expect that the laser alarm is actually a vibration warning device, as long as there is contact and vibration will call the police.

So all the SEALs climbed out of the bathhouse in a grand manner, waiting for them to be ruthless bullets. Although Lieutenant Colonel Anderson's impassioned speech almost shook the hearts of the army, the war never showed its face.

Since the contradictions of the whole film focus on the starting point of General Hammer's terrorist acts, the reference of this bridge segment is extremely subtle.

First, the hypocritical justice wielding a moral stick tested the bottom line of evil, but found that evil ignored him, so he jumped out to sing and dance... Sitting on the seat, Anna shrugged, But the evil awakened. Squeeze the neck and tear it to pieces like a slaughtered chicken.”

Among them, Lieutenant Colonel Anderson and other SEALs struggled before they died. The picture brought a deep sense of powerlessness, and even touched her heart more than his impassioned speech.

Even if the film continues to push the plot development with various trial and error, it does not mean that the ideal ending cannot be obtained.

Anna can see that the young director of the same age as her, in Brave the Dead Island, the premise of trial and error is not unprepared, but prepared, and also obtained the most ideal results.

Although after the battle of the bathhouse, the film returned to the old-fashioned personal heroism to save the world, but with the director's subtle deployment, Anna did not feel disgusted at all, but found it equally exciting and interesting.

She studied filmmaking for a few years after all, and quickly came up with some analysis.

In terms of theatrical performance, the multiplicity of conflicts is limited. The partial pictures explained by the language of the lens often have 100 angles of shooting for one second of the plot, but not all of them can be presented to the audience—it is impossible for a movie to be shot like this— Especially in a fast-paced action-themed movie like Breaking the Dead Island.

After intensifying the contradictions and conflicts in the first 70 minutes of the film, it is no longer possible to promote the plot through the narrative style of the big scene. Director Duke Rosenberg simply introduced a spiral structure here, changing the perspective from the overall perspective. Go to the parts and bring out the development of the overall story through character conflict.

This is a very ingenious transformation. It seems simple to say, but it is quite difficult to use in practice.

That young director is obviously getting more and more mature! Anna sighed inwardly.

As a result, the film changed from the pros and cons of the film as a whole to trial and error, to the individual in the pros and cons of trial and error.

Next, although the picture tension of the film is not as exaggerated as the previous traffic and team battles, the details are more refined, the language of the camera lens and the personal performance of the actors are more tense, and many foreshadowings of the plot are preset through the lines and actions. When they were unpacked one by one, they became even more brilliant.

In Brave the Dead Island, such a transformation is very natural, and a lot of foreshadowing has been laid in advance, so the effect...

It's like adding Gothic stained glass to a Romanesque building, changing the dull and oppressive feeling caused by insufficient lighting.

Before she knew it, Anna spoke out the words in her heart, If you use the concept of architecture to describe Breaking the Dead Island, director Duke Rosenberg is definitely a first-class designer and site commander!