[US Entertainment] Kise's Hollywood Diary

Roger Ebert's comments gave many professionals a taste of "chic".

Before Vincent won the Oscar winner, this famous film critic has been holding Vincent's film reviews unshakably since the movie "The Pentium Age". It was labeled as "professional Vincent's exclusive film review" by the industry.

However, in the two works of "The Departed" and "The Stone of My Heart" after "A Forward", Roger Ebert has been silent on the topic of Vincent for two years.There is no shortage of professional film critics and filmmakers in the industry to evaluate whether the works of an actor after being named emperor are still up to his due standards, and Roger Ebert is nothing if not alone.

But from Roger Ebert's personal point of view, from the second half of 2005 to the present 2008, three years is enough for him to make a rating for Vincent's short-term acting career after he became emperor.

Three years later, the meaning of Roger Ebert's article can be said to be extremely cautious: the film reviews with praise, criticism, criticism, and encouragement are confusing.

Is this a desire to promote before suppressing?Or half exaggerated and half derogatory?

Movie fans and people who eat melons can only see the most superficial meaning:

Such a powerful Roger Ebert wrote a film review for Vincent! !This is really a great thing!

It turned out that this movie was so good!After such an analysis by the master, I only know it!

Vincent's performance in this movie actually has this meaning, thank you master for letting me understand the movie!

There are countless reactions and comments like this. Fans who like Vincent are especially afraid that his age and not-so-deep qualifications will hinder him, but if he can get the approval of the big shots in the circle, wouldn't it be a good thing?This is how ordinary people view film reviews.

Professional filmmakers are different. What they can see is the deeper connotation in Roger Ebert's not-so-bad words——

Albert specifically pointed out that excessive special effects will obscure the performance of the actors themselves, and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" grasps the degree of special effects just right.When the filming ended last summer, it was not over yet, but the release date was one year later. The excellence of post-production special effects is naturally beyond doubt.

But the special effects effect is not obvious in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", because its own existence is not exaggerated.Only when the audience compares the face and demeanor of the character Benjamin at different ages, will they find some "strangeness".

This one has to be reminiscent of a big production movie "King Kong" with super special effects that was once released. Such a big production popcorn movie does not require actors to use too much acting cost. It doesn't take much acting skills to make a film with "advanced special effects" and "moving love story" through post-editing and special effects.

In the film critics, the second point that Roger Ebert has improved is the growth trajectory of the protagonist who is against natural metabolism and natural laws in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button".Regarding this point, Roger Ebert compared it with the former Oscar winner "Forrest Gump". The status of "Forrest Gump" in the film history of the world is beyond doubt, a classic among the classics.But such a movie is also a work of surrealism and fantasy.

Compared with "Forrest Gump"'s consideration of life, dreams, and personal value, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" starts from the details, cuts the contradictions into pieces and embeds them bit by bit in the main line and Between the branch lines - just like everyone who has watched "Forrest Gump" will be moved by it, but Robert very straightforwardly divides the two films into two different categories: "Great Perfection" and "Little Perfection".

The combination of a great theme and a big theme can certainly sublimate the style of the work, but the big theme that is also a life-and-death proposition meets a small happy ending, and the trace of loss in the end can stay in the hearts of the audience for a longer time.

There are countless such examples in the history of movies-I am used to watching the full moon, but the crescent moon with the regret of rounding and waning is more intriguing.

Three years ago, when "Moving Forward" was released, Roger Ebert once said "I look forward to Vincent being nominated". At that time, it seemed like "boasting", but he did not expect to achieve a new record in Oscar film history.Three years later, the famous film critic turned his attention to Vincent again.

Once, Roger Ebert would blow a wave every time Vincent's new movie was released, but no one cared about this phenomenon, or even took it for granted.When it was played again after a lapse of three years, everyone looked surprised and even started "conspiracy theories".

This is a bit funny. When Vincent himself logged into Facebook and saw the film review of Roger Ebert, he skipped the phrase "I expect Benjamin to become the new classic image" and directly picked out the part he cares about the most. .

When the plane landed in London, in addition to the UK, there were three other countries in Europe that were also expected to release "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" simultaneously.This time, the time for the crew to stay in the UK is not too long, but in view of the formation of the arrangements in the entire publicity plan, the time is sufficient.

After arriving in London, Vincent felt a lot more relaxed. This place can almost be regarded as his second hometown - where there is old Houllier, he feels more confident for no reason.

On the day of the premiere, there was an old friend—Eddie Redmayne.

This buddy has gained a lot in the past two years, and he still takes care of both movies and dramas.Due to his own subjective wishes and the critical vision of the old Houllier, Eddie's scripts are all serious dramas without exception, with more classical dramas, and more ethical dramas.Such a safe route not only made Eddie Redmayne reap a lot, but also prevented him from wearing out his patience early in the most impetuous grade.

In the big girl drama "Another Boleyn Girl" released at the beginning of this year, Eddie Redmayne got a role as the third male lead. Excellent.

In the next six months, Eddie has been doing a lot of rehearsal preparations for next year's drama "Red".In the segment after the red carpet premiere, Vincent and his friends habitually exchanged their experiences during this period of time. They looked at each other and smiled.

"I can probably understand why it is not easy but not easy for British actors to gain a foothold in Hollywood." Vincent looked at the backstage staff who were preparing for the upcoming film. When preparing for the premiere, Eddie stood beside his friend, shrugged his shoulders and asked, "Tell me, so I can learn from my experience."

"They usually have a very clear understanding of what they are after." Vincent also laughed, "If you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. Both the drama stage and the movie stage are stages, but everyone knows which one is better. Which one is easier to gain fame and fortune by training people more.”

Eddie Redmayne leaned against the wall and smiled happily: "Don't worry about me, "Red" is a good opportunity for me, so I will definitely not miss it."

Seeing that Vincent didn't answer, but just raised his eyebrows, Eddie smiled teasingly: "It's you, brother. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" has received a good response, but you are so willing to leave it blank." Two years?"

"Why not?" Vincent asked back.

"Isn't it for someone?" Eddie Redmayne could see clearly, "You are much smarter than him. He can't feel the gap between you, but you know it best."

Counting his 30 years in the last dimension, Vincent was much more mature than Leonardo.People who have already climbed to the top face this once-climbed path again, and their mentality is completely different from the first time they climbed.As a "experienced person", Vincent can find a way to convey his experience to Leonardo, but at the same time, he also knows that if he wants to climb to the top, he still needs personal training.

What Leonardo needs is time, not a "Strategy Encyclopedia".

He once visited the crew of "Road to Revolution", but it was Leonardo's old partner Kate Winslet's performance that gave Vincent a greater shock.Onlookers are bound to see more clearly that Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett no longer have an advantage at this age, and actors who only rely on acting skills to improve their self-worth are actually very easy to achieve an effect-obviously not The role of the protagonist, or the other person of the double protagonist is more important, and they also have ways to make themselves the most eye-catching one.

Women's hearts are more delicate and sensitive, which is both an advantage and a disadvantage.Leonardo's talent is unquestionable, but what he did more in his golden period was repeated attempts and collisions.This attempt is passive, transformation for transformation's sake, performance for performance's sake.

Vincent and Leonardo have been co-starring in two films that have been trying to reverse each other's "directed" and "rigid" thinking. It is indeed somewhat effective, but I can't stay with each other forever in the same crew Watching all the time.

After "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" was launched in European countries, the box office and word-of-mouth in North America ushered in a follow-up blowout boom. In mid-October, Leonardo temporarily ended his affairs outside the circle and returned to the crew of "Body of Lies" to start preparing for the film's premiere promotion.The two groups met briefly in New York, and then separated due to their respective schedules.

While waiting for the plane, Leonardo couldn't hold back and called. After hearing the announcement in the waiting hall from the other end of the phone, the man reluctantly hung up the phone and switched to sending text messages.The moment the phone screen went dark, Vincent saw the tiredness in his eyes through the reflective screen.