[US Entertainment] Actor

In the early morning of the next day, pedestrians holding coffee cups and breakfast on the streets of Los Angeles will receive the film reviews of "The Departed" immediately. Most of them will go over to have a look curiously, because the movie theater at night is what they want to pass the time. Good place, active young people have even started sending messages to their girlfriends: "Leonardo and Ebert's new movie is coming out in two days, how about going to see it together?"

"The Departed, the new Martin Scorsese novel?"

The names of Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio and Albert Dawson are multiple guarantees of word-of-mouth and quality. Although Leonardo also filmed "The Beach" a few years ago The kind of work that is hard to describe, but since working with Martin Scorsese, every work he has shot is a masterpiece.

Some audiences like to combine the failure of an actor with not being able to pick a script, but this idea is actually too simple.At least in Hollywood, a good director is equal to a good script. Even if the works of Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg are rated as failures by the outside world, looking at the whole year of production, there are few There are so many bad movies, the works of these directors can also be called excellent works, and the script is naturally not bad.

The point is that not everyone has the opportunity to work with great directors.

Even if Ebert's career has been successful to a degree that many actors can only hope for, the time span between his appearance in "White Night" and his first collaboration with Martin Scorsese has reached about five years.

As for those actors who habitually star in bad movies, even if they want to be picked by a big director, they will be removed from the list of actors immediately.

Immediately, professional media such as "Premiere", "Variety Show" and "Entertainment Weekly" offered fresh professional film reviews to North American audiences.

"This is a tragic epic about human nature." "Premiere" magazine set the tone for the film with a heavy summary, "Colin and Billy are tragic characters, Colin defected to Castro, However, the gang boss who was quickly eliminated by the police turned out to be an FBI informant. This identity made all Colin's previous informants and disguises a joke, and he could only fall into the panic of his identity being exposed."

"What about Billy? He hopes to be an upright policeman who walks in the sun, but something goes wrong, and he can only become an undercover agent who doesn't know where to go. He is only one step away from success, but in the end, he can only coerce The helplessness of leaving this world.”

"In the eyes of the audience, Billy is a poor good guy, and Colin is a fake bad guy. But they all die in the end, and Castro dies. Martin Scorsese shows us with coincidence, collision and violence. The different lives of the characters, and this tragedy is also fatal. Colin served Castro, who raised him from an early age, and there was nothing wrong; Dignum took advantage of Billy's bad life experience to catch Castro There is nothing wrong with the necessary responsibility; even Colin finally deleted Billy’s information and hid his secret, from his point of view, this is not wrong.”

"Then who is wrong?"

"It's just an ordinary police story, with gangsters and violence, it seems to be no different from other police stories, but Martin Scorsese never wants to tell a simple story, he always shocks the audience with his methods Inwardly, we sympathize with Billy, we complain and pity Colin, but there is nothing we can do to save them from their fate."

"Variety" magazine also analyzed the new work "The Departed" from a unique perspective. Its angle is not as pessimistic as "Premiere". It focuses on the comparison between the Hong Kong version of "Infernal Affairs" and the American version of "The Departed". To judge this movie, although the fate of the characters in the movie is mentioned between the lines, "Variety Show" focuses more on thinking about the life experience and fate of Billy and Colin.

In a way, Colin and Billy can represent a part of America.They were born in sinful slums and brothels, and they tried to break out of the quagmire all their lives. Most of them failed, and only a few people stood up from the darkness and realized their new life.But there are really too few such people, so that every one that appears will become a very important member of the album of American inspirational stories.

The Chicago Sun-Times gave the movie 4 stars.In recent years, the famous film critic Roger Ebert, who has cooperated tacitly with this newspaper, has been fighting his own cancer, especially recently, his condition has become more serious, although Roger promised that he would not give up on himself Favorite movie job, but many supporters remain concerned about his condition.

Although Roger is gone, his successor has retained his scoring style, and his evaluation of "The Departed" has remained objective.

"A movie that looks old but is full of new ideas, two undercover agents who don't seem to be undercover." The film review column of the "Chicago Sun" wrote, "Believe me, this movie is so different, Martin Scorsese Retaining his usual sharpness, at least in his works, we don’t have to worry about being disgusted by the scene of the vulgar police catching thieves, and we don’t have to worry about losing a few precious hairs because of the stupidity of the police.”

"Martin Scorsese changed our perception of, oh, that's how movies can be made. America isn't a country that makes undercover movies because we're so self-important that no one else can bully us but us. This movie has almost no flaws except the part related to Asians. When we walk out of the screening room, we will think, what does this movie want to express, is it Billy's pity, Colin's hypocrisy, or this fucking world? "

"Everyone has his own ideas. We are suffering, comparing and refuting each other. Only Martin Scorsese is laughing."

"New York Times", "People" and other media started discussions around the acting skills of the actors. Ebert, Leonardo, Jack Nicholson and Mark Wahlberg were all named and praised many times.

Ebert and Leonardo happily accepted such praise, because the success of this film certainly has the charm of the original and the genius of Martin Scorsese's directing skills, but the expressiveness of the actors is also important.

It was already a pleasant surprise for the two of them to be able to receive such an evaluation during the period when the awards season was on fire.

"Ebert, I think we are likely to be nominated for Oscars at the same time." Leonardo vowed.

Ebert nodded and pointed to the date on the phone: "Although the awards season has almost started, the movie has not yet been released on a large scale, and there are still about five months between now and next year's Oscars. Now let's talk about these Is it too early?"

"That's because I've always been confident in myself." Leonardo turned his head, and the back of his head was facing Ebert. There was a scent of shampoo in his hair that had just been washed, and Ebert couldn't help leaning forward. Sniffed.

Leonardo pushed Ebert's hand away in disgust: "Stay away from me."

At this time, "The Departed Walker" has not yet been released on a large scale in the United States, so Leonardo and Ebert are still running promotions in various programs and theaters.

Leonardo's dislike didn't make Ebert flinch. He moved his butt a little, touched Leonardo's wet hair: "Let me give you a blow."

"Why do you have more hair than me, but you seem to dry faster than me every time you take a shower?" Leonardo shook his head comfortably around the wind, and Leonardo sighed deeply, "Could it be Because your hair is darker than mine?"

"Maybe." Ebert rubbed his hair, "It's really dry."

After blowing Leonardo's hair, watching the miscellaneous hair gradually become soft in his hands, Ebert couldn't help reaching out and pinching it gently.

"Annoying guy." Leonardo muttered softly, and turned his face and denial to the extreme.

In early October, "The Departed" was released simultaneously in 10 theaters across the United States.Compared with Ebert's previous "Batman Begins" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, the number of films in "The Departed" is not very high, only on the same level as "White Night", and more than "A Beautiful Mind". Eternal Sunshine is just slightly better.

The number of new films released this week is not small. In addition to "The Departed", there are also "Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel", "Star Agent", etc. The competition is not particularly fierce.

On the night before the box office figures were revealed, despite all his experience, Ebert couldn't help but feel nervous.

"You have so little confidence in me and in your own strength?" Leonardo glanced at him, "Don't you always think that your box office appeal is stronger than mine?"

"Get rid of "Titanic." Ebert rubbed his forehead, "That one movie is worth the box office of all my movies."

"Hmph, this at least proves that I'm still better than you."

"My dear Leo, I never denied that."

"Sweet words can't impress me. I've heard too much, this level, it's simply... not worth mentioning."

"Are you trying to motivate me to work hard?"

"Forget it, because I'm worried that if you try too hard, I might have the urge to throw up."

On the second weekend of October, "The Departed" finally ushered in the box office of the first week of its premiere. With the high expectations of the crew, the box office figure was finally announced - 10 million US dollars!

$11000 ahead for a single hall!

This figure can be described as the best. It not only created the first week record of all Martin Scorsese films, but also ranked 10th in the box office of the first week of movies released in October in film history!

For Warner Bros., and for Martin Scorsese, whose film box office performance has always been mediocre, the box office in the first week is undoubtedly a shot in the arm.

It's a fantastic start. "The Departed" successfully took the first place in this week's box office rankings, and the second place was "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel" with a box office of 1915 million US dollars. Compared with "The Departed", the gap is not small.