[US Entertainment] Actor

Heath Ledger adjusted his tie uneasily: "I always feel a little out of place when I fly back to Los Angeles suddenly."

"The lights are too dazzling, the noise is too loud, and there are too many words against your will...It is difficult to show your true self on the stage." Ebert raised his eyebrows, "Fortunately, we don't need to be like this all the time .”

"Indeed, if I keep in this state all the time, I will definitely go crazy. But some people seem to like this feeling very much, and the hypocrisy is disgusting." Heath seemed to think of some uncomfortable experiences. A look of disdain flashed in Ledger's eyes.

"How is Matilda doing?" Ebert decisively changed the subject.

Speaking of his daughter, Heath Ledger's gloomy eyes suddenly brightened, "She is fine, she has grown taller, she was recently taken to New York by Michelle, and will enter school in a while. Ebert You don't know, a child is really a magical species, she was only a little bit tall when I saw her last year, but this year, wow, she seems to have grown up a lot all of a sudden."

The two are about to appear on the "Daily Show" hosted by Jon Stewart, which is one of the most influential comedy talk shows in the United States. Absurd.

Jon Stewart just met Ebert this year.At this year's Oscars, Jon was the host, and Ebert was the guest of honor. Unfortunately, Jon Stewart, who started out relying on spicy satire, doesn't seem to be used to Oscar's slow pace and no explosive performances. As some media objectively commented, his whole hosting was like a "nightmare", and it could be called the worst Oscar hosting in history.

This year happens to be an election year in the United States. The Democrats and Republicans have been arguing endlessly over who will be president since the beginning of the year. Scene after scene is performed like a complete absurd drama.Only at this time will everyone realize how true the description of Mark Twain's "Running for Governor" is. The drama comes from life, but it is far less exciting than life.

In fact, as a leading Hollywood star, Ebert was also invited by the two parties to stand for their nominees. This is what previous presidential candidates will do.In the United States, not everyone cares about politics, and many people are laymen. They don’t even know as much about the presidential candidates as they do about the leading actors of popular American dramas. There will be a tilt-it can be said that only at this time can the power of stars surpass capital and politics.

But Ebert wasn't very interested in such things. As someone who knew the future well, he already knew what the outcome of things would be.Democratic candidate Obama will defeat Republican candidate McCain, and this battle of blacks, women and old people will end with a black victory.

In fact, since the beginning of the new century, Hollywood's political orientation has gradually shifted to the Democratic Party. Once the general election starts, there will be countless stars cheering for the Democratic Party.The strong anti-war sentiment caused the Republican Party to lose such a position as Hollywood in the general election. Meryl Streep, Barbra Streisand, and Tom Hanks were all active supporters of the Democratic Party. People are injecting capital, and on the Republican side, there are only a few tough guys who are not well-known to support it.

As an outsider, Ebert doesn't care about American politics.Although politics and Hollywood have always been closely related, in general, the style of the work is closely related to the style of the director. Supporting politics is only a way for stars to express their personal positions. Of course, there are also elements of show.

Sure enough, as soon as he greeted Jon Stewart, the sharp host turned the topic to the US election.

"Hollywood has always been the Democratic Party's fundraising base. Has anyone persuaded you to donate? Heath can be put aside, Ebert, have you donated?"

Ebert shook his head silently: "No."

Jon Stewart frowned. From this angle, his expression was indeed a bit embarrassing: "Why don't you donate? I thought young people like you would also be loyal supporters of the Democratic Party. I have a list here, the legendary movie star Elizabeth Taylor, George Clooney, Steven Spielberg, Halle Berry... the names are too long for me to remember, they all raised money for Obama or Hillary."

Ebert shook his head: "Probably because I... have no money?"

Ebert's response made Jon Stewart laugh out loud: "I've only ever supported one politician, the only one, because he's my friend, Rep. Anthony Weiner."

The camera was on Jon Stewart, who was so busy talking, he didn't notice the expression on Ebert's face.

Anthony Weiner - he is very famous in the United States, the hopeful star of the Democratic Party, but after 8 years, he will be even more famous, and his reputation will even break through the United States and spread to the whole world.The husband of Huma, Hillary's assistant, a real sex maniac and exhibitionist.

Ebert suppressed a smile and patiently listened to Jon Stewart's views on political donations.

Although he is rich, the remuneration of the two films "The Dark Knight" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is enough to make him among the top ten Hollywood male stars. Places, such as supporting those high-quality films that lack investment and distribution channels, such as investing in technology companies with great promise in the future, and trying to feel like a master behind the scenes.

Of course, after Jon Stewart used his expertise to black out all the shady scenes in the US election, he finally did not forget the purpose of Ebert and Heath Ledger appearing on the show: "Ebert, you are really the least What's it like to be working with Heath Ledger as a big star on a TV show, this time in the second installment of the Batman series?"

Ebert took one look at Heath Ledger and replied, "Superior! I can't describe the feeling... But I won't reveal more unless you agree to support a movie ticket."

"None of the ten. Although the movie may not seem to have anything to do with the theme of The Daily Show, we know that the Gotham police, Batman, and dozens of villains are also a small world with government-led Or the choice of anarchism, Batman is a typical anarchist."

Jon Stewart turned the topic to Heath Ledger again: "In fact, it is difficult to see a young actor as Ebert in commercial blockbusters nowadays...Of course, Heath, you are also very young. Obviously, you are now Become very good friends. But when you first met, you know, young people are always young and energetic, will there be some conflicts between you?"

Heath Ledger blinked: "Contradictions? Which aspect are you referring to?"

Jon Stewart immediately became interested: "Is there really?"

"Our biggest contradiction is that Ebert is so handsome. When we stand together, at least half of the people will stare at him, and no one will look at me."

Ebert waved his hand quickly: "Heath, this means that half of them are also looking at you, if at least half of them are looking at me."

Heath Ledger protested in his words: "This shows that many fans still have appreciation. There are already so many people looking at you. Are you still not satisfied? You should also let others see me!"

Ebert shrugged: "In many cases, people have to learn to face reality."

Jon Stewart happily listened to them talking about interesting things during the filming process. The two actors with the most roles in "The Dark Knight" are American and Australian, and the director and most of the other actors are British.Although the United Kingdom and the United States have many similarities, they also have many differences in understanding of film, working methods and styles.Jon Stewart's loyal audience is not the type interested in star revelations, and it's interesting to hear Ebert talk about the so-called differences between British and American cultures.

In fact, Jon Stewart is so popular because of his bantering style. If a star talks about his love for the Democratic Party or how much he donates on the show, the audience will immediately turn off. Instead of dropping the TV, stars like Ebert, who don't intend to donate money and don't want to cheer for a certain party, are more popular with them.

"Although supporting a certain party will make it easier for me to enter the upper circle of Hollywood, I have not, and I have no intention of doing so." Regarding his choice, Ebert is very confident, "My strength makes me not need to use politics as a bargaining chip. Expanding my influence, the most important thing is that I can earn more money for them. In many cases, money is more important than politics. I don’t need to take the initiative to integrate into a certain circle, as long as I succeed day by day, They will take the initiative to accept me."

That's exactly what happened.In the United States, the general election has completely become a representative of money politics.But Hollywood's first-line stars, whether they support a certain party or not, their careers will not be affected in any way.There are also British, Canadians, British, and Australians in Hollywood. They have nothing to do with the general election, but whether they should be on the front line or on the front line has not changed.

"You are a guy who is not afraid of offending people." Leonardo chuckled and hung up the phone. Ebert stared at the phone for a while, showing a smile.

Shortly thereafter, The Dark Knight premiere began.Similar to "The Dark Knight", "The Dark Knight" has received numerous praises in the circle of film critics and the media, especially the performances of Heath Ledger and Aaron Eckhart.

A reporter from the "New York Times" praised Heath Ledger in a column: "We want to recommend a very good young actor to North American audiences——Heath Ledger. You don't need to watch all the films this year. It can be announced that the 81st Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor statuette has found its owner, and that is Heath Ledger."

"This is definitely the best 'Joker' in all the Batman movies. If you haven't seen the movie in person, it is really hard to imagine a character that is so good. Crazy, scary, unscrupulous, all People tremble under Heath Ledger's crazy performance, I will not remember who Batman is, but I will remember 'Joker' unique laugh, and his philosopher-like argument."

"It's hard to imagine that an actor under the age of 30 can handle such a role so well, because this is a lunatic, a neurotic, a real anti-social personality. In my opinion, even an actor with dozens of An actor with more than [-] years of acting experience cannot perform such a split performance, unless he has personally studied in a mental hospital for half a year, or he has been plagued by mental illness all year round, otherwise—how did he touch the inner world of this character?"

"Variety" magazine also praised Heath Ledger's performance. On top of this, the film critics focused on comparing "The Mystery of Heroes" and "The Dark Knight", thinking that "The Dark Knight" is a rare sequel that surpasses A good movie from before.

""The Mystery of Heroes" is a taste, and "The Dark Knight" is an in-depth discussion, about human nature, about society, about justice and evil. Nolan is more open in "The Dark Knight", thanks to the audience, they gave "The Mystery of Shadow" has a good box office, so Nolan has the courage to transform the movie according to his own ideas to a greater extent. The role of 'Joker' shines under the interpretation of Heath Ledger. Nolan's Ideas are also better played with 'Joker'."

"The Batman in the movie is the result of the transformation of the 'Joker'. Batman is not other superheroes. His heart is more complicated. He is the Dark Knight, but this is not his active choice. It is the crazy trick of the 'Joker'." The result of having to do it."

"Heath Ledger did explode into his best performance in recent years, but Ebert was just as good as the leading man, with the 'Joker' pressing every step of the way, Batman's embarrassment and his final I chose to be played by Ebert to the fullest. It can be said that Batman and 'Joker' are two young actors competing in the same field. If you don't go to the cinema to see their performances in person, every audience will feel regretful. .”

Of course, in addition to the praised media, there are also some media that focus on the heavy violence in the movie. They think this part of the content is not worth promoting, especially the role of "clown", which is completely anti-social. Personality, or in other words, a terrorist, whose behavior may be imitated by some violent criminals, has always created disasters in this country.

It can only be said that the concerns of the media may exist, but the theme expressed in the movie is not advocating violence, and all the violent scenes in "The Dark Knight" serve the script. If darkness exists, it must exist, just like the United States Guns are allowed, but some people will never shoot and kill people in their lives, but some people, as long as they have guns in their hands, they will become devils.

Ebert's eternal opponent, as Ebert became more and more popular, the "National Enquirer" finally felt that he had caught his shortcomings-in fact, this newspaper has been doing this all the time, only But it never worked, and this time, the Batman played by Ebert was at a disadvantage for a long time under the pressure of the Joker, and the "National Enquirer" finally felt that spring had come.

"This is the acting that Albert Dawson has always been proud of? Oh, I think, if Disney Kids is short of actors, they can try Albert Dawson, "Hannah Montague" TV dramas like "Na", or a little more high-end, "The Queen of Common People" or "Cinderella's Glass Phone", because Albert Dawson can only show his confidence in such movies. When you meet a real master, Ha, I don't even know what that shitty acting is!"

"Inviting Albert Dawson is definitely the biggest mistake Warner and Christopher Nolan made. We can definitely declare that the worst Batman in history was born in the hands of Albert Dawson!"

Of course, except for a few extreme examples, most of the media gave "The Dark Knight" a very high evaluation. More than 50 media participating in the premiere jointly gave a high score of A or above. The good evaluation of "Mystery of Shadows", the film has not yet been released on a large scale in North America, but it has already received the expectations of many audiences in advance.

In mid-July, "The Dark Knight" was released simultaneously in 7 theaters in North America, setting a record for the largest number of North American films, surpassing the previous record of 4366 theaters set by "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: To the End of the World".

Films also released during the same period include Universal's "Mamma Mia," starring Meryl Streep and Colin Firth, and 20th Century Fox's "Space Chimpanzees," with Will Smith The starring "National Superman Hancock" also ranks high on the list. Although Warner has a lot of confidence in the film, and there is no latest super production released this week to compete with "The Dark Knight", the main creators are still for it. The performance of the movie was sweating.

After all, no one knows the final result.

However, when the film's box office results were finally announced, it not only shocked the creators, but also shocked the entire North American film market!

On the first day of its release, the film swept $7785 million at the box office, breaking the record set by "Spider-Man 3"!

The highest revenue of 2333 million in the midnight session broke the record set by "Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith"!

1.82 million box office results in 3 days of release, the highest premiere opening result in history!

The highest box office since 2008!Film history, the film released in July has the highest box office!

The premiere of the summer file is the first in film history!The first box office of Batman series premiere!The first in superhero movie history!

Authoritative websites Boxofficemojo and Yahoo both scored A, and the former even gave it the first score in history!

The media has a comprehensive score of 82 points, ranking second among all the films released this year, second only to "Wall-E", and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is 94%, which is considered to be an Oscar-level masterpiece!

The single-house box office of US$36800 million is even more impressive, surpassing the movies released this year and even the previous few years!

Numerous box office records have been broken attesting to the film's strength.

Everyone knows that this summer, the era of "The Dark Knight" has come.