novelraw Chapter 38
Chapter 38
To be honest, there are not many big-name stars in "Enchanted" like Grace, and this is actually her first movie shown in the United States-"Atonement" will not be shown in the United States until December. However, in view of the fact that there were no other very threatening movies released during the same period, coupled with the fact that Disney is one of the giants in Hollywood, and the publicity is in place, the premiere ceremony looks very lively.
However, after the premiere of "Enchanted" was over, whether it was the invited professional film critics, media reporters, or fans who were lucky enough to get tickets for the premiere, they were all pleasantly surprised.
The premiere of "Enchanted" has too much news to write about, too many topics to talk about, and even more high points to be poked at... Everyone present is full of rewards, and today is destined to be a sleepless night.
The same is true for Sterling. He is not worried about the critics' evaluation of Grace's performance in "Enchanted Romance". This can be seen not only from the expressions of the film critics, but also from the Disney executives. On the one hand it's perfectly fine.
Sterling was thinking about Grace's performance on the red carpet. In this regard, he worried less and worried more.
I was less worried because Grace's red carpet show was filmed by fans and posted on YouTube. The number of hits and reposts in just a few hours was astonishingly high.It can be seen that the video was shot with a mobile phone, and the picture quality is not very clear, but you insisted, and even the reporters were caught in a daze, and to be honest, even if the picture quality is not very good, I can't stand it He has good looks, and more importantly, he has a compelling aura. You can feel Grace's bright eyes and the penetrating nature when looking at people through cell phones with poor image quality and YouTube. .
Also, at this time, some news websites have already released the "artistic photos" of the red carpet show of "Enchanted" in advance. The photos taken by professional reporters and processed are extraordinary.Just look at the "artistic photo" and look at the rumors on YouTube, it's an extraordinary feeling.
Sterling really didn't expect that there would be fans filming the whole process. When he found out and went to review the comments, here is what he was worried about.
This is an era of "advocating individuality", and an era of cuteness that is invisible but ubiquitous, and more importantly, this is an era of looking at faces, not to mention the large-scale public, just being active on YouTube More than 80.00% of the users who watched the video were hit by "that point", and among the remaining 20.00%, more than half of them automatically defected after watching Grace's profile.
It's that capricious.
Sterling read one by one, feeling that he was out of touch with the times, and then turned off the computer and went to do what he should do.However, after turning off the computer, he made another phone call to ask people to pay more attention to this aspect of the Internet, and notify him in time if there is anything wrong.
By the next day, the film reviews of professional film critics were released one after another.
When Sterling arrived at the office, his assistant had already bought newspapers and placed them on his desk in a thick stack. It can be seen that there are quite a lot of news reports about "Enchanted" today.
The one placed on the top is the "Chicago Sun", not because the "Chicago Sun" is the daily with the largest circulation on the West Coast, but because the "Chicago Sun" has their golden signboard and is the first to win the Pulitzer Prize Roger Ebert, the famous film critic, was named the most influential critic in the United States by "Forbes" magazine this year. Among professional film critics, his comments are undoubtedly the most weighty.
Sterling took a rough look at it first, and waited in the actor evaluation column. Roger Ebert gave Grace, his love-hate client, three and a half stars (out of four stars). ), finally completely relieved.
Sterling originally wanted to make a phone call to congratulate Grace, but he could guess how Grace would answer him after thinking about it. He would probably say "oh", "I know" and other words that sounded embarrassing even though they were true. .
So early in the morning, he should read the newspaper before going to his client.
In addition, on the way to the office, Sterling also learned about the general direction of public opinion on the Internet, and they are all developing in a good direction. In addition, the technical personnel in charge of WMA also said one thing, and someone has already done it first. The Internet "scavenger" has deleted many malicious comments. Of course, those malicious comments are only a drop in the bucket compared to mainstream comments.
Sterling thought of the big capitalists behind Grace. At yesterday's premiere, Disney invited investors to come, but it wasn't the two Greens who came to the stage.This is also very understandable, their family has always kept a low profile.
Speaking of critics’ evaluations, Roger Ebert’s evaluation of "Enchanted" is as follows: "The clichés of fairy tales have been put on the screen again, although in the end they still can't escape the routines that classic fairy tales would have: A beautiful princess, a handsome prince, an evil queen, the prince and princess fell in love at first sight, but were thwarted by the queen, and then went through hardships, and finally gave the audience a happy ending. However, "Magic Romance" in such a routine, But ingeniously came up with a wonderful combination of fairy tales and reality.
The specific confrontation between the idealized world view of fairy tales and the utilitarian thinking of real people in the film has become a major highlight of the film and an important factor determining the success or failure of the film. However, director Kevin Lima's proper overall control, The profound understanding and expression of the actors and actresses have become the perfect embodiment of the film's dramatic contradictions. "
"In terms of actors, Grace Green's fresh and natural performance is the best in the film. She can't see the greenness of a new actor at all. On the contrary, her emotional, natural and unpretentious performance is very fascinating. It is the film's dramatic contradiction. It is the most important thing to perfectly embody, no doubt she did a very good job, which is surprising, and the final score is three and a half stars."
Also, Roger Ebert gave "Enchanted Romance" an overall three-star rating.
Sterling looked at the evaluations of other newspapers, and they were basically positive.
"The Hollywood Reporter" commented: "A romantic love story full of surprises, with a refreshing and straightforward atmosphere, a little irony of those classic fairy tales."
"Variety" said: "Grace Green's performance is so good that it is strong enough to win the 2008 Oscar nomination for Best Actress."
——It is worth mentioning that the reporter sent by "Variety Show" to interview Grace on the red carpet was the one Grace said would be promoted. Although this film review was not written by this reporter, "Variety Show" was in the The accompanying picture for the film review was selected by the reporter himself from several pictures.In the accompanying picture, Grace smiles warmly and innocently at the camera. This is a rare picture of Grace smiling, and the effect is the best among a large number of Grace's serious pictures.
In addition, one of the largest circulation daily newspapers on the West Coast, the film review of the "Los Angeles Times", "The content of the film is as good as its name, full of magical magic."
Oh, they published two film reviews, the other one was dedicated to Grace, "Dr. When the song comes, you can't help but hum along with the melody of the song."
Sterling took this evaluation as a real praise.
In addition to newspapers and magazines such as "Los Angeles Times", "Variety Show" and "Hollywood Report", which are more professional or entertaining in film and television evaluation, there are actually several scientific magazines.
Sterling felt that this was definitely rare in the entertainment industry. He went to see it with a curious mind. How did they evaluate Grace, and found their evaluation by accident. How should I put it, it is not so fantasy. Speaking of non-scholars.Not only is it not a fantasy, but it is quite relaxed and comfortable. It probably means that I am happy to see that Dr. Green has not regressed in anthropological research, and that the movie she acted in is the "Lifetime" series. A good choice to relax.
For such an evaluation, Sterling subtly understood.
However, the mood is subtle and subtle, and Sterling is still sincerely happy.
Driven by this mood, Sterling took newspapers and magazines and drove to Grace's house in Beverly Hills.
Grace bought this house in Beverly Hills. In fact, she just moved in recently. Specifically, in the past two weeks, after she came back from London, she was in the villa, and the assistant Miss Emily was in charge of taking care of her. .One of the reasons why Sterling hired Emily at the beginning was that she had four younger siblings, and she had rich experience in taking care of bear children. But when he saw Emily in the villa, it was really like feeding bear children. While waiting to deliver the food to Grace, his eyebrows still twitched fiercely.
"What are you doing?"
Emily put her sandwich on the dining table and answered Sterling: "Awaiting Grace for breakfast?"
"I didn't ask you, and please learn to answer my questions with affirmative sentences, Miss Brown." Sterling put the newspapers and magazines on the dining table, and looked at the laptop sitting at the dining table with a proud face (?) Grace.
At this moment, another man's voice came from the computer, and he spoke super fast: "I decided to put the photo of you rolling your eyes on the login page of Facebook, so that every user who logs in to Facebook can enjoy it Your embarrassment."
"If you mean the pictures you captured through the surveillance camera, then please don't be polite, and look at me—" Grace looked directly at the computer's built-in camera and rolled her eyes in a not-so-elegant way.
Grace's speech speed is sometimes quite fast, and usually this time refers to when she interprets things, but how should I put it, while speaking so fast, she can still speak clearly, even long-winded speeches? one simple thing.
Now it doesn't seem to be a matter of speaking speed, right? Sterling rolled his eyes inwardly. Can't his client not be so... uninhibited?Also, why is the conversation between the two of them so wrong?
While Sterling was pondering, Grace began to show her speed again: "How many hours have you not slept, Mark? 31 hours? Oh, no, it was 32 hours. During the period, I drank three bottles of Red Bull and ate an apple. Well, that's a bit of a problem."
Without waiting for Grace to continue, the person opposite quickly said, "Why, are you envious?"
Grace blinked: "In this regard? I really envy you, I remember I have told you twice."
The other party followed up almost seamlessly: "Sorry, I don't store insignificant things in my brain."
Grace is still in the same "I'm telling the truth" tone: "This is the difference between you and me, yes, I'm saying that my brain is better than yours."
The other party replied dryly: "Haha, it's so funny."
With the sense of sight of "three-year-olds arguing", Sterling thought that the other party was probably the "enemy" Grace said.But since he can be defined as an "enemy" by Grace, he must be an extraordinary character. Now it seems that he can definitely compete with Grace in terms of speech speed.
Thinking of this, Sterling became even more curious. He looked at Emily and asked her with his eyes.Emily didn't answer him with questions this time, but she didn't speak either. Instead, she took out her phone and clicked on a page to show Sterling.
Oh, that's a Facebook page for the CEO of Facebook, the legendary Mark Zuckerberg with "I'mCEO, bitch" on the back of his business card.
After Sterling was surprised, he felt that for his customers, no matter how bizarre things are, it is not impossible, and he remembered what the WMA technicians said about the network "scavenger". I don't know if it is related to this Mark.
——It can be seen from this that the calm state of mind is tempered.
When Grace and her "enemy" finished arguing, no, it was the end of the debate, Sterling asked her lightly: "Can I ask, how did you and your 'enemy' meet? Just curious, You don't look like you have an intersection." He hadn't heard that the Green family held shares in Facebook, well, maybe he didn't know it himself.
Here's Grace's answer: "Oh, we met through the Oxford-Harvard 'See Who Can Speak Faster' competition."
Sterling: "..." WTH!
Emily covered her mouth and smirked.
Yes, this is a bad joke, but Mr. Broker didn't get the essence of it.
By the time Sterling got the hang of it, he had sat down to half-eat the breakfast Emily had prepared for Grace, and Grace had a particularly brief conversation with her father, Roderick Green, that went something like this: Mr. Green: "Why didn't you send me tickets to your movie premiere?"
Grace: "Suppose I gave it to you, would you come?"
Mr. Green: "...Then Angus won't go either, but why did you give him movie tickets?"
Grace: "Isn't the answer obvious?"
Then, Mr. Green put down the phone without saying a word.
After she hung up the phone, Sterling asked casually: "Who called just now, another enemy of yours?"
Grace answered as a matter of course: "Yes, my father."
Sterling: "..." The grievances of the rich?Not wanting to know too much, he moved on to another topic: "Do you have a Facebook account, Grace?"
Grace shook her head.
Sterling was really surprised this time: "You and the CEO of Facebook are friends, but you don't have a Facebook account?"
Grace said "uh" and said, "If you have to say that, then you don't have a Ph.D."
Sterling was slow to realize what Grace meant by this, and he seemed a little moved, since Grace admitted that he was her friend.
It was so creepy that Sterling once again forgot to ask Grace about the Child Abuse audition.
……
Before the large-scale screening, "Enchanted" received generally good reviews from professional film critics. Not to mention, the ratings of fans who have watched it on IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes are mostly above-average ratings. , This undoubtedly further ignited the desire of other movie fans to watch "Enchanted", but when they went to buy the pre-sale tickets for the midnight show on November 11, they were told that the pre-sale tickets for that day had already been sold It's empty, even the movie tickets that will be released on a large scale on the 20st are a little nervous.
What you can't get is always more desirable, and movie fans want to buy tickets earlier.
However, what really pushed the romantic comedy movie "Enchanted" to the peak of wanting to be watched was a paper in the latest weekly issue of the American "Science" magazine.
The author of the paper, Dr. Grace Green.