novelraw Chapter 127
Chapter 127
The script "Perfect Victim" has long been well-known in the industry. At the beginning, Columbia, which was rich and powerful, gave the green light to this project. Unexpectedly, after several twists and turns, it became a production of Tianji Films.
However, a small company also has its advantages. At least Tianji Films, which is backed by golden thighs, has no messy laymen trying to guide the creators in the creation of movies, and there are no endless bastards trying to stuff people into the crew, or for the female staff. unfriendly.
Because the heroine is the core of the entire crew, including the film company, and she has a very strong sense of morality. Not only does she have a strong female producer, Connie Wilson, but she also discloses her email to everyone, and you are welcome to report to the workplace at any time. Harassment incident.
Most people originally said that they did not believe in this reporting channel, but on a certain Monday, one of Tianji Films CEO Archie Dano's important right and left arm, the director of the company's production department suddenly stepped down, which made the insiders very excited.
If there is no accident, "The Perfect Victim" should start filming after the Oscars, and all the preparatory work has already started, and the funds have also entered the special account of the crew.
As for the main actors, the British actor Alan Rickman signed the contract first, and the newcomer Russell Crowe joined in later, and the last role of the murderer, which has a considerable role in the play, has caused many competitions.
As an actor who was born as a child star, Brad Renfro has both acting skills and popularity, but his appearance is a bit green and immature, which is not very convincing.
Ernest's friend Kenneth Branagh recommended the newcomer Jonathan Rhys Meyers and the well-known Jude Law, both of whom are handsome and somewhat evil boys.
By the way, the Prince of Shakespeare, who is at the peak of the British drama world, originally had some ideas about Russell Crowe's role, but Ernest thought that Kenneth Branagh's acting style was too ostentatious, and bluntly said that he had There are suitable actors.
Archie Dano sent the resume of Christian Bale, who is also an Englishman, but he became a star in Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun" when he was a child. Side activities are also more frequent.
Nicole Kidman recommended Australian newcomer Heath Ledger to her friends, and Russell Crowe also praised this junior.
But because Josie's "Titanic" promotional schedule is very busy, the final round of role audition is scheduled for early next year, depending on the situation of "Titanic".
Closer to home.
Tonight's Los Angeles premiere of "Titanic" has very few stars. Except for the main creative members of the crew, there are only Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife who are friends with James Cameron, and Dustin, who appeared in a family of six Hoffman, can be regarded as the star of this super production.
Most of the remaining faces are either third-tier stars who are here to catch the heat, or various film critics who are gearing up to write an essay, or various high-level executives sent by various film companies to join in the fun.
The laughing stock of Hollywood.
——This is the current evaluation of the film in the industry.
Even Fox CEO Bill McKennick, who has been in charge of this project, complained in private: "No one knows how much it cost, the bills are full of corpses, and if the box office in the first week is not satisfactory, then I can commit suicide. .”
Fortunately, the grand occasion of the overseas premiere has given Fox a lot of confidence, and the crazy fans who came to the Los Angeles premiere tonight after hearing the news also proved the box office appeal of the two leading actors, so so far, people's mood is not irreparable heavy.
Until the middle of the movie screening——
The film critics whispered to each other, their faces were solemn, and some people left the table one after another.
This is a very bad signal.
And the successive media reports that followed also proved that even Fox's overnight public relations efforts could not save the bad reputation of "Titanic" which fell to the bottom as soon as it was released.
"James Cameron has completely wasted the talents of these two young actors, and his career is bound to end!"
"Los Angeles Times" film critic Kenneth Turan raved about the movie: "What do the audiences who pay to go into the movie theater end up seeing? The dialogue is cliché, and it's a completely outdated Hollywood cliché love story. It's a rotten copy! It's a film full of hypocrisy and no creativity!"
"San Francisco Observer" reviewer Barbara Schulgasser also gave "Titanic" only the lowest score: "Unbelievably bad script, from the hand of the film's director James Cameron. Just Judging by the two leading actors calling each other's names vigorously throughout the whole process, you know that this is really a boring story that explodes. I don't think anyone is willing to spend money on it, unless it is for the popcorn and Cola."
Following Titanic's London premiere, the popular British film magazine Empire originally gave the film five stars, but later changed its rating to two after fierce criticism from its Hollywood peers.
The famous filmmaker Robert Altman's comments represent the views of most people in the film industry: ""Titanic" is the worst work, and I have never seen worse than this in my life."
As a great director who won the Palme d'Or in the 70s and later won the Golden Bear and Golden Lion, Robert Altman is undoubtedly a very authoritative colleague and predecessor in this circle, so once his comments came out, film critics were very enthusiastic about "Titanic". Criticism is even crazier.
But compared to the extreme harshness of the film itself and the director and screenwriter James Cameron, some film critics are too tolerant of the two young protagonists.
"AOL" film critic James Balladinelli praised: "Leonardo, in a rare way out of his previous swagger, is likable and full of energy in this role, two qualities that are critical to Jack's ability to become poetic. A hero like that matters."
Gene Sickle, another film critic who co-hosts the TV show "Siscoll and Albert Film Review" with Roger Ebert, also praised: "After "First Fear", Josie The actress Horton has been trying to break through the previous sense of distance. Yes, her temperament is indeed great, literary, elegant and high-end, but do you think such a woman can fall in love as passionately as a mortal? ? The Titanic showed us Josie going down the clouds, and she and Leonardo paired up so beautifully, so mesmerizing."
One of Josie's faults is that her preferred characters lack some of the mortal sparkle.
Even though the person facing Tom Cruise in "Mr. The degree of completion is far inferior to the previous "Alan" or the current "Rose".
Fortunately, her partner is Tom Cruise.
This actor doesn't even have that kind of sexual tension when he plays with his wife. He and Josie seem to belong to the group of idol actors who are suitable for being alone and beautiful.
Josie Horton has long been seen as the blonde sweetheart and dream girl, but her image lacks the mouth-drying, frenzied hormones that make her the all-American male fantasy. "Lead the coquettish".
At this point, Russell Crowe is an example of her opposite.
His appearance is not suitable to be described as handsome or beautiful, but when he appears in the camera, he is always so charming.
Because his image is always accompanied by the dark side that is common to ordinary people, and a few extraordinary hero flashes, it seems that his role is complex and humane, which is especially sympathetic.
Russell's "sympathetic" comes from his lack of distance, while Josie's "sympathetic" comes from her deceptive appearance and temperament.
It’s not that there’s no merit in her approach, but top performances should touch the heart, and even two people talking casually in a simple scene can make people feel storytelling-so she is very picky about the script, For example, "Level One Fear" has a very dramatic role, and she can do it better.
However, the praise of some film critics for the leading actors did not affect the negative, negative, and evaluation of "Titanic" in various media, as if this is really a downright, hopeless, and extremely bad super bad movie. film, not worth even a penny of box office gains.
And the super ship "Titanic" with an investment of 3000 million US dollars did not live up to the "expectations" of the majority of film critics, with a box office of less than [-] million US dollars in its opening weekend.
Although it still struggled to win the weekly box office championship, the latest sequel to the series, which was released at the same time as "007: Tomorrow's Empire" with an investment of 1.1 million US dollars, won nearly 500 million US dollars at the weekend box office, and The previously released low-budget horror film "Scream 2" grossed $300 million in its first weekend.
The box office data agency initially estimated that the total box office will be around 8000 million US dollars, and the producers can prepare a one-way ticket to the rooftop.
"Okay, it's all over now!" James Cameron laughed at himself, in front of the computer in the study room at home, and passionately complained online in the TT group chat, "I'm paying a huge price for my arrogance and conceit all the time. Pushing me off a cliff I've carved myself."
"Then I will generously spend 100 million dollars to ask you to make "Piranha 3"—if you are physically and mentally strong enough." Josie joked that "Piranha 2: Breeding" is James Cameron Long's worst-reviewed film to date, and his directorial debut.
"100 million is really too low, Grandet, you have to give me some more." James Cameron replied immediately, "At least 250 million, I still have a big family to support."
"Wow, it's actually not bad, now I can go back to filming literary films with peace of mind." Leonardo DiCaprio, one of the members of the trio, cheered up.
——If he hadn't taken a sip of whiskey while speaking, it would have been more convincing.
It is now the early morning after the last weekend of 1997, and the main creative members of the crew who regained their confidence at the overseas premiere are no longer the same, restlessly and restlessly waiting for the trial of the overall box office data of the first week of "Titanic".
If it weren't for James Cameron's patient persuasion, I'm afraid that Josh Landau, who is currently relying on cigarettes and alcohol to continue his life, would have collapsed after the box office results of the opening weekend came out-oh, the estimated $8000 million The total box office loss is not just [-] million US dollars!
And James Cameron, who is under the greatest pressure among all, only dares to show his inner pain in front of the two leading actors who maintain a relatively good mentality.
Josie's recent situation is also very bad.
"The Devil's Advocate," which opened in full theaters in October, grossed $400 million in its opening weekend, and then went up and down -- up 50 percent on the day "Titanic" opened -- thanks to The luxurious cast is supporting the film's attendance.
It can be said that if there is no "Titanic" in the background, "The Devil's Advocate" may be the film with the most critics who left halfway this year, and the film that the collective does not like.
— and Warner was sued by a sculptor, Frederick Hart, for an unauthorized copy, and the lawsuit isn't even finished yet.
It has been almost two months since "The Devil's Advocate" was released, with a cumulative box office of 6000 million US dollars, which has basically exhausted the domestic box office potential, but the leading actor Keanu Reeves has an almost terrifying number of fanatical fans around the world. Warner Bros. Pictures, the film studio, should stand to make a small profit from the project's overseas distribution and follow-up revenue.
As for Josie's performance in the movie, it didn't get much bad reviews, because the critics seemed to collectively ignore "The Devil's Advocate", let alone add more ink.
On the contrary, Vincent Canby, a film critic of the "New York Times", said a few words for Josie's performance this time in his column, calling it "a perfect transformation" and "a thrilling performance".
Josie was not in a hurry, and even had the mood to go riding a horse in the countryside to talk about the new movie, and was "accidentally" included in the photo by the paparazzi, giving the project "The Perfect Victim" a wave of presence.
Leonardo yawned, looked up at the clock in the lower right corner of the computer, turned his gaze to Toby, Lucas and others who were playing cards on the sofa in the living room, and returned to the computer screen.
"Let's talk about anything, J." He rested his chin on one hand, almost lying on the table, and knocked on Josie's TT window privately, "I remember that when you don't work, you go to bed at ten o'clock in the evening , aren't you sleepy now?"
"It's working time now, Leo." Josie looked at the clock almost at the same time, "What do you want to talk about, for example, did you just get dumped by your ex-girlfriend Christine Jiang? Ah oh , I must say, that's a real shame."
"...Can you be more gloating in your tone?" As the dream of billions of girls around the world after Keanu Reeves, Leonardo was suddenly dumped, and Toby et al. People laughed for a round-well, now Josie was added.
Josie only returned Leonardo with a mocking expression: "~^-^~"
Leonardo looked amused, and thought this weird emoji was very pleasing to the eye, until Toby threw an empty pack of cigarettes and hit his computer screen.
"What are you doing, Leo?" Toby said bluntly, "E, you laugh so disgustingly! Forget it, Luke, let's go on by ourselves."
Lucas laughed.
It was a quarter past one in the morning.
At this time, the box office results of the weekend midnight show have not yet been calculated by the data company, but countless people in Hollywood are paying attention to the fate of "Titanic", because its performance in theaters in the past week... It seems that there is no As bad as the critics predicted.
Kelly and Christine came out of the screening room together, and they had just finished watching "Titanic" before the ship sank again.
"Are we really going to watch all night?" Kelly asked her girlfriend.
"If no one ever finds out that we're not at home." Christine's usually indifferent little face was flushed, her expression still immersed in the double beauty crit just now, "There are still 15 minutes for Hall [-] to open. No Coke?"
"A Coca-Cola," Kelly said emphatically.
Christine gave her best friend a blank look, and walked helplessly to the vending machine to buy drinks.
Ever since Pepsi dropped Josie Horton due to bad press after MJ, the actress's massive fanbase has called for a boycott of Pepsi, just as MJ's fans have done.
But on the other hand, the fans of Josh Jones wanted to fight against them, calling for only drinking Pepsi, and at the same time drawing cakes for themselves on the Internet, praying that Josh Jones would win the global endorsement of Pepsi.
Well, everyone knows that singer Josh Jones, who has gained a lot of hearts since his debut, has an unforgettable Miss J, but his fanatic girlfriend fans are jumping up and down every day, wishing that there has never been any intersection between the two.
But life is unsatisfactory every day. This couple, a popular singer and a popular movie star, not only share the same school, the same college, but also the same apartment building. This directly angered many girlfriend fans and turned black, and even became Josie Huo. Dayton's passers-by are black.
But the fans of Josie Horton are not afraid. After all, "Leading the Show" has attracted countless teen fans for this actress, not to mention every work she has made since she became famous. , so far she hasn't really missed a shot, which makes her fan base extraordinarily large.
"As long as you drink Coca-Cola, you are my friend." In front of the vending machine, a tall and thin blond boy took out three cans of Coca-Cola and handed them to the two girls behind him.
Kelly and Christine exchanged glances, and the former went up to take the Coke, "Thanks, friend, I'm Kelly, and this is my best friend Christine."
"Christopher, of course my friends call me Chris." The 16-year-old Christopher was wearing a baseball cap backwards. He was handsome and had a bright smile. "I heard that you also bought tickets for the next "Titanic" movie? Needless to say, Josie is so good in it, I've watched it three times."
"We watched it nine times." Kelly was a little proud.
"Most of them only saw before the shipwreck came." Christine pushed her glasses and added a little.
"But just like you said, Josie is really amazing!" Kelly folded her hands together, "Especially her scene with Leo, the two of them seem to have magical powers, no matter how you look at it, you won't get tired of it!"
"Although... I only like to watch Josie." The honest big boy didn't hide his interest.
God knows what it was like to dream about Josie Horton in three different styles. Anyway, after waking up, he remembered that the negative personality in "Level [-] Fear" was gloomy and crazy, and he was going to kill you if he loved you. route.
Huh, there is no follow-up after being pressed against the wall and kissed, it is so heart-wrenching!
"Oh, boyfriend fans, I understand." Kelly raised her eyebrows. "By the way, my brother did too. Their college fraternity directly organized a private party, vowing to compete with the girls from the same school who are chasing Leo."
So far, the Brotherhood has lost in a mess, because the fanatic female fans are really amazing, and all of them have watched "Titanic" at least fifteen times.
But Josie also has a lot of female fans, such as Kelly and Christine, they usually also like Leonardo, and they don't mind watching two idols fall in love at once-they wish for it!
The Internet is full of carnivals belonging to "Titanic" fans, whether it is any BBS discussion board, or the short message social media Timi that has just been released, if you haven't seen this movie and know the two lead actor's name, then you're without a doubt completely behind the times.
There are all kinds of comments and comments on Timi, especially the personal homepage of Josie Horton who only sent a message "Hi, I'm Josie Horton, I'm here^^"—
[Jack will stay in the deep sea forever, and Rose will recall the past all her life, God, as long as I think of the scene of their farewell and hear the eternal melody in my heart, I can't hold back my tears! 】
[Can Josie and Leo be together?It is a loss for all mankind that they do not fall in love, marry and have children. I can fully imagine how beautiful their genetic combination will be. 】
[I beg you to have a relationship with Leo, it doesn’t matter even if it ends without a problem, the ending of the movie completely broke my heart...]
【Please tell Leo to come to Timi to play too】
[Wuwu Tianmei is so fun, I found an organization on this, I love this brand new social platform! 】
[Can't get tickets for "Titanic", so I watched "The Devil's Advocate", which is surprisingly good, but I still want to see you with Leo. 】
[Go back upstairs, you are narrowing the road, I want both Keanu and Leo, hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee hee! 】
[I've already forgotten all Josie's gossip except Leo! Josie&Leo lock me up! ! ! 】
【Josie&Josh must have a name! ! !The sisters are scrambling for Josh's next album! ! ! 】
【no! ! !I don't agree with my wife having other wild men! ! !Neither can Leo! ! !Please let my wife be beautiful alone! ! ! 】
[Is it useful to have more exclamation points! ! !Then I decided to lock Josie x me! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 】
[You guys who are chasing stars are really... ah, they are sisters, then it's okay. 】