novelraw Chapter 223 The Surprise in the Movie
Chapter 223 The Surprise in the Movie
In the bustling Chinese theater, the stars are chatting with each other, the photographers are crazily capturing everyone, and the film critics are already getting ready.
Although "X-Men" had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, it was impossible for most of the American media and film critics to attend until it was screened at their doorstep.
David Edson, a film critic from the "Los Angeles Times", sat in the middle. He may be a little different from other colleagues, because he is a veritable hardcore fan and grew up watching comics.
He still remembers the news that this movie was going to be made ten years ago. At that time, he was full of expectations, but he never thought that he would wait for a whole ten years.
A good meal is not afraid of being late, but of going bad.
"Twentieth Century Fox has recruited so many stars, if the movie doesn't look good later, they won't show mercy."
"That's right. Few of Marvel's movies are box-office hits. I heard that Sony is making Spider-Man? Why did they choose such an old actor to play Peter Parker?"
"Who knows, but Tobey Maguire does look like a minor, nobody knows he's 25."
"Did you just see Eve? She's talking to Donna, and it looks like she might be seen in the sequel."
"I heard from the media who have been to Cannes that Eve has a cameo in this movie. I don't know which role she will play. I am looking forward to her appearance."
"Compared to this movie, I am more looking forward to her performance in "Almost Famous". That movie was filmed before "Mulholland Drive", but it was screened for so long at night."
"This year's awards season is the most anticipated movie. It is completely the top lineup of Oscars. I think there will definitely be awards."
"Steven Soderbergh is also very good. He directed "Never Compromise" in the first half of the year. In the second half of the year, another masterpiece "Drug Network" will be released. Which one will he help? Film PR is still a problem.”
"Yeah, I really want awards season to come soon."
This group of film critics felt a little helpless in the summer, because there was not much demand for film critics for various commercial films, and sometimes they even didn't want to let film critics speak out, especially those films that they knew were not of high quality.
The X-Men system is actually the most dignified superhero, with cool superpowers and popular characters. The slight problem is that this is a group portrait movie.
They were all ready to start watching the title with their heads up.
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Los Angeles is an extremely luxurious premiere, but in the rest of the city it becomes extra ordinary, just an extremely ordinary weekend.
As a fan of blockbuster movies, Georgia naturally made an appointment with a few buddies early on. Anyway, everyone happens to be single, so they can play however they want.
There are a lot of people in the movie theater on weekends, he is responsible for queuing up at the ticket window, while his friends John and Michael are queuing up to buy popcorn and Coke.
The biggest profit of theaters has never been the income and dividends from the movie box office, but from sodas such as Coke and snacks such as popcorn and hot dogs.
Some theaters even put more salt in the popcorn in order to make the audience buy more drinks, so that the audience had to buy two more Cokes.
The price of Coke at McDonald's KFC is really much cheaper than that in theaters.
This is why many theaters will return 90% of the box office revenue to the film producers and distributors in the first week of the blockbuster film's release. They only need to sell drinks, snacks and peripherals.
Of course, theaters are not philanthropists. 90% of the first week will be handed over, and 70% or 80% of the income in the next few weeks will go to themselves. The overall ratio will reach 50:50.
Perhaps because they came late, when buying tickets, there were only corner seats left, and there were no vacant seats in the middle rows of golden seats!
"There are so many people, much more than when I watched Mulholland Drive before."
"I didn't watch that movie. I don't like literary films very much. I heard that they are very brain-intensive. The last time I went to the cinema was to watch Tom's "Mission: Impossible 2". At that time, people came during the day and there were fewer people."
"Hurry up and find the location, the movie will start showing soon."
Georgia distributed the movie tickets to two friends, and walked quickly towards the ticket gate with a Coke, eager to see the movie.
At this time, nearly half of the people were already seated in the screening hall, and this attendance rate was definitely not low.
They had just sat in their seats when the movie screening had already started.
The film is quite attractive to these people. The beginning part is the story of the little boy who was forced to separate from his parents during World War II. The dark tone and the sudden awakening ability of the little boy are shocking.
People who are familiar with comics will naturally know that this is the ability of Magneto King Eric to manipulate various metals and even magnetic fields!
Even viewers who are not familiar with comics can understand that this boy is definitely a mutant with superpowers.
Then the tone of the film brightens, a teenage couple is attracted to each other in the room, can't help but kiss, and the girl suddenly takes the life force out of her boyfriend.
This is the debut of the protagonist of the "X-Men" movies, Rascal, whose superpowers can make people feel confused at first glance.
The film unhurriedly tells the status quo of the mutants. Little Naughty met Wolverine on the way to escape, and Magneto's men wanted to catch her again.
Immediately afterwards, the X-Men from Wizel Academy of Talents mobilized collectively, Storm who can call the wind and rain and control thunder and lightning, Jean Grey who can telepathize, Cyclops who can shoot shock waves through the eyes...
The appearance of these characters is simply dizzying. When Wolverine woke up at Xavier Academy for Talented Boys, those youthful children surprised and nervous Uncle Wolf, who has always been alone.
It's obviously a sci-fi film, but Wolverine played by Hugh Jackman has the feeling of a spy war, exploring the huge castle carefully, for fear of encountering something wrong.
When he managed to avoid the group of students who were leaving get out of class and dodged into the wooden door, he found that a small class was being held inside.
The whole picture becomes filled with a feeling of "who am I and where am I".
Georgia and the audience in the screening hall all laughed at the same time, this is simply a self-inflicted trap!
So funny, so embarrassing!
But after Georgia finished laughing, she found that there was a girl with blond hair among the students who looked familiar, but the camera shifted quickly after only a second, and he didn't have time to recognize it.
Immediately, the bald-headed Professor X began to assign homework to the four students. When they got up to leave, Georgia was surprised to find that it was actually Eve!
Especially when Eve slammed directly towards the wooden door with her book in her arms, everyone including him exclaimed.
Could this girl be nearsighted?
If you insist on comparing your forehead with such a strong wooden door to see who is stronger, you have already expected the tragedy.
But who would have thought that the female student played by Eve would go straight through that door!
Countless audiences in North America had the same expressions as Wolverine Logan, their jaws almost dropped in surprise.
No wonder you have no fear, no wonder you dare to rush over directly, because you have superpowers!
"So it can go through walls?"
"Is this girl Eve?"
"It turns out that the eggs are here."
"I saw Stan Lee and Eve Campbell, maybe there are some surprises in this movie."
"Is she only here for a while? Are there any other shots?"
"Eve should continue to play this role."
"I actually saw the protagonist of "Mulholland Drive"."
"When was this movie shot, why do you feel that Eve's look looks familiar?"
The audience has been able to distinguish Eve from other unknown actors, which is recognition.
Everyone was surprised by this little surprise and easter eggs, and at the same time, the voice for her return is getting louder and louder!
It has to be said that although Phantom Cat appears very rarely, because of the interesting plot and Eve's popularity, film critics and ordinary audiences have remembered that there is such a character who can pass through walls.
Many people are waiting for this role to come in handy, waiting for her to have a more dazzling performance.
Meanwhile, Eve Campbell, who played the role, has left Los Angeles.
As a cameo star, the movie has nothing to do with her if she makes money, so there is no psychological burden at all.
It's just that she never dreamed that there are so many discussions about her on the Internet, and it seems to have become a small highlight of the movie.
The flight time of more than ten hours was a bit difficult, and she and the crew were not sleepy at all on the plane.
It was rare to have such a long time, so Eve simply took out "The Notebook" and re-read it twice, and outlined the important plots that she felt. The screenwriter makes up.
As the real investor of the film, she also wants to contribute to the success of the film.
Everyone's understanding of the original work is different, and there may be one-sidedness. She just wants to express her opinion.
Read the book and then summarize.
She stood up to move around in the cabin when she felt uncomfortable, put down the back of the seat to take a nap when she was sleepy, and tasted delicious food when she was hungry, living like at home.
In order to enjoy the sunrise from the plane, Eve even took off her sunglasses on purpose, but the scene was so shocking that her scalp went numb!
With the rising of the sun, the originally dark blue sky and the sea were painted with a layer of fiery red, and even the silver wings and engines were painted with this color.
At this time, Eve's heart also became clear instantly. She started to take up the makeup mirror and makeup bag to dress herself up gently. Although beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the long-distance flight of more than ten hours can easily make her look pale. Haggard, she didn't want Keanu to worry.