Chapter 456 Brilliant Influence

"Oh, Netflix."

As he walked through the screening hall at the theater, Bendtner saw familiar signs everywhere: "Netflix commercials everywhere."

The friend Rosicky next to him said: "Netflix and Embassy Pictures, which released "The Bourne", seem to belong to the same group company, which seems to be called..." He thought for a while: "Yes, it's called Relativity Entertainment Group."

Bendtner followed the crowd and asked as he walked, "We signed up for Netflix last time. Have you ever used it?"

Rosicky glanced at a girl who was crowded behind him, and said, "I've used it, it's very convenient, you only need to click a few times with the mouse, and the selected film will be in the mailbox the next day, which is better than waiting in line at Blockbuster." , much better."

"I know." Bendtner couldn't tolerate his friend showing off, and said, "I rented seven movies from Netflix last month, and only rented two movies from Blockbuster."

Rosicky said strangely: "I also went to the Blockbuster store a few times last month. Have you noticed? There are a lot fewer people in the Blockbuster store than last year."

Bendtner thought for a moment and said, "It seems that the queue time is obviously shorter."

Rosicky remembered one more thing: "By the way, I saw an announcement on Netflix. It is said that their website will launch some new features in the second half of the year."

Bendtner nodded: "I saw it too."

The two of them followed the crowd into the auditorium, and the auditorium, which can accommodate thousands of people, was full. Those who came late could only sit in the corner seats in the back rows.

Being late, you can't get a good seat, but it's also a good thing, you don't have to wait too long to see the movie.

The first thing that appeared was not "Bourne Shadow 2", but a pre-roll advertisement for another movie, with exciting background music, a strange pirate captain swaying like a willow in the wind, and a muscular chest clipper. A master swordsman who breaks eggs...

Bennett and Rosicky were deeply impressed by this obviously magical pre-advertisement, and they unconsciously remembered the release time.

Advertisements for "Pirates of the Caribbean" in a sequel movie like "Bourne Shadow 2" that will inevitably attract attention will undoubtedly have an excellent publicity effect.

This is also one of the most original and effective means of publicity in Hollywood.

Ronan believes that this will further increase the popularity of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

"Pirates of the Caribbean" opens the weekend after the Independence Day holiday, and pre-screening promotions are already underway.

Then, the feature film began to be screened.

The story of "Bourne 2" has been two years since the thrilling killing in the first part. Bourne, who lived in seclusion in India with his girlfriend, is still entangled by the looming memory fragments. Bourne's whereabouts once again brought him back to the CIA's attention.

The senior officials of the CIA were involved in gangsters and corruption. In order to cover up their crimes, they tried to frame Bourne.

They first ordered the Russian oil giant to hire killers to kill all the agents sent by the CIA and the informants who traded with them, leaving Bourne's fingerprints, and then went to Goa, a remote town in India, to assassinate Bourne, so as to cause no evidence of death. head case.

In order to avenge his girlfriend Mary who was killed by mistake, Bourne, who escaped from the dead, traveled many places and finally defeated the ghosts and hired killers in the CIA. At the same time, the mystery of his nightmare was finally revealed.

And at the beginning of the film, there is a big plot reversal that makes people jaw drop.

Just when the audience thought that Mary would be Bourne's "Spy Girl" like 007 or Spy, the film arranged for Mary to die early.

The following plot was well-intentioned and designed as a double line: on the one hand, how Byrne exposed the inside story of the CIA and washed his innocence; Shadow memory.

This film is certainly not a simple revenge story for his girlfriend.

In fact, except for the fight with CIA agents in Munich, Germany, where he was forced to strangle him to death in self-defense,

In the whole plot, Bourne never killed a single person, and always remembered Mary's entrustment to him: "You must have other choices, you don't have to kill anyone."

As a result, the whole story eventually becomes a process of self-salvation.

At the end of the film, Bourne said in front of the orphan daughter of the Neskis: "Your parents didn't die that way, I killed them, I'm sorry." This relieved the heavy psychological burden.

Compared with "The Bourne 1", the rhythm of the second part is more lively.

Director Paul Greengrass gave Ronan a statistic that the average shot length of "The Bourne Movie" was 2.6 seconds, but in "Bourne Shadow 2", the average shot length was only 1.9 seconds!

High-speed editing creates an exceptionally exciting visual climax.

It can be said that Paul Greengrass has given the film many new forms of expression.

But as a typical commercial film, it still follows the most basic Hollywood model in terms of plot setting.

The opposition between good and evil between the protagonist and the villain is very obvious, and it runs through the confrontation between Bourne and CAA. The person in charge of the "stumbling block" project is still alive, and Bourne is hunted down by the CIA again.

Then there is the typical three-act structure.

The first act is bound to explain the characters and background: Bourne is at large, and the CIA’s keyboard warriors and turtleneck sweaters initially formulate a strategy to deal with Bourne; in the second act, the conflict intensifies, Bourne establishes contact with key teammates, and the CIA sends him first. Let's explore the road, and then send a killer who is evenly matched with Bourne to stop it. During this period, there must be a car chase scene, a tracking and anti-tracking scene.

The story in the third act reaches its climax, Bourne's survival crisis is resolved, the CIA executives subdue the law, and Bourne makes a gorgeous exit with his own BGM.

Of course, as an orthodox commercial film, there are also mainstream values ​​that never go out of style.

At present, the script of "Bourne Shadow 3" has been completed. Counting the first two parts, at the end, the high-level CIA executives who disregarded human lives either died unexpectedly, or shot themselves, or left a bad reputation for a long time, or sat in prison.

This is in line with the audience's expectations for mainstream commercial genre films-happy endings such as evil does not suppress good, and evil people are rewarded with evil.

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At the end of the film screening, there was extremely warm applause in the auditorium. The applause lasted for several minutes, especially in the audience sitting area in the back row. When the applause in front had already fallen, there was still thunderous applause there. .

It seems that only in this way can they express their love for the film.

A popular film that can be loved by most audiences can easily be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

At the end of the premiere, Ronan did not stay too long, called Anne Hathaway, took her into the car, and returned to Beverly Hills.

After Anne Hathaway got into the car, she kept pressing her eyes gently.

"What's wrong?" Ronan asked with concern, "Are you feeling uncomfortable? Do you want to see a doctor?"

Anne Hathaway turned her head and smiled at Ronan, and said, "It's okay, the movie camera shakes too much, and the camera switching is too fast, which may cause visual fatigue, just take a rest."

Ronan patted her hand lightly: "Close your eyes and rest for a while."

Anne-Hathaway closed her eyes, leaned on Ronan's shoulder, and said, "The style of this film is very unique, especially with the action design, the action shots are too sharp."

Ronan said: "This is also the selling point of the film."

Anne Hathaway opened her eyes: "It's too unfriendly to audiences who are prone to eye fatigue."

Ronan laughed dumbly. In fact, there are many people who don't like the "Bourne Shadow" series. The biggest reason is also the style.

Fortunately, this is ordinary 2D, not 3D, otherwise it is not eye fatigue, but many people just spit it out.

But there are still many people who appreciate this style. After all, a similar style has become the mainstream of Hollywood action movies in the future.

In this era of unprecedentedly developed CG technology, any star can dodge and evade decently on the screen and play a hero, but the audience has long been tired of this kind of flamboyance.

Therefore, as soon as Jayne Bourne, who was moving against the trend, came on stage, he dragged the increasingly illusory figure of the screen agent back to the ground, and made a solid punch and kick with a realistic style and a fierce posture. All four were shocked immediately.

In the past seven or eight years, with the latest CG technology, sci-fi films and disaster films with increasingly violent visual effects have crazily encroached on the territory of traditional action films, and action films have been forced to take another path, relying heavily on explosive flames and crowd tactics. , Blindly competing with opponents on the scene, this can be said to be a major reason for the gradual decline of traditional action movies.

Once in the slump of action movies, "The Bourne Shadow" is like an existence turned out of nowhere. The "007" series, which has been declining for a long time, has borrowed Bourne's inspiration to regain its life, and it can be regarded as an injection of stimulant into the action movie market. , many later action movies have embarked on the Bourne characteristic route.

The direct and effective fist strategy of "The Bourne Shadow" was emulated by action movies, and the dance of "Thunderbolt Angels" with a wire hanging and kicking in the air became an outdated product that no one cares about.

Even the "Mission: Impossible" series, which has always been high-tech, later learned a thing or two from Bourne, a civilian agent. 2"'s romantic freehand brushwork and lengthy entanglement.

If you want to say that the master who has mastered all the action methods of "The Bourne" is still in the "Taken" series, the retired agent with special skills is alone against the evil group, and the narrative is straight to the point, without the help of CG. Fighting, gunfights and blasting scenes, high-speed editing, and hasty soundtrack, all of them are stylish and stylish.

Of course, the action design of "Taken" now, even including action editing, etc., is also learning the style of "The Bourne".

The "Bourne Shadow" series has left a strong mark in the history of film.

What Ronan hoped was that while the film was well-received, it could also be a blockbuster.

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