Chapter 103 103 The First Wave of Comments

"What was the first media comment?" Alex asked eagerly in order to divert his embarrassment.

Joseph then remembered the purpose of his coming downstairs, "It's a review of 'USA Today (USA. Today)'." "USA Today" is a comprehensive color daily newspaper founded in September 1982. Thinking of the comments in the newspaper, Joseph's expression became a little stiff, and he hesitantly looked at Hugo's expectant eyes.

In fact, Joseph was originally worried that Hugo would pay too much attention to the media's comments, but instead made himself hungry and sleepless. Looking at Hugo's obvious dark circles confirmed Joseph's idea. But then Joseph thought about the changes in Hugo in the past six months, and he knew that Hugo was no longer the dude he knew before the Golden Raspberry Awards.

"The review was not good, it was Mike Clark who wrote the review," Joseph decided to tell the truth, he was an agent, he was also a partner who fought side by side with Hugo, and he needed to face all kinds of problems with Hugo. Happening. What's more, these comments couldn't be concealed even if they wanted to hide Hugo. "He said, 'This two-and-a-half-hour movie wasn't tight enough for more than half of it, but Al Pacino played the role perfectly!'"

This is not a positive comment. Hugo's smile suddenly stiffened at the corner of his mouth. Before Joseph could finish speaking, he changed his tone and continued, "He only gave 50 points out of 100." This is A failing grade.

Charlize and Alex both froze in place, obviously not expecting this to be the case. On the contrary, Hugo breathed a sigh of relief. When the tense emotions reached a peak, such a positive impact made Hugo relax.

At this time, Hugo remembered that although the film "Smell the Fragrance and Know a Woman" has won a lot of praise, the slow rhythm of the whole film has indeed been criticized a lot. The film progressed too slowly in the first half hour. The speed is even described by some as "sleepy". But even so, Al's superb acting skills have not been overshadowed, which is an expected result.

"Hey, fifty points, it's not bad or good." Hugo relaxed, his smile sketched out again, and he said with a sigh, but there was still some disappointment in his eyes.

"Hugo, 'USA Today' is a comprehensive newspaper, not a professional media, so don't pay too much attention to it." Charlize has been studying acting skills and the entertainment industry for the past few months, and now she is not as interested in American movies as she used to be. A rookie who knows nothing. Therefore, the intelligent she grasped the lifeline at once and said positively.

Alex's eyes lit up next to him, and he nodded again and again, "That's right, that Mike Clarke, I don't know where it came from. If you want me to say, don't care about this comment at all!"

Facing everyone's comfort, the disappointment in Hugo's eyes was also released with a smile. This time he smiled sincerely, "Don't worry, I know the media is not so easy to please." Most of the so-called film critics are It's nitpicking, because that's their job, and film critics are ordinary people, and they have their own preferences, which is inevitable. Hugo said this to comfort his friends and himself, "At least, he didn't talk about my acting anymore, did he?"

Hugo's words make sense, but the truth is one thing, and the real thing is another when it comes to an end. Although Hugo was trying to liven up the atmosphere, it was inevitable that the living room looked a little down.

Joseph looked at Hugo with a bright smile and let out a sigh of relief. He recalled the flood of criticism after the release of "Hudson Eagle". Hugo was right on one point just now, although "USA Today" did not. Praise Hugo, but at least no more nitpicking. This is a positive sign.

Even Hugo, the client, can be optimistic and positive, and as an agent, he can't be in a mess, so Joseph also pretended to be relaxed and said, "The first wave of comments came out one after another, just wait. So, what's your plan for breakfast? We can't skip breakfast because of the troublesome media."

In fact, after getting up, Hugo hasn't washed up yet, and so is Charlize. After Alex brushed his teeth, there was still foam at the corners of his mouth. After being reminded by Joseph, everyone noticed their negligence. Hugo, Charlize, and Alex glanced at each other, and Hugo was the first to jump towards the bathroom.

Charlize, who followed closely behind, shouted, "Ladies first, ladies first!"

And Alex, who was half a beat slower, even shouted, "I just need to wash my face, wash my face..."

But as a result, the bathroom door was ruthlessly closed, and the fastest Hugo took the lead. Only Charlize and Alex were left standing at the door, looking at the wooden door with a depressed expression. Joseph looked at the lively atmosphere in the room and felt a little more relaxed.

After everyone washed up, Joseph baked bread, prepared milk and cereals and sat beside the dining table. In fact, there were not enough high stools on the third floor. There are still only two. Because the dining table is too high, the rest of the chairs are not suitable. , so generally there are only two people sitting, and others will find a variety of places to sit.

Hugo, for example, sat on the sink counter and kicked Charlize's bar stool, "Give me the bread, and the peanut butter."

"Why should I?" Charlize turned around and gave Hugo a roll of eyes, as if he didn't care at all, but the action in his hand was to pick up a piece of bread and start smearing peanut butter.

Hugo laughed when he saw this scene, but after Charlize painted it, he "cut", "It's not for you, so why are you happy." Hugo watched as Charlize was about to put the bread. After getting it into his mouth, he immediately jumped down from the sink, muttering with dissatisfaction, but before his feet landed, Charlize turned around and handed the bread to Hugo, who was stunned for a moment.

Charlize held the bread in the air for about two seconds, and didn't see Hugo reaching for it, raised his eyebrows, "No?" Hugo then reacted and quickly took the bread, "Yes, of course Yes. Thank you! Thank you very much!" Then he nibbled at the bread and munched contentedly against the sink.

"Joseph! Calling you, I..." Carl's voice came from the door. Seeing a few people sitting around the dining table eating breakfast, he immediately nags dissatisfiedly, "Don't call me for breakfast!" Then He didn't say anything, he went straight to the dining table, and started to reach for the baked noodles, but he was hit hard on the back of the hand by Joseph, and Karl stared at Joseph with wide eyes.

Joseph bit the bread and said, "Eat the bread and bake it yourself!"

"Then I won't tell you the content of the call just now, but the news of the first wave of comments on the movie." Carl answered the phone upstairs just now and found that Joseph was not there, so he came downstairs in jeans and a T-shirt. .

Facing such Carl, Joseph quietly pushed the whole plate of baked bread in Carl's direction. Carl then smiled contentedly. He picked up a piece of bread, found strawberry jam, and faced the expectant eyes of the four people around him. Although Carl was seen a little hairy, he still tried to calm himself and take it slow. He smeared the strawberry jam and waited until the blue veins on Alex's forehead had begun to burst before he spoke, "The office called just now to say, 'The Chicago. Sun-Times' comment came out. "

Although the "Chicago Sun" is only a daily newspaper published in the Chicago area, even if it is not the number one sales in Chicago, it is not a professional film newspaper, but the film reviews of this newspaper are highly valued. Because the legendary American film critic Roger - Ebert (Roger. Ebert) contributed to this newspaper.

Roger Ebert, 60, is one of the most famous film critics in the United States. He is the first film critic in history to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, and his film review program has also won an AI Nominated for a Beauty Award, he is one of the most influential film critics today.

Therefore, when he heard the "Chicago Sun", Joseph immediately became nervous, "Roger Ebert's film review?" Created with countless efforts, the actors, as the most important part of them, naturally hope that their works can be affirmed. Especially in the wake of the bad reviews on USA TODAY, Roger's reviews are all the more important.

Not to mention Joseph, Hugo, Charlize, and Alex all stopped chewing and looked at Carl.

Carl nodded, "It's Roger. He said, at the end of 'Scent and Knowing a Woman,' we're still at the old-fashioned ending of coming-of-age movies, and we're still at the old school prep school again. The ending. But what's different is that this movie has a wit and skill that other works of the genre don't have."

Carl's remarks are relatively long, and everyone did not speak after listening, because they are not sure whether Roger's film review is praise or criticism, or whether it is moderate.

"He also said that Al gave the most memorable performance of his career, and Hugo," Carl said here, paused, looked at Hugo, and then smiled, "Hugo's great performance. And Al has been supporting the whole movie!" This is good news, and Roger bluntly praised Al's performance on Hugo.

Carl looked at the repressed smile on Hugo's mouth, and he couldn't hold it any longer, so he didn't give up any more, and said eagerly, "Roger gave the movie an 80!"

80 out of 100, this is really good news. Roger's review for the Chicago Sun-Times saved Hugo's morning compared to the bad reviews of USA TODAY.