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"Bullshit, bullshit, bullshit!" Hugo couldn't believe it. Did Nicholas McClane really change his ways? Not only did he not continue to be picky about Hugo, but he also gave an unbelievably excellent evaluation of Hugo's work for the second time after "Smell the Fragrance and Know a Woman", which was really unexpected.

Although Nicholas's comments in the "Los Angeles Times" were very optimistic about the film before the release of "Righteous Sea Heroes", it was only a prediction after all, and after the actual film review was released this time, Nicholas was still full of praise for the film. , and even gave a high score of 90. This tidal wave of joy swept over in an instant, making Hugo jump up in ecstasy.

"What I said is the truth!" Joseph took out the "Los Angeles Times" that still smelled of ink, opened the page of the film review, and handed it directly to Hugo.

Hugo paced back and forth in the empty space because he was too excited, and then took the newspaper, still shaking the sole of his right foot restlessly, his eyes quickly scanning the newspaper.

"Forensic films have always been a very special and important existence in genre films, because they can reflect the profound problems of contemporary society and the perfection and corruption of government laws from different sides, 'To Kill a Mockingbird (To. Kill) The Witness. For. The. Prosecution)' and other works will more or less involve court arguments, pushing the art of genre films to a whole new level.

Because this type of film reduces violent propaganda and focuses on the process of embodying wisdom and strength, the degree of psychological tension has reached another peak, so it is loved by many people. "Righteous Sea Heroes" is a very special courtroom movie because it involves an internal military case. The army has always had a sense of mystery, and its internal secrets have never been revealed to the outside world.

Strict hierarchies make it difficult for justice to be done in the army, it is difficult to distinguish between justice and evil with a simple definition, and the boundaries between right and wrong are blurred, which makes the internal cases of the army full of more thorns. This feature makes it easy for the audience to be substituted in the process of watching "The Heroes of the Sea of ​​Righteousness", and actively participate in every link of the court debate, so that at the end of the story, under the pretext of defending the country, they act according to their personal preferences desperately. When the colonel was finally brought to justice, a happy victory made people applaud.

Hugo Lancaster has successfully played the role of a righteous lawyer. He is calm and composed, insists on the truth, talks freely in court, presses step by step, and makes the real criminal There is nothing to hide; Jack Nicholson once again played the classic bad guy image, cunning, insidious, murderous, vicious, but ultimately unable to escape the punishment of the law; Demi Moore changed the image of a lady to the image of a military uniform Left a heroic figure on the screen.

The film has made a serious and profound reveal of human rights equality, the proliferation of power and the sinister nature of human nature. After watching the film, it leaves all the audience with unlimited space for reflection. It is definitely a rare masterpiece! "

After reading this film review by Nicholas, Hugo reconfirmed the rating again, and the remarkable "ninety points" immediately came into view, which made the smile on Hugo's face bloom in an instant, as if enough to make ice and snow Like a melting sun, it shines in Los Angeles in December.

"Bullshit! Bullshit!" Hugo exclaimed excitedly, even after reading the film review, he still couldn't believe that Nicholas sang to himself, which was so rare that he couldn't search for a more accurate one in his mind. Words to describe inner excitement.

"Hugo, hand it over, hand it over." Alex couldn't help but be in a high mood and waved to Hugo. Hugo will keep rolling into a tube shape, then lightly step on his feet, take a shooting posture, throw the newspaper in his hand to Alex, and let out an uncontrollable "hooha" sigh. .

Looking at Hugo's dazed appearance, everyone couldn't help laughing. This is indeed something worth celebrating. You must know that the "Los Angeles Times" is not only the best-selling newspaper on the West Coast, but also in the United States. The influence of the three major newspapers, which are as famous as The New York Times and The Washington Post, is absolutely top. To be able to get such an excellent evaluation from the "Los Angeles Times" can be said to be a good start for "Yihai Xiongfeng".

Sure enough, the good news came one after another all day on Thursday, and the "Heroes of Righteousness", which was not optimistic before its release, suddenly became hot.

Among the first batch of eleven media reviews that were released, eight received positive reviews, and only three media still gave negative reviews. This situation can definitely be called overwhelming.

The professional film magazine "Empire" from the United Kingdom not only gave a good review of 85 points, but also wrote in the review, "It's like an eternal excitement, always reminding people of those stars. How it was born, how the classics were made, a great director combined with a great script and a great cast, you can never go wrong. Nicholson is as good as ever, and Lancaster contributed his actors Best performance of my career!"

And "Chicago Sun" famous film critic Roger Ebert's score is relatively conservative, only 70 points, he believes that "this film is slightly insufficient because it does not give us enough space. To extend our thoughts, some obscure details are not enough to deepen our reflection on the film", but at the same time he also praised, "But Lancaster saved the film and became the biggest discovery of the year."

In addition, the "USA Today" that gave a bad review of "Scent of a Woman" was still written by Mike Clark, but this time he changed his attitude, "The outstanding performance made this movie, Kiefer Souther. Lan, Kevin - Pollack, Kevin - Bacon's performances are commendable, and Jack Nicholson's excellence remains unquestioned, and in particular, Hugo Lancaster's brilliant performance makes this film. The movie went from pass to good." Mike finally scored a score of 75, which is in the praise ranks.

Standing on the list of media on the opposite side of "Yihai Xiongfeng", it is no surprise to see the name "Vanity Fair", and the Toronto "Ground and Mail", which had been criticizing "Scent of a Woman", once again called "Yi Hai Xiong Feng". Hai Xiongfeng" entered hell.

According to Vanity Fair, "It's an engaging and partly gripping film, but alas, it ends up being superficial. Reiner ostensibly has mastered the art of filmmaking, but deep down he continues to run away from it. The Colson and Lancaster performances were buried." They gave it a fifty-fifty rating, but at least the last sentence gave the actor a partial credit.

But the "Globe and Mail" comment was very unceremonious, "Such a powerless performance brings this dying courtroom movie ... lethal." The evaluation of twenty-five points is almost to the bottom. Now, it can be seen that they hate "smell the fragrance and know women", but they hate "the heroic style of the sea of ​​justice" even more.

"Have I ever offended The Globe and Mail?" Hugo frowned involuntarily when he saw the bright red "Twenty-five points". Although the eight media gave praise, he just couldn't take his eyes off it. The three bad comments were moved away.

This kind of emotion is very strange. Maybe someone praised a hundred sentences, but a vexatious criticism can destroy all the good moods before. Hugo tried to keep his attention on the praise, but failed, his eyes always drifted in the direction of "The Globe and Mail" and "Vanity Fair" - even if Joseph had thrown the newspaper into the trash bucket.

"Hey, man, you have to know that there are seven media outlets that give the movie a score of 75 and above." Only the Chicago Sun-Times out of the eight rated it was a 70, and the rest were excellent. Joseph emphasized this, trying to console Hugo.

Hugo breathed a long sigh of relief. He still cared about the three newspapers with bad reviews. But in the end, Hugo closed his eyes and took a deep breath, allowing himself to draw his attention back, "Yes, we should see the positive side."

Charlize smiled next to him, "No one can please everyone, isn't it? Even God has someone who hates him." Don't try to please everyone, because no one is perfect. This is a truth, and it is especially important for public figures to bear in mind.

Hugo looked at Charlize and savored this sentence carefully. He knew the truth here, but he had just come into contact with all of this. He still needed a little time to digest it, and needed more experience to understand and understand this truth. Hugo gave Charlize a big smile, "That's the truth, because I'm not perfect, isn't it? Compared to God, this is a too difficult task."

Hugo's tone finally relaxed a little, which made several other people smile. Hugo raised his right hand and waved it gently, "I'm going to go to a theater tomorrow to watch 'Yi Hai Xiong Feng', is anyone willing to join me?"

Tomorrow will be the day of the full release of "The Hero of the Sea" in North America. Hugo wants to go to the cinema to watch the movie in person. On the one hand, he wants to experience the audience's senses of the movie, not the cheers of fans gathered at the premiere, but ordinary The real feelings of movie audiences; on the one hand, it is also to directly look at the attendance rate of the movie to see how much the box office pressure is on your shoulders.

There are many differences between "The Wind of Righteousness" and "Smell the Scent and Know a Woman", but the most important point is that Universal Pictures has no hope for "Smell the Scent and Know a Woman", and the result is a surprise; and Columbia Pictures From the very beginning, I hoped that "Yihai Xiongfeng" would achieve good box office results, which made the box office a topic that could not be avoided.

Hugo is feeling the pinch now, and maybe that's why he cares so much about the bad reviews.

"Me!" Joseph, Carl, Alex, and Charlize all raised their hands, but then Charlize said, "You treat me." After a pause, he added, "There is also an explosion. Popcorn and Coke."

The latter half of the sentence immediately attracted the four boys to look over. Charlize was a model, and they have always kept a distance from Coke, and so did popcorn. Charlize shrugged, and said rightly, "A movie theater without popcorn and Coke isn't a movie."

The four men agreed.