Chapter 1568 1568 Controversy Strikes

In the first week of July, the suspense in the North American film market was killed early by the stunning performance of "Independence Day", which also eclipsed all other films of the week and became cannon fodder.

The most pitiful one is the misjudgment of Disney. The movie "Phenomenon", which was produced by the Disney Company with an investment of 30 million US dollars, also chose to premiere this week. Although the movie starring Volta was not a hit before its release, it also received a lot of attention.

As a result, under the crush of "Independence Day", the film only got a poor box office of 9 million US dollars, just like a small pebble fell into the sea, and even the small ripples that were raised were quickly affected by "Independence Day". "The stormy waves brought about by the submerged.

Don't say "different book. Can", even "Tornado", "Brave the Dead Island", "Mission Impossible", which have made great achievements a few steps ago, have suffered from pond fish, and their declines have exceeded 100%. Of the fifty, severe blood loss. It can be seen that this week "Independence Day" is the only focus, and all other works have been affected.

It's worth mentioning that "Ace Correspondent" entered its fourth week of release, but was hit by "Independence Day" positively, the box office plummeted 65%, and it only earned less than $1.5 million over the weekend. At the box office, the cumulative box office is only more than 54 million. Although it has passed the cost line of 47 million, this fiasco is inevitable, and Sony Columbia Pictures can only sigh.

Both are members of the "Twenty Million Club", but the performances of "Ace Commissioner" and "Independence Day" are absolutely worlds apart. In other words, not everyone is eligible to enter the 20 million club, poor Jim Carrey is innocent.

But people don't have time to make things difficult for Jim Carrey at this time, because of the revolution set off by "Independence Day". The wave of fate has just begun. With the crowds crowded at the weekend in the first week of July, "Independence Day" has undoubtedly become the biggest hot spot in this summer's holiday season. At the same time, the comments of the second batch of film critics have also emerged strongly, and the voices of cost control are everywhere. Continuously open.

The "San Francisco Chronicle" only gave a very low score of 50, which is also the second 50 after the "New York Post". "Emerich has successfully reduced Lancaster to A clown, there's no room for anything in the whole movie, which makes Lancaster look no more dazzling than a CGI firework. Not to mention the unintelligible alien war, the empty story Makes the whole movie look like a disaster—even worse than an alien invasion. Perhaps, the only good thing is that Lucas’ investment paid off.”

The San Francisco Chronicle criticized Independence Day for almost nothing, and even the critically acclaimed visual effects seemed insignificant. Of course, if it weren't for the excellent visual effects, maybe their ratings would be lower.

Alongside the "San Francisco Chronicle" is the "Daily News", "a sleepy, corny plot, an almost weak excavation of human nature and emotion, almost like a reed in the wind, starting with the movie. The ending that was predictable from the first minute was utterly empty - the second half of 'Independence Day' became the most monotonous range of events of the year."

After giving an ultra-low score of 50, the "Daily News" also said in the comments, "Stories built with gorgeous visual effects are like bubbles in a bathtub, extremely spectacular, but they can't stand light. A light gust of wind. As the first person in the 20 million club, Lancaster almost disappeared in the movie, his role was pale and his acting was weak and empty. Of course, the last pre-war mobilization still showed his personal charm, the people who said Blood boils, but otherwise, he's the same Fox Three that crashed into the shield: no use."

Full of ridicule and criticism, the "Daily News" has the same basic views as the "San Francisco Chronicle", apparently they also think such a simple story is a step backwards for the film industry, and completely scoffed at "Independence Day".

In addition, the "Houston Chronicle", which had blocked a member of the alliance at the beginning, obviously did not like Hugo. They and their "little friends" seemed to have made an appointment, and also gave a fifty-point evaluation. , mentioned in the comments, "The whole rhythm is extremely fast, exciting, and passionate, and the explosion effect is unparalleled, not to mention the stunning visual effects. But the story has no memory, and the simple and boring story is full of It's back to the cliché 'us versus them' line again, and there's no spark in the human-alien confrontation, not to mention the myriad of unexplained scientific phenomena in the movie that make the nature of sci-fi movies incredibly cheap The high investment cost seems to have turned into a pile of dynamite, and I can't find a reason why the cost of this film is higher than 'Life and Death'."

It can be seen that the story of "Independence Day" is the root of criticism from major news media, starting from the "New York Post" and "USA Today", to the mainstream views of the second batch of comments this time. In fact, this is also the biggest difference between the high-investment high-return group and the cost-control group.

The high-investment and high-cost group firmly believes that computer special effects can inject more charm into the film, and the grand scenes will attract more audiences into the cinema, and computer special effects are currently the most expensive part. As for the opening of the 20 million club, It could be an additional factor.

But the cost control group believes that too much investment in computer special effects will make people ignore the story itself, and the entire script will be fully developed with computer special effects, making the story simple and rude to serve exaggerated visual effects, making the movie become a Uninteresting clichéd blast, blast, blast.

Therefore, the script of "Independence Day" has become the focus of controversy.

At this moment, 20th Century Fox couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and even Roland Emmerich let out a long sigh of relief. Now this version of the script has been revised according to Hugo's meaning, making the whole story concise and compact, spending more space and ink to focus on the two lines of Thomas and Steve, including the family and love parts, including The part where humans depend on each other is also the main part of the script that Roger Ebert approved.

Originally, the main story line of commercial films was relatively simple. Even the highly acclaimed "Speed ​​of Life and Death", the story itself is not too complicated, so the standard that really determines the quality of a commercial film script is the accumulation of details and the importance of the plot. Promoting, portraying characters, highlighting themes, etc. It's these little details that Hugo worked so hard to fix in the first place—the annoying little details that fill the entire "Independence Day" script.

But even so, they were still criticized by the media with concentrated firepower. If they insisted on their own opinions and did not revise according to Hugo's opinions, the consequences would be really unimaginable.

However, although the voices of criticism are endless, the supporters are still not to be underestimated.

"The Washington Post" wrote a review, "Alien is still a muddy, sticky, vicious image, there is not much breakthrough, but the superior technology of computer special effects shows unparalleled ingenuity, let the whole viewing process. It becomes extremely interesting, and the thrilling plot is enough to mobilize the enthusiasm of every audience.

Lancaster's performance is delicate and humorous, and the little movements in his performance—eyes, smiles, gestures, corners of the mouth—infuse the characters with so much energy, which further excavates the connotation of the film, and finally in the battle. The former mobilization has been sublimated. For a commercial film, this is undoubtedly rare and delicate. "

Behind this incomparable praise, the "Washington Post" gave a high score of 80, adding an important weight to the praise camp.

"US Weekly" commented slightly playful, "This is the first disaster movie about the future in film history, as cute as a small button. The part of the computer special effects is undoubtedly shocking, which makes the whole alien war watch. It looks so handsome and even makes the audience have the urge to play. As a commercial film, this is undoubtedly perfect."

In addition to the high score of 85 points, "US Weekly" also commented on Hugo's performance, "Lancaster always has such a charm, with a simple smile to make people fall for it , there's something captivating to see in every one of his characters, even the most terrifying murderous demons. This time is no exception, Lancaster uses his charisma to make a slightly simple storyline It's fun."

What is even more commendable is that the two extremely influential media, "Variety" and "Wall Street Journal", also stood on the side of "Independence Day" and praised it.

"Variety" believes, "The alien attack, which took place in multiple cities at the same time, took almost every viewer's breath, and the thrill was consistent and maintained until the end of the story. There is no doubt that, 'Independence Day' is incredibly fun and exciting."

The Wall Street Journal argued, "The climax of a thrilling, state-of-the-art aerial combat scene epitomizes the film, and almost every battle scene is a thrilling, thrilling, thrilling, thriller from the very first moment. Infused with unparalleled dynamism. As a disaster movie, 'Independence Day' set countless precedents in American film history, and the mere scene of blowing up the White House was enough to put everyone in a movie theater."

Both of these top magazines gave an incredible 100 out of 100, expressing their views in the most direct and strongest way possible.

The controversy between the supporters and the opposition gradually erupted with endless energy in the second week of the release of "Independence Day". More and more media joined the discussion and expressed their views on "Independence Day" and the future of the film industry. Gradually, not only the print media, but even radio and television have joined the controversy, and this "Independence Day" debate is covering the United States with an unstoppable momentum!