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"Today" and "Good Morning America" are the fiercest rivals of morning news programs in the United States. This time, in the craze of "Independence Day", they are half behind Fox TV's "Beautiful Day Live". Opponents stole countless styles. This is a hard truth for NBC and ABC.
However, being able to dominate the top two ratings list for more than ten years, these two programs are obviously not so easily defeated. After witnessing the crowded movie-watching frenzy in the first week of "Independence Day", the two programs responded immediately.
"Today" affiliated with NBC TV found Rick. Groen, a senior film critic working for the "Daily News", and asked him to publish his comments on "Independence Day" during the morning news program. Comment. During the interview, Rick strongly stated many times before and after, "A work like 'Independence Day' is definitely a serious retrogression for the film industry, and it should be thrown into the storage room like 'Future Water World'. Dust accumulates in it and should never see the light."
Obviously, Rick hates "Independence Day", and he has no plans to hide it. However, what is intriguing is that when NBC TV chooses guests, what is the consideration? Is it because NBC also doesn't like "Independence Day," or is there another reason?
One thing for reference is that the annual Golden Globes are broadcast by NBC, and one of the core issues of the power struggle between Marjana Brericon and Michael Roselle within the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is that Should NBC continue to broadcast the Golden Globes?
Perhaps, NBC's choice of position this time can give a glimpse of some inside information that is temporarily unknown in the circle.
Rick also lived up to the trust of NBC TV. In the morning news, his words were extremely sharp, "This kind of work has been sought after by the market, which is undoubtedly a bad news for the Hollywood film industry, which is almost a sign of an excellent film. It will be eroded by the money offensive of Wall Street, and the art in the future will only be reduced to a pile of copper smell, which is disgusting!"
Later, Rick pointed the finger at Hugo, "After achieving great success, he has obviously been carried away, and he chose 'Independence Day' such a boring, empty and boring movie, all because of money. The 20 million salary can make him stand out, but it is not for him to destroy Hollywood movies. If he does not know how to shoulder the corresponding responsibility, then he will become the first pest to corrode the foundation of Hollywood movies.”
The "Today" morning news program devoted 30 minutes to discussing this topic. The interaction between Rick and the host was sparkling and exciting. At the same time, as the most powerful competitor, "Good Morning America" also made its own response, they invited "New York Times" chief film critic Armon - Camby.
Anyone who knows the history of film criticism will know that Almond can be said to be a representative of conservatives. He once disliked Hugo in every possible way, and believed that Wall Street was gradually devouring the charm of film art. Almond's views are also widely seen as out of touch with the times, and he will soon be out of the game, just as he was when "Hands and Heists" came out.
However, "Schindler's List" became a turning point. After that, Amond finally seemed to wake up, gradually keep up with the times, and once again became the chief film critic of "The New York Times", in the whole East Among the professional film critics of the coast, there is an influence to be underestimated. In stark contrast to before, Amond was full of praise for Hugo, and this time seems to be no exception.
"If someone wanted to talk to me about the future of cinema, I would think he's crazy." Almond's opening remarks seemed to mean something, making people laugh out loud, "What makes cinema so attractive is its richness. , there are infinite possibilities. It is undeniable that movies are accepted by everyone as an art form, but we should not forget that at the beginning of its birth, the reason why the movie was loved by so many people was because it was an art form. A kind of spiritual food appears, in other words, it is used to entertain the masses."
As one of the most famous film critics on the East Coast, Almond is naturally not a veteran who can be compared to Rick of the Daily News, and the history and precipitation of the times can be seen everywhere in the conversation, "So, movies should indeed have art. This is also the significance of the existence of countless award ceremonies and film critics' associations every year. But apart from works of art, films should not be separated from the masses, because without the audience's response, no one will appreciate even the best works. It can only accumulate dust in the storage room. Therefore, we still need commercial movies, and we need the kind of works that can bring simple joy. Only by persevering on the road of exploring how to balance art and commerce can we truly carry forward movies, pure and simple. Both art and mere commerce are stupid."
"This is also the reason why I like 'Independence Day'. Although the story structure of this film is relatively simple, the film realizes the pictures in people's imagination in the most direct way. This is also the original meaning of the film: to achieve what we can't achieve. The use of visual effects in 'Independence Day' is undoubtedly full of shock, and it also gives more opportunities for people with dreams. Maybe I can't prove the existence of a time machine, but I can also be in the movie. To fulfill this dream." Amond's remarks were strongly supported by the host.
Interestingly, ABC broadcasts the Oscars every year, and Hugo won his first Oscar at the Oscars not long ago. The astonishingly delicate relationship between ABC TV and NBC TV is really worth thinking about.
"Today" and "Good Morning America" represent two mainstream views in the current film industry, and at the same time visualize the competition between the two programs on the status quo of Hollywood as a whole. This face-to-face direct competition, broadcast across the United States through the two most high-profile morning news programs on TV, also puts the buzzing debate on the print media in front of all audiences, which also means that, This leather. Life has moved violently to an irreversible height.
In the competition between "Today" and "Good Morning America", the former held the top spot in the ratings of morning news programs for more than ten years, and this situation continued until the late 1980s. "Good Morning America" rose to power, supplanting "Today" as the most popular morning news program.
However, since the second half of 1995, "Good Morning America" host Joan-Lunden (Joan. Lunden) asked to reduce the workload, "Good Morning America" began to regularly beat the ratings since 1987 The momentum of "today" slowed down, and gradually moved from the trend to an unstable state.
In the past nearly a year, "Today" has dominated most of the time, "Good Morning America" has always been suppressed, and everything seems to have returned to the state before 1987. But this time, the Hollywood topic dispute was unexpected but reasonable, and "Good Morning America" once again held the advantage in its hands.
The episode of "Good Morning America" in which Almond was a special guest collided with the episode of "Today" in which Rick played the main role. In the end, "Good Morning America" attracted 6.7 million viewers, creating a It has the highest ratings since 1995; and although "Today" also achieved a good result of 6.2 million, it fell far behind its competitors and lost this important duel.
The competition between these two morning news programs can also be seen as a microcosm of the factional struggle in the entire Hollywood, and the result of this competition in ratings can also be seen as a projection of the current trend of the entire American film industry - relying on The strong performance of "Independence Day" in the first week, the support group with high investment and high return is rising, and it is gradually taking the initiative.
After "Independence Day" made an incredible $116 million in its first-week box office in the second week of July, as many as 237 print media outlets across the United States reported on the "Independence Day" feat. , and even more exaggerated, as many as 103 TV shows specifically mentioned the strong box office of "Independence Day" more than 500 times in a week, not to mention the thousands of times on radio shows. been mentioned.
In other words, the entire North American continent is discussing this phenomenal film, whether you like it or hate it, but it is undeniable that this film is setting off an unparalleled topic boom, just like the "Pulp Fiction" back then. There has been an unprecedented round of indie films as they were born, but this time around, the prospect of commercial films has sparked a wider and more heated discussion.
With the support of such a fiery situation, the second batch of film reviews of "Independence Day" reached as many as forty-nine - including many non-professional, non-national newspaper reviews of course - which also made "Independence Day" two rounds. The film review has reached a terrible level of 80. Although there are many non-professional opinions, it can still be seen that the discussion of this film is hot today.
Under the bombardment of two rounds of film reviews, the comprehensive media reviews of "Independence Day" declined rapidly, from 83 points in the first week to 70 points. Seventy points is still an excellent score for a commercial film, not as fast as "Life and Death", but far higher than "Terminator 2", "Jurassic Park" and "True Lies".
It can be seen from this detail that the overall trend in Hollywood is still dominated by praising "Independence Day". After 70% of the comprehensive evaluation by the media, the theater score was finally released. After a blowout box office response in the first week, the number of people participating in the evaluation of the theater score also reached a new high, which also contributed to the "B" score obtained by "Independence Day". It is more convincing, coincides with the comprehensive media review, and truly and accurately reflects the current reaction of the entire market to the film.
Under the double affirmation of media comprehensive reviews and theater scores, the performance of the box office in the second week of "Independence Day" has become the focus of everyone's attention.