Chapter 885

The premiere of "Life and Death" exceeded everyone's expectations and set off an incredible boom, not only were all 2,000 seats in the Los Angeles theater filled, but every audience member who attended the premiere There are so many compliments on this movie, it is simply unimaginable!

You must know that after the premiere of a popcorn movie, it is difficult for the audience to reach a consensus, because popcorn movies often mean that the plot is simple, and may even be empty and uninteresting; it also means that it lacks connotation and discussion value. It's just a simple stimulation of adrenaline, which also makes a huge difference in the audience's personal senses. Like "Terminator 2" and "Indiana Jones", popcorn movies that have won the unanimous praise of the audience and the media are just a handful. number.

Before the release of "Speed ​​of Life and Death", almost no one held out hope. This action movie, which only invested 28 million US dollars, was ridiculed as a disaster that "even Hugo can't save it", and many media even It is pessimistic that the reputation of acting prowess, just built on "Schindler's List" and "Pulp Fiction", will be ruined by the "terrible" popcorn movie "Life and Death".

After winning awards, many acting actors blindly took up commercial films. As a result, not only the box office was a mess, but their reputation also plummeted. Since then, they have never been able to rise again, and even the acting itself has fallen into the quagmire and was finally accepted by the academy. disgust.

This is also the origin of the so-called "Golden Man's Curse". The most famous example in the 21st century is Halle Berry, who became the first and only black Oscar queen in film history until 2014. After that, he starred in commercial films such as "007: Die. Another. Day", "X-Men 2 (X-Men2)", "Catwoman", etc. Unfortunately, the box office was not good enough. The word of mouth has continued to decline, and as a result, her career has plummeted. After entering the second decade of the 21st century, although she still has works released every year, she has completely moved away from the position of a first-line actress.

Therefore, it is generally believed that actors who have obtained acting recognition must be careful when contacting commercial films.

Before the release of "Life and Death", it was believed that the film was likely to be the beginning of the second collapse of Hugo's career, just like the "Deadly Hour" filmed after "Dead Poets Society" that year. This shows how pessimistic people are about the movie "Speed ​​of Life and Death". Not to mention the "New York Post", Colin - Meiler thinks this is a great opportunity to take the opportunity to put Hugo into a career low, so he opened the "$100 million box office" bet.

However, after the premiere, almost all media reporters had their eyes broken, and their dislocated jaws could not be taken back in a short period of time. Leaving aside the first batch of film reviews from professional film critics, whether it was a long time after the film was broadcast The five minutes of applause, and the loyal fans who took to Hollywood Boulevard to celebrate after the premiere because they were too excited, made this night the most exciting movie since the opening of the summer program in 1994 because of the movie "Speed ​​of Life and Death". special moment.

"U.S. Weekly" conducted a live sampling survey of the audience who participated in the premiere that night. A total of 86 audiences were interviewed, and an astonishing result was obtained. Among them, 83 audiences said they liked the movie very much, and the remaining three One of the audience screamed for Hugo for three full minutes without speaking; another screamed and ran away with excitement; another said the movie was good, but not worth a second. Went into the movie theater.

In other words, eighty-six audience members praised the movie, at least it was a successful popcorn movie. This 100% feedback rate surprised the reporters of "US Weekly".

Even more astonishing, more than 200 spectators walked down Hollywood Boulevard that night, just to find "a scene in the movie". Those who had not watched the movie expressed incomprehension, but the audience who had watched the premiere said it was incomprehensible. Everyone shouted excitedly, "It's there, it's there", which made those audiences who were not able to enter the premiere scene astonished, and couldn't help but become more curious about the movie.

Although the box office of the movie is still unknown, from the audience's reaction after the premiere, it can be seen that the "speed of life and death" is outstanding, so in an instant, the alliance of the uncrowned king collapsed, and the dawn of the next day of the premiere Before it had time to cover the United States, the major media could not wait to express their positions, as if the so-called "blocking" had never happened before.

The provocative behavior of the "New York Post" at the premiere immediately became the scapegoat of the major media's transfer targets, and the bet on "100 million box office" became a new round of hot spots: "The New York Post Newspaper" gets the planned attention, but Colin suddenly finds it uncomfortable.

"A $100 Million Bet! The 'New York Post' posts a war on 'Life and Death'!"

"The interview rights worth 100 million, is the 'New York Post' getting an exclusive interview with Hugo, or is Hugo completely blocking the 'New York Post'?"

"'New York Post' is desperate: 'Life and Death' will never cross the 100 million threshold at the box office!"

"After the lively premiere, 100 million box office no longer seems to be a distant dream!"

All major media have focused their attention on the "100 million box office" issue, trying to make people forget about joining forces to block it. Therefore, this has become another hot topic after the premiere of "Speed ​​of Life and Death". Compared with the "blocking" that comes and goes quickly, the box office gambling is obviously more topical, and the uncrowned kings who are eager to "block" never happened are doing their best to urge their pens to hype this topic overnight. The whole situation changed drastically.

Among them, the "Los Angeles Times" news is undoubtedly the most influential.

"When the 'New York Post' is 100% sure that 'Life and Death' will never cross $100 million at the box office, they must have forgotten one thing, and that is that Hollywood has always been a place where dreams come true.' Under the circumstances that everyone is not optimistic, "Speed" turned out with a perfect posture and conquered all the audiences who participated in the premiere.

Although this is only the premiere, the box office is still unclear; but there is no doubt that the 'New York Post' made a wrong decision, they preconceived that Hugo was bound to fail again, or they hoped Seeing Hugo's failure again, they did not hesitate to make out-of-the-box remarks to discredit Hugo.

After the witch trial incident, such behavior actually reappeared, which made people lament the internal decay and regression of this newspaper.

It's a gamble: Can 'Flying Hour' cross $100 million at the box office, 'New York Post' wins, Hugo needs to apologize for his earlier refusal to interview; what? Has Hugo refused an interview with the 'New York Post' for life? Maybe it didn't make sense, since Hugo hasn't given a single New York Post interview since the witch trials. "

The cynicism of the "Los Angeles Times" is undoubtedly the most vivid interpretation of this gambling game, which not only makes the "New York Post" the absolute focus, but also makes people's perception of the "New York Post" once again decline rapidly. After finally regaining a little reputation, it seems that it is going to waste again.

But at this time, the "New York Post" is already riding a tiger, and even if they apologize or change their words at this time, they will not be able to change the whole situation. What's more, the news that "Hugo blocked the 'New York Post'" began to spread widely in the circle as a definite news, although it is impossible for Hugo to completely block the prospect of "The New York Post" in Hollywood, it is only Personal behavior; but it's certainly a shame for the New York Post.

Only the media has always blocked artists, when is it time for artists to block the media?

Therefore, Colin has no way out. He can't be ashamed and quick to defect like other media. He must meet the challenge. This is the so-called breaking the boat. So, the New York Post once again made a tough response on the cusp of the storm -- especially the success of the "Speed ​​of Life" premiere.

"There is always a lot of media flattery behind Lancaster's brilliant success, but as the uncrowned king of public opinion monitoring, it is necessary for us to reveal the true face of Lancaster to the public. Lancaster's arrogance as an entertainer, The image of arrogance, arrogance, rudeness and unruly has been vividly reflected in the premiere of 'Life and Death'.

He dared to directly challenge the dignity of reporters, he dared to despise the authority of reporters, he dared to ignore the existence of reporters... He refused to cooperate with the right to know and freedom of speech, just because the 'New York Post' dared to tell the truth, he made a special appointment to this newspaper The reporter uttered wild words, and even refused any form of interview with this newspaper again after the premiere.

It's a shame for the news media. "

This time, the "New York Post"'s words were even more intense. In addition to not swearing, they used all kinds of methods to curse Hugo, but Colin learned well, the news content is not false, everything is It is to follow the facts and then interpret it from the perspective of the New York Post. In this way, they have no handle.

"So, this newspaper will never succumb to Lancaster's brilliant achievements and super popularity. This newspaper firmly resists such an arrogant dictator as Lancaster. Therefore, this gamble is officially taken over by this newspaper!

If the box office of 'Life and Death' has not crossed the 100 million threshold, then Lancaster must formally apologize to this reporter in front of the public and cooperate with this newspaper for an exclusive interview; if the box office of 'Life and Death' successfully crosses the 100 million threshold , then this newspaper will write a special issue to apologize to Lancaster!

Mr. Hugo Lancaster, do you dare to take this gamble? "

This time, Colin behaved well. Since it is a gamble, it is bound to require a bet on both sides. However, he is still cunning. The price of the "New York Post"'s failure is really not painful. Although in the eyes of ordinary readers, this is surrender and shame, but in fact, media apology is not a serious matter for them at all. But the point is that readers eat this set.

Therefore, Colin posted a battle post, an official battle post, which also made the box office of "Life and Death" quickly become the focus of everyone's attention, just like a farce. But the problem is that Hugo no longer has the initiative in this farce. Whether he accepts the move or not, the "New York Post" has already held the world. Therefore, even if Hugo is unwilling, he has already entered the game.

So, how would Hugo react?