Chapter 853 Hollywood's Most Drowsy, Headache-Inducing, Uninteresting Premiere

Hollywood Walk of Fame, outside the Dolby Theater.

Chen Fei, Leonardo, Matt Damon, Matthew McConaughey, Andy Serkis and others came to the premiere of "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts".

In order to gain fame, Meghan Elie sent premiere invitations almost all over Hollywood.

Everyone is quite curious about this "Oracle Princess" who came from Wall Street, and they all want to see whether this epic production with an investment of up to 300 million US dollars can be successful.

Therefore, there were quite a few people attending the premiere today.

And when Chen Fei led three Oscar-winning actors and a Saturn Award-winning actor onto the red carpet, it immediately triggered a tsunami of cheers from the surrounding area.

A group of female fans shouted Leon's name like crazy.

If the security guards hadn't stopped me, I'm afraid that female fan would have rushed over!

Leonardo enjoyed being in the spotlight very much, and from time to time he raised his hands and waved to both sides, which once triggered even more violent cheers.

Watching this scene, Matt Damon couldn't help but feel a little disgusted: "Leon, you are already so fat, you are completely a greasy man, why do you still have so many fans?"

DiCaprio snorted twice and held his head up very proudly: "Because I was once handsome, and now I am an Oscar-winning actor. I have countless wealth, so of course I will be very popular."

Chen Fei, who was silent on the side, glanced at him and stabbed him unceremoniously: "But none of these advantages can cover up the shortcoming that you can only sprint for 3 minutes on the bed."

Leonardo: "..."

Seeing Xiao Lizi suddenly wilt, a group of people burst into laughter and mocked him unceremoniously.

Matt Damon, who was just stimulated, even said bluntly: "Leon, I have already thought about what to give you next time you celebrate your birthday. A bottle of little blue pills. This is definitely the best gift. !”

"Get out! Get out of here!"

Xiao Lizi was itching with hatred, and secretly swore in his heart that he must start exercising next time, and he must not drag his body, which was drained by wine and sex, to continue to have fun.

While talking and laughing, everyone had arrived in front of the signature wall.

After simply taking a few photos, the few people went straight into the venue without being interviewed by the media.

After all, "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts" is the "competitor" of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens". Chen Fei didn't want to give his opponent a chance to gain popularity. He came here today purely to watch the excitement.

At this time, the lights in the venue were bright, and there were many scenes of the male protagonist "King Arthur" dueling with war elephants hanging on the walls on the left and right sides, which looked very gimmicky.

A few people found their seats and sat down, chatting while waiting for the movie to show.

Matthew asked curiously: "Fei, how much do you think the box office of this movie will be in the end?"

Chen Fei shook his head: "It's not clear yet. I need to watch the film before I can predict it."

Andy Serkis looked at Christian Bale and others in the distance and whispered: "Bale has parted ways with Warner.

The new Batman chose someone else over him, so he's not in a great place right now.

If this movie has a poor response, I'm afraid he will say goodbye to Hollywood's big productions completely. No company will choose a person with poor box office appeal to be the leading actor. "

For a moment, everyone was silent, because as actors, this is also a situation they are likely to encounter in the future.

Since they came here on time, the movie started to show shortly after they sat down.

The lights in the Dolby Theater dimmed, and the logo of Annapurna Pictures and the distributor Warner lit up on the big screen.

The first shot was quickly revealed to everyone present.

Arthur gradually grew up in the mean streets and began to plan to overthrow the tyrant and seize the throne...

It is not difficult to see that the director really wants to use the black comedy he is good at to subvert ancient legends, and he also hopes to use rock gangster elements to dissolve the gloomy and tragic epic.

However, the weakness of the film's overall story in conventional linear narrative can be said to be fully exposed, and Arthur's journey of drawing the sword to become king completely falls into a Hamlet-like cliché.

Of course, it would be okay if that was all. After all, Hollywood's big-budget movies usually don't pay much attention to plot.

And similar to this kind of big-budget epic and magical movies, what everyone wants to see more is the spectacular scenes, tragic epics, and the charge when the two armies confront each other...

However, what shocked everyone present was that the movie was like a big wooden bucket with only half of the water in it, but the man carrying the water was still swinging around, so that the contents of the bucket were filled with water. Not much water kept flowing out.

The first few minutes of the film were quite normal, but not long after, the protagonist started to cause trouble.

King Arthur, who originally looked serious and deep, shouting that he wanted to overthrow the tyrant, suddenly turned into a very funny street gangster.

Not long after, he switched to the affectionate Shakespearean man in the British Middle Ages, and then he was righteous like the Virgin Mary, but in an instant he turned into an evil devil who didn't care about the lives of his people...

After watching it for more than half an hour, Chen Fei only felt a splitting headache.

From his perspective, the protagonist's body seemed to have several different souls controlling and driving him.

And it's not just the male protagonist, it's also the case with other main characters. The overall personality changes from one moment to the next, and its jumping range is like swinging back and forth between "Scream" and "Scream". All deputy members are in a schizophrenic state.

"I may have drunk too much last night and am a little dizzy. You see, I will take a nap for a while and then wake me up after the movie is over."

Leonardo murmured, then closed his eyes, leaned back on the chair and fell asleep.

Matthew suddenly said: "If the male protagonist is singled out and edited into a pure one-man show, it will be like having 6 personalities constantly switching back and forth. He will probably compete for the Oscar for Best Actor."

Matt Damon almost laughed out loud: "I heard that Megan Eli invented a genius editing method, so is this the final product of her editing?"

Chen Fei shrugged, silently took out his mobile phone from his pocket, and started browsing Weibo.

By now, he could reach a conclusion with great certainty.

If this movie is successful, then he will voluntarily wash his hands and quit Hollywood!

Seeing him take out his phone from his pocket, Andy Serkis also took out his phone and started scrolling on Twitter.

Compared to watching this bad movie, he thought it would be better to go online and avoid getting dizzy watching it.

Domestic Weibo is very lively at the moment. Five months after its release, Chen Kaige and his film "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain" were once again criticized by netizens and became a hot search topic.

The main reason is that "A Spoon", directed and starred by Chen Jianbing, was released.

You know, there is "bad actor" Wang Xuebing in this movie!

But after the movie was released, the audience discovered that all the scenes about Wang Xuebing had been deleted, and not even the sound was left.

This person is afraid of comparison.

Once compared, the gap immediately emerged.

It is also a movie starring bad actors, and "One Spoon" could have been completely deleted, but your brother Chen Kai left more than 20 minutes of the scene for Prince Long.

What do you want to do?

Isn't this just disgusting?

As a result, Poet Chen, who had been keeping a low profile, was immediately dragged out by netizens and made him a hot search topic again.

"I think Brother Chen Kai should be banned directly as a warning to others!"

"He only has the nerve to do this kind of knowing and deliberate operation. Look at other directors, who is like him?"

"Haha, you deserve to lose money in "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain"."

"So, there will never be 'fairness' between people."

"I heard from a high school classmate who went to Nortel that Brother Chen Kai seemed to have sent his youngest son Chen Feiyu to Nortel that day. He will start classes directly after his freshman year without even taking part in the exam. Isn't this a way to get through the back door? What is it?”

"Who asked me to be Brother Chen Kai..."

When he saw the name "Chen Feiyu", Chen Fei was stunned for a moment.

He was quite impressed by Brother Chen Kai's younger son, because Chen Hong had always taken him with him and made connections everywhere.

At that time, Chen Fei thought that he was going to inherit his father's career, but now it seems that he is going to change his career and become an actor?

"Brother Chen Kai's son wants to be an actor? Isn't this the second generation of the top stars in the industry going down to earth to gain experience?"

Just as Chen Fei was muttering, he heard a burst of warm applause in the theater.

He subconsciously raised his head and saw that the movie had finished playing.

In a daze, he first woke up Leonardo, who had begun to snore, and then subconsciously looked at Matthew McConaughey.

I remember that Matthew was the one who looked at it most seriously just now. I think he might have some insights.

"Alas!" Matthew frowned as he rubbed his sore eyebrows and said, "This movie is full of low-level mistakes. In addition to the actors having problems, the plot also has a very strong sense of fragmentation.

And the biggest problem is that some plots are very large-scale, but some plots tend to be younger.

Just for the sake of gorgeous shots and special effects, it seems like everything can be sacrificed in post-production editing.

Strictly speaking, this is just a movie with a wonderful trailer mixed together, it is simply terrible! "

Hearing this, Leonardo, who had already woken up, yawned and muttered: "Fortunately, I was not tempted by the high salary, otherwise I would be in big trouble."

"let's go."

Chen Fei stood up and walked out first. It was enough to know the result. There was no need to participate in the banquet later.

Every time he saw Megan Eli's shoehorned face, he had a headache.

After saying goodbye to his "little friend", he went to the company and worked for several hours in the afternoon.

When he returned to the villa in the evening, he logged into Twitter and saw several professional film reviews for "King Arthur: Battle of the Beasts" at a glance.

"Even though there are a few good moments interspersed throughout the film, the film as a whole is still a mess with no way to unravel it."

"There are a lot of tricks, circles and fillers in the film, some good and some bad, but basically they are disposable products and not recommended."

"It's hard for me to understand the male protagonist's mental state. He seems to have six personalities, like a schizophrenic. Has Bale's acting skills improved to this level now?"

"Everyone, I suggest you save the 8 dollars in your pocket and buy a condom, but don't go to see this movie."

"It's hard for me to understand how the theater rating of "A-" came about? Who gave this rating?"

In the living room of the villa, Chen Fei laughed so hard that he fell backwards. For the first time, he felt that these professional film critics were so cute and interesting.

Under normal circumstances, these people usually briefly describe the plot of the movie before writing their personal evaluation.

But looking around, these film critics who watched "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword" today did not record the plot at all, and directly started to spray.

This shows how bad this movie is!

At the door of the bedroom, Liu Yifei poked her head out with curiosity: "What are you laughing at?"

Chen Fei waved his hand: "Nothing, I just saw a few very interesting film reviews, which are very interesting."

"Oh, so, then you take a rest, we will start dancing on time at 9 o'clock."

After speaking, Liu Yifei returned to the bedroom again, picked up the phone and continued to chat with Han Jianu opposite.

"Sister Yifei, are you free now?"

On the other side of the video call, Han Jianu was lying on the bed in the hotel, holding a doll in her arms, with a faint puzzlement on her face.

Liu Yifei nodded gently: "Yes, I'm free, tell me, what's the matter?"

"I just want to consult you. I heard that realistic films or scripts are particularly easy to win awards at film festivals. Is this true?"

After all, she is a Cannes actress and has studied with Chen Fei for so long, so Liu Yifei still has some understanding of this aspect.

After thinking for a while, she shook her head and said, "I heard from Chen Fei that it is not as easy to win awards as outsiders think. You can't just shoot a realistic film and win an award.

Movies are mainly divided into commercial films, art films and realistic films. Commercial films are mainly for entertainment and do not have the conditions to win awards at film festivals, while art films and realistic films focus more on exploring human nature and reflecting reality and social issues.

And the major international film festivals, as grand events in the film industry, prefer art films and realistic films mainly because they often have particularly profound connotations."

"But!" Liu Yifei suddenly changed the subject: "As far as I know, even art films and realistic films are not easy to win awards.

The jury of the film festival usually considers the depth, breadth and influence of the film, and public relations are also needed during this period to win the recognition of the judges...

So, it is not that art films and realistic films will definitely win awards, because there are many external factors involved..."

However, Han Jianu was not hit when she heard this, but instead showed an extremely excited expression on her face.

She murmured, "Literature + reality + depth + breadth + connotation + public relations + influence... As long as you have all these conditions, you will be very close to winning the award, right?"

"Should, maybe, almost, right?" Liu Yifei scratched her head, a little unsure, after all, she was also a half-baked level.

"Hehe, Sister Yifei, I almost understand. I will show you my new script as soon as it is written. Then I will design a role for you, and I will definitely satisfy you!"

Speaking, Han Jianu turned over and got out of bed, cut off the video neatly, and walked out with her bag on her back.

She had to meet the person involved in the incident, have a good chat with him, and try to implement this story and script.

"Hmph! You are a mountain eagle, you still don't believe your own daughter, right? Next, I will let you see how capable I am!"

...

It was dawn in China, but the night in Hollywood was gradually getting thicker.

After three hours of dance practice, Chen Fei hugged Liu Yifei and went to sleep.

But at this time, in the office of the president of Annapurna Pictures, Megan Ery frowned and showed an uneasy expression on her face.

After the premiere of "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword", she has been waiting for the articles of those film critics.

But what she never expected was that what she expected was completely different from what she waited for!

Looking around, there were few film critics praising the film, but there were more and more scolding, and it seemed that it was about to be unable to hold.

Helplessly, she had to arrange for the public relations department to go out in time to conduct crisis public relations.

Seeing that the movie was about to be released, so many bad reviews suddenly appeared on the Internet. Isn't this going to kill her?

At this time, the office door was suddenly knocked, and the public relations manager with a pair of dark circles under his eyes walked in: "Boss, those bad reviews have been controlled."

Hearing this, Megan Ery was relieved immediately.

But the next second, she frowned again: "Didn't you ask those people why they gave bad reviews?"

The PR manager curled his lips and complained: "Those film critics are like hungry dogs. If you don't feed them enough, how can they obey you?"

Hearing this, Megan Ely widened her eyes in disbelief: "Just because I didn't give them red envelopes as usual after the premiere? So they have to write bad reviews?"

She is a complete newcomer in the Hollywood industry. She always wants to break the rules. At the same time, in order to listen to the real voices of the audience, she ignored the key point of giving red envelopes.

But she never expected that those film critics would write articles to complain just because they didn't give red envelopes.

This... isn't this too unreasonable?

Shouldn't film critics speak for fans and themselves? Aren't they only seeking fame and not profit?

"President, you don't understand the rules in this regard." The public relations manager patted his chest and vowed: "As long as the US dollars are in place, those film critics will say it's chocolate even if they step on dog shit.

If you want to really verify the quality of a movie, you must let the fans and box office come to the rescue. Film critics have long been useless."

"Is that so?" Megan Eli seemed to understand.

"Yes, that's it!" The public relations manager vowed.

Megan Eli felt relieved: "Then wait until the movie is released and watch it. I hope this movie can sell well. Then I will give you bonuses!"

"Boss! You are really the best boss in Hollywood, haha!"

For a while, the flattery began to echo in the office, and Megan Eli smiled again.

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