Chapter 1186 Absolute Surprise
Comprehensive media review, seventy-seven points.
Surprise, absolutely surprise!
Although it is not a praise frenzy like ninety-nine points, "Elephant" returned to the North American market to reverse its reputation and delivered a satisfactory and beautiful answer.
It can be seen from the score that controversy still exists objectively. Obviously this is not a work that everyone likes, but the controversy makes people curious. Under the cover of such comprehensive media reviews, praise and affirmation will undoubtedly prevail. So, how will the general public view it?
Somewhat surprisingly, theater scores announced the results early.
As mentioned before, the so-called theater score is a comprehensive score calculated from the score cards filled in by the audience who left the theater after watching the movie.
This score reflects the preferences of the general public more intuitively than any other data——
"The Raging Sea", B.
"Butterfly Effect", A.
It is clear at a glance that the audience's orientation can be easily seen from the theater scores. In the end, the "butterfly effect" resulted in box office success, so it is not surprising.
But generally speaking, theatrical scores are limited to wide-release productions.
First, the reference sample is enough.
Secondly, theater score statistics agencies mainly cooperate with large theater chains.
Naturally, it is difficult for works screened in art theaters to generate theater scores, and some works are not rated until they are offline.
Then, something unexpected happened——
Theater scores for "Elephant" are online.
This incident even attracted the attention of mainstream media such as the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, and reported it immediately.
According to reports, even though it was a drop-in screening, all the tickets for "Elephant" were sold out this time, providing enough samples for theater scores; for the first time, they gave a reference score.
However, the theater score makes a special statement: the screening data is for reference only.
The core information is that during the screening period, the review scores were mainly from senior movie fans, avid movie fans, and professionals, and there was still a slight difference from the scores reported by the general public.
Despite this, the debut of theater scores is still eye-catching——
A-.
Media: Take a breath.
Although this is the reference score during the screening period, everyone understands the truth, and there is no need to repeat it again, but when they actually saw this theater score with their own eyes, all the media were shocked.
Doubt your own eyes!
At this time, "Cannes feedback" finally aroused echoes in online forums.
Twenty years later, the existence of social network platforms allows people to read feedback from the front line indiscriminately at the first time. People going to the Cannes Film Festival throw out bombshells through their smartphones all the time. Movie lovers all over the world You don’t need to go to Cannes to attend online.
Now, it doesn't work.
It is only now, seven months after Cannes, that the screening of "Elephant" has finally brought to light the discussions among netizens surrounding the screening in major forums.
"Movies make an ordinary day look different."
"Pioneer! The way collective aphasia is expressed throughout the film reflects the current situation of the entire society through calm lens language, truly transforming the school into a microcosm of society." "People ignore Gus Van Sant's lens Using it, I personally think that he consciously injects some warmth into the film to eliminate the cruelty of violence."
"The splicing of movie shots is like water, the connection between piano performance and game screen, we find the connection point in the images of different styles and different logics, and finally use the montage technique to show the real power hidden behind the lens. Gus Van Sant Awesome! ”
"In a way, I am reminded of Michael Haneke, focusing on the different roles that media plays between film and reality. Gus Van Sant has the beginnings of a master."
< br>
At this moment, when people pay attention to the comments of netizens, they realize that as early as Cannes, "Elephant" caused a lot of controversy, and those controversies were already filled with praise.
And, as time goes by, it becomes more and more intense.
After waiting for the Cannes Film Festival to end, reflect carefully, calm down and organize your thoughts again, break away from the days of crazy bombardment of movie after movie, and truly have the time and space to recall those movies, and the feelings and reflections they present in your own memory will come again. will show different appearances.
"There are indeed many excellent works in the main competition this year, but I have to say that the aftertaste of 'Elephant' is comparable to that of 'Dogtown'."
"When I was in Cannes, I didn't like 'Elephant' and wasn't even impressed, but now, I'm afraid the movie I think about most often is 'Elephant' and I need to head to the cinema to watch it a second time,"
"I was a staunch Dogtown supporter, but now it looks like Gus Van Sant was less dramatic and showed depth and breadth."
At the closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival, controversy arose due to the recall of the cast and crew. The absence of hotly discussed works such as "Mystic River" and "Dogville" is undoubtedly a huge regret.
After more than half a year, these works have appeared on the big screen one after another, and the audience finally has the opportunity to serve as judges for the main competition of the Cannes Film Festival.
Hot discussion, focus, controversy.
Full boil.
The media can no longer control their curiosity. According to this trend, can the Saturday and Sunday screenings of "Elephant" really bring surprises?
Just a thought can make me excited.
He frankly admits that the success of "The Butterfly Effect" was a huge surprise. No one expected that Anson would dominate the box office market like this. Relatively speaking, it is a consensus that "Elephant" missed the box office, but this movie has already reached the top. The Palme d'Or is undoubtedly an important breakthrough in Anson's career.
However, now, "Elephant" actually has the opportunity to bring some surprises to the box office market?
Things suddenly became interesting.
Even Tom Cruise and Will Smith can't attract audiences into the cinema to watch awards season works. Among the actors currently active in Hollywood, I'm afraid there are only two actors, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep. An actor——
Whether it is a genre film or an art film, it is attractive to the audience.
Of course, Jack Nicholson and Robert De Niro also have such appeal, but their performance in the mainstream box office market is slightly weaker.
So, just when people thought Anson was the next Tom Cruise, it turned out that Anson was actually the next Tom Hanks?
Imagine that "The Butterfly Effect" is still in theaters, and the appearance of "Elephant" can actually create surprises.
No wonder the media is in a frenzy.
I shouldn't have paid attention to the box office of "Elephant" because there was really nothing worth paying attention to during the screening period, but now the major news media can't help it.
A new wave of craze is quietly rising.
However, as a party involved, Anson did not feel it——
Don't read the news, don't browse the web, temporarily block Edgar and Eve, Hollywood seems like another world, and then you can find that there is a vast world outside of Hollywood. Movies are very important, but not that important.
Anson is still enjoying the acting life in New York step by step and entering the role wholeheartedly.
It wasn't until Saturday that Anson suddenly remembered that "Elephant" was being released!
(End of chapter)