Chapter 1455: The wrong key point
An Sen, who was quietly curled up softly in the corner, was not in a hurry. He hid his existence happily in the busyness and indifference of New York.
He picked up the book he had just read and slowly started reading it, but the thoughts in his mind continued to surge, trying to sort it out clearly.
Now, Anson was finally able to determine the identities of Jon and Scott.
It's all because of the movie "Rebounding".
It's not because of how successful the movie is. In fact, Anson has never seen it, he just heard about it because it was a turning point in Martin Lawrence's career.
In 1995, Martin Lawrence and Will Smith starred in "The Jedi Men", a film that was a huge success and changed the industry.
Some people may be curious that the "Jedi Men" does not seem to be particularly funny or popular. Why did it become a cultural phenomenon back then?
The reason is due to the background of the times. From Rodney King to OJ Simpson, the racial problem in Los Angeles continued to intensify in the early 1990s, especially the image of white police was so bad that blacks refused to cooperate, and even black police officers' law enforcement encountered huge obstacles, creating many social problems.
The two protagonists of the "Jedi Men" are not only black people, but also policemen; they also have the ability to solve problems while making jokes, laughing, and scolding. Martin Lawrence and Will Smith have created two approachable police images who are willing to stop and listen to the problems of ordinary people.
This is an important breakthrough, which is similar to the success of the "Beverly Hills Super Detective" in the 1980s, but it goes further in the context of the times, forming a huge influence on the cultural and social levels. Not only is the box office successful, but the subsequent DVD rental market also performed particularly well.
Martin Lawrence and Will Smith's careers reached a new peak at this moment. Of course, Will even topped the box office superstar in one fell swoop.
After Denzel Washington, Will Smith unexpectedly carried the leadership banner of black actors.
Although Martin cannot compete with Will, he has been active in the Hollywood front line for the next decade until "rebounding".
"Rebounding", investing 33 million US dollars, and finally the global cumulative box office was only 17 million US dollars. It is rumored that Twentieth Century Fox lost nearly 30 million--
After all, the costs of publicity and promotion must also be calculated in costs.
All trust and expectations have disappeared, and Martin's appeal as the leading actor of the movie has been completely questioned by the whole of Hollywood.
So, "Rebound" became Martin's last movie to star in.
Later, although he was still able to receive projects and roles, no producer was willing to hand over the protagonist position to him, and he completely lost his credibility.
It was not until the distant 2018 that "Jedi Men 3" restarted, and Martin, who was already half-retired, returned to the protagonist position.
Undoubtedly, "rebound" is an important turning point.
The two co-screenwriters of "rebound" are Jon Lucas and Scott Moore.
After the "rebound", Anson finally awakened the memories that were silent in his brain.
Like Eric and McGee, Jon and Scott are also screenwriters, basically they are the ones who are lucky enough to be lucky and Meng. But the difference is that Eric and McGee never created scripts worth mentioning after the "Butterfly Effect", but Jon and Scott did not stop.
After the success of "Hangover", Jon and Scott seemed to have won the gold medal in avoiding death. They created a series of works, "The Ghost of Ex-Girlfriends", "Four Happinesses", and "Two Men Became the Wrong", all of which are comedy, and although the box office is not particularly hot, it is not bad. The final reason is that the overall cost of making comedy movies is not high, and the demand for comedy in the film market always exists objectively. The top film companies in the pyramid produce a batch of comedy works every year, which is an environment that science fiction movies do not have, giving Jon and Scott a living soil.
Later, Jon and Scott further transformed into directors, taking into account the work of directors and screenwriters. "21-year-old party", "bad mom", and "bad mom's Christmas". Although they have never been able to make a big hit, they still have a place in Hollywood in their own way.
If you say "bad mother", the images of the two directors and screenwriters in Anson's mind gradually became clear; but for a small surprise, "Hangover" was also their work. Anson's impression of Todd Phillips was so deep that he completely forgot the contributions of the two screenwriters to the film.
After tidying up his thoughts, Ansen did not act in a hurry, but picked up the script and read it carefully. The people coming and going in the coffee house were completely isolated. Ansen got into this story and felt the surprise again.
I have to say that even though I had watched a movie in my previous life, I still couldn't help but smile when I read the script.
What makes "hangover" really amazing is not the lines or plots that are funny, but the whole situation.
A absurd and outrageous situation is entirely possible in reality, and adding some artistic dramatic tension, and then throwing the character into this situation, even if it is just the most direct and simplest reaction, it has a sense of absurdity, and the city of Las Vegas is full of luxury and in the isolated environment located in the desert, making everything convincing.
This sense of dislocation that is wandering in drama and reality is the most funny.
So, the most realistic question before my eyes:
In the past life, "Hangover" was released in 2009, and eventually created a box office miracle; now, it will be released in 2005 or 2006 ahead of schedule, can it replicate the box office success?
Everything is unknown. Although Anson cannot predict the future, his intuition and reason give a positive answer. The success of this movie has nothing to do with the year 2009. The key lies in the film's own power.
So Anson called Lucas's cell phone and explained the situation.
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After the explanation, there was silence on the other end of the phone. Lucas did not respond for a long time. Anson couldn't help but look at his phone-
Is it a signal problem?
"Luca?" Anson called out.
"...I thought you were on vacation." Lucas's voice finally came.
Anson was about to make a joke, but was calmly interrupted by Lucas. "Anson, these things should not be handled by you. Edgar, me, or even Noah, they should not disturb you casually."
"What's more, you're on vacation."
"There are ones and twos like this. How many hyenas are eyeing in Hollywood? They know that such things will not let you go in the future. You can't be busy. We don't allow such things to happen."
Obviously, Lucas' focus is very different from Anson.
Anson's words were interrupted several times, and finally gave up, waiting for Lucas to finish his words in a scattered manner, but he couldn't help it. When he remembered the whole situation, he felt funny and burst out laughing.
The more I think about it, the more I am, the happier I am.
(This chapter ends)