Chapter 326 Bang Bang Bei is no match for Bang Bang Ji
The fourth week of the North American summer season, May 25th.
This week ushered in the release of two films, one is "Legend of the Knight" produced and distributed by Sony Columbia Pictures.
Listening to the name, it looks like a movie about knights in the Middle Ages.
In fact, in the pre-release publicity, "Legend of the Knight" has been riding on the popularity of "The Lord of the Rings".
No less epic cold weapon war scenes than "The Lord of the Rings", telling ancient knight stories, super blockbusters not to be missed, etc.
As a result, no one was deceived and the film was not directed by a famous director.
Director Brian Helgeland is best known for co-writing "L.A. Confidential".
This time he directed "Legend of the Knight", which is also a director and screenwriter.
Although this film is very popular, the production direction has been adapted many times because of "The Lord of the Rings".
However, the quality of the film was indeed mediocre. In the end, it only received US$16.5 million at the box office this week, ranking fourth in the weekly box office.
However, the film's star Heath Ledgier has fascinated many female fans. His smile is very charming and looks good.
For some good-looking movie fans, a trip to the cinema is worth it just to see Heath Ledgier's smile.
The pity for Heath Ledgier is that if he had played Legolas in "Lord of the Rings", he would have been a popular movie star in the world.
Another interesting point about this film is that as a film about the Middle Ages, the soundtrack used by the director is almost all modern rock music.
There was a scene of a martial arts competition in the film, and the audience was singing Queen's classic "We Will Rock You" in unison.
In addition to being spectacular, the scene was also indescribably scary and weird, which really made people enjoy it.
However, "Chivalry" is not the most watched film this week. This weekend, "Pearl Harbor", packaged and operated by International Artists and distributed by Universal Pictures, was finally released.
Previously, in order to avoid "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", "Pearl Harbor" very cleverly escaped.
No one blames Michael Bay, even though he once survived the impact of Gilbert Jr.'s "The Matrix" with "The Last Days" and achieved good box office success.
But this is the "Lord of the Rings" series of movies. The last one has a global box office of more than 1.2 billion US dollars. No one wants to encounter a sequel and then be hit with blood.
Facts have proved that "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" is indeed a movie that cannot be messed with. It has topped the North American weekly box office for three consecutive weeks.
When "Pearl Harbor" was released, "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" was already in its fourth week of release in North America.
No matter how popular a movie is, its popularity will inevitably drop after its fourth week of release. This is normal.
So Michael Ovitz didn't do anything for "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", and little Gilbert didn't do anything either.
There is little competition between the two films. "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" has entered the stage of relying on time to accumulate box office.
So this week, "Pearl Harbor" took $59.078 million, beating "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" with a box office of $48.265 million, becoming this week's box office champion.
Although "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" is in its fourth week of release, and although "Pearl Harbor" is in its first week, the media is not shy about praising Michael Bay.
The "Washington Post" even gave Michael Bay the title of Little Gilbert Killer to show his contribution to the anti-Little Gilbert.
But soon, Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times ruthlessly exposed the facts.
If it was really the Little Gilbert Killer, "Pearl Harbor" should have collided head-on with "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" instead of running away like a coward.
Of course, this also shows that Michael Bay is quite rational. In other words, Michael Ovitz, Martin Bob, including Universal Pictures, are all quite sensible.
Although "Pearl Harbor" won this week's box office championship, some media also gave Michael Bay considerable praise. But for the film "Pearl Harbor," the media was not so polite.
"Los Angeles Business Journal" commented on the film: "The film is lackluster, so boring that the audience who entered the theater had to sleep for three hours in the theater because of its blandness."
When the navy was smearing "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" before, the most famous saying was: "It didn't look good. I fell asleep for three hours in the cinema."
Unexpectedly, during "Pearl Harbor", someone actually fell asleep in the cinema for three hours.
The New York Post commented: "Audiences should choose aisle seats and be sure to use the restroom at least twice. Perhaps this film should be called "Boring, Boring, Boring."
The Wall Street Journal was unsparing: "Pearl Harbor has the depthlessness of a comic, and its loose story turns World War II into a symphony of stupidity."
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times criticized "Pearl Harbor" after criticizing Michael Bay himself.
""Pearl Harbor" is a boring and stale love story, and even the war scenes have no depth.
More than half an hour of planes bombing ships, explosions, corpses flying in the air, and people escaping from attacks was completely meaningless.
It was just horrific carnage that did nothing to move or entertain the audience. "
On IMDB, the most praised movie review about "Pearl Harbor" reads:
"'Pearl Harbor' is a film stretched into three hours. It is about how the islanders' sneak attack on December 7, 1941 served as a foil for an American love triangle.
Its main gimmick is 40 minutes of cumbersome special effects interspersed with a love story so corny that it makes you faint. This film was poorly directed and lacked imagination and originality. Although you may remember a few lines after leaving the theater, it was definitely not out of admiration. "
Indeed, the film’s love triangle is cliche and boring.
In fact, "Titanic" also tells an old-fashioned love story, but director James Cameron's storytelling method is much better than Michael Bay's.
Therefore, some fans commented that if the film was shot by James Cameron or Gilbert Jr., it might not be so bad.
But now, except for the initial box office success due to the appeal of director Michael Bay and starring Ben Affleck, the film can be said to have suffered a comprehensive failure in terms of reputation.
Reflected on the box office, the box office on Friday was the highest in a single day, and the following days were not as good as the previous day.
Fortunately, "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" is already in its fourth week, and even "Shrek" is in its third week.
Otherwise, "Pearl Harbor" would never be able to win any box office championship, it would be impossible.
Only then did the public realize that the title of Michael Bay Jr. Gilbert Killer seemed undeserved.
It is true that this title was forcibly given to Michael Bay by the "Washington Post", and this newspaper has always been a pioneer in anti-Gilbert.
Because the quality of the film was indeed worrying and its reputation was not good, "Pearl Harbor"'s box office declined rapidly after entering its second week.
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" also continued to maintain its strong box office trend due to the poor performance of "Pearl Harbor".
A very interesting point is that Kate Beckinsale, the heroine of "Pearl Harbor", once rejected Gilbert Jr.'s invitation. Gilbert Jr. originally planned to invite her to play the role of Eowen, but Kate Beckinsale Purcell ultimately chose the role of the heroine in "Pearl Harbor," and the role of Eowyn eventually went to Elizabeth Banks.
Without a God's perspective, Kate Beckinsale's decision is actually understandable, and most people would make such a choice.
One is the heroine, and the other is a supporting role in an ensemble drama. It’s the heroine who makes the money anyway.
Moreover, "Pearl Harbor" is another commercial blockbuster, and its production scale is no less than that of "The Lord of the Rings", so Kate Beckinsale's choice is also normal.
The only thing she didn't expect was that Michael Bay, known as Little Gilbert's killer, actually messed up "Pearl Harbor", causing her to become a joke in the media and a negative example.
But I really don’t blame her. What the movie is like doesn’t matter what the actors say, and sometimes what the director says doesn’t matter.
If you want to blame, you can only blame Kate Beckinsale for not trusting little Gilbert enough, otherwise a supporting role would be enough to make her famous.
But now, the chance to become famous has been given to Elizabeth Banks.
"Los Angeles Daily News" commented that Kate Beckinsale's performance in "Pearl Harbor" was very similar to Nicole Kidman.
However, even Nicole Kidman herself only got rid of the title of box office poison when she played the role of Queen Galadriel in "The Lord of the Rings" with little Gilbert in her lap.
Queen Galadriel's role in the second part is not as much as Eowen's!
So I can only say that opportunities are fleeting and actors must be careful every time they choose. From the current point of view, Gilbert Jr. is definitely more reliable than Michael Bay.
After all, Bang Bei can only play with explosions, but Bang Bang Ji has reached another level.
At present, the film's IMDB score has returned to normal, with a stable score of 9.1, second only to "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Godfather Part 1."
It's a pity for fans of Little Gilbert. If it weren't for a large number of trolls giving negative reviews, the film might have been ranked first on the IMDB list.
In fact, after the initial troll attack, Gilbert Jr. immediately reacted and used his identity as a shareholder of the IMDB website to let IMDB control the troll's smear campaign.
But after all, the attack of the trolls is all-round, not just IMDB, so it is still affected to a certain extent.
After four weeks in North America, "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" has already grossed US$350 million at the box office in North America, which is quite an outstanding result.
The film's power overseas has not diminished. As the scale of screenings increases, it grossed US$213 million at the overseas box office this week, and it undoubtedly won the global box office championship this week.
Therefore, after the end of the fourth week in North America, the film's global box office has reached the level of 748 million US dollars.
The global media are exclaiming about the box office myth created by "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers". "The Lord of the Rings" has swept the world without any rival, and it can be called the overlord of the summer movies.
Many film scholars have studied the success of the "Lord of the Rings" series, analyzing director Gilbert Jr. and touting the film.
The leading actors of "The Lord of the Rings" would never have imagined that they would achieve such results when they first appeared in the film. It was really unexpected.
But in fact, after the success of the first film, although "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" is not a sequel movie in the traditional sense, it is treated like a sequel movie.
In addition, there were no strong films released in the film market throughout May.
Even "Pearl Harbor", which had high hopes, encountered Waterloo after the fourth week and lost to "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers".
In addition, there is another reason. This year is the tenth anniversary of Gilbert Jr.'s entry into the industry.
Little Gilbert used the reputation accumulated over the past ten years to build his own resounding signature.
Not to mention loyal movie fans, even those ordinary movie fans and viewers who don't often go to the cinema, as long as they hear that the film is directed by Gilbert Jr., they will subconsciously think that the film is a good film.
This is the reputation accumulated over the past ten years. Although not everyone likes the films he shoots, they at least meet the taste of most viewers.
(End of chapter)