Chapter 578： first day evaluation

"Director Lehmann's new film "The Monster in the Lake" held a grand premiere at the China Grand Theater last night. This commercial film about monster disasters made its debut and received a zero-point box office of 5.6 million."

"Fantastic visual effects, tight rhythm control, continuous scene scheduling, and occasional witty dialogues... All revolve around a clear and well-defined storyline, making the viewing process a After an emotional outburst of exclamation, just as long as you focus on it, you can reap a viewing feast."

"From the warm opening to the tragic ending, the plot is full of tension, especially the wonderful performance of Matthew in the middle, a character who is brave and hesitant enough to make the audience feel safe. Impressive and I'm looking forward to seeing Matthew in other films in the future."

The next morning, with the sound of flipping papers, Lyman sat at the dining table and read the various newspapers that were just released today.

And Eva brought a simple breakfast to the table.

The evaluations in the newspapers, except for some stubborn film critics, are still picky, thinking that the film is too commercial and popcorn, but most of them are still positive.

"The Hollywood Reporter" said directly: "After the release of "Monster in the Lake", there will definitely be a movie watching boom in the next few weeks, because it is so mature, whether it is visual, auditory or rhythm control. , can satisfy the viewing experience, stimulate the secretion of dopamine, and make people feel a sense of spiritual pleasure, this is a masterpiece that the mainstream public will like."

Bella also wrote in the "Chicago News" column: "It started with the warmth of a family and ended with the tragedy of a family. It seems to be small and not atmospheric enough, but it has built a monster that can justify itself. In the family performance after the arrival, this structure is quite full and has a strong sense of substitution... In fact, what I appreciate most in this film is not the hot big scenes and realistic water monsters, but this kind of small details ."

"There is no doubt that "The Monster in the Lake" is a wonderful, mature genre movie with a good viewing experience." - "Hollywood Variety"

Of course, there are certainly criticisms.

No work can satisfy everyone.

The "San Francisco Evening News" clearly stated that the story of the film is very weak, many places are not dig deep, the plot is sparse, and in the newspaper it regrets that a director who is talented enough has become worldly and assimilated by the rich industrial atmosphere of Hollywood , will only attract the audience with visual effects and big scenes of bombardment, and forget to play in depth in the plot.

This tit-for-tat, sharp-edged rhetoric is arguably unique among Hollywood critics, who are often internally inconsistent.

And thanks to the fact that there were no blockbusters in mid-November, and no one had a positive PK with "Monster in the Lake", under Warner's strong public relations, most passers-by and fans were focused on this film, especially The box office performance of the midnight show was not bad, and it gave a lot of persuasion.

It has also become a complete focus.

In the continuous hot comments of the media, as well as the praise from the audience, including IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes and other online review sites also released the film review data of "Monster in the Lake" for the first time.

Just like the characteristics of commercial movies, that is, they can earn enough box office, but they cannot earn good evaluation scores.

Among them, IMDB only got 7.5 points in the early score of more than 1,200 people, and there are even fewer places where professional film critics like Rotten Tomatoes get together. Although the freshness is directly full, the score is only 7.2. However, It is always above the passing line, and everyone has not completely criticized without thinking.

But the energy of commercial popcorn movies has always been to satisfy the audience, and Ryman has always had a clear understanding of this.

The demarcation line between commercial directors and art directors is so vague and so clear-cut.

Since Hollywood embraced capital, this line has become even more intangible.

For most moviegoers and audiences, if he cares about business or not, art or art, it is good to be able to watch it, worth the ticket price, and spiritual needs.

But this goes back to the original origin of the movie, how to tell a fictional story?

What kind of postmodernity, what kind of double line, what kind of narrative method is not important, what kind of business, what kind of art, the atmosphere of the film is important.

Michael Bay, who is the most frequently criticized by film critics, is already a first-line director.

No matter how ridiculed, how to complain about the explosion scenes that will never be lacking in his movies, even the film score has never been above 8, the lowest is not even a passing line, but other people's works always break through 100 million in North America, and break 200 million in the future. It will also exceed one billion in the world.

The most intuitive attitude of the audience should be added to measure the success of a movie. If it is converted into data, it is the box office performance.

The box office is high, not necessarily so good, but certainly not bad.

November 10 is also the day when the film will be released in North America.

If someone can investigate from across the United States, then they will find that there are long queues of tickets from time to time in the theaters where the posters of "Monster in the Lake" are hung, and this phenomenon occurs in the more prosperous regional theaters. the bigger.

The theater manager kept reporting to the headquarters, requesting the expansion of the hall and scheduling copies;

After summarizing the headquarters, it immediately started to add screenings, and notified Warner and Firefly to cooperate with them;

The people of Warner are still hyping up the momentum, causing greater influence and attracting more passers-by audiences.

It's some kind of rapport cycle and the most notable cycle of the blockbuster movie.

After last night's not-so-excellent but definitely not bad performance at midnight, when the sun rose, after watching the movie word-of-mouth or acting as tap water on the Internet, and reasonable guidance, "The Monster in the Lake" has no difficulty. It became a hit in November and was sought after by audience and fans.

It is not difficult for the theater to be full, but it is difficult to fail the attendance rate, especially if the die-hard fans who have the most screenings on the first day want to see it quickly, and there is no shortage of audience base.

In other words, if a disaster movie is not made well, it will definitely explode if it is made well.

Whether it's "The Day After Tomorrow", "Independence Day", "Jaws"...these examples illustrate how easy it is for audiences to accept such works.

Just like the original "Monster of the Han River" became the number one movie in Korean film history with a small budget, and it lasted for six or seven years, breaking the number of moviegoers and creating a new high.

And this version of Lyman is not only more in line with the local atmosphere of Hollywood - the original version has the taste of Hollywood assembly line, the plot is richer, the budget is larger, and the various sets, special effects, and picture levels are more than one grade higher than the original version, Why didn't it explode.