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Chapter 527: The Kingdom of Heaven - A Poor Movie-Watching Experience
At the Los Angeles Chinese Theater, Noel kept yawning and wanted to sleep.

After attending the premiere of "Batman Begins" in Chicago, Noel went to Los Angeles to attend the premiere of "Kingdom of Heaven" because of his trust and love for the elf prince Legolas.

The result was very disappointing to Noel. Less than a quarter of the film was shown, Noel started yawning continuously.

This movie was like a lullaby, trying to make him fall asleep peacefully in the cinema.

If this is a matter of personal taste, but Noel looked around and saw that the fans around him were similar to him. Some had fallen asleep, some were concentrating on Coke and popcorn, some were whispering, and their attention was not on the movie.

Noel is also a senior movie fan. After the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, he also watched epic blockbusters such as "King Arthur", "Troy" and "Alexander the Great".

But apart from "Troy", Brad Pitt and Orlando Bloom's handsome faces can make up for their shortcomings, and the heroine Diane Kruger also looks sexy and beautiful enough.

As for the rest of the films, the word "bad movies" is enough to describe how bad they are, the worst possible ones.

And this "Kingdom of Heaven" seems to be no less bad, with confusing editing, unclear storyline, and Orlando Bloom's performance being like a child's play.

Noel can see traces of imitation of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy in many places, which is normal. After all, after the success of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, all epic movies are imitating it.

But these movies usually fail to imitate the essence, such as the exciting Battle of the Perrin Fields in "The Return of the King", and King Theoden's pre-war mobilization is the most exciting scene in film history.

The film "Alexander the Great" also followed suit, but it failed to arouse any interest and was instead met with widespread criticism.

There is a similar scene in "Kingdom of Heaven", but Noel just wants to sleep. Whoever wants to rush to him can rush to him, he won't move anyway.

Ridley Scott, sitting up front, heard whispers from the audience in the back that some of the big scenes that 20th Century Fox and he thought would excite the audience simply didn't happen.

Ridley Scott knew the grand occasion when The Lord of the Rings trilogy was released. Even though it was not a premiere, the audience spontaneously gave their applause and cheers without being polite.

It's nothing like now, where no one even wants to follow basic premiere etiquette. It shows that the movie is really very boring and makes the audience drowsy.

Ridley Scott put all the blame on the top management at 20th Century Fox for ruining the film.

If I have the final say in editing, the results will definitely be different.

But deep down, Ridley Scott had to painfully admit that in the field of epic films, there were few directors comparable to Gilbert Jr., including himself.

Since it is painful, then end the pain. Noel decided not to suffer any more and he wanted to leave.

"Sorry, I'll be out for a while." Noel said to the person next to him.

The man asked, "Do you need to go to the bathroom?"

"I'm out."

"I'll leave too!"

It seems that the movie is really boring, and someone took the lead, so he couldn't hold it in any longer and quickly ended this torture.

After coming out, Noel breathed a sigh of relief and chatted with the fan who left with him: "I think Ridley Scott is more suitable for making science fiction films. This kind of film is not suitable for him."

The fan agreed: “Yeah, compared to Gilbert Jr.’s versatility, Ridley Scott is far behind.

I won’t say any more. My name is Paul, what’s yours?”

"My name is Noel."

The two shook hands, and Paul said, "I'm going to the bar for a drink, how about you? Want to join us?"

"No," Noel shook the movie ticket in his hand and said, "The midnight show of Batman Begins is about to start. I'm waiting for it to start." Paul then remembered that Gilbert Jr.'s new movie was about to be released. "Oh, let's not waste time. I'll go ask if there are any movie tickets."

The two parted at the theater entrance, and they were not the only ones. Many audience members left early one after another, ending this torturous movie-watching experience.

One fan commented online after returning home: "Orlando Bloom's acting is terrible. Wasn't he good in Gilbert's film?"

"Orlando Bloom's performance has been getting worse since he left Gilbert, and he is still suitable for a role like Legolas.

He could play a role like Will under Gilbert Jr.’s guidance, but he definitely couldn’t carry a movie on his own.

Under his performance, this "Kingdom of Heaven" looks like "The Sorrows of Young Werther."

"Honestly, even without the comparison to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, this movie is still a standard bad movie."

"I had given up hope for Batman Begins, after all, it was a series that died once. But now I am confident that Ridley Scott will never be able to clash with Gilbert Jr."

The walkout incident at the premiere of "Kingdom of Heaven" inevitably reached Warner Bros.

Doug Walter, CEO of Warner Bros. Pictures, almost burst into laughter: "This is great news for us."

The assistant suggested: "Sir, we can mobilize the media to hype up the quality of this movie and let the audience know that this is a bad movie."

"Of course," Doug Walter agreed: "Go and notify and hold a high-level meeting. We are going to dig a hole and then kick "Kingdom of Heaven" into the hole.

By the way, little Gilbert is on his way back, right? "

"Yes, we should arrive in Los Angeles around 2 a.m., which is about the time the midnight show ends," the assistant replied.

"Very good," Doug Walter nodded. "As soon as the midnight box office data comes out, send a copy to Little Gilbert."

"Understood, sir."

The story that happened at the premiere seemed to indicate that the film's prospects were not very good. The top executives of 20th Century Fox also heard about the audience walking out of the premiere, but they still held out a glimmer of hope.

It is possible that this group of movie fans are not the target audience of the film, but as long as the film is released, it will naturally attract this group of audience.

However, the senior executives of 20th Century Fox did not consider that the fans who could come to the premiere were basically the audiences of this type of subject matter.

If you can’t even conquer the audience of the genre itself, where can you find new sources of audience?

In this way, the unknown "Kingdom of Heaven" was pushed into the film market by 20th Century Fox like a lone warrior.

And what it faces is the superhero movie series that was once declared dead: "Batman Begins."

Before the premiere began, most media felt that it would be no problem for "Kingdom of Heaven" to defeat "The Dark Knight".

After all, epic movies have been very popular in the past two years, while the "Batman" movie has been dead for seven years.

Even if Gilbert Jr. wanted to revive this film series, it would probably be a lot of trouble.

But unexpectedly, after the premiere, the trend of the public opinion changed. Now no one thinks that "Kingdom of Heaven" can compete with "The Dark Knight", after all, it can't be much worse.

What's more, Gilbert Jr.'s performances are always reliable. Even the "Batman" movie was not bad judging by the reactions at the premiere and previews.

In this way, the winner has been decided.

(End of this chapter)