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Chapter 530 Heat Gap
"Satomi, sit down and have breakfast."

Cameron Diaz greeted them warmly, and Ishihara Satomi sat at the dining table embarrassedly, like a shy young wife.

Ivanka glanced sideways and concentrated on the breakfast in her hand.

Little Gilbert, who was sitting at the main seat, had a good meal and was reading a newspaper after finishing it.

"It seems that the public opinion of Kingdom of Heaven is not very good. The box office of the midnight show was only 347 million US dollars, and the newspapers were basically full of critical voices," said Gilbert Jr.

Ivanka responded: "Kingdom of Heaven performed poorly at the premiere, and there is no reason for the audience to support a movie that is not good.

Warner Bros. will certainly not miss this opportunity, and other companies are also taking advantage of the situation.”

"The Hollywood Reporter criticized the movie for being filled with fight after fight over a two-hour period," Gilbert said.

And these battles are mixed in with the fact that the audience can't expect anything else from the movie except old, tattered clothes and long, dirty hair."

"It's very fitting," Cameron Diaz said. "Sofia said that when she went to the premiere, this was basically what the movie looked like."

"And here's Roger Ebert's critique, which is even longer. I'll read it to you."

Gilbert Jr. pulled out the Chicago Sun-Times and read: "The greatest strength and greatest weakness of the epic film are both revealed in Kingdom of Heaven.

The advantage is that it has spectacular scenes, and this visual appeal can often transcend national borders and cultural barriers; the disadvantage is that the spectacular scenes often conflict with the development of drama.

Because drama usually comes from the conflict between characters, and the scene will cover up these factors, like the conflict between trees and the forest.

Individual trees are the driving force behind the drama, but the forest is very impressive and has a selling point. It is not impossible to see both the trees and the forest, but it is a little more difficult.

This comment is interesting, and seems to be giving advice to Director Scott. "

Ivanka bit her bread and said, "Roger Ebert gave Ridley Scott some face and didn't criticize him. Otherwise, he would have killed Ridley Scott with his mouth."

"Maybe it was because of the deep impression left by Gladiator. At that time, Roger Ebert said that Ridley Scott was one of the best directors in Hollywood. I can't go back on his word now, can I?" Cameron Diaz said.

"That's true," Ivanka agreed.

Of course, there are people who say that Kingdom of Heaven is not good. For example, the New York Times believes that:

“Kingdom of Heaven is well made. Ridley Scott’s method of describing the personal hero’s perspective is still sophisticated. The actors’ performances also contributed a lot. The plot and dialogue are also profound.

The confrontation between the Crusaders and the Muslims in Jerusalem and the three-day and three-night legion melee are grand, and the love story of the hero and heroine is also worth watching.

So why didn't the film achieve the desired reputation? Simply put, there are too many films of this type in recent years. It's tempting to take out all the production of the past few years at once.

Epic films are somewhat similar to war films. Compared with the grandeur of The Lord of the Rings and the realistic cruelty of Saving Private Ryan, the scenes are far from impressive, and the degree of shocking the soul is naturally greatly reduced. "

The New York Times believes that what happened at the film's premiere and the poor performance of the midnight show have little to do with the quality of the film itself, but rather is due to the fact that there have been too many films of the same type in recent years, leading to aesthetic fatigue.

The New York Times also cited "Batman Begins" as an example, saying that Gilbert Jr. did a great job.

He used a brand new production concept to make Batman movies, giving the Batman series new life.

More importantly, the film broke away from the production methods of previous superhero blockbusters, which is one of the reasons why the premiere and midnight show of the film performed well. Ridley Scott arrived at the headquarters of 20th Century Fox in Century City early in the morning.

He got the box office data of the midnight show, and the $347 million box office of the midnight show hurt his eyes. If it was an ordinary movie, it would be fine, but "Kingdom of Heaven" was invested with $1.3 million.

For a blockbuster movie with an investment of over 100 million yuan, this midnight show box office is absolutely unacceptable.

But what could Ridley Scott do? 20th Century Fox wouldn't listen to him.

He rejected his own three-hour and fourteen-minute version and edited the film into pieces, leaving it with a running time of only two hours and twenty-five minutes.

As a result, the theaters can schedule one or two more screenings every day, but the whole story becomes fragmented and no longer complete.

Ridley Scott took a look at the midnight box office of "Batman Begins", which was 773 million US dollars, a decent result.

But don't forget, this is a movie series that has died once, and this midnight box office means that the Batman movie is alive again.

Of course, it is also possible that it is because Gilbert Jr.’s personal box office appeal is too strong.

Whether this series can actually survive depends on the box office performance on the first day or even the first week.

But the word of mouth of the film from the preview to the premiere to the midnight show is much better than that of "Kingdom of Heaven", which is obviously a good sign.

Good news for Batman Begins means bad news for Kingdom of Heaven, and Ridley Scott has been feeling bad since yesterday.

After finishing breakfast, Gilbert asked Ishihara Satomi, "Satomi, do you want to go to the studio with me or stay at home?"

Ishihara Satomi whispered, "Let me go to the studio with you!"

"All right," agreed young Gilbert.

The four of them took a car and came to the Cantaloupe Studio to handle the work. At this time, a Batmobile parade was held in Los Angeles and New York at the same time.
In Los Angeles, a fleet of sixteen tanks and sixteen stunt drivers wearing bat suits attracted a lot of attention.

The motorcade started from the Chinese Grand Theater and passed through the Avenue of Stars, Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood Boulevard and other famous streets in Los Angeles, as well as landmark buildings.

It's the same in New York, starting from Times Square, passing through Broadway, Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, Central Park, Madison Square and other areas.

Both parades attracted tens of thousands of spectators to watch on site. In addition, several TV stations followed up with the report, and NBC even broadcast the entire event live.

Stars Christian Bale and Liam Neeson attended the Los Angeles event, while actors such as Jennifer Connelly and Gary Oldman attended the New York event.

It can be said that this wave of parades completely attracted the attention of movie fans, and its popularity easily crushed "Kingdom of Heaven".

This is even more obvious on the Internet. On the watermelon social networking site, more than 60 entries related to "Batman Begins" were forwarded and shared, while there were only more than 11 entries related to "Kingdom of Heaven".

On the video sharing website watermelon, the final trailer of Batman Begins has been viewed over two million times, while Kingdom of Heaven has only been viewed over two million times.

On banana search, in the latest hot search list, "Batman Begins" has five entries in the top ten, while "Kingdom of Heaven" has only one.

This one is still ranked tenth. The reason for being on the list is that the film dissatisfied the audience and was criticized and became a hot topic.

(End of this chapter)