The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1151: Great Wise Ruo Fool
The fifth version of the ending is the director's cut that was played at the premiere.

According to various rumors, this version has the cruelest ending. New Line Cinema is worried that the market will not accept it, so in the first round of screenings, the number of copies is the scarcest, and some cities may even only have one theater equipped with it.

Originally, New Line Cinema hoped to minimize the impact of the tragic ending and let the general public see a Hollywood-style happy and perfect ending.

But I never expected that such a move would unexpectedly stimulate the enthusiasm of the audience——

The less visible it is, the more sought-after it is.

Everyone in the community is communicating and looking for the location of the fifth edition ending.

After a whole day of searching on Friday, although it cannot be 100% confirmed, it is rumored that this AMC is broadcasting the fifth version of the ending.

As a result, fanatical movie fans flocked to the movie like a tide.

This is what happened to Roger.

After finding out the whole story, Roger immediately realized one thing:

Everything cannot be judged according to common sense.

The situation of this AMC cannot represent the situation in Los Angeles as a whole, nor can it represent the entire North American market. The cancellation of tonight's screening of "Master and Commander" may only apply to tonight, and tomorrow may be a different scene.

The reason is very intuitive. These audiences may not have chosen the "Butterfly Effect" but may have just chosen the fifth version of the ending.

This rumor may be true or false, or it may even be deliberately spread by the manager of this AMC theater.

The audience flocked to the event simply out of curiosity.

Wait until the novelty and curiosity brought by the "different ending" disappears, and the situation may be completely different.

In other words, this weekend's box office showdown is still full of uncertainties, and it's too early to make any conclusions.

Roger couldn't help but exclaim in amazement. Putting aside the movie for the moment, at least this publicity and distribution strategy was indeed bold and risky. It completely broke the rules and turned all the rules and routines known to the entire industry upside down.

With limited distribution costs, "The Butterfly Effect" miraculously competed with "Master and Commander" and was even slightly better in terms of topicality.

Great!

Last year’s “cat and mouse game” was already amazing, and this year’s “butterfly effect” can even go a step further, which was totally unexpected.

So, does this have anything to do with the quality of the film? Movies and publicity are two completely different things, right?
The point is, is the work chosen by Anson, who is so smart and wise, as a producer for the first time, really as sloppy as other film critics say?
Roger said we need to wait and see.

This attitude continues until the end of the movie.

When Roger left the screening room and the cinema and stood outside, Los Angeles was quiet. The colorful lights could still be seen flashing in the night, but the city had fallen asleep. In the loneliness, thoughts surged like a tide.

This is not the city that never sleeps.

In fact, California has regulations that all bars, clubs and other entertainment venues can only sell alcohol until 2 a.m.

This rule often makes night owls lose interest after 2 a.m. Although California has no specific regulations on business hours, most bars are open until 3 a.m.
That’s why the kings of nightlife often go to Las Vegas or Atlanta to party. Obviously, Los Angeles is not suitable for all-night parties.

Unless you're at home.

It was already two o'clock, the AMC theater was about to close, and everyone had to go home. The streets outside had long been empty. Roger exhaled lightly. The temperature difference between day and night in Los Angeles in November was huge. At this moment, he could finally feel the cold and bleakness of winter. He couldn't help but feel lost, and loneliness surrounded him.

It's not just Roger, the young people around him are the same.

At the beginning, everyone was extremely excited and couldn't wait to find the answer; at the end, everyone fell into a whirlpool of emotions, with despair and sadness gripping their hearts and unable to escape.

Roger could see the traces of movies on those youthful faces.

Suddenly, Roger understood Anson a little. Maybe there was an old soul living inside that young and handsome body.

With Anson's intelligence, couldn't he see how naive and shallow the script was?
But Anson may not care at all. On the contrary, he cherishes such simplicity, a privilege belonging to young people, looking at the world in the simplest and most straightforward way, and thinking that he is the most unfortunate and tragic protagonist in the world, and the earth revolves around him.

Then, Anson delivers another shock with the finale.

Five endings, are they really just a gimmick?

Inexplicably, Roger recalled his experience of watching "Elephant" in Cannes this year.

Simplify the complex, appear foolish despite being wise, and make light of heavy tasks.

Obviously, there are countless charms waiting to be discovered under the vase.

"The film is undoubtedly immature. There are too many flashbacks and too many time travels, and it fails to create a texture of confusion between dreams and reality at the film level. There are too many destinies, too many twists and turns, and too many diary chapters. Countless dramas are hastily crammed into the story, exposing the film's overly direct and superficial production process.

Until a certain moment, I finally realized that all these plots were just appearances, and all the details converged towards the final choice:

Standing at the crossroads of fate, what choice will you make?

It's not just about family, love, and friendship, but how should we define happiness?
If every choice you make leads to tragedy, if your efforts to pursue happiness instead make everyone fall into misfortune, how should you redefine your views on life and happiness?
The story is very simple, as simple as one plus one equals two. It seems that every audience member in front of the big screen can do better than the protagonist of the movie, and everyone has a better answer. Therefore, the movie simply and crudely puts this math problem in front of everyone.

So, what’s your answer?”

To some extent, Roger's perspective is very similar to Carl Leavitt's, which netizens later noticed. Although the two people expressed themselves slightly differently, they ultimately reached the same conclusion and their attitudes were highly consistent.

So, is this... great minds think alike?

“It is precisely because of this that the most important and crucial scene in the entire movie is thrown out at the beginning and thrown out again at the end.

Create a response.

The answer does not lie in the ending, nor in the choice made by the protagonist in the movie, but in the fact that the protagonist returns to the starting point where it all began. In front of him is a brand new blank sheet of paper on which he can write freely. He has all the possibilities. This time, he can overturn his choice and start over.

So, starting over again, would things be different?

It is said in "Yi Yi" that I originally thought that if I lived again, maybe something would be different, but the result was still the same, nothing was different. I just suddenly felt that if I lived again, it seemed that it was really unnecessary.

In a way, the movie touches on the same context at its extreme stupidity.”

Nicholas: Bingo! I had the same idea as you.

(End of this chapter)