The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 1351 Pressing forward step by step

Good news, “Dawn of the Dead” had a small explosion at the box office on Friday!
Absolutely good news.

Although media reviews suffered a heavy blow, and publicity and promotion were completely suppressed, it unexpectedly lost ground under the impact of "The Light of Being Wild". From all indications, "Dawn of the Dead" is facing severe challenges.

However, the film overcame all unfavorable situations, fought its way through numerous difficulties, won the love and support of the audience, and achieved box office success.

After experiencing such a difficult, arduous and torturous situation, they finally caught a glimmer of hope, and everyone in the crew breathed a sigh of relief.

Zack Snyder was even more delighted.

He knows that media reputation and publicity are all fake. Only those that are liked by the audience are truly excellent, and only those that win at the box office are truly successful.

It has always been like this, whether it is the zombie theme in the small genre or the horror theme in the large genre, even though the media sneers and picks on them, and the media reviews are always particularly harsh; but market feedback always brings surprises, and the audiences have proved with practical actions that genre films are enduring.

The most typical example is Alfred Hitchcock.

This legendary director worked diligently throughout his life on horror, suspense and thriller films. He was hailed as a master-level director, but he was never recognized by the Academy. Like Charlie Chaplin, he was excluded by those stubborn old scholars in the Academy. However, their position in film history is generally recognized.

Now, the same is true for Zack Snyder.

The media misunderstood him, underestimated him, distorted him, and attacked him, but they could not destroy him. He would use actual actions to prove that they were all wrong.

He is a master. He will become a master, he will make those who laugh at him and despise him look up to his existence at the top of the pyramid, and he will prove that he deserves a place in film history.

Look, the box office data has proven it.

After seeing the single-day box office data of "Dawn of the Dead" on Friday, Zach let out a long breath, smiled, and couldn't help but start to complain about himself:
After the media review came out, they lost their composure and scared themselves; now it seems that it is completely unnecessary. The market will give fair recognition. There is no need to worry about "Eternal Love" or Anson Wood. The audience's eyes are sharp and they can recognize what is a fake and what is a pearl.

Whether it is good or bad is clear at a glance. The market and time are the best standards for testing a work.

As for those film critics, they are just a bunch of self-righteous hypocrites and there is no need to pay attention to them.

and!

Most importantly, audience reviews have appeared one after another on IMDB——

7.3 points!
Zack looked very satisfied. This was the correct evaluation. Now it could be seen that the media's overall review of 59 points was purely a prejudice and discrimination against zombie movies. Sure enough, the audience still knew how to appreciate good works.

In Zack's opinion, "Dawn of the Dead" does have some shortcomings. After all, it is his first directorial work, and he is willing to give it 80 points. Now it seems that the audience's opinions are almost the same as his, and leaving some differences is also a way of seeking common ground while reserving differences. He also looks forward to his continued improvement.

Then, Zack sat in front of the computer and began to browse the audience's comments on the IMDB page.

"Hopelessly romantic!"

"The director's first work is so outstanding, amazing!"

"The plot is tight and the characters are solid. I have to give it a thumbs up."

"It's beautiful, really beautiful. I was so excited that I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night."

“The black humor is good, and the portrayal of human nature is also worthy of recognition.”

While browsing and commenting, nodding slightly, as if reviewing a memorial to a royal deed, Zack muttered, "This person has some insight", "Right, right, that's it", "My ingenuity was actually seen through", with a look of satisfaction on his face.

Unfortunately, the movie was only released for one day, and there were less than two hundred short reviews on IMDB. I finished watching them all in the blink of an eye, but I still felt unsatisfied.

I flipped back and read the comments that impressed me the most over and over again, and then an idea flashed in my mind:
Cinema ratings!

How could I forget about this!

Compared with IMDB, a gathering place for young people and movie lovers, the cinema rating is the most representative standard for the general public, and it is also a weather vane for the upper limit of the movie box office. So, what will be the cinema rating of "Dawn of the Dead"?
A, or A-?

Wait, it can’t be A+, right? If it is A+, you can imagine the media’s surprised expressions. It must be very exciting.

As he thought about it, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise. Zack opened the theater rating website a little unfamiliarly and saw the picture on the page at a glance.

Expression, just collapsed.

B?

Wait, was he seeing right?
B? How is that possible? Senior fans of IMDB have a 7.3, so how can the theater rating be only B?

The breath was stuck in my chest and I couldn't breathe it out, and my good mood was gone.

After searching, I didn't see any ratings for "The Sun Is Shining" on the theater rating website, which means that the number of people who went to the theater to watch the movie has not reached the minimum standard, so the theater ratings have not been released yet.

Hehe, this is good news.

Now it seems that the number of viewers of "The Sun and the Moon" on the first day should not be large, and the box office on the first day was sluggish. The momentum was so grand but there was only one sound.

There may not even be any sound.

Thinking of this, Zack felt a little more relaxed.

At this moment, the phone on the desk rang. Zack picked it up, but before he could say hello, he could hear an anxious voice.

"Zach, Zack!"

Zach laughed dumbly, "James, calm down, there is no bulldog chasing you."

The person on the other end of the phone was screenwriter James Gunn, but he was in no mood to joke with Zack at the moment. "Zack, things don't look good."

Zach, "What?"

James, "Their single-day box office on Friday was nearly $8 million, which is not far behind us."

Zach, "Who? Who did you say? 'The Passion of the Christ'?"

James, "That Eternal Sunshine... Anson, Anson Wood."

Zack just laughed, "What nonsense are you talking about? How is it possible? How many theaters do we have? How many theaters do they have? Please say something realistic. If it was Mel Gibson, it would be understandable. We all know that they are very popular now, but..."

James, "Zach, I'm serious, things are not looking good right now. Anson is on the entertainment headlines of all the news media."

Zach's face froze, and he could no longer speak. He quickly hung up the phone and opened the search page: Media? Media! Who? "Los Angeles Times"!
The page slowly opened, and what came into view was the promotional poster of "Warmth Within", in which Anson and Kate were curled up on the sofa in sweaters and snuggling up to each other.

“‘The Sunshine Inside’ sets a new single-theater box office record!”

Record?

Another record?

"The Elephant" just broke the single-theater box office record not long ago. How could so many historical records be broken one after another?
Scrolling down and taking a quick look, Zach felt his heart sink.

"...9.6 million dollars in box office revenue on Friday...Anson Wood sets another record..."

(End of this chapter)