Rebirth In Hollywood

"The most expensive movie in history = the biggest box office disaster in history!"

The second day after "Avatar" officially landed in North America, film critics couldn't wait to shout such slogans, which proved how urgent these people were and how much they wanted the film that Ryan invested in to end, and by the way, he himself was also unlucky.

"After "Titanic", Ryan Jenkins advocated the special effects and large-scale industrialization model, which brought too much visual garbage. If you don’t want your ears ringing and your eyes weary and crying after watching the film, it’s better not to watch this film, it is simply overdrawing human vision and hearing!”

Not surprisingly, Roger Ebert was the first to stand up as the initiator and convener of the "Avatar" action.

"If you are full of expectations for people and things that you can't grasp, you will eventually fail to a similar degree. The same is true for our super imagination of "Avatar."

"After watching the film, after a long period of bombardment with stereoscopic vision, those so-called whimsical ideas become blank with the disappearance of the image. Except for some sensory stimulation, the story, themes, characters, and even some pleasing pictures are all familiar. , The huge investment of hundreds of millions of dollars is just a mashup of various successful commercial blockbusters, without any memorable new content, the so-called is just vain wishful thinking.”

"The creative process of "Avatar" is just now when all kinds of commercial blockbusters that compare with investment and scale are rampant. Its references abound, and people can see others everywhere, except themselves."

"In terms of imagination, love is the most thoughtless part of "Avatar". In the progress of the specific plot, typical elements such as heroes and beauties, bows and arrows and cannons are integrated. From encounters, misunderstandings, family opposition to eliminating misunderstandings, handsome men are attracted by beautiful women. "Love turns against war and rebellion begins and turns into old routines; justice triumphs over evil, bad guys die ugly, good guys have the last laugh, love lasts forever...Hollywood has a lot of vulgar elements."

"Let's talk about special effects. The special effects of the film can be praised a little bit, but even the special effects scenes cannot be confused with the groundbreaking sex. The previous "Jurassic Park", "Star Wars", "The Matrix", "Lord of the Rings" and "King Kong" all Before it, no less.

"This time Cameron just integrated them and used 3D technology."

After Roger Ebert, those former well-known film critics jumped out one by one like grasshoppers in late autumn.

"The story mode of "Avatar" is undoubtedly too old-fashioned. For such a top blockbuster of the year, the story from the release of the trailer to the release of the film cannot surprise people. It will eventually expose the 3D stereoscopic movie scam and shatter Ryan. ?The myth of Jenkins and James Cameron!"

——jr. Jones

"Avatar's plot is reminiscent of the equally empty Titanic,

The plot is really mediocre, the visuals are a little more novel, and the subject matter is just a little more environmentally friendly. For those who have watched 3D movies, it is far from shocking! After reading it, there is basically no place worth endless aftertaste! The consequence of paying too much attention to technology is the emptiness of thought! "

— David Denby

These film critics used the media that were willing to do things for money to publish their criticisms of the film one after another. Even Joe Morgenstern shamelessly criticized James Cameron for plagiarizing a certain Japanese "Castle in the Sky" "...

Film critics will naturally be dealt with by a powerful navy and fans with a wide audience, and the theory of plagiarism has a greater impact. James Cameron also made some responses in the interview afterwards.

"It's just a joke."

The truck driver will definitely not be polite to film critics who have been attacking him, "Film critics always treat film workers with the worst eyes and the most despicable thoughts!"

"The prototype of Hallelujah Mountain comes from a mountain in China." Cameron also showed some photos to reporters, "These steep mountains and the texture of rocks gave us inspiration, but we put the prototype in the sky. I have never been to China, and the crew sent people to China to shoot scenes. After seeing these pictures, I decided to absorb some elements."

Afterwards, Disney directly mailed a lawyer's letter to Joe Morgenstern. Didn't they want to make a big fuss, so let's make a big fuss. See you in court!

Faced with the so-called "strangling" of North American film critics, Ryan and Disney also paid a little attention to it. The opponent's momentum is indeed a bit alarming, and the high investment of "Avatar" cannot stop them from paying attention.

The development track of the film is completely different from Ryan's previous impressions. "Avatar" has a very poor professional reputation. On Rotten Tomatoes, a website that collects professional film reviews, in just two days, the film's freshness has dropped to 100%. Fifty-one, if you only look at professional word-of-mouth, it is simply a super bad movie.

This also fully proves that film critics are a group that will be swayed by interests, and the so-called relative justice is only 'relative'.

After the first day of fermentation, "Avatar"'s reputation among ordinary audiences has exploded. Various websites, forums and communities, as well as the emerging Twitter and Facebook, are almost all voices recommending this film.

"It's not boring to watch. James Cameron uses realistic 3D special effects to bring us into another world. "Avatar" makes people believe that technological innovation will indeed change the perception of movies. In addition to innovation "Avatar" also alludes to politics, culture, environmental protection, race, religion and many other issues, director Cameron's ambition is as strong as his imagination!"

"This is not a simple movie, it is like a gold mine, worth digging deep!"

"Avatar is the most beautiful film I've seen in years!"

"Whether you choose 3D or normal mode, the shock and awe of Avatar is worth watching."

"It's actually something we've seen before, but like we've never seen it before, it's the Star Wars of our time!"

"James Cameron proved that he is indeed the king of the world, as the president of the visual effects technology army, the creature design army, the motion capture army, the stuntman army, the dancer army, the actor army, the music and sound army, he used Bringing sci-fi into the 21st century in a jaw-dropping way, this is Avatar!"

As long as ordinary movie fans like it, it is enough to drive the box office of the movie.

The second day after "Avatar" was released was Saturday, the box office rebounded strongly. The North American single-day box office suddenly rose to 47.85 million US dollars, and the global box office gained 178.58 million US dollars.

Amidst the "encirclement and suppression" by North American film critics, in just two days, the cumulative global box office of "Avatar" exceeded the 300 million US dollar mark!

At the same time, more Hollywood professionals saw the film, and their evaluations were more convincing than those of the supposedly discerning film critics.

"Movies have new rules of the game, and Avatar is the future!" - Jon Favreau

"The history of cinema can be divided into 'before Avatar' and 'after Avatar'." - Steven Soderbergh

"It's a 'perceptual' film that makes your film look different, and I should start working on 3D." - Ridley Scott

"The audience of the first sound film was shocked by the sound, the audience of the first color film was shocked by the color, and "Avatar" did the same thing." -George Lucas

"The renaissance in the history of film." - Luc Besson

Praise from real professionals, word-of-mouth among movie fans, these finally led to the upsurge of "Avatar", and then on Sunday, the North American box office bucked the trend and won 52.15 million US dollars in a single day, while The global box office reported 212.41 million US dollars!

So far, in the first three days, "Avatar" has earned more than 126 million US dollars in North America, and the global box office has successfully exceeded 500 million US dollars!

More importantly, the anti-growth trend that violated the law of film screenings in the last two days of the film is the most terrifying thing. Many people unconsciously think of the big ship more than ten years ago, the deadly ship. The boat has experienced several times of reverse growth at the box office, and finally created a global box office record, which has remained to this day.

Could it be...

Many people in Hollywood have started associations. This record began with Ryan Jenkins and James Cameron. Is it also up to them to end it?

After three days on the weekend, the box office of "Avatar" will inevitably decline on weekdays. However, the number of screening theaters has rapidly expanded. The number of theaters in North America has rapidly increased from 3,452 to 4,155. The newly added 600 theaters are almost all screenings. 3d and imax versions.

The arrival of the working day has also eased the situation that the 3D version was hard to get a ticket on Sunday. The box office of the film was 28.5 million US dollars on Monday, 23.45 million US dollars on Tuesday, 22 million US dollars on Wednesday, and 21.5 million US dollars on Thursday, which almost broke the box office of the film. North American box office record for all weekdays after its second week in theaters.

Before the arrival of the new weekend, the North American box office of "Avatar" has steadily exceeded 220 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office has exceeded the 800 million U.S. dollar mark!

In the next three days of the weekend, "Avatar" faced the challenge of 20th Century Fox's "Alwin and Chipmunk 2". The battle between the two did not have any suspense at all. The sequel cartoon, because of some overlap in positioning, was overwhelmed by "Avatar".

"Airwin and Chipmunk 2" only got a North American box office of 32.87 million US dollars in the three days of the weekend, while the result of "Avatar" was 111.05 million US dollars!

As soon as the latest weekend box office statistics came out, several executives of 20th Century Fox went to the headquarters of News Corporation in New York with ugly faces, and their faces became even more ugly after returning to Los Angeles. r1152

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