Hollywood legendary director

"Lyman's new film "Water Monster in the Lake" held its grand premiere at the Chinese Grand Theater last night. This monster disaster-themed commercial film made its debut and earned 5.6 million zero-point box office."

"Fantastic visual effects, compact rhythm control, climactic scene scheduling, and occasional humorous dialogue... everything revolves around a clear and clear story line, making the viewing process become An emotional outburst exclaimed for it, just as long as you focus on it, you can get a feast of watching."

"From the warmth of the opening to the tragic ending, the plot is full of tension, especially the wonderful performance of Matthew in the middle. A character who is brave and hesitant enough to make the audience feel safe and staying It’s impressive, and I look forward to Matthew’s performance in other movies in the future."

The next morning, with the rustle of paper turning, Lehman sat at the dining table and flipped through the various newspapers that were just released today.

Eva brought a simple breakfast to the table.

The evaluations in the newspapers, except for some stubborn film critics who are still picky, think the film is too commercial and popcorn, but most of them are still positive.

"Hollywood Reporter" said directly: "After the release of "Water Monster in the Lake", the next few weeks will definitely set off a movie watching boom, because it is so mature, whether it is visual, auditory or rhythmic control. It can satisfy the viewing experience, stimulate the secretion of dopamine, and make people feel spiritually happy. This is a masterpiece that mainstream people will like."

Bella also wrote in a column in the Chicago Journal: "Starting with the warmth of a family and ending with the tragedy of a family, it seems that the structure is small and not enough, but it creates a monster that can justify itself. The performance of the family after the advent, this structure is quite full and has a strong sense of substitution... In fact, what I admire most in this film is not the big scenes and lifelike water monsters, but such small details ."

"Undoubtedly, "Water Monster in the Lake" is a wonderful, mature genre movie with a good viewing experience."-"Hollywood Variety Show"

Of course, if there is certainty, there will be criticism.

No work can satisfy everyone.

The "San Francisco Evening News" made it clear that the story of the film is very weak, many places are not digging deep, the plot is sparse, and the newspaper regrets that a talented director has also become secular, assimilated by the strong industrial atmosphere of Hollywood , Only use visual special effects and wild bombing scenes to attract the audience, and forget to play in depth in the plot.

This kind of tit-for-tat and clear-cut argument can be said to be a unique scene among Hollywood film critics, because they are often not uniform within.

And thanks to the fact that there were no blockbuster movies in mid-November, and no one had a head-on PK with "Water Monster in the Lake", Warner’s strong public relations propaganda made most passersby fans’ attention on this movie, especially The box office performance at Midnight was pretty good, and it gave a lot of persuasive power.

It has also become a complete focus.

In the continuing hot reviews of the media, as well as the audience's praise on the Internet, including IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes and other online review sites also released the film review data of "Water Monster in the Lake" for the first time.

Just like the characteristics of commercial movies, that is, they can earn enough box office, but they cannot earn good evaluation scores.

Among them, IMDB scored only 7.5 points in the preliminary scores of more than 1,200 people, and the professional film critics like Rotten Tomatoes got together even less. Although the freshness was directly full, the score was only 7.2. However, It is always above the pass line, and everyone does not blindly criticize it completely without thinking.

But the energy of commercial popcorn movies has always been to satisfy the audience, and Lehman has always had a clear understanding of this.

The dividing line between commercial directors and art directors is so fuzzy and so clear.

Since Hollywood embraced capital, this line has become even more elusive.

For most moviegoers, it's good that he doesn't care about business or art, or art or art. It is good to be able to see it, worth the price, and spiritual needs.

But this is back to the original point of the movie, how to tell a fictional story?

What is postmodern, what double lines, what kind of narrative means is not important, what business, what art, the atmosphere of the film is important.

Michael Bay, the most popular film critic, is already a first-line director.

No matter how he ridicules, how he complains about the explosion scenes in his films that will never be missing, even the film has never been rated 8, and the lowest pass line is not even, but his works always exceed 100 million in North America and exceed 200 million in the future. It will exceed 1.1 billion globally.

To measure the success of a movie, the audience's most intuitive attitude should be added, and if it is converted into data, it is the box office performance.

The box office is high, not necessarily so good, but certainly not bad.

November 10 is also the day when the film will be released in North America.

If someone can investigate from across the United States, they will find that there are long queues of ticket purchases in the theater where the "Water Monster in the Lake" poster is hung at this time, and this phenomenon occurs in the more prosperous regional theaters. The bigger.

The theater manager constantly reports to the headquarters, requesting hall expansion and scheduling copies;

After the headquarters gathered together, they immediately proceeded to increase the exhibition, and notified Warner and Firefly to cooperate;

The people of Warner are still enthusiastic, creating greater influence and attracting more passersby.

This is a kind of harmonious cycle, and it is also the most significant cycle of blockbuster movies.

After last night's midnight performance, which was not excellent but absolutely not bad, when the sun rose, after watching a movie, word of mouth or acting as tap water on the Internet, and reasonable guidance, "Water Monster in the Lake" was not difficult. It became a hit in November and was sought after by audience fans.

It is not difficult for the theater to be full, but it is difficult for the audience to fail, especially if the die-hard fans who have the most screenings on the first day want to see it, and there is no shortage of audience base.

In other words, if you want to make a disaster movie, you can't make it well.

Whether it is "The Day After Acquired", "Independence Day", "Jaws"... these examples illustrate how easy it is for the audience to accept such works.

It's just like the original "Han River Monster" became the No. 1 movie in Korean film history with a small budget, and it lasted six or seven years, breaking the number of movie viewers and setting a new high.

And this version of Lehman is not only more in line with the original Hollywood flavor-the original version has the flavor of Hollywood assembly line, the plot is richer, the budget is larger, and the various settings, special effects, and picture levels are more than one grade higher than the original version. Why not explode.