Chapter 90 The Best Director of the Future
On the big screen, Chris Gardner and his son were talking jokes while walking towards the Golden Gate Bridge, and all the 120-minute movies were played. Cheerful songs sounded, and detailed cast members rolled from bottom to top in rows. The background was a series of changing static images. Chris Gardner officially went to work, he and his son moved into a new house, and he bought his son a complete set of "Captain America" dolls... Each one was full of a bright smile and a happy face.
As the movie ended, the audience's conversation suddenly buzzed in the screening hall, but no one left his seat. He waited until the Flame Movie logo was released on the big screen and then the trailer of other movies began to be played. The audience stood up and left one after another.
"This movie is so good! Unbelievable, Fantastic Yang is only 20 years old, I always thought it would be a bad movie..." A young friend walked through the aisle and heard him say this, another nodded in agreement: "Well, when it comes out of DVD, I want to buy a set! It's so good, Will Smith acts great, and his son is very cute..."
Listening to these praises, Rachel smiled and was happy and excited about the success of the movie. She took out her cell phone from her handbag and wrote a text message, "Yang, the movie is very exciting, congratulations to you! Romantic moth!" At this time, she heard the couple next to her get up and talking, and Jennifer said happily, "See, Martin? Is this a bad movie?"
Martin still seemed very dissatisfied and said, "Actually, this movie is boring. I almost fell asleep. There are no big scenes and no beauty. The most beautiful one is the hippie girl." As he said, he said disdainfully: "Jennifer, why are you happy? I am your boyfriend, not Wang Yang. And you can't be his girlfriend. His current girlfriend is too spicy, and the next girlfriend will only be more spicy..." Jennifer laughed and said, "So what? I love Shenqiyang, I love Shenqiyang! Wow, are you jealous?"
The two walked towards the entrance of the screening hall, and their voices became smaller and smaller. The smile on Rachel's face had already faded. She looked at the text on the screen of her phone expressionlessly. It took a long time to delete the "Romantic Moth" line and press the send button. Rachel felt a sensation in her heart and couldn't help but breathe a long sigh. She shouldn't have watched this movie, she really can't get in touch with this information anymore... However, the promotional activity of "Singing and Dance 2" is about to begin. She will see Jessica again, and she will hear "Yang, Yang, Yang" again...
Rachel sat in her seat for a long time, watched one trailer after another on the big screen, suddenly sighed, stood up and left.
In Los Angeles, in the Vitae Projector Cinema, Wang Yang and other film creators stood on the stage in front of the big screen and thanked the audience who came to attend the premiere. Will Smith smiled at the microphone and said, "Hey, thank you, thank you everyone! My acting skills are not bad, can I get golden purse?" A chuckle sounded in the audience, and Will laughed, "But guys, I want to say "When Happiness Comes Knocking the Door" is the best movie in my acting career. During the filming, I completely devoted myself to the role. When I called my son's name, not Terry, I would say 'Christopher, Christopher'." Amid the laughter of the audience and the creators, he shouted: "Thank you all for this! You guessed it, yes." He looked at Wang Yang next to him and smiled: "He is our director!"
Everyone in the audience immediately applauded, and Wang Yang also clapped with a smile. Will Smith said mysteriously again: "I have to tell some secrets. At the beginning, for the invitation from the director, I said 'no', I can't take risks anymore, but why am I standing here now? In addition to the good script, there are several long letters. I have never seen anyone do this. He sends a long letter every few days, 'Believe me, Will, this is a very suitable role for your role. This will be a good movie, I can do it!' Then I believe him."
"Now everyone says, did he do it?" Will Smith asked with a smile, and the applause in the audience became thunderous, and some people shouted, "The movie is great!" Will nodded and smiled, "Yes, the movie is great. I was not worried after filming the scene for a few days on the set. He is a good director, with convincing explanations, knows how to mobilize your emotions, and has strict requirements to almost harsh... But thank God, he has a good temper." Everyone smiled again, and Will shouted, "Come on, guys, let's give him the applause! Give it to Shenqiyang!"
Everyone in the Concept Seat stood up, clapped vigorously, and shouted loudly. Wang Yang opened his hands and hugged Will Smith, and smiled and said, "Will, thank you! Thank you for your trust!" Will Smith patted Wang Yang's back and said, "Buddha, I thank you. This movie made me full of confidence in acting again. I can win an Oscar, right? Haha!"
The main creators on the stage were also applauding constantly, Vale Fister, Margaret, Jenn Kezmelic... Jada Pinkett, Terry Smith... Everyone smiled happily, enjoying this common joy. Jessica, who was standing in the front row below the stage, clapping her palms and looking sweetly at Wang Yang who was embracing Will Smith. She said in her heart: "Yang, I love you!"
After the premiere, the main creator of the crew of "When Happiness Comes Knocks the Door", family and friends, went to a hotel to have a dinner party. On the way to the hotel, Wang Yang looked at the text messages on his mobile phone, all sent by his friends, Zachary, Michael Pete, Joshua, who attended the premiere... and Tom Willing and others in other cities, Natalie Portman sent a word "good", and Rachel... He opened the text message and silently recited the content: "Yang, the movie is very exciting, congratulations!" He smiled slightly and replied: "Thank you, Rachel, you really deserve to attend the premiere, good night." After sending it, he continued to look at the next text message.
"Yang, guess how do those media reviews write? They all said you were crazy before." Jessica next to her looked excited and said with relief: "They saw it tonight, who is crazy!" Wang Yang replied to her with a smile and said: "Jessica, I'm crazy! The promotion of "When Happiness Comes Knocking the Door" has just finished, but it's summer vacation soon, and I'm going to film "Juno" again, Oh! There are only a few days off..."
The next day, media reports and film reviews made a big turn for "When Happiness Comes Knocks the Door". At first, they thought Wang Yang was crazy and predicted that this might be a bad movie. Will Smith made a stupid choice again... But no one mentioned these things now, as if they had never happened. In the newspaper pile of newspapers at the newsstand, the headline title of the entertainment edition of the Los Angeles Times was so conspicuous: "Happiness is coming, magic continues!"
This film review occupies almost one page, introducing the surprising thing about the movie in all aspects: "This is another masterpiece of Fantasy Yang. After watching this movie, I think no one will say that he is 'baby director', except to describe his age. This movie is so simple and so profound. It has no complex stories, no complex relationships with characters, only a father and son, telling warm and moving stories."
"Its picture lens is full of Wang Yang's film style, bright sunshine; the film's structure is smooth and natural, and 120 minutes layer by layer, presenting Chris Gardner's legend slowly and slowly. The lively voiceover makes the characters more three-dimensional; the appropriate soundtrack and excellent editing make people praise it. I used to worry about whether a 20-year-old director can grasp the plot biopic, and can restore the sense of the times of the 1980s? The answer is to restore it impeccably. It is so excellent, full of sincere emotions everywhere, the love and warmth between father and son, the persistence for dreams and happiness, and the persistence of dignity... The 20-year-old director grasped it, and he simply told it, but it gave people a deep impression."
After a series of praise, the Los Angeles Times finally commented on his directing ability: "He is no longer in the category of 'teen film directors'. He has surpassed many 30-year-old and 40-year-old 'old guys'. This movie is enough to say everything."
When talking about Will Smith's performance, the film review said: "It's hard, it's hard to believe Will Smith just won the worst male lead in Jinermei. Is that really happening? In this movie, Will Smith changed all his previous screen image. He was haggard and vicissitudes, a middle-aged man who worked hard all day long. He also changed all previous interpretation styles. He successfully created a gentle, positive, optimistic, family-friendly man. The part where he cried silently in the toilet of the subway station is one of the most exciting movie clips this year. Fantastic Yang said it right, and his interpretation can be regarded as the Oscar-best actor level."
Finally, the Los Angeles Times concluded: "Do you have a dream? Do you want to be happy? Then try to realize it! This is what "When Happiness Comes Knocks" tells us."
There are many other newspapers in the newsstand, and the comment from "UA Weekend" is "The movie is warm and moving; the performances of the two starring actors are real and credible!" The title of "The Movie" which previously questioned whether Wang Yang was crazy" was called "Another miracle!" After some comments, they finally said: "There is no doubt that "When Happiness Comes Knocks on the Door" is a top-notch masterpiece, and it is one of the best movies this year. It comes from the hands of a 20-year-old director, and it is a miracle."
The words of the San Francisco Chronicle seem very proud and satisfied. In this report titled "Yang, do well!", they praised the craftsmanship of San Francisco in the 1980s: "Do you want to see what the San Francisco Bay Area looks like in 1981? Take a look at this movie." Wang Yang praised Wang, and commented in a "personal" tone: "This Bay Area boy deserves the pride of San Francisco and the pride of the Bay Area. Obviously, in the future, he will bring us greater honor, just like Clint Eastwood did."
Kevin Thomas, the critic of "The Legend of Ghosts" and "Singing and Dance" who has been scolded, did not say anything good this time. He seemed to have faced Wang Yang. Perhaps this time, the entertainment tabloid would rather publish his film reviews. This time he commented: "This movie is ridiculous. The young director laughs at the little director wants to instill his views into the audience. The views are not wrong, but the way is so artificial and disgusting. The most ridiculous thing is that the Smiths and the family appear in the picture at the same time. No matter how I think it is, the Smiths and not the Gardners."
But the fans who watched this movie are obviously in the camp of "This is a good movie". The rating of "When Happiness Comes Knocking" on the imdb website is currently as high as 8.5. Although the number of people in the future will decline normally, as a drama biopic, it can be said that this is the label of a classic Oscar-level movie. Compared with "Ghost Records" 6.8, "When Happiness Comes Knocking" 6.5, "When Happiness Comes Knocking" has won more respect.
On Sunday, the 21st, in the afternoon, the Flame Movie got the box office figures for the first day of its premiere. There were 3,050 theaters with ticket prices of 6.5 US dollars each. On the 20th, it received a total of 13.68 million US dollars in box office; on the 21st, it received another 15.64 million. At the end of the weekend, the attendance rate of the cinema also dropped sharply. Six days after the screening, "When Happiness Comes Knocks" ended its first week of battle, and received a total of 42.1581 million yuan!
This number put it at the top of the North American box office rankings from May 19 to 25. This is also the movie that Wang Yang won the weekly box office championship in the first week of the first film, and it was lost on Friday. The second place was the 127 million-dollar animated blockbuster "Dinosaur", which also showed its first week and received 40.698 million US dollars in 3,257 theaters.
As a family cartoon, it is based on touch as its main selling point. "Dinosaur" has the most conflicting market positioning with "When Happiness Comes Knocking"; but this week, when choosing which movie to watch, a considerable number of families were decided by their fathers, and their decision was "When Happiness Comes Knocking". The third place was "Gladiator" which was screened for the third week, which received a box office of 23.548 million, which was also affected to a certain extent. Looking at this ranking list, many media commented joked that "Miki Yang once again defeated the 'big guy' movie!"
"After 70 million "Save Private Ryan" and 115 million "Star Wars - Phantom Crisis", 127 million "Dinosaur" became the latest victim." Yahoo Entertainment editor joked: "If Shen Qiyang made a movie that cost over 100 million, would he be defeated by other little guys? But the question now is, which director in Hollywood is a 'little guy' in front of him?"
The production cost of "When Happiness Comes Knocks the Door" is 32 million yuan, the promotion cost is 25 million yuan, and the total cost is exactly 60 million yuan, if you do not consider the peripheral revenue such as DVD and only count as theater screenings, it will have to receive at least 140 million yuan to recover the cost. Neither Flame Movie nor Wang Yang are worried about this. Judging from the current momentum, it is certain that the box office of hundreds of millions is a sure thing, and it will inevitably make a profit.
However, it seems that the situation of "Singing and Dance" is about to be repeated. The weekly box office champion has to be given to others before it has even sat in the hot spot. Because in the new week, two action blockbusters are about to be released. The most threatening thing is not "Shanghai Noon", but Paramount invested 125 million yuan and opened 3,653 theaters. "Mission Impossible 2" directed by John Woo and starring Tom Cruise. Whether it is the popularity of the series or Tom Cruise's box office appeal, it makes this blockbuster come in full force.
But this week, the light of "When Happiness Comes Knocks" overshadowed the entire film industry, and Wang Yang's popularity once again soared, reaching an unprecedented peak.
In the latest issue of the Chicago Sun, Wang Yang's "hard fan" and famous film critic Roger Albert once again "rebelled". His belated review did not choose to stick to the previous "golden and plum" theory, but instead changed his words and praised: "I want to apologize for the previous predictions. This magical boy is not mentally irritated and has not rushed to make a move. In his new work, all I see is sincerity and magic."
"After watching "When Happiness Comes Knocking", I still feel like I was sunny, but the difference is that this time I was moved to tears. This is really incredible. This is an Oscar-level movie! Fantasy Young scared me again. I couldn't find any words to describe my surprise. I was thinking, maybe he can win the youngest Oscar for Best Director? No, maybe, I can be sure that in the future, Fantasy Young will win the Oscar for Best Director; maybe, it's just next year."
He wrote self-deprecatingly: "I am now very much looking forward to the Juneau that he allegedly will be released this Christmas. Will that be an ordinary romantic love story? I don't think so now; and if Shenyang made a movie a month, I wouldn't say that he was hot-headed, I, poor old guy."
Finally, the patent belonging to Roger Ibert, which can only be seen in his reviews. He gave "two-thumbs-up" "When Happiness Comes Knocks"!"
This review has received support from many movie fans, especially his "Best Director of the Future". Yahoo website also conducted a *** survey. Do you think Wang Yang will break the youngest winning record for the 'Best Director of the Oscar'? (The keeper is 32-year-old Norman Tauroge)" 74% of people chose to do it, and 26% chose not.
Chapter completed!