In the first week of July, the suspense in the North American film market was stifled by the stunning performance of "Independence Day", which also made all other films this week fade and became cannon fodder.

The most pitiful thing is Disney, which made a misjudgment. The movie "The Different Ben. Neng" produced by Disney Company invested 30 million US dollars to premiere this week. Although this movie starring John Travolta was not popular before it was released, it also attracted a lot of attention.

As a result, under the crushing of "Independence Day", the movie received a pitiful box office of only 9 million US dollars, just like a small stone falling into the sea. Even the small ripples caused were quickly submerged by the storm waves brought by "Independence Day".

Not to mention "different instincts." Even movies that have achieved good results in "Tornado", "Brave the Deadly Island", and "Mission Impossible" have suffered the disaster, with a drop of more than 50% and severe blood loss. This shows that this week's "Independence Day" is the only focus, and all other works have been affected.

It is worth mentioning that "Ace Commissioner" entered its fourth week of release, but was hit by the frontal impact of "Independence Day", and the box office plummeted by 65%. The weekend box office revenue was only less than 1.5 million US dollars, and the cumulative box office was only more than 54 million. Although it has crossed the cost line of 47 million, this crushing defeat is inevitable. Sony Columbia Pictures can only sigh.

Both are members of the "Twenty Million Club", but the performance of "Ace Commissioner" and "Independence Day" can definitely be said to be a world of difference. In other words, not everyone is qualified to enter the "Twenty Million Club", poor Jin Carrey is innocently caught in the gun.

But people don’t have time to make things difficult for Jin Carrey because of the revolution caused by “Independence Day”. The wave of revolution has just begun. With the grand occasion of the weekend of July, “Independence Day” has undoubtedly become the biggest hot spot in this summer. At the same time, the comments of the second group of film critics also emerged strongly, and the voices of the controlling cost faction spread all over the world.

The San Francisco Chronicle only gave a super low score of 50, which is the second fifty after the New York Post. "Emerrich successfully made Lancaster a clown, and there was no room for play in the whole movie, which made Lancaster not more dazzling than a computer-made firework. Not to mention the unknown alien war, the empty story makes the whole movie look like a disaster or even a worse disaster than an alien invasion. Perhaps, the only thing to be thankful is that Lucas' investment was paid off."

The San Francisco Chronicle almost criticized Independence Day as nothing, and even the highly acclaimed visual effects seemed insignificant. Of course, if it weren't for the excellent visual effects, they might have had a lower rating.

Standing on the same front as the San Francisco Chronicle is also the "Daily News". "The old plot makes people drowsy, and the digging of human nature and emotions is as weak as a reed in the wind. The ending that can be predicted from the first minute of the movie is extremely empty. The second half of "Independence Day" has become the most monotonous thing this year."

After rating a 50-minute ultra-low score, the Daily News also commented, "The story built with gorgeous visual effects is like a bubble in a bathtub, extremely spectacular, but cannot withstand a gentle gust of wind. As the first person in the 20 million club, Lancaster almost disappeared in the movie, his character is pale and weak, and his acting is weak and empty. Of course, the last pre-war mobilization still showed his personal charm, making people excited, but apart from that, he is the same as the Fox No. 3 hitting the protective cover: it has no use."

Full of ridicule and criticism, the basic views of the Daily News are consistent with the San Francisco Chronicle. Obviously, they also think that such a simple story is a regression for the film industry and completely scoff at Independence Day.

In addition, the "Houston Chronicle" that was the first to ban the alliance, obviously did not look at Hugo. They and their "friends" seemed to have made an appointment and also gave a 50-minute evaluation. In the comments, "The whole rhythm is extremely fast, exciting, passionate, and the explosion effect is unparalleled, let alone the amazing visual effects. But the story has no memory points. The simple and boring story once again returns to the clichéd 'we fight against them' route, and the confrontation between humans and aliens did not burst out with any sparks, let alone the countless scientific phenomena in the movie, which made the essence of science fiction movies extremely cheap. The high investment cost seems to have turned into a bunch of explosives. I can't find out why this movie is higher than the "speed of life and death."

It can be seen that the story of "Independence Day" is the root of criticism from major news media. This is the case from the "New York Post" and "USA Today" to the mainstream viewpoints of this second criticism. In fact, this is also the biggest difference between high investment and high return faction and control costs faction.

The high investment and high cost faction firmly believes that computer special effects can inject more charm into the movie, and grand scenes will attract more audiences to the cinema. Computer special effects are the most expensive part at present. As for the opening of the 20 million club, it can only be considered an additional factor.

However, the cost control faction believes that excessive investment in computer special effects will make people ignore the story itself. The entire script will be based on computer special effects, allowing the story to simply and roughly serve exaggerated visual effects, and turn the movie into a boring and cliché explosion, explosion, explosion.

Therefore, the script of "Independence Day" has become the focus of controversy.

At this time, Twentieth Century Fox couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and even Roland Emmerich let out a long breath. Now this version of the script has been modified according to Hugo's meaning, making the whole story concise and compact, spending more time and writing to focus on outlining the two lines of Thomas and Steve, including the part of family affection and love, and the part where humans rely on each other. This is also the main part of the script recognized by Roger Ebert.

Originally, the main storyline of commercial movies is relatively simple. Even the "speed of life and death" that was highly praised at the beginning, the story itself is not too complicated. Therefore, the criteria for really determining the quality of commercial movie scripts are the pile of details, the promotion of the plot, the portrayal of characters, the setting up the theme, etc. The part that Hugo vigorously revised at the time was these small details and annoying small details, which made the entire "Independence Day" script full.

But even so, the media is still criticized by fire. If they insisted on their own opinions and did not modify them according to Hugo's opinion, the consequences would be really unimaginable.

However, although there are endless criticisms, supporters should not be underestimated.

The Washington Post wrote a comment saying, "The aliens are still muddy, sticky, and vicious, without much breakthrough, but the superior technology of computer special effects shows unparalleled originality, making the entire viewing process extremely interesting, and the thrilling plot is enough to motivate the enthusiasm of every audience.

Lancaster's performance was delicate and humorous. His small movements, eyes, smiles, gestures, and corners of his mouth in the performance brought incredible vitality into the role, further explored the connotation of the film, and finally sublimated in the pre-war mobilization. For a commercial film, this is undoubtedly a rare delicateness."

Behind this incomparable praise, the Washington Post gave a high score of 80, adding an important weight to the praise camp.

The comments from "US Weekly" are a bit playful, "This is the first disaster movie in film history about the future, as cute as a small button. The computer special effects part is undoubtedly very shocking, which makes the entire alien war look extremely handsome, and even makes the audience urge to play. As a commercial movie, this is undoubtedly perfect."

In addition to the 85-point super high score, "Us Weekly" also commented on Hugo's performance. "Lancaster always has such a charm. A simple smile makes people fall in love with him. Every part of his role can be seen, even the most terrifying murderous demon. This time is no exception. Lancaster uses his personal charm to make the slightly simple story plot interesting."

What is even more commendable is that the two extremely influential media, "Variety Show" and "Wall Street Journal", also stood on the side of "Independence Day" and gave them praise.

"Variety Show" believes that "the alien attacks occurred in multiple cities at the same time, which almost took away the breath of every audience, and this thrilling thrill was consistent and maintained until the last moment of the story. There is no doubt that "Independence Day" is extremely interesting and exciting."

The Wall Street Journal believes that "the most exciting and state-of-the-art aerial battle scene has become a microcosm of the movie. Almost every war scene is exciting, and the excitement injects unparalleled vitality into the movie from the first moment. As a disaster movie, "Independence Day" sets countless precedents in American film history. Just the scene of blowing up the White House is enough to get everyone into the cinema."

Both top magazines gave incredible full scores of 100, expressing their views in the most direct and strongest way.
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