The Matthew effect was first derived from a sentence in the "Bible-Matthew Gospel", "Everything that has should be added to him and makes him unnecessary; if not, even all of him should be taken away." Sociologists extended the concept of "Matthew effect" from it to describe the widespread polarization phenomenon in the field of social life.

The so-called Matthew effect, further explained, means that the stronger the strong, the weaker the weaker. After a person succeeds, subsequent luck will follow, and vice versa. In short, it can be understood as the richer and the poorer the poor.

Similarly, putting the Matthew effect in Hollywood is also applicable. When a director or actor succeeds continuously, all successes will disappear, and then seize the opportunity to succeed one by one and become the top ranks; and when a director or actor experiences failure, his career will often slip into a trough and then fall into an increasingly worse mud. The phenomenon of polarization is widely divided into every corner of society.

Hugo is obviously the one who accumulates negative effects in the Matthew effect. Even the success of four consecutive works still cannot reverse the negative impression in the media, not only because of the poor and downturns in the past three years, but also because the success of these four works has no model to find.

"Smelling the fragrance to know women", "Yihai Xiongfeng", "Seattle's Sleeping Night", and "Schindler's List" can be said to be four different types of works, and the factors for the final success are also different. "Smelling the fragrance to know women" achieve Al Pacino, "Yihai Xiongfeng" takes advantage of Rodney King's east wind, "Seattle's Sleeping Night" is a romantic romantic comedy, and "Schindler's List" is a strong support from the Jews. The difference in success trajectory means that this kind of success is difficult to replicate.

Therefore, it is bound to be difficult for the media to reverse their negative impression of Hugo at the first time. In addition, the "pulp novel" that has just been completed and the "life and death speed" that is about to start filming are still completely different from the trajectory of the previous four works. Then this time the media's negative response is expected.

"Variety Show" magazine, which has always been known for its seriousness and rigor, expressed all kinds of discomfort about Hugo's choice. "When Lancaster chose the 'life and death speed', this means that he is willing to try action movies again, which is a good thing. This young actor with a handsome face like Malone Brando and excellent acting skills, and also has a Harrison Ford-like fitness skills. We can't wait to watch his hot action performance on the big screen.

But the question is, is "life and death speed" really the best choice? Jane De Bonter, a photographer, has no experience as a director. What he is best known for is his sharp photography style, but has not been truly recognized; and the screenwriter and producer team are all working as filmmakers for the first time, which is really hard to make people feel trust.

If Lancaster is willing to shoot action movies, I believe Hollywood can provide at least countless scripts to choose from. Now it is the golden age of action movies. In the past three years, a total of 35 works of the same type have been born, and at least nineteen action movies have been known to have been established this year.

With so many choices, including big productions, luxury casts, excellent scripts and innovative themes, Lancaster chose the "speed of life and death". This work that does not show any advantages, highlights, or any value is really incomprehensible.

This is the second time that Lancaster has been uninterpreted in the past six months. The last "pulp novel" and Quentin Tarantino are worth looking forward to. However, the $250,000 salary has shocked Hollywood so far, making it impossible for a group of top production companies to find a reasonable explanation; but this time, there is no reason for the "speed of life and death" this time.

With the great success of four consecutive works, Lancaster has ushered in a golden opportunity to reach the top of his career, but in the face of such an opportunity, he made inexplicable choices twice in a row. How will it develop in the future is unpredictable."

From the comments of "variety shows", we can see that although we have made various speculations and doubts about Hugo's choice on the surface, in essence, we have no expectations for the script "Speed ​​of Life and Death", and it can even be said to be a belittlement of the entire "Speed ​​of Life and Death", which is a very common situation in Hollywood and is not uncommon.

In the final analysis, "variety shows" still believe that Hugo's choice of "life and death speed" is a very bad decision.

Another authoritative media in the Hollywood industry, "Hollywood Reporter", also expressed similar views to "Variety Show", but their words were more intense and they asked in a sarcastic way, "Is Lancaster choosing to commit suicide?"

In the view of the Hollywood Reporter, "Lancaster first chose the "pulp novel" with a cost of 8 million US dollars, and then chose the "life and death speed" with a cost of 28 million US dollars. It seems that overnight, Hugo was so lingering with low-cost independent films that were hard to part with. With the rising cost of film production today, Lancaster rejected all invitations for works of more than 60 million US dollars, and focused on low-cost production. This makes people wonder: Did Lancaster give up his career development?

After experiencing three consecutive high-investment works such as "Hudson Eagle", Lancaster seemed to be in a panic situation. Now he is more stubborn in the field of low-cost works, which is actually a move to reduce the risk of the work. If the work fails, the losses suffered will definitely not be so painful; but once the work is successful, it will be a beautiful turnaround battle.

There is no doubt that this can be regarded as a wise strategy, but it seems constrained, conservative and lacks motivation. This is definitely not the best way to survive for the fiercely competitive Hollywood. Facing picky audiences, troublesome film critics and harsh professionals, such a conservative and cautious choice will only make the aura of superstars on Lancaster gradually dim.

Perhaps, the low-cost 'life and death speed' will not be a big deal even if it fails, but Lancaster ignores another thing. Continuous participation in low-cost production will only allow the stars surrounding Lancaster to gradually disappear, and then erase his possibility of becoming a top superstar little by little. So, maybe, he is on the road to self-destruction."

"Hollywood Report" is not too harsh on "life and death speed", but uses adjectives like "suicide" to express disagreement with Hugo's choice. In fact, their core focus is that Hugo did not accept a $15 million salary to star in a big production, and gave up the opportunity to become a top presence, which is a fatal blow to Hugo's future career development.

But in other words, the Hollywood Reporter is like the "variety show" and is not optimistic that the "speed of life and death" can break the fixed thinking and achieve success.

Not just "Hollywood Reporter" and "Variety Show", the San Francisco Chronicle wrote a report on the title "Lancaster once again has a question mark, failed for the second time in a row?"

"USA Today" reported this time on the "speed of life and death" with a ironic title like "28 million US dollars investment welcomes 'Mr. Ten million'".

"Entertainment Weekly" chose the title "Lancaster's collision with new directors, new screenwriters, new producers, recklessness or vision?", and at the end of the news, they concluded that "Hugo was too eager to prove himself, and he was likely to backfire and hoped that this failure would not bring about the 'Hudson Eagle'-like consequences."

The title of "New York Post" that collided with Hugo in the previous few confrontations was very direct, "Self-destructive choice, Vanity Fair lost its direction." They believed that Hugo is now too confident in his box office appeal, and chose "life and death speed" for a reason. "The low pay will inevitably be Lancaster's voice over the crew. Lancaster can be seen by the joining of Brock and DiCaprio." Comments said that Hugo is gradually reaching out to the production field, showing his arrogant and arrogant side. The success of four consecutive works obviously made Hugo completely lose his direction, "This will be a disaster."

Overall, professional media generally do not optimistic about the development prospects of "life and death speed", and even think that this is a disaster that is even more terrible than "pulp novels". After all, "life and death speed" is a pure commercial film. If the box office fails, it means that everything fails. There is no room for Hugo to play his acting skills, and there is no room for maneuvering. The box office determines life and death.

When Nicholas McClell read these news reports, he couldn't help but find it very interesting. He watched his media colleagues take the banner of thinking about Hugo and then bombard Hugo, which directly confirmed the discussion and judgment between him and Hugo about these media. This was really a unique scene for Nicholas.

These news reports were analyzed very well, as if Hugo was really facing a very terrible bad situation, but Nicholas noticed at a glance that all the media did not mention the script issue of "life and death speed". Although the crew has not released the detailed content at present, the story outline is enough to see the novelty of the script. This is also the most important reason why Hugo is willing to choose this script, but it was ignored by everyone.

So, the media is really a magical thing. They pursue facts, but the views reflected in different angles, different positions and positions are completely different, and are even highly deceptive. Even if Nicholas himself is a member of this industry, he can't help but feel very interested.

However, Nicholas noticed a very special scene. He was sure that other media colleagues would notice it soon. Even if they didn't notice it this time, they would definitely fully surface next time.
Chapter completed!