Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

  Chapter 94 "Desolate" summer vacation, "Turn the table" gameplay

When the long road continued to retreat and Sarah Connor's inner monologue slowly came out from the speaker, the staff list also scrolled out on the dim screen. At this time, most of the audience would get up and leave. However, the audience at midnight tonight did not intend to move—

Unlike those chickficks, these old men are not staying here to pursue the end credit sponsor. For them, what brand of motorcycle is Arnold Schwarzenegger riding? Roland Allen These one-sided things are not important at all, because no matter whether it is the joy and joy that fills the heart, or the sadness and thoughts that linger in the heart, these different emotions generated by watching movies are all related to the shape of the filmmakers. , There is no relationship between half a dime.

   "It's really fun!"

   "This is even better than the first one!"

"Arnold in the first movie couldn't make peace, had no emotions, didn't know fear, and the meaning of existence was to kill Sarah Connor, but in this movie, after there is no human existence, they fight more happily. !"

   "These robots can do things that everyone can't do! Especially the shot of Arnold taking out the shotgun from the rose box and stepping on the rose is just so cool!"

"Yes, yes, there is also the shot of the T-1000 chasing Roland! Arnold controlled the accelerator with one hand, blocked Roland in front of him, then raised the shotgun, and directly exploded the vehicle! It is so handsome wearing sunglasses Already!"

  For these big boys, the biggest experience of entering a movie theater is the passionate scene.

  As long as you fight well, as long as you punch to the flesh, as long as you take a good shot, their first impression points will be maxed out directly.

   "Terminator 2", obviously did this.

  Different from other sci-fi action movies, the two protagonists T-800 and T-1000 are not human beings, they don’t feel pain, they don’t get tired, they can fight non-stop until the end of their lives.

In this case, the fight between the hard bridge and the iron horse made the audience very addicted. After the hands were captured, the head turned into a hammer and knocked you away, but seeing their adrenaline surged, especially It was when the governor's fist turned into a pile driver and hit the recoverable T-1000 hard, the feeling of playing the arcade machine as a child came to my heart even more.

Like those female audiences who like to watch romance movies, this kind of real action movies is something that many male audiences like, and as long as they enjoy watching it, it becomes a matter of course to directly blow it up .

  Of course, many viewers have not forgotten that they can abandon their family and children to watch movies in the theater in the middle of the night. What is it based on? Love and responsibility? Don't be kidding...Many fathers actually came to fulfill the dream of the sequel to "Terminator" seven years ago in the name of helping their children to test mine clearance! Many people have even made up their minds, telling their children that this movie is more **** and not very suitable for you to watch when they go home after having a good time...

  T-1000 directly stabbed the head of John Connor's adoptive father with a hand knife!

  How can you show such a **** picture to your precious child?

  How many times do you want to make them pay more?

   Isn't that a joke?

However-

   Wait until they finish reading.

  The older children who thought they could satisfy their hunger just by watching it once, felt that it was not enough...

   Such a wonderful movie is totally worth buying a videotape for collection!

   As a result, those who stayed at the scene, after making eye contact, immediately expressed their views with a tacit understanding...

   "Roland Allen performed well?"

   "You think so too? It seems that this is not my idea alone!"

  “When he was teaching T-800 how to celebrate and communicate in a human way, the high-five scene was so warm.”

"Yes, yes, especially in the final battle at the factory, when he tried hard to find the T-800 and hoped that the other party could protect him, the desire for his father may make those two naughty little guys in my family feel better. feeling..."

"There is also the scene of holding T-800 and saying goodbye to him. My daughter has not hugged me for a long time. When I took her to watch "Home Alone" last year, she hugged her mother as soon as she came out of the theater. Now, also It's my turn..."

Although many audience members did not know each other, although they did not know each other's living habits and company address, when the feeling of social animals appeared together, the fabricated rhetoric had a tacit understanding, and everyone at the scene burst into laughter .

  The boring life on weekdays is enough to make people feel irritable.

  Now, there is a movie in front of you that can make you feel comfortable physically and mentally.

   Don't read it twice, isn't that sorry for yourself?

However, when they figured out what to say, they used Roland Allen and the children as a shield during the daytime on July 3, and took them into the theater again. When watching the movie, the children who were facing the screen and looked around curiously could see don't understand those things...

   Fighting is really cool!

  The movie is indeed violent!

  The scene of fierce fighting really attracted many children into it!

but-

  When they took their father's hand and walked out of the theater, their excited faces were full of curiosity about everything. They asked their father what doubts they had in their hearts, but those...

  But it has nothing to do with warmth.

   "Oh! Dad! Roland with bangs is really handsome! Can you take me to the barber shop, I also want to cut a side bang!"

   "Dad! Can I sit at the table and eat like Roland?"

   "Dad! How much money is in the ATM machine? Ah no... I mean can you buy me a computer? I'm very interested in computers!"

   "Dad! Do you know where the motorcycle that Roland rides is sold? I think it should be quite suitable for me..."

  What is the essence of innocence?

   is to carry forward the spirit of breaking the casserole and asking the end on the basis of ignorance and fearlessness!

  The core of the film that experts focus on is never the first point that ordinary audiences understand, and the rhetoric that ordinary audiences realize through divergent thinking is even more distant for children—

  What does the self-termination of T-800 reflect Cameron's soul torture after the rapid development of technology?

  Why T-800 activates the backup power supply at the time of desperation, drags the broken body, but also protects John Connor. This plot is an alternative portrayal of the most lacking persistence in human beings?

  Why is Sarah Connor's personal monologue at the end of the movie a strong attack on the education methods of single-parent families?

  Stop joking, okay—

   How could children understand these things?

Although many adults are sure that this movie is not **** and violent after watching the midnight show first, and they are moved by the gains and losses of John Connor in the movie (that is, they want to watch it again), and feel that their children are watching this movie. After the movie, being able to grow because of it, but—

  The idea is beautiful, but the reality is skinny.

For the vast majority of children, or for those who have watched "Home Alone", at the beginning of the film, Roland Allen's John Connor used JAY's tugging appearance to fight against his parents. The coolness of their parents is what excites them!

  The skills of riding their own small motorcycle rebelliously and using their own cleverness to crack ATM machines to get a lot of cash make them yearn for even more!

  Especially the picture of Roland raising his eyebrows and smiling coolly, with the corners of his mouth curled up, blowing his own bangs with a faint voice, it's even more handsome!

   What do single parent children desire?

  What kind of strong backing can make children grow better?

  What complete family can bring children the most comprehensive age-appropriate education?

  You expect eight, nine, ten year olds to understand this?

  You expect those adolescent rebellious teenagers to be able to watch the video preaching?

   Do you expect those guys who are aiming for the stars and seas to grow and change because of this?

   This is just a dream, isn't it? ! !

  Why is "Home Alone" attractive?

   Isn’t it because the protagonist in the film has done what countless children want to do but can’t!

   And "Terminator 2"?

also the same!

   No matter who it is, in the process of growing up, there will be situations where they are unwilling to listen to their parents;

   No matter who it is, during adolescence, I hope that I will be the most beautiful boy in the class. Whether it is a cool shape or a handsome motorcycle, these are all weapons to attract girls;

  Whoever it is, they all wish they had endless money so they can buy the things they want, play the games they want to play...

   And now, Roland Allen in the movie helped them do it again!

   Parents are annoying? Talking about letting yourself do housework every day?

oh! Then you have to be careful with T-1000! John Connor's adoptive father was slaughtered by it!

  The law does not allow children under the age of fifteen to ride a motorcycle alone?

  This is unscientific! John Connor's motorcycle in the movie is for us to ride!

  No money? Is your pocket cleaner than your face?

  John Connor's miraculous computer technology can make ATMs spit out money infinitely!

If Roland Allen in "Home Alone" satisfies the children's absurd dream of abandoning their parents, living quietly at home alone, and enjoying everything, then "Terminator 2" is a disguised form for children. an upgraded version of .

  What kind of family, what kind of parents, that's bullshit!

  After watching the movie, what the children want most is to have a T-800 to protect themselves, just like Roland.

  Have you been bullied?

   Then let the T-800 beat the **** out of the bully!

  My stuff was robbed?

  Then let the T-800 put the shotgun in the guy's mouth, he wants to see the watermelon burst!

  I really don’t want to do my homework?

  Report to the teacher, my T-800 lit my homework as a cigarette...

  People are not frivolous and in vain for teenagers!

   Expect these guys who have never experienced social beatings to understand the meaning?

   Isn’t that noisy?

  After watching the movie, when they go home and communicate with their neighbors, these children don't have any deep thoughts.

   All they know is—

   "Oh! The movie "Terminator 2" is really cool! The liquid robot in it is really amazing! It can slip through any gaps, and it can transform at will!"

   "Roland Allen is really cool! I've already told my dad that when the green jacket comes out, he will buy me one too!"

"What? You haven't seen the movie yet? Then I won't tell you—if I tell you that Roland, who was in "Home Alone" before, raced the devil robot on the road in "Terminator 2", that's not a drama. It's so bad! I can only tell you that his John Connor and Kevin McAllister are really different! If Kevin is timid, then John can face robots Dude! Also, he is very smart! He got the money for the whole movie! Also, although he didn't shoot the gun, he saved his mother with the T-800 and prevented her from destroying the T-800 -800, is the key character in the whole movie!"

   It doesn’t matter if children don’t understand!

  One-sidedness and connotation are just two points on one thing!

   Some insights, that is your brain is invincible, hearty, that is your true feelings release!

  Don't care what the big audience and children see, as long as they feel comfortable physically and mentally, that's enough!

  As long as they feel that this movie is worth the movie tickets, that's fine!

Therefore, when an adult walks into the theater full of longing with their children, and two hours later, when they happily walk out of the hall with questions in their arms, the satisfaction of varying degrees is the most successful part of the whole movie. .

A good work is not able to move everyone. Everyone has different knowledge, different experiences, different experiences, and different social levels. If you want them to be satisfied with something, it is simply a dream. A really good work, It is to let everyone watching can see what they want.

Social animals want to vent, they want to fight heartily; men want to be strong, T-800 is the direction of their efforts; guys with superhero dreams can imagine themselves as T-1000 who will never die; and those who are worried about their families Women can also see their own shadow from Sarah Connor; as for children—whether they are guys who have experienced cruelty or children full of innocent fantasies, they can find their own from John Connor. Dots and noodles.

  Because of this, with the release of the film, those colleagues who went to the theater to watch the movie secretly felt very complicated.

   Every year, Hollywood produces hundreds of movies, but those classic characters can be counted on one hand.

  If last year's most successful character was Kevin who captured all the children in America, then this year, John, who showed rebellion on the screen and grew up with the children, gave Roland another point.

   Kevin is the soul of "Home Alone", there is no doubt about it, but what about John?

  Everyone believes that the soul of the entire movie "Terminator" is the T-800, but John is actually its companion lotus. The whole story begins with John, and may end with John.

   No one knows whether the truck driver will make the third part, but they understand that once Roland makes a move, there will be two series.

   Not only that, as a family movie, "Home Alone" actually doesn't have any classic scenes.

  Many people can guarantee that soon after watching "Home Alone", they will forget everything about it, and only the mischievous smile of the protagonist Kevin will remain in their brains.

But John Connor is different. The scene of him and T-800 clapping hands will definitely become a classic scene that the audience will talk about and will not forget for more than ten years, because the children nowadays can’t understand it. It doesn't mean that they can't understand it in the future!

  When they really grow up and start to reminisce, this scene, like "ET and the little boy's fingers touching" back then, will become some kind of iconic classic, become the representative of the actors themselves, and will always remain in the hearts of the audience.

For actors, the ability of monoclonal antibodies at the box office is very important, and award nominations are also very important, but compared with them, classic images are more important, just like Tom Cruise's squinting smile in "Top Gun", like Little Lizi and Rousi face the sea in "Titanic", just like the last little girl in red in "Schindler's List"...

  These classic shots can last a lifetime. The power of feelings is not just as simple as realization.

  Many people spend their whole lives and can't wait for a classic, let alone keep their figure in it forever. How lucky is Roland Allen? The first movie broke the Christmas record, and the second movie can be framed and put on the wall?

  Such good luck has caused many colleagues to be jealous, but no one can do such a thing as pulling his hand.

Colleagues are enemies, this sentence is true no matter where you put it. Seeing others jumping along the way, but oneself standing still, that kind of emotion of envy, jealousy and hatred can easily destroy a person's heart and make them do something that is not right. sensible thing.

  Those methods to pull you off if I fail are only for ordinary people.

Just like Charlie Cosmo, if he wants to make a movie, he will enter the circle, fly all the way with the big guy in his arms, and if he doesn't want to make a movie, he will leave the circle, and just push the contract whatever. No one will get angry with a guy like Liesel Matthews, because-

   Can't beat them!

  Roger Ebert did not attend the premiere but wrote a criticism of the rated film critics, which could not be hidden from insiders.

  Although the whole thing can be explained as James Cameron, or the distributor of the film, sent a copy to the other party separately, but who would believe this kind of thing?

  Compared with those official news that follow the crowd, they are more willing to believe that this is the first time that Cameron's backer funder has spoken out.

  Although I don’t know if Roland, who disappeared with them at the premiere party, got involved, but—

  No one would gamble with their own future!

   Because of jealousy, so tough with those Wall Street giants?

   Isn’t this the old birthday star hanged himself, looking for death?

and…

   Didn't you notice.

  The movie of the same period as "Terminator 2", it seems...

   Is it all rubbish?

   Throughout the summer of 1991, there was not a single blockbuster movie except "Terminator 2"!

   That is to say, there are no other movies that the audience can choose except "Terminator 2"!

   With Cameron’s last work hit the street, can he scare off a wave of people?

   What a joke!

   Now he is not the card **** who made "Titanic" and "Avatar" in the future!

   With him and Schwarzenegger alone, can they eat up the entire summer vacation?

  Even with Roland and the entire Jewish gang, they don't have such a big face!

  In this way, in the face of this unusual situation, silence is the best choice.

   With the silence of those colleagues, the actions of various film companies are also different from usual.

On weekdays, they would urge the North American Theater Chain Alliance to clear the box office data of the midnight show early in the morning, but this time, they were not in a hurry—because everyone understood that the midnight show was not "Terminator 2" "The best embodiment of this movie, only the accumulation of all the data on the day of release can prove whether James Cameron's painstaking efforts have succeeded. It's not his fundamental goal. Only when all the highlights of attracting money are fully utilized can he be worthy of the film investment with a total price of over 100 million.

   As a result, on the night of the 3rd, a very strange situation occurred throughout Hollywood.

   Party?

No.

  Reception?

Cancel.

   Fellowship?

What's this?

  It is different from the usual situation of feasting, drinking and drinking, and singing every night. Although the off-duty time has passed, the top executives of the seven major business project departments still stay in their offices, spinning pens in boredom.

They really dared to cheat Wall Street's money and didn't take these guys seriously, but when these jackals got off the ground and interfered with everything, they actually wanted to know what kind of things these guys who treat money as numbers can do thing.

  Buying movie reviews, buying critics, buying layouts, buying headlines, they are all familiar with these means, but if they can play all of these and directly fire at the MPAA, it will not be easy for the movies that run on the industry to not be released...

   "Using this kind of outside trick to realize Roland Allen's popularity?"

   "As expected of a financial player, my heart is dirty!"

   "It would ruin Roger Ebert's favor to directly send a movie review! Only this kind of cold-blooded animal will spare no effort to push a thing to the extreme? We... how dare we do that?"

   "Hey... I hope the box office of "Terminator 2" will not be too good, otherwise...the money will be really unaffordable."

When the manager of Fox's business department rested his chin on one hand, turned the pen in boredom, and talked to himself in distress, his eyes were always fixed on the project list in front of him - the project of "Home Alone 2" has actually been discussed Almost, although John Hughes had left them alone for a long time, he is a producer who can get a dividend after all, and only a lunatic can do it if he refuses to get 1,000% of the money. West and Daniel Stern also agreed to a 20% salary increase. As for Chris Columbus? The director's salary has also doubled, so it is actually Roland, who is backed by Spielberg and has no worries about eating and drinking, that really makes the whole project stagnate.

If it is said that before the announcement of "Terminator 2", they could indeed delay the matter, but when Perelman appeared at Fox's door, wanting to sell them the "X-Men" series, they There is no way to calm down.

  A Jewish gang, they can still stand it.

   After all, everyone is an insider, and everyone has to play the game according to the rules.

  But Perelman won't care so much about you!

  What game rules, what industry rules? Have a fart relationship with them?

If they had known earlier that Perelman and the truck driver had made a big move, these guys could directly flip the table and let child star fans cross the threshold of R-rated movies and directly realize it, then they would have responded to the call from the Jewish gang to Roland. Tens of millions of pay!

  If even child actors can show their ability to attract money in R-rated movies, the salary for this movie will increase dramatically!

  At that time, it is not making a movie, but burning money!

pity…

   There is no regret medicine in this world.

   Instead of regretting secretly and not agreeing to the conditions of the Jewish gang earlier, it is better to pray to God now, the box office of "Terminator 2" on the first day can be bleak...

  However, before he tapped his forehead and shoulders with his fingers and called out Amen, the piercing ringtone of the phone suddenly pierced the silent night air. He glanced at the screen of the landline and answered it without thinking. "Tell me, it's good news..."

  How can the people of the North American Theater Alliance not understand Fox's mood at the moment?

  Unfortunately, in the face of the praying inquiry, they could only shake their heads silently on the other end of the phone, "Sorry, things like the box office—can't be hidden—"

Note: ① "Terminator 2" is equivalent to one person occupying the entire summer file in 1991, because apart from "Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves" and "The White-Headed Detective 2: The Smell of Horror", none of the other movies can be played. "Falcon Condor", "Boys on the Neighborhood", and "Doctor Hollywood" were considered to be the better movies in the summer of that year, but these three combined, the North American box office was only 160 million. And Disney, which originally wanted to put "Beauty and the Beast" in the summer file, also withdrew the file and replaced it with "101 Faithful Dogs". This alone can reflect how much advantage "Terminator 2" has taken. , that was the most unimaginable summer season, and no film company promoted movies, like in 1992, Hanks' "The Pink League", Eastwood's "Unforgivable", Harrison- Ford's "Patriot Games", Goldie Hawn's "One House and a Half Wife", Aunt May's "Flying Over Longevity"... Compared with this kind of fairy fight, "Terminator 2" is equivalent to swallowing the entire summer file by one person This is also the reason why Paramount and Fox did not want to invest more when filming "Titanic". "Terminator 2" is a good movie, but the market feedback cannot make people understand Cameron's call Coupled with the 115 million investment in "True Lies", the investor earned less than 30 million, and they dared not add more.

  (end of this chapter)