King of Hollywood

Chapter 61 Similarities

The beginning of the movie is very ordinary. A young woman was rejected when she applied for a job in the hospital. When the doctor responded noncommittally and perfunctorily, the camera gave a close-up of her helpless smile. Obviously, similar rejections have happened more than once. (_Colour\u0026Rainbow\u0026Wen\u0026Xue)(_Colour\u0026Rainbow\u0026Wen\u0026Xue) Then the camera changes, the woman is standing against the wall in the afternoon sun, with sunglasses on her face, looking lonely, the director’s color Precise use makes the previous helplessness clearer.

In addition to Adrian planning the five-part love, Julia has also tried many roles in the past few years, but this is the first time for such a tacky dress. However, vulgarity is vulgarity, but there is no feeling of incongruity at all. Instead, it gives people a feeling that she is like this, which shows that Julia has just grasped her temperament.

Next is the car accident and the court scene, the big supporting role Albert? Finney also appeared on the stage because of this, and there was not much confrontation in the courtroom. The opposing lawyer only used a little trick to anger the heroine Irene? Brockovich, so because of her swearing, the case was finally lost, so that Irene, who had only a few dozen dollars in the bank, lost her temper with her lawyer.

In just a few shots, within five minutes or so, the personalities of Irene and Ed were initially sketched out. One is strong and almost rude, and the other is cautious and kind. Gathering together like this is full of dramatic contradictions, which immediately arouses the desire of the audience to continue watching. Especially when Irene had no choice but to rush into Ed's office to ask him to solve the job because he couldn't find a job. After thinking about it for a few minutes, Ed actually agreed, and also agreed to her request for salary advance, so that Everyone is looking forward to the following content.

However, the following story did not seem to be what they expected. Although Irene was not welcomed by office people because of her style and dress, she still worked hard to prove herself. But she never expected that when she went to investigate a certain case, and it was Ed who personally allowed it, she was fired after she came back!

"I thought you went to play." The old man said innocently.

Do you think I am such a ignorant woman? ! Could it be that after so many days of running around and investigating, and doing my best to research, I got such a secondary result? ! Irene also left unequivocally, not even the old man's suggestion that he would call a few more times to help her find a new job.

"You just want to relieve your sense of guilt! I won't make you happy!" Irene announced, and then Xiong Jiu walked away in high spirits.

There is not much in the editing of this scene. It is a very common technique, but the color is always used very well. The dim yellow can make people feel a warm and unyielding atmosphere, just like "Bones in Winter" , the editing is ordinary, but the excellent performances of the actors and the cold colors displayed are perfectly integrated, fully interpreting the hard feeling.

Although this was an unexpected setback, everyone knew that there would be a turnaround in the future. Sure enough, the old lawyer came to the door soon, because a professor from LA called and told them that the legal maximum content of hexavalent chromium was one million 0.05 per cent, and the content of hexavalent chromium in the water in the case Irene investigated was 0.58, so he wanted to know what was going on.

Of course, Irene is the kind of woman who pushes her boundaries, not to mention that this time she has the right to ask her to go back if she wants to know. She still has a lot of bills to pay, and——

"I'm asking for a raise and employee benefits, including a dentist," she said, cradling her baby.

Ed thought it was extortion, but after some haggling, he still had to agree: "Okay, 10% plus benefits, this is already my bottom line!"

It can be seen from this that he has begun to recognize Irene's ability, but no matter how tough he is, the helplessness on his face is still very clear under the close-up, which caused a lot of laughter. Adrian's attention to details The handling made many viewers have a good impression of this old man who was repeatedly beaten by Irene.

The next step was to start working. The old man was surprised that Irene could collect so much information, and even a lot of information from the Water Affairs Bureau: "Why can you walk in and do whatever you want?"

"Because I have big tits." Irene answered very directly, leaving the old man speechless again.

This kind of dialogue is naturally the audience's favorite, although they will not express it obviously, the image of Irene's tacky and rude at first began to slowly change to blunt and cute. Then, after more than half an hour of preparation and characterization, the main line of the head-to-head confrontation with Pacific Electric was finally opened.

A series of investigations and confrontations made the old lawyer angry and exhausted, especially when the other party threatened them to use 28 billion US dollars of funds at will, and finally became angry after being accused by Irene.

"**u!" he yelled at Irene, and then Irene yelled louder than him: "**k!"

The old man froze for a moment, then laughed, and the audience on the screen also laughed, so direct and pungent, I really deserved to be Irene, but it was also because of this that she looked so cute.

Driven by a strong sense of justice, Irene not only urged Ed to step up the investigation, but also tried his best to promote the progress of the case, and even went to the water source of the power company to collect samples for testing. Although this has achieved great results, the opinions of hundreds of households have finally been unified, and the court has finally accepted the case, but she herself began to face many problems.

For example, the children lacked care because she was running around, she also missed the third child's first speech, and the power company also resorted to delays so that Ed had to cooperate with other more well-known law firms. As soon as he arrived, he began to point fingers, and looked down on assistants like Irene who were not born in majors. In addition, her personal safety was also threatened. Not only did an anonymous phone call come in to warn, but several windows of the house were smashed, which frightened the children and screamed. The trigger for the breakup.

This is the price of being a hero, Irene in reality? Brockovich did receive threatening phone calls, and she was indeed smashed through the glass of the window, but at least Ed gave her a lot of support in the difficulties she encountered, and the partner law firm did a good job. But who made this a movie? American heroes will never lack setbacks and difficulties, and they will never lack supporting roles around them.

Throughout the case, Ed contributed a lot, at least in court, it was entirely up to him to win the interests of those people, but who made this a movie? Drama and conflict are always important factors for a good movie, not to mention that Irene is the protagonist of the movie, so it is destined that the story will not be too much in the court debate, and it is also doomed that everyone other than Irene is a supporting role. In fact, the heroine of "Winter's Bone" Lei? The same is true for Dolly, but her heroism is greatly diluted by the realistic hard and cold life. Even so, it does not prevent critics from comparing the two films.

In short, Adrian has done a good job in the story. With the experience of his previous life, he has completed those flaws one by one, and then strengthened the details just right, and carefully adjusted the colors he is best at. Even though the foreshadowing is a bit long, even if there are no thrilling plots and pictures, the audience is still firmly attracted.

Irene's running around has achieved a lot of results, and Ed further recognized her ability. Not only did she write a $5,000 check to let her rest, but she was also excited because she could only ask the court for a ruling because she could not sue publicly. Tell her that you need to rest, you can't help me like this, this case cannot do without you.

In the end, they persuaded all the residents to agree to let the court decide—although there is no jury, and if they lose the case, they cannot appeal, but at least they can get compensation immediately—in addition, a person who has observed Irene for a long time, in Pacific Electric The man in charge of destroying the documents at the company found Irene.

"Don't scare him away, you have to calm down," Ed said immediately after receiving the call and realized that this was a good opportunity, "Don't forget, if it wasn't for you, I would have gone to Palm Springs to enjoy it." Yes. You are very persuasive, don't ask him too many questions, everyone has something to tell, try to let him speak up..."

At this point, Ed has fully recognized Irene's ability, and the same is true for the audience off the screen, especially in the last part.

"You... how did you do it?" The co-lawyer stammered after getting the documents signed by 90% of the residents and a series of evidence.

"I'm ignorant, I never went to law school, and Ed lost confidence in the system, so I had to betray my mother and blow the trumpet for 634 people in five days... I was really exhausted." Irene of the newspaper said so.

Off the screen, there was applause among the laughter.

With such evidence, Pacific Electric is naturally doomed, and must pay up to 330 million US dollars in compensation in the end. Of course, the court scene was skipped here, that is not the home of the protagonist Irene, and as an inspirational movie, the hero naturally has a happy ending, so she finally took her boyfriend who returned to her side to visit the residents who had received compensation.

"I want you to see with your own eyes what you have done for me." She said to her boyfriend on the way there.

And when the first resident we visited got the high compensation, not only her boyfriend was moved by this, but also applauded off the screen again.

But if you think it’s over like this, you’d be wrong. There’s a little tail behind. After getting the legal fees, Ed took the firm and moved into a bigger office building, and Irene also had her own office. Then, when Ed handed over the dividend check to Irene, he deliberately told her hesitantly that he felt that the number negotiated was inappropriate, so he made some adjustments.

Sure enough, Irene immediately began to rant, and a string of words kept coming out of her mouth, making Ed almost speechless, and finally had to drop the check and leave, but Irene refused to stop until she saw the check on the numbers.

"As I said just now, the amount you proposed is not suitable, so... I added some." Ed said standing at the door, and then he laughed: "Did no one teach beauty queens how to apologize? Your apology is really poor." Dead!"

After finishing speaking, the old man who finally got his revenge jumped back triumphantly, leaving Irene with his mouth open for a long time before he could squeeze out a thank you humming like a mosquito. There was laughter and applause immediately off the screen, and then even more enthusiastic applause after the movie ended.

"There is no doubt that this is a perfect work. Whether it is Julia and Albert's performance or Adrian's directing level, it has reached a very good level. This film is adapted from real people. Ms. Irene Brockovich won the largest civil compensation case in the history of the United States a few years ago. As a single woman who did not go to law school and knew little about the law, she was also a mother of three children. With her courage and perseverance, she helped her boss collect key evidence, and the court awarded Pacific Electric a $333 million compensation.

In this era of hero scarcity, Irene's story is astonishing, with a touch of rebellion in its wonder, and Adrian captures it fully and expresses it in the movie with masterful skill. He didn't use overly complicated editing techniques. Like "Winter's Bone", he focused on details and tones, just like "Winter's Bone" showed the unique hardness of winter in the Missouri mountains from beginning to end. "Never Compromise" is filled with the enthusiasm and persistence that California deserves from the beginning to the end.

I have to say that Julia's performance in it is extremely good, and this should be the best of her acting career so far. Irene's strength, straightforwardness and sense of justice are fully interpreted by her. Crude is cute. Albert's performance is not inferior to Julia's, and the old lawyer Ed played perfectly complements her. The interaction between the two is always the most interesting part of the movie. On the other hand, Alan? Eckhart, became a dispensable role.

Comparing "Never Compromise" and "Winter's Bone" is meaningless. Both films are very good and have their own characteristics. I have to admit the miracle of the miracle director. On the same theme, "Bones" has completely opposite styles, both of which describe the strength and unyielding in difficult circumstances. The former is permeated with a relaxed and sure-to-success atmosphere from the beginning to the end, while the latter is deeply rooted in reality. , trying to express the coldness and cruelty in life.

There is no need to analyze which is more profound. This is an unsolvable question. Adrian has directed too many similar films with completely different styles. It is no wonder that some people say that he is an all-round director. It is hard to believe that these films are made by the same person. Out of that, the only thing that connects is the use of tone. Yes, Adrian's use of tones has almost reached the point of perfection. Throughout each of his films, he is very brilliant in the use of tones, which is probably why he was able to take over from Kubrick. One of the reasons for opening the eyes and quitting the guide tube.

In any case, "Never Compromise" is a wonderful, well worth watching movie! "

- "San Francisco Chronicle" Francis? Thain

As the main newspaper of the newspaper group that has the closest cooperation with the media, the "San Francisco Chronicle" naturally praised Adrian vigorously. If it was written like this before the movie was released, many people might laugh at it, but after the movie was released Well, they all agreed.

"Julia Roberts and Albert Finney are terrific in the film, certainly as good as Natalie Portman and John Hacks." —Los Angeles Times

"Never Compromise, also by Adrian, is just as good, maybe not as heavy as Winter's Bone, but it's surprisingly eye-catching." - "Empire"

"Adrian proves once again that he deserves the title of director of Marvel, and that both films are equally good." --USA TODAY

You know, just a few days ago, the media who sang praises more or less guessed that under the same theme, "Never Compromise" could not compare with "Winter's Bone", but they never expected that Ah Derian would make "Never Compromise" so... nice! That's right, it's very good-looking, this is the first feeling of ordinary audiences, there is no lengthy explanation of legal terms, no court scenes of fierce confrontation, but Irene who is rude, straightforward and full of justice, and Ed, a lovely old man who can tolerate her , the tension of the drama was unfolded just right, which made many people watch it with gusto.

The weekend box office is the best proof. 1,800 theaters earned 20 million box office in North America in 3 days. The proportion may not be as good as "Winter's Bone", but the subsequent growth potential is definitely much higher. In Christmas stalls.

This is also the reason why many critics praised "Never Compromise". As an inspirational movie, it does a good job in three aspects: telling stories, shaping heroes and showing reality. Even if someone wants to criticize, they still have no choice a feeling of. Perhaps it can be said that "Never Compromise" is far inferior to "Winter's Bone" in the heaviness of exposing the reality, but "Never Compromise" with a similar genre is more popular with the audience, so...

"If Adrian made "Winter's Bone" in the same way he made "Never Compromise", the latter would definitely be better." Someone commented.

Frankly, it's more fun to watch this kind of stuff than it is to see the tabloid reporter's story about Adrian holding Julia's arm at the premiere of "Never Compromise," but sometimes, whether it's praise or criticism , Without exception, "Never Compromise" and "Winter's Bone" are linked, even many film critics who did not compare the two films in the first place.

"It's not surprising," Adrian smiled indifferently. "The two films are very similar in many ways, not to mention the theme and shooting techniques. They are both a combination of heroine and supporting actor. The experience of the heroine is the main perspective, and both the heroine and the supporting actor perform extremely well, which makes the whole movie come alive."