Made in Hollywood

"What's the beginning of this one?"

Sitting in the second row, Jane Lauder leaned into Ivanka Trump's ear and asked, "Will it be another battle?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen it yet." Ivanka shrugged playfully and pointed to Duke in the front row, "The director is here, you can ask him."

Jane Lauder held back her curiosity, "I'd better wait a while."

Duke's films always have a wonderful beginning, which has almost become the consensus of the audience. In the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, countless people are looking up and waiting for the opening of "The Two Towers"!

The lights in the theater finally went out, the big screen gradually lit up, and the classic opening soundtrack began to echo everywhere, from New York to Los Angeles, from Seattle to Miami, all the people who were watching the film focused their attention and widened their eyes at the same time. , as if afraid of missing any second of the shot.

"The world is changing, the age of elves is coming to an end..."

The subtitles are still showing on the screen, and a dreamy and ethereal voice accompanies the soundtrack, "The glory of the past is drifting away with the wind, and the key person has awakened!"

Hearing this familiar voice, Chrissy said subconsciously, "It's Galadriel, it's Queen Galadriel, this is my favorite!"

"Can you recognize it just by the sound?" Pete next to him couldn't help asking, "How many times have you watched The Fellowship of the Ring?"

"Not much..." Chrissy scratched his chin, "Five times only!"

Brad Miller didn't say anything, just sighed, the movie version of The Lord of the Rings is too attractive, especially for their fans!

The time of the subtitles is very short, but it flashes in a few seconds, in the beautiful golden forest. Queen Galadriel stood proud as an angel.

"He needs to complete his mission, find him and bring him to Lothlorien!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a giant eagle soared into the sky and flew towards the distant sky.

The picture moved with the giant eagle, changing from a forest to a snowy mountain scene, and an old voice echoed in the mountains.

"I am a servant of the secret fire. I am the bearer of the flame of Arno, and the fire of darkness cannot defeat me..."

The camera passes through the mountains and returns to the Moria mine again. Gandalf is pulled into the deepest part of the world by the Balrog. The camera keeps falling with Gandalf. The old wizard holds the enemy fencing sword and starts a losing battle with the Balrog. . The opening battle has officially kicked off!

The fight between the two former Maya can only be described as tragic. The two sides passed through the fire and fell into the deep water. Morgoth's Balrog spread his wings and flew from the deepest dungeon to the highest mountain. Although Gandalf fought to the death, he was not an opponent of the Balrog. He suffered heavy damage on the mountain, but before he fell. But he used the power of lightning to kill the Balrog.

Morgoth's Balrog rolled down the hill, and Gandalf lay motionless in the snow.

The Chinese Theatre in Hollywood was silent. Even people who haven't read the original book understand that the film pulls Gandalf out again, definitely not to show them how the old wizard died!

They were all waiting for the moment Gandalf stood up!

The camera slowly pulls in towards the seriously injured Gandalf. The darkness gradually dissipated, and when it was about to occupy all the pictures on the screen, there was a sudden sound of rapid breathing, and the picture returned to normal again, but the gray-haired Gandalf in a gray robe had turned into a white-haired old man with bare shoulders.

The so-called god system of the Lord of the Rings is quite complicated. In the original book, Iluvita sent the dead Gandalf back to Middle-earth, but the length of the film was limited, and Duke did not want to get involved in the system of gods, so he simply used it. The way to kill the Balrog to advance to the class.

This does not prevent people who have not read the original book from understanding, but also makes it easy for people who have read the original to think of how Gandalf came back.

The next scene, of course, is the condor descending from heaven, bringing Gandalf back to Lothlorien.

In the Golden Forest, Queen Galadriel herself put on a white robe for Gandalf and looked at him affectionately, "Mithrandir..."

"My.dy..."

Gandalf took over the cane like a white jade and officially became a white robe wizard!

The moment Gandalf took the cane, the applause sounded without any warning, and the Chinese Grand Theater in Hollywood roared with applause!

In the Nokia Theater, Pete, Chrissy and Brad Miller also applauded along with the crowd. They didn't know why, but after seeing Gandalf reborn from the ashes, their excitement couldn't be restrained any longer!

In the AMG Theater in New York, there was thunderous applause from all around, David Denby was as inconspicuous as a little raindrop in the thunder, but his brows were deeply wrinkled, and his eyes looked with a bit of disgust. On the big screen, at the beginning, this is all a mess of junk. Apart from special effects or special effects, is there a real scene shooting? What's the difference between such a movie and those cheap cartoons?

Without special effects and action scenes, what would you do?

He turned a deaf ear to the thunderous applause in the cinema, and just looked at the screen with disgust, thinking about how many points he should give.

Seven points? It's too high. Is a special effect movie worth such a high score?

However, the next scene made David Denby think that it might be okay to score seven points. Frodo and Sam appeared, the Hobbit seemed to be unable to lift his head under the heavy pressure of the Lord of the Rings, and the complex character Gollum appeared. , which made his eyes bright, and the film also touched the inner world of these two people.

The rhythm began to slow down, and the inner feelings of the characters were gradually brewing. David Denby nodded. If the film does not pursue a big scene, but always follows Frodo Baggins, and uses a slow narrative structure to illustrate He could give the film a seven out of seven for his complex inner world with Sam and Gollum!

However, just as he was thinking about it, the camera cut to the three of Aragorn again, and another battle broke out. The previous silence of the audience in the theater was immediately replaced by high emotions. Although the battle was not long, it raised the audience's nerves, which were slightly slowed down by Frodo, to a level of excitement.

David Denby watched the war scene with disgust, and the audience watched the war scene with great interest.

"Duke deserves to be Duke!" Chrissy exclaimed, "His films will not be cold, and the war scenes in the book are all amazing!"

Pitt nodded in agreement, "I think Duke is definitely the best in Hollywood for shooting cold weapon wars!"

A film that only has fantastic scenery and digging into the hearts of characters is absolutely not enough, at least not enough for commercial films.

After all, the Lord of the Rings trilogy is a big commercial production after all, and all commercial masterpieces do not need to describe too much in the hearts of the characters, otherwise it will become a burden to the film, and it will only make the film move closer to the niche.

There is one thing that even the most artistic director can't deny, that 95% of the audience in this world go to the cinema just for entertainment, in pursuit of the simplest happiness!

As said in an interview, one of the first factors Duke considered when making a film was public taste.

Even his two films, "Chicago" and "One Hundred Thousand Fires", which have the narrowest audience, are actually still typical popular films.

For the rhythm of the film, Duke appropriately reduced the scene of Frodo's line, as long as he can explain the development of the event, the length of the film is only 175 minutes, and there are scenes of Merry and Pippin and Treebeard , those long-winded dialogues, he simplified as much as possible to avoid dragging the public release version too long.

After all, he is different from Peter Jackson. He is a fan of The Lord of the Rings movie version, but not a die-hard fan of the original book. long.

Therefore, by the time the film progressed to more than an hour, Theoden had made the decision to hide in Helm's Deep and use the Fortress of the Horn to fight against Isengard's army.

Gandalf went to ask for help, and on the way to Helm's Deep, King Hyudon and Aragorn encountered Isengard's wolf rider, and another battle broke out.

"Oh, he's so handsome!"

Looking at the footage of Legolas bending a bow and shooting an arrow, a voice of admiration came from the theater, "This elf is so charming."

"Even if I'm a man, I'm tempted by him."

"It's my favorite character in the movie."

Right next to David Denby, a black girl almost shouted, "God, I'm going to marry Legolas! I must marry Legolas!"

What he saw in his eyes and what he heard in his ears made David Denby feel more and more disgusted with this film.

What is this? Don't worry about making the film, and create a male vase to attract the audience. Apart from these unsophisticated tricks, what else would Duke Rosenberg do?

David Denby's heart was full of deep disdain, and he couldn't help snorting, "Disgusting character!"

His voice was a little loud, and was immediately caught by the girl next to her, who looked over with wide eyes, as if David Denby was insulting the most sacred and inviolable existence in her heart, "What are you talking about? You are insulting Lai The Lord of the Rings of Goras and Duke?"

A few years ago, David Denby had seen the madness of fans. At that time, he was tricked by a girl from Lauder's family. He was very aware of the obsession and madness of these people. As long as he nods to admit it, he will just open his mouth and tear him to pieces.

"I definitely didn't mean that."

Obviously, the few movie fans in their twenties didn't know who he was at all, so David Denby had to lower his stance a little, "I promise, you heard it wrong!"

"How could it be wrong?" The black woman still had some doubts.

David Denby had to say, "Actually, I'm also a Duke fan..."

He had an idea and pointed to the screen, "Look, this scene is too vast!"

The eyes of the other people immediately returned to the big screen, and then they couldn't move away. In the panoramic shot, Isengard was densely packed with strong orcs, and they were about to attack Lohan.

The battle for Helm's Deep is imminent! (To be continued ~^~)

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