Made in Hollywood

Chapter 550: A Bad Review

(The hair is reversed, it does not affect the subscription, it will be adjusted soon.)

As soon as he woke up the next day, Billy Emerson turned on his computer and logged on to the IMDB website. He felt a lot of anger in his heart about the bad movie he had just watched last night that deceived him countless passions. One channel to vent, and IMDB, one of the most influential sites on the Internet today, is the best channel.

Both hands quickly typed on the keyboard, and a line of letters appeared in the comment column of "Air Combat Heroes".

"I just finished watching "Air Combat Heroes". I'm really disappointed. The plot is lackluster, the plot is completely mentally retarded, the performance is formulaic without surprises, and what's worse, the theater actually allows such a rubbish war movie?"

After commenting, Billy Emerson gave "Air Combat Heroes" a 4-point rating.

After taking a shower in the bathroom and changing into dry clothes, Billy Emerson returned to his computer and refreshed the web page. His typed letters were overwhelmed by countless comments, all of which were mostly negative. the sound of.

"This is a very ridiculous film, there is absolutely no need to watch it, except for James Franco and French beauties, there is basically nothing to watch."

"Pretty mediocre film, no surprises at all."

"Very ordinary, very ordinary, really ordinary!"

"I don't want to say anything else, the movie just doesn't look good."

"As a film that is bloody most of the time, the protagonist I like is not dead, maybe this film is the biggest reward for the audience to continue to watch this film. I can watch "Air Combat Heroes" completely for James? Franco, there's no way he's too handsome."

"Flying hats, French countryside, birches with golden leaves, horses, blue sky, airplanes (still with two wings), girls, and wars, the director wanted to rub these elements together. But he was timid everywhere. Especially the tavern veterans. The first encounter with the recruits brought the director's naivety to the extreme, and this way of showing his attitude towards death through carnival decadence and raising lions was too hippie and old-fashioned."

After simply browsing the comments, Billy Emerson turned his attention to the rating. After the midnight screening last night, more viewers have seen "Air Combat Heroes", which can also be seen from the number of users who participated in the rating. figure it out.

25,638 people on IMDB participated in the scoring. And "Air Combat Hero" scored 6.1 points!

"how so?"

Seeing the statistics, David Ellison's eyes almost popped out. He couldn't believe it was the audience rating of "Air Combat Heroes". He couldn't help turning his head to look at Michael Ovitz who was sitting next to him. "A low score..."

Michael? Ovitz sat on the terrace, slowly adjusting the rhythm of breathing, in fact, last night's premiere ended. From the performance of the audience at the scene, he found something that was not right. It was different from the good or bad comments of the audience during the test screening. The number of audiences for the premiere was larger, and most people's performances were too dull.

"David. Calm down!"

After all, the other party is a young man. If he is calm in a single round, how can he compare to an old fritter like Ovitz. "IMDB can't stand for anything. In the past, there were many movies that had low IMDB ratings and sold well."

IMDB is just a bellwether, like the Golden Globes and the Oscars. There is no necessary connection between the film's box office.

What's more, many people in the industry know that in the IMDB ratings, many films have moisture in them.

For example, the top three films in the IMDB total score list are "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", "The Matrix" and "The Godfather". The first two are Duke Rosenberg's films, but those at the top of Hollywood today don't know that the director controls a network army that is at the forefront of scale and response speed in Hollywood and even in the United States.

Michael Ovitz believes that with Duke Rosenberg's character, he will never sit back and watch "Air Combat Heroes" release safely, and he will definitely do something on the Internet, although he and Disney's navy team are also there Staring at IMDB, but wanting to compete with the other side is still a long way off.

This rating will only have some impact, but it will not be a real fatal blow to a film. As long as the audience's reputation obtained by market research is guaranteed, "Air Combat Heroes" is not without the possibility of turning over.

"Mr. Ovitz."

His assistant suddenly walked to the terrace and handed a briefing to Michael Ovitz, "This is a statistical report just faxed by Disney Pictures."

"Oh?"

Without waiting for Ovitz to take over, David Ellison took the lead in taking the briefing. He just browsed it briefly. His eyes instantly turned into two sharp swords, and there was a bit of doubt in his angry eyes. A little puzzled, a little unwilling to believe.

"What's wrong?" Michael Ovitz immediately realized that the situation was not good.

"It's only $2.02 million at the midnight show."

Closing his eyes, David Ellison slowly opened it again, the rebellious expression on his face gradually disintegrating, "It didn't reach the $5 million we expected."

"It's just over $2 million less." Michael Ovitz was relieved, "It's not a failure."

David Ellison glanced at him, snorted softly, and said, "I know, such a midnight show is not bad at the box office."

After all, he is a student of the USC Film School, and he has studied Hollywood in depth in recent years. If the film continues to develop according to the momentum of the midnight show, it is not impossible to recover the cost and even make a profit through the overseas box office and other peripherals.

But the problem is...

"The audience's reputation is very unsatisfactory," said David Ellison. "According to the survey statistics of CinemaScore, the audience praise rate of "Air Combat Heroes" is only 65%, and the average audience score is 'B-'."

Such data means that the film's stamina will be seriously insufficient, and even after the first week, it will inevitably suffer a sharp plunge at the box office.

With his right hand clenched into a fist, David Ellison slapped the statistical report heavily on the table in front of him. Young and vigorous, he used a lot of strength to control himself not to lose his temper. Because the education he received from childhood told him. Losing your temper now doesn't solve any problems.

Could it be that if he loses his temper, Duke Rosenberg will give in? Will he not attack his videos in traditional and online media?

Just like he and Disney have been clinging to the Anne Hathaway scandal, the other party will never let him go.

As a business giant, David Ellison is very clear that this has nothing to do with personal grievances and different interests. The different positions of the two sides have been decided!

Compared to David Ellison, Michael Ovitz found himself unusually calm, and deep down and subconsciously seemed to take it for granted, as if they were going to lose to Duke Rosenberg. .

Why is this so?

Michael Ovitz just turned his head a little and wanted to understand the key. In the past confrontation with Duke Rosenberg, he failed too many times. It has become a habit.

But Ovitz will not give up on this, and he will not give up easily if he can create a super entertainment brokerage giant like CAA.

Like Michael Ovitz, Duke won't give up any chance of hitting a competitor.

Starting Thursday night. All the Internet forces controlled by Penny Kelly were dispatched, making waves on most movie-related websites, including IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, and Yahoo Entertainment, to guide the direction of Internet public opinion.

If "Air Combat Hero" is a film with sufficient quality assurance, it can only cause a certain impact. But it will not have a serious impact on the box office and the market.

But how many people who have seen "Air Combat Heroes" will think this movie is wonderful?

Perhaps tolerant audiences will say that there are still a few highlights in this film, and most audiences directly classify the film as a bad movie.

Even the other party also dispatched the network army. However, it is not difficult to guide audiences who think that "Air Combat Heroes" is of average quality to criticize it on the Internet.

Moreover, once the wave of negative comments is formed, it is far from the navy in the hands of Ovitz and Disney that can change the direction of online public opinion.

Meanwhile, on traditional paper media. Duke will not let go of "Air Combat Heroes". The narrower the opponent's market space is compressed, the better it will be for "Batman: War Hour", which has just entered the next weekend's screening.

Don't talk about the media that Warner and Disney control and can deeply influence, just those relatively neutral media, facing this bad film, without the public relations departments of Duke and Warner Bros. spending too much effort, many negative comments will be appeared on their pages.

"Whether it's a wartime adventure or a love story, Air Combat Heroes was less of a success. Even the special effects set in a historical setting were drowsy and boring, and couldn't save this overly tedious and tedious film. Movie."

--"Washington post"

"Can this also be called a movie? I don't know if the so-called actor sat in the prop plane at the request of the so-called director. It's a bit ridiculous. The only thing that impresses people is the aerial combat scene."

--"New York Times"

"The film uses a lot of special effects generated by CGI, but the application is not adequate, and there is no sense of World War I at all. It is like telling a story in the future world, but it is a cheap third-rate sci-fi story."

-- "Entertainment Weekly"

"This is a typical aerial combat movie that spent a lot of money and didn't get it done. The story follows the pattern of -plot-war-love-plot-war-plot-final battle, with no features; the only bright spot It is more lively and can be watched as a funny and vulgar comedy."

--The New Yorker

In the Silicon Valley office, Larry Ellison, who had just returned to California, took time out to read the reviews of his son's film in newspapers and magazines after he was busy with his work. The only bad reviews he saw made his old face swell. Flushing, if it hadn't been for a lot of temperament in recent years, the desk would have been overturned long ago. (To be continued ~^~)

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