Chatty Hollywood

Compared with the Disney executives who were looking forward to and worried in the office, the audience watching the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" in the theater was much happier.

The sound of people gasping for air in the screening hall and roaring with laughter changed from time to time, reflecting everyone's level of involvement.

Just like Richard Manson, as a film critic, he originally came to appreciate the performance level of the actors, but in the end, he was completely lost in the world of the movie after watching it halfway.

——You know, he had participated in an internal preview of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" before.

However, he heard that director Charlotte had significantly adjusted the editing, soundtrack, and special effects after the internal preview, and even reshot some scenes, so he prepared to watch it again in a responsible manner.

——As a result, as he watched it, he forgot about his own job as a film critic.

Of course, I can’t say that I’ve forgotten everything——

"The public release version has indeed changed a lot compared to the internal preview version. Let's not talk about special effects and music - ah, it's Kraken (North Sea Kraken)! - Hey, where did I summarize just now!? - ah, The Flying Dutchman is diving, this section is really cool..."

--like this.

Therefore, sometimes, interest and work are the same thing, which is not a good thing.

That means you can’t fully enjoy the fun brought by your own interests...

In contrast, movie fans like Emily are more pure.

This time, she still came with Jaina.

But from the beginning of the movie, she had no time to communicate with Jaina——

First, the appearance of Lord Beckett forcibly terminated the wedding of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, who had finally come together in the previous film.

Then, Will Turner was asked to find Captain Jack Sparrow and get back the magical compass in his hand, otherwise he and Elizabeth would be sentenced to hanging.

Then, the screen changed and Captain Jack, played by Johnny Depp, appeared...

“It’s such a fast-paced and dizzying pace!”

Emily sighed.

As a senior movie fan, she feels that the pace of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is much faster than that of the first film, and it almost feels like what is happening on the big screen is rushing towards you.

In particular, because Will Turner, Captain Jack and Elizabeth act separately in the story, the film adopts a multi-line narrative method.

——Normally speaking, it is fast-paced and has a multi-line narrative, which should make viewers feel confused and difficult to understand.

However, Emily didn't feel this way at all.

Although because of the fast pace, she did not see some details clearly.

but,

The main line of the story has always been very clear in her mind.

——In this case, the fast pace that would have made people feel overwhelmed, in turn, became an attraction that attracted her to further immerse herself in the world of the movie.

Moreover, Emily didn't know why, but she always felt that in "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", there was a feeling of "mention the devil, and the devil will appear"——

In movies, when switching between several story lines, someone in the front often mentions the name of a person in another line, and then the camera immediately switches to the past.

After switching over, the person mentioned will often exist in a very interesting state.

This often results in great laughs.

——Anyway, Emily has been amused several times because of this switch.

Among them, the already funny sissy captain Jack Sparrow has the most times, while the cold-faced comedian Will Turner and the quirky Elizabeth are not far behind.

This trick is actually a common method used when switching editing in Hollywood movies.

However, this time Charlotte took this method to the limit...

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As Charlotte said before when studying the editing plan of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", multi-line narrative was not the real reason for the failure of his original "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" in time and space.

——The confusion and procrastination caused by the multi-line narrative, so that the climax section lasts too short and is not exciting enough, is the key to the problem.

In this regard, Charlotte, on the one hand, strengthens the narrative over and over again through editing and reshoots;

On the one hand, by using less time-consuming methods such as lens language, we speed up the progress of the film in non-climactic sections, leaving more time for the special effects shots in the climax section.

After all, the only martial arts in the world that can only be defeated by speed!

What's more, Charlotte from the future knows very well that after entering the 21st century, the pace of movies is getting faster and faster.

Under such circumstances, it is the general trend for him to speed up the pace of the movie...

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Of course, not all moviegoers were overwhelmed by Charlotte's fast-paced blitzkrieg and multi-line storytelling.

Professional film critics like Kenneth Turan, who had managed to attend every internal preview of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" before, could still barely maintain their professional quality.

"Charlotte Booth finally untied the knot in this movie!"

——I try to attend every internal preview of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", of course because Kenneth Turan has now become a fan of Charlotte's director level, and he wants to study every movie of Charlotte one time.

But on the other hand, it was also because of his professional sensitivity as a film critic that he instinctively discovered some problems with the internal test version of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2".

When he watched the first internal test screening, although he thought the movie was great, he still felt a little awkward.

This made him a little curious.

After participating in several internal test screenings, he finally summed up the problem——

"In several internal test screenings, there are some subtle problems with the film's narrative and rhythm. Even for film critics, it is generally difficult to see, but if it is released in that way, the audience experience will definitely be affected - Charlotte ·Booth must have discovered this problem, so he revised it over and over again - but I didn't expect that he could actually solve it, or solve it to this extent!"

Kenneth feels that "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is actually a difficult movie to make well.

The expanded world view and complex story based on the first part, but multi-line narrative is unavoidable;

And because it has to take over the story of the third part, the resolution of this movie cannot be regarded as the real ending.

——In this case, finding the way to success is like trying to find the only cyan thread among countless tangled blue threads. It is 99.99% impossible.

But Charlotte Booth just did it——

"He pushed his narrative ability and rhythm control ability to the limit!"

Kenneth Turan lamented,

"Especially in terms of lens language and editing, it has reached a superb level - without the help of these, the switching between the multiple narrative lines of this film would not be so smooth and natural - this "Caribbean" "Pirates 2: Dead Man's Chest" will become a classic of multi-narrative commercial films!"