Made in Hollywood

The plot of this film is developed in multiple lines at the same time. It started with three lines, and later when the Perrin Plains War broke out, it became two lines, and finally merged into one, drawing a perfect picture for the whole series. period.

After the continuous climax, the plot of the movie has come to the end. Aragorn, who was crowned king, took Arwen to the four hobbits. He took all the human beings and bowed solemnly to the four hobbits. On the square at the top of the tower, the Hobbit, who was only half the height of an ordinary human, suddenly appeared unusually tall.

The soundtrack also changed from soothing to exciting. "Old. Friends" suddenly sounded. The high-pitched soundtrack can easily remind people of the contributions made by the four Hobbits in this magical journey. They are indeed worthy of the present. honor.

The camera slowly zooms in, and finally becomes a close-up of Frodo Baggins' face, and then zooms out again, and the majestic White City becomes an icon on the map.

"The story finally comes to an end, and the fourth era of Middle-earth begins. As for the Fellowship of the Ring, although their friendship will last forever, they have to go their separate ways..."

Zooming out, the parchment becomes a book, and Frodo, back in the Shire, gets up from his chair and closes the book.

The king has returned, and the movie is bound to end.

Yes, the public version of "The Return of the King" is over. Although the scenes of Frodo and others returning to Hobbiton and going to sea were filmed and edited, Duke did not plan to use it on the public version, and the climax of the film was already After the return of the king, he vented incisively and vividly, and he was not a die-hard book fan like Peter Jackson, so there is no need to explain the whereabouts of the following people too carefully.

In the past, the most criticized by the audience was the 20-minute ending scene that was smelly and long after the climax.

Duke did not hesitate to exclude this section from the public release, thus successfully controlling the length of the film to 181 minutes.

The more than 20 minutes vacated does not seem to be too long, but the effect of increasing the amount of tablets is quite obvious.

a cinema. A movie can save more than 20 minutes, and one more screening can be done in one day!

Although this will lead to criticism from some die-hard book fans, this is Duke's consistent production style, and he will not sacrifice substantial profits for the so-called art.

Besides, that part of the scene has been edited into DVD. At that time, it is also a boo for promotional DVDs, such as the true ending version of "The Return of the King"...

The subtitles fell, and Billy Boyd sang "The Last Parting". From the southeast to the northwest, from the southwest to the northeast, almost no one left in all the theaters in the United States showing "The Return of the King". They are all listening carefully to the song, welcoming the opportunity to bid farewell to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

No matter how fantastic the journey is, it will come to an end! No matter how beautiful the reunion is, we must part!

The lights were on, and Brad Miller sat in the cinema and didn't move. The singing of "The Last Farewell" was still flowing, and there were still pictures on the parchment on the screen. In a trance, he felt that he had a dream, a dream that lasted for three whole years.

He was in a very complicated mood. He didn't know how to describe his mood, only that he would never watch it this summer!

Jones and Kunites were silent. They are die-hard Duke fans and have been with his films for ten years. Although the ending is sour, they know that there will be more masterpieces waiting for them in the future.

Kirk and John had forgotten about Roger Albert. In the singing, I recall every scene of the film, that wonderful scene, that great and majestic scene!

After the subtitles ended, applause broke out in the AMG theater in New York, and all the audience stood up for applause.

Almost at the same moment, in Philadelphia, Boston, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle... In all the theaters where "The Return of the King" was shown, the audience stood up one after another and gave a standing ovation to the film. !

In the Hollywood Chinese Theater, Jones and Kunites couldn't wait to stand up, and like everyone else, they gave the warmest applause. They clapped and even shouted, venting all their passion. They didn't even think about it. When it comes to exiting the stage, I don't care if my palm is red.

This warm applause lasted for ten minutes!

Like the premieres of the first two films, Duke had to bring the crew to the curtain call again and again until the applause died down.

As a director who also wants to develop epic movies, Oliver Stone is different from ordinary movie fans. When Frodo Baggins closed the parchment, he left the theater first, but walked into the parking lot and got in the car However, he did not leave immediately, but instead used the quiet environment to sort out the Lord of the Rings trilogy in his mind.

In Hollywood, there is a well-known convention about the adaptation of novels to movies - first-class novels can only make third-rate movies, and first-class movies are often adapted from third-rate novels!

In the development of Hollywood in the past few decades, this sentence has been tempered into truth.

But this truth has become an excuse for the losers of literary adaptations in front of Duke Rosenberg and The Lord of the Rings.

Oliver Stone has not read the original book once. In his opinion, Duke Rosenberg has a spirit of daring and adventurous on the basis of holding a pious attitude. He is not lost in the mist of Tolkien's original book, but It is a savage axe that is neither humble nor arrogant, cutting off the unimportant branches and vines in the original book, leaving only the most critical people and things, and then spending nearly nine hours calmly narrating the legend that he has long been familiar with.

Duke Rosenberg is no ordinary Hollywood director after all.

With a slight sigh, Oliver Stone's thoughts on "The Return of the King" and his director are also growing.

In Hollywood, after the commercial success of most directors, regardless of whether they are good at it or not, they can't wait to enter the literary film, want to get professional and authoritative recognition, so they make some schizophrenic and indistinguishable films. In this way, it shows the so-called complex human nature and profound connotation, and shows its artistic level.

But Duke Rosenberg is obviously different. He has always been at the forefront of business. The "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is not a movie that wins with content. Nonsense, but black and white, beauty and ugliness, evil intentions to suppress justice, and ultimately justice over evil is the theme, the story is so simple.

However, most directors in Hollywood do not understand that the simpler the story is, the more difficult it is to shoot. Under the simple theme framework of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Duke Rosenberg, in addition to special effects and technology, also endowed the film with Friendship, love, affection, unity, bravery, kindness, loyalty, responsibility, commitment, sacrifice...

These terms, which are written down by ordinary directors, feel extremely vulgar, but they become the most thrilling emotional force in the film. They are responsible for hitting people's souls from beginning to end, making people experience those who are busy in their busy schedules. Feel the simple emotions that have even been forgotten.

Then there's the spectacle, and there's probably no second film as grand as Duke Rosenberg's "The King Comes Here," but with plenty of special effects and action, the young director shows With a solid foundation and firm control of the entire film, the biggest achievement is the balance of each part of the film.

The other party knows when to let the audience meditate quietly, and when to bring the audience the most pure sensory stimulation.

Thinking of this, Oliver Stone suddenly came to the conclusion that there will be no epic films comparable to it in the future. What other director can so perfectly combine reality and fantasy, theme and legend?

Spielberg can't, George Lucas can't, Steven Soderbergh can't, he can't Oliver Stone either!

Oliver Stone can't help but think of his upcoming "Alexander the Great". Although the two are different, the war is undoubtedly an extremely important part of it. Now that "The Return of the King" is ahead, even if "Alexander the Great" is produced With such a large-scale war scene, I am afraid that it will not be able to get such a strong reaction from fans now...

Maybe I should pay more attention to digging into the heart and emotions of Alexander the Great?

Even if it will move closer to the commercial aspect, the consistent directing style determines Oliver Stone's thoughts at a critical moment. He gradually made up his mind, started the car and left the parking lot, bringing Duke Rosenberg and "The Return of the King" together. Put the name behind your head to make an epic war movie full of literary and artistic style.

In another theater in Beverly Hills, Michael Ovitz also walked out of the theater. If he wants to fight his opponent, he must understand the opponent, but this time the opponent is a bit too strong, even if he walks to the door of the theater, he The excited cheers from the movie theater where "The Return of the King" was being screened could still be heard.

In his opinion, this is a victory of film special effects. It is precisely because of the use of computer special effects that the film can be so shocking. Although he can see its shortcomings and defects, the magnificent epic style, magnificent war pictures and The strange magical scene is destined to be only a few sighs after being satisfied.

If it was another director's work, Michael Ovitz would definitely watch it several times with admiration, but the director of the film...

He sighed, facing such a strong film and director, it really hurt people's confidence and morale.

Just do my best to...

Back in the car, Michael Ovitz called Martin Bob and asked him to contact a professional film critic. Although the other party was on the decline in the summer, when facing a powerful enemy, he must unite all forces that can be united. .

Otherwise, how can it affect such a magnificent film?

Michael Ovitz knew very well that with the full support of Warner Bros. and the North American Cinema Alliance, they couldn't possibly hold on to this magical beast and just want to slow it down a bit. (To be continued ~^~)

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