Made in Hollywood

Halfway through the film without knowing it, Roger Ebert already had the most intuitive feeling for the film. In addition to maintaining the fast-paced thrills and excitement, "Brave to the Dead Island" also features "The Speed ​​of Life and Death". 》The more distinctive features that it does not have - gorgeous to complicated lens language and color use!

Few films have used the camera to such a degree of flamboyance that the mise-en-scene and storyline have reached such an aesthetic level.

Generally speaking, the language of the camera lens should not be too prominent, too over-the-top, and too grabbing the spot, because it is afraid of becoming a purely visual film, or MV film, most directors, the camera language will eventually give way to performance and storytelling.

But in Roger Ebert's view, every shot and every scene in "Brave Island" is a textbook-like gorgeous picture that is similar to advertisements and MVs.

The high-speed slow-motion at the beginning, the close-up of the scenery, and the strong backlit shots in the rain are simply luxury advertisements with rich colors, but they are full of tension. Ed Harris' anger and military temperament can be demonstrated only by the lens. .

No one dared to expand the gorgeous advertising screen directly into the whole movie!

Even if it did, in Roger Ebert's memory, it was a failure.

Even if he doesn't like the type of film "Brave Island", Roger Ebert has to admit that this film is definitely not among the failures.

If Duke Rosenberg's "Speed ​​of Life and Death" is just a small test, then "Brave to the Dead Island" can be called a great show!

"All the close-ups, the medium shots, the gorgeous shots."

The short, chubby and bespectacled film critic has a calm face but admiration in his heart, "Duke Rosenberg's completely unrestrained camera language can still shape the story and characters with such tension. , this is very surprising, in terms of narrative ability and the use of pictures, it has made great progress than "Speed ​​of Life and Death"."

Suddenly, a shocking explosion sounded from all directions, and an orange-red flame rose on the screen. The flame was thick and dazzling. Against the background of high-speed and slow-motion, it slowly turned into a striking mushroom cloud, which seemed to be bright. Can pierce people's eyes.

The camera is raised, and the whole of Alcatraz and even the entire San Francisco Bay seems to be shaking in the explosion...

The explosion also interrupted Roger Ebert's thinking. Looking at the picture on the screen, his ears heard the continuous cheers from the fan area in the back, and his eyebrows were tightly wrinkled together, even with the favorable impression of the film just now. gradually dissipating.

Movies are an elegant art, and such vulgar scenes are really unpleasant. How many explosions is this in the movie?

Roger Ebert can't really remember, but he is sure that if Duke Rosenberg can restrain his destructiveness and continue to improve his camera language and narrative ability, he may become a visual and story master in the future, otherwise ...

In the end, Roger Ebert slowly shook his head. In fact, the two films were enough to reflect the director's characteristics. Duke Rosenberg's desire for destruction was too strong and completely overwhelmed his artistic pursuit.

"It's just his instinct to play with explosions, and it's his only excitement!"

As a professional who's seen Speed ​​of Life and Daredevil, Roger Ebert was quick to come to this conclusion.

Compared with Roger Albert, Kenneth Turan next to him put more attention on the filming and production methods.

He could see that Duke Rosenberg had put a lot of thought into the lighting of the entire film. Almost all the scenes were artificially lit, thickened and thickened, which was a good foil. The heavy tone of the film.

At the beginning, General Hammer went to the cemetery for a scene. The heavy rain and dark blue tones, coupled with a deep and solemn monologue, clearly pointed out the theme of the film.

The car chase scene between Gusby and Mason in the middle is another use of shots. In the whole scene, there are basically no shots of more than 5 seconds, all shots are almost between 2 seconds and 3 seconds, and the lens settings are various. , In addition to not shooting from above, following, parallel, facing, and even filming with a camera tied in front of the front of the car driven by Gusby and Mason, the whole scene is dizzying and highly exciting.

Unlike Hollywood's car chase scenes, which are decorated with post-production techniques, Duke Rosenberg's car scenes are obviously live-action, the sound of the engine is clearly audible, and the metal twisting sound when the vehicle hits is quite real!

"The car chase scene of "Brave the Dead Island" completely surpassed that of "Speed ​​of Life and Death"!"

Kenneth Turan wrote this sentence in his notebook.

Joseman and his film review team from Emperor Entertainment Group focused on the selling point of the film. As for whether the film is vulgar or elegant, it is completely out of the consideration of the theater chain. They judge the film by only one standard. - Whether it can bring benefits.

"This is a perfect ten, and the entertainment and thrills of the film are by no means inferior to the speed of life and death."

While watching the film, Josman recorded his first impressions of the film in his notebook.

"There is not a single minute of the film that makes people go to the bathroom, drink water, and eat. From the beginning of the film, the eyes will only be fixed on the screen, but not every scene."

"It is very entertaining, I want to be nervous, there are crazy car chase scenes; I want to think, there is the theme of 'Should the country treat individuals who have sacrificed for it'; I want to be entertained, and the humorous dialogues interspersed are real life; I want to see beautiful women, and two super large vases of Goosby's fiancee and Mason's daughter..."

"Brave to the Dead Island" gradually came to an end, Jossman wrote in a final summary.

"This is the best male drama I have seen this year. The whole film has a masculine style and a deep atmosphere. There is no heroine in the whole film. Large scale but not out of control, long time without procrastination, diverse and technically accurate..."

Since the end credits had not been added, the ending of the film seemed a bit abrupt, and many viewers did not react until the picture on the big screen disappeared, the overhead lights came on, and the audience in the back row woke up. Exciting videos have gone away from them.

The theater suddenly fell silent, as if a storm was brewing.

Suddenly, the applause came like a hurricane that swept across Louisiana, eager to tear down the ceiling of the theater, accompanied by the cheers of many people...

"After the film is officially released, I will definitely watch it again!"

The observers of Warner Bros. sitting among the fans carefully recorded the most real words and reactions of the audience around them.

"I've been staring and I'm tired now, but it's really enjoyable."

"The cast is good, Christopher Lee's Mason is handsome and cool, and I don't think that scandalous Sean Connery can do that."

The crowded audience walked out of the theater one by one, and handed the questionnaire in their hands to the Warners staff at the exit.

"A+!"

"A+!"

"A!"

"..."

These eye-catching ratings have boosted the spirit of Warner's staff. If the film audience has a good reputation, it means that it is likely to be a big sale. Those who directly participate in this project will have a generous bonus.

The exit side is still collecting and collecting questionnaires. On the other side, a large number of film critics and media reporters have entered the banquet hall of a nearby hotel. Several leading actors of the crew went to the upstairs room to be interviewed by reporters. Duke Walk among the critics in the banquet hall, accompanied by Robin Grande.

With several top film critics on board, this is arguably the top Junket.Whore in the film industry.

To put it bluntly, this is nothing more than a PR party. "Brave to the Dead Island" is a typical commercial production. Neither Duke nor Warner Bros. would be stupid enough to ask for film reviews on this summer popcorn film. People’s opinions, let alone asking film critics for their views on the film’s future market and box office.

Everyone knows that professional film critics exist out of the mass market. Without being influenced by public relations, in order to highlight their artistic accomplishment and unique taste, the group of film critics has always been against what the public likes. I don't like to see it, but I praise and support it.

In their eyes, the public must be vulgar, and the unique is elegant.

Even the stupidest studio in Hollywood would not find a group of people who are completely out of touch with the mass film market, and who are completely inconsistent with the tastes of mainstream audiences, to predict the market prospects of summer movies.

If a summer film really follows the expectations and suggestions of the film critics, there is only one way to go in terms of box office and business.

Duke is very clear about this, and Warner, who has a deep foundation, is also very clear. Looking for film critics is just to talk and promote propaganda, to make suggestions and to estimate the market, which requires highly specialized professionalism, which film critics obviously do not have. such quality.

The films that can best demonstrate the influence of film critics are the films that go straight to the various awards of the academy during the awards season.

"Director Rosenberg..."

When Duke walked up to a middle-aged man with a slightly bald head and glasses, the other party took the initiative to extend his hand, Duke quickly shook it, showing the most appropriate smile, "Duke, just call me Duke. All right."

"Okay, Duke. You can call me Kenneth, too."

Also a native of Los Angeles and Jewish, Kenneth Turan's impression of Duke is obviously okay, and what he said is also pertinent, "There are still some problems with the narrative details and logical structure of the film, but I can see you from it. Compared with the previous film, your handling of lens language, color use and emotional conflict, as well as several other aspects, has improved significantly.”

"thanks!"

What the other party released was kindness, and there was sincerity in what Duke said.

"Hi, Duke."

Charles Rowan and a middle-aged man with glasses came over and introduced to Duke, "This is Mr. Roger Albert..."

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