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"Today" and "Good Morning America" ​​are the most fierce rivals in morning news programs in the United States. This time they are half behind Fox TV's "Good Day Live" during the "Independence Day" boom. The opponent took away countless styles. This is an unacceptable fact for TV stations and TV stations.

However, it has been able to dominate the top two ratings rankings for more than ten years, and these two programs are obviously not so easily defeated. After witnessing the crowds of people watching movies in the first week of Independence Day, the two programs reacted immediately.

"Today", which is affiliated with the TV station, found the senior film critic Rick Gowan (.) who worked for the "Daily News" and asked him to comment on "Independence Day" during the morning news program. During the interview, Rick said strongly before and after, "A work like'Independence Day' is definitely a serious setback for the film industry. It should be thrown into the storage room like the'Future Water World'. There is dust accumulated in it, and you should never see the light."

Obviously, Rick hates "Independence Day" deeply, and he has no intention to hide it. However, what is intriguing is that when the TV station chooses its guests, what are the considerations? Is it because the TV station also dislikes "Independence Day", or are there other reasons?

One thing you can refer to is that the annual Golden Globe Awards are broadcast by the TV station, and one of the core issues in the power struggle between Marjana Blairicon and Michael Russell within the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is the TV station. Whether it should continue to broadcast the Golden Globes.

Perhaps, the TV station's choice of position this time can give a glimpse of some inside information that no one in the circle has known for the time being.

Rick did not live up to the trust of the TV station. In the morning news, his words were extremely sharp, "Such works have been sought after by the market, and it is undoubtedly a bad news for the Hollywood film industry. It almost marks the future of excellent movies. It will be eroded by the money offensive on Wall Street. In the future, art will only become a pile of copper stinks, which is disgusting!"

Afterwards, Rick pointed the finger at Hugo again, "After achieving great success, he has obviously been dizzy. Choosing an empty, boring and boring movie like Independence Day is all because of money. The factor. Twenty million pays can make him stand out, but it is not for him to destroy Hollywood movies. If he does not know how to shoulder the corresponding responsibilities, then he will become the first pest that corrupts the foundation of Hollywood movies."

The "Today" morning news program devoted 30 minutes to discussing this topic. The interaction between Rick and the host can be described as sparkling and exciting. At the same time, as the strongest competitor, "Good Morning America" ​​also made its own response. They invited the chief film critic of the "New York Times" Almond Camby.

Anyone who knows the history of film critics knows that Almond can be said to be a representative of conservatives. He once disliked Hugo in every way and believed that Wall Street was devouring the charm of film art step by step. Almond's views are also generally considered out of touch with the times. He will soon be eliminated, just like after the release of "The Male and Female Thief".

However, "Schindler's List" became a turning point. After that, Almond seemed to finally wake up, gradually keep up with the pace of the times, and once again became the chief film critic of the "New York Times". The influence of professional film critics on the coast cannot be underestimated. In stark contrast to before, Almond was full of praise for Hugo, and this time seems to be no exception.

"If someone wants to discuss the future of film with me, then I will think he is a lunatic." Almond's opening remarks seemed to be meaningful and made people laugh. "The reason why the film is so charming is its richness. There are unlimited possibilities. It is undeniable that film is accepted by everyone as an art form, but we should not forget that at the beginning of its birth, the reason why film can be loved by so many people is because it is an art form. A spiritual food appears, in other words, it is used to entertain the public."

As one of the most prestigious film critics on the East Coast, Almond is naturally not a senior person comparable to Rick of the "Daily News". The foundation and precipitation of the age can be seen everywhere in the conversation. "So, the film should indeed have art. Standard, this is also the important significance of the existence of countless award ceremonies and film critics associations every year. But apart from works of art, movies should not be separated from the masses, because without the audience’s response, no one appreciates even the most outstanding works. We can only pile up dust in the storage room. Therefore, we still need commercial films and works that can bring simple pleasure. Only by persisting on the road of exploring how art and commerce can balance can we truly carry forward the film. Both art and pure business are stupid."

"This is also the reason why I like'Independence Day'. Although the story structure of this film is relatively simple, the film uses the most direct way to realize the pictures in people's fantasy. This is also the original meaning of the film: to achieve what we can't achieve. Fantasy and dreams. The use of visual effects on Independence Day is undoubtedly full of shock, and it also gives more opportunities for people with dreams. Maybe I can’t prove the existence of a time machine, but I can also use it in movies. This dream is fulfilled here.” Almond’s remarks were strongly supported by the host.

What's interesting is that the TV station broadcasts the Oscar every year, and Hugo won his first actor statuette at the Oscar not long ago. The surprisingly subtle relationship between TV stations and TV stations is indeed worth pondering.

"Today" and "Good Morning America" ​​represent the two mainstream views in the current film industry, and at the same time visually project the competition between these two programs onto the status quo of the entire Hollywood. This kind of direct face-to-face competition, through television stations, through the two most watched morning news programs, is broadcast throughout the United States. This also puts the heated debate in the paper media before all audiences. This also means that, This revolution. Fate violently moved to an irretrievable height.

In the competition between "Today" and "Good Morning America", the former has always held the top spot in the ratings of morning news programs for more than ten years. This situation continued until the end of the 1980s. "Good Morning America" ​​rose strongly and replaced "Today" as the most popular morning news program.

However, since the second half of 1995, "Good Morning America" ​​host Joan Langdon (.lunden) asked to reduce workload, "Good Morning America" ​​began to beat the ratings on a regular basis in 1987." The momentum of "today" has slowed down, and has gradually moved from the trend to an unstable state.

In the past year, most of the time "Today" has the upper hand, "Good Morning America" ​​has always been suppressed, and everything seems to be back to the state it was before 1987. But this time the Hollywood topic dispute is unexpected but reasonable, and "Good Morning America" ​​once again holds its advantage in its hands.

This issue of "Good Morning America" ​​in which Almond became a special guest collided head-on with this issue of "Today" in which Rick was the main firepower. In the end, "Good Morning America" ​​attracted 6.7 million viewers, creating It has the highest ratings since 1995. Although "Today" also achieved a good result of 6.2 million, it lags far behind its competitors and lost this important duel.

The competition between these two morning news programs can also be seen as a microcosm of the struggle of the entire Hollywood faction, and the result of this ratings competition can also be seen as a projection of the current trend of the entire American film industry-relying on The strong performance of "Independence Day" in the first week, the momentum of high-investment and high-return support continues to rise, and it is gradually taking the initiative.

In the second week of July, "Independence Day" created an incredible $116 million. After the first week of box office, as many as 237 print media in the United States reported on the feat of "Independence Day". , And what’s even more exaggerated is that as many as one hundred and three TV shows have specifically mentioned the strong box office of "Independence Day" more than 500 times in a week, not to mention thousands of times in radio shows. Was mentioned.

In other words, the entire North American continent is discussing this phenomenon-level movie, whether you like it or hate it, but it is undeniable that this movie is setting off an unparalleled hot topic, just like the "Pulp Fiction" of the year. Just like when it was born, people have launched an unprecedented round of the speciality of independent films, and this time, the prospect of commercial films has triggered a broader and more heated discussion ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is so hot. With the support of “Independence Day”, the second batch of film reviews on “Independence Day” reached forty-nine — of course, including many non-professional and non-national newspaper reviews — which also brought the two rounds of “Independence Day” film reviews to Although the 80 articles are terrifying, although there are many non-professional opinions, it can still be seen how hot the movie is today.

Under the bombardment of two rounds of film reviews, the media reviews of "Independence Day" declined rapidly, from 83 to 70 in the first week. The degree of decline was very serious, but not to mention the entire decline. Seventy points is still an exceptionally good score for commercial films, not as good as "speed of life", but much higher than "Terminator 2," "Jurassic Park" and "True Lies."

From this detail, we can see that the overall trend in Hollywood is still praising the "Independence Day" dominating the mainstream. After more than 70% of the media review, the theater scores were finally released. After the first week of box office reaction, the number of people participating in the theater score evaluation also reached a new high, which also made the "independence day" received a "b" score. It is more persuasive, and coincides with the media review, which truly and accurately reflects the current market reaction to this movie.

Under the double affirmation of media reviews and theater scores, the box office performance of the second week of Independence Day became the focus of everyone's attention.