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Hugo broke the record, this is not news; Hugo did not break the record, this is news.

"L.A. Confidential" regrettably failed to break the September premiere box office of the "Seven Deadly Sins" in North American film history with a difference of one million dollars. This became the biggest news in the third week of September, and people were all for Hugo. I feel sorry for the missed, especially when the evaluation of "L.A. Confidential" exceeds the "seven deadly sins", it is even more embarrassing.

Such a situation is really dumbfounding, the Chicago Tribune said, "People who don't know why they thought Hugo had a fiasco at the box office this time."

Indeed, the 33 million US dollars of September premiere weekend box office is great news for all movies to laugh and stomach pain, not to mention that "L.A. Confidential" only invested 40 million US dollars, Warner The brothers are ready to start counting money, and the Alien Dominates the full text of the end times. However, the media still lamented that Hugo is only one step away from creating history. With such treatment, it is estimated that this family has no semicolon.

After the news came out, "L.A. Confidential" became the focus of heated discussion again. The film’s true display of Hollywood in the 1950s, the corruption and greed within the bureaucracy, the power of gangsters, the pervasiveness of journalists, the rules behind the scenes of third-tier stars, and race Discriminatory judicial justice...everything became a symbol of that era. What is even more ironic is that these problems have been alleviated to a certain extent after entering the 1990s, but they have not been eradicated, just like Roger Ebert The reasoning implied by the commentary: The circle of circles, the dark part of the entire society has not disappeared at all, but has become more hidden.

Although there are no hot topics, "L.A. Secrets" is a topic in itself, and people are all discussing it: Under the current social system, the uncrowned kings who serve as public opinion monitors have been eroded, changed their original intentions, and are obsessed with interests. Focus on the hot spots... Can they still take on the important responsibility of supervising society? And is there still injustice behind this society?

The scope of the former question is too large to discuss one by one; but the answer to the latter question is undoubtedly yes, from Rodney King's kind. Ethnic discrimination. As the case begins, go to o. j. The sensation of the Simpson Wife Murdering case, and then to the Michael Jackson slander incident, it is worth noting that these three parties are all blacks. Now, twenty-nine years after Martin Luther King’s death, the rights of blacks have been protected. It has made considerable progress, but the discrimination in the judicial system and values ​​still affects people’s lives in all aspects.

"L.A. Confidential" tells an extreme but very common case. The people behind the scenes include rich people, prosecutors, and police. Tan and other high-level figures, and their first target of persecution was black people, and they even directly killed many lives; then they were blinded by interests and tried to eliminate all obstacles on the way forward—anyone.

From the 1950s to the 1990s, has the judicial system really become more and more transparent? Is the uncrowned king really performing his duties? Are the rich and the officials no longer the most powerful class in society? Perhaps the "circular situation" is too dark, too desperate, and too heavy, and society is indeed getting better, but no one can deny that those deep-rooted problems always exist.

Unlike the "Seven Deadly Sins", this time the "L.A. Secrets" did not arouse too much controversy. All the people are free to express their opinions and speeches and confront politics. The government put forward higher requirements, except for nothing. Politics. Apart from the governmentist demonstrations, people did not have too many disagreements. Instead, they were given the opportunity to re-examine the whole society and their own lives.

More importantly, the rich black humor of "L.A. Confidential" is very entertaining. Compared with the trembling and fear of the "Seven Deadly Sins", people can smile but discuss "L.A. Confidential" profoundly. .

But the question is: there is no contradiction, no spark, no excitement, can the box office of "L.A. Confidential" really exceed the "seven deadly sins"? You know, the "Seven Deadly Sins" ended up at a box office of 195 million U.S. dollars in North America, and a global box office of 485 million U.S. dollars. This achievement is almost an insurmountable peak for a thriller and suspense movie. What's more, "L.A. Confidential" was already half behind at the premiere box office.

In the fourth week of September, everyone's eyes were focused on the next week's drop of "L.A. Confidential".

When people saw the list of newly released works this week, everyone was excited, because this week Hugo will fight George Clooney!

Strictly speaking, George is not Hugo's opponent at all. The two people are not on the same level. George has achieved unimaginable popularity in the field of TV dramas, but he is five Brads away from Hugo in the field of movies- Pete's gap. But people still put George on the opposite of Hugo, the reason is very simple: two super sex. Feeling absolutely handsome, he is destined to become an opponent.

Only three months ago, "Batman and Robin" was released with great vigor. Although George did not directly provoke Hugo, many people can feel that George is not worried about the duel with Hugo, and even vaguely gearing up. attitude. With the help of People Weekly, and with the help of Uma Thurman, Arnold Schwarzenegger and others, George was pushed to Hugo’s hostile position. Many people believed that George Will replace Brad and become the best candidate to impact the two top idols of Hugo and Tom Cruise.

It is a pity that "Batman and Robin" defeated Waterloo horribly, bad word-of-mouth, bad box office, bad memories, so that the mighty George suffered a heavy blow to read the full text of the super robot clone.

Now, George brings the "Peacemaker" to the fall season, which is also his most handy schedule-because the "emergency room story" returns at this point in time, the excellent premiere ratings and the fanatical pursuit of fans, let George is like a fish in water.

Moreover, among the "peacemakers", George’s partners are Nicole Kidman and Mimi Ryder (. Leder), the former needless to say, is currently one of the most promising Mesozoic actresses; The author is the director of "Emergency Room Stories", and works in tacit understanding with George. As a TV drama director, Mimi's style is stern and tough, which is quite exciting.

"Peacemaker" was invested and produced by Universal Pictures at a cost of US$50 million. It is still at the prestigious level in the autumn. The scale of the 2,500 theaters also appears to be uncompromising. Obviously for this week’s The weekend box office champion is bound to win.

No one would deny George's charm and potential. The fiasco of "Batman and Robin" is bound to have an impact on George's future commercial film prospects, but as Doctor Doug Rose in "Emergency Room Story", he is still a high-profile Mesozoic actor. The age of six is ​​also the starting point of the golden age of actors.

At present, in the United States, only Brad, George and Tom can beat Hugo in terms of "sex. Charisma". Appearance superiority and elegant conversation are George's lethal weapons; in addition to this In addition, the nomination of the best actor in an Emmy Award drama series for two consecutive years proves that George’s solid acting skills are more developable. All of this makes George’s journey to the big screen a natural one, and people have reason to believe that. He has the ability to fight a career on the big screen.

From any point of view, George's potential is greater than Brad-not to talk about the future in Hollywood, but to challenge Hugo, or even surpass Hugo.

What George lacks now is just an opportunity to truly prove himself on the big screen, just like "Twelve Monkeys" to Brad. What George needs is such an excellent work as a platform for him to complete The conversion from small screen to big screen.

"Batman and Robin" is obviously not this platform, so could "Peacemaker" be?

For George, fortunately and unfortunately. Fortunately, the "Peacemaker" won the opportunity to face Hugo. The matchup that has been hyped by the media finally appeared. Not only did the exposure rate rise rapidly, but the enthusiasm for discussions about George and Hugo also rose rapidly; unfortunately , "Peacemaker" met Hugo, and encountered the "L.A. Secret" led by Hugo. It is definitely not an easy task to defeat such a powerful opponent, and it is even considered an impossible task by many people. .

It is a challenge as well as an opportunity. It succeeded, it became famous in one fell swoop; failed, it was a heavy blow. Especially after the fiasco of "Batman and Robin", if "Peacemaker" becomes a dud again, then even if the work is "only" only 50 million in investment, the loss will not be too huge, but then For a long time, George’s big screen dreams will be stranded~www.wuxiaspot.com~ This is Hollywood, so realistic, so cruel, and so cold. For actors like George who switched from a small screen to a big screen, their opportunities were not many, and once they were missed, it would become extremely difficult. Jennifer Aniston has enjoyed great success in the past few years with "Friends", but the repeated frustrations on the big screen still made her career unable to open up further.

The same is true for George.

Therefore, the "San Francisco Chronicle" called this matchup a "competition without retreat", and George was deeply impressed. Missed an opportunity, if he missed the second opportunity, even George himself would not forgive himself, because he deeply knows how strong Hugo is as an opponent, and he needs to prove himself-to prove that he has and Hugo Qualification and ability to contend.

For George, the timing of the duel this time is just right. He will prove himself through the victory of the "Peacemaker". Even if it is the "L.A. Secret" that created history in the first week, he will pull his opponent down. . What's more, this time with the blessings of Nicole and Mimi, he believes that he has a chance, and the chance is not small.

"Tracy Jacobs", how many people still remember this name in Hollywood now? Only a handful. George is one of them.