American Fame and Fortune Chapter 594

 Chapter 594 Another box office champion

The movie is a dream, but Nolan brings the audience into a dream within a dream, and Martin is the pioneer of dream stealing.

He stars as the dream stealer Dom Cobb, who is best at sneaking into other people's dreams, stealing valuable information and secrets from the subconscious, and if necessary, further memory transplantation will be performed to tamper with the other person's memory.

 A creative concept and theme, a simple story, but Nolan once again used a relatively complex narrative technique.

Even so, this film is not difficult to understand at all.

Hollywood has proven time and again over the decades that films that are too complex will only drive away audiences and shut themselves out of the market.

And Nolan also used a lot of visual spectacle shots that can attract passers-by.

  Dream scenes do not need to respect the physical laws of the real world at all. Various space reversals, sea water intrusion, city collapse, etc. can be used to your heart's content.

 The only thing that can limit a movie is budget and imagination.

 When the subtitles on the big screen at the Kodak Theater ended and the ceiling lit up, the audience burst into warm applause.

If "The Matrix" created a new realm of "pretentious movies", then "Inception" pushed it to a new level.

The whole audience applauded, and Nolan took the cast and crew to the stage for the curtain call.

Tom Hardy has been quietly observing Martin, watching Martin standing with Nolan, enjoying the craziest admiration from the audience.

Thinking about everything he had endured for Martin, he couldn't help but feel unbalanced.

 The greatest injustice and suffering fall on him, while the profits, money and glory belong to others.

As the cast and crew took their final bow, Tom Hardy was not at all excited or excited, only depressed and sad.

 Finally made it to the end. After coming out from the backstage, he met his manager.

 The two of them walked out together.

 Tom Hardy asked: "When "Inception" first started filming, Director Nolan told me that he wanted me to play the villain Bane in "The Dark Knight Rises". Why did someone else get the role?"

The agent said: "The crew gave me feedback that you are not big enough."

 “They are talking nonsense!” Tom Hardy did not believe it: “If this was the reason, Director Nolan would not have invited me in the first place.”

The agent was silent for a moment and said: "Before the shooting, when I communicated with Emma Thomas, Nolan's mind had not changed, but shortly after the shooting... when I asked again before the crew left for Paris, Nolan said that inviting you is just a preliminary idea, and we will wait for Bain's audition.”

Tom Hardy couldn't help but said: "It's another shooting!"

The agent didn't want the client to think he was incompetent, so he had a ready-made excuse in front of him, so he simply pushed it forward: "The shooting incident had a great impact on you. Everyone thought it was you who did it, and no one was willing to help you." In defense, director Nolan also rejected the idea of ​​casting you as Bane."

"I know." Tom Hardy asked: "I was not their target."

The agent nodded and responded: "According to Brad Pitt's confession, he was instructed by Harvey Weinstein and the person he targeted was Martin Davis."

 He expressed relief: “Harvey Weinstein is about to be severely punished!”

 Tom Hardy said nothing, feeling that the culprit was not Harvey, but Martin.

 Harvey was far away from him, but Martin was very close.

But Tom Hardy keeps all these things in his heart, and that **** Martin is not easy to mess with.

On the other side, three bastards, Martin, Leonardo and Nicholson, got into the same car and were about to go to the nightclub to wash their faces.

 The topic of the three people is still at the party prepared by Leonardo.

 Leonardo has been looking at his mobile phone and said the latest news: "In addition to models, there will be several Russian and Ukrainian actresses who want to break into Hollywood."

Martin suddenly remembered the Emperor Catherine the Great who often appeared in short online videos in her previous life. Unfortunately, he only remembered that she played such a role, but did not know her name.

Nicholson said: "Not counting Russian and Ukrainian actresses and Milla Jovovich in Hollywood, I only know one Yelena Korikova. When she was developing in Hollywood, I talked to her. Unfortunately, I returned to Russia later.”

 Martin asked: "Jack, are you talking about serious chatting?"

Nicholson spread his hands: "Isn't it normal to talk in depth after chatting?"

Leonardo shrugged and said to Nicholson: "You are going to be disappointed. Yelena is too old. The actresses who will come are about the same as models. They will not be very famous. After all, it is my first time to organize a party there. I haven't quite figured out the way yet.”

 Martin suddenly thought of a question: "Leo, there won't be any swallows among the people you invited, right?"

Leonardo once heard: "KGB swallows? Don't worry, there will never be any. It is not easy to cultivate swallows. Each one is precious and it is impossible to use them on us."

He said carelessly: "So what if there is? Then I will hire the most professional security guards, and they will only become prey when they come in!"

Nicholson became interested: "I have heard so many rumors about swallows, but I have never seen one, let alone handled it."

 Martin revealed nakedly: "Because you are worthless!"

"Yes, you are valuable." Nicholson countered: "Having killed so many Russian spies, the Swallows will definitely calm you down completely..."

Leonardo deliberately asked: "How can you be calm?" Nicholson grabbed it with one hand and gestured with a knife to cut it: "Of course it is!"

Martin knew very well that he had never killed a single Russian spy. It was all framed by the LAPD and FBI to frame Da Mao.

 Leonardo pressed Martin's shoulders: "Hey, you're not going to be a coward anymore, are you?"

Of course Martin would not admit it: "Are you kidding me, I've always been the toughest one!"

The three of them washed their faces and felt refreshed. They went to Avalon and had a few drinks before going home.

There was an extra text message on Martin's phone. It was sent by Thomas. Warner Bros. conducted a questionnaire at the premiere, and the audience responded well.

 The next day, the media ban on "Inception" was lifted.

Kenneth Turan, a columnist and film critic of the Los Angeles Times, gave the film great praise: ""Inception" has anti-physics discussions, wonderful action scenes, powerful emotions, and Martin Davis's consistent performance. Amazing performances that make people addicted. ”

 It has also received rave reviews in other media.

“Martin Davis once again proved his excellent vision for film selection. “Inception”, which he collaborated with director Nolan, is a fascinating sci-fi dream journey.”

 On the website, it is a carnival for movie fans.

"One person has a thousand faces, and what I mean is that a good actor like Martin is exactly the same. It is also a commercial movie, but the characters he portrays show a completely different temperament. In "John Wick", he almost performed the action and fighting scenes to the extreme. This "Inception" shows elegance, fun and wisdom..."

With the release of word-of-mouth ban on the film, various statistics have been released. The Rotten Tomatoes freshness score is 94%, the IMDB average score is 9.2 points, the MTC media score is 83 points, and the CS live audience comprehensive score is A.

 "Inception" has a huge reputation.

Of course there are negative reviews, for example, some groups are targeting Martin.

“Martin's movies are always very messy, full of violent elements such as explosions, gun battles and killings. These have nothing to do with art. He is as far away from artists as from New York to Los Angeles.”

 In addition to money and gold, who can please everyone?

 There is Martin pink, and naturally there is Martin black.

Martin is pretty good, but Nolan has generated a large number of black fans because of the score battle of "The Dark Knight" on IMDB.

　　　"Inception" has just finished its premiere, and many one-star negative reviews appeared on the relevant columns of IMDB.

"This movie is pure garbage, one of the worst movies ever made. I know my comments will be attacked by Nolan fans because I see through the essence of "Inception" - bullshit. language!"

 Similar comments were quickly flooded with crazy praise.

  But for this super-large production with a production budget of US$160 million and a total publicity and distribution cost of US$80 million, the only real criterion for success or failure is commercial gains.

 Of all commercial income, box office is the most basic.

 Commercial screenings are online advertisements. Consumers have negative reviews on the advertisements, which will definitely affect offline sales.

 As of Thursday night, "Inception" was released in advance in 1,800 theaters in North America.

 Because of the original film, the midnight box office revenue was only US$4.12 million.

 “You're not going to rush into the street, are you?”

Bruce, who received the notification from the previous night in the manor, frowned: "This number is a bit low."

 Martin was calm and reminded: "The midnight box office of "Avatar" was only US$3.53 million. Original movies have an inherent disadvantage."

Without the fame of him and Nolan, this film would have been good at a midnight box office of $2 million.

Martin asked: "What about "The Last Airbender" of the same period?"

Bruce said: "It's 2.75 million US dollars, but this is an animated film adaptation." His words suddenly changed: "However, the film's reputation is very poor, the IMDB score is not more than 6, and the CS audience score is only B-."

  Martin said: “After today, success or failure will be known.”

 This year's Independence Day falls on the weekend, and Americans have three days of holiday. Starting from July 2, “Inception” will be fully released in 3,988 theaters in North America.

The film has not adopted a strategy of simultaneous global release. Even in markets such as the United Kingdom, Mexico and Brazil, it will be released as soon as next weekend.

 Even if Martin and Nolan are involved in "Inception", the naturally high risks of original movies still make many people full of doubts.

 In the past, box office superstars and big-name directors have failed countless times with original films.

 In one day on Friday, "Inception" took in $26.54 million, ranking first on the box office list.

 The Last Airbender, which was released at the same time, only took in US$15.57 million.

  The former has excellent reputation from the media to the audience, which indicates that there will be a very stable box office trend.

 The latter has a poor reputation.

 (End of this chapter)

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