Chapter 236 I Was Born for This Role!

As soon as the movie opens, Chris sees a dying boy of his size lying on a badly damaged and burning ship, and the little girl Elizabeth saves him. Time flashed by, and when they grew up, the two fell in love with each other, but there were obstacles because of the identity gap.

This setting of the love between a poor boy and a rich girl can be said to be a bad routine used by Hollywood and even the whole world. However, people are still using this bad routine because it is a classic. The key is whether you use it well or not. Isn't that what happened with "Titanic" two years ago?

Up to this point, the beginning of "Pirate King" is quite satisfactory, but it gives everyone the impression that the costumes, scenery, props and other aspects are quite sophisticated. The movie has a relatively high quality and is quite comfortable to watch.

Next, the screen flashed, and Chris saw a pirate wearing a three-cornered hat, a long-faded red turban on his head, and brown dreadlocks with colorful beads flying in the wind, standing on the mast of the clipper ship. In the exciting BGM music, you are driving on the sea with a domineering appearance. It's Captain Jack Sparrow!

However, as the camera zoomed out, only his broken ship was seen sinking, which was quite miserable. But he didn't care. When he was about to board Port Royal, his ship just sank as he stepped from the mast onto the pier.

Captain Jack's unique appearance and unique appearance instantly attracted the attention of the audience. Chris was even more attracted. This different guy looked better than the handsome men and beauties who had appeared before. It looks more interesting.

Then, when Captain Jack escaped from the navy, he grabbed the rope and swung it up, down, and outward like a swing. The exclamation in Chris's mouth and the laughter on his face never stopped. He just thinks this guy is extremely interesting!

Captain Jack's force value is not very high. He is not as fierce as a traditional pirate at all. He does not have the aura or strong strength of a traditional protagonist. He will also be attacked and knocked unconscious by an old drunkard who is drunk. It does not look reliable at all. , but the audience just couldn't dislike him. On the contrary, they were very happy to see him talkative and mean!

And there is not only Captain Jack in this "Pirate King". When the pirates on the Black Pearl suddenly turned into half-human and half-ghost skeleton monsters under the moonlight, this strange and terrifying scene directly Many children in the venue screamed.

The timid ones even covered their eyes directly, but there were many gaps between their fingers. They kept looking at the screen through the gaps, looking like they wanted to see but didn't dare to look.

Because Chris had been baptized in "The Mummy", not only was he not afraid of it, he was also extremely excited. Especially when you hear these pirates singing together:

"We are evil spirits who do all kinds of evil, big bad guys. Come and have a drink and enjoy the life of a pirate! Big bad guys who do all kinds of evil! Oh!"

Chris shouted to his father beside him: "Dad, this is so cool!"

"Oh, yes, that's cool!" My father also stared at the villain Barbossa on the screen without blinking. He turned into a skeleton and poured the wine into his mouth, and then all the wine flowed down the screen. His skeleton body slipped down. This scene looked weird and funny. It was really interesting!

As the plot unfolded, everyone in the audience followed Captain Jack on an unknown, mysterious and surprising adventure.

More than 2 hours passed, with Will and Elizabeth kissing, and with Captain Jack driving the Black Pearl sailing toward freedom, when the exciting soundtrack sounded again, the film came to an end.

At this time, the theater was already filled with the excited shouts of children. However, when Wu Yuchen led the creative team on stage, the audience still burst into violent applause, and many children kept shouting. : "Captain Jack Sparrow! It's Jack Sparrow!"

Many of them don't know Johnny Depp's name, but now, they all remember Captain Jack Sparrow!

There is no doubt that Depp has now become the most popular and beloved figure present, and he keeps waving to the children below.

However, the premiere time was a bit late after all, and it was impossible to have a lot of interactions. Wu Yuchen asked the audience: "Dear little sailors, do you like this "Pirate King" and Captain Jack Sparrow?"

"like!"

"I love Jack!"

"I love him so much!"

Listening to the noisy answers from the children below, Wu Yuchen said with a smile: "Then are you willing to recommend this movie to your good friends around you and share the happiness and joy at this time with them?"

"willing!"

“I’ll call Jenny when I get back!”

"I'll tell our class how cool Captain Jack Sparrow is!"

…

Afterwards, Wu Yuchen and several leading actors of "Pirate King" sent away the guests who came to the premiere one by one. Before the guests left, they also sent words of praise:

"Wu, your "Pirate King" is really great. It is the best pirate movie I have ever seen!"

"Wow, Wu, I never imagined that a pirate movie could be shot like this! I have a feeling it will become a hit in the summer!"

"Johnny, congratulations! Your Captain Jack Sparrow is going to be the kids' favorite this year!"

After sending all these people away, Wu Yuchen breathed a sigh of relief, and then Keira Knightley, who was next to him, asked excitedly: "Have we succeeded?"

Wu Yuchen smiled at her and said: "At the premiere, no one will say anything bad, and everyone will give compliments!"

This immediately made Keira Knightley, who had just received a lot of praises, lose half of her enthusiasm. Then the next moment, Wu Yuchen smiled again and said: "However, the reactions of those children are not fake~"

This puts a smile on Elizabeth's face again. She is not a newcomer who doesn't know anything. She knows that in the summer season, if a movie can be loved by a large number of children, the box office will not be low. Because one child often represents 2-3 movie tickets!

At this time, Hugh Jackman said: "I wonder what will happen in "Pearl Harbor"?"

Wu Yuchen smiled when he heard this, and then said confidently: "Just do our best, and we will win this victory!"

At this time, on an aircraft carrier in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the movie "Pearl Harbor" had just come to an end.

The movie duration of "Pirate King" is 143 minutes, while "Pearl Harbor" is a full 183 minutes, which is 40 minutes longer than "Pirate King".

At this time, Michael Eisner was talking to Boo next to him, and Boo smiled at him and said, "Eisner, it's a pretty good movie. I think everyone will like it on Memorial Day."

"Thank you, your praise is the best compliment for "Pearl Harbor"!" Eisner said sincerely.

Although Eisner is arrogant, it has to be dealt with in front of someone. The person in front of me is the top figure in the United States. Although Old Boo has resigned as the commander-in-chief, his son Xiao Boo just took office this year!

This time I was able to invite Mr. Bu to attend the premiere of "Pearl Harbor" to coincide with the 60th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. He was also willing to take this opportunity to make a good name in front of the public, saying that he would not forget history and express his respect for these veterans. Caring. Otherwise, do you really think you can invite people to any movie?

With Lao Bu as the core, many people gathered around. They also politely expressed their praise for the movie, and then started to talk about their topics.

In fact, for the premiere of "Pearl Harbor", Disney also invited many surviving World War II veterans, especially those who were present at the Pearl Harbor incident, to attend the premiere. It's just that Eisner is busy dealing with these big shots, so how can he pay attention to ordinary veterans?

After watching the movie, some veterans who didn't look very good on their faces gathered together to communicate. A Pearl Harbor survivor said angrily:

"What are they filming? What do they think Pearl Harbor is? Is it a great, touching backdrop for their bullshit love? Fuck it!"

"The whole movie revolves around their love triangle! Do you really think we are all a bunch of idiots with brains full of sperm and hormones?! In Pearl Harbor, why not film more scenes of other soldiers being injured or killed? Many people were There is bloodshed and sacrifice, but it is not reflected in these movies at all, all the shots follow two people!"

Another person shrugged and said with a clear look: "This is Hollywood. It only cares about money, and makes up some romantic and specious things for the sake of money."

A person next to him agreed: "Yes, this is how the world is now. And I also heard that Disney beautified the Neon People in order to make money from the Neon People. The movie did not dare to reveal what the Neon People have done to us. How much hurt, they are afraid that Neon Man will not come into the cinema and contribute to the box office!”

"Damn bastards! We are protesting that this movie does not deserve to be released on Memorial Day! It is an insult to the soldiers who defended Pearl Harbor and died there!"

People at Disney were so busy greeting the celebrity guests that they didn't even notice these dissatisfied veterans.

…

Last night's premiere of "Pearl Harbor" went on very late, so Michael Eisner didn't get up until noon the next day. After finishing lunch, he picked up a series of newspapers compiled by his secretary and read through them.

""Pirates", the greatest pirate movie in history!"

Eisner frowned when he saw the title, and then smiled disdainfully. He saw that it was a public relations release paid for during the release, and he didn't even bother to take a look at the content.

Later, Eisner saw the review of "Pearl Harbor" in the newspaper: "An epic disaster movie comparable to "Titanic"!"

Eisner frowned again, what is comparable? You should use transcendence. Can you write articles? Looks like he needs to give the publicity team a heads-up!

Then he opened several newspapers one after another and smiled with satisfaction when he saw the beautiful articles praising "Pearl Harbor".

"The Japanese American Citizens Association protests that "Pearl Harbor" vilifies the image of the Neon Man and accuses Disney of deliberately provoking racial hatred!"

After seeing this news, Eisner couldn't help but curse in his heart. In order to take care of the Neon Man's emotions, he had the movie modified, but he still didn't expect it to happen!

But just then, his secretary hurried in. Upon seeing this, Eisner asked in a bad tone: "Why didn't you knock on the door? What happened?"

"Sorry, Mr. Eisner! A large group of veterans of World War II gathered together to protest against Pearl Harbor!"

Eisner was shocked when he heard this: "What? What's going on? Where are they?"

"It's at Pearl Harbor and it's happening live on TV right now!"

Eisner immediately turned on the TV and found the Fox News Channel. He saw a large group of elderly veterans gathered in front of the camera, holding a banner that read "Protest against Pearl Harbor!" Several of the leaders were being interviewed.

"I was very angry because so many of our people died at Pearl Harbor. I participated in the death squads. I saw many bodies being carried away, many wounded soldiers bleeding on stretchers, and people desperately jumping into burning oil. The sea. But this film only tells the story of two people, as if no one else exists."

"This "Pearl Harbor" only focused on the love triangle and only focused the camera on the two male protagonists. It did not show how painful the real war was. They did not give these soldiers the recognition they deserve!"

"There are a lot of fictional elements here, and Pearl Harbor should not coexist with fiction. This film cannot make me feel proud, as if Affleck and Hartrett were fighting there that day, and no one else could. It’s like it’s irrelevant.”

Bob Kinzler, president of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, said, "What we need is not a love story, it should be a war film. Of course, some love plots can be added to the film, but it cannot become the theme of the film and ignore it. This is a blasphemy against history itself and against the fallen soldiers!”

Eisner was furious when he saw these protesters on TV. Disney had kindly invited them to attend the premiere yesterday and provided a banquet, but a bunch of people turned around and came to destroy them!

Forget it when I was a kid, but you guys came to protest too, what the hell? You said we didn’t capture the tragedy of Pearl Harbor during the 40-minute bombing? !

Eisner immediately shouted: "Get in touch with someone quickly and negotiate with them!"

After yelling, Eisner simply made a call himself. Unfortunately, the replies he got from some government officials were also very perfunctory, saying that they would comfort him as soon as possible, but could not give any guarantees.

Eisner looked at the TV station that was broadcasting live. If it was ABC TV station, he could have people stop him. Unfortunately, this is Fox TV station that specializes in news!

Eisner was not the only one watching the live broadcast on Fox TV at this time. Wu Yuchen clapped his hands and applauded after watching it. Then he hurriedly found the person in charge of his own publicity team: "Find some media to spread this matter as much as possible." Influence, in order to criticize "Pearl Harbor."

In fact, the attention of "Pearl Harbor" is so high now, even if they don't do it, the media will come out to report it. But now when "Pirate King" is competing with "Pearl Harbor" for the box office, it can be released a moment earlier Defeat the opponent and gain more fruits of victory!

That night, some evening newspapers published relevant news one after another:

"'Pearl Harbor' was protested jointly by surviving veterans!"

"Three hours of war movie, two and a half hours of love triangle."

"'Pearl Harbor': A romance film disguised as war?"

There have been more and more negative news about "Pearl Harbor" on the first day it was released. In contrast, "Pirate King":

“‘Pirates’: The best summer blockbuster of the year! Johnny Depp’s performance is full of praise and it’s definitely worth the price of admission!” —Alan Morrison, Empire Magazine

""The Pirate King": Opening a new era of pirate movies!"

"The magical "Pirate King": mysterious treasures, skeleton pirates, strange gold coin curses, thrilling and fierce sea chases, elegant and free British fencing duels, passionate and handsome Will, beautiful and persistent Elizabeth, and the legendary and All the attractive elements of the humorous pirate Jack can be found here!”

"Pirates are not only vicious and cunning, but also Captain Jack Sparrow!"

Today Keira Knightley ran for a day of promotions, but now looking at the praises in these newspapers, she only feels that most of her fatigue has dissipated. Although most of them praise Johnny Depp, her Elizabeth It has also been mentioned many times, after all, she is the only heroine.

Unknowingly, she didn't notice that the time had changed from Friday to Saturday. When the staff walked in with Friday's first-day box office data, Keira was awakened and immediately gathered around. On the paper it says:

"Pearl Harbor": 18.7 million.

"Pirate King": 17.93 million.

After reading this number, Kayla immediately looked at Wu Yuchen, wondering what this was? She felt that this first-day result was very good, but it was not as high as "Pearl Harbor", so she didn't know whether it was considered a success?

Wu Yuchen saw this and smiled and said: "Not bad. Why didn't you respond?"

A smile immediately appeared on Keira's face: "I was worried that the box office would not be as good as "Pearl Harbor", and the director would be unhappy~"

Wu Yuchen shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "It's natural that the box office of "Pearl Harbor" on the first day was higher than ours. Do you really think that their 100 million US dollars in promotional expenses were wasted? If there were not protests today, it is very likely that the first day's box office would be 20 million. That’s it.”

To be honest, Wu Yuchen thought it was normal even if there was a difference of 3 million between "Pirate King" and "Pearl Harbor" on the first day of box office. As a result, it is now less than 1 million, and he is already very satisfied. Even if there is negative news about "Pearl Harbor" today and "Pirate King" is getting a huge reputation, it still needs time to ferment.

Therefore, the box office performance in the next two days is crucial.

…

The next morning.

"Good morning, Kenneth!"

"Good morning, David~"

"Welcome to NPR Morning, where Kenneth gives us his thoughts on the week's movies."

Kenneth Turan is a film critic for the Los Angeles Times, chairman of the Los Angeles Times Book Awards, and a film critic on a radio morning show. He is known for his impartiality, objectivity, and sharp words. He has many fans, including in the North American film critic circle. Very famous person.

"Kenneth, the two most eye-catching movies in this period, "Pearl Harbor" and "Pirate King" were both released yesterday, and it also involved a bet between director Wu Yuchen and a Disney executive. You had it yesterday. Didn’t you go see it?”

"Of course, I've seen both movies. What I'm saying is, Peter Schreider can already write his resignation letter!"

"Wow, Kenneth, are you so sure? You know, yesterday's first-day box office, "Pearl Harbor" was higher than "The Pirate King"!"

"I originally had great expectations for "Pearl Harbor". After all, it was Memorial Day, so I went to see the movie as soon as it was released, but it really disappointed me. Got it!

183 minutes, 153 minutes are about the love triangle, and the remaining half hour is Michael Bay's explosion. To be honest, the explosion effects are worthy of Michael Bay's nickname of "Explosion Bay", and the soundtrack is also very good, but the long and vulgar love triangle is really unpopular!

I know that Disney and Michael Bay are trying their best to imitate "Titanic". They think that disaster and love are the road to the box office, but they chose the wrong movie!

It's Pearl Harbor, it's a war movie, it's Memorial Day! Why did everyone go to see it? It is to review history, to commemorate the Pearl Harbor incident, to watch the war with full enthusiasm, rather than a love triangle that sells sheep's heads as dog meat!

If an hour is cut from the 183-minute movie, the heroine is removed to emphasize the brotherhood, or the relationship between the heroine and the second male lead is removed, then the entire movie can be upgraded to a higher level.

But obviously, Disney chose not to do this. The joint protest by the surviving veterans of Pearl Harbor is clear evidence of the failure of their film. "Pearl Harbor" is a movie that even Pearl Harbor veterans are dissatisfied with. Can you still expect everyone to believe it? "

"Well, Kenneth, what you said sounds reasonable. How about we talk about "Pirate King"?"

Mentioning "Pirate King", Kenneth's tone became obviously cheerful:

""Pirate King" really gave me a big surprise. It should be said to be the most surprising movie so far this year! I am not talking about its high artistic quality, but it lies in two points.

First of all, it completely surpasses the previous pirate-themed movies. Director Wu Yuchen perfectly integrates elements such as pirates, adventure, love, handsome men and beautiful women, action, naval battles, fantasy legends, etc., bringing the audience into a mysterious world. , twists and turns, full of humor and thrilling adventure. I bet this movie will be a favorite among children this summer! Of course, it is not childish at all and is suitable for adults to watch.

The most eye-catching aspect of this movie is undoubtedly its leading actor, Jack Sparrow! No one has ever played a pirate like him: he is unruly, loves freedom, is eccentric and talkative, but is also brave and fearless; although he loves to play tricks, he also shows his kind side from time to time. Captain Jack Sparrow is so charming!

Depp was born for this role! "