Chatty Hollywood

? ““I have never seen such a shameless person! "

After watching the second trailer of "The Lord of the Rings", great director Ridley Scott suddenly had this sentence in mind.

——Of course, the specific words may be different, but the meaning is definitely this.

As a great director who just made a classic epic movie such as "Gladiator" last year, Ridley can naturally think of what "Lord of the Rings", a movie that looks like a fantasy story but is also essentially a heroic epic, is like.

In his opinion, this movie from Spectre Studios, like "Black Hawk Down," which he shot this year and will be released soon, are both movies that were seriously affected by 9/11.

——Whatever is missing, make up for it.

——Simply put, when people receive too strong stimulation in reality, they will not be willing to go to the cinema to find stronger stimulation in the short term.

Therefore, in the two or three months after 9/11, it is actually normal for war films, action films, horror films and other genres to be ignored in the North American film market.

Ridley Scott racked his brains and couldn't come up with any ideas that could go against this market trend, because he was ready to resign himself to fate.

But he didn't expect that "Lord of the Rings 1", which in his opinion would also be affected by 911 and would not be very good at the box office, would release such a healing trailer——

"This is simply fraud!!"

Ridley wanted to say that.

But he had to admit that this second trailer of "The Lord of the Rings" can indeed make the audience feel at ease and be lured into the cinema.

However, it is a pity that the "Black Hawk Down" filmed by Ridley this time is about modern warfare. Ridley was unable to cut a trailer with a completely opposite style like "The Lord of the Rings"...

*********

In short, because of Charlotte's crooked move and the gradual recovery of the North American film market, the situation before the release of "Lord of the Rings 1" has finally opened up.

And Peter Jackson also calmed down a little and stopped gaining weight.

And on December 19th, one night before Ridley Scott's "Black Hawk Down", "Lord of the Rings 1" was finally released——

"There are more people than I expected!"

Although it’s not time to breathe a sigh of relief yet,

Peter Jackson felt a little more relaxed.

After all, Peter saw the deserted scene with his own eyes when "Black Hawk Down" premiered yesterday.

——Of course, the cinema where the premiere is held is operated by dedicated personnel, and on the surface it is still full of flowers.

But Peter didn't go to a big movie theater.

He just randomly found a small theater to see what his competitors were doing.

——Who made the premieres of "Black Hawk Down" and "Lord of the Rings" only one day apart?

However, that scene suddenly made Peter's heart feel cold——

Although it is not a crowded theater, the attendance rate of "Black Hawk Down" is really not high in a theater without dedicated personnel.

Peter could clearly see this through the number of times he watched it.

In particular, after watching the movie, Peter felt that Ridley Scott's "Black Hawk Down" was really well shot and worthy of his status as a senior Hollywood director.

But the movie's attendance just couldn't rise.

Many viewers even gave very clear answers when taking questionnaires——

"We know this movie should be good, but in today's social environment, we really don't want to watch too many violent things."

——This is a North American audience!

——They don’t want to watch violent things. Then why did those dirty and exciting B-level movies appear before! ?

Anyway, Peter Jackson, who overheard the audience's answers, had already given up on the box office results of "The Lord of the Rings".

——Who made "Lord of the Rings" have a lot of combat elements?

But now it seems that the situation is not as bad as imagined.

Of course, Peter also understands that the specific situation needs to be observed for at least one day, waiting for the box office results on the first day to come out.

But at least, he is now looking forward to it again...

**********

"Things should be good this time!"

In contrast, Charlotte is more confident than director Peter Jackson.

After all, as a time traveler, he knows how classic the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is -

In his original time and space, this trilogy was not only a box office success, but also successfully helped Peter Jackson win the Oscar for Best Director.

You know, this is the fantasy work that Oscar hates the most! !

If the Oscars hadn't always discriminated against movies with science fiction, fantasy, horror and other themes, how could the Saturn Award, an award exclusively for fantasy and horror movies, be born?

However, Peter Jackson relied on such a movie that should have been discriminated against by the Oscars to successfully win the Oscar, and even won 11 awards, which was a sweep.

It is because of this that although Charlotte knew that Peter Jackson's director quality would drop significantly if he left Tolkien's works, she still signed him and became the third director in Spectre Studio besides himself. Two directors who can helm large-scale commercial productions.

——Not to mention anything else, just the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy plus the subsequent "The Hobbit" trilogy will be enough for them to earn money for a small twenty years.

Not to mention, if that doesn't work, Charlotte can also take over the story of "The Silmarillion" and let Fat Peter continue filming it.

——Anyway, given the grand worldview of Tolkien's works, it would be no problem for him to live in Middle-earth for the rest of his life.

Of course, copyright issues may be a problem.

However, that is more for ordinary people——

Although Charlotte is often a good person, it does not mean that he will not use magic to achieve some of his own goals when necessary...

**********

Of course, for now, it's still too early.

But overall, Charlotte is very confident in the "Lord of the Rings" series.

Especially, after obtaining the incarnation of the World Tree transformed from a dragon, Charlotte no longer even needs to rely on box office reports to judge whether a movie will be popular.

——Take "Lord of the Rings 1" as an example. Since the movie's premiere, he has used the branches of the World Tree to establish a connection with the magic source of the movie, or the movie world.

After that, as long as you pay attention to the gathering speed of its magic power, you can roughly make a judgment.

——This speaks directly to people’s hearts and will not be judged by any contaminated big data!

The magic gathering speed in "Lord of the Rings 1" is indeed very fast, which is completely in line with Charlotte's expectations.

Therefore, he is very relieved now.

He did not wait for the box office results of the midnight show like he did when his movie was released before. Instead, he and Charlize coaxed Ovelia to sleep at home.

He even sang a unique lullaby at the request of his naughty daughter and equally naughty wife——