Chatty Hollywood

"..."Inception" is a very smart movie, rich in details and intricate narrative, leading people into a subconscious maze."

"——This is the evaluation of Variety."

"As for "Empire" magazine, it said that "Inception" and "The Matrix" have similar approaches but good results - "

Having said this, Charlize glanced at Charlotte who was still stroking her belly with a hint of embarrassment before continuing,

"According to their comments, the physics-defying exploration, wonderful action scenes, impactful emotions, and your astonishing performance as the director and leading actor are all addictive."

“This is a whole new frontier for Charlotte movies!”

Charlize deliberately said in a tone of voice,

"—Anyway, that's what they said."

"Yeah?"

Charlotte nodded,

"It seems that the media's evaluation should be very good!"

"Roughly the same!"

Charlize nodded,

"However, it doesn't mean that there are no objections at all——"

As she said that, she made a face at Charlotte, who was still caressing her belly.

"The explanation shows that the world view is too much and is bound by ethics, the charm of the characters is too shallow and lacks in-depth shaping, and the pretense of profundity is dizzying."

"——"The New York Observer" commented this way, and gave the movie a low score."

At this point, Charlize paused deliberately, wanting to whet Charlotte's appetite.

However, the latter remained unmoved.

This made the South African girl understand how strong her husband's confidence is in this work.

And thinking about everyone's hard work during the filming of "Inception", the large number of new technologies used in the movie, and the wonderful story,

Charlize felt that this was actually a natural thing.

"Except for the sensationalist New York Observer, most of the media's evaluations are very positive or even very high."

Charlize said seriously,

“This newspaper is ultimately a minority within a minority. We can see this from the IMDB rating and the freshness on the Rotten Tomatoes website——”

"I've seen this too."

Charlotte interrupted her wife with a smile,

"9.4 points, this is the highest score I have ever received on IMDB, it is worth remembering!"

"It's more than memorable! This is also one of the best in IMDB's overall score ranking, isn't it!?"

Charlize muttered,

"Even for old movies such as The Godfather or The Shawshank Redemption, which are regarded as masterpieces by movie fans, the IMDB ratings are just hovering around this score. In many cases, they are even lower than this score!"

"That's it now!"

Charlotte shrugged.

"Because of this, "Inception" has temporarily ranked first in IMDB's ratings."

"It's a pity it's only temporary."

Charlize shook her head;

"The ratings of most movies will gradually decrease as the movie is released longer."

"That's true!"

Charlotte nodded,

"However, even if it is only temporarily ranked first, it is not bad - after all, none of the movies I have shot before have such high ratings on IMDB."

This is indeed true.

Although starting from "The Turn", all of Charlotte's films have been box-office hits, with generally good reviews from audiences and even film critics. However, her previous works have not been as influential on IMDB, a website that has grown in influence in recent years. However, the movie review website has always been tepid——

The scores are not low, but there is always a lack of top 10 scores.

Of course, the movies that make it to the top 10 are basically very classic movies, so it’s not a problem if they don’t make it into the top 10.

But Charlotte was still a little dissatisfied.

And this time "Inception" rushed to the top of IMDB in one fell swoop. Even if it was only temporary, it made him happy...

In fact, it wasn’t just Charlotte who got her wish——

From the release of "Fatal Turn" in 1994 to now, Charlotte has been working as a director in Hollywood for her 10th year.

This has allowed him to accumulate a large number of die-hard movie fans, and even some professional film critics, such as Kenneth Turan, are also his fans.

In the eyes of these people, it is really unpleasant that none of Charlotte's movies can enter the top 10 of IMDB.

However, IMDB's somewhat mysterious scoring algorithm left them helpless.

It wasn't until this time that "Inception" broke out completely, directly reaching the first place in IMDB's ratings, that everyone suddenly became excited——

"This is the right thing!"

In the shared apartment, Emily said to Gianna while checking the computer screen,

"The plot, graphics, special effects, scenes, performances, rhythm control and even music of "Inception" are all top-notch choices. If a movie like this can't make it into IMDB's top 10, then there must be something wrong with the website itself! "

"But the fact is that the IMDB score of "Inception" is very high, so there is no problem with the website?"

Rarely, Gianna and Emily swapped the roles of complaining and being complained about.

——Although after Emily's "preaching", Gianna is now a die-hard fan of Charlotte, but in terms of "iron" level, she still can't keep up with Emily, who has amazing mobility.

Although she is also concerned about the reputation of "Inception", she is more interested in the plot of the movie itself——

"Did the top fall down in the end? Director Charlotte, no, did Cobb return to his home in reality?"

"Well..."

Emily touched her chin,

"I think he should have gone back, but..."

Emily couldn't help but frown.

As a senior movie fan who has been watching movies with her father who owns a video rental store since she was three years old, Emily's ability to interpret movie language is far better than that of a novice movie fan like Gianna.

However, because of this, although she saw many details from the story of "Inception" and concluded that "Cobb has returned to the real world", she was not completely sure.

——Because if we refer to some other details, it seems that we can interpret a completely different ending.

"It's just like Rashomon, or maybe there are a thousand Hamlets in the eyes of a thousand people?"

Emily thought sadly.

Fortunately, as a person of action, Emily quickly thought of a way——

"What should I do if I can't understand the movie I like? Then watch it again! Once can't be done twice..."

Jaina didn't object to this.

*******

In fact, there are not a few movie fans like Emily and Gianna who quickly go to the cinema for a second or even third or fourth viewing because of their different interpretations of the movie.

——This can be regarded as further solidifying the statement that "every movie of Charlotte is worthy of a second viewing".

The Internet was quickly filled with a large number of various analyzes of "Inception"——

Among them, the interpretation of the ending can be said to be the most.

There are various theories, coupled with the analysis of some powerful data emperors and academic masters, even many people who were not interested in the movie were attracted to the cinema.

——Then they were also "trapped" in the "beautiful dreamland" of "Inception".

Naturally, among the comments on the Internet, there are trolls from Spectre Studio.

——As a time traveler, Charlotte will not be unaware of the importance of online word-of-mouth publicity.

In particular, after Spectre Studio acquired film distribution capabilities in North America, it also deliberately strengthened its online publicity department in order to highlight its own characteristics.

Under such circumstances, when a commercial masterpiece directed by studio owner Charlotte herself is released, how can the trolls at Spectre Studio not add fuel to the flames?

However, Polokov, the head of the navy department who was given the nickname "Admiral" by Charlotte, discovered that he did not actually need to contribute too much to the promotion of "Inception"——

After publishing some instructive posts on the Internet, Polokov suddenly discovered that "Inception" quickly sprung up with countless "tap water", and naturally took over Polokov's original work.

——As a result, Polokov and the "water army" of the Spectre studio under his leadership had to complete the task without doing anything at all.

"It would be great if every movie promoted was like this!"

Porrokov sighed in his heart.

Of course, he also knew that that was impossible.

——Not every movie is "Inception", and not every director is Charlotte Booth!

But at least Polokov can relax for a while.

"IMDB score is 9.4, Rotten Tomatoes index is 93%, quite good results!"

Polokov felt that he just had to be careful not to be discredited and troubled by others...

*******

Of course, to put it bluntly, a good reputation must eventually be translated into real box office results before a movie can be considered a success.

For a movie like "The Shawshank Redemption", which is as high-profile and mediocre as it was released, it was difficult to say whether it was a trap for the film's participants only to recover its costs and achieve profitability 25 years after its release through offline revenue.

——Of course, this may be a bit exaggerated considering the way Hollywood studios always do their accounting, but there is no doubt that "The Shawshank Redemption" did not make much money.

In contrast, Charlotte's movie is a completely different story -

"The box office on the first day was $60 million!?"

Although he had already guessed that "Inception" would do well at the box office, Charles Roven still didn't expect it to be as good as this.

"This has already surpassed the box office results of most sequels of popular movies, right!?"

As the producer of "Inception" for Warner, Charles Rowan has seen the box office data of many major productions, but the number that may reach this number is very small.

"Charlotte Booth's appeal is really powerful! It's more effective than many big-name celebrities!"

However, through statistics, Charles Rowan discovered a problem——

As an original film, "Inception" is able to achieve such unimaginable results because of extra help.

——That’s the IMAX big screen!