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The "Bucket List" media and film critics special session, the invited film critics and media people are very interesting.

Under Li Yi's instruction, Dean Pictures specially invited those "old" film critics!

These "old" film critics don't simply mean that they are older, but they also mean that they are "old-school" film critics.

In the past, in Hollywood, these old-school film critics could be said to be very influential. They could not only affect the reputation of the film and the audience's perception of the film, but most importantly, they could affect the box office.

For this reason, in the era of print media, it can be said that these old-school film critics are all worth a lot.

They are also in Hollywood for this reason, making those film companies love and hate them. Love them because they can make movies have higher box office, but hate them because they are vampires in the film industry.

But now, with the rise of the Internet, the prosperity of the mobile Internet, and the advent of the self-media era, everyone can have a voice. The era of paper media has passed, and the Internet era has arrived. Young people have begun to despise the so-called authority, and they have begun to speak out on their own. Everyone is media.

Old-school film critics once maintained their own identity, but unfortunately, they soon discovered that times have changed.

Some people embrace the great era, while some people retreat bravely.

Of course, although the influence of these film critics is not as good as before, in fact, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and it still has a large number of fans.

However, their public relations fees have been falling again and again.

There are few movies like "The Bucket List" that invite mostly old-school film critics like them.

Many film critics entered the screening room of the spot screening venue and quickly greeted each other with the old guys.

"Barry, you old guy is not dead yet, haha!" An old guy with gray hair said to another old guy.

"Hey, tough-mouthed Nick, you tough-mouthed old man is not dead yet, how could I die?" Barry stepped forward and said rudely.

Then the two hugged each other!

"It's a pity that old Jack passed away last year, and there are fewer and fewer of us old guys." Nick said with a sigh.

"People have to die, and so do we! This movie is interesting. What do you think Dean Pictures wants to do by inviting us? Do you want to tell us old guys that we will be buried soon? Hahaha! "Old Barry said sarcastically.

"Maybe, but the theme is very interesting. I just don't know what kind of story this miracle director from China will give us this time." Nick said.

In fact, in the past, the circle of old-school film critics was really small. There were only a few influential film critics in the United States, like the tough-talking Nick and Barry, who had been working together for many years.

It can be said that it is a great time to play down and lift up at the same time.

But time is ruthless, they are getting older and older, and old-school film critics are gradually disappearing.

Many people in the media were a little surprised to see so many old-school film critics, but at the same time they were relieved. Thinking of the theme of this movie, it is indeed time for these old guys to come out and show their afterglow.

After all, these old guys can be said to be the closest to death.

Don't underestimate these old guys. They still have abilities and influence, but they are just not as exaggerated as in the past.

This is actually the effect Li Yi and Dean Pictures want.

"The Bucket List" is destined not to be as hyped as that kind of commercial blockbuster. After all, the starring role of the movie is not a popular niche, so in the same way, the promotion method of this kind of feature film is destined to be different from other commercial movies.

And these old guys, old film critics, are the first shots of "The Bucket List".

Because only old guys like them can more deeply understand the theme to be expressed in the movie.

Soon the movie officially started showing.

The first scene in the movie is of the endless Himalayas with peaks towering eternally and silently, reaching the zenith.

The highest peak in the world!

The camera is like gliding through the clouds and mist among the peaks, crossing the eternally frozen mountains, showing the Himalayas before the audience's eyes.

Carter's voice sounded off-screen: "Edward Cole died in May. It was a Sunday afternoon, and there was not a cloud in the sky."

Along with his voice, a peak towered above the mountains. The peak was like a wedge inserted into the airflow from the plane, and a large cloud of ice and snow poured down from the peak.

Carter's voiceover sounded again: "How to measure the value of a person's life is really hard to say. Some people think it depends on the opinions of future generations. Some people think it depends on his beliefs. Some people say it depends on his love, but some people think it depends on his love. People say that life has no meaning."

In the camera lens, the mountain peak is getting closer and closer, as if it is embracing it with its broad arms, and then the camera quickly climbs upward.

Carter's voice rang out again: "As for me, I believe your worth is measured by others, and others measure themselves by you."

The camera continues to fly over the mountains and glaciers, flying closer to the peak.

The camera switches and the first thing shown is a hiking pole inserted into the hard ice and snow.

A climber is bundled up in a hooded hiking suit, with an oxygen mask and goggles on his face.

He raised one foot with great difficulty and stepped on the place where the hiking pole was inserted. He turned around and exhaled a faint breath, looking at the ice and snow world under his feet.

Carter's voice continued to narrate: "What I am sure of is that no matter how you measure it, in his last days before his death, Edward Cole enjoyed a life that most people never get to enjoy in their lifetime."

On the other side, the climber turned to face the summit.

"I firmly believe that when he died, he could rest in peace and his heart was open. I firmly believe that he could hear the call of the mountains."

The climber inserted another hiking pole into the ice and snow and took another difficult step. By this time we were rising higher and higher, until the climber was just a tiny dot against the backdrop of the mountains.

"And I believe the mountains can hear him, too."

The big screen gradually went dark, and light appeared again, but the scene had been transferred.

I was still given a cigarette and put the ashes in an empty coffee can.

A voice sounded off-camera: "Please name five American presidents whose surnames begin with H."

The previous owner of the voiceover, Carter Chambers, one of the male protagonists played by Moore, appears on the screen.

What follows is a conversation between Carter and Manny. With each question and answer, Carter gives the audience the feeling that he is not like a car maintenance worker at all, but more like a weathered scholar.

He speaks in an orderly manner, and one can feel his sharp thinking.

Then he received a call and learned that he was terminally ill. The scene changed from the dynamic and cheerful one to a silent and lonely figure retreating away.

Then another protagonist, Edward Cole, appeared.

His appearance was unique. In the conference hall of the Riverside County Supervisory Committee, he was arrogant and went his own way. From a series of conversations, he also explained an interesting thing. The hospital he runs is working on converting wards from single rooms to double rooms.

Then the extreme joy gave rise to sadness. He coughed on the spot and coughed up blood.

The previous plot introduces the two male protagonists Edward Cole and Carter Chambers. It can be said that they come from different classes.

Cole is undoubtedly a rich man and drinks the most expensive coffee in the world, while Carter Chambers is just an ordinary car mechanic. Such two people with completely different backgrounds have encountered the same thing. things.

They are all terminally ill.

The camera changed again, but it was already inside the hospital.

At the far end of the long corridor, two elevator doors opened, and Thomas walked out of the elevator.

This was a man in his mid-thirties, dragging two heavy suitcases with a bouquet of flowers under his arm, looking for the room number along the way.

Thomas finally found the ward number. He rushed into the ward and placed the two boxes on an empty bed next to the door. He opened one of the boxes and began to arrange various utensils very skillfully.

He took out a laptop and put it on the bedside table, then took out a mobile phone, plugged it in, and placed it next to the computer.

Then put a very expensive copper coffee pot on the windowsill, next to it are a copper thermos, small plates and spoons, and a well-made wooden box.

Finally, he took out a crystal vase and put the flowers in the vase. At this time, voices came from the corridor, and there were a lot of voices coming from far and near.

When Thomas heard people arriving, he quickly found a place to place the vases, then hurriedly walked around the bed, suddenly pulled open the white sheet that divided the ward into two halves, and suddenly saw Carter lying behind the sheet.

Thomas looked at Carter in astonishment and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Carter looked haggard and had several types of tubes inserted into his body. There was a tall stack of books on the bedside table.

On the wall behind him were cards wishing him well, and photos of his family: two sons, several grandchildren, and a beautiful twenty-year-old daughter.

Hearing Thomas's question, he smiled and said, "Oh, look, aren't you just hanging on here? By the way, what's wrong with you?"

Thomas was stunned for a moment and then said: "It's nothing, I was just shocked."

At this time, a large group of people in the corridor rushed into the ward. Several doctors, nurses, and caregivers were busy around a gurney.

Edward Cole was lying there, cursing in a loud voice with a dissatisfied look on his face: "Tell that ignorant doctor that I want to remove this fluid he gave me. What does that do? I've heard it can destroy people's lungs. I have a speech in Congress next month and I don't want to have a tube in my throat to breathe."

The doctor was about to explain: "That's not what happened."

Edward Cole asked: "Who is this guy?"

Without waiting for the doctor's answer, he asked again: "Where did the unlucky Thomas go?"

Thomas appeared in front of him and said, "I'm right here, sir."

"Now we have to move you to the bed," the nurse said.

Edward Cole stubbornly said: "Let me do it myself, I'm not dead yet."

He tried to move his body to the hospital bed, but fell to the ground.

Thomas stood there and said calmly: "What about now?"

Then he reached out to hold him. Edward Cole took Thomas' hand and said, "Didn't I fire you recently?"

"Not since that interview!" As he said this, he bent down and helped Edward to the bed.

Edward settled himself down, and then thought of Carter lying next to him.

"Who is this guy?"

Carter asked: "Who are you?"

Edward looked stunned and said: "He actually asked, "Who are you?" "Oh my God, am I in the morgue?"

Carter (voice-over): "This was the first time I met Edward Cole. It was an unlucky start, no doubt!"

On the other side, Edward Cole waved his hands wildly and struggled a little irritably, while cursing and saying: "I hate this damn pipe!"

The camera switched to show the nurse shaving Edward's scalp one by one with an electric clipper.

Edward still looked angry.

Edward cursed and said: "In the next three weeks, I have to lie side by side with this half-dead guy. He is like a zombie. He is probably about to die. It's really unlucky."

Thomas said from the sidelines: "You can't enjoy a single room, it will cause serious public impact."

Edward said angrily: "I don't care about the impact. I have to live in a single room. This is the hospital I run. For God's sake, I have to live in a single room. Don't say anything like that to me!"

As he said that, he turned to look at Carter: "I didn't mean to offend you, man."

Thomas said: "But you have violated the rules you have announced countless times. You run a hospital, not a health care center. Two beds per ward, no exceptions."

Edward was a little surprised when he heard Thomas send his original words back to him, and then said: "But I wasn't sick before."

Nurse Xing spread the ointment on his head and said, "Dr. Eldridge will arrange a time to operate on you soon."

She said getting up and walking away. Edward picked up a mirror on the table and looked at his shaved head with horror on his face.

Edward said in horror: "Oh my God!" Then he said to Thomas: "Thomas, you must not let me lose the ability to move after I wake up!"

Thomas said: "I'll try my best!"

At this time, Carter, who was reading a book, asked hesitantly: "Is this really your hospital?"

Edward turned around: "That's right!"

"Then I'd like you to ask about the pea soup."

Edward was confused!

The camera soon switched to the operating room, where the doctor and a group of people were operating on Edward.

Carter's voice sounded again: "On the morning of the operation, the cancer had spread throughout Edward's body. The doctors predicted that he only had a 5% chance of survival. But they couldn't tell how much effort it took to finally save him. "

The camera zooms in on Edward's motionless face, which even under anesthesia still looks like he is extremely annoyed at the interruption.

(End of this chapter)