I just want to be an actor

Chapter 195 The only three-star Michelin movie
The filming of "I'm Not the God of Medicine" made everyone in the crew feel the impact of Zhou Sen's peak acting skills, but on the other side of the ocean, there are a group of people who have been conquered by Zhou Sen's acting skills.

Because, "Manchester by the Sea" is officially released.

Although Zhou Sen couldn't get to the other side of the ocean to participate in those activities in time because of his job as a director, he has already recorded a video of participating in the opening ceremony in advance, which will be screened when the crew holds each event .

And he will also negotiate a good time with Kenneth, and make phone calls from time to time.

Although Zhou Sen didn't seem to do much in the promotion of the movie "Manchester by the Sea" and seemed to be ignoring it, it's not that he didn't pay attention to it, it's just that the movie in his hand needed him more.

In fact, "Manchester by the Sea" has been able to reflect the overall tone of the movie in terms of the promotional style.

Lightly, slowly, not at all urgent.

This seems to be a bit out of the normal movie promotion style.

Zhou Sen didn't know that "Manchester by the Sea" had been nominated for various Oscars. Of course, even Kenneth himself didn't know about it. The news about the last banquet was never revealed.

As for other awards, perhaps we still need to see how the box office goes.

Although "Manchester by the Sea" can be regarded as a solid and completely literary film, the fact that Amazon and Universal Pictures invested in this film does not mean that they will want to lose money.

This movie, which has a production cost of 850 million on paper, needs a box office of more than 2000 million to be considered a small success.

As for the 2000 million box office, for some well-known Hollywood superstars, their fame alone may be able to directly drive fans with this box office to buy tickets.

But Zhou Sen can't.

Although Zhou Sen has won Cannes Best Actor, it doesn't mean that he is well-known in the field of international commercial films.

However, he may attract some people in the United States who love literary films and the field of film art to go to the cinema to watch this local literary film.

But even the old postman uncle in the country knows that those who really love literary films and go to the cinema to watch them, in a country like the United States, which can be regarded as the ultimate popcorn commercial blockbuster, it can really be said that Less and less.

Kenneth himself is well aware of this.

In fact, he is quite religious about the box office. He feels that he made this film for the awards of some independent film festivals.

It's just that after successfully inviting Zhou Sen, he has an inexplicable confidence that he can make another impact on the Golden Globe and Oscar.

He is no longer content with just getting a simple screenplay award.

Kenneth, who is a Buddhist, is not too enthusiastic about the promotion of the film, and the distribution is even handled by the staff of Universal Pictures.

It's no wonder that he didn't want to urge Zhou Sen to come back to the United States to participate in these activities. After all, after he knew that Zhou Sen was busy with his first self-written, directed and acted movie, he already felt that these idle discussions Wouldn't be worth the genius' exhaustion at all.

Of course, although he himself did not know that "Manchester by the Sea" had conquered a certain kind of judges at the Oscar Academy banquet, based on the film's super high quality and his strong self-confidence, as well as the fact that there were some old artists he had known for many years, he was convinced With the extremely high reviews for his film, Kenneth is already full of confidence in winning the award.

Yep, he didn't think the nomination would be a hurdle at all.

After all, he is actually a pure artist, a pure director, and he is not as sensitive to politics as the upper class.

Otherwise, his first reaction after watching "Farewell My Concubine" and "The Orphan" in Cannes would be to invite Zhou Sen to be his leading actor.

Perhaps it is because the publicity is not in place at all, and the participating stars are not considered big names.

Even with Matt Damon's platform recommendation, everyone just thinks it's like a superstar likes which book to read, and then recommends it to everyone.

People who have time, mood, and spare money, these three things in one, will think of going to see this movie when they pass by the cinema.

First week of release in North America.

"Manchester by the Sea" did not cause much waves."Manchester by the Sea", which was screened in North American art theaters, had a box office of only 256498 US dollars on the first day.After a whole week, the box office was only more than 100 million, which is undoubtedly a disastrous failure for normal movies.

But Kenneth still leisurely participated in the symposium held by Amazon, recommending his new work without salt or light.

In his own words.

"Jackson told me before that there is an old saying in their country: the wine is not afraid of the alley. More desire to conquer and a sense of accomplishment."

At the symposium at that time, some guests who had not seen his movie imitated what Kenneth said to laugh at Kenneth for being too confident.

Most people are rational data parties.

The unremarkable box office data of "Manchester by the Sea" even has a feeling of becoming more and more rubbish. How can a movie with this kind of data be worthy of the saying "the smell of wine is not afraid of deep alleys".

And word of mouth.

Everyone was embarrassed to laugh at the delusional Kenneth.

Whether it's on Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, or Metacritic, "Manchester by the Sea" is not even shown because too few people have watched it, and too few people have rated it.

Is this what Kenneth calls a good movie?
While the segment on the variety show mocking Kenneth was still on TV, things took some sudden turns.

The number of ratings on the rating website has finally accumulated to a level that can be displayed, and the score of "Manchester by the Sea" was successfully refreshed in the middle of the night.

And this refresh refreshed the movie to the cover of the home page.

Not for any reason, but because of the astonishingly high score of "Manchester by the Sea".

On the Rotten Tomatoes website, "Manchester by the Sea" has a freshness rate of 99%, and the score of 9.8 points out of the crowd when it was first displayed.And the score on Metacritic is as high as 10 out of 9.6, reaching the terrifying height of full score with zero difference.On IMDb, although not as terrible as the first two, it also reached a high score of [-].

Once famous all over the world!

This kind of airborne high score has made many ordinary people who have not paid attention to this movie before are willing to open the cover of this movie, read its introduction, and then look at its cast, to explore why this movie is so popular. How does a movie that seems inconspicuous at all get such a high score.

Is it a new IP for Star Wars?Or the best-filmed Spider-Man?Or is it a remake of Avatar?
Of course, the name "Manchester by the Sea" has killed most of their fantasies, and the last ones may be some awesome science fiction films.But when everyone clicked on the introduction, they found that this was an ordinary-looking life movie.

What's so good about life drama movies?

Art film?
Wouldn't it be nice to doze off in the movie theater?
After they saw Zhou Sen's prominent last name and the unfamiliar Asian face in the cast list, some inexplicable emotions broke out.

"Why let an Asian play us Americans? Isn't it awkward? You don't even need to watch it to know that it's a bad movie. The ratings are all fake?"

"I'm definitely not going to see this crap movie, I'm going to give it a low score just by looking at the cast."

In addition to these comments that seemed to be trolls and were quickly deleted by the administrator after they were published, some people also searched for Zhou Sen's relevant information.

"Cannes Best Actor? Well, although I admit that this actor may have strong acting skills, I don't think he can play white people well, but I may give Kenneth a chance and go to the cinema to see this movie and then Come back and revise this comment. After all, he is also a top screenwriter who has won an Oscar."

This kind of comment is reserved.

And this kind of comment naturally led to some biased views that were not suitable for Zhou Sen.

Some people think that the newly-minted Cannes Best Actor took advantage of the popularity to come to the United States to make money. After all, the money earned here is US dollars, which is much more valuable than Chinese currency.

Of course, there are trolls and people who don't like it, and there are loyal audiences, especially those who have seen it in the cinema several times.They kept Amway in the comment area, persuading others to watch it in the cinema before commenting, but they succeeded in persuading many people.

But anyway, no matter how noisy.

In the end, I still have to go to the movie theater to see Zhenzhang.

After all, everyone needs to go to the cinema to find out whether a movie is as bad as shit or smells like a treasure, and hearsay is not credible.

This time, it will be different.

The ratings of major platforms, which were originally suppressed due to the deliberate troubles of trolls and some racists, suddenly began to return to high scores again.

The box office of "Manchester by the Sea" also showed strange trends.

Of course, what's more important is that in the comment areas of major websites, a kind of depressive comment even weirder than the box office trend has started.

"After watching it once, I felt regret and disappointment, but it was not about the movie, but about life, so I chose to watch it again. After the second pass, I felt that I liked the character more than the movie. Jackson made Lee Chandler This role is too full, which makes me feel attached to this role. Maybe starting from this movie, I, who was not a fan of anyone, became a fan of this Asian man."

"Those friends who tell us to look forward, 'Not everyone can reconcile with the past'."

"I and the second half of my life that I don't want, I and myself that I don't want to reconcile. You all go to the spring, and leave me in brokenness, lost and beautiful."

"Sometimes I can't close the refrigerator door, my toes hit the corner of the table, and I can't find my phone when I'm about to go out. I cry a lot. You think I'm making a fuss, but only I know why."

"In my indifferent body, there are unhealed wounds and knots that cannot be untied."

"I'm afraid of this kind of movie, not because I hate it, but because I love it. Because every time I can't say anything after watching it, I just want to stay quietly and indulge in the lingering In the depression. The ending seemed to see the light, but it seemed that there was nothing. When I walked out of the movie theater, I suddenly felt that I was like Li, and I was also the one who couldn’t get out.”

This kind of depression doesn't seem to be very serious about evaluating the content of the movie.

Instead, follow-up clicks are asked to read the comments, and viewers who want to find analysis and evaluation of the movie are confused.

In the United States, where family carnivals, happy reunions, and happy popcorn are popular, a phenomenon suddenly appeared, and some people made this phenomenon into some emoticons.

[Looking at me before "Manchester by the Sea"]: What happened to these idiots?Why did everyone in this comment area start to get depressed and cry bitterly?In this day and age, no one can see depression while watching movies, right?

【Me after watching "Manchester by the Sea"】: Mom!I'm depressed, woo woo woo.
This particular style has quietly taken mainstream social media by storm.

More and more people and the media began to pay attention to this unique movie.

Entertainment Weekly called Kenneth a "master" and "Manchester by the Sea" a "masterpiece".

"Rolling Stone" described Zhou Sen's performance in the film as "extremely excellent to immerse people in it".

The "New York Observer" is the number one touter of this film, and several consecutive reports are dedicated to "Manchester by the Sea". It even dedicated all its praiseworthy words to this film: Such a classic cinematic masterpiece that I have to keep polishing my eyes to believe it, so smart, beautiful, clear, sensitive and meaningful."

But with such kind words, the box office of "Manchester by the Sea" is still around US$100 million per day.

Some smart people discovered this clue and publicly shouted it on social media.

"Kenneth! Why is the movie only released in North American art theaters? Not only can I not get tickets, but I have to travel 50 kilometers to find an art theater! Put the movie in normal commercial theaters!"

What is rare is that Kenneth actually responded to this call.

"Sorry, we signed a contract. But you don't have to worry, because my film will be shown in art theaters for half a year, and you can drive to the nearest cinema to watch it at any time afterwards, just like you would for Michelin three stars It’s like taking a trip by the restaurant.”

Because of Kenneth's response, "Manchester by the Sea" also gained a nickname.

【The only Michelin three-star movie】

(End of this chapter)