Birth of an actor

"A meaningful sci-fi movie that explores technology and nature, the unexpected topic selection, meticulous logic and the eye-catching performances of the actors all make "Gaitball" one of the biggest surprises of the year." This is after the premiere. Reviews given by some film critics.

Of course there are voices of criticism, and there are quite a few. For example, Manola Daggis, a well-known female film critic of the former "New York Times", who has now switched to "The New Yorker", commented on the plot direction of "Gatta Shot" Very dissatisfied: "The theme is too absurd, the details have loopholes, the most unbearable thing is that Uma Thurman, as the heroine, has been severely weakened, the best setting, the best plot and the most touching All of the lines are between William Bradley's Vincent and Jude Law's Jerome, not to mention those long stares and stares, if it weren't for William Bradley and Uma Thurman also has an intimate scene, and this movie is really going to be a GAY movie."

Most of the other criticisms are focused on: "Are people in the future world really so blind? Just changing their hairstyles, wearing color films, and stealing genes can make Vincent and Jerome look completely different." Different people mistaken for the same?" At the time, Manola Daggis's unique focus naturally attracted the attention of many people.

But unlike what Manola Daggis expected, fans did not attack William and Jude Law because of her film review. On the contrary, readers of "New Yorker" believed that Manola Daggis Guice's point of view is very interesting. Many of them left messages on IMDB and other websites with a mocking attitude:

"Did you read the "New Yorker" review of Gattaca? One of them, Manola Daggis, wrote a very interesting one. To be honest, she inspired me a little bit. I finally understand why I came out of the movie theater. Afterwards, I felt weird all the time, it turned out that the relationship between Will and Jude was too! Kei! There is really no spark between Uma Thurman and Will."

"Not only was there no spark, the sex scene was really stiff, okay? If it wasn't for the third cleaning scene of Will immediately after the sex scene, and the two scenes were closely connected, it would be fine to delete the sex scene. "

"Will and Uma's sex scenes don't make much sense, but the clip of Will and Jude cuddling after drinking makes people blush-do I say that there are a lot of lovers kissing in the cinema at this time?"

"The movie actually has a lot of tears, but you are right. The most touching scenes are between Will and Jude. Is this intentional by the director, or is the spark between Will and Jude too strong?"

"If it was intentional by the director, then it can only be said that he is really wicked. He made Uma Thurman, a beautiful and beautiful protagonist, without any sense of existence. If it was not intentional by the director, maybe we should think about actors Is it the issue of homosexuality, otherwise, how to explain the aura between these two men?"

"Will is definitely not GAY. Look at the legion of his ex-girlfriends listed by People and Variety magazines a while ago. It's really spectacular! Jude Law, who played in "Oscar Wilde's Man", is very suspicious. What's more, he used to mix in London's West End and Broadway, to be honest, how many actors in plays are particularly straight?"

"Jude is not gay either, I swear by my status as a West End theater actor - if you have read Jude Law's personal homepage on IMDB, you should know that he has acted in many stage plays in London - in the West End, People don't care about other people sleeping with men or women, the atmosphere here is very liberal, so gays almost never hide their sexuality, as far as I know, Jude is not only straight, but also has a fiancée last year , but recently the "Sun" said that he had broken up with his fiancée, and it seemed that it was because of the long distance."

"I'm gay too. I was 16 years old when I confirmed this fact. When I saw the movie "Giant" and "All Heaven Allowed" starring Rock Hudson, I knew this man was a bit crooked, and It wasn't until three years later that I discovered that Hudson was the first Hollywood closet actor who died of AIDS in history. Since then, I have found that I have a super-accurate GAY-DAR, and it has been applied in the real world many times. Never made a single mistake. But with Will and Jude, it's like my GAY-DAR is out of order. I can't even tell if they are pens or bananas. God, it's so frustrating .”

The film critic circle in New York knows some inside information. Manola Daggis originally worked for the "New York Times", and the current chief film critic of the "New York Times", AO Scott, is not only a colleague but also a competitor. There are some personal grievances, but in the end Manola Daggis failed to compete with AO Scott, and finally switched to "The New Yorker". This film review of Manola Daggis seems to be an objective criticism. In fact, there are many subjective factors of her own - for example, what AO Scott's film review praised was the friendship between Vincent and Jerome, and Manola Daggis just wanted to make this friendship It's changed.

Therefore, Manola Daggis's comments not only did not cause any impact in the mainstream media circle, "Hollywood Report" also borrowed her film review to tease Andrew Nicole and said: "If Director Nicole doesn't want to make commercial films when , but wants to win an Oscar, then he can make gay movies, and his grades will never be too bad."

——No.60 At the [-]th Academy Awards Ceremony, Tom Hanks won the Oscar winner for his film "Philadelphia Story" which explores homosexuality and AIDS. "Philadelphia Story" made history at the Oscar Awards Ceremony, marking that the most conservative Academy Awards judges have begun to face up to and accept gay-themed movies. In the second year, Hollywood gay-themed movies almost ushered in a Explosive blowouts, both in quantity and quality, have been increasing year by year, and have become an important type of film in the hearts of various Hollywood media, especially professional film critics.

What pushed the praise of "Gait Shot" to its climax, and completely aroused world-class shock and discussion, was after the "Nature" magazine (Nature) published a cross-border film review: "The recently released science fiction film is a "Gait Shot". "A film that explores genetic eugenics. The film starts with genetic technology, a hot topic in the scientific research field, and obtains ideological resources from it, and then expresses the main tone of the future human society's abuse of biotechnology in delusion to conquer nature, but is deeply ridiculed by nature. The film The concept of future technology in the book is advanced and has no lack of realistic basis, and it is not inferior to "1968: A Space Odyssey" about space exploration in 2001 and "Jurassic Park" about cloning technology in 1993 in a scientific sense."

As soon as the film review of "Nature" magazine was published, it immediately expanded from the scientific community to all walks of life, and it aroused huge repercussions in the United States and even the world!

Here I have to mention the sacred status of "Nature" magazine in the hearts of researchers all over the world, especially in the hearts of scientific researchers all over the world. "is not only the UK and the United States, but also one of the most authoritative scientific magazines in the world. Almost all major discoveries in the history of science have been published in the "Nature", including the discovery of neutrons, nuclear fission, DNA double helix structure, and this year's cloning Dolly Sheep, etc., the papers were first published in the "Nature" magazine, and then caused research and discussion around the world.

More than half of each issue of "Nature" is directly sent to various scientific research institutions, libraries, and top universities. When it is published in "Nature", it will be immediately sought after by people, whether it is the general public or elite talents with high-sightedness-who makes "Nature" the top scientific journal in the world?

However, it is probably because "Nature" magazine sounds too incompatible with Hollywood movies. After people were shocked, the first voices were doubts: "Nature magazine also publishes such unacademic articles?" The voices were mainly from Europe. Some academic or general newspapers.

For example, the French "Le Monde" published a satirical article: "The existence of scientific magazines is to encourage scientists to study scientific issues, but now in order to expand the sales of journals, "Nature" has also served as a movie magazine. It’s like an artist looking for a job in luxury clothing design, whether it’s advanced customization or fast-moving brands, they have all changed from elegance to vulgarity.”

The report of the French "Le Monde" did arouse the righteous indignation of scientific researchers in France and surrounding areas, but before the wave of attacks on "Gait Shot" was launched, they were first corrected by another influential magazine in their own country.

Founded in 1950, it set off and led the "New Wave Movement" that changed the course of film history. The French "Cinema" magazine, which has left a strong mark in the history of world film, uses a mild tone in its new film review column. out:

"Gatta was not the first film Nature was interested in, in fact as early as 1929, Nature praised the film about lunar travel, The Woman in the Moon, as 'presenting a great idea' , In 1936, he also commented on "Future Events" as "the idea of ​​a utopian world is very interesting". In 1968, he even criticized "2001-Space Odyssey", which has already won the Science Fiction Film Hall Award, as "there are more dialogues than special effects, and the quality is not good." Gao', in recent years, the "Jurassic Park" in 1993 has appeared in the "Nature" magazine, although "Nature" only commented on "Jurass" from a scientific point of view as "the lack of accuracy in the use of science", But it also falls within the scope of film criticism.”

The British "Empire" magazine also said: "There is no legal provision stipulating that "Nature" magazine can only publish scientific research papers, but not other articles. It has been used in movies for a long time, and this tradition has continued for decades, and "Gatta" is neither the first nor the only case, and people should not be so questioned."

The "New York Times" not only forwarded the French "Cinema" article, but also wrote a comment: ""Nature" magazine's attention to science fiction films such as "Gatta", representing the world's top scientific journals, has acknowledged the impact of science fiction films on science fiction. The discussion, research and even promotion of future science is not only an honor for Hollywood, but also a blessing for the world's film industry."

Influential newspapers and magazines such as the "New York Times" and "Cinema Handbook" have made clarifications. The denunciation of "Gait Squad" fell silent before it reached a large scale. Rational researchers and even Nobel Prize winners never mind the film. Drawing inspiration, in fact, many major scientific discoveries in the world today were not all fantasy a few decades ago?As for those high-minded people who feel that the style of "Nature" has been lowered because "Nature" actively throws an olive branch to Hollywood, their angry words can't form any scale.

After this series of events, it has brought a lot of benefits to "Gaitball": the North American box office in the second and third weeks did not fall but rose, both breaking through 3000 million US dollars, and it continued to top the North American box office list; At the Toronto Film Festival, the overseas distribution rights were bought by the film studio, but the world premiere was not synchronized with North America. After this incident, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Canada and other countries unanimously accelerated the domestic release of "Gaita". Speed, the fastest of which is Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada, which is less than a month away from the U.S. premiere.

The fame of the three leading actors in the movie, William, Jude Law, and Uma Thurman have also been greatly improved, especially William, who is not only the fastest among the fastest leaps in fame, but also when there are media reports. After learning that he and "Gait Shot" director Andrew Nicholl will also cooperate in the second sci-fi movie "The Truman Show", even this new movie that has not yet started shooting has received wide attention from home and abroad. This has to be said to be an unexpected surprise.

What is even more interesting or ridiculous is that after the broadcast of "Jay Leno Tonight Show", Trojan, the best-selling condom brand in the United States, really found Amon Goffman, hoping that William would endorse them, the endorsement series Of course it is Magnum, and it also offered a sky-high price of 1000 million US dollars.

"'Bigger, safer, support safe sex with William.'—Have you seen the advertising creative planning sent by Trojan?" Amon Goffman laughed crazily on the phone: "And The phrase 'XXL, designed for William and you', and then the advertisement they are going to let you shoot is that you alone defeated all other opponents in the two-person three-legged competition, and stood on the championship podium to win the gold medal. It’s because it’s too long so you can play a three-legged race by yourself hahahaha!”

Of course, Amon Goffman would not let William accept Trojan's endorsement. He just kept joking about it for fun. Who made XXL or something make Amon Goffman feel delicate?Of course, he would never admit to such a thing.

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"Gait Shot" was released in North America for less than a week, and it has fully recovered its investment cost and officially entered the profit stage. After letting go of all the pressure, Columbia was finally in the mood to pay attention to the overseas market of the film, so William and Jude Lowe was invited to participate in the promotional event for the Australian release of Gattaca in Sydney.

Only William and Jude Law came to Australia, and everyone worked together to take care of different regions. The directors Andrew Nicole and Uma Thurman are now in Canada. After the promotion of Australia and Canada is over, they will gather again in Europe , starting from the UK for the third round of promotional activities.

The Australian media is much easier to deal with than the American media. They are gentle and polite throughout the whole process, and all questions revolve around the film. They hardly plan any private life of the actors. William, who is used to dealing with difficult tabloid reporters in Los Angeles, almost feels that this is During the vacation, he attended the entire press conference with a relaxed smile, and sneaked out when the movie started to show and the theater was pitch dark.

The theater for the premiere of Gattaca in Sydney has three floors, the first floor and the second floor are theater theaters, and the third floor has bars and restaurants. William came to the bar on the third floor and was going to sit alone for a while—the same as the 21-year-old in the United States It is different to buy alcohol. The legal drinking age in Australia is [-], so it doesn’t matter if William puts on his star face in a bar in Sydney and is recognized by someone. Jude Law in the corner.

To be honest, if it wasn't for the light from the crystal light ball that happened to sweep across the row of sofas in the corner, William really wouldn't have noticed that there was someone sitting there, let alone that it was Jude Law.

"Please send my wine to the table in the corner." William greeted the waiter, walked over, and sat down opposite Jude Law: "Hi, Jude."

Jude Law was sitting on the sofa in a very casual posture, holding a glass of two-thirds of a martini in his right hand, his eyes were a little empty and lifeless, and he slowly raised his head when he heard William's call. At the beginning, he raised his lips and looked at William and smiled: "Will, it's you, come and drink with me."

"Come out alone to celebrate so early? You should have called me early in the morning." William thought that Jude Law was happy with the results of "Gait Shot", so he came out to drink and celebrate. After all, this is Jude Law coming to Hollywood It is the first movie after that, and not only did it perform well in the United States, but judging from the reaction of the Australian media, the screening rate and attendance rate of the theaters, the overseas performance must not be bad. To have such a good start, Jude Law The future journey to Hollywood will definitely go smoothly.

The waiter brought William's drink, and just as he was about to turn around, he was stopped by Jude Law: "Two dozen tequilas, please."

"Two dozen tequilas? Jude, are you trying to get drunk here?"

"Of course not by myself, but by you and me." Jude Law signaled the waiter to take his and William's wine glasses away, and replaced them with two dozen tequila, his eyes showed a kind of ambiguity under the cold light. Nice steel blue: "Will, let's play a game."