Birth of an actor

"Ruth had a marriage contract with the heir of the American steel magnate, but when she first met Jack, she ran around with him, went to the third-class cabin to dance, drink and mess around, and even let a painter who had just met for three days come to her fiance Draw a nude sketch for yourself in the fixed cabin! The upper class society in the twentieth century is so conservative, even the newly rich are ridiculed as "New Moner". Take it to heart, not to mention the ladies of the upper class, I am afraid that in that era, there were not many ordinary girls as slutty as her."

"It's normal to be angry because of being cuckolded, any normal man would want to give Jack a hard punch, but Carl went too far, framed, and wanted to blow Jack's head with a pistol? In the end It even used a lost little girl to board the lifeboat? Too bad, Carl Hockley has completely exposed the ideological influence brought by his identity at this time, the egoism of big capitalists. But the bad ones are worth it sympathy."

"As for Jack, he is a talented artistic youth, handsome and caring, otherwise he would not have saved Ruth when we met for the first time, but it would be completely wrong to conclude that he is a good man with a sense of justice. Now—a good man will win a ticket to the Titanic by gambling? The messenger of justice will not seduce a lady who is married, especially when the lady's fiancé not only did not apologize to her, but also did not As long as her family pays off all debts."

"As for the relationship between Jack, Ruth and Carl, it is full of dog blood. A woman is swinging between money and love, and two men are fighting for her. James Cameron is really not a good person to make a love movie. Director, his story sucks."

In a movie theater in New York, Andre Acheson thought complacently: "Ha, my opinion will definitely arouse the approval and sensation of most movie fans." '

Andre Acheson is a columnist for the popular movie magazine "Entertainment Weekly". He writes more film reviews, but he also often expresses his views on current hot political and social news events. For example, Andre Acheson's It doesn’t matter how high the level is—because he often makes highly subjective and controversial remarks, the Pulitzer Prize has never favored him, and he is not going to favor him—the reason why he has a high reputation is that Because he loves to be critical and dares to speak out, he caters to the psychology of a large number of audiences with low aesthetics.

Although film is an elegant art, it often produces low-quality works. Some viewers can't appreciate films that require high aesthetic taste. They don't understand why these films are unanimously sought after and welcomed by film critics and other film fans, and even hate I was labeled as having low aesthetic taste, so when a well-known film critic/columnist like Andre Acheson dared to stand with them and criticize certain movies with high ratings , they felt that Andre Acheson had a personality just like himself, and they admired him very much.

Therefore, Andre Acheson is a well-known columnist both in the eyes of the public and in the film critic circle. Of course, in the eyes of the public, Andre Acheson has a good reputation. Those who agree with his point of view also admire his daring to speak out, and in the circle of film critics, Andre Acheson is a bit notorious-because although he also made some pertinent suggestions, more criticisms are completely out of thin air. Curse for scolding.

To be honest, does Andre Acheson really think that "Titanic" is full of flaws and flaws?

Of course not, he watched it with great interest from beginning to end.

It’s just that when it comes to work, Andre Acheson can’t help but turn a blind eye to the excellence of the movie, and concentrate on finding the shortcomings. He always thinks only of publishing a film review with enough gimmicks and being different. Only in this way can he highlight his own insight, so as to raise his popularity to a higher level——

Among the film critics, there are not only Roger Ebert, who has achieved great success and fame, loves most films, and is very cautious in publishing film reviews for fear of hurting others. There are also respected film critics like AO Scott, who is very inclusive, likes and dislikes A film critic who obviously doesn't mind expressing his true thoughts, even a guy like Andre Acheson who is boastful and fame-seeking.

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Also as a film critic, Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun" has a completely different view from Andre Acheson.

Roger Ebert was shocked to see a movie like "Titanic" in his lifetime!

At the beginning of the film, Roger Ebert was not surprised when there was a shot of the exploration team searching for the wreckage of the Titanic in the deep sea, because James Cameron had already done this in his own movie two years ago. Played in the deep-sea thriller movie "The Abyss".

However, when the movie went back in time to 1912 through the narration of the old Ruth, and the giant ship that was exactly the same as the real Titanic in history appeared in the screen, Roger Ebert was completely stunned—God If he didn't know that James Cameron made this movie through several 1/8 and 1/20 ship models, he would think that Cameron actually bought a passenger ship and transformed it into a Titanic Then I filmed a scene on it!

Ever since that magnificent ship appeared on the screen, Roger Ebert's mouth has never been able to close.

The setting sail of the Titanic is even more magnificent: With the order of the captain Edward Smith, the whole giant ship moved, and with Jack shouting "I am the king of the world!" at the bow, the camera shot from Titanic The bridge of the Nick swept to the stern, and faithfully recorded the heroic posture of the Titanic when it was sailing in the sea-this is a continuous montage shot, James Cameron uses the skillful The shooting method, like people at the end of the [-]th century, showed the magnificence of the "dream ship" at the beginning of the [-]th century when it set sail. Even the two lovely dolphins jumping in the ocean in front of the ship not only failed to erase the The magnificence makes the Titanic's voyage even more majestic.

When Jack and Ruth are kissing at the bow, the background slowly changes from warm orange to the cold blue tone of the deep sea, and the hull changes from gorgeous to rusty, Jack and Ruth kissing at the bow disappear, and old Ruth appears In the picture, Roger Ebert shouted in his heart: "This time-traveling shot is not edited! Simple editing will never have such a gradual effect. This is one, no, multiple The result of overlapping shots!"

The so-called simple editing refers to putting two different pieces of material together. For example, the first scene of Jack and Ruth kissing on the bow of the boat is directly replaced by the old Ruth staring at the computer. The wreckage of the Titanic can also bring a sense of time and space travel, but it is absolutely not as real and touching as what Roger Ebert sees now - the background color changes from sunset to deep sea little by little, and the hull Bit by bit of rust, the kissing figures of Jack and Ruth gradually faded until they disappeared. This is definitely the effect that can only be obtained by using countless different but gradually changing shots and slowly blending them.

It takes only a few seconds for a dissolve shot to appear in a movie, but it may take dozens of days for the crew to shoot hundreds of different shots, and then use fine post-production and a little bit of modification to get it. The energy can be imagined—but James Cameron seems to be addicted to using the dissolve shot, and only a few minutes later, he makes the second dissolve shot appear in the film.

It was a scene where the faces of young Ruth and old Ruth overlapped. On the sailing Titanic in 1912, young Ruth was lying on the sofa and asked Jack to paint for her. The camera shot close-up her eyes from the front of Ruth , the camera just stopped for a few seconds, and during these few seconds, wrinkles gradually appeared around Ruth's eyes and gradually increased, eyebrows became lighter and whiter, and eye sockets became more and more sunken. Young Ruth finally slowed down. Slowly becoming old and becoming an old Ruth, not only the shape of the eyes is exactly the same, even the bright spots in the eyes of the young Ruth appear in the eyes of the old Ruth!

——Actually, the eyes of young Ruth are greener, and the eyes of older Ruth are bluer. If you switch directly between the two pairs of eyes, it is easy to see the difference between the actors, but James Cameron just used an absolute It is a well-made blur lens, which dispels all people's doubts. Although there are differences in eye color, the faces of young Ruth and old Ruth are too natural. Naturally, they look like a person following along The process of getting old is not like being played by two actors.

"Just these two shots, you can see the skill of the film crew of "Titanic", Roger Ebert thought, "James Cameron's special effects team is definitely the best in the world, he Which special effects studio did you use?Oh, the digital realm, and Industrial Light and Magic.With these two top special effects studios in the industry, it's no wonder that they can produce such high-level special effects for movies. I heard that they also used a brand new computer technology, which seems to be called 3D? '

But the more breathtaking shots of Roger Ebert are yet to come.

The Titanic crashed into an iceberg, and the scene where the iceberg shattered and a lot of ice rolled onto the deck was already very shocking. The shot of sea water breaking through the cracks in the hull and pouring into the cargo hold, and gradually filling the cabin below is impressive. Shocking, and what is really chilling, is a series of shots of the Titanic from tilting to completely sinking——

First, the bow of the ship sank unbearably due to the seawater filling the cabin, causing the stern to leave the sea and lift into the air, and the whole giant ship showed a tilted state. After a series of huge movements, it was directly broken into two pieces from the middle!It's as simple as people pick up a model and break it into two pieces!

There was a huge wave on the sea!In the middle of the broken hull, cabins and elevators are clearly visible!The bow of the ship sank into the bottom of the sea first, so calm and swift, it didn't even make much waves!Passengers in the second half of the hull desperately climbed onto the deck, trying to win a chance of survival, but passengers kept slipping off the deck and falling into the sea!

The stern of the ship first tilted 45 degrees, and many passengers who were still moving fell into the sea!Then it was sixty degrees, and more people fell!The stern of the ship was tilted at ninety degrees, standing upright on the sea, and all the passengers who didn't hold onto the railing were sliding towards the sea level, into the bottomless abyss!The sea level was rolling and roaring, and the last body of the Titanic, the upright stern, was finally swallowed by the ocean bit by bit!

Until then, Roger Ebert let out a sharp breath, and then took a big mouthful of air!And the people around him all acted in the same way as him. The scene of the sinking of the Titanic made them all forget to breathe!

Unprecedented and unique visual impact!Why is James Cameron's mind so genius that he imagined and photographed such a shipwreck picture!

Roger Ebert didn't know how these shots were shot, but he knew that regardless of whether "Titanic" was successful or not, the existence of these shots would make this movie go down in history!

The special effects of "Titanic" are epoch-making!Roger Ebert can conclude that James Cameron has produced a movie that is at the forefront of the times and the industry, no, or it can be said to be a movie that surpasses the times.

"Technology has changed people's lives, and it has also changed the film industry all over the world." Roger Ebert thought, "and James Cameron is the kind who is at the forefront of the industry, using the latest and most advanced technology of this era." Technology, people who have personally changed the way Hollywood, and even the world, make movies. '

No one is more qualified to express such sentiments than Roger Ebert, who was born before the end of World War II and has personally experienced every major development in the global film industry-from silent films to sound films, from black and white to color, from single From traditional musicals to various types of films, from widescreen, editing to the emergence of special effects-Roger Ebert can almost be said to have witnessed all the development and growth of Hollywood, and kept pace with the times.

The feeling that "Titanic" brought to Roger Ebert was exactly the same as when he saw "Star Wars" released - a work that killed all the special effects of contemporary movies.

Whether it's the "Alien" series, the "Terminator" series, or the "Jurassic Park" series that made dinosaurs so realistic, none of them can compare with the technology shown in "Titanic", and the previous works are because of the Because of the sci-fi movies, no matter how realistic they are, the audience will not be able to treat them as reality after they leave the cinema, but "Titanic" is different, it is not a sci-fi movie, but it contributes more realistic special effects than sci-fi movies The scene—yes, it's real, so real that Roger Ebert couldn't help but wonder if that's how the real Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in 1912?The scene of the escape and rescue of the passengers on the ship at that time was probably similar to what was described in the movie at this time, right?

Roger Ebert concluded that "Titanic" will become a phenomenon-level work, just as Warner's "Jazz Singer" in 1927 marked the film from the era of silent films to the era of sound films, and "The World of Vanity Fair" in 1935 It also brought movies from the era of black-and-white films to the era of color films. The incredible box office created by "Star Wars" in 1977 made Hollywood fully enter the digital age. The appearance of "Titanic" in 1997 may also make Hollywood Enter the era of computer special effects completely, and it may even change the way Hollywood makes movies.

——Because he was too shocked by the special effects of "Titanic", Roger Ebert didn't even have a good taste of the story told in the whole movie, of course he was unwilling to Carl's arrogance, Jack's kindness and Ruth Being comfortable has a strong impression, but he is also convinced that he must have missed many important details of the film because he paid too much attention to the picture.

But it doesn't matter, because Roger Ebert will come to the cinema again and watch it for the second, third or even fourth time until he has thoroughly grasped all the shots and firmly remembered all the pictures.

Like Roger Ebert, there are four girls Rachel, Nancy, Carmela, and Hannah in the movie theater in Columbus, Ohio. They are crazy about their handsomeness when Carl and Jack appear, When Carl couldn't get his fiancée's sincerity no matter how much he paid, he sighed for his pity, and when Jack and Rose fell in love, they sang their love, but when the Titanic hit the iceberg and began to sink, the four girls Immediately, they held each other's hands tightly in fear!

At this moment, they have long forgotten the love and hatred between Jack, Ruth and Carl in their minds, and it doesn't matter who Ruth chooses to be with in the end, they just hope that everyone can live!Whether it's the three protagonists or the captain Edward Smith, whether it's the ordinary passengers or the sailors on the ship, whether it's the band who insists on playing music on board, or the priest who doesn't forget to pray for the believers on the eve of death... I just hope they all live!

It's a pity that they were still disappointed after all.

The identity of "Titanic" adapted from real historical events has long been doomed to the tragic plot of this movie. Everyone knows this. They don't care much before they walk into the cinema, and even seem a little bit because they already know the historical truth. Numb, but before he even walked out of the cinema, he sat on his seat and began to cry——

Is it sad that the life and death of Jack and Rose are forever separated?

Yes, but not all.

More, it is mourning for so many lives lost on the Titanic.