Birth of an actor

William Bradley on the big screen was designed by Brad Pitt and appeared in front of all the family members of his girlfriend Jennifer Aniston wearing a pair of blue swim briefs that were too narrow.

No matter how the characters in the movie react to this scene, in short, in countless movie theaters in North America, this shot directly ignited the hormones in the entire screening hall.

And of course there were the little screams.

When Brad Pitt, also wearing swimming trunks and showing six-pack abs, was swept by the camera, the sound of gasping was even more.

In contrast, Jennifer Aniston, who is also very eye-catching in a bikini, received not so many amazing glances.

No way, who made Hollywood have already entered the era of masculinity.

Instead of getting excited about which famous actress wore a bikini, people commented on the topless tops of male actors.

However, the accelerated secretion of hormones is also a matter of more than ten seconds. It didn't take long for the audience's astonishment to turn into hilarity—the male protagonist Gaylord was handsome for only three seconds, and soon became stupid. He missed and hit the ball in the face of his girlfriend's younger sister Debbie who was going to get married the next day. He successfully messed up the atmosphere of the house party and was accused by everyone of taking the game too seriously.

Gaylord's unlucky journey is not over yet. After killing the bride-to-be with a black nose and a bruised face, the future father-in-law Jack just showed off that he will hold a wedding in his own courtyard, and then he messed up the venue for the wedding and secretly smoked As a result, he almost set fire to the house, and lost Jack’s beloved Himalayan cat by accident. Because the Himalayan cat, Kim Cosey, was one of the important props at the wedding, Gaylord found it when he couldn’t find it. Another Himalayan cat was dyed and brought home to pretend to be Cosy - of course, according to the development law of Hollywood movies, the fake Cosy will definitely be discovered later, and then the actor will be cheated by the way .

There was constant laughter in the movie theater, and because William Bradley can be serious when he is serious, and he can be very gentleman when he is a gentleman. Once he is serious and acts stupid and unlucky, the contrast is even more laughable.

The airline sent Gaylord his lost suitcase, but the luggage was mistaken. Jack didn't know about it. He sneaked into Gaylord's bedroom to check the suitcase, only to find that it was full of sex toys. Black as the bottom of a pot.

On the eve of Pamela's sister's wedding, Gaylord was constantly taunted and picked on by everyone during the dinner. His patience value finally reached its peak. The mess, everyone is angry at Gaylord, Gaylord finally made up his mind to leave the Burns house.

Gaylord was leaving, his luggage was also exchanged by the airline, and his daughter Pamela also found Gaylord's excellent transcripts from the previous medical exams. Jack finally realized his love for Gaylord at this time. How deep is the misunderstanding? Gaylord is actually a good man who is honest and kind, but because Jack has too much prejudice, he always thinks the other party is bad when he encounters any misunderstandings. In the end, he not only drives away a good son-in-law, but also commits public anger. Pan Mira was saddened by her boyfriend's departure, and left behind the words "I love you daddy, but you are a real jerk sometimes." His wife also accused Jack of being too harsh on her daughter's boyfriend and intentionally destroying Pam. pull love.

On the other hand, Gaylord, who was preparing to fly back to Chicago from New York, was kicked off the plane by the airport staff because he said the word "bomb". The airport security staff invited experts to interrogate him. The expert happened to be Jack.

Jack uncuffed Gaylord, held his wrist, measured his heartbeat, and asked a series of questions that had nothing to do with terrorism: "Didn't you dye a cat's tail to pretend it was gold?" Cosy? Are you doing it because you want my approval? Because you love my daughter Pamela? Do you want to marry her?"

Every time Jack asked a question, Gaylord's expression became more complicated. At the last question, he was silent for a long time before confiding in his heart: "I love Pamela, Jack, and I love her more than anyone else, but to be honest , I'm a little scared to be your son-in-law...this past weekend made me worry about whether I'd survive in your family."

Jack showed a guilty expression: "If I listen to you, will you still marry my daughter?"

In fact, he is not stupid at all. Gaylord, who was always stupid because he was too eager to please Jack, immediately seized the opportunity to fight against the general, forcing Jack to promise not to interfere in his private life with Pamela, and not to laugh at him. It's a male nurse's promise.

"If you marry my daughter, will you support her when she needs it?" Jack's expression became solemn again.

"meeting."

"Will you be honest and loyal to her?"

"meeting."

"Can you dedicate the rest of your life to her?"

"of course."

"Gaylord Fuck." Jack finally took out the diamond ring that Gaylord left at his house from his pocket, and held it up in front of the other party in a serious manner: "Would you like to be my son-in-law?"

Gaylord opened his eyes slightly, the dark green pupils were incredibly clear.

……

After the movie screening, the theater returned to a bright and lively environment.

But the laughter has not stopped. Many movie fans are still talking about the plot in the movie just now, or making an appointment to watch it again tomorrow, because this movie is really funny, and many details are funny and interesting. Several of them Unforgettable footage, even if rewatched, expectations run high.

Especially the scene where Robert De Niro proposed to William Bradley with a diamond ring, and the father-in-law proposed to the son-in-law?This kind of scene is once in a lifetime!Especially De Niro's serious and serious appearance, the flickering light in Bradley's green eyes, and the question-and-answer conversation between the two, as if they were making wedding vows to a priest at a wedding scene, directly made many audiences laugh. My stomach hurts!

Of course, the movie ended with a happy ending. Gaylord returned to the Burns family, attended the wedding of Pamela's sister Debbie, and sat between the future father-in-law and mother-in-law at the wedding, completely integrating into the family.

A typical Hollywood-style Happy Ending, but it would be a bit boring if the film ended happily like this, so the director left a trace of suspense at the end of the film-after the feature film ended, there appeared another scene similar to a tidbit or an easter egg, Gallo When De was alone at home, he danced and complained about his future father-in-law in front of the photo of the Burns family on the fireplace. All kinds of dissatisfied and disrespectful words flowed out of his mouth. He vented his emotions very happily, but he never expected Yes, Jack had already installed a hidden camera on the fireplace. All Gaylord's complaints were clearly heard by Jack who watched the surveillance video.

At the end of the film, Robert De Niro hugs the cat and raises his eyebrows to show a meaningful smile, which seems to imply that the war between the father-in-law and the son-in-law is not over yet, leaving enough suspense.

"Do you expect our daughter to bring back a decent doctor, lawyer or professor?" the wife of the elderly couple asked her husband among the bustling moviegoers leaving.

"There's nothing wrong with bringing back a male nurse or a male school teacher, as long as he's as gentlemanly and kind as William Bradley in the movie and treats our daughter wholeheartedly," the husband replied.

"But what if they're not?"

"Oh, dear Maggie, although I have never been a CIA, I have been a NYPD for more than 30 years." The old man replied with a sly smile.

Mr. Cosby sitting next to him couldn't help shivering when he saw this smile. Robert De Niro in the movie, together with the old gentleman sitting next to him, wanted him to forget his very hard-to-please Father-in-law is difficult.

Lily Cosby: "I love William Bradley, I'm going to find a boyfriend like Gaylord Farke!"

The fans around burst into laughter, they were amused by the little girl's childish speech.

The Cosby couple felt very embarrassed. Now they can finally understand the mood of Robert De Niro and his wife when they first met William Bradley in the movie. A name like Gaylord Farke, just read it once The embarrassing cancer that can make people commit immediately...

As she walked out of the movie theater, Lily was still asking her parents, "Can I have a boyfriend like William Bradley?"

"William Bradley or Gaylord Far—William in the movie, honey?"

"Both?"

"As long as you can find it, sweetheart." Mrs. Cosby quickly added: "Of course, these are things you can only think about when you are an adult, you know?"

"Got it, Mom."

While Lily was striding forward with her teddy bear in her arms, Mr. Cosby whispered to his wife: "Honey, don't you think that your father-in-law was very similar to Robert De Niro in the movie? Remember the first Christmas He actually asked me to spend a day chopping the firewood for the fireplace for a whole month, and also asked me to report the grades of every subject from childhood to adulthood. God, this movie reminded me the most. — Unforgettable memories." Carefully looking at his wife's face, Mr. Cosby replaced the word "painful".

Mrs. Cosby also fell into the memory along with it.

The movie that looks exaggerated and funny to outsiders is actually like the portrayal of them. Her father, a stern old man who loves his daughter very much, treated Mr. Cosby very harshly before the two got engaged, and Cosby The husband also passed the test one by one, and only then did the two get engaged, married, and the birth of their daughter Lily, who was regarded as life. ,

In retrospect, Mrs. Cosby is actually very grateful to her father for tempting her to choose such an excellent husband instead of another rich man who is arrogant and unwilling to take the slightest bit of pain. No matter what Mr. Cosby's financial conditions are In this way, he is [-]% sincere to himself and to his family.

Just as there are many gold diggers who would rather lie and cry in a high-end apartment in Manhattan, there are always some girls like Mrs. Cosby who are willing to live in a small apartment in Brooklyn and live with a smile.

……

"The box office of the midnight show on Thursday was 100 million U.S. dollars, the box office of the first day was 500 million U.S. dollars, the box office of Saturday and Sunday was 2000 million U.S. dollars, and the box office of the premiere exceeded 500 million U.S. dollars!" Both the single-day box office and the opening box office are among the top three in film history! And among the top three single-day box office rankings and opening box office rankings, you alone occupy two positions!"

"Top three in movie history! Haha, Will, maybe you should be called William Record Breaker Bradley, North American box office rankings, global box office rankings and even world movie history box office rankings, I can hardly count you. How many records have been broken!" Amon Goffman seemed to be brimming with joy in every eyebrow, and said with dancing: "The box office of the premiere is still 2 higher than that of Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible 800" Ten thousand dollars! I can imagine the expression on the faces of Paramount executives at this moment!"

Released in May this year, "Mission Impossible 2" produced by Paramount and starring Tom Cruise is currently the champion of the North American box office chart in 2000, with a total box office of 540 million US dollars. The box office is 780 million US dollars, and it was also the holder of the No.1 opening record this year, but the title of the first box office opening of the year has been given to "Meet the Father-in-law".

Among the films that have been released in North America this year, Universal's "Gladiator" with a box office of 700 million US dollars ranked second in the total box office, and Warner's "Gladiator" with a box office of 200 million US dollars ranked third. The Perfect Storm and Meet My Father-in-Law have already grossed US$500 million in the first weekend. It is only a matter of time before they surpass these two films and even attack the position of "Mission: Impossible 2".

"You've been repeating this for a whole morning, Amon, and I'm not the only one who broke the box office record." William said absently while lying on his back on the sofa in Amon Goffman's office, groping the skin at his Adam's apple with his right hand .

"Don't you know that Universal conducted a market survey before the film was released, and more than [-]% of the audience ticked 'this is William Bradley's new film' as one of the reasons for them to go to the cinema?"

"Is there such a thing?" William shook his head to express his ignorance, and said, "But at the end of the year, Tom Hanks' "Cast Away" and Jim Carrey's "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" will be released. , it is not certain who will win the box office champion of the year."

The Jewish agent pointed to several magazines on the desk that all featured William on the cover: "The outfit you wore at the premiere with Kim Cosey is amazing, whether it's "Variety" or "U.S. Weekly" or even "Variety" GQ and People are all overwhelmed by you."

"It's all to her to choose a present for Barbara for me."

"No problem, one of the latest Prada clutches of the season will put a smile on Barbara's face—uh, Will, you have a sore throat?"

"No, it's fine."

"Then why do you keep touching your neck?" Amon Goffman quickly ran over from behind the desk to check: "There are no wounds, no allergies, and no strawberries—"

"It's just a small subconscious movement when thinking about things. I don't feel uncomfortable anywhere." In fact, William felt numbness and itching near his Adam's apple, but that was purely psychological. He coughed lightly and picked up a script very naturally Flipping through it, he asked at the same time, "Is there anything else that needs my attention recently?"

"Victoria's Secret Fashion Show has this year's invitations—"

"Not interested." William said casually flipping through the thick script.

"Ha, I guessed it. Then the ticket belongs to me." Amon Goffman nodded in amazement: "Although you are not interested in those sexy and hot Victoria's Secret angels, I am."

"Just because you are the founder of IAA, I think they must be very interested in you, if someone wants to be famous in Hollywood after the peak of beauty."

"Dear God, I finally figured it out." Amon Goffman studied William for a long time with eyes as if looking at the mystery of the world, and suddenly realized: "No wonder Dior, Hermes, Prada, Armani invited you to participate in the fashion show." Zhou, but you have never really attended. At first I thought you disliked those European models who were too skinny, but now you are not even interested in Victoria's Secret Angels with front/convex/back/upturned bodies and hot and smoky bodies. It turns out that you Just plain loathing this exchange of youth and fame? But, Will, when did you think there was true love in Hollywood? Movie stars get beautiful girlfriends with hot bodies, models get fame and all kinds of opportunities , maintain a relationship for a period of time, and each get what they want, in Hollywood, this is already a very good deal. Moreover, no one can say that this is not love."

"Have you considered poaching the corner of Leonardo's agent? I think you and Leo must have a good conversation."

"Do you think I haven't tried it?" Amon Goffman shrugged towards William: "Don't look at Leonardo who is keen on socializing, and he can make friends with anyone at parties. It seems closer than you, but in fact His personal world is much closed, and only a small number of friends can participate in his private life-don't blink, Will, yes, you are in the circle that Leonardo delineated, maybe that's why you don't feel him Difficult to approach—and Leonardo’s career, perhaps he is one of the actors I have seen least consulted with the opinions of agents, Leonardo likes to make up his own mind when receiving scripts, and agents rarely influence him Thoughts, perhaps not even providing important opinions, probably this is the biggest reason why his agent changes more and more frequently, and someone like me can’t cooperate with him for a long time.”

William raised his eyebrows: "Then you mean that my thoughts are easy to influence?"

"The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show—"

"No. I'd rather stay home and read the script."

"Look, who said I can control your thoughts?"

William raised the script and surrendered: "I can't tell you."

Amon Goffman warned: "On the 23rd of next month, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" will hold its world premiere in London. Two days later, it will be the North American premiere. I will notify you one week in advance to go to Barbara. Styling there."

William nodded, and at the same time made a bold note on the itinerary in his mind.

The people around William, his team, and everyone in Willot treat the movie "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" very seriously, because "Blood Together" is Willlot's The first film, but "Sorcerer's Stone" is the first commercial blockbuster independently produced by Willot (although the special effects are basically packaged to Industrial Light and Magic), which is of great significance to the company's future development.

The success of "Blood Together" has given Willot a firm foothold in Hollywood, and whether "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" can be a hit at the box office will directly determine Willot's development path, and even It is the future power structure of Hollywood.

"I'm here to wish Willot a big box office hit-we all know that this movie will definitely sell well, but we don't know how much the box office will eventually reach." Amon Goffman did not forget to tease William: "Just Since there hasn’t been a still photo of your cameo movie released to watch, I don’t know how many movie fans want to go to the movie theater to see the truth.”

J. K. Rowling script, directed by Steven Spielberg, industrial light and magic special effects, filmed throughout the UK, when the first version of the trailer for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" came out, it was already It has ignited the enthusiasm of movie fans and book fans all over the world. Whether it is in reality or on the Internet, the expectations for the film have always been high, not inferior to "The Lord of the Rings" released next year, or even higher.

William is the most well-known actor in the world in the crew of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". Which role in the book, the media and movie fans are as hot as guessing which young actor will be the actor of the "Hogwarts Iron Triangle" - but in fact, William appeared in the first part of "Harry Potter" The footage is only about 30 seconds long.

William is more like an easter egg.

The protagonist gets a special reward after defeating the BOSS and clearing the level.

This was specially added by Steven Spielberg. The childlike Jewish director is also well versed in the operating rules of commercial films. He knows what kind of condiments to add to the film to arouse the expectations and enthusiasm of movie fans to the greatest extent. .and their wallets.

I hope that when the film is released, no one will shout about it.

……

After the world premiere of "Meet My Father-in-Law", it won the North American box office rankings in the first week with a box office of 500 million U.S. dollars. In the 27 countries and regions that were released simultaneously around the world, there were nearly 6000 in the first week. Not counting over a dozen countries such as Japan and Australia that will be delayed, the global box office grossed 500 million US dollars in the first week, already catching up with many commercial blockbusters.

What is freshly released together with the box office data is the first wave of media evaluation of the movie.

"The movie is actually old wine in new bottles. It is adapted from the 1950 "Father-in-law" starring Elizabeth Taylor. The two movies have the same character settings, but the storylines are quite different. The old version of the movie focuses on the marriage of the father-in-law. The complex mentality of women is more like a life drama, and the comedy elements of the new version of the movie are much more prominent, which is more in line with the theme of comedy movies, and it can make people laugh." - "New York Times"

"Compared to traditional Hollywood comedy movies, "Meet Your Father-in-Law" is more like a combination of Hollywood movies and British movies. The typical Hollywood comedy elements such as actors' exaggerated to contrived performances, funny to unrealistic, etc. have been downplayed as much as possible. It's replaced by the witty British humor that is seen in everyday life, and the director is right to choose this approach, because if the audience suddenly sees that William Bradley and Robert De Niro are not so real, natural, and pretending to be serious If it's funny, but a Jim Carrey-style performance with exaggerated expressions and movements, it may be accepted as bad." - "Hollywood Reporter"

""Meet the Father-in-law" portrays a pair of father-in-law and son-in-law with cat and dog personalities, and creates conflicts and jokes through their personality conflicts. The theme of the film is clear and the plot is coherent. Satisfyingly funny movie." - "Complete Movies"

"Robert De Niro's acting skills are simply superb, old-fashioned and exquisite, William Bradley's acting skills are natural and smooth, Jennifer Aniston's acting is a bit pompous, but it is also remarkable, Brad Pitt's acting Cameos are also quite bright, and several actors take their performances very seriously, and they don't relax and slack even in the simplest plots, which may be the reason for the success of this movie." - "Variety"

"If "Meet Your Father-In-Law" has done anything else, it's that it has let the public know that William Bradley has comedic talent on par with actors like Adam Sandler and Jim Carrey." ——The New Yorker

The focus of various media is mostly on the cast, theme and plot of the film, and they believe that "Meet Your Father-in-Law" is an excellent popcorn movie that is far above the pass line. However, there are also media, such as "Empire" magazine. He pointed out that certain plots in the movie still did not escape the Hollywood-style exaggeration. They pursued dramatic conflicts too much, and were full of jokes.

As early as in the test screening, "Meet Your Father-in-Law" gained a good reputation among the media workers and movie fans who participated in the viewing, and then the studio modified some details of the movie through editing according to the opinions of professional film critics. After its official premiere, the film not only received high ratings in mainstream media in Europe and the United States, but also received high praise on the Internet where the number of netizens is gradually increasing.

The average score given by the nine media participating in the scoring was 83 points, among which two magazines, "Complete Movies" in the UK and "Variety Show" in the United States gave 95 points, and the lowest score was "Empire" with 73 points, but 83 points Among the movies of the same type that are pursuing commercial box office, this is enough to make the movie a classic movie.

Well-known film critics in North America, including Roger Ebert and AO Scott, gave three and a half to four stars, and called the film in their comments "a movie that can make people relax and unwind." A boutique popcorn movie that laughs at the same time."

In terms of non-mainstream media, the film currently has a score of 8.7 on IMDB, and the freshness and favorable ratings on the Rotten Tomatoes website have reached over 90%. Entering the cinema, as the number of viewers increases, the film’s score on professional film review websites may decrease, but it should be no problem to maintain a score of around 9 in the end. The future situation can be described as good.

The real development is exactly like this. With the continuous fermentation of word of mouth, some slightly delayed countries and regions also released the film. The box office of "Meet My Father-in-law" continued to rise. , in fact, in addition to special effects blockbusters, the overseas box office is not very good for typical American comedy movies, and the box office is also very gratifying. go.

The shadow brought by the release of "Fight Club" has completely dissipated. William has retained his throne as Hollywood's number one money-absorbing young expert. In Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Steven Spielberg and other actors in the crew refused to disclose the role of William in it, which made many book fans have a little guess, but they are still not sure. The movie is about to be released. , fans with richer imaginations even guessed that William would play Sirius, completely disregarding that this guess does not conform to the order of appearance in Rowling's book...

Although Brad Pitt is not the starring role, he is also getting the credit. The dark clouds caused by the poor box office of the starring movies in the past few years have completely dissipated. His agent received no less than ten salary offers in just one week. A very high commercial script, although Pete, who prefers niche movies, may not be as happy as his agent when he hears the news.

Robert De Niro is about to enter his sixtieth year. He finally got rid of the aftereffects of playing in the "Godfather" series and kept spinning in various crime movies. He began to find some scripts that did not involve any crime and gangster themes. .

Jennifer Aniston may have gained the most from the movie box office sales. She is already a first-line actress in the TV drama industry, and she has finally made a name for herself in the movie industry. She debuted for ten years and was mentioned The only masterpiece that is no longer embarrassing is "Friends". As for how Aniston will reverse her almost stereotyped "silly, white and sweet" image in the future, it is not for William to consider and can help.