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"Batman Begins" tells the prequel story of the superhero, so at the beginning of the film, Bruce Wayne, who was beaten and imprisoned, appeared in the audience's sight, and then he He met ninja master Henry Duka, who taught him fighting skills and how to turn guilt into anger.

The fighting process is exciting, but what is more attractive is the picture of the movie, the large icebergs, the endless cliffs, and the blue sky that seems to be many times wider at a glance... These pictures even make movie-loving audiences recall Starting with "Dances with Wolves" starring Kevin Costner, today's commercial blockbusters are willing to spend several times the money to show off dazzling special effects, but such real live-action shooting is rarely seen in movie theaters. .

"Bruce Wayne is still Bruce Wayne, he hasn't become Batman yet." A middle-aged male viewer commented critically on the film, "The picture is not bad, but the plot setting seems to be a bit out of date , what is Duka's true identity, and what does that blue flower represent?"

He is a veteran fan of Batman. Not only has he read all the Batman comics that are currently on sale, but he has never finished a movie. The urge to return the ticket price, but when he heard that Warner's new "Batman Begins" movie was released, he ran over to buy tickets to watch the premiere.

What he loves is Batman, a superhero who walks in the dark and eliminates the darkness with his own power. He doesn't love these film companies and directors who ruin good scripts. If Batman & Robin was as bad, he wouldn't hesitate to give it a zero on IMDb.

Soon, Bruce Wayne returned to his home in Gotham City. At this time, he discovered that Wayne Enterprises, which he and his father were proud of, had become a large profit-seeking consortium. Connie controls the underground forces, and the whole city is full of darkness, lust, alcohol and drugs.The murderer who shot his parents was protected from prosecution by Feconi, and Bruce himself was even warned by Feconi, beaten and left at the door of the bar.

Bruce is determined to become Batman, destroy the darkness, and save the city he loves.

In fact, to some extent, "The Mystery of Heroes" is also paving the way for the shooting of the second "Dark Knight".Why did Bruce Wayne choose to cover up his identity and become Batman? Because the whole city is in ruins. Relying on the power of the government and officials cannot save the city. He can only eliminate all the villains in the darkness one by one. Fulfill his parents' wishes.

Watching his own performance in the movie, Ebert showed a faint smile.

He felt that he handled the role of Bruce Wayne fairly well. Although Batman is a well-known superhero, before he became a superhero, he was still a simple, young boy who only knew how to escape. At night, he turned into a heroic and invincible Batman who destroys villains, but when he faced his beloved girl Rachel Dawes, he was so nervous that he couldn't even speak.

This contrast drew cheers from the audience.

But for critics, the first half of the film is not so enjoyable, because the pace is too slow.In people's inherent impression, commercial blockbusters are full of dazzling special effects, fierce fighting scenes and even explosions. Although "Batman Begins" also has them, the frequency is too low to stimulate their adrenal glands. white.

What the movie has shown so far is more like a lengthy drama.

Of course, Christopher Nolan is indeed a director who is good at telling stories, whether it is the reason why Duka finds Bruce Wayne, or the meaning of the little blue flower, or how Bruce Wayne saves the city, one by one. Doubts can always attract the interest of the audience.

"Wow, I found the Batsuit and the Batmobile to be so cool, I even drove the Batmobile during filming, but it looks a hundred times cooler now than it did in the studio!" Gary Oldman gently Whispering to Ebert, "It's a pity that I didn't take on some superhero roles when I was young. The modeling and props are simply amazing!"

"That's because you didn't play the 'Scarecrow,' and even if I did, the image of the Scarecrow just showing up still freaked me out." Cillian Murphy happened to be sitting next to Gary Oldman and heard Oldman When Man said that, he couldn't help but start complaining.

That's exactly the case. The scene where the "Scarecrow" stunned Fecconi with poison gas was really scary. Hundreds of maggots suddenly drilled out of his ugly hat. The No.1 most disgusting scene in the movie, no wonder there were screams from the ladies in several corners of the auditorium when that scene appeared just now!

But it was also from here that "Batman Begins" began to show the temperament of a commercial blockbuster.Handsome batsuit and batmobile, intense fighting action, explosions, poison gas, scheming villain, oh, and a socially elite heroine.

Batman found out the purpose of the "Scarecrow", but was countered by the "Scarecrow". He was poisoned by mistake, so he could only climb to the top of the building and howl in pain.When he was recuperating at home, he was misunderstood by his crush Rachel Dawes. He was regarded as a playboy who only knew how to have fun, and he was even considered to have lived up to the name Wayne.

This scene aroused the distress of many female viewers.

The film critics nodded and smiled in satisfaction.Although Bruce Wayne is not as dazzling as several Batman movies in the 90s, Christopher Nolan has presented a complete outline of the story in front of the audience. Although it has not been shown to the climax of the story, there is no doubt that Soon they can look forward to some really interesting footage.

Sure enough, at the end of the movie, Bruce held his birthday party at Wayne Mansion, and the "Shadow Fighters Alliance" led by Duka appeared at his birthday party. Bruce finally realized that Duka was the one responsible for all the dark events in Gotham City His real identity is Las A. Gu, the leader of the "Shadow Warrior Alliance", and the "Scarecrow" is just doing things for him.

Russ A. Goo defeated Bruce and burned Wayne's mansion. Wayne was rescued by the old butler Alfred, and went to stop Las A. Goo's intention to destroy the entire city.

The poisonous gas filling the whole city, the psychedelic citizens, the scene of Inspector Gordon rampaging in the Batmobile, the final duel between Batman and Lars A. Gu, the flying locomotive... all these scenes The pictures finally constitute the last piece of the puzzle of "Batman Begins". Judging from these pictures, this movie is definitely a well-deserved commercial blockbuster.

Anthony Lane, a film critic of "The New Yorker", wrote his own evaluation while nodding his head: "A qualified commercial film, following the original work, and adding reasonable imagination. The fighting scenes, action scenes, and special effects are still good. Yes, the rhythm of the previous paragraph is too lengthy, but it is not too abrupt for a commercial movie that lasts more than two hours. Nolan played his own philosopher's style, and "Kagemura" pursues complete destruction and reinvention , Covering crime with anger, Batman pursues unofficial means to punish crime, he is 'the knight of justice in the dark'."

Anthony Lane is a very picky film critic, with the British pickiness and prudence in his bones. The New Yorker he works for is one of the most intellectual magazines in the United States. According to statistics from the Metacritic website, several film critics in the United States Among people, Anthony Lane is picky enough to be ranked in the top three, second only to "Wall Street Journal" film critic Joe Morgenston, who is known for his bad temper and maverick, who once commented on Quentin Tarron Tino's famous production "Kill Bill" carried out "unbearable abuse on actors and audience".

Anthony Lane's evaluation of "Batman Begins" is not bad, on the one hand, it may be due to Nolan's British background, and on the other hand, it is also because the film is really well shot.

At least from the evaluation of the audience, this movie can indeed be called excellent.

"I love the style, the evil that hides under the gorgeous appearance, Ebert is so handsome, did you see his big pecs? Oh, the moment he showed his figure, I couldn't breathe."

"At the beginning of the film, I also thought that the blue flower that Duka specifically mentioned should represent something, but I didn't expect it to be the raw material for making poisonous gas."

"There should be a next movie. Gordon told Bruce that there are new criminals running around in the city recently, and he is holding a card. The new criminal should be a clown!"

Early the next morning, the production team received feedback from many media outlets across the United States. The evaluations from "Entertainment Weekly", "Chicago Reader", "Chicago Sun-Times", "Premiere" and other media were all above average. Some media, such as The Inquirer and Variety, believed that the film's prelude was too lengthy, and the director paid too much attention to the connotation and ignored certain elements necessary for large-scale commercial productions.

But generally speaking, Christopher Nolan's first commercial attempt has a good reputation. Last night, the film was released simultaneously in 3858 theaters across the United States. This morning, the film's score on IMDb has reached 8:5. , it occupied the TOP250 position on the list in the first day of junior high school, with a freshness of 88% on Rotten Tomatoes and a comprehensive media score of B+, ranking among the top of all movies released this year.

A good evaluation can certainly satisfy the crew, but as a commercial film, what attracts the most attention is the film's box office performance.

Although Warner Bros. hopes that this movie will be an excellent movie that is well-received and well-received, compared with the box office, the praise and praise from the outside world can all be compromised.

After waiting patiently for a few days, the complete box office figures finally appeared in Ebert's hands.

In the first weekend of its release, the movie took the No. 5200 box office in North America this week with a box office of 4 million U.S. dollars, and the cumulative box office of 8230 days after its release was 70 million U.S. dollars. In terms of expenses, Warner Bros. can recover [-]% of the cost in just these four days. There is no doubt that this will be a movie that makes a lot of money. No wonder some media praised the success of this movie after the box office figures became clear. "Money Printing Press Reorganization".

There are two new releases in the top ten of the North American box office this week, one is "Batman Begins" and the other is "Perfect Man" starring campus film diva Hilary Duff. ", but this movie does not seem to have the momentum of Hilary Duff's famous work "Queen of the Common People".

The second place on this week's box office list is "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. The cumulative box office has reached 9796 million U.S. dollars in two weeks, and it is expected to exceed 5150 million. The box office of the film was also US$50 million, only US$[-] lower than "Mystery of Shadow", but the film's evaluation was far worse than that of "Mystery of Shadow". The comprehensive media score was only C+, and only one media gave the highest score. I got a B+.

It is worth mentioning that at this time Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston had a marriage crisis, but did not expose the rumors of Pitt cheating on Angelina Jolie, but this "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is inferior The level of publicity is still an eye-opener for Ebert.

When the marriage between Pitt and Aniston was in jeopardy, the film crew of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" first revealed that in order to avoid hurting the die-hard fans of Pitt and Aniston, they deliberately deleted a large part of the passionate scene between Pitt and Jolie.Later, Jolie revealed that Pitt was not wearing underwear under the windbreaker when filming a certain scene, which made her very embarrassed.Later, the rumor that Jolie was secretly filmed by Pete came out, and Pete came out to clarify that "the sex scenes between me and Julie were all-pervasive. Those who should be seen have already seen it, and there is no need for secret filming at all"...In short, at this time, Aye From Burt's point of view, they should have both slept, but during the publicity, Julie pretended that she didn't even have the courage to contact Pete, which disgusted him.

In short, Pete is indeed a scumbag, and Angelina Jolie's style is quite disgusting.

Sure enough, Ebert spread his hands, and he and Leo were the only good-looking men who were more devoted.

Ebert has apparently forgotten the fact that Leonardo was also a famous playboy in Hollywood before he fell in love with him.

The three films that ranked third, fourth and fifth at the box office this week were all released for more than four weeks, namely "Madagascar", "Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith" and "The Longest Yard". The box office of the three films has exceeded 3 million, and "Star Wars Episode 3" has firmly ranked first in the North American box office rankings this year with a box office of 4700 million US dollars. Qi Juechen showed a strong dominance.

For "Batman Begins," the real competition comes in its second week, which features three new releases, a romance starring Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell. The comedy "The Fairy Wife", and the other two are "Herbie the Beetle" starring Lindsay Lohan and Michael Keaton, and the zombie film "Land of the Dead" launched by Universal.

By the time the box office was announced in the second week, Ebert had returned to the crew to continue filming "Pirates of the Caribbean 2", but this did not prevent him from continuing to pay attention to the box office of "Batman Begins".

3660 million!

In the extremely competitive summer file, "Batman Begins" created another box office miracle, with a box office drop of only 30%. Among the commercial blockbusters released in the summer file, such a box office drop can be called a miracle .With the super-high weekend box office in the second week, the film's total box office has successfully exceeded 1 million, reaching 5360 million US dollars.Among the several films that have been released in the summer, there are only a few that can exceed this figure, including "Star Wars Episode 3" with a cumulative box office of 5806 million U.S. dollars, and "Madagascar" with a cumulative box office of 3 million U.S. dollars. , The box office performance of "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" is also very good. The current cumulative box office has reached 1 million US dollars, but compared with the investment of 6000 million US dollars, this result is not very good.

There is no doubt that under such a trend, it is only a matter of time before the box office of "Batman Begins" breaks through 2 million US dollars. Although it may be difficult to achieve the goal of 3 million total box office, but with overseas box office and DVD distribution With all kinds of income, this movie will definitely make Warner Bros. earn a lot of money.

Most importantly, this means that Warner Bros. has reactivated the well-known superhero character "Batman". After the film is drawn, they can start the shooting plan for the next film in this series.

For Ebert personally, his box-office appeal has been confirmed once again.

"Batman Begins" will be Ebert's fifth film with a box office of over 2 million and the second with a box office of over [-] million. This will undoubtedly enrich his personal resume and further enrich his wallet.

When he shoots the second part of this series, he will not simply be able to spend 1200 million, his goal will be 1800 million, and even, he will enter the club that everyone in Hollywood envies.

Then he should be able to take care of dear Leo.

Thinking of this, Ebert laughed "hehe" twice, and there were even traces of saliva flowing from the corner of his mouth.

Going back to the Pirates of the Caribbean 2 crew, Ebert, Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley have been cooperating throughout the filming of the second part, showing adept acting skills, although there are still plenty of fights The drama and the falling water scene are nothing to Ebert, who has been honed by "Batman Begins".Soon, he and other members of the crew ended the filming in Dominica and came to London, England.

Part of "Batman Begins" was also filmed in London. He is no stranger to Ebert, the center city of the British film and television industry. In his spare time, he would even go to the West End or buy a A movie ticket to watch an Arsenal or Chelsea game, time flies by so fast.

To be honest, the plot of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" is really not difficult.Although compared with the first part, the second part uses more special effects, invests more money, and even connects the core of the whole story with Will Turner's life experience in order to increase Ebert's role, but In terms of the fluency of the plot and the display of the actors' personalities, the second part is still slightly inferior to the first part.

In August, Ebert, who finished filming "Pirates of the Caribbean 8", rested at home in Los Angeles for two weeks, and began to prepare for the filming of "The Departed".

"The Departed" was born out of the Hong Kong movie "Infernal Affairs". It tells the different fates of a pair of policemen and undercover agents. Leonardo plays Billy who is jealous but is arranged to be an undercover agent. Ebert plays a gangster The undercover Colin in the police team trained by the boss Costello, Colin is shrewd, capable and ambitious, but always obeys Costello. Spy, the two undercover agents embarked on their own inextricable path.

Martin Scorsese's production must be a boutique. In terms of actor configuration, "The Departed" continues the luxurious lineup that Martin Scorsese has always used.

Not to mention the leading actors Leonardo and Ebert, the gangster Costello is played by the famous Hollywood actor Jack Nicholson. The number of trophies is far ahead of many actors. Since "Easy Rider", which was nominated for the first time in 2, Nicholson has received a total of 1 Oscar nominations. His most recent nomination was in 1969, in Alexander Payne. In "About Schmidt," he played a retired insurance salesman looking for a new life.

In the supporting cast, the names of Mark Wahlberg, Alec Baldwin and Martin Sheen are also very eye-catching.

Wahlberg is already a well-known protagonist in films such as "The Battle for the Planet of the Apes" and "Stealing the Sky and Changing the Sun", and the co-actors are also first-line actresses such as Charlize Theron and Helena Bonham Carter, but the model background , known for his handsome face and fighting scenes, the actor also wants to prove his acting skills to the outside world, and Martin Scorsese's new film has become his best choice.

It is worth mentioning that Mark Wahlberg himself often plays some villainous characters in movies, but he passed through prison for illegal activities when he was young. Later, he decided to develop in the music industry, but because of racial remarks, his records failed , had to turn around and join the modeling industry, and became a model for the underwear brand Kevin Klein.But whether as a singer, underwear model or actor, Mark Wahlberg has achieved good results.

The 65-year-old Martin Sheen is also an evergreen figure in the film industry. His son Charlie Sheen is also an actor and is more famous than his father. What makes him famous is his day-to-day AIDS from alcoholism, promiscuity, and unclean sex.

The configuration of the actors can be put aside, what surprised Ebert most was the two names that appeared on the producer list-Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, the two have not divorced yet, but since After the two announced their separation in "People" magazine in March, the relationship between the two people has dropped to a freezing point, especially after the news broke that Pitt cheated on Angelina Jolie. Brad Pitt His reputation in Hollywood immediately became a little stink.

Brad Pitt's Plan B Films participated in the production of the film. It is said that Martin Scorsese once intended for Pitt to play the role of Colin, but Pitt rejected it.

However, Pitt's Plan B Films was originally formed in cooperation with Jennifer Aniston, and it is only natural that Aniston appeared on the list of producers.

Now it's time to turn Martin Scorsese into a headache.

No matter which crew is stuffed with a couple in emotional crisis and the frustrated and good friends of two Oscar winners, the director will probably feel a headache. Martin Scorsese is already a director who can handle big scenes. However, the always kind director couldn't think of a way to deal with the menacing reporters.

Ebert was not under any pressure. To be precise, his mind for the past two weeks was not on the new film that will start shooting, but on his long-missed relative, Leo.

In the author's pen, it is only a chapter and a half, but for Ebert, he hasn't seen Leonardo for 5 months!

5 months, 150 days!A general TV series may take 5 months to shoot, but this "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" alone made Ebert spend 5 months with the sea breeze and facing the sea all day long. Leonardo obviously had nothing to do , but also unwilling to buy a plane ticket to visit the crew, the two can only keep in touch with each other through uninterrupted phone calls.

Although Ebert participated in the promotion work of "Batman Begins", he didn't even take a step from the house, and followed the crew all over the country!

After rushing back home from the airport, Ebert simply put down his luggage, took a shower, and rushed to Leonardo's house impatiently.

Although he received a lot of attention at the airport and was followed by many reporters on the way home, the last piece of news that attracted a lot of attention was about the Oscars five months ago. On Leonardo -- Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are likely to file for divorce in court around October, and reporters are hustling around their houses.

With the wind blowing and drinking an iced drink, Ebert sighed contentedly: "Fortunately, we live far away from Aniston, otherwise those reporters would definitely not be able to resist secretly squatting in the grass and secretly taking pictures of me."

Leonardo wiped his hair with a dry towel: "It should be there now. I just turned on the nearby monitoring system. There are indeed two sneaky guys hiding downstairs."

Ebert paused for a drink: "So advanced?"

Leonardo rolled the towel over Ebert's head, and he looked a bit like Avanti riding a little donkey in the mirror: "Ebert, your money should be spent on something meaningful place, rather than handing it over to those financial people who only lobby you to invest.”

Leonardo also took a bottle of drink from the refrigerator: "The news about Brad and Jennifer has spread from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. This kind of guy who can't control himself should not use marriage to trap himself. Man, hum..."

"You don't like him?"

"Hmph... If he doesn't always pick women who are much more famous than him when he falls in love, I might look up to him more." Leonardo lowered his head and lowered his voice to Ebert's ear He said a few words in a low voice, causing Ebert to frown suspiciously: "Really?"

"Hum..."

Ebert pushed the guy who can only breathe out through his nostrils: "You gossip guy!"

What Leonardo secretly told Ebert was that Pitt is one of the most famous heightened kings in Hollywood. His real height is actually shorter than George Bruni, but the data he reported showed that he was shorter than George Bruni. Clooney is a full 2 ​​inches taller.

Do handsome men like to falsely report their height?Ebert silently glanced at Leonardo who was wearing slippers and was only a little shorter than himself, and Ebert was full of doubts.