[US Entertainment] Best Director

On Monday, Warner Bros. screenings.

Today's review is the new movie "Green Lantern".

Director Arnold came to the reading room early in the morning.

Sitting casually on a chair, Arnold flipped through the documents in his hand.

His time is precious, and he has wasted 7 minutes in this incomprehensible office, and these 7 [-] minutes are enough for him to handle two more cross-border business.

Arnold looked at his watch.

Nine thirty-seven.It was only 37 minutes away from the time agreed upon by the screening meeting.

Closed the file.Arnold sits in a chair and plays with a pen.

Of course, he came to this messy review meeting not to watch the movie, but to fire one person, an executive named Garfield, for the wishes of all directors.

Thinking this way, Arnold saw Garfield walking in with a document bag in his hand, which should be the Green Lantern that cost 2.3 million.

Smiling at Arnold, Garfield took the middle seat.

Soon, the reading room was full of department managers and some directors.

Garfield stood and opened the powerpoint.

The title page is the poster of "Green Lantern".

In the rough and wanton frame, Green Lantern played by Cooper came out.

With a black background, there is endless light ahead.

Garfield hit play.

The Legion of Seven Colors stands in the center of the screen, accompanied by four words - "DC Universe".

And what follows is a chart.

The chart labels the operating profit of DC and the operating profit of Marvel in the past three years.

"I don't think I need to explain anything, you all understand what this watch means.

three years.Leading by 4.6 million, this is the gap between the single hero mode and the universe mode. "

Garfield switched back to the Seven Lantern Corps interface and looked at the director.

"And today, starting with Green Lantern, DC will also launch the cosmic mode."

"This is an inevitable revolution, gentlemen.

Are you ready for a cosmic DC? "

After saying this, Garfield inserted the disk.

With the classic 1-minute title, "Green Lantern" gradually came into view.

The title is fluorescent green, and the background is a retro-style reddish-brown comic background.

The opening song combining black bubbles and rock music played, followed by a man jumping up from the bed, brushing his teeth, getting dressed, and just about to walk out the door with the key, he seemed to think of something and walked back quickly, looking at the bed □□ The woman said, "Hey, this unknown lady, I took out all the towels and toothbrushes you need later and put them on the table. Don't use the ones in the cup. I used them before."

After speaking, the man put on his coat with the collar in his mouth.

The sports car, blue sky, yellow lazy weather, and the highly saturated picture colors are like the world in comics.

The man smoked a cigarette, and with one hand on the steering wheel, he drove forward.

This seems to be a science fiction film with a strong nostalgia.

What about that adjective?Cyberpunk?

Personal style is strong, but that's about it.

Arnold propped his chin, casually watching the movie shown on the screen.

Test flight, speeding, license suspension.

Like the plot in the comics.Nothing has changed.

If Garfield wanted to use this kind of thing to deal with the board of directors, it would be too naive.

Arnold curled his lips in boredom.

In just 6 minutes, all the premise plots of Green Lantern Hal have been told.

And beyond Arnold's expectation, from the second minute after the 6 minutes, his eyes stayed on the screen and could not move.

Arnold seemed to feel that something was wrong.But he just couldn't tell.

plot?story line?visual style?

Arnold ruled out every possible factor one by one.But frustratingly, he didn't figure out which one was keeping him from looking away.

The damn movie just seems to have an inherent charm.

Arnold looked at the screen anxiously.

On the screen, the Green Lantern played by Cooper got the ring of the previous Green Lantern and discovered the power of the Green Lantern.

"Hey! Hal! Take it!" Hal's friend Cannon Fodder A eagerly urged.

"It's not mine, I can't wear it."

"But the alien said that the ring chose you! It chose you! It belongs to you!" Cannon fodder A persevered.

"It's a danger. Don't you see the alien is dead? I'm not going to wear it." Hal refused to put on the ring.

"It doesn't seem like you can refuse." Cannon Fodder A said.

"What do you mean?"

In the next second, Hal understood what cannon fodder A was talking about, because in the next second, he turned around......that damn cylinder with the ring moved...... Then it glowed green...  

It seems that in order to enhance the comedy factor of the film, the director deliberately strengthened the comedy elements of the actor's dialogue, and even made quite a few changes in the character design for this purpose.

Arnold narrowed his eyes.

This is completely different from the Green Lantern he imagined.... It can even be said that it is different from the Green Lantern everyone imagined.

Under the pen of this upstart director, "Green Lantern" seems to have completely become a human being, rather than the "god" who was born with justice in the comics.

No audience likes to watch the story of "God", Marvel caught it, so their interstellar themes have become completely popular since "Thor".

And now, the young Oscar director named Prairie Klander seems to have captured this essence, and she portrayed Green Lantern as a person with shining points but also weaknesses.

Undeniably, this has steadily increased the appeal of the film as a whole.

Arnold looked at the screen silently.

As the young master of Warner, Arnold has also watched many movies over the years, and he has his own way of understanding and judging movies.

In fact, from the plot of less than 20 minutes, Arnold can already score his own score.

This is a rare and excellent movie, and to some extent it can even be said to have broken DC's stylistic restrictions since Nolan.

Cyberpunk, blurred electronics.

A variety of elements are played in the hands of this female director who is under 25 years old, and there is an indescribable "fuck/egg" taste.

Green Lantern is a normal guy.

A lot of nonsense, timid, and even an "unconventional" ordinary person to some extent.

Prairie Klander deleted all of Green Lantern's origins and added various small details to reflect Green Lantern's personality.

The effect of this is obvious, at least Arnold watched it with relish during the 10 minutes when he looked up.

Even to some extent, ignoring that Green Lantern is a DC hero, he even subconsciously links him to Marvel.

Arnold became curious, wondering how Prairis would tell the story, and tell it in DC style.

Soon, he got the answer.

The female director used the following shots to tell Arnold and everyone present-what DC is.

What exactly is DC?

Even a six-year-old American who has never seen a movie can answer this question.

In a brief summary, it is nothing more than dark style, taste value, thought-provoking and endless aftertaste.

Arnold stared at the screen without saying a word.

From Hal being brought to the Green Lantern gathering place, "putting on" the exclusive uniform for the first time, to doubt, lack of self-confidence, full of why I want to save the earth, to duplicity to challenge the parallax alone.

The cyberpunk-style picture design makes the whole picture have a strong sense of time and space.

The story is coherent, the language is humorous, and the picture is grand and cool.

Almost instantly, when Arnold almost thought that Warner had invested in a Marvel movie when he saw the last explosion scene, he suddenly realized, no, no.

This is a pure DC movie.

Because from the beginning to the end, the director never said that Hal is a good person.

Instead, the villain Max seems to be the only good guy in the show.Helping others, silently guarding her favorite goddess for more than 20 years, she still insists on herself despite her father's contempt.Until the arrival of the yellow ring that symbolizes fear and parallax monsters.

Max is the victim.

But Hal resolutely chose to obliterate him under the general trend.

If there is a bomb/bomb, if you press the blue button, one person will die, and if you press the red arrow, a group of people will die. Who will you choose to press?

Hal chose the blue key without thinking, even out of so-called righteousness.

The director even ironically gives the Seven Wise Men a line when Hal visits them and asks them to save the planet.

"But if all the Green Lanterns rush up, who will protect the peace of the remaining planets?"

In the eyes of the seven wise men, the earth is the blue key, and they chose to abandon him.

Facing the outspoken abandonment of the seven wise men, Hal was very angry, and said that he could save the earth by himself, so he rushed back to the earth and killed Max for the earth.

one person.a group of people.

Who do you choose to give up?

This is an unanswered question.

The film show is over.

Arnold was silent.

I don't know who took the lead, the applause gradually rose.

Arnold didn't applaud, just tapped the table with a pen.

In the file bag under the pen was the dismissal notice he was going to hand to Garfield today.

"What do you think?" Garfield asked.

Although he was asking a question, Garfield only looked at one person—Arnold Warner.

He knew that Arnold wanted to fire him, and he also knew that the board wanted to fire him for a day or two, but he just couldn't allow himself to give up without trying, so he arranged this screening meeting .

He bet all his hopes on Green Lantern.And it appears to have succeeded.

Arnold raised his head silently, looked at Garfield, and said for a long time.

"very good."