Raising Dragons in Hollywood

Mr Leontini's criticism is by no means alone.

In fact, compared to the vast majority of film critics, his remarks are already friendly.

Many professionals think that this film is too complicated and messy, with unclear main lines, too many characters appearing too frequently, and it is completely incomprehensible.

Another film critic, Bobby Hank, who 'concerned' about Sammy, laughed unceremoniously on his blog: [Hahaha, what a hodgepodge of stuff! ]

If you compare these critics to hunters.

There's no question, then, that Sammy has always been Bobby Hank's favorite prey.

Since Sammy's debut, this guy has been finding faults, repeatedly criticizing his works harshly from various angles.

What's even more exasperating is that his remarks are often not unreasonable.

And this time too.

When he commented on the movie, he directly raised a lot of questions: [Since the ending still depends on the male protagonist's old-fashioned explosion to save the world, then non-humans have no role at all. Was it necessary for them to occupy so many scenes before?Since the heroine failed to change from a cat to a human in a logical way in the end, why did she change from a human to a cat after filming for a long time at the beginning?What on earth did witches do?Is the male protagonist's growth path an NPC?Since it's not love, what is she chasing after the male lead?Are you full? ]

Then, after listing a bunch of redundant and useless plots in the movie in detail...

Bobby Hank came to a conclusion: [Sami lacks the ability to tell a complete story, and took a bunch of very lively stuff, but it has nothing to do with the plot content of the film. Funds are wasted and burned without seeing the point. ]

Not at all!

It is used indiscriminately because it does not cost money.

Of course, this cannot be said casually.

So, when reporters interviewed later, relayed these questions in detail, and asked him for answers...

On the one hand, Sammy was too lazy to explain, and on the other hand, he didn't want to make up too many lies.

So, his answer was: "I don't know I forgot that I finished filming."

Extremely irresponsible.

Except for the bunch of unclear things he said before, he doesn't seem to care at all about his work (movie) being criticized, and he doesn't have the slightest intention to stand up and explain it, so that the fans who want to help him don't know for a while What to say.

debate!debate!There is a debate.

But every time it was like this, the film critics wrote a bunch of unilaterally, and a director with a super personality kept silent like a passerby, no, he was more passerby than a passerby, it was really irritating.

Therefore, after the interview, many reporters racked their brains to write the manuscript, trying to interpret the sentence "I don't know, I forgot, I finished filming" from various angles.

Some reporters thought it was 'Director Sammy thinks his film is perfect and doesn't need to explain to others'; some reporters said 'Sammy Griffin admitted that the film was Waterloo and kept silent about the film'; The reporter directly wrote that 'Director Sami probably suffered from amnesia'.

But no matter how they interpret it, at the end of the article, they all refer to Sammy as "Hollywood's new generation of geek directors".

However, in private, they complained on the Internet that 'communicating with Sammy Griffin is too difficult, he seems to be in a different world from me'.

This statement was praised by countless people.

Sami has a firewall with him, which blocks everything, and has a unique logic of his own system, which is invulnerable to all viruses.

"Once a person is famous, it is easy to think too highly of himself."

When he was idle and had nothing to do, he still said to Mai Qi like this: "Excessive self-esteem will cause these people to have an illusion that 'everyone in the world is paying attention to me'. I have to explain everything in a serious manner, as if someone really wants to hear it (fans: Hey, we obviously want to hear, creative concept, creative inspiration, why this filming...). I don’t want to be like this Poster, let people say what they say! I'm just an ordinary director who likes a dragon, do what I have to do, and live in peace."

Mikey didn't understand a word.

But when he understood "like a dragon", his heart was full of excitement, and he wished he could turn into a prototype, a roc spreading its wings and spiraling up to the sky!

Then Sammy asked, "Would you like to come home with me for Christmas?"

Mikey's face turned red all of a sudden: "Yes, I'm going to see you... No, our parents?"

Our parents?

This dragon is too familiar, right?

Sammy looked at him expressionlessly: "No."

"Well, what's that for?" Mikey continued, stammering.

Sammy said solemnly, "It's a ceremony."

"Ritual?" Michelon repeated curiously: "Is it your human ceremony? Will it be very solemn, and is it convenient for me to watch?"

"Of course, you must be present. Because you are also the protagonist of this ceremony."

"What? A ceremony where I have to be present? Uh, could it be... Sam, Sammy, I'm underage for the wedding..."

"What are you thinking? Of course not, it's the succession ceremony of the dragon slaying warrior. Only by catching a dragon as a sacrifice can you truly inherit the name of the warrior."

"Ah! S... Sami!!"

"I lied to you."

Although criticized by many people, the movie box office of "The Exorcist" is quite good.

Even though countless professionals despised it, the audience enjoyed it very much.

In their spare time, most people will choose to buy tickets for "The Exorcist" after walking into the cinema to choose.

There are various reasons, such as the special effects are worth watching, the male protagonist looks more handsome, the white cat is so cute, the plots are also very interesting, and it is very satisfying to watch...

Especially fans of the original novels of the movie, they were the ones who protested the most when the filming started.

Unexpectedly, when the movie screening was over, Qiqi let out a really fragrant sigh.

In terms of plot, the plot in this movie is not any of the novels in the exorcist series.

But in fact, the movie has not deviated from the original.

The adaptation of the film is resisted by the original party, often because of the fear that the original work will be changed beyond recognition.

But sometimes, a successful adaptation does not necessarily have to be exactly the same as the original plot.

To put it more mysteriously, the film is in the same spirit as the original novel.

It is a kind of rebellion that permeates between the lines, does not believe in fate, does not believe in God, and walks its own way.

Therefore, in the original novel, the hero Albioni is an iron boy.

Along the way, he has been attacking demons and demons, demons and goblins, and angels after goblins... He is obviously dressed in a gentle manner, seems to be quite a gentleman, and he looks easy to talk, but in his heart Very rebellious.

no doubt.

The film reproduces the hero's character intact. His arrogance, arrogance, audacity, and lack of respect even for the gods are all vividly displayed, which fits the original work very well.

In addition, those parts of the follow-up plot that professionals call lengthy, such as the battle between heaven and hell, are also very friendly to readers of the original book.

Ms. Selena mentioned in several novels that demons like to go to the world to make troubles, while angels prefer to stay in heaven.But while the former is a heinous crime, the latter is just as annoying.

Because the angels are idle and have nothing to do, they have to observe the world.

So, when the exorcist Albioni struggled against the evil, they drank tea and ate snacks, and commented by the way, "Human combat power is so useless, I can't beat a little evil spirit to death in such a long time." "Oh, this human being vomits blood and is dying Yet?Life is so fragile'.

If you don't help, you will sigh blindly!

Readers get mad every time they see this.

Therefore, in the film, the conflicts and confrontations between the protagonist and heaven and hell are actually traceable in the original work.

Moreover, this operation is also very cool!

As a result, even if the entire plot of the film is completely different from the original novel.

But after watching the movie, readers of the original book all thought—yes, this is the exorcist, this is it!

This group of people rushed to the Internet to praise the movie and the director wildly, and apologized for the previous boycott by the way.

Even some ordinary movie fans stood up and spoke out: [I didn't dare to say it before, because everyone said it was not good-looking.But in fact, I think it's pretty good. Although I haven't read the original, I can understand the plot, and it's not as ugly as those film critics said. ]

This phenomenon is so strange.

For a time, there were different opinions.

At this time, Mr. Leontini actually added another film review.

[I recently watched the film several more times and found that the problem with this film is not that Sammy is too young and immature, but that he is too talented to cause congestion in the film. ]

[For example, Albioni’s rocky love affair with the White Cat Lady, the friendship between witches and inhumans, Albioni’s own growth, the political attitudes of heaven and hell towards the earth, and, those lifelike inhumans in human The colorful life in the society, the human-faced octopus who is almost regarded as a murderer, the honest tree man who acts as a charterer, the griffin who lives in the virgin forest, and the ghost of revenge...]

[So many, so many elements!If any element is taken out separately and expanded, it may be possible to make another movie.Now, it is conceivable how terrible it is to stuff it all into one movie.In fact, this kind of problem sometimes occurs in many commercial films. There is too much content to talk about, and the world to create is too large, but the film is only less than three hours long. ]

[However, Sammy magically did. ]

[Like playing with building blocks, he stacked all the seemingly messy building blocks together, but successfully built a building.It may be a bit ugly, and it may be criticized, but it does control the scene and tell the story completely. What's more exciting is that it can justify itself and make the audience understand. ]

[There are only a handful of directors in Hollywood who dare and can do this. ]

[While I still don't like the movie, I have to admit that it wasn't bad under Sammy's direction. ]

At this point, the situation finally began to reverse.

Belated praise poured out like a blowout.

The producer of the crew excitedly came to the door with champagne, wanting to tell Sammy the good news.

But the door of Sammy’s house was locked, and a note was pasted on the door: [Go home for Christmas, don’t bother with me if you have nothing to do, don’t look for me if you have anything to do. ]