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Chapter 554 Five Movie Reviews Chapter 555 The Battle of the Turning Point(1/2)

Yu Jin Weido's "Halilua" and the Los Angeles Times gave it to

"It can be said that this movie "Halilua", one of King Vito's few good works in recent years. Although this movie invested by the 20th Cinema was considered to be a follow-up work influenced by "The Passion of Jesus", when this movie appeared in front of us, almost everyone felt a fresh wind blowing towards us."

"If Mr. Corleon's "The Passion of Jesus" is a grand and deafening masterpiece, then Jin Vito's "Halilua" is indeed a true and touching social sketch. Although it is also based on religion and is suspected of following the trend, the entire society has been condensed in front of Jin Vito's camera. Our current society, a society where material desires are surging, and a society in which the people gradually lose their original innocent thoughts and feelings become like walking dead. Such a society is truly and completely reflected in this movie."

"Although it is a comedy movie, many people watch it with tears when watching it. The audience sees their own shadows from the characters, so humble, so greedy, and ridiculous. "Halilua" is based on God, criticizing society for throwing away many beautiful things, especially the family. We have forgotten the existence of warmth and only remember money."

"Kim Victor handles such a low-cost movie, which is obviously much easier than dealing with the big-themed movies he has filmed before, and it is also very easy to deal with various shots. This is what we are happy to see. "Halilua" is both in the plot design, from the editing and production of the movie itself, and even the unique thinking of the director hidden under the picture, which is very pleasant to us. This movie surprised us very much."

I was very optimistic about King Victor's "Halilua". Bescy Lof, the owner of the 20th Century Film Company, was very smart in selecting materials. He knew that if he chose a grand religious genre, he would not take any advantage in front of DreamWorks' "The Passion of Jeremy" and MGM's "King of Kings", so he changed his direction and chose a new breakthrough. This breakthrough is real life, which explains the truth through easy small events. At this point, Bescy Lof and King Victor are undoubtedly very wise. The success of this movie is an example.

After the Los Angeles Times praised Kim Vito, he then commented on Liu Bieqian's "The Legend of Xuan Gong Yan". For this movie, the Los Angeles Times expressed both praise and criticism.

"The "Xuan Gong Yanshi" directed by Liu Bieqian was highly anticipated by the audience when he was just preparing for filming. Of course, part of the expectation for this movie is that Liu Bieqian's directorial style is very popular, and part of the reason is that the content of this movie is."

"The typical Liu Bieqian style is a bit gray, a little humorous, a little flashy, a little critical. Finally, a little bit. This movie, objectively speaking, is perfect, and is good in Hollywood movies. Liu Bieqian's grasp of the movie. The smooth regulation of the camera is extremely high. However, people will have such an idea after watching this movie, that is, what is the difference between this movie and Liu Bieqian's previous movie!?"

"The answer is no different. Liu Bieqian's movies seem to be all produced from the same mold. Although they have changed stories and actors, they still look similar. For such a movie, the first one will make people tremble with excitement, and the second one will make people ecstatic. But after the third one, the fourth one or even the fifth one, the people will get tired of it."

"Director Liu Bieqian should learn and explore continuously, and should not always stay at one level or stay at the original place. In this regard, I think all Hollywood directors should learn from Mr. Corleon. His movies, from "Lust and Caution" to "People for Help" to "Brave Heart" to "The Passion of Jesus", have a series of human movies that will bring people a different feeling almost every time, and every time it will cause earth-shaking changes in Hollywood movies. People can always find new things from his movies. When you watch every new movie, you feel that this great director seems to have never seen his movies for the first time. Such a director is the real director."

"Hollywood needs innovation, and the audience who love Hollywood also needs innovation. If Hollywood directors are still complacent, then what awaits them is to be eliminated or eliminated early."

The Los Angeles Times' criticism of Liu Beichen is obviously very harsh. Of course, they did not target Liu Beichen alone, but all Hollywood directors.

In fact, their criticism makes sense. For Hollywood, after a series of efforts and foundation work by previous filmmakers, basically in the silent film period, all the content and aesthetic norms of the film were explored. People in later generations were just filming under their achievements. In this case, although you are not required to have earth-shaking innovations in the entire history of film, at least you should continue to innovate in your personal field. Only in this way can your film be constantly injected with new blood, and the audience will be happy to watch and want to watch it.

Many Hollywood directors, such as Maurian Guber and others, are gradually setting in the sun because they can no longer make innovations. They walk around the old path and the movies are lifeless.

After commenting on Liu Bieqian's "The Legend of Xuan Gong", the Los Angeles Times began to use a large article to evaluate Hitchcock's "Thirty-Nine Steps".

"Hitchcock is a genius, I can only say that, because besides this word, I can't find any better words to describe this fat British. In Hollywood, in the field of psychological film, no one can surpass this Hollywood director who is currently in the limelight. Although "Thirty-Nine Steps" does not have any major thoughts about life and society, the unique and charming spirit revealed in the film makes everyone who has watched this movie excited."

"If a director who has a script that competes with Andre Corleon in Hollywood has a potential, I think Alfred Hitchcock should be the most suitable candidate. Although the works of these two film directors obviously belong to two completely different types. One is a generation of film masters, focusing on morality, freedom, redemption and human soul surging, and the other is a Hollywood director rookie who focuses on exploring people's psychology, Hitchcock's film works can still be compared with Mr. Corleon's works, although this is a bit difficult for Hitchcock."

"The Thirty-Nine Steps are full of pursuit and suspense. There is almost no major artistic issue to explore. But why the audience likes him very much. I think this is because this movie has reached a very high level in terms of exploring people's psychology and affecting the audience's psychological feelings. Hitchcock is a spiritual master. He knows how to mobilize the camera to make your pores in the province tense and tremble."

"In "Thirty-Nine Steps", the plot is spread through the audience's curiosity and

,The suspense is full of suspense, reflecting the unique depth and calmness of the British, and the suspension is largely due to the tension of the film, which is valuable. In addition, in terms of the sound effects and visual skills of the movie, the movie also has a seamless combination. A series of escape shots of the male protagonist in the movie are the most perfect reflection."

"The Thirty-Nine Steps" is a movie that can be ranked in the top ten this year for Hollywood movies, and this movie will surely remain in the history of Hollywood movies."

The Los Angeles Times has a very high evaluation of Hitchcock's movie, even higher than that of Liu Beichen and Kim Vidor.

Objectively speaking, I admire Hitchcock's talent very much and admire it very much. This "Thirty-Nine Steps" was originally one of his representative works. It is naturally expected that it can cause such a big sensation.

It seems that it is probably an easy task to make a fortune in this year's movie Christmas schedule.

Compared with the comprehensive evaluation of the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Tribune has obvious distinction between the primary and secondary, and they concentrated on reporting on "ET". The other four movies were just mentioned in a very small amount of space.

On the front page of this issue, a huge photo was published. That photo was a still from the movie, the scene where Victor Little was flying over the moon with an ET on his bicycle.

The title of this report is: Last night, the most beautiful shot of Hollywood movies was born!



"Yesterday, in 1215, 1927, Andre Corleon's new film "ET" premiered. This film set a new record: this is the most iconic science fiction movie in Hollywood history. It officially opened the genre of science fiction movies, and at the same time, it also set another record, that is, the birth of the most beautiful scene of Hollywood movies."

"When the scene where Victor Little Bicycle and ET passes through the moon appeared in the movie, I think 100% of the audience was stunned. For me, after watching movies for decades, I have never seen such a beautiful scene! Mr. Corleon is a master, a real master, and no one can match this at this point!"

"This movie has no fancy editing, no big production. Its story revolves around three children and an alien, but its extension is very broad. The absent family in the movie makes us think of the increasingly serious family problems now. The harmony between the old hunter and the children shows, and even the peaceful and natural relationship between them and the forest, responds to the dilemma of our society that is already increasingly distant from nature. The friendship between Victor and ET and the rough intervention of scientists and police force us to have this problem, that is, although science brings progress, it has turned us into wanderers in the spiritual home to a certain extent!"

"What kind of life do we need?! This question seems to have nothing to do with this warm movie. But if you think about it carefully, one of the central contents that Andre Corleon wants to express in this movie is to answer this question. We see that in front of innocent friendship, death can be crossed, and we can see that people and nature can get along so harmoniously. Old hunters can live happily in the forest, and children can use true emotions to transform violence and injustice. What we need is a pure and bright life, which is completely free in the heart. This kind of life is obviously unfamiliar to us."

"In this movie, Mr. Corleon provides us with a path that is really close to ourselves. The story of Little Victor and ET inside is just a fairy tale. Through this movie, Mr. Corleon allows us to face our souls and torture our souls. This movie reminds many people of their childhood, whether they are cunning businessmen, hypocritical politicians, or ordinary people who are walking between factories and homes. When watching this movie, they will involuntarily see their childhood self, a pure child. And at the end of the movie, when we step out of the cinema, when we see our shadows under the street lights, there is a sense of bitterness and regret in our hearts."

"Through this movie, we realized what is worth cherishing, what is a good life, and what we really need. This is the greatness of Mr. Corleone's movie, the strong humanistic care that permeates the movie, rather than the fighting, killing, singing and dancing in other movies."

"Mr. Corleon has dedicated another movie to us that is enough to be recorded in history! The most beautiful immortal masterpiece!"

The Los Angeles Tribune commentary article gave me almost all the praises, and they obviously admired this movie very much.

When commenting on John Ford's "The West Sand", the Los Angeles Tribune said in a brief sense: "A good work, a new classic of westerns, John Ford's talent is undoubtedly the most fully demonstrated in this movie. "The West Sand" brings a new era of film: the Western era, it is a loud horn."

Regarding King Vido's "Halilua", the Los Angeles Tribune commented: "Fresh, short, but amazing. King Vido is fully qualified to win a Harvey Award for Best Screenplay, and "Halilua" is the most worthy religious film this year after "The Passion of Jeremy."

Liu Bieqian was also criticized by the Los Angeles Tribune: "It's still the same routine. I don't know how many more movies Mr. Liu Bieqian has to shoot. Do you have to make innovations after filming??"

Compared with the Los Angeles Times's "Thirty-Nine Steps" movie, everyone appreciated Hitchcock's "Thirty-Nine Steps". The opinions of the Los Angeles Tribune are obviously different.

"From the level of Hollywood movies, Mr. Hitchcock's "Thirty-Nine Steps" is undoubtedly a masterpiece, but if we want to evaluate it according to the standards of excellent Hollywood artistic films, Mr. Hitchcock's "Thirty-Nine Steps" is obviously not as good as Mr. Corleon's "The Passion of Jesus" and "ET", and even Mr. Munau's "Four Devils". This movie is like a crystal sculpture. From the outside, it looks dazzling and perfect, whether it is from the grasp of the film's psychology or the smooth rhythm of the film, whether it is from the actor's performance or the director's scene dispatch.

Li. This movie seems to have no flaws at all. But all those who have a certain understanding of the movie, or those who are loyal fans of Hollywood movies, think something is wrong after watching this movie. As for what is wrong, many people can't explain it clearly. At first I thought so, but I couldn't figure it out, but when I watched the movie and passed by a crystal store, I suddenly realized that this movie is like a crystal carving inside. No matter how perfect it is from the outside, it lacks a soul, a heavy soul. Without this soul, this movie is just a successful psychological film."

"I still think, and I firmly believe that a good movie is like a person, dressed in beautiful clothes and handsome appearance,

It is not the key, the most important thing is that he has a soul in later generations. One must be a movie that can make people deeply understand the world and discover the world again! In this regard, no one in Hollywood may ever surpass the DreamWorks School and surpass Andre Corleon!”

The Los Angeles Tribune acknowledged that Hitchcock's movie was an excellent "psychological film", but they did not give it as high as the Los Angeles Times. This is related to the unique spirit of the Los Angeles Times. This newspaper is a representative of conscience and knowledge, a representative of reason and truth, and naturally has high requirements for the artistic nature of the movie.

The contents of newspapers in other places, such as the Post, the Citizens and the Hollywood Times, are similar, and they all admire ET. They also have a good impression of the movies of Kim Vito, Liu Biechung and John Ford. However, their attitudes towards Hitchcock's "Thirty-Nine Steps" are different.

Some commentary articles are as highly praised as the Los Angeles Times, but more articles stand on the side of the Los Angeles Tribune, and there is a clear confrontation between the two sides.

However, how they fight is not what I want to care about.

"Boss, Marskolov and others are here!" When I put down the newspaper, Gans whispered to me.

"Andre, I didn't expect you to hide in such a place. Haha, come here, is there anything wrong?" Marskolov, Adolf Chuk and others all smiled when they came in.

"What can I do? I invite you here today to watch the battle close and see how we make money." I stood up with a smile and asked these people to sit down.

"This place is good, opposite the stock trading center, remotely controlling the charges here, which makes you feel accomplished." Sam Warner walked to the window, looked at the noisy stock trading center across the street, and laughed.

"Andre, didn't you say that you would throw it together in the afternoon?" Adolf Chuck asked.

I squinted my eyes and lit a cigarette and said, "Anyway, you have nothing to do in the morning. If you come here early, if there is any emergency change, everyone can also discuss it."

"Yes, too, making money in the stock market is not an easy task." Marskolov sighed.

We chatted like this with one sentence, and when it was almost nine o'clock, Yassel walked into the room.

"Boss, the matter has been completed successfully." Yassel leaned into my ear and whispered.

"That's good. What's the situation in the stock market?"

"Everything is normal, the new stock of the Rockefeller Consortium is still rising slightly. The increase is not large. It is not as fast as yesterday." Yassel's words stunned Marskolov and others.

"Andre, does this mean that the stock is showing signs of falling?" asked Marskolov.

"It's a drop? I'm afraid it's impossible today. Don't worry, we'll sell it in the afternoon." I cheered up these people.

"Boss, I guess the Rockefeller Consortium is not having a good time today." Yassel took out a stack of newspapers from his bag and placed them on several tables with a smile on his face.

Everyone stood up and picked up the newspaper. The news on it made them look different.

Several of the most famous American newspapers, including the New York Times and the Washington Post, all have a piece of news with similar content on the front pages of these newspapers.

"According to White House officials, there are some problems with the Missouri oil field. The White House may readjust the Missouri oil field. The adjustment range may be completely integrated."

"President Coolidge accidentally revealed after a banquet that the development of the Missouri oil field is now in trouble and the government needs to strengthen its intervention."

...

Although such news is not large in size and does not occupy an important position in front-page headlines, it is extraordinary to appear in these most famous newspapers in the United States at the same time.

"Andre, I think I won't wait until the afternoon. Let's throw it away now!" Marskolov's face turned blue after reading the newspaper.

"Yes, once this newspaper comes out, the stocks will definitely plummet. If I don't sell it, it will be too late." Sam Warner invested the most money among these people, so he was the most anxious.

I shook my head: "Don't worry, don't worry, today's stock will not only not fall, but may also soar."

"Spinning!?Impossible!" Bessi Lof shook his head: "Andre, such negative news has come out, how can it not fall but rise instead of falling??"

"If you can trust me, then look at it for a while." I flicked and laughed.

These people look at me, I look at you, and finally nodded in agreement to wait and see for a while.

"Yasel, ask the factory guards under Carlo who are arranged next to the stock trading center to try their best to spread these newspapers into the stock trading center." I turned to Yasel and said.

Yassel nodded and turned to go out.

I walked to the radio, turned on the knob above, and immediately the sound of a host of the Luoshan Machine was heard from inside.

"It is reported that this morning, newspapers such as the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal reported that the country would regulate the Missouri oil field. The source of these news was the White House officials in charge of the Missouri oil field and President Coolidge himself. This undoubtedly attracted the authenticity of the news reported by major media in Los Angeles last period."

"The new stock in the Rockefeller Consortium's issuance has faced unprecedented challenges today after so long, and many experts estimate that this stock will plummet today."

I changed several channels and almost all reported the news.

"It's lively now. All media are reporting that the people from the Rockefeller Consortium may be furious this time." Marskolov smiled and his face pleated.

At half past nine, the phone rang inside the room.

"Boss, the stock market is in a panic now, but no one has sold the stocks in his hands yet, they are all waiting and watching." Livermore's voice was loud and everyone in the room could hear it.

"Where is the stock?" I asked.

"The stock has not fallen, it is still rising." Livermore laughed.

“Continue monitoring.”

Put down the phone. I spread my hands to Marskolov and others.
To be continued...
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