"I Am Legend" is also a hit in the North American film market.
If the box office of this movie is not as high as before, on the contrary, it has dropped slightly three days after its premiere, but this does not prevent it from having a good reputation in major media and film review networks.
To be honest, the fact that a fast-food zombie movie can surpass a classic like "Resident Evil" and be "touted" by others is an improvement in itself.
On the famous Rotten Tomatoes website in the United States, more than 100 reviews were collected on the 15th and 16th, among which 103 were fresh and only 1 was rotten, with the freshness rating reaching a terrifying 99% or more.
Famous film critics also rated the film with a freshness rating of over 95%, and the audience liked it 100%, with a public rating of 4.8.
Such scoring results are terrifying and can be said to be unprecedented and even unprecedented in a long time.
The rating on top250 has also been steadily maintained at above 9 points.
The two most commonly used words about "I Am Legend" on the entire Internet are shocking and amazing!
"So lonely, so helpless, so lonely! The first half of the film seems boring and plain, but it gives people a shock. If you experience it carefully and evaluate it carefully, it seems to have another unspeakable feeling. The protagonist Julie's
The coldness of the apocalypse, the enthusiasm for saving the world, the perseverance in fighting the zombies, the tenderness of missing the past, and the final misery of holding the sheepdog Lassie in her arms are all vividly depicted! It is so vivid that it is difficult to tell whether it is Anji.
Lena Jolie made this legend happen, or the legend made Jolie!"
"There are so many amazing things in the film, whether it's the touching scene of the death of the savior Laxi, or the innovation of zombies having emotions. Or the dazzling zombie scenes. "I Am Legend" gives people a sense of wonder.
A perfect feeling.”
"'I Am Legend' expresses too much emotion, too much love. It is a horror film and a zombie film, but it can express so many things. Perhaps only China Yi can do it!"
"Who can imagine how many people were complaining and cursing at the beginning of the movie? However, when the movie ended, how many people couldn't help but stand up and shout with excitement. China Yi is really a
Great filmmaker.”
"China Yi seems to have reached its peak every time, but every time it brings excitement, shock and innovation. You know, China Yi is only 26 this year! Where is his limit?"
"The plot is tortuous but full of positive energy. It seems desperate but there is always a glimmer of hope. "I Am Legend" is a movie worth remembering."
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There are so many comments about the film, and thousands of people are constantly refreshing their praises about "I Am Legend" on the Internet.
"Legend" is definitely not an exaggeration. In the past two days, from the streets to the city squares, without exception, the most talked about words are "I am a legend".
The popularity of "I Am Legend" was so strong that its rival "Terminator 3" was suppressed from beginning to end.
Of course, if a movie is suppressed, the film company will be the most unhappy, and Warner is very unhappy.
I think back then, Warner planned and thought about it before deciding to start filming "Terminator 3". It is hoped that it can use the sharpness of the first two parts of this series to create a new classic movie and achieve a new box office miracle. Therefore,
, Warner has high expectations for this drama from top to bottom. In terms of investment, it can be said that it strongly supports it. In the words of Warner's president, "We will use the most dollars to create the best Terminator!"
But as a result, my own movies were suppressed by Fantasy Entertainment's movies and I couldn't stand up.
Can't!
Absolutely not!
For Warner, the problem now is no longer a question of whether the box office is high, but a question of face!
That’s right, it’s just a matter of face!
To work in Hollywood, you must have a good face! Especially as an old Hollywood company, Warner is a flag, but now, its glorious flag has been tarnished. How can this be done?!
Therefore, in response to this movie war, Warner executives feel that they must do something!
First of all, Warner arranged for people to spend a lot of money to hire Internet trolls, and used Internet trolls to give its "Terminator 3" high scores.
As a result, various complaints appeared on major movie websites in the United States, including the most authoritative websites such as Rotten Tomatoes.
The online name "Amazon's Crocodile" posted: "I watched "Terminator 3". It is definitely the super science fiction blockbuster of this year. Whether it is the story plot or character setting, it basically inherits the core content of the first two movies. The most important thing is
What’s amazing is that Schwarzenegger hasn’t aged and is still as sharp as ever, allowing us to see the excitement of his action scenes! Therefore, I give this movie a thumbs up!”
"There is no sea in the Mediterranean" posted: "How to describe the shock of "Terminator 3"? The extremely strong visual special effects, the familiar story index, and the explosive power of the actors' muscles, all of which brought me back to the 1980s. It can be said that
, in this Terminator, there is only transcendence, no regression!”
"Love to Die in Las Vegas" posted: "Why do you have to compare a retarded movie like "I Am Legend" with the great "Terminator 3"? China's easy-to-make-up movie design makes people feel extremely...
It's dull and depressing. Even if there are elements like zombies later, it can't save the shortcomings of this drama. On the contrary, watch "Terminator 3" again. The whole drama is only interesting, not annoying! It will definitely make you watch it all over again.
You can watch it until the end! Believe me, choosing "Terminator 3" is definitely the right choice!"
…
It has to be said that the power of Internet trolls is beyond people’s imagination, and as the famous psychologist Freud said, people are animals that are easily swayed and have a serious herd mentality, especially people who don’t like to think.
He is also soft-eared and easily believes in those flattering remarks.
Therefore, after "Terminator 3" was hyped up by the Internet, some viewers began to choose to watch the show purposefully. In contrast, a large number of viewers of "I Am Legend" were suddenly diverted away.
.
"Oh, you asked me why I chose to watch "Terminator 3". Didn't the Internet say it? This movie is great!" said a black audience member who was interviewed in front of a certain cinema.
"Yes, we believe that good movies will be praised. "Terminator 3" should be good, after all, so many people like it online!"
"Watching "Terminator 3", why? Because I heard it is better than "I Am Legend"!"
For a time, Warner Company used its huge Internet troll force to flood numerous movie forums, and promoted the originally suppressed "Terminator 3" to compete with the "I Am Legend" which was in high morale.
In addition to hiring online trolls to boost their scores, likes, and win good reputation on the Internet, Warner also used a more sharp trick, which is to push up its box office data. How to do this? That is fraud!
There are many tricks for box office fraud, including booking movies for one's own company, and stealing ticket stubs. In fact, the American film industry cracks down on movie box office fraud very harshly, and is definitely not as tolerant as China in the early days, making box office fraud extremely rampant.
But there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. Especially for those big movie companies that control a large number of theaters, it is absolutely easy to cheat at the box office.
Therefore, Warner easily arranged such a false box office reversal scene. At the entrance of numerous cinemas, the ticket offices of "Terminator 3" began to become crowded with people and filled with people.
The box office data released by Warner Film Company has also soared from 30 to 40 million to 50 to 60 million. In the words of Warner's external spokesperson: "A miracle just happened!"
…
The box office war between "Terminator 3" and "I Am Legend" has officially become inextricable, especially with Warner's three consecutive days of unbelievable results, which makes the box office performance vaguely likely to overwhelm Fantasy Entertainment.
At this point, the entire situation is very unfavorable for Fantasy Entertainment.
In fact, from a business perspective and an entertainment perspective, "Terminator 3" is better than the "humanistic zombie" "I Am Legend". However, Yi Feiyang cleverly took advantage of the "novelty" loophole, in "
When traditional zombie movies such as "Resident Evil" became popular, he created his own zombie style with the help of "The Walking Dead" and carried it forward in this "I Am Legend".
In a sense, Yi Feiyang took advantage of people's curiosity to complete the film's release in waves, first suppressing, then rising, and then a shocking wave... This can be seen from Spielberg's treatment of his film.
It can be seen that the play is endless in Xi'an.
But now, Warner's efforts have made it difficult for Yi Feiyang's film to continue to maintain a good momentum. Especially under the pressure of the "Terminator 3" trolls, word-of-mouth publicity is even more in jeopardy.
Faced with such a situation, even Yi Feiyang couldn't sit still. It's not that he was worried about the box office, but because if "I Am Legend" was suppressed by "Terminator 3", the follow-up movies of Fantasy Entertainment would be
He will be surrounded and suppressed by other film companies taking advantage of the momentum. Now he must break through and tell everyone that Fantasy Entertainment is a sharp knife. Anyone who messes with it will be bled!
But how to break through?
Standing at the floor-to-ceiling window of the Fantasy Entertainment Building, Yi Feiyang crossed his arms and touched his chin, thinking carefully.
Suddenly, a gust of fragrant wind floated behind him, and a pair of soft hands covered his eyes. "Hey, guess who I am?" A sweet voice sounded from behind.
"Haha, besides the beautiful Miss Angelina, who else could it be?"
"Ha, it's boring. You guessed it right away." Angelina Jolie let go of her hand, "Looking at the way you looked just now, are you worried about our movie?"
"Well, yes, you guessed it too, so we're tied." Yi Feiyang smiled and motioned for the other party to sit down.
"How was it? How did you feel about flying back from New York?" Yi Feiyang asked.
"It feels like there are suddenly a lot more movie fans! God, when I got off the plane, it was so dark that I was shocked!" Angelina said, patting her chest.
"And those film critics who didn't like me at first and called me a vase girl, actually started to praise my acting skills, and even said that I have become a powerful actor! It's hard to imagine, these changes?" Zhu Li said with beautiful eyes.
Looking at Yi Feiyang said.
"Yeah, you seem quite proud of being so successful!"
"Haha, are you praising me, or are you praising yourself? My success was not created by you alone?"
"Me?" Yi Feiyang pointed at his nose cutely, "I didn't expect that I would have such great achievements!"
"Tch, do you want me to praise you for doing this?"
"Forget the praise. Let's do something practical. For example, treat me to dinner. For example, give me a gift. For example..." Before Yi Feiyang could finish his words, Angelina suddenly came over and used her bright red lips.
, blocked his lips.
Lips rub gently against each other.
Yi Feiyang's expression is very strange.
After a moment, they separated, and Angelina smiled and said: "Well, I can finally repay you!"
Yi Feiyang shrugged. "It seems that I am repaying you! You know, I am very popular. Many girls dream of kissing me..."
Angelina fainted, "You feel pretty good about yourself!"
"Of course, who makes me so charming!" Yi Feiyang smiled, and then said: "Actually, I am struggling with this drama!"
"Is it because of the strong reversal of "Terminator 3"?"
"Yes, look, these are the data reports I collected. It's so... so unexpected!"
Angelina looked at the reports carefully and suddenly said: "There seems to be a problem here."
"What?" Yi Feiyang was startled.
"I'm talking about this data. Did you see it? Basically, the movie theaters owned by Warner have greatly improved. But others have not."
"Oh, really, let me take a look." Yi Feiyang took the data and looked at it.
As the saying goes, the authorities are obsessed with the beholder, and Yi Feiyang didn't see the key point when he looked at it just now. Now that Zhu Li said this, he immediately saw the difference.
"Well, you're right, Zhu Li, these data are very strange." Yi Feiyang said, touching his chin. "Could it be that they are making false accounts?"
Julie smiled: "Why, don't you know that the major Hollywood film companies are all masters at making false accounts!"
Yi Feiyang shrugged, "Now I've learned the lesson!"
"What's your plan?"
"Of course we have to expose them!"
"But since they dare to do it, there must be a way out!"
"Then just grab the scene and look for evidence!" Yi Feiyang smiled strangely.
…
Caesars Cinemas, Los Angeles, box office.
A young man and woman are buying tickets.
The young man is fat and the young woman is beautiful.
The fat man said to the conductor: "Hello, please give me two tickets for "I am Legend"."
The male conductor looked at them and said, "Man, are you sure you want to see this show? It's scary."
"It doesn't matter, my girlfriend and I both like horror movies."
"Why don't you watch "Terminator 3"? This movie is very exciting!" the male conductor strongly recommended.
"No, we still want to watch "I Am Legend"."
"If you watch "Terminator 3"..." the conductor whispered, "I can give you a 20% discount!"
"Is this okay?" Fatty said in surprise. "But we still want to watch "I Am Legend"!"
"God, how can a person like you be so stubborn?" The conductor was a little impatient. "How about this, I will give you tickets for "Terminator 3", and you can take the tickets to watch "I Am Legend"..."
Fatty: "Why bother? What are the benefits to us?"
"Damn you guys!" The conductor cursed secretly, "The good thing is, I'll still give you a 20% discount!"
"Then, deal!" the fat man said happily.
Tear the ticket and pay!
Seeing that the matter was done, suddenly, a bunch of reporters appeared out of nowhere, and they were surrounded by a burst of filming.
"What are you doing? What are you going to do?" the conductor yelled.
"Sir, may I ask why you helped "Terminator 3" steal the box office?"
"Sir, don't you know that this is very immoral?"
"Sir, could you please explain who gave you this power?"
…
The male conductor was almost driven crazy.
At this time, the fat man said: "Hello, man, I know you are in a difficult situation now, but I hope you can expose the person who instigated you behind the scenes, because I'm afraid you won't be able to bear the consequences of this incident..."
"What do you mean by that?"
"What I mean is... I am Jack Black from Fantasy Entertainment. Our conversation just now has been recorded. As physical evidence, I can sue you on behalf of the company, and you will probably wipe your ass and go to jail!"
"What, God!" the male conductor went limp.
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No one could have imagined that "Terminator 3" and "I Am Legend", which were originally inseparable, would make shocking news at the box office.
"Terminator 3" actually cheated at the box office, and what's even more unforgivable is that it even stole the box office from "I Am Legend"!
Fraudulent box office fraud in Hollywood in the United States is actually nothing new. On the contrary, some companies occasionally try this "despicable" trick in order to expand the publicity of their movies. However, Warner went too far this time.
Because he broke the rules, the unspoken rules in the film industry, that is, you can praise yourself, but you cannot harm the interests of your peers!
"The evidence is conclusive, and we regret Warner's behavior!" ---North American Motion Picture Association.
"If Warner made a mistake this time, then we hope there won't be another one!" --- U.S. Cultural Administration.
"I hope the relevant parties can conduct a thorough investigation and deal with it seriously!" --- American Fantasy Entertainment Company.
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On the Internet, the trolls originally hired by Warner ran into trouble. A wave of attacks made them embarrassed.
"Look, this is the movie you gave such good reviews. What they are doing is simply insulting the intelligence of all viewers!"
"Stealing box office, making false accounts, and you damn trolls, don't you know any sense of shame?"
"Facts speak louder than words! No amount of trolls can change the truth of the matter!"
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Warner executives never expected that things would suddenly take a turn for the worse and develop in an uncontrollable direction.
In newspapers, magazines, and major media, Warner first issued a sincere "apology statement" and then pointed out, "This incident was committed by a small group of people, and the specific truth of the matter has yet to be ascertained!" The meaning is obvious!
, it’s just that the higher-ups didn’t know about this, and they didn’t order it to be done.
There is no doubt that they have become accustomed to this tactic of scapegoating the lower class, and it can easily distract the audience's anger. However, for the movie "Terminator 3", it was a huge blow, at least at the box office and reputation.
On the other hand, it started to plummet from the previous surge!
Two months later, the PK between "Terminator 3" and "I Am Legend" finally came to an end. The result was obvious. "Terminator 3", which was originally going to go against the world, was in a mess due to the box office fraud incident, and finally ended up with the highest global box office.
It ended with 430 million. And "I Am Legend" has a global box office of more than 800 million, achieving a miracle of 880 million!
As the big winner, Fantasy Entertainment once again prepared a grand celebration banquet to celebrate this rare victory with everyone.
In fact, this summer vacation fantasy entertainment won nearly 500 million in global box office with the previously released "Kung Fu Panda". Together with the 880 million "I Am Legend", the entire summer vacation fantasy entertainment's box office was 1.38 billion US dollars.
Nowadays, Fantasy Entertainment has four major industries, Google Network, Apple, Weta Digital, and Samsung Electronics, plus profitable investments in Hilton Hotels, Trump Real Estate, etc. So far, the overall strength of Fantasy Entertainment, which has not yet been listed,
, in fact it has reached an astonishing 10 billion!
As the top president of this company, Yi Feiyang, who is only 26 years old, has become a veritable tens-billion tycoon! (To be continued...)
