Jerry is a pure passer-by audience. The so-called pure passer-by audience refers to viewers who usually don’t pay much attention to the entertainment industry and don’t often pay attention to new movies.
Only on holidays or days off, would I meet up with a few friends and go to the cinema to relax and relax my brain.
For theaters, these passer-by audiences are the basis for every super movie’s huge box office.
Jerry's job is as a columnist, and he is currently serializing the suspenseful "Midnight Taxi" in Harper's magazine. It is very popular and he submits the manuscript every two weeks. His working hours are not leisurely, but they are definitely not busy either.
Being busy, I have enough time to pursue other hobbies.
He doesn't like listening to pop music very much. When writing, he mostly listens to classical music. The elegant sound of the piano can bring him smooth inspiration.
He also doesn't like watching movies very much, because for a powerful writer, some of the best-selling movies on the market are really full of loopholes in his eyes, and he is still a quite stubborn person. In a movie, if
If a question is not resolved, he will not be in the mood to read the rest of the story.
Therefore, he doesn't have much contact with the current new movies, so as not to cause similar troubles to himself.
He will only be interested in movies that have an audience rating of 8.0 or above on Rotten Tomatoes.
Fortunately, there were four movies rated in line with his invitation during the New Year this year. After finishing writing the assignment, he drove to the cinema alone, ready to watch a new movie to relax.
If you want to relax, it's natural to watch a comedy movie, or some movies with wonderful special effects are also good.
Jerry stood alone in front of the checkout counter at the cinema, looking at the name of the movie and the show time and show on the big screen, and fell into deep thought.
At this point in time, there are a total of three movies for him to choose from. One of them, "Santa Claus", has been in theaters for two consecutive weeks. It is said that the box office is very good. It is a comedy movie suitable for watching in the New Year, but its score on Rotten Tomatoes is only
7.6 points, and the other two are "The Visitor" and "The Truman Show."
"The Alien Visitor" has a score of 8.6 on Rotten Tomatoes. From the synopsis, it tells the story of a mental patient who claims to be an alien. There have been a lot of films of this type in Hollywood in the past two years.
Jerry has already suffered from aesthetic fatigue.
"The Truman Show" scored 8.3 points. It is a Chinese comedy movie with a lot of imagination. It has been recommended twice by film review websites, and the protagonist of the movie is one of the most popular singers at the moment, Leein.
Jerry is not very interested in Leein, but he knows that he is a grand pianist. His song "World War II Rhapsody" once shocked the world, but Jerry doesn't like it very much. This piano music is too intense, and he likes it.
Gentle music, such as "For Alice" or "Mark of the Rain", these two piano songs often appear in his MP3 playlist, giving him a lot of writing inspiration.
"He's actually an actor?"
Jerry looked at Leein in a straight suit on the poster and the countless cameras around him, and he had an idea in his mind.
When he walked into the screening room of "The Truman Show", Jerry was startled by the almost full audience. With an attendance rate of almost 80%, he could hardly believe his eyes.
Of course, this kind of attendance rate can only appear in urban centers like New York. In some remote towns, a movie theater attendance rate of 10% is already good. In most cases, two or three viewers will almost always "book out the theater."
"Watching, this is why the average attendance rate of movies nationwide is generally below 20%.
Seeing hundreds of people watching a movie together in front of him made Jerry feel happy that his trip was worthwhile. He took popcorn and Coke and checked his seat with a ticket in hand.
At this time the lights dimmed and the movie had started.
"If I never see you again, I wish you good morning, good afternoon and good night."
When Li Qing said this sentence in proficient English at the beginning, Jerry was immediately attracted.
As a suspense writer, he knew that this seemingly abrupt dialogue was actually foreshadowing the upcoming plot. Jerry knew that the director was starting to dig a hole.
Soon, as the plot progressed, Jerry gradually began to marvel. His mouth was always open, and he saw that going out was set, restricted, and imprisoned, so that he had lived in this environment for 30 years without realizing it.
When he found out, Jerry was completely shocked!
How could there be such a person!
The director's imagination was too big, but then, Jerry felt helpless and sad in his heart.
Isn’t this a portrayal of our lives? We wander in it throughout our lives.
So, am I another Truman?
Although this idea was somewhat unrealistic, Jerry suddenly became frightened.
He looked around. Everyone's expressions were surprised and serious. It seemed that people's thoughts overlapped with his at this moment...
Jerry was silent.
He didn't read the movie reviews beforehand. He would only choose which movie to watch based on the movie's rating. This was his habit, and it was this habit that allowed Jerry to maintain the sense of curiosity and wonder that an ordinary audience should have.
feel.
Then I fell into thinking.
People are always accustomed to accepting the things around them. Whenever something incredible happens around them, there will be corresponding reports in newspapers or TV or radio to explain it. Under the influence, people will be willing to believe it, but in fact,
The real truth may be buried in this vast source of information.
Under this premise, what we see, what we hear, and the subsequent thoughts we have may actually be wrong.
Just as history is written by the victors, there are many things that "they" want you to know, so you know them.
There is no soul-stirring story in the whole movie. The director and actors are just telling a story of being deceived in a very bland way. At the end of the movie, Truman showed the powerlessness and emotion when the mast of the sailboat crashed into the "sky".
They lost their voices in pain, and the entire screening room fell into silence. People clasped their hands together and put them to their mouths, watching the scenes in the movie with red eyes.
After the movie ended, like many viewers, Jerry returned home without saying a word.
He always felt that there was a depression hidden in his heart that could not be dissipated. After washing, he lay on the bed tossing and turning, and even picked up a book to read at one point, trying to divert his attention, but in the end he failed.
So he got up, turned on his computer, and logged into his blog.
Frequent comment pop-ups in the lower right corner of the blog caused Jerry's computer to freeze for a time.
Ten minutes later, the computer finally started to work. Jerry quickly closed the new comment notification bar and opened the editing box for the new blog post.
Now, he is ready to type out all his depression on the keyboard.
"The Truman Show, a great movie!"
"It's obviously a comedy, but I couldn't laugh."
"My heart goes cold."
"I once thought Truman was myself. While watching the movie, I looked around, behind, in front, and above to see if someone was filming...
"I'm scared..."
“I always feel like I’m being watched by the world!”
"On the way back, I have been thinking about a question. If I am also Truman, in such an environment, can I be as strong as Truman? I know I can't. In the face of real strong winds and waves, I'm afraid I haven't yet.
If you resist, you will surrender and admit defeat. For love, for freedom, and for the sake of not being spied on, even if 'God' arranged a storm to overturn his ship, Truman still dared to fight regardless of the dangers. His fearless spirit,
I was deeply shocked, and at the same time, I felt inferior to my core. Because I knew that I could not be as strong as Truman!"
"I reiterate that this is a great movie. My expectations for this Chinese movie are not high. As we all know, China is full of bad movies, but now, in my movie favorites, "The Truman Show"
It can definitely be ranked in the top ten, and the 8.3 score on Rotten Tomatoes is an insult to it."
"I think there may be a second part of this movie. How Truman's new thoughts will change when he faces a new world will be what I'm most looking forward to."
As mentioned before, Jerry is a columnist, mainly serializing "Midnight Taxi" in Harper's magazine.
It is worth mentioning that "Harper's" magazine is one of the most influential political and literary publications in the United States. It has been in existence for more than 100 years. 85% of its readers are college graduates, and more than 50% have ever
Those who have studied certain graduate courses have an influence that covers more than half of the elite population in the United States. They are not ordinary people who can hardly publish a word in Harper's magazine.
As for Jerry's "Midnight Taxi", as the most popular mystery in last year's "Harper's", its readers are all over the world. The film and television rights were bought by Sony Pictures at a high price, and the film of the same name has also been started.
, the investment amount reaches tens of millions of dollars, and among Jerry's past works, almost every one of them has been remade into a movie by a famous Hollywood director, and has performed well at the box office.
As a result, Jerry's blog ranks firmly among the top three in the literature category, with more than millions of people following Jerry.
Every time Jerry publishes a blog post, there will be tens of thousands of comments from readers. Every time Jerry logs in to the blog, he is almost bombarded by countless comment pop-ups that cause his computer to crash, which once made Jerry give up logging in to the blog.
Therefore, when Jerry endorsed "The Truman Show" late at night, that night, all major literary magazines, film review websites, and news portals in the United States gave their headline positions to Jerry and "The Truman Show."
world".
This is Jerry's blog post again after half a year. The last time Jerry posted a blog post was when "Midnight Taxi" just started being serialized.
When millions of fans were pushed by Jerry's new blog post, the unforeseen and terrifying influence made "The Truman Show", which was already very popular among the audience, once again climb to the top. At the same time, the world
All major film festivals have also offered olive branches to this "great movie".