The "Bucket List" special session for media and film critics, the film critics and media people invited were very interesting.
Under Li Yi's instruction, Dean Pictures specially invited those "old" film critics!
These "old" film critics don't just mean that they are older, but they also mean that they are "old-school" film critics.
In the past, in Hollywood, these old-school film critics could be said to be very influential. They could not only affect the reputation of a movie and the audience's perception of the movie, but most importantly, they could affect the box office.
For this reason, in the era of print media, it can be said that these old-school film critics are all worth a lot.
They are also loved and hated by the film companies in Hollywood for this reason. They love them because they can make movies have higher box office, but they hate them because they are vampires in the film industry.
And now, with the rise of the Internet, the prosperity of the mobile Internet, and the advent of the self-media era, everyone can have a voice. The era of paper media has passed, and the Internet era has arrived. Young people have begun to despise the so-called authority, and they have begun to speak out on their own.
Everyone is media.
Old-school film critics once maintained their own identity, but unfortunately, they soon discovered that times have changed.
Some people embrace the great times, while some people retreat bravely.
Of course, although the influence of these film critics is not as good as before, in fact, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and it still has a large number of fans.
However, their public relations fees have been falling again and again.
There are very few movies like "The Bucket List" where most of the invitees are old-school film critics like them.
Many film critics entered the screening room of the spot screening venue and quickly greeted each other with the old guys.
"Barry, you old guy is not dead yet, haha!" an old guy with gray hair said to another old guy.
"Hey, tough-mouthed Nick, your tough-tongued old man is not dead yet, how could I die?" Barry stepped forward and said rudely.
Then the two hug each other!
"It's a pity that old Jack passed away last year, and there are fewer and fewer of us old guys." Nick said with a sigh.
"People have to die, and so do we! This movie is interesting this time. What do you think Dean Pictures wants to do by inviting us? Do you want to tell us old guys that we will be buried soon? Hahaha!
"Old Barry said sarcastically.
"Maybe, but the theme is very interesting. I just don't know what kind of story this miracle director from China will give us this time," Nick said.
In fact, in the past, the circle of old-school film critics was really small. There were only a few influential film critics in the United States, like the tough-talking Nick and Barry, who had been working together for many years.
It can be said that it is a great time to play down and lift up at the same time.
But time is ruthless, they are getting older and older, and old-school film critics are gradually disappearing.
Many people in the media were a little surprised to see so many old-school film critics, but at the same time they were relieved. Thinking of the theme of this movie, it is indeed time for these old guys to come out and show their afterglow.
After all, these old guys can be said to be the closest to death.
Don't underestimate these old guys, they still have abilities and influence, but they are just not as exaggerated as in the past.
This is actually the effect Li Yi and Dean Pictures want.
"The Bucket List" is destined not to be as hyped as that kind of commercial blockbuster. After all, the leading actor in the movie is not a popular niche, so similarly, the way of promoting this kind of feature film is destined to be different from other commercial movies.
And these old guys, old film critics, are the first shots of "The Bucket List".
Because only old guys like them can more deeply understand the themes expressed in the movie.
Soon the movie officially started showing.
The first scene in the movie is of the endless Himalayan Mountains with peaks towering eternally and silently, reaching the zenith.
The world’s tallest peak!
The camera is like gliding through the clouds and mist among the peaks, crossing the eternally frozen mountains and showing the Himalayas before the audience's eyes.
Carter's voice sounded off-screen: "Edward Cole died in May. It was a Sunday afternoon, and there was not a cloud in the sky..."
Along with his voice, a mountain peak towered above the mountains. The peak was like a wedge inserted into the airflow from the plane, and a large cloud of ice and snow poured down from the peak.
Carter's voiceover sounded again: "It's really hard to say how to measure the value of a person's life... Some people think it depends on the views of future generations. Some people think it depends on his beliefs. Some people say it depends on his beliefs.
With his love...but some people say that life has no meaning in the first place."
In the lens, the mountain peak is getting closer and closer, as if it is embracing it with its broad arms, and then the lens quickly climbs upwards.
Carter's voice sounded again: "As for me, I believe that your worth is measured by others, and others measure themselves by you."
The camera continues to fly over the mountains and glaciers, flying closer to the peak.
The camera switches and the first thing shown is a hiking pole inserted into the hard ice and snow.
A climber is wrapped tightly in a hooded hiking suit, with an oxygen mask and goggles on his face.
He raised one foot with great difficulty, stepped on the place where the hiking pole was inserted, turned around, exhaled a faint breath, and looked at the ice and snow world under his feet...
Carter's voice continued to narrate: "What I'm sure of is that no matter how you measure it, in his last days before his death, Edward Cole enjoyed a life that most people never get to enjoy in their lifetime."
On the other side, the climber turned around and faced the summit.
"I firmly believe that when he died, he could rest in peace, and his heart was open... I firmly believe that he could hear the call of the mountains..."
The climber inserted another trekking pole into the ice and snow and took another step with difficulty. At this time, we rose higher and higher until the climber became a small dot on the background of the mountain.
"And I believe the mountains can hear his voice."
The big screen gradually went dark, and then light appeared again, but the scene had changed.
I was still given a cigarette and put the ashes in an empty coffee can.
A voice sounded off-camera: "Please name five American presidents whose surnames begin with H."
The previous voice-over owner, Carter Chambers, one of the male protagonists played by Moore, appears on the screen.
What follows is a conversation between Carter and Manny. With each question and answer, Carter gives the audience the feeling that he is not like a car maintenance worker at all, but more like a weathered scholar.
He speaks in an orderly manner, and one can feel his sharp thinking.
Then he received a call and learned the news that he was terminally ill. The scene changed from the dynamic and cheerful one before to the silent and lonely retreating figure.
Then another protagonist, Edward Cole, appeared.
His appearance was truly unique. In the conference hall of the Riverside County Steering Committee, he was arrogant and had his own way of doing things. From a series of conversations, he also explained an interesting thing.
The hospital he runs is committed to converting wards from single rooms to double rooms.
Then he became extremely happy and became sad. He coughed on the spot and coughed up blood.
The previous plot introduces the two male protagonists Edward Cole and Carter Chambers. It can be said that they come from different classes.
Cole is undoubtedly a rich man and drinks the most expensive coffee in the world, while Carter Chambers is just an ordinary car mechanic. Such two people with completely different backgrounds have encountered the same thing.
things.
They are all terminally ill.
The camera changed again, but it was already inside the hospital.
At the far end of the long corridor, two elevator doors opened, and Thomas walked out of the elevator.
This is a man in his mid-thirties, dragging two heavy suitcases with a bouquet of flowers under his arm, looking for the room number along the way.
Thomas finally found the ward number. He rushed into the ward and placed two boxes on an empty bed next to the door. He opened one of the boxes and began to arrange various utensils very skillfully...
...
He took out a laptop and put it on the bedside table, then took out a mobile phone, plugged it in, and placed it next to the computer...
Then put a very expensive copper coffee pot on the windowsill, next to it were a copper thermos, small dishes and spoons, and a well-crafted wooden box.
Finally, he took out a crystal glass vase and put the bouquet of flowers in the vase. At this time, people's voices came from the corridor, and there were a lot of voices coming from far and near.
When Thomas heard people arriving, he quickly found a place to place the vases, then hurriedly walked around the bed, pulled open the white sheet that divided the ward in half, and suddenly saw Carter lying behind the sheet.
Thomas looked at Carter in astonishment and asked, "What are you doing here?"
Carter looked haggard and had several kinds of tubes inserted into his body. There was a large stack of books on the bedside table.
On the wall behind him were dozens of cards wishing him well, as well as photos of his family: two sons, several grandchildren, and a beautiful twenty-year-old daughter.
Hearing Thomas' question, he showed a smile and said: "Oh, look, aren't you just hanging on here? By the way, what's wrong with you?"
Thomas was stunned for a moment and then said: "It's nothing, I was just shocked..."
At this time, a large group of people in the corridor rushed into the ward. Several doctors, nurses, and caregivers were busy around a gurney.
Edward Cole was lying there, cursing in a loud voice with a dissatisfied look on his face: "Tell that ignorant doctor that I want to withdraw this fluid he gave me. What does that do?
I've heard it can destroy people's lungs. I have a speech in Congress next month and I don't want to have a tube in my throat to breathe."
The doctor was about to explain: "It's not..."
Edward Cole asked: "Who is this guy?"
Without waiting for the doctor's answer, he asked again: "Where did the unlucky Thomas go?"
Thomas appeared in front of him and said, "I'm right here, sir."
The nurse said, "Now we have to move you to the bed."
Edward Cole stubbornly said: "Let me do it myself, I'm not dead yet."
He tried to move his body to the hospital bed, but fell to the ground.
Thomas stood there and said calmly: "What about now?"
Then he reached out to hold him. Edward Cole took Thomas' hand and said, "Didn't I fire you recently?"
"Not since that interview!" As he said this, he bent down and helped Edward to the bed.
Edward settled himself down and then thought of Carter lying next to him.
"Who is this guy?"
Carter asked: "Who are you?"
Edward looked stunned and said: "He actually asked "Who are you?", Oh my god, am I in the morgue?"
Carter (voice-over): "This is the first time I met Edward Cole. It is undoubtedly an unlucky start!"
On the other side, Edward Cole waved his hands wildly and struggled a little irritably, while cursing and saying: "I hate this damn pipe!"
The camera switched to show the nurse shaving Edward's scalp one by one with an electric clipper.
Edward still looked angry.
Edward cursed and said: "In the next three weeks, I have to lie side by side with this half-dead guy. He is like a zombie. He is probably about to die. It is really unlucky."
Thomas said from the sidelines: "You can't enjoy a single room, that will cause serious public impact."
This chapter is not over, please click the next page to continue reading! Edward said angrily: "I don't care about the impact. I have to live in a single room. This is the hospital I run. For God's sake, I have to live in a single room.
.Don’t tell me anything that can’t be done!”
As he said that, he turned to look at Carter: "I didn't mean to offend you, man."
Thomas said: "But you have violated the rules that you have announced countless times. You run a hospital, not a health care center. There are two beds in each ward, no exceptions."
Edward was a little surprised when he heard Thomas send his original words back to him, and then added: "But I wasn't sick before."
Nurse Xing spread the ointment on his head and said, "Dr. Eldridge will arrange a time to perform surgery on you soon."
She stood up and walked away. Edward picked up a mirror on the table and looked at his shaved head with horror...
Edward said in horror: "Oh my God!" Then he said to Thomas: "Thomas, you must not let me lose the ability to move after I wake up!"
Thomas said: "I'll try my best!"
At this time, Carter, who was reading a book, asked hesitantly: "Is this really your hospital?"
Edward turned around: "That's right!"
"Then I'd like you to ask about the pea soup."
Edward was confused!
The camera soon switched to the operating room, where the doctor and a group of people were operating on Edward.
Carter's voice sounded again: "On the morning of the operation, the cancer had spread throughout Edward's body. The doctor predicted that he only had a five percent chance of survival... Later, they couldn't tell how much effort it took to finally
Rescued him."
The camera zoomed in on Edward's motionless face. Even under anesthesia, his expression still looked like he was extremely annoyed at being disturbed by others.
