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Chapter 129 Why is it popular

"Because the audience of the two shows is completely different."

This is the answer given by Nancy Josephson, and then gave some simple explanations for Duke.

In fact, in summary, the audience of Oprah's talk show is completely different from the potential audience of Duke's movies. Anyone who knows a little about the former knows that 70% or even more of the audience are housewives over the age of 40, and they are mainly housewives in small towns. What about Duke's films?

This fast-paced film with visual impact as its selling point is mainly the audience of people between the ages of 17 and 35, and it is definitely the main one! Even if there are many female fans among them, they are often young girls, not housewives.

Who can expect a housewife to pay for such a video?

After hearing Nancy's explanation, Duke immediately thought of what kind of movies housewives like the most, the bloody romance films that they love to the death.

Yes, Oprah talk show is very famous, but it is not suitable for every movie actor or director. A director with a style like Duke, apart from the influence that the show's fame itself can bring, it actually does not bring much benefits, at least not much benefit to it now.

If one day Duke transforms to shoot a housewife movie, he will definitely contact Oprah actively.

Duke did not follow the team to run the announcement and publicity across the United States, but stayed in Los Angeles and was also busy working. He was running around quietly. "Independence Day" also slightly changed yesterday's downward trend on this day, and the box office rebounded slightly, earning $18.56 million in a single day. No matter how much resistance is, the film firmly moved towards the $100 million mark.

The old day ended, the new day came, and the sun rose and set. In the studio near Chicago, the bright lights never went out. It seemed that only in this way could the darkness in Roger Albert's heart.

After receiving the news from the agent, the leader in the film critic turned on the TV. After changing to Fox Channel, his eyes hidden behind his glasses were coldly watching the young director who was making a fuss on the show.

"Why did the critics attack me and my movies violently? I think this hides something that everyone may ignore. The comprehensive score of "Independence Day" is only 3.1 points, and the 120,000 viewers who visited the audience have a high praise rate of 85%. A large number of viewers ignore the critics' critics' critics and flock to the theater to watch "Independence Day". The fact that the audience does not care about their reviews is the reason why the critics get angry."

Roger Albert's face was gloomy. Duke Rosenberg was completely revealing the scars of their industry, and there was no intention of stopping.

"Do you still remember how the film critics evaluated Star Wars in the 1970s? Cheap entertainment and Lucas's destined child! What's the result? Star Wars became one of the cultural symbols in the United States, responding to the critics' critics' critics' critics in their most powerful voice, crushing all their dignity."

There were harsh laughter on the TV, which was the sound of the audience. Roger Albert's face turned cold. He was one of them back then, and the film critics had long had a tacit understanding and no longer mentioned this. However, the young director put their scars in front of the audience in the United States again!

"Although Independence Day is not as good as Star Wars, it will not fall into the attacks of critics. The box office and the high reputation of the audience in the first weekend have proved this. In fact, I only want to say one thing. Now the film industry and audiences don't have to care about the opinions of critics..."

With his hands on the desk holding a pencil tightly, Roger Albert seemed to have regarded the pencil as the young director on the talk show. He wanted to hold his throat and stop him from continuing.

"A great figure like Andrew Bazan has produced a film critic who has made outstanding contributions to the development of the film industry. But when the initial group of film critics with high professional and professional qualities retired, what is the current situation in the professional film critics? I wonder if you have read yesterday's newspapers. The film critics' columns are full of vicious personal attacks on me. I am very surprised. Is this a film critic they claim to be instructive? Or is it teaching audiences across the United States how to use vicious words to curse people?"

Roger Albert's eyebrows were furrowed tightly. Although it was just a masterpiece of some film critics, it was directly tied to the entire film critic industry by the other party.

"The quality of film critics is getting lower and lower. Apart from complaining and insulting, they cannot write any real-life reviews. Their knowledge and professional qualities are very poor. Can they also call them movie reviews? What is a movie review? Andrei Bazan wrote in the movie manual. Andrei Bazan not only made comments, but also played a crucial role in the development of the film. Although he is not a director, his theory of film guides the development of the film industry."

The people on the TV had no intention of stopping, just like they were attacking Independence Day, and were fighting back with a powerful force.

"Real film critics must have a deep cultural connotation, not only understanding of pop culture, but also having a deep understanding of films. Originally, film critics should be a very high-end profession, but now they are low-end, mixing in many people with very lack of professional qualities. These people are useless to use vicious and sensational words to attract readers' interests."

"Look back, what qualities were film critics in the 1950s and 1960s? Look at the current situation, the overall quality of the film critics team has declined seriously. How can you still see good qualities now?"

The hand holding the pencil became tighter and tighter. Roger Albert discovered that the other party was indeed a smart person, and everyone was nostalgic, especially movie fans and industry insiders who had experienced the 1950s and 1960s, who must have missed the golden age.

Duke Rosenberg is very good at taking advantage of this!

Although I rarely praised it in my heart, the people on the TV screen obviously did not intend to let them go.

"Most of the film critics nowadays only follow the trend. All commercial films are defeated, and any fast-paced and visual impact films are disdainful. How can they have their own opinions? Even if their views are correct sometimes, a film is indeed bad, but when they ask why they are bad, the reasons they say are really shocking and they don't have the most basic professional qualities at all."

"They never analyze the phenomenon. Nowadays, film critics seem to be intentionally isolating the public and highlighting their own awesomeness, but they never analyze why the public favors a certain movie. Anyone who is popular must sneer at it and highlights their nobleness."

"Film critics are deliberately leaving the public and showing their presence, without objectively analyzing why a certain movie is so successful. Where does it attract the audience? What are their advantages? They are naturally on the opposite side of the audience!"

Hearing these words pointing to the essence of the facts, Roger Albert's hand suddenly tightened, the tip of the pencil cracked, and a layer of anger floated on his face.

What the other party said was the truth, but it was the truth that all the film critics deliberately avoided!

If this truth becomes a consensus between the public and Hollywood, their influence in the summer season with huge returns will inevitably decline sharply, and their income will drop sharply, and even fall to the point where only the awards season can highlight their existence!

Finally, in Roger Albert's cold eyes, the young director on the TV left, but the next section seemed to be specifically targeting the movie show he and Gene Siskel had watched a few days ago.

The TV screen is a mixed clip of some shots of "Speed ​​of Life and Death", "Brave the Deadly Island" and "Independence Day", which is paired with Roger Albert's voice that sounds completely advocating.

"Since "The Speed ​​of Life and Death", Duke Rosenberg's film has been loved by many movie fans, and reached a peak on Independence Day. In the three days of the weekend, nearly 13 million people went to the theater to watch the film one after another, and created the highest first weekend box office record of $63.08 million in film history. Why is his movie so popular?"

"Duke Rosenberg attaches great importance to the audience's movie experience, and he has done three things very well."

"Love explosions! There are so many explosions, movie critics feel annoyed, but the audience thinks the money is worth it. Moreover, Duke's explosion is different from the explosions of others. In the past, cars were blown up, islands, and now spaceships were blown up, which would surprise people every time. From "Speed ​​of Life and Death" to "Brave the Deadly Island" and then to "Independence Day", Duke Rosenberg's explosion scenes can make the audience feel brand new and shocked every time."

"The picture is beautiful! The wide-angle scenes are used a lot, and the picture looks refreshing. "The Speed ​​of Life and Death" and "The Island of Death" have overturned and exploded on the expressway, and the perspective follows the tires. These are rare in other movies. Duke Rosenberg shows the audience, and it is always the freshest stimulation."

"The subject matter is clever! The movie themes chosen by Duke are all highly conceptualized and like to use unconventional background settings, such as the tense stimulation brought by the protagonist of "Life and Death Hour" in a small and high-speed space, such as the human beings were forced to fight back to death in "Independence Day"! The highly conceptualized works can be attractive just by relying on the story outline. The movie has not been released, and it has already become a precedent."

"In fact, there is a saying that is most appropriate to summarize. Duke Rosenberg has the talent to attract audiences!"

Sitting there, Roger Albert gradually returned to his calmness. This show completely used the aspects of criticism from him and Siskel as a promotional point, and dripped the black things in their mouths into white. Judging from the box office trend of "Independence Day" these days, the publicity effect is probably not bad...

Turn off the TV and think quietly for a while. Roger Albert had to admit that competing with a popular director and film during the summer season at this time is not a wise choice. It seems that he should gradually restrain himself and not end up badly.

He will wait for Duke Rosenberg in the awards season where the critics are most powerful! (To be continued, please search for Piaotianyi, novels are better, updated and faster!
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