"What's the beginning of this one?"

Sitting in the second row, Jane Lauder approached Ivanka Trump and asked, "Will it be another big battle?"

"I don't know, I haven't watched it yet." Ivanka shrugged playfully, pointing to Duke in the front row, "The director is here, you can ask him."

Jane Lauder held back her curiosity, "I'd better wait a while."

Duke's films always have a wonderful start, which has almost become the consensus of the audience. In the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, countless people looked up and waited for the opening of "The Two Towers"!

The lights in the theater finally went out, the big screen gradually lit up, and the classic opening soundtrack began to reverberate everywhere, from New York to Los Angeles, from Seattle to Miami, all the people who were watching this film focused their attention and widened their eyes at the same time , seems to be afraid of missing any second of the shot.

"The world is changing, and the age of the elves is coming to an end..."

The subtitles were still appearing on the screen, and a dreamy voice accompanied the soundtrack, "The glory of the past is blowing away with the wind, and the key person has awakened!"

Hearing this familiar voice, Chrissy said subconsciously, "It's Galadriel, it's Queen Galadriel, this is my favorite!"

"You can recognize it just by the voice?" Pete next to him couldn't help asking, "How many times have you watched "The Fellowship of the Ring"?"

"Not many..." Chrissy scratched his chin, "Only five times!"

Brad Miller didn't say anything, just sighed, the film version of The Lord of the Rings is too attractive, especially for book fans like them!

The time of the subtitles is very short, but it flashed by in a few seconds, in the beautiful golden forest.Queen Galadriel stood proudly like an angel.

"He needs to complete his mission, find him and take him to Lothlorien!"

As soon as she finished speaking, a giant eagle soared into the sky and flew towards the distant sky.

The picture moves with the giant eagle, changing from the forest to the mountain snow scene, and an old voice echoes in the mountains.

"I am the servant of the Secret Flame. I am the holder of the Flame of Arnor, and the Dark Fire cannot knock me down..."

Through the mountains, the camera returns to the mines of Moria again. Gandalf is pulled into the deepest part of the world by the Balrog. The camera keeps falling with Gandalf. The old wizard holds an enemy fencing sword and fights to the death with the Balrog .The opening battle officially kicked off!

The struggle between the two ex-Maia can only be described as tragic. The two sides passed through the fire and fell into the deep water. The Balrog of Morgoth spread his wings and flew from the deepest dungeon to the highest mountain.Although Gandalf fought to the death, he was not the opponent of the Balrog. He was severely injured on the mountain, but before he fell down.But he used the power of thunder and lightning to kill the Balrog.

The Balrog of Morgoth rolled down the mountain, and Gandalf lay motionless in the snow.

The Chinese Theater in Hollywood was silent.Even those who haven't read the original book can understand that the film pulls Gandalf out again, definitely not to let them see how the old wizard died!

They were all waiting for the moment when Gandalf stood up!

The camera slowly zooms in on the seriously injured Gandalf.The darkness gradually diffused, and when it was about to occupy all the images on the screen, there was a sudden sound of rapid breathing, and the image returned to normal again, except that the gray-haired Gandalf in the gray robe had turned into a white-haired old man with bare shoulders.

The so-called god system of the Lord of the Rings is quite complicated. In the original book, Iluvita sent the dead Gandalf back to Middle-earth, but the length of the film is limited. The way to advance to class by killing the Balrog.

This does not prevent people who have not read the original work from understanding, and it will also make it easy for those who have read the original work to think of how Gandalf came back.

The next scene, of course, is the Condor from the sky, which brings Gandalf back to Lothlorien.

In the Golden Forest, Queen Galadriel personally put on a white robe for Gandalf, and looked at him affectionately, "Mithrandil..."

"My.dy..."

Gandalf took over the white jade-like cane and officially became a white-robed wizard!

At the moment when Gandalf took over the cane, the applause sounded without any warning, and the applause in the Hollywood Chinese Theater was thunderous!

In the Nokia Theater, Pete, Chrissy and Brad Miller were also applauding along with the crowd. They didn't know why, but after seeing Gandalf resurrected from the ashes, they couldn't restrain their excitement anymore!

In the AMG Theater in New York, there was thunderous applause all around. David Denby was as inconspicuous as a raindrop in the thunder, but his brows were deeply frowned, and his eyes looked at him with a bit of disgust. The big screen, at the beginning, these are all messy junk, except for special effects or special effects, is there a live-action shooting?What is the difference between such a movie and those cheap cartoons?

Without special effects, without action scenes sensational, what else would you do?

He turned a deaf ear to the thunderous applause in the movie hall, but just looked at the picture on the screen with a disgusted face, thinking about how much he should give it.

Seven points?It's too high. Are special effects movies worth such a high score?

However, the following scene made David Denby think that it might be okay to score seven points. Frodo and Sam appeared on the stage. The weight of the Lord of the Rings made the Hobbit seem unable to lift his head. Gollum with a complicated personality appeared on the stage. , it made his eyes shine even more, and the film also touched the inner world of these two people.

The rhythm began to slow down, and the inner feelings of the characters were gradually brewing. David Denby nodded. If the film does not pursue big scenes, but follows Frodo Baggins all the time, and uses a slow narrative structure, to explain If he has a complex inner world with Sam and Gulu, he can give this film a seven!

However, just as he was thinking this way, the camera cut to the three of Aragorn again, and another battle broke out. The previous silence of the audience in the theater was immediately replaced by high emotions. Although the battle was not long, it raised the audience's nerves, which had been slightly slowed down by Frodo, to a level of excitement once again.

David Denby watched the war drama with disgust, and the audience watched the war drama with great interest.

"Duke deserves to be Duke!" Chrissy exclaimed, "His movies will definitely not be cold, and the war scenes in the book are all shot by him, which is amazing!"

Pete nodded in agreement, "I think Duke is definitely at the top of Hollywood when it comes to filming cold wars!"

It is absolutely not enough for a movie to only have fantastic scenery and the exploration of the characters' hearts, at least it is definitely not enough for commercial movies.

In the final analysis, the Lord of the Rings trilogy is a big commercial production after all, and there is no need for all commercial masterpieces to describe too much in the heart of the characters, otherwise it will become a burden on the film, and it will only make the film closer to the niche.

There is one thing that even the most artistic directors cannot deny, that 90.00% of the audience in the world go to the theater for entertainment and the pursuit of the simplest happiness!

As stated in an interview, one of Duke's first considerations when making a film is the public's taste.

Even his two films with the narrowest audience, "Chicago" and "[-] Urgent", are actually still typical popular films.

For the sake of the rhythm of the film, Duke appropriately reduced the part of Frodo's line, as long as it can explain the development of the incident is enough, the length of the film is only 175 minutes, and there are scenes of Merry, Pippin and Treebeard , Those long-winded dialogues, he simplified them as much as possible to avoid protracting the release version too long.

After all, he is different from Peter Jackson. He is a fan of the film version of Lord of the Rings, but he is not a die-hard fan of the original work. He will not be like Peter Fatty, because he wants to restore the plot of the original work as much as possible, thus delaying the film. And long.

Therefore, when the film progressed to more than an hour, Theoden had already made a decision to hide in Helm's Deep and use the Horn Fortress to fight against Isinger's army.

Gandalf went to ask for help. On the way to Helm's Deep, King Heudun and Aragorn met Isinger's wolf riders to stop them, and another battle broke out.

"Oh, he's so handsome!"

Watching the shot of Legolas bending his bow and shooting an arrow, there was a burst of admiration from the theater, "This elf is so charming."

"Even though I'm a man, I'm attracted to him."

"It's my favorite character in the movie."

Right next to David Denby, a black girl almost shouted, "God, I'm going to marry Legolas! I'm going to marry Legolas!"

What he saw in his eyes and what he heard in his ears made David Denby's distaste for this film grow deeper and deeper.

What is this?It's fine if you don't care about creating a film, but you also create a male vase to attract the audience. Apart from these low-level tricks, what else will Duke Rosenberg do?

David Denby was filled with deep disdain, and couldn't help snorting, "Disgusting character!"

His voice was a little loud, and he was immediately caught by the girl next to him. She looked over with wide eyes, as if what David Denby was insulting was the most sacred and inviolable existence in her heart, "What are you talking about? You are insulting Lai Golas and Duke's Lord of the Rings?"

As early as a few years ago, David Denby had seen the madness of movie fans. At that time, he was tricked by a girl from Lauder's family. He knew how obsessed and crazy these people were. As long as he nodded and admitted, he would open his mouth and tear him apart.

"I absolutely did not mean that."

Obviously, the 20-year-old movie fans around didn't know who he was at all. David Denby had to lower his posture slightly, "I promise, you heard it wrong!"

"How could it be wrong?" The black woman still had some doubts.

David Denby had no choice but to say, "Actually, I'm also a Duke fan..."

With an idea, he pointed to the screen, "Look, this scene is too huge!"

The gazes of several other people immediately returned to the big screen, and they couldn't move away. In the panoramic shot, Essinger was densely packed with orcs, and they were about to attack Lohan.

The Battle of Helm's Deep is imminent! (to be continued~^~)

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