Chapter 412
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The Kenny family remained highly excited on their way home, with Angie and Jim constantly screaming and exclaiming, and they even had a rare chance to chat together.
"If I'm in danger, will you protect me?"
"Of course!"
"To defeat everyone as stylishly as Zeus?"
"Um, maybe I'm not that handsome, but I'll definitely rush in."
"You're so kind, Jim."
Anji smiled sweetly.
Jim was overjoyed, radiating manly pride: "You're my own sister, I'd do anything for you!"
Angie suddenly blinked her eyes and asked, "So, would you like to lend me your computer for a little while later?"
"..."
Jim froze, a huge question mark appearing on his forehead—Is this right?
Perhaps that's not quite right, but we've already talked to this point, and he really can't refuse.
Seeing his son and daughter, who had never gotten along well, become so happy together, Kenny was overjoyed. He suddenly suggested, "If you promise to finish your homework properly during the summer vacation, I can buy you a few SR DVDs. He has a lot of movies that our whole family can watch together."
Wow!
"Cool! I do!"
The two children were very excited, and Mary, unusually, did not complain about his wasteful spending.
Wow, what a perfect day!
Once home, Anji rushed into his second brother's room and demanded access to the computer.
It was almost midnight, but Weibo was buzzing with activity.
Angie first followed the official promotional account of the "Taken" film crew, and then commented on the premiere ceremony post: "Great movie!"
A quick scroll reveals that the comment ranking is in the 300,000s.
She felt this wasn't a good place to chat, so she quickly switched to Fang Xinghe's American account and commented again: "You've completely won me over!"
This time it's even more outrageous, already exceeding one million.
A quick scroll up reveals all sorts of crude and rudimentary compliments—a veritable grand confession scene.
Within seconds, her comment received likes and comments.
"That's right, sister, that's right!"
"Easily (opens his mouth to laugh)"
"Another moment of falling in love with SR repeatedly."
"Star Girl, shining only for SR!"
A strange flutter surged in Angie's heart, a feeling of satisfaction at being recognized, a sense of closeness from finding a kindred spirit, and a lot of indescribable excitement and joy.
However, the comments under Fang Xinghe's personal account were too "bland", mainly consisting of short sentences and mechanically copied ones.
Angie noticed that many of the comments had the same message, lacking a sense of vibrancy.
perhaps……
Should I try joining the official fan cafe?
Angie hesitated, because it was indeed not a small amount of money.
In North America, Fang Xinghe is a more mainstream teen idol, which, in modern terms, means he has a lot of public traffic but not many private users.
In South Korea, a country with a population of 5000 million, Fang Xinghe's official fan cafe has nearly 180 million members.
In the United States, with a population of 2.5 million, Fang Xinghe's official fan cafe has fewer than 80 members.
This is actually the result of a combination of culture and consumption habits. In North America, people are not used to joining small groups when following celebrities, so large fandoms have never emerged.
Even though StarNet has achieved a monopoly in its official fan cafe business, the level of activity within the fan cafes is still quite average.
Well, compared to China, Japan, and South Korea, it's pretty average.
Not only has the peak number of concurrent online users never exceeded 50, but at its lowest point, there were only tens of thousands of people online.
But today, Fang Xinghe's official fan cafe has seen unprecedented activity.
Angie eventually paid the $9.9.
*Beep* Welcome back to the Starry Sky home, valued monthly card user…
Angie mentally prepared his voice and excitedly clicked into the mysterious space.
The forum has a simple interface, and at first glance, there are about ten trending posts.
The top post has already reached 100,000 views, with 99999+ comments displayed.
The newest posts have a "new" label in front of them, and any of them have thousands of replies.
"Cool! This is so lively!"
Angie couldn't wait to click in, eager to share her fervent love for Fang Xinghe with her friends.
As a result, her finger slipped and she clicked on a mysterious post titled "SR Powerful New Posture," and when she came out, her brother was sending her back to her room to sleep.
"Oops!"
Anji ran off, filled with regret.
"We didn't even talk about the movie!"
"Next time, I'll definitely communicate with them properly next time!"
Angie made a vow, then tossed and turned in bed all night, half-asleep and half-awake, not knowing how many hours she slept.
But she is not an exception; tonight, too many people did not sleep well.
……
December 1st, Friday.
Today is the official day for the opening weekend box office data for the two films. Yesterday, the films premiered at 8 pm, and each of the Feng Luo CP films only had two screenings, so no particularly influential data was generated.
In terms of box office performance, "Ocean's" grossed 250 million, while "Hurricane" grossed 612 million, which is roughly in line with mainstream expectations.
Turan: "Their screens are twice as many, so this result is normal."
Mars: "Rohan caught up, good, keeping up is victory!"
Charlie: "Given the popularity of SR, it's no surprise that they've achieved what they have. It was very clever of Rohan to closely link themselves with Hurricane; they made a brilliant move."
Analysts generally think highly of Rowan, but film critics are highly divided.
2:8
Two-tenths of film critics support "Ocean's" while eight-tenths support "Hurricane".
"I have to admit, the hurricane won without any controversy. If there is any, it's because you're all blind."
"SR has indeed achieved stylistic innovation. What style? Fang's style, I suppose."
"A simpler composition + a more stable visual style + faster action = a brand new style of action blockbuster. SR has achieved it, and it seems that only he can do it."
"This is a personal work with top-notch qualities."
"Lohan passed, but unfortunately, Hurricane is far too good, guys, the outcome is decided."
"I have every reason to suspect that you took money from China's richest man. Come on, that was just a boring, ordinary gunfight movie. I almost snored while watching it."
"The hurricane was filmed in a novel way, but it didn't have a big lead. Lohan still has a chance."
"What is Fang Xinghe doing? Wasting his talent to make this kind of commercial popcorn movie that has absolutely no value. It's shameful and despicable!"
……
Mainstream public opinion gave Luo Han ample face and space, and the wording did not involve large-scale criticism. Only a small number of opinion leaders compared the two films.
Many marketing press releases didn't mention Fang Xinghe at all, focusing instead on whitewashing Qiao Mapi's personal performance.
However, in less than a day, Cyber Contrast exploded.
A large number of videos on YouTube are trying to ride the coattails of the trending topic, arbitrarily comparing and disparaging the two films.
Harry gesticulated wildly: "Crab Bro, I swear to you, Hurricane is definitely a must-see movie! You know, I'm not very cultured, I don't know how to use fancy language, if I had to describe it... Holy shit and fucking! And please stay away from that Ocean's movie, don't waste your time, I'm fed up with those soft and self-important cool guys, SR is the real tough guy!"
This is not an isolated case; Black people have an extremely high level of enthusiasm for hurricanes, even though there isn't a single Black actor in a major role in this movie.
Thank goodness for the times. Ten years from now, if a movie doesn't have a Black supporting actor, Fang Ge will receive 80 racial discrimination investigations, 800 demonstrations, 8000 protests, and 8 anonymous insults every day.
It's alright now. The villains are Central European gangsters, and there aren't a single black bad guy. The black guys are very satisfied.
On Weibo, the two films are also rapidly gaining popularity and reputation.
The hottest topic is #Lohan6Hurricane9#
Continuing the previous discussion on #Do you favor Lohan or Hurricane#, millions of comments were generated overnight.
The main point is: Luo Han scores a maximum of 6 points, while Hurricane scores at least 9 points.
This is a relatively objective viewpoint.
Let's not even mention the subjective ones. Everywhere you look, there are fervent fans of Hurricane recommending it to strangers, and there are also radical combat fans who are hitting Rohan on the head.
Those who give Luohan high scores will be labeled as paid trolls.
They're either blind or malicious; they're definitely not normal.
One of the viral personal Weibo posts said the following:
"If you only have the budget to see one movie, go see Taken."
If you have the budget to watch two movies, watch Taken twice.
If you really don't care about such a small amount of money and have enough free time, then I suggest you watch Taken twice and then rewatch Spider-Man and Pirates of the Caribbean.
If you absolutely must watch both Ocean's Thirteen and Taken, then I suggest you watch Ocean's Thirteen first.
If you get the order wrong, you'll be restless in the theater and question your own intelligence—why did I refuse to listen to advice back then?
Warning, this is not a joke; this is advice from someone who's been there.
Have a great weekend!
With over 10 reposts and over 50 comments, an unknown user has been transformed into an "authoritative figure" in the film criticism world.
The comments below were a bit lacking, not as witty as those from Chinese netizens, but they had a simple, brutal, and frank beauty—profanity was everywhere.
In this Weibo post, Luo Han's rating has dropped by 5 points.
In fact, if everyone had just been promoting their own thing, such a serious comparison and denigration wouldn't have happened.
Strictly speaking, these two films are not particularly similar in genre.
One is a high-IQ heist film with minimal fighting, and the other is an action film where Kuku is constantly fighting; at most, it's a minor collision.
However, at the premiere, Luo Han took the initiative to get close to Fang Ge, who immediately retorted with a barrage of insults, resulting in extremely high attention and a very close association. Now, both sides have gotten what they wanted.
Starting Friday afternoon, the theaters gradually filled up.
A long queue had formed on the hurricane side, while only a few people were on the Arhat side.
In the early hours of June 2nd, based on the popularity of the two movies in the arena, various data were urgently released.
First, the scores are released.
Popcorn Index (Audience Rating) —
Thirteen Arhats: 54%; Hurricane: 97%.
In the original history, the Thirteen Arhats had a score of 75%, which is quite good.
The main reason is that there is no harm without comparison. In the previous life, the release dates did not overlap. Before that, there was the comedy "Knocked Up," and before that, there was the fantasy film Pirates, as well as a niche art film, which was perfect for a heist film to shine.
In this life, Luohan has encountered great misfortune.
The original "Taken" is already a classic in the action film genre, let alone Fang Xinghe's fully upgraded maxplus version?
The original version received a final score of 85%, and the current 97% is clearly inflated, but it will definitely hold up to 90 points.
Action films that achieve this score are extremely rare; they are destined to become classics.
So, poor Ronaldo, he ran right into a classic, was closely tied to it, had a showdown in the capital, and was brutally crushed after making a bold statement... Go stand outside McDonald's for a while, and wait for Batman to arrive before you take a break.
In fact, this is not the final rating yet. As time goes by and public opinion develops, the better days are yet to come.
Rotten Tomatoes Freshness Rating (Critics Index) —
Lohan 70%, Hurricane 56%.
Film critics were largely unaffected by the film's quality, focusing instead on a clear stance.
Most of them don't compare or belittle others; they each praise their own achievements while simultaneously criticizing their own, siding with whoever has the stronger background.
The data for "Ocean's" is exactly the same as in its previous life, but the critics' opinions on "The Hurricane" are not as good as in its previous life... Let me explain why, because although the action has been upgraded, the director has also been upgraded.
Many film critics have expressed their disappointment and frustration with Fang Xinghe, saying things like, "You shouldn't make this kind of thing. You're a master; you should have artistic aspirations..."
got it?
If a new director were to make a version of Hurricane Fang, Hollywood might just make him a star.
But this was directed by Fang Xinghe, who won Best Director at Cannes, so that won't do; you've fallen too low.
Only film critics who focus on action movies gave him high praise, but the overall number of critics was too small to compete with those "artists".
This is absurd and funny. Brother Fang randomly picked an unlucky guy, gave him a good scolding, and that was it.
CinemaScore (Theater Audience Rating) —
Arhat B-, Hurricane A+.
There's a full five gears in between, almost a complete break.
Actually, this rating shows that Luohan isn't that bad. Even when compared directly, it still didn't drop to a C grade.
If this product were released during a more favorable time slot, a B+ rating should be no problem.
However, on the other hand, without the comparison of "Little Arhat," "Hurricane" wouldn't have been overrated to an A+ level, standing shoulder to shoulder with "Titanic," "Green Book," and "Better Days."
Thanks again to the three Jomapi brothers; they are all good people.
……
After the scores are released, the specific data will be presented.
As of midnight on June 1st, which is a full Friday plus two shows on Thursday, Ocean's Thirteen has grossed a total of 702 million at the box office.
To be honest, it's not that bad; it might reach $3000 million in the first weekend.
To say it was good would be nonsense. Friday's total box office was clearly affected by online reviews, only reaching 450 million, showing a clear downward trend.
If this continues, its rate of decline may exceed everyone's expectations.
Meanwhile, the stern father of Rohan, Taken, grossed a total of 2861 million at the box office.
This isn't an extremely high number; it certainly doesn't rank among the top figures in this year's summer movie season.
But the problem is... the number of screens and venue space.
The 3200 screens of Hurricane have hardly secured any good resources from new theater chains. The best theaters are all held by Pirates of the Caribbean and Shrek, with newer equipment, larger spaces, and higher capacity.
The output of Hurricane in a single venue is on par with Pirate, and it can even rival Spider-Man.
And this means...
"Our box office potential has not yet been fully realized!"
Sony was overjoyed, and its vice president personally visited Fang Xinghe early in the morning to pay his respects.
"Sir, how do you plan to promote this next? Sony has the funds and is ready to increase investment at any time!"
Fang Xinghe glanced at him and sneered, "You can get me 300 good theaters, and I'll make it over 100 million in the opening weekend. The question is, can you do it?"
I'm sorry to bother you, but I can't.
The Sony executives stood there sheepishly as punishment, while Fang Ge stroked his chin and began to ponder: the opening was already perfect, so how should we proceed to drop a bombshell that would break 100 million in the first weekend?
With only 39 hours left, the situation was even more tense than hurricane rescue.
The head of the online trolls, with his head full of clever tricks accumulated from his work experience, kept coming up with one after another.
(End of this chapter)