Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 644 "The Queen"

Critics really don't have much to say about the live-action Transformers movie, which many view as a popcorn movie for the nostalgic crowd and nothing else.

Some people even wrote sarcastically in their column: "If Cameron's previous movies can still see something thought-provoking and a little artistic, then he has been completely reduced to filming now. It’s a sad thing to be a director of popcorn-type commercial films.”

As for the male and female protagonists, they were all criticized as vases.Probably because it is the first time for LaBeouf to appear in a movie as a newcomer, so their firepower is concentrated on Jessica. Some people even think that she has not even achieved the acting skills shown in "Legal Blonde". Know whether these people are criticizing or criticizing for critic's sake.

In all fairness, as far as a commercial film is concerned, although the acting skills of LaBeouf and Jessica are not brilliant, they are still in place. You must know that the tyrant on the set is in charge of the camera.It's just that Jessica is too beautiful, and people are easily attracted by her frowns and smiles. In this respect, she can't control herself freely. In addition, LaBeouf is still a newcomer, so it is inevitable that she will be attracted. set fire.The same is true of Cameron, who in fact has included in his live-action Transformers, as in his previous films, the thought-provoking theme of how, in the face of horribly unprecedented pressures that border on despair, people The desperate power that erupted in the struggle.Some are like "Terminator 2" back then, but they are very different.

It's a pity, or because the theme is buried a little deeper and the special effects are too exciting, people's attention is attracted by the battle of the Transformers, and they are basically ignored.

It doesn't matter, as long as the box office is high enough, comment, just look at it.Angela concluded in this way - "Transformers", which was released simultaneously in more than 4000 movies across the United States, had a box office of more than 1000 million on the same day, and even dominated the North American box office list with 1.8 million in the first week, making many movies unable to lift their heads.

Even with the release of many great big-budget movies during this period, it still can't shake the throne of "Transformers", not even the final "Lord of the Rings" release.

"It's normal. Although "The Lord of the Rings" is about to end, it's hard to avoid some aesthetic fatigue after two movies have been released." Fatty Peter rarely said "My "Lord of the Rings" is the best" side, but the tone is still sour.

There was a burst of low laughter around, Angela smiled and shook her head and said in agreement: "Yeah, aesthetic fatigue."

After Peter coughed dryly, he changed the subject: "I heard that you invested 2 million yuan in the filming of "Transformers" for Cameron. Oh, you are really rich. I hope there will be another miracle of "Titanic"?"

"Frankly speaking, although "Titanic" will still make a lot of money now, it will definitely not have a miracle of 20 billion in the world. After all, people nowadays have been baptized by many special effects movies, such as "Lord of the Rings". "Angela praised Peter without showing a look, "So it is enough to have a box office of about 8 million."

Peter suddenly smiled happily, and then thought of something and looked at Angela with an expectant look: "By the way, I have a new idea recently, although it sounds a bit outrageous, but I believe you can see the value in it, are you interested?" ?”

Angela blinked: "Why, you want to invite me to play the leading role?"

"What... what?!" Peter's face suddenly became ugly, as if someone had punched him in the face, and his facial features were a little distorted.Someone next to him couldn't help chuckling, and muttered, "Poor Peter."

Peter gave the man a hard look, took a deep breath, and said dryly, "Of course not, Angie, a big star like you has nothing special to do, please..."

"It's okay, I think we can consider it based on our relationship." Angela said jokingly, seeing the other party's face getting uglier, she quickly waved her hand: "Okay, I'm joking—to be honest , you want to ask me to invest?"

"It's like this," Peter's expression finally brightened, "I plan to remake the famous "King Kong" from the 30s."

""King Kong"?" Angela raised her eyebrows, "Why don't you find New Line Company, just because you made the epic "Lord of the Rings" trilogy with 3 million US dollars, they should agree to your investment ?”

"Bob has already talked about it. Although it is only an idea at present, I estimate that the investment may be larger than that of "Lord of the Rings", so..." He shrugged and did not continue.

After pondering for a while, Angela nodded: "When you come up with a specific plan, I will let them consider it."

"Great." Peter immediately smiled, and Angela smiled slightly after discovering something: "Sorry, I'm sorry."

A remake of King Kong?I remember that the box office seems to be pretty good, let McKinley and the others discuss it first.Angela calmed down, and quickly walked up to a person: "Hi, Liv."

"Angele?!" Liv, who was meditating in the corner, came to her senses, and opened her mouth to say the familiar name.

"What are you doing here alone in a daze?" Angela asked with a smile and stared into her eyes.

"No...it's nothing." Liv turned her head, as if she didn't want to make eye contact with her.Angela didn't speak any more, and there was a sudden silence between the two of them. After a few seconds, the unbearable Liv spoke again: "What's the matter?"

"Seeing that you are here alone, I want to come over and have a chat with you," Angela said flirting with her hair around her ear, "It seems that we haven't seen each other for a while, and I miss you very much."

"Where's the woman with you?" Liv avoided answering.

"You said Keira, she is not interested in what Peter and I are talking about, go somewhere else." Angela said and looked around, "I was looking for her, and I saw you alone Here, so come and ask."

"It's better for you to go to her, and nothing will happen to you." Liv said grumblingly, "Sorry, I have to go to the bathroom."

Speaking of which, she turned around and walked inside a little flustered, and she was slightly relieved after entering the passage, but before she could completely relax, a hand immediately took her arm, and then Angela's voice sounded Get up: "I don't think anything will happen in this kind of place, but you don't look very comfortable, so let's walk around with you."

Liv struggled a few times and wanted to pull her hand out, but Angela held her tightly so she didn't give her a chance, and finally sighed helplessly: "What do you want, Angie?"

"I don't want to do anything," Angela said with a smile, "Can't I just walk around the aisle with you?"

"But...but..." Liv said weakly, being dragged forward involuntarily.

After turning a corner and arriving at a place where no one was there, Angela suddenly took Liv and pressed her against the wall, looking at her with a smile on her face, her emerald green eyes shining with an inexplicable light.

"Angie, what do you want to do?" Liv, who was taken aback, grabbed her arm nervously.

"Think about me, Liv?" Angela's fingers slid across her face.

Liv looked at her with her blue eyes for a long time, then nodded honestly: "Have you thought about it..."

Before she finished speaking, her mouth was blocked, but her movements were very gentle and she just took the other's lips and sucked lightly twice, so although Liv was shocked, she only pushed and pushed a few times symbolically.

"You shouldn't...do this..." Liv gasped slightly, looking at her half annoyed and half complicated.

"I just want to reminisce about the past, that's all," Angela said, wrapping her arms around her neck, "I still remember when you swore to ask me to be your girlfriend, cute and persistent."

"That's already in the past, Angie," Liv said in a panic, "Besides... besides, you are not..."

"Have you ever thought about me?" Angela suddenly asked again, but the meaning was obviously different from the sentence just now.

Li Fu stared at her blankly, unable to answer for a while.

Angela leaned over again and kissed her on the lips: "I am very glad that you can attend the final premiere of "The Lord of the Rings". I will come to New York at Christmas time. Will you accompany me then?"

Before Liv could answer, she smiled and shrugged again: "Okay, I'm going back, see you at Christmas."

Angela turned and walked back, leaving only Liv leaning against the wall in a daze, and the wandering eyes hidden in the shadows at the other end of the passage.

The release of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" brought the series to a successful conclusion. Although the box office of 1.2 million in the first week was not as good as Pixar's "Transformers", it earned a lot of praise from film critics.This is not surprising, after all, Peter Fatty's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy has received constant praise from the beginning. Even though last year's "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" declined slightly, the overall reputation has remained quite high, which can be regarded as It is a model of double harvest at the word-of-mouth box office.

Interestingly, because of the image of Legolas and the story of the headmistress in "True Love Actually", Angela once again became the most desirable person for lesbians to date, and she was also on the top of the list of major gay magazines at the same time.

"It's such an honor." Angela muttered privately after learning the news. Although the Christmas war is in full swing, she has nothing to do with her—at least she thinks so, and the screening of "The Queen" will wait until after Christmas.

After staying in London for a few more days, Angela finally bid farewell to Keira on her own NJK and flew back to New York. Although Keira has been in a daze from time to time since the premiere of "The Return of the King", it is a pity that Angela was busy returning to New York. Didn't notice this.

This year's Christmas was pretty good. As I got older, my grandfather's anger was also decreasing year by year—well, the anger towards my father.Although it is still necessary to say a few words, the previous staring situation is basically gone.

Grandma was as peaceful as ever, cooking for Angela those Chinese meals that only she could enjoy, but she couldn’t help saying a few words about why she didn’t find a boyfriend—in fact, there were many uncles and aunts in the family Tease her about it, knowing that Aunt Ruth's son Colin is dating the cheerleader at school.

In this regard, Angela can only explain by focusing on her work: "You know, grandma, I have already arranged things for next year, so I won't think about it for the time being. But don't worry, there will be something I like people appear."

"Yes, Mom, besides, Jedi and I will watch her." The mother next to her also helped her, but asked Angela worriedly afterwards: "You can't never tell them, Chris."

"Don't worry, Mom, can we talk about it after next year?" Angela always said that.

Willie and Ike are the liveliest ones. Eleven- and two-year-old kid always like to move around. Ike, who used to shyly follow behind his sister and now has turned around, will not say anything. After 6 years old It's really surprising that Willie, who is usually quiet, often goes crazy laughing and joking.

Although as they grow older, they don't cling to their sister for as long as before, but getting entangled is also a headache.

"Because my sister is ours! No one can take it away!" Willie shouted joyfully, she stood on the left and Ike stood on the right, holding Angela in both arms to prevent other children from approaching while pretending to them grimacing.

Angela could only roll her eyes and continue reading, making phone calls, or typing on her notebook, as long as it didn't make her unable to do things.It's just that although the family life full of festive atmosphere has temporarily relieved her mood, it can't really relieve her, so she still has to do some things.

Moaning, Liv turned over and got up, rubbing her eyes and looking around in a daze.Then after a full stretch, she got up and went into the bathroom. She changed into her pajamas and came out after a brief wash. She was startled when she opened the bedroom door. Angela, who was also in her pajamas, stood at the door and smiled. Waved to her: "Good morning, Liv."

"Angie...this is..." Liv opened her mouth slightly and looked at her in disbelief.

"What? Forgot?" Angela continued to smile, "Oh, probably because you drank too much yesterday?"

"Hmm... yes, but..." Liv, who recalled a bit, wanted to say something, but for a moment she didn't know what to say, so she just looked at Angela with fixed eyes.

"You were a little drunk, so I asked the bodyguard to take Manny back, and I sent you back by myself." Angela explained, "But you still have to drink when you go back to the apartment, so I drank a few more with you. In the end you were drunk It was terrible, so I had to stay and wipe you down and put you to bed—frankly, you are heavy."

Liv was stunned for a while, then carefully gestured: "Then, we have..."

"No," Angela quickly replied, "Although I drank whiskey and we were very intimate for a few seconds, we still didn't make it to that point in the end."

She said and tilted her head: "Last night, I slept in the guest room."

Liv immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, there was also a trace of inexplicable disappointment.

"Changing clothes, let's go out to have breakfast." Angela continued, "Time is a little tight, and we have to pick up Manny. Today we are going to Woodland Town, to see the place where "Hide and Seek" was filmed ten years ago—— It was agreed at the beginning."

"Hmm..." Liv nodded after hesitating for a while, "Okay, I'll be right there."

"I'll wait for you." Angela said as she leaned over and kissed her directly on the lips, then turned and left for the guest room.

Liv froze for a few seconds before closing the door, and then sat down in front of the dressing table holding her face.

Well, sure enough Angie... Angie!Tell the truth, so I can rest assured... Oh, damn, why is there a feeling of urgency?She now has a girlfriend and a date... Liv rubbed her face, and then a word came out of her heart: fair competition!

The lively Christmas is coming to an end soon, and the next is the lively New Year, but for film critics, the most exciting thing is the release of Miss Angel's new movie "Queen".Although it was only screened in two theaters in Los Angeles and London, it still attracted a large number of film critics.

"This is an excellent movie, and it is the best interpretation of the word 'compromise'. Angela, as she promised at the beginning, did not add any personal views and emotional colors, and it is more comprehensive based on a large amount of historical materials. It tells the story of what happened during this special period.

She lifted the veil of mystery that shrouded the royal family, painted a picture of real royal life for us, and told us that the Queen of England would be angry, sad and helpless just like ordinary people.It must be admitted that even if you dislike Queen Elizabeth II because of Princess Diana, you cannot deny her courage and persistence in her beliefs.

Helen Miller's performance is very good, she completely captures the Queen's inner world, sometimes you even think that it is Queen Elizabeth II on the screen.And Boris Bodley, who plays Blair, also does not fall behind in the scene, with the demeanor of a prime minister and can be retracted freely.While the editing is a bit splintered and there are fewer scenes from Mr Prime Minister's life - though his transformations are very well accounted for - it's still an excellent film.

Angela once again showed people her amazing ability, such a political subject that even men are not easy to grasp, several characters in the movie are still alive in this world, but she made her shoot perfectly.It's no surprise, though, considering she's making a film like The Pianist at the age of 19. "

This is a film review on the "Hollywood Reporter". Although there are praises and criticisms, in general, there are more praises.The same is true for most of the American media. Even if there are critical voices, they are not talking about sales like those tabloids. However, most of them focus on the shooting techniques or the performance of the actors, and the British royal family seldom talks about it. , because it doesn't matter to them or Americans.

This is the difference between the British and American media, but the British media, which had been looking forward to "The Queen" from the very beginning, became a little bit different after the film was released.