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The epidemic finally gave Hollywood panic, and has been "rubbing" the "light" of the Oscars.
The first is that the 64-year-old Oscar-winning actor physically suggested to everyone that "you are not far away", although his image and public words were as warm as ever.
Rather terrifying!
The next afternoon, Trump declared a "national emergency" in the United States.
Movie theaters in Los Angeles and New York closed last week, and AMC, a major North American chain, said it would remain closed for up to three months.
Last week, the United States set the record for the lowest weekend box office in the 21st century, and it stands to reason that it will undoubtedly continue to set this week.
Originally, this week's North American hit "A Quiet Place 2" was quietly withdrawn many days ago.
However.
There is still a blockbuster that does not give up and does not escape, and it still wants to run for two more days!
That's right, an old Oscar movie.
An epic masterpiece that has been despised by historians for 24 years after winning five Academy Awards.
"Braveheart," directed, starred, written, and produced by Mel Gibson.
Chinese audiences are estimated to have watched it three hundred times.
The publisher Paramount announced at the end of last month that "Braveheart" will be re-released on March 22 and 23 (that is, this Sunday and next Monday), and the version is 12 minutes longer than the 178 minutes that year. , What is the extra content, as a kind of marketing, I didn't talk about it.
But before the epidemic, Paramount had opened 571 theaters in the United States, and each theater had to show at least two shows.
In order to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of "Braveheart", the official release date is on May 24th, and it will be placed in March. Objectively, it is because there are too many blockbusters in May, so the film party has another reason for re-screening - to commemorate Consider the Scottish War of Independence.
Under the premise that North American theaters are about to be wiped out, it is unclear how much theater support and strength this film can get, but the promotion of the film is still hanging on the ticketing website.
Re-screening must be the best choice for the beginning and the end of the epidemic, because there is no big loss or big profit in screening more and less, just like the cinemas in mainland China are gradually resuming work, "The Lord of the Rings", "Harry Potter" and so on will follow. Getting nostalgic.
So, under the epidemic, "Braveheart" logically became "the last American movie"?
Spiritually it's quite fitting.
why?
Trump likes this movie, not only because he loves to watch it, but also because his mother is a native of Scotland.
Braveheart, of course, refers to the heart of the Scots.
There is no need to say more about the story of the movie. In a word, it is a compulsory course for corporate executives who 700 years ago, the Scottish sturdy man William Wallace violently killed the British army and had an affair with the princess until he was finally executed.
It must be admitted that this play is still a top Hollywood movie, and it is irreplaceable in entertainment.
For example, Mel Gibson's brutal personal action style, a throat cut not long after the opening (the British version deleted 2 seconds to pass the trial, but was added back by Gibson secretly later), and his (probably a stand-in) high-altitude River jumping is a very modern and not ancient action design.
But what we often see on TV or short video playback is what can be called Hollywood's "last" live-action military battle without large-scale CG invasion, as well as Gibson's pre-war mobilization.
"Braveheart" also provided operational samples for various later epic films that tried to open mountains from the production point of view. For example, how to efficiently coordinate military group performances. Later, Zhang Yimou also benefited from the filming of "Heroes", flexibly commanding tens of thousands of people's Liberation Army exercises Qin Qin military.
"My mom was 'Braveheart,' competing silently."
It's a joke Trump used to try to explain how his mother couldn't speak a word of English from the Scottish countryside until she went to America to win the heart of his rich dad.
But in fact, Trump's mother fought against the robbers in the street at the age of 79, saying that he suffered a brain hemorrhage and broke his ribs. After recovering, she lived for almost 10 years before passing away.
The topic is skewed, and back to the knowledge point of director Mel Gibson.
To be able to make such a cool film and get on the Oscar train, Gibson's most prominent advantage is-don't care about any knowledge points.
This is where this Oscar masterpiece was repeatedly criticized.
The factual mistakes made in this movie can basically be described as a parallel universe.
The film shows that Scotland was occupied by England for more than ten years, but Scotland was only invaded a year before the Wallace Uprising.
The paint on Wallace's last face was not from that era, and the plaid skirt he wore was only 500 years later (without affecting the film's Oscar nomination for Best Costume Design and Best Makeup Award).
The protagonist's initial anger, the Scottish serf girl will be seized by the lord on the wedding night, and there is no historical credible source.
Even if the historical facts are not clear, all the backgrounds of the film China Lace are all false. He was originally a gentleman, and he killed his wife with his own hands.
The Scottish nobleman was hanged and did not exist.
Gibson and Sophie Marceau's heroic and beautiful love, nonsense, Elizabeth was less than 10 years old at the time, was it a child molester?
In the end, the Battle of Stirling Bridge was filmed as taking place on a plain, which was amazing, because Gibson said, "It was the bridge that blocked the way, don't believe it, the Scots said the same."
Even Randall Wallace (suspected to be a descendant of William Wallace), nominated for Best Original Screenplay, also used the 15th-century "Unofficial History" "Eldersley Knight, The Actions of Sir William Wallace". "And Merit" defense - that book is not about history, it is about our hearts! Randall Wallace later wrote the historically stupid "Pearl Harbor."
The joke in the text is 100% achieved, what about the actors?
Mel Gibson had wanted Jason Patrick (who later starred in the smash hit Fast 2) to play William Wallace, but was turned down (Jason Patrick later turned down Gibson again in The Passion) The invitation to play the role of Jesus, what kind of hatred is this?), Gibson can only play Wallace in his early 20s at the age of 39 "this age", which is the only wrong he initially admitted. But he didn't see anything wrong with imitating his Scottish accent and being seen through it.
Chen Baoguo is 40 years old and still plays the 18-year-old master of the house, let alone Liu Xiaoqing, then these audiences are OK if they like you.
The point is, if you really want to shoot the Scottish War of Independence, is it necessary to ask Scots to participate? This is respect for the subject matter.
Gibson, a straight Australian man, aside, the only Irish character in the film is played by a Scot, while the rest of the cast are mostly English.
Although Gibson invited the descendants of Wallace to act as extras, accompanied by his own charge chop chop chop chop chop chop chop, but the whole movie is not shot in Scotland, the plot of the Highlands has some, after all, there is the real life drama.
At that time, all the British media gave negative reviews, calling the film "British fear". Oscar is also very "chicken thief" with this film to tragically abuse the British orthodox "Sense and Sensibility" (Uncle An caught up with political correctness for the first time in Hollywood).
"Time" later listed the film as the second most inaccurate movie of all time. Almost every scene was wrong. It was an epic of "accumulated mistakes", and Gibson finally admitted that "Braveheart" Seriously fictionalized for drama.
So a large number of Hollywood spoofs made fun of "Braveheart". "White-Headed Detective" Leslie Nelson bumped into the blue cake in "False Accusation", a spoof of the classic action movie of the 1990s, and then got up, it became The face of "Mel Wallace".
There is a lunatic among the secret service members of "Dragon Special Strike Team", who plays "Braveheart" all day long.
But you still can't believe that there is a statue of Mel Gibson in the Wallace Memorial in Scotland...
"None of that bothers me, I think cinema is first to entertain, then to teach, then to inspire. There may be some historical mistakes - quite a few. But maybe not, and who's to say not, this person isn't necessarily real of."
Gibson is right, "Braveheart" had a global box office of 200 million that year, plus the Oscar bonus the following year, indicating that the audience needs one thing.
hope.
Gibson worked hard to create hope on set, and in order to soften the performance, he directed the scene with the voice of Elmer Ford, the clumsy bald-headed hunter character in Bugs Bunny (who is also said to have influenced The Bears). Sophie Marceau's joke that her father was the famous French pantomime Marcel Marceau. Someone on the set took Gibson's son who came to play as the logistics of delivering tea. When Gibson heard it, he said to his son, "Go get it!"
When shooting big scenes, there are always 18 actors wearing watches, hats or sunglasses.
The robotic horses built to circumvent animal protection groups, which require nitrogen to reach speeds of 30 miles per hour on a 6-meter track, weigh 180 pounds.
And Gibson's own real horse, when he shouted to start, ran around.
The big scene of 1400 people was filmed continuously for 105 days. The most serious damage on the scene was always controlled at the broken nose, but Gibson's body couldn't bear it anymore. episode, the fourth episode that has not been joined by Jet Li) is even worse.
But if you really know Mel Gibson, you know he's actually a "persecutory delusional" or "masochist."
Let's not talk about the 20-minute large-scale abuse scene in "Extreme Passion" (some commentators questioned Gibson's anti-Semitism, which is worth questioning, he said it himself, but he also "repented" later. "Hacksaw Ridge", isn't it).
When he was filming the heavy-duty "Mad Max" trilogy in Australia, he often added scenes where he was beaten up. What do you mean, in that fight scene, he would intentionally or unintentionally put his body on the line?" Hand it over" to give the opponent a chance to beat you, but from a reasonable environmental logic or action logic, he doesn't need to do that. Therefore, you will find that when he is beaten, he performs "excessive pain", resulting in enjoyment.
This is quite similar to Stallone in the "First Blood" series.
Gibson hit Hollywood with "Lethal Weapon", an early black-and-white police detective action movie. Every episode must have an "arm" plot. Yes, Gibson's arm was dislocated by the bad guy. He had to use an external force to connect his arm by hitting a wall or a pillar or the like. This trick was later "copied" by Jet Li in "Heroes of Heroes".
In "Braveheart", in order to perform the hanging scene, Gibson said that he had to actually come and ask the staff to save him, so when he woke up, he found the whole crew around him .
With the waning of violent madmen like Stallone and Gibson, at present Tom will have a broken foot and will want to drown himself to practice diving skills, and continue to take over "persecution paranoia" or "masochism" Demon" title.
So what are these old actors for? It's a very simple truth. If you don't shoot action movies like this, who can you stimulate?
Gibson is still the best action actor and director of the 20th century. He has mastered the essence of violence. With a little knowledge and anger, he can make masterpieces like "Revelation".
If "Braveheart" can still be released, the best, it is the best "spreading the epidemic" movie. It’s just as fabricated as Trump’s in text, but in its heart there is a longing for a true hero to come to the world to pacify injustice and suffering.
You see, when Mel Gibson took the stage at the Oscars and won the best director award, wasn't it weird?
They were still in the hospital undergoing emergency appendectomy!
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