Heads Up Hollywood

The structure of Hollywood movies, like many novel stories, has a fixed routine.

The most typical is the four-stage method: starting, inheriting, turning, and combining.

"Unsinkable" uses this routine.

At first, the oil tanker "Pendleton" at sea encountered a shipwreck, and the Massachusetts Coast Guard rescue team received a rescue signal, creating conflicts. The actor "Bernie Webb" resolutely decided to go to sea with his companions to rescue in spite of the dangers and dangers.

This is "up".

After many difficulties and challenges of the tsunami, the rescue team finally found the stranded oil tanker "Penderton", carried 32 crew members, and set off for the return voyage. Old contradictions were resolved, and new contradictions ushered in.

This is "inheritance".

During the return journey, because the coast guard ship was fully loaded with only 12 people, but now it is fully loaded with 36 people, which is overwhelmed! Heath Ledger stars as a sailor who decides to give up his life to give his fellows a chance. This is the contradiction of human nature, and it is the theme of sublimation in the turning plot.

This is "turn"...

Although the premiere scene of "Unsinkable" was not as grand as that of "Pearl Harbor", after all, there were two great gods, Dunn Walker and James Cameron, the actor and Mel Gibson, the actress and Charlize Theron!

Many people in the industry and film critics came to join in the show.

Among them are the famous film critics Kenneth Turan and Carter Bettany of the Los Angeles Times.

"Unsinkable" was shot very well, but it is a commercial film after all, and the routine is very fixed. After seeing Heath Ledger being rescued, Kenneth Turan and Carter Bettany already understood the ending of the movie.

Reunion!

This is the last part of the four-stage method, "combination".

"To be honest, for a moment, I really thought that Cameron and Walker were going to join forces to stage another tragedy." Carter Bettany said in a low voice.

Kenneth Turan shook his head, "It's not the same. The emotion of "Titanic" is simple and easy to resonate. This movie... the emotional line is too complicated, especially the character of Charlize Theron. In promoting women's rights, even if it is jumping into the sea, it must be this female character."

Carter Bettany's face changed immediately, "That's too scary!"

Kenneth Turan sighed and said, "That's right, Twain and James are both great directors of commercial films. They will respect movie fans, and it is impossible to have plots that challenge values ​​too much."

Carter Bettany shrugged, "Anyway, it's an excellent movie, right? As long as the last part doesn't go wrong, I think... "Pearl Harbor" is hard to compete with."

"Oh?" Kenneth Turan raised his eyebrows, "What? Have you seen "Pearl Harbor?"

Carter Bettany smiled, "Do you still need to watch it? Michael Bay's routine...just a few tricks."

Kenneth Turan laughed dumbfounded after hearing this, "Yes. To be honest, compared to war movies, disaster movies are obviously more in line with the market trend. From "Titanic" to "Perfect Storm", they have achieved good box office ...but war movies...even Saving Private Ryan didn't do well at the box office."

Carter Bettany pondered for a moment, and said in a low voice: "The propaganda of "Pearl Harbor" has been surrounding "Titanic", which seems to be intentionally copied. But in my opinion, the movie "Unsinkable", It has more similarities with "Titanic", I don't know if you can see it?"

"Yeah, the rhythm is exactly the same! The farce on the tanker, the tears of Heath Ledger, the songs of Whitney Houston, all have traces of "Titanic." Kenneth Turan nodded." Of course, it depends on the presentation of the last scene."

...

The movie continued, and the style of the last scene was gradually revealed to the audience.

The distressed coast guard lifeboat continued to sail on the sea with a slim hope of survival under the attack of fierce and ferocious waves.

There is no navigation light, no Big Dipper, everything depends on the crew's intuition to find the direction.

The coast guard ship was sailing in the dark night, and the freezing temperature had infected everyone on the lifeboat.

If it is later, even if it is not swept into the sea by the tsunami, it will be frozen to death!

As the only woman, Charlize Theron stood up and said half-jokingly: "Everyone hug to keep warm, is there any handsome guy willing to hug me?"

"Ha ha!"

On the lifeboat of the Coast Guard, there was finally a hint of vitality and vitality.

Then, the vision came!

Countless rays of light shot obliquely from one direction!

The light is very weak, but there are many, hundreds of them!

"That direction!"

The whole lifeboat was excited, and everyone knew that this was not a navigation light, but it was better than a navigation light!

Hope is coming!

saved!

Then, the scene of the movie changed, and the heroine Liv Tyler, who had disappeared for more than two hours, finally reappeared.

She has curly hair that was popular in the 1950s, and is wearing a big cloak. She is standing by the sea, looking forward to the sea.

Behind him are all the cars in the whole town!

All the cars are shining bright lights in the direction of the sea!

At this time, another melodious melody sounded.

Warm and soft, there seems to be a faint sound of wind chimes.

Through Liv Tyler's point of view, the camera zooms in, and at the edge of the shoreline, a black dot appears.

The black spot keeps getting bigger and bigger, it is the coast guard rescue ship that never gives up and never sinks!

Suddenly, Liv Tyler burst into tears.

The hundreds of cars behind them honked their horns at the same time.

The voice of hope resounds through the coastline!

...

Kenneth Turan blinked quickly and sighed, "Very ingenious design! It drives the crowd in the town and focuses on small situations with a large perspective, which is very contagious!"

Carter Bettany nodded heavily without taking his eyes off the big screen, "Yeah, although... this is not in line with common sense, I'm sure that the real event of the coast guard ship must be determined according to the navigation lights of the coast guard base station direction. But such a design...is more flattering and provocative, isn't it?"

"In any case, the whole movie showed the effect I expected, which is very exciting!"

"Yeah, a budget of 200 million dollars... Hehe, I swear, I have never seen such realistic special effects, and the waves... seem to be rolling in front of my eyes."

The discussion between Carter Bettany and Kenneth Turan was not over yet, the music stopped, the subtitles disappeared, and the light was restored in the theater.

All the crew members of "Unsinkable", including Tang En, immediately stood up.

Standing up at the same time, there is also a full audience.

They gave a flood of applause to the main creators of "Unsinkable". Everyone clapped their hands vigorously, with excited faces, as if they were expressing their unfinished emotions in the movie.

The tears in the corners of the eyes are enough to show the artistic achievement of this film.

Tang En looked at the excited movie fans, turned his head and glanced at James Cameron, and found that this guy...the corners of his eyes were sparkling.

"Hey, poor director's feelings."

He sighed secretly, shaking his head lightly.