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Before the official release, "The Hangover" also had a test screening, and the response from the film critics was mediocre. This kind of typical shit, piss and fart comedy is impossible to win their praise. In the same way, the typical bad comedy is also very affected by professional film critics. Small, unlike film critics, ordinary audiences who participated in the test screenings gave extremely high evaluations.

Even, in July, "The Hangover" also won the Comedy Director of the Year Award at the Montreal Comedy Film Festival.

However, one thing the film has been criticized for is Murphy.

"I think being an actor is a new challenge."

In the interview area at the end of the red carpet, Murphy stood among the Stanton party members, answering the reporter's question about the first movie role, "The role of the groom is very difficult..."

Robert Downey Jr. and Jonah Hill laughed first, as did James Franco and Seth Rogen.

"I admit," Murphy said helplessly, "I'm not a good actor, and I made director Seth suffer enough on the set."

After saying this, Murphy retreated behind the crowd and gave up the protagonist's position to Seth Rogen, James Franco and Jonah Hill. They are the real protagonists in this film.

Others continued to be interviewed, and Murphy found David Ellison standing in the back.

"I hope this film can sell well." David Ellison, who is about his age, looked sad, "It can make up for the shortfall caused by my last investment failure."

Murphy patted him on the shoulder lightly, "Don't pay too much attention, David. There are always successes and failures in investing."

In the end, David Ellison did not listen to his persuasion and invested in "Air Combat Heroes". Even though the leading actor was no longer James Franco, it still failed miserably. This is definitely a huge disaster for the Hollywood film industry this year, even It has been listed as a typical negative teaching material for failure by many production companies.

"But you're always succeeding!" David Ellison frowned even tighter.

"Please, do you want to compare with Murphy?" Megan Ellison just walked over, heard David Ellison's words, and sarcastically said, "What are you comparing with Murphy?"

David Ellison scratched his head, not knowing what to say. Except for his family background and a good father, he seemed to be inferior to the person opposite him in any aspect.

When it comes to investing in movies, the other party has never failed; when it comes to fame, the other party is like Tianyang at noon in Los Angeles; even if it is a girlfriend, I just found a vase. It can be called a great boost to the business...

Thinking of this, David Ellison was somewhat frustrated, and knew that he had to work hard.

When the time came, Murphy and others walked into the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, where the premiere was held, and waited for the film to start showing.

Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill have a lot of experience in vulgar comedy, and the film production is also sophisticated enough, with a lot of jokes, and more importantly, some suspense is properly incorporated into the joyful atmosphere of comedy.

Although Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill made a lot of polish and changes, the main plot of the film has not changed.

The character played by Murphy is about to enter the church in a few days and marry the woman he loves. Hearing the good news, several of his buddies are sincerely happy for him and decide to hold a pre-wedding bachelor party for him , so the four characters played by James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill and Robert Downey Jr. drove together to Las Vegas, the casino city, where they would spend a wonderful time together. Crazy, messy farewell bachelorette night...

Under the stimulation of alcohol, the five people fell into a drowsy sleep, but after waking up, they had no memory of what happened last night. This is fine, but the most troublesome problem comes, there are only four people left in the room, and the protagonist of the party: Doug played by Murphy is missing! Even stranger, there was a tiger in the bathroom and a baby in the closet that didn't look like it was a year old!

In the face of such a chaotic situation,

The four of James Franco were completely helpless, but they knew that time was running out, they had to figure out what they did last night, and the wedding was about to take place, they had to find Doug within two days, otherwise bigger troubles would come coming soon.

So the three began to search for the truth of last night everywhere by mistake, but as things developed, they faced more and more difficult things...

To put it simply, this is a comedy that takes place in Las Vegas. The four groomsmen and the groom who are about to get married get drunk at a bachelor party. When they wake up, they find that the groom is gone, so They must recall everything that happened last night in order to find the groom and hold the wedding smoothly.

Perhaps Seth Rogen is naturally suitable for this type of film, or perhaps it is more pleasing to the eyes of his own people. The film Murphy saw was better than the previous one.

I have to say that Seth Rogen is very talented in this area. The use of a few tricks makes the film easier to please the audience.

First, he uses a completely civilian perspective.

The film is entirely about the stories of ordinary people, highlighting the stories and human feelings, which can touch the heartstrings of most people. Unlike the films directed by Murphy, "The Hangover" expresses the universal values ​​of the public and represents the American society. The beings of life.

The four protagonists are all type characters. The first characteristic of type characters is that they are easy to identify and be remembered by the audience. The elegant and restrained dentist, the anti-traditional middle school teacher, and the somewhat claustrophobic Allen and the bad-mouthed bad friend , as if they were all neighbors living in the community.

Another major feature of genre characters is that they are easy to win the audience's recognition because of their clear personality orientation. Everyone has various desires in their minds, and many genre characters satisfy a certain aspect of the audience's psychology. Desire and easy to be recognized and loved by them.

The second is to fully integrate the elements of suspense into the atmosphere of comedy.

Suspense is one of the most important elements of all narratives in a movie. It can make the recipient look forward to the later part of the narrative due to curiosity, anxiety, uneasiness or sympathy. When the audience sees a confusing time, or finds an unresolved When asking questions, they will naturally have a desire to "solve puzzles".

"The Hangover" belongs to the eleventh type of "interpretation": the suspense must be solved, or disaster will happen.

"The theme of "The Hangover" condenses the subconscious content of psychoanalysis, and shows the tendency of modern people to seek excitement and carnival due to mental depression. In terms of creative techniques, the film adopts a civilian perspective and applies suspense to Ultimately, it truly records the language in life and brings visual and psychological pleasure to the audience."

After the premiere, the "Los Angeles Times" entertainment section's comments can be said to be very similar to Murphy's views.

The film subsequently landed in more than 3,000 theaters in North America on a large scale under the operation of 20th Century Fox. To everyone's surprise, the word-of-mouth of the film after the release was completely different from that of the test screening, except for a few media who continued to give negative reviews. In addition, most of the media gave the film good reviews.

Although film critics continue to criticize this vulgar comedy, it can't stop comedy lovers from buying tickets to watch it, as well as the general praise after watching it.

"Film Salon" believes: ""The Hangover" goes beyond the usual comedy routines, it looks refreshing, and the friendship between men revealed in the film is also very believable." "San Francisco Chronicle" believes: "This is the year Funniest comedy ever!"

In terms of evaluation, the comprehensive judges of 21 media, including Yahoo Entertainment, rated nre2296 audiences as A.

On the other hand, on the second day after the premiere, Cinre gave an extremely bold prediction. They believed that the final North American box office of "The Hangover" would exceed the $200 million mark!

Now even if someone boldly predicts that "The Hangover" will have a North American box office of US$150 million, no one will believe it, but Cinre believes that the film will win a North American box office of about US$230 million.

"You can't predict how far a film's box office can go by relying on just one score," the spokesperson of Cinre company gave his own explanation, "you need to put many factors together to make a comprehensive comparison. Including the film level, genre, audience distribution, and the final box office of similar films with similar scores in the past, etc. "

Every year in Hollywood, there are always some movies that are not favored by all parties before the release, and even criticized by the media and film critics during the preview, but after the release, they can achieve a very unexpected box office. "The Hangover" will undoubtedly become one of them.

Three days after its opening weekend, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill, who were fed up with the criticism from the media and film critics during their previous auditions, can finally feel proud. It reached US$19.54 million, and the combined North American box office for the first weekend was US$54.88 million, with an average single-house box office of more than US$15,000. For a film with a production cost of only about US$30 million, the box office was so good that it skyrocketed.

"A surprising movie", "Nothing new in the plot and hilarious dialogue", "The whole person is intoxicated in the movie and can't extricate himself, and the various plots are constantly in the mind", "The movie itself is really funny, It’s not deliberately contrived, it’s not moaning, but its performance is also surprising”, “It’s really a great satisfaction!”… Although the media’s evaluation is generally conservative, the overwhelming word-of-mouth given by the audience has already explained the strength of this R-rated comedy. A must see.

The support of the audience is an important reason for the explosion of this film. Of course, no one can ignore that the Stanton Party now has a strong market appeal.

However, not all the Stanton party members brought positive responses to the film. Some of them really did not perform well. Unfortunately, Murphy became a representative and was madly complained by fans.

Chapter four hundred and seventeen poor performance: