King of Hollywood

\u003e Adapting games to movies has always been a difficult problem. It is almost impossible to satisfy game fans and movie fans at the same time. (a i h o n G w e n x u o m, Rainbow Literature Network) But in general, game fans are more difficult to serve, especially those fundamentalists, who take the game settings as the standard, and a slight difference is unacceptable, and the number of movie fans is more than game fans Much more, so even though the process of the movie version of "Resident Evil" is basically based on the game, it is generally inclined to game fans, but the plot setting is still biased towards movie fans.

Even so, although the film version of "Resident Evil" that the production staff took a lot of effort to balance was not bad at the box office, it was still criticized by many people. Fortunately, "Tomb Raider" is relatively more free. Although those decryption games are exquisite, the image of Laura is the most eye-catching, so as long as you stick to it, it's okay if the plot doesn't have much connection with the game. .

The female version of Indiana Jones, this is one of the slogans of the game when it was first launched, and it is also one of the keys to Laura's popularity. So what are the characteristics of Dr. Jones' adventure experience? It's very simple. Although there are some surreal things at the end of the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" trilogy, such as the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy Grail, the entire adventure process of Dr. Jones, the dangers and mechanisms encountered by people and things are all in harmony with reality. closely linked.

"There is no need for so much magical content. The treasure is just an embellishment. In the end, it can show its power, but the focus is not on it. Laura's skills, Laura's equipment, and Laura's wisdom are the focus of the movie!" Adrian told the crew repeatedly.

In his opinion, the so-called mysterious Golden Triangle in the original version doesn't make any sense. The game is indeed a female version of Indiana Jones, but the movie is completely different. In a movie that focuses on action and characters, if mysticism accounts for the proportion Too many will easily affect people's viewing experience.

so. At the beginning of the movie, Laura is hunting for treasure in the mountains of Peru-since it is the female version of Indiana Jones, let's just pay tribute by the way. Not only that, Adrian also invited Sean Connery to play Laura's father as a cameo. Although there were only a few shots in the memory, this gimmick was enough to attract a large number of people to watch.

Then, after fully showing her skill with equipment in the mountains and forests and proving her knowledge of archaeology with a few words, Laura finally found the treasure, but was accidentally rushed and snatched away by a bad guy who was half a step behind. Of course, fighting is inevitable, and for the first time in the game, Laura's iconic dual guns are also shown. The camera switches quickly, and Kate's flexible figure is wonderful. However, the item was still snatched by the other party, using a very despicable method, and laughed at her loudly when she left.

"Failed, it's that annoying guy again, I'll catch him one day." Laura, who returned home, complained to her housekeeper in this way, showing the character's character from another angle in one sentence.

"Occasionally failing is also a good thing." The butler said so comfortingly.

The next step is to show Laura's life in all aspects, manor, archaeology, auctions, showing her knowledge, etc., and interspersed with memories of her father. The appearance of Connery's face also caused a few muffled exclamations in the auditorium. The movie here deliberately adjusts the angle of the camera and the light of the scene to compare the performance of Laura. When she puts on her glasses and loosens her hair, she has a scholarly temperament, but she immediately becomes capable again after taking off the glasses and tying her hair into a ponytail. . Oh, and the very eye-catching bungee jumping trapeze is also in this section.

Then I was entrusted by the Royal Library to go to Angkor Wat in Cambodia to investigate a certain relic. On the way, I met the enemy who was hired by an organization and came here to investigate. Indispensably, it is another action scene, not only to confront each other, but also to prevent the locals from sneaking attacks. Some more classic organs in the game also appeared one after another. The director's rhythm is pretty good, and Adrian also personally supervised the cutting of this section. As far as the action scenes are concerned, it is very exciting.

In the end, Laura won the game and brought what looked like a half Buddha's head made of gold to England. The reason why I say it looks like is because Adrian doesn’t know what it is, these are mainly props to promote the development of the plot, because the screenwriters need to combine the treasures in Peru and the hidden ruins in Cambodia and the subsequent Intelligence is going to Tunisia to find a precious cultural relic thousands of years ago.

With so many screenwriters doing their best, it's not a difficult thing to do, but if you're going to dig in...forget it.

In the end, it is naturally another battle. Three close fights are enough for an action movie, and each of the three fights has its own characteristics. The first game mainly relied on Laura's various equipment, and the double guns were especially brilliant. The second scene is mainly to show Laura's close combat, so Adrian specially asked Yuan Heping to act as an action director.

I have to admit that Baye Yuan is very good at this, under his guidance. Lara fights his opponent in a fight that focuses on skill and strength respectively, which is very beautiful. But on the other hand, he is still a little stingy. Although the movement guidance is very good, he still hides his hand. Sometimes he would rather let the apprentice repeatedly make gestures than give a clear explanation, for fear that these skills will be learned. Let yourself lose your job.

It's a pity that what he doesn't understand is that someone has already analyzed the actions he directed frame by frame, and summed up a lot of things from it. Hollywood is always very efficient in things that can bring benefits. So no matter how hard he hides it, it's useless. Maybe this kind of self-summarized thing is not as good as his own guidance, but it is definitely more suitable for Hollywood action movies. It's really a pity that the decline of Hong Kong movies is probably not unrelated to this bad habit.

Well, let’s not talk about this, in the last fight, there were all kinds of tricks. The organization that hired Laura’s opponent also found clues to Tunisia to find the priceless treasure that was said to have been handed down from ancient times. They have much more resources than Laura, not only taking the lead every step of the way, but the design grabs Laura.

"It's so in the way, why didn't you kill her? I heard that you suffered a lot from her, or are you soft-hearted?" The employer was very dissatisfied with Laura's opponent's way of locking her up.

"We often fight against each other, and I know what kind of woman she is, and she will definitely have a backup," said the opponent calmly. "And she has extraordinary intuition in treasure hunting. We need to use her to find the target. I will let people watch her and kill her immediately if something goes wrong."

Almost all action movies have such a plot, why should "Tomb Raider" be an exception? The enemy's judgment seemed to be correct. Laura did lead them to find the treasure, and then suddenly launched an attack, using some small means to paralyze the connection between the people who entered the ruins and the large army, and then defeated the remaining people one by one.

"Just like you know me. Parisi, I also know you, so I took advantage of it a little bit." When the guns were fired, Laura said in a teasing tone, being caught and letting them go first everywhere, etc. The unfavorable situation was something she did on purpose, it was all part of her plan.

The feeling of a big turnaround with everything under control will definitely make the audience happy, coupled with the well-handled various hot special effects scenes, gravel splashes, close combat and the final touch mechanism, except for Laura and her opponent Pa Everyone else, inside and outside, is excellent. To know. Such scenes of resourcefulness, action, and gunfight scenes interspersed with each other will appear scattered and lack tension if the director does not grasp it well, but the movie does not give people this feeling. It can be said that the movie as a whole should be successful. The applause can be heard.

"They like you playing Laura, dear." In the caravan back to the hotel, Adrian said affectionately with Kate in his arms, and the little guy who got in the way was driven into another car by him.

"Should I say thank you, then?" Kate lifted her chin slightly. She was still very happy, especially after the end, many people congratulated her and said it was a good movie, but she was used to facing Adrian with this attitude when she was in London.

"Of course not, I've been waiting for this day for almost ten years." Adrian smiled.

Kate froze for a moment, and turned her head out of the car window involuntarily. Although London has not changed much in the past ten years, it still has the Millennium Bridge and the London Eye. But she still remembers that in the small hotel in the suburbs, Adrian came up with the idea of ​​"Tomb Raider" because of himself, and his excited appearance is always engraved in her mind.

Then, ten years later, this idea was successfully turned into a novel, then a game, and then a movie, and it was still a movie starring myself. And the man who had the idea at the beginning also became a famous media tycoon, and he himself became one of his many women, and he had a child...

"What's wrong?" Adrian asked softly, noticing her emotional changes.

"It's nothing, I just... remembered some past events." Kate sighed.

Adrian chuckled and hugged her tighter. At the same time, she looked at her very seriously and focused: "Do you know what the luckiest thing I have encountered so far? I met you when I was directing a movie for the first time!"

Although there is only such a sentence, it contains a lot of meaning. Kate naturally heard it. She didn't speak for a long time, and finally just sighed: "You bastard..."

Then she closed her eyes, nestled her body in his arms completely and said nothing, Adrian also heaved a sigh of relief, and closed his eyes to enjoy the rare and indescribable nostalgia and warmth of this moment.

After "Tomb Raider" was released, many British media gave high marks. From the game to the game characters to the actors, they are all British. In addition, Laura may not be the first virtual character to appear on the cover of a magazine, but It is definitely the most popular virtual character at present, and is naturally very popular with the British.

"This is an excellent action movie. It perfectly reproduces some of the settings in the game but is unconventional. Kate Beckinsale may not be the closest person to Laura in appearance, but in terms of overall image But almost no different from Lara Croft, watching her fight in the movie is a kind of enjoyment." An article in the entertainment section of "Guardian" wrote so.

Several other major newspapers were similar, and the Times, although picking a few thorns, still admitted that Kate's image was very close to Laura, and praised her for being able to be nominated for an Oscar and star in an action movie. Call her one of the best British actors and the Brits do have an edge on British turf.

But what they said is also true. This was Adrian's tailor-made plan for Kate. Although it is commercially based on action, it can still take into account art. It is not that there are no actresses who have succeeded like this—in memory—top The most is that the time to win the honor may be slightly longer. It didn't matter, she was British and female. It's not easy to win an Oscar. Although Adrian can use public relations to achieve Kate, it's a bit inaccurate. It can't make her the worst Oscar best actress in this life, right?

Anyway, there is time and there are suitable movies. Adrian can definitely give her an unquestionable queen, so why bother?

As for the "Sun", they still go for gossip, and they really found a breakthrough point.

"The real first Wonder Woman?" was the headline of the Sun newspaper on the third day after the film's premiere, in which they described Kate's role in "Two Smoking Barrels" and "Memento" in great detail. character of.

"Everyone knows. "Two Smoking Barrels" is the debut of miracle director Adrian Cowell. It is a cult movie with a strong British black humor. This movie not only made Adrian a blockbuster, but also I also praised Dennis Knight, who has an excellent performance in it. I believe that when watching this movie, most people will be amused by the black humor in it, and will ignore the only female character in the whole movie. That's right, that girl who smoked marijuana until she became delirious, picked up a machine gun and fired wildly. She is Miss Kate Beckinsale who played Laura Crawford in the recently released "Tomb Raider"!

Next, Adrian made his second film, Memento. This work also shined in the Berlin Film Festival, further establishing the status of a miracle director. Dennis also served as the leading actor of this film and gave a more exciting performance, while the equally important supporting actress is still played by Bei Played by Miss Kinsale.

Next, Miss Beckinsale played the role of sister Helen in "Howards End", but she was completely overshadowed by Emma Thompson. After that, although she never played a role in the film directed by the director of Miracle. However, she successively acted as the heroine in films such as "Tornado" and "Fate and Destiny", and the scripts of these films were all conceived by Miracle Director, Bosworth Films also invested, and the current "Tomb Raider" is also the same .

What's more, Adrian recently attended the London premiere of Tomb Raider, albeit not with Miss Beckinsale. But according to people familiar with the matter, the two had a very intimate conversation in the screening hall. Obviously, the first miracle girl was neither Julia Roberts nor Monica Bellucci, but Kate Beckinsale right. "

There is only one point in the whole report that was disclosed by a person familiar with the matter, and the rest are facts, which are directly presented in this way, and the word miracle girl is added. Needless to say, he knew what he was alluding to, as expected of a famous tabloid.

Adrian was not unprepared, as Kate became more and more famous, this kind of thing would be revealed sooner or later, but he was not very satisfied. It was actually revealed by the "Sun" first. But fortunately, Kate is not in London now, she is busy promoting "Tomb Raider", the British premiere is over, and it will be returned to the United States, and the manor that Adrian bought is in Hampshire, so I won't need it for a while Worried about being found by paparazzi.

As for the United States, it is not a few years away, and it will take some time for the news to spread, and Kate should be ready by then.

So Adrian is not worried, and he still has time to think about how to make the AV version of "Tomb Raider". He decided to invest 5 to 10 million anonymously and find the porn queen under DP to play the leading role. , Let her perform all kinds of tricks according to her own mind, why not spend a little money to make herself happy? DP won't say no, they're an up-and-coming adult tape company.

It's a pity that the other one took on the old man Hefner and even appeared on the cover of "Playboy". I hoped that she could play an AV version of "Legal Blonde".

Well, this is just a trivial matter, Adrian only thinks about it when he is free, and there are other things to do at other times.

"Well, if they are sincere, they can ask someone to investigate first. After my vacation in London is over, if the results are not bad, I can consider stopping by to have a look." Adrian was knocking on the door while talking After the sound, he called to come in.

"Ed, why are you hiding here? Everyone is outside." Little Emma, ​​who opened the door and came in, said dissatisfiedly with her hands on her hips.

"Sorry, my dear, there is a little thing to deal with, and it will be fine soon." Adrian put down his phone and smiled, then typed a few times on the computer.

"You said it was a vacation." Little Emma walked over and leaned against the edge of the desk to glance at the monitor.

"No way, we have to deal with things when they come." Adrian shrugged, "Give me five minutes, I promise to come out."

"Okay, okay, I'm so busy that I don't even have time to coax me to sleep." Little Emma snorted deliberately.

"Hey, Emma, ​​we agreed." Adrian took a sip of coffee.

"Yes, I know." Little Emma walked out with a long voice, and the moment she turned around, her expression of disapproval immediately sank, and her white teeth bit her lips, as if she was very unwilling.

She walked to the door with some hesitation, twisted and glanced at Adrian again, her eyes suddenly lit up.

"By the way, Ed, I have a surprise for you." She put her hands behind her back, puffed her chest out and looked at him with a smirk, "I don't know if you dare to accept it."

"Surprise?" Adrian raised his eyebrows, shifted his gaze to her and picked up the coffee, "Don't use aggressive methods, dear Emma, ​​I won't be fooled."

As soon as the words fell, with a swish, little Emma lifted up her skirt facing him, and the underwear with the coffee cat printed on it was exposed in front of Adrian's eyes. Not only that, but little Emma twisted it on purpose Twice buttocks, the coffee cat on the underwear also moved twice, as if it came to life.

With a puff, the coffee in Adrian's mouth spurted out violently, and it sprayed far away, covering the desk, floor, clothes, face, everywhere, and then, little Emma laughed arrogantly and proudly and slipped out. (To be continued...Q\u003c/p\u003e