429 - Put the cart before the horse
Various speculations about Wayne in the media seriously affected Naomi Watts' good mood. No one knew what the reason was. There were large-scale reports on "The Walker of the Stop" and box office failures in the media.
Although all this is like a huge joke in the eyes of Australian actresses, judging from the speculations published on the dozen newspapers on the table, similar statements are obviously very marketable.
Early this morning, Nicole Kidman's unexpected visit undoubtedly gave Naomi Watts a good mood. This actress who used to be a storefront in Hollywood in Australia has been vaguely surpassed by her, a latecomer, in fact, both in terms of status in the circle and popularity.
In Naomi Watts's opinion, this was a party that should make her extremely proud. Not only did she show off her little princess to the other party, she also vaguely showed off her career plan that Wayne had set for her.
From the seemingly enthusiastic best friend chat, she not only revealed the information that she was the heroine of Batman's second part, but also gave enough signals to let the other party clearly understand that Wayne also prepared other heroines in big productions for her.
However, these invisible vague shows off all remained at this moment, the annoying reports in the media.
"Damn it, Wayne invested 40 million US dollars and achieved box office results in the theater market that were close to the production cost in the first weekend of the film's release!" Naomi Watts's voice was full of incredibleness. While holding Little Fendi in his arms to comfort him, he said helplessly.
"Such obvious success was actually reported as a squib at the box office! Are they all blind?"
Although women are trying their best to show their indignation in the face of media reports, all this falls into Nicole Kidman's eyes, but Chilolo's flaunt.
Think about it, the so-called worst painting performance of that man in recent years was actually an ordinary commercial ticket director who might not be able to do in his entire life. No one would feel comfortable if he heard this.
"Don't care about the media reports, Nami." Nicole Kidman looked at the child in the other party's arms deeply, quickly moved away without any trace, and comforted:
"Everyone knows the main goal of "The Walker of the Skies" is for the Oscars, so there is no need to care about the speculation of the media, as they will not affect the professional ratings of the film."
Yes, although she was inadvertently comforting the other party, her eyes kept sweeping over the child. In Nicole Kidman's eyes, the reason why Wayne was willing to arrange everything about her best friend was because she gave birth to this child.
At this time, her mind was constantly turning, thinking about whether she wanted to have a baby, perhaps this could change her position in the hearts of a superstar husband?
Compared to what this best friend has gained now, she obviously paid more to Tom Cruise, was asked to change her faith, not stay overnight outside, not talk about everything about KX teaching, etc.
Now she has begun to doubt whether her efforts are correct. Yes, becoming Mrs. Cruise has made her successfully accepted by Hollywood. Even in the year when she got married, all the red carpets in Hollywood were contracted by the couple, and they gained unparalleled exposure.
However, things did not develop as smoothly as expected. A few years have passed. In the eyes of the public and all media, she is still the beautiful and charming Mrs. Cruise, but she has not made any major improvement in her career.
"Yes, professional reputation is obviously more important to Wayne."
Naomi Watts did not notice the other party's absent-mindedness. After coaxing the child to quiet, he put it back into the stroller and picked up a newspaper again. The two of them casually chatted about their life in Australia, while turning their eyes to the newspaper again.
"The camera language of the entire film "Walking in the Way of the Side" is quite as good as the Godfather, and in a sense, the reality is even higher than the other party. However, compared with Francis Ford Coppola's control over "The Godfather", "Walking in the Way of the Side", which is also a gangster film, is obviously much more rough.
Rather than saying that this is a work that pursues art, I would rather regard it as a inferior version of summer popcorn. Director Wayne Greenberg is obviously used to shooting commercial films and has forgotten how to use his own artistic talent.
It can be found from "Escape from the Deadly Town" and "The Joker" that he can fully exert the human nature and social attributes of a subject in the footage of telling the story. However, in this "The Walker of the Stop", these elements that can warn the world were all mentioned by Wayne Greenberg.
This is obviously a manifestation of his complete loss in his success. He has forgotten that large-scale shots, swear words, violence and other elements are all for the sake of the film. Now, in this film, it is more about showing off these uncomfortable things, which can be said to be completely putting the cart before the horse.
The human nature and social attribute scenes that should be discussed in depth have been mentioned, but more space is given to the large scale of meaningless show-offs and the handsome faces of the two male actors. It can be said that Wayne Greenberg himself destroyed a series that could have created a classic.
Why didn't he give up all the preparations and shoot violence, blood and swear words in a straightforward way? This "The Walker of the Infinite" is a failed attempt for Wayne Greenberg. Perhaps for him, the movie does not require a storyline at all, just those superficial shows of things..."---Chicago Sun, Roger Albert.
When this long film review appeared in front of Naomi Watts, she immediately noticed something was wrong. During the period when countless critics praised "The Walker", the Pulitzer Prize winner among the film critics actually went against the trend, which was obviously not in line with common sense.
Today, there are indeed many unreasonable speculations about Wayne in various media, but no authoritative media is involved. Moreover, these reports only speak for the box office, and there is almost no problem with the film itself.
"Sorry, Nicole."
Naomi Watts's face remained unchanged. He turned his head to look at the rare "best friend" who came over to the door and said, "I have to call Wayne and talk to him about the child..."
Speaking of this, she pointed at Little Fendi, raised her hand and made a phone call gesture, and apologized on her face at the same time.
"It's okay, you're busy first." Nicole Kidman nodded generously, then raised his bag and stood up, waved his hand to her. "I'll go back first. If you have time, you can come and gather. I'll ask you some questions about the child."
“Ok.”
Until Nicole Kidman left for a while, Naomi Watts was still frowning and thinking. Obviously, the appearance of this review made her smell an abnormal smell.
The North American summer season can be said to be the period with the lowest presence of film critics, especially in the past two years, within the film critics, I should have realized this problem. So no matter what, as long as they are public relations by the production company, they will try their best to say good things about the film.
Everyone knows that if they don’t do this, it will take less than a few years for the production company to give up public relations with their group, and at least be given up in the summer season with the worst influence.
She was not sure if Warner Bros. had conducted public relations with the film critic leader, but even if Roger Albert, who was far away in Chicago, would inevitably be PR to him after the awards season arrived. There was no need to criticize him with full firepower.
When the phone was dialed out by Naomi Watts for the second time, the other side finally answered, as she imagined, Nina's sleepy voice came from the phone.
"What happened, Nami? Boss just fell asleep for a while. Do you want to wake him up?"
"No, it's the same as you said..."
After listening to her narration silently, Nina did not rush to hang up the phone, and asked about some reports about other media, and asked her to check the name of the newspaper.
Not long after, the assistant lady's voice rang again. "Listen, Nami, don't pay attention to these strange sounds. I bet that at most another week, these sounds will disappear completely. As for the Pulitzer Prize winner, I will talk to the boss."
"Okay, I understand."
Naomi Watts knew how powerful the woman with an ordinary figure on the other end of the phone was. Since the other party made her feel relieved, there was no need for her to continue to be irritated by these reports.
It was obvious that Nina had made the judgment that was closest to the facts. This was a counterattack from Disney or Michael Orwitz.
As we all know, Roger Albert has a very well-known TV program on Disney Channel, called "Watching Movies with Albert". This program is equivalent to a certain authority among older movie fans, and some people even only watch movies recommended in the show.
Compared with other companies, the other party's relationship with Disney is much closer. It is not unreasonable to be criticized by public relations for some criticism of "The Walker of the Stop" itself. After all, everyone in the circle knows what the film critics are doing privately.
Is this the last way for the other party to win the box office? Nina is not sure, but apart from such means, the other party can hardly find a better way. He can't let his big production be allowed to be hit by a gangster film that is obviously a rush to the award, and he will be rubbed on the ground with wanton friction, right?
Six hours later, when Nina told Wayne, who had just woken up, he had the same attitude. Now it was a critical moment of publicity. Various activities were so intensive that he didn't have enough time to sleep, and he had no intention of taking these small means to heart.
Chapter completed!