Chapter 350: perfect ending
Hollywood's film structure, like many novels, has a fixed routine.
The most typical is the four-segment method: starting, inheriting, turning, and closing.
"Unsinkable" uses this routine.
At first, the oil tanker "Penderton" at sea suffered a shipwreck, and the Massachusetts Coast Guard rescue team received a rescue signal, creating a contradiction. The male protagonist "Bernie Webb" resolutely decided to go to sea with his companions for the purpose of his mission despite the danger.
This is "start".
After many difficulties and challenges to the tsunami, the rescue team finally found the stranded "Penderton" tanker, carried 32 crew members, and set off for the return journey. Old contradictions are resolved, and new ones are ushered in.
This is "acceptance".
In the process of returning, because the coast guard ship was only full of 12 people, but now it is full of 36 people, overwhelmed! Seaman starring Heath Ledger decides to give up his life to give his fellow crew a chance. This is the contradiction of human nature, and it is the theme of sublimation in the plot of the turning point.
This is "turn"...
Although the premiere of "Unsinkable" was not as grand as that of "Pearl Harbor", after all, there were two great gods, Dunn Walker and James Cameron, as well as the actor and Mel Gibson, and the actress and Charlize Theron!
Many industry insiders and film critics have come to join in.
Among them are the famous "Los Angeles Times" film critics Kenneth Turan and Carter Bettany.
"Unsinkable" is very exciting, but after all, it is a commercial film, 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-segment method, the "combination".
"Seriously, for a moment, I really thought 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 emotions of "Titanic" are simple and easy to resonate, this movie... The emotional line is too complicated, especially the character of Charlize Theron, which is in the To promote women's rights, even if it is jumping into the sea, it must be this female role."
Carter Bettany's face changed instantly, "That's horrible!"
Kenneth Turan sighed: "Yeah, Dunn and James are big directors of commercial films, they will respect the fans, and it is impossible to have plots that overly challenge the values."
Carter Bettany shrugged, "It's a good movie anyway, 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...that's just a few tricks."
Kenneth Turan laughed when he heard it, "Yes. To be honest, compared to war films, disaster films 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, then whispered: "The propaganda of "Pearl Harbor" has been around "Titanic", it seems to be copied intentionally. But in my opinion, the movie "Unsinkable", It has more similarities with "Titanic", I wonder 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 this last scene."
…
The movie continued, and the last scene was slowly revealed to the audience.
The embarrassed coast guard lifeboat continued to sail on the sea with little hope of survival amid the 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 sailed for a long time in the dark night, and the icy temperature had infected everyone on the lifeboat.
If it is delayed, even if it is not swept into the sea by the tsunami, it will freeze to death!
Charlize Theron, as the only woman, stood up and said half-jokingly: "Everyone should hug and keep warm, is there any handsome guy who would like to hug me?"
"Ha ha!"
On the coast guard lifeboat, a touch of vigor and vitality finally showed.
Then, a vision came!
Countless rays of light shot obliquely from one direction!
The light is very weak, but there are many, hundreds of thousands!
"That direction!"
The whole lifeboat is excited, everyone knows that this is not a navigation light, but it is better than a navigation light!
Hope is coming!
saved!
Then, the scene of the movie turned, and the heroine Liv Tyler, who disappeared for more than two hours, finally reappeared.
She has permed curly hair that was popular in the 1950s and is wearing a big cloak. She is standing by the sea, looking at the sea with hopeful eyes.
Behind him are all the cars in the whole town!
All the cars are shining brightly in the direction of the sea!
At this time, another melodious melody sounded.
Warm, soft, and there seems to be a faint wind chime.
Through Liv Tyler's perspective, the camera advances, and a black spot appears on the edge of the coastline. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com
The black spot keeps getting bigger and bigger, it is the marine police rescue ship that never gives up and never sinks!
Immediately, Liv Tyler burst into tears.
The hundreds of cars behind them honked their horns at the same time.
The voice of hope resounds on the coastline!
…
Kenneth Turan quickly blinked his eyes and sighed, "Very clever design! Drive the masses of the town and focus on small scenes from a large perspective, which is very appealing!"
Carter Bettany didn't take his eyes off the big screen, and nodded heavily, "Yeah, although... this is not very common sense, I'm sure that the coast guard ship of the real incident must be determined according to the navigation lights of the coast guard base station. Direction. But this kind of design... is more fun, more provocative, isn't it?"
"In any case, the whole movie shows the effect I expected, it is wonderful!"
"Yeah, the $200 million budget...hehe, I swear, I've never seen such a realistic special effect, that ocean wave...like a real tumbling right in front of my eyes."
Before the discussion between Carter Bettany and Kenneth Turan was over, the music stopped, the subtitles disappeared, and the light returned to the theater.
All the crew members of "Unsinkable", including Dunn, stood up for the first time.
Standing up at the same time, there was a full audience.
They gave the creators of "Unsinkable" a tidal wave of applause. Everyone clapped vigorously and looked excited, as if they were expressing emotions that were not fully expressed in the movie.
The tears in the corners of the eyes are enough to show the artistic achievements of this film.
Dunn looked at the excited fans and audience, turned his head and glanced at James Cameron, and found that this guy... The corners of his eyes were a bit crystal clear.
"Hey, poor director's feelings."
He sighed and shook his head gently.
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