West Hollywood.
It was 6:30 in the afternoon, and Peter Butler took his girlfriend Peggy to dinner with him after get off work, and the two hurried to the theater near the apartment.
Although he has had a good personal relationship, Peter Butler still did not know the official content of "Butterfly Effect". Therefore, he rarely got off work on time today, and can't wait to see it.
Peter's girlfriend Peggy is a tall, thin white girl with glasses and a gentle appearance.
The two sat down in the theater, and Peggy couldn't help but said: "Peter, it is said that the critics have not rated "Butterfly Effect" very well. Do we have to watch this movie?"
Due to the poor feedback from the critics of the initial screening, Fox had been careful to conceal the screening effect of "Butterfly Effect" before the opening of the painting and did not hold a public screening.
Therefore, until yesterday, the reputation of "Butterfly Effect" was only circulated among a few people in Hollywood. But now, the first batch of film reviews on "Butterfly Effect" in the afternoon evening paper have been released, and the media response of the film is naturally difficult to cover up.
As a reporter, Peter Butler naturally learned of this earlier, but he still trusted his own judgment more.
Sweeping the audience in the hall that gradually increased as the screening time approached, Peter Butler replied: "Peggy, don't you like "Lola Run"? Simon's movie should not disappoint everyone too much. ."
Peggy is the same age as Peter and is 31 years old this year, working as a designer in an advertising company.
Although she admired Simon's previous "Run Lola Run", she has always been a very sensible girl, and she has passed the age of star chasing, and not many young people like Simon Westeros.
However, considering the relationship between her boyfriend and the other party, Peggy was not too venomous, just shrugged and said, "Maybe."
Waiting patiently for a few minutes, the lights in the projection hall dimmed.
Peter Butler looked around again, and the attendance rate in the theater that can accommodate 100 people has exceeded 70%, which is a very good figure. Obviously, with the popularity of "Lola Run", the box office of "Butterfly Effect" in the first weekend will not be too bad anyway. The key is to see the subsequent box office trends of the film.
During this period of time, "Lola Run" was unexpectedly successful, and Simon Westeros naturally became famous. Peter Butler was also a lot of attention within the "Los Angeles Times" company due to a series of interviews with Simon.
As the largest newspaper in the western United States, the "Los Angeles Times" company has a large team of editors and reporters of more than 1,100 people. It is definitely not an easy task for a young reporter in his early thirties like Peter Butler to attract high-level attention.
Correspondingly, Peter Butler was unconsciously inclined to Simon in his personal position. Subconsciously, Peter Butler has even made a decision, as long as the movie is not too horrible, he will definitely help Simon say a few good things.
On the big screen.
After the routine patch advertisement and the beginning of the label, the actor Ivan played by Matt Dillon walked cautiously through a dim corridor and broke into an office. Afterwards, the security and doctors slammed the door violently, and Ivan, who was hiding under his desk, quickly wrote a series of last words in his notebook, and then began to play a video tape.
In the violent picture shaking, the lens has returned to Ivan's childhood.
In the theater, watching the childhood shots of the male protagonist turned to warm colors, Peter Butler is still remembering the opening wedge just now.
The creation of a brilliant suspense, only this point, Brian de Palma has successfully attracted the audience's curiosity and attention. In the next twenty minutes, all sorts of weird behaviors of Ivan's childhood appeared on the big screen one by one, continuously arousing the curiosity of the audience. So until Ivan reached adulthood, the mystery began to be revealed.
East Coast.
New Haven, Connecticut.
It's already late at night, and will officially graduate from Yale next month. Jennifer Rebald has recently become more busy and didn't find time to watch Simon's new movie with her friend Lisa Collins until 8 o'clock in the evening.
At this time, as the crowd walked out of the theater, the two girls looked at each other a little, and for a while they didn't know how to evaluate the "Butterfly Effect" just now.
Is this a good movie?
Compared with the stunning "Run Lola" in terms of plot, camera, soundtrack, etc., "Butterfly Effect" does not have much to comment on except for the idea of repeatedly traveling back to the past.
Is this a bad movie?
The plot of the film is very complete, and it is cleverly interwoven and interlocking. Compared with those really bad movies that make it difficult to remember the plot after watching it, many details in this movie are worth remembering.
simply put.
As two senior fans who often enter the movie theater, Jennifer and Lisa find it difficult to get anything to impress themselves from this movie. And, in all fairness, from the bottom of their hearts, they are not too fond of the despair expressed in this movie.
perhaps.
This is just a script written by that guy casually, and his next directed work is definitely worth looking forward to.
Jennifer was thinking about it, and suddenly there was a voice that was deliberately raised: "This movie is really cool. It's even more exciting than "Run Lola". I think we should take the time to watch it again."
Following the voice, Jennifer turned her head and glanced. Three young boys, seventeen or eighteen, were following her and Lisa.
When the three boys saw Jennifer turned their heads, their eyes all lit up, and then the other two boys followed suit, and accelerated a little pace together, rushing to the side of Jennifer and Lisa.
If it's normal, Jennifer would be completely dismissive of this botched chat. But this time, she took the initiative to look at the boy who had just spoken, and asked: "Do you really think "Butterfly Effect" is cooler than "Run Lola"?"
"Of course, relying on the diary to go back in time, isn't this idea cool enough?" The boy gestured without hesitation, "What's more, there is a butterfly effect. Compared with the details in "Lola Run", Change your life in an instant, this is the real butterfly effect. Moreover, finally returned to the mother's womb and strangled himself by himself. Tsk, Simon Westeros is a genius."
Listening to the boy next to him gesticulating with excitement, Jennifer felt as if something flashed in her mind, but could not catch it. Lisa's face, who was holding her arm, was obviously more clear.
With that said, he has already walked out of the theater without knowing it.
The three boys saw that Jennifer was about to leave and caught up again. The boy just now offered to invite: "Hey, girls, how about going to a bar together? We know that there is a bar nearby that doesn't check age."
Before Jennifer answered, Lisa said to the three boys with a bit of teasing: "Forget it, little guys, we are not interested in dating minors."
After talking with a smile, leaving the three boys behind, Lisa took Jennifer to the parking lot quickly.
After finding their car, the two women got into the car. After Lisa, who was in charge of driving, started the car, she suddenly stretched out her hand and gently grabbed a hand on Jennifer's beautiful golden ponytail. She still smiled and said, "Let you stick this all day , Is considered a little girl."
Jennifer shook her hair, reached out her hand and hit Lisa on her body, and said, "You can drive, I'm a little sleepy."
Lisa turned the steering wheel and drove the car out of the parking lot. Jennifer still looked thoughtfully and said, "You don't think about Westeros, are you?"
Jennifer's face suddenly turned red, but she immediately retorted, "It's you who thinks it right, you admire him so much."
Lisa was not as shy as Jennifer, and said straightforwardly: "A guy so powerful, I just don't know when I will see him again. I'm not going to go to California. Isn't your uncle his personal lawyer? Help me then. Send back some autographed photos. And, if you can **** Simon Westero from Janet Johnston, I will fly to Los Angeles to help you celebrate the party."
Jennifer heard Lisa talking more and more outrageous, blushing and reaching out: "What nonsense are you talking about."
Lisa opened her mouth and bit her neat white teeth on the little hand that wanted to cover her mouth. Jennifer frightened her away, and then smiled: "I'm just telling what you are saying. Come on. Jenny."
"I decided not to talk to you for the next ten minutes."
Lisa chuckled and saw that Jennifer really didn't care about herself and drove the car indifferently.
After a while, I glanced at my friend on the co-pilot again. Seeing that her blushing face was beginning to fade, she suddenly said: "There is no need to worry about it. I think this movie may only be for those Boys look at it."
With the first day of the film's release, film reviews of "Butterfly Effect" also appeared on various media platforms on a large scale.
"After "Lola Run", Simon Westero once again used his excellent imagination to construct a wonderful story for us to explore the countless possibilities of life. "Butterfly Effect" made me realize that the life of each of us, They are all made up of countless bits and pieces in a long river of time. You cannot change, get rid of, and cannot go back. A real life is destined to have only one result."
This is a film review article published by Peter Butler in the Los Angeles Times the next day.
Although during the viewing process, Peter Butler's perception of the film was similar to that of Jennifer and the two women on the east coast, but he still wrote an article expressing his approval.
However, outside of Peter Butler, too many film critics in North America are very rude, expressing their dislike of "Butterfly Effect" completely overwhelmingly.
"No one can save these boring repetitions."-"Variety"
"Matt Dillon, who has performed wonderfully in films such as "The Edge of the River" and "The Outsider", choosing this film is really the biggest mistake in his life."-"Entertainment Weekly"
"Pessimistic themes, chaotic narratives, boring characters, this is really the most boring movie in recent times."-"Film Salon"
"Simon Westeros may want to express some deeper philosophical thinking through "Butterfly Effect", but the result is only a boring film with no meaning at all."-"The New York Observer"
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In this series of negative reviews, the New York Times writer Mark Horrington, who had raised doubts about Simon in the first place, came up again, unceremoniously saying, "The Butterfly Effect" is a very stupid and pretentious film. An extraordinary chaotic film, I can't understand what Simon Westero wants to express through such a boring film'.
After all, there are too many accidental factors in the success of "Lola Run". Therefore, the box office performance of "Butterfly Effect" is also very important to Simon's subsequent development in Hollywood.
Even, it was only Saturday. Faced with the overwhelming reviews of "Butterfly Effect", Ronald Goldberg couldn't wait to call, hoping to organize a production conference for "Reaper Is Here". He wanted Participate in person.
This is clearly a violation of the agreement signed by both parties.
Obviously.
If "Butterfly Effect" loses at the box office, the three projects Simon is currently advancing will be seriously affected.