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There were bursts of laughter in the packed screening hall. Seeing the group of women on the big screen making a fool of themselves crazily in the bridal shop, the audience laughed so hard that their mouths almost fell apart. Oh my God!

It is already August, and the annual summer vacation has reached its final stage. Previously, My Big Fat Gay Wedding won the North American weekly championship from July 20 to 26, with a box office of 52.54 million, becoming the weakest week in July; The weekly champion The Simpsons Movie from the 27th to August 2nd received 102 million, and Assassins 2 released during the same period also had an impressive opening box office of 67.32 million, and 73%/75%//72% A-rated word of mouth.

It's a fast-paced, crackling thriller tailor-made for summer audiences. -- M, Rotten Tomatoes. Russian director Timo Bekmambetov has made a good debut in Hollywood blockbusters. His more explosive, wild and violent style than John Woo is impressive. Compared with its production cost of 115 million, Fire Movie has launched another successful sequel. Assassin's League 3 discussed by movie fans seems to be not far away.

Looking at the hot movies throughout the summer, Iron Man and I Am Legend are naturally majestic, and now the final blow, the R-rated comedy Bridesmaids with a production cost of 25 million, is released!

Hahaha! The screening hall burst into laughter again, and the audience was overjoyed. When they arrived at the bridal shop, these women ate unclean food in a cheap restaurant. At this time, they tried to try on the wedding dress, and their stomachs broke out. , only Cathy, who was too dirty and didn't eat, was okay. And Anne, who was used to arranging the itinerary, was able to hold on sweating profusely. The other three bridesmaids took all the seats in the bathroom of the bridal shop, and the bride Lillian who was wearing a white wedding dress was so anxious that she rushed Outside the store...

However, before Lillian could find the mobile public toilet, she couldn't help but squat down on the street. Annie followed her out with a face full of shock and embarrassment. Cathy looked at her speechlessly, clearly you have done some good things!

Haha... Evelin laughed so hard that she almost couldn't breathe, and she repeatedly slapped Kelly on the shoulder next to her. It was so funny! It really didn’t disappoint, the expectations brought by the wonderful trailer were fully realized, great! After finally stopping to laugh, I felt pity for Anne. Did this woman fail so much that she even lost her bestie? Sure enough, I experienced this unbearable thing. And then another thing...Lillian no longer makes Anne the chief bridesmaid, and Cathy takes full charge of the wedding activities.

Hey, no matter what happens to you in the future, no matter who new friends you meet, when you get married, I will be the chief bridesmaid! Evelin looked at Kelly seriously, and Kelly nodded without hesitation: It will be yours. . Many girlfriends and sisters have staged such a scene. Claire also said seriously to the sisters who have followed her for many years: Sweethearts. Although I am already married, in future weddings... I will still be the chief bridesmaid!

It has to be said that female viewers can feel and perceive some of the emotions in Bridesmaids better than male viewers, the kind of relationship between besties who go shopping together and go to the toilet together.

Women’s greed for petty gains, their complex thoughts of blessing, envy, anxiety, and self-pity for their good sisters, their jealousy and inferiority towards the happy, young and beautiful woman Cathy... Only women can empathize with all these, especially middle-aged leftover women. It's obviously a hilarious comedy. Looking at it and smiling, my eyes are moist...

Haha! and Haha! But laughter was always the mainstream in the screening room. In this kind of relaxed and enjoyable movie viewing, time passed very quickly.

As the conflict between Annie and Cathy breaks out, and Lillian hopes that she will not attend her wedding, Annie reaches the lowest point in her life. Although Cathy's wedding was well planned and luxurious, the budget was far beyond what the bride's family could afford. Just before the wedding, Lillian disappears. Cathy cried for help to Annie and apologized for her instigation; Annie successfully persuaded the policeman Rhodes to help, found Lillian hiding in the apartment, and worked together to solve the problem.

The wedding was quickly prepared and went smoothly. Anne also attended as the chief bridesmaid, and the joyful scene of everyone dancing and singing made the audience smile. After the wedding, police officer Rhodes drove a police car to show his willingness to reconcile, and Annie finally found her own happiness.

Hoo ho ho— amidst the applause and cheers of the audience, the happy ending of Bridesmaids came to an end. It was great. Almost everyone in the audience left the screening room with a smile. Bridesmaids is definitely the most interesting and unique R-rated comedy in the past few years since The Hangover. Although the heroine Kristen Wiig is born on the big screen and there are only a few Wang Yang in the credits, it seems to have lost its dark horse qualifications, but its results are still surprising...

There's so much smart stuff in the movie, including the all-important female friendship. It has so many great actresses and, in addition to the laughs, there's a lot of female talk. - 4/5, Ma Nora Dargis, The New York Times; “This could be a feminist and comedy turning point that audiences of both sexes can embrace.” — 3.5/4, Mary F. Bōs, The Times; Hallelujah! Praise the Lord and Bridesmaids produced by Wang Yang and directed by Anne Fletcher. We have been waiting for a movie with this feeling. - 4/4, Dana Stevens , Slate;

Wang Yang once redefined male-rated comedy in Hollywood; now he may change the way female comedy is done. - 4/5, Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News; K Kristen Wiig shined on the screen after shining on SNL. She is a born comedy star; Jessica Alba had the best performance. When she returned to the screen, she finally had a starring role that matched the film. She was worthy of Her comedic genius. — 3.5/4, Claudia Pugh, USA Today; It's clear proof that women and men are equal in their vulgar foibles, drunkenness, insecurities, and more. — 3.5/4, Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times…

There are 195 movie reviews, and the two Rotten Tomatoes freshness ratings are 95% and 98% respectively! Red fresh tomatoes! And 92% of the audience likes it! For the third time this summer, Flame Movie has received the critical response that film producers can only dream of from critics and audiences.

Men have The Hangover and women have Bridesmaids! It has such a good effect. Whether a comedy is funny or not depends, of course, on the outstanding performance of the actors, and this time all fans of the film are very happy. The talented performance won endless applause, and Wiig transformed into the most dazzling comedy actress in Hollywood; Jessica, who returned to the screen after two years, was stunning, not only with her beautiful appearance, but also with her best performance since then In addition, Anne Darren is also very eye-catching and stunning, and has been rated as an Oscar-level supporting actress performance by many parties.

This movie could be considered a female version of The Hangover. Maybe that's not a fair comparison since they are so different. The equally raunchy Bridesmaids is absolutely hilarious and the best comedy Wang Yang has ever produced. One of the best (every one of them is so great), it has so much fun with humor, great performances that are hilarious and real, it's one of the best comedies of the year. Five stars from Cynthia-S; What a lovely movie !Really love it! They really know how to package old stories from unique perspectives and performances. Hannah-L also gave it five stars;

Hysterical and laugh-out-loud from start to finish. -- Victor-R, four and a half stars; Really a great movie! Totally hilarious and an excellent cast. So funny and I was really touched A movie like this. - bō Lina-K, five stars; Once again confirms the truth established in history. Relatively speaking, women's things are not funny at all...mostly cumbersome things, Wang Yang's worst movie One.” — Michael T., two stars;

“‘Bridesmaids’ has the perfect comedy formula: a hilarious script. A compelling cast and story. Amazing.” —Tara-M, five stars; “Love, love, love this movie! It’s Makes the audience laugh and cry. Kristen Wiig, Jessica Alba...truly hilarious acting. I personally find it difficult to watch any movie more than once, but I'm sure I will watch Bridesmaids countless times .”—Laura-D, five stars…

It is obvious that the female viewers love Bridesmaids so much that even those anti-heroes nodded and praised Jessica's performance, which was not bad. Amid the endless praise, the new North American box office weekly list has been released. The media and the public have lamented that they already knew that Jessica's comeback, which Wang Yang had carefully prepared, would not be bad. It was indeed a huge success I'm Back!

Although The Bourne Supremacy won the championship with a first-week box office of 98.67 million, one premise cannot be ignored. It is a popular sequel with a production cost of 110 million, and has a perfect response of 94%/98%/91%. It’s not surprising that it earned an average of $26,960 per theater in 3,660 theaters; the second “Bridesmaids” was released in 3,155 theaters, with an average of $23,120 per theater, and grossed a box office of 72.94 million in its first week! Pay for yourself with little to no effort. The FF film was once again a hit.

When Rush Hour 3 with a production budget of 100 million yuan ended on August 10-16, it took over the championship with 66.32 million; the box office trend of the second-placed Bridesmaids only dropped 36%, with a revenue of 45.95 million; and The Bourne Shadow with 40.17 million Heavy Heavy 3 fell to third place...

It grossed 118 million at the North American box office in two weeks! Unreleased overseas, Bridesmaids has performed brilliantly at the box office, and the trend of R-rated comedies is unstoppable! On the all-time box office list of wedding films. It rushes toward Mamma Mia! ”, “Wedding Crashers” and “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” launched the challenge.

Bridesmaids is the kind of movie I wanted to be in since I was a kid. I love weddings the most. I've always wanted to be the perfect bridesmaid for my friends, but in the movie I wasn't. Great try. In fact, at the last wedding I attended , I almost fell down, which was very embarrassing. In an exclusive interview with Variety magazine, Jessica said with a smile. When talking about the next work plan, she replied: Haha! Firefly 2 I'm already busy enough, I need more time to take care of my children and Yang, haha.

When the reporter finally asked about Wang Yang's new work, which is attracting great attention from all over the world, Jessica laughed and said: I know he has several ideas, but I don't know his specific plans. Really, he always likes to give It’s a surprise.” The reporter asked again, “Will you appear?” Jessica said, “I don’t think it will be this time.”

What the media and the public don't know is that what Jessica is looking forward to most is to finish filming Firefly 2 and give birth to her second baby, and she will soon stop acting. Of course, for Bridesmaids's bumper season, Cathy was critically acclaimed. Jessica was very happy and excited. She shouted to Wang Yang: I am a super mom!

Time flies. August 17-23 and August 24-30 are all in the past. Bridesmaids, which has been running for four weeks, has already received 155 million in North American box office. According to this fierce momentum, it is aiming for more than 200 million in North America. Coupled with the expected considerable overseas market. Its final global box office is likely to be as high as 400 million US dollars.

Entering September, the 64th Venice International Film Festival has opened on August 29. The stars are shining brightly in the Italian water city these days. On the afternoon of September 1, local time, Star Wars Queen and Juno were welcomed again ...Natalie Botman, and her debut directorial short film Eve.

This day is the opening day of the short film section of this year's film festival. Eve and 13 other short films will participate in the competition for the short film award. In fact, the media generally are not enthusiastic about the short film section. Without Natalie, it would have been another calm day; but this time, because of her, it was the opening short film of the unit, so reporters and audiences lined up early to wait for admission. At this time, the movie palace, which can accommodate 450 people, was packed.

Natalie!, Miss Botman!, Hey!...

Natalie, wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt and denim, dressed casually as a girl next door, walked into the screening room under the escort of her bodyguards and assistants. She smiled and waved to the people calling her. The short film started to show soon after we sat down. The whole place also fell silent.

This short film depicts the interesting story of a wise and humorous old woman dining out with her new boyfriend, the old man, and her young granddaughter. It tells the romantic love story of the two old people through the eyes of the young granddaughter. The 20 minutes passed quickly. It was obvious that Natalie was a talented actor, but not a talented director. Although the details of Eve were handled delicately, some aspects reflected the level. For example, the same gangster scene appeared several times, and the audience Saw the recording microphone.

Damn it. When I saw these revealing shots. Natalie frowned tightly. It was because she and the photography team didn't notice it on the set. They only discovered these flaws in post-production. If they re-shoot, it would waste time and money, so they had to make mistakes, but now it seems that the effect is really good. Very bad! Oh my god. What an embarrassment, a stupid mistake! She sighed inwardly, her emotions sinking.

Under moderate applause, the screening of Eve ended, and more than one-tenth of the audience immediately left the theater. They had no intention of watching the second short film that followed; Natalie stayed to watch a few short films, and then hurriedly left with the bodyguard assistant and others in the dim light.

No one came to cheer her up. But Wang Yang sent a congratulatory message on time: Hey, Eve was shot well! That thing can be hidden better, come on! Looking at the phone screen, Natalie smiled, wanting to be a She didn't even know how far she still had to go to become an outstanding director. She suddenly realized, how did he know? Then at the Venice Pier, she was surprised to see a man smiling and waving at her, Why are you here?

I came with the company to see if there are any treasures, and to see your short film. Wang Yang walked over and shrugged with a smile. Natalie curled her lips unappreciatively: I would rather you didn't come to see it. In front of several bodyguards, Wang Yang hit her hard on the shoulder and said with a smile: Then I'm leaving. Keke is here too. I'm going to take her to play in the water. Oh, how long have you been watching! Natalie had a strange look on her face: Then the blame is on me? Wouldn't it be okay if you texted me earlier?

Wang Yang smiled and ran to the shore of the pier, jumped on the small yacht, and shouted: Let's talk tomorrow, I have a plan to talk to you. Natalie on the shore smiled and nodded: OK.

Film critics gave a mediocre response to Eve. They generally believed that Natalie was still lacking in directing skills. The press conference was held the next day. The reporters at the scene did not embarrass her. On the contrary, they were friendly and the atmosphere was harmonious. This is also because Natalie Tully is very modest. She admitted that she has been in the art industry for 15 years and has collaborated many times with great directors such as George Lucas and Wang Yang. She has learned a lot and wants to make her own stories.

I have been acting for 15 years, and I really want to try different roles in the film industry, so this experience makes me very excited, but I also face many difficulties that I have never encountered or thought about when I was an actor before. It makes me very nervous every day.”

Another reporter at the scene asked her if she would give up in spite of the difficulties. Looking at the many media people, Natalie shook her head without hesitation and said: No, I will continue. I also want to shoot feature films. But in the future, I will still focus on acting. You know... there will always be I’m fascinated by some shots that hide the filmmaker’s unique insights and wisdom. I can’t do those now. It requires more preparation and study, so I have to perform more and think more! I will slowly take my time in the process. Gain experience.

The reporters nodded one after another and secretly praised her appropriate answer, Ms. Botman, during the filming of Eve, did Miyazaki give you any help?

Well, I asked him some opinions. Natalie put her hands on the table, leaned forward, and smiled: He said the story was good, and other friends also said the same, so I decided to shoot it. .”

When will you collaborate with Miriam Yang again? Do you have any plans? Another reporter asked. Upon hearing this question, Natalie stroked her re-grown hair and pretended to complain: Where, what time, what news? Yes, he was able to become a topic. The reporters burst into laughter. Natalie also laughed a few times before replying: I think there is a chance, but it may have to wait a while.

On September 8, the 64th Venice Film Festival slowly came to an end. Flame Films purchased some resources to expand its film library, but failed to find treasures planned for large-scale distribution. ! .