Chapter 171: Very Low Sense of Presence

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Before that, Matthew had not seen the film and didn't know what the final film would look like. He just guessed that a famous director like Ridley Scott would definitely not shoot according to the original book, and would definitely add unique features to it. something of its own.

This is also the case. Ridley-Scott obviously has his own angle in the film, that is, the "Love of Paoze" that has been repeatedly emphasized in the film.

In this operation, the U.S. military originally launched a surprise operation to hunt down the militia leader Aidid, but because the information was not accurate, it was surrounded by Somali militiamen. Increase.

Ridley-Scott basically cuts off the overall tactical issue, and naturally does not show the views of the Somali militia. He mainly focuses on how American soldiers rushed to the besieged troops regardless of their safety in the hail of bullets. The supreme commander to the front-line soldiers firmly hold the belief that "no Paoze will be abandoned" - even the corpse must be rescued.

Of course, this may also be the masterpiece of Jack Bruckheimer. After all, Ridley Scott does not have the final editing rights, and the current social situation, such content can also be accepted by the public to the maximum extent.

Matthew is just an ordinary actor in the crew and is very far away from the decision-making level of the crew. These are all speculations based on watching the film and the current social and political environment.

What the truth is, perhaps only Ridley Scott and Jerry Bruckheimer know.

At the end of the film, Matthew saw his character speak very deeply to Josh Nehart.

"We are working hard for our brothers and sisters, it's that simple!"

This line of Sergeant Huth once again highlights the theme of the entire film.

This is not an anti-war movie, at least Matthew didn't think it was a so-called anti-war movie after seeing it.

"Looking at it like this..." He looked at the close-up of the face of Sergeant Hut he played on the screen, and muttered in his heart, "I'm not bad at acting!"

In order to shoot this scene, so many NGs before and after were automatically ignored by him.

The end credits appeared on the screen, and Matthew briefly recalled that compared to the thousands of shots that Ridley Scott shot, the film used only a small part, and Sergeant Huth and other Deltas The scenes where the team members then returned to the battlefield were all cut.

The plot of the movie ends when the rescue force arrives at the stadium, but the script and the original didn't end there.

Especially in the original book, there is a detailed description of what happened after that. The Somali militia captured Mike Durant, the pilot of the Black Hawk helicopter, and planned to use him in exchange for the captured Somali prisoners. When Durant brought them to their village, he was hijacked by local robbers who took Mike Durant in exchange for a ransom.

Mike Durant was sent to a house where he was interrogated and slapped in front of a video camera that was later sent to CNN to air in the US along with a video of Somalis insulting the corpses of US troops, causing an uproar that resulted in the Zipton government being banned. Do not withdraw.

On the Somali militia side, after Aidid paid Mike Durant's ransom, Mike Durant was moved to the residence of Aidid's propaganda minister, and five days later he was visited by a representative of the International Red Cross and the United Kingdom. , interviews with French journalists, and then, ten days later, he returned to his hometown and received a hero's welcome in exchange with Aidid officers who had been captured by the U.S. military.

The original story ends here.

However, Matthew also knows that the film is different from the text, and it is impossible to squeeze too much content into one head. Ridley Scott and Jerry Bruckheimer must make choices.

Many Somalis were also interviewed in Mark Boughton's original book, and many of them looked at the battle from a Somalian perspective, but all were discarded.

After all, this is an American movie, or a war movie with the help of the Pentagon.

There was warm applause in the screening room. Matthew stood up and applauded along with the rest of the crew, not to mention the messy background and current affairs and political issues. From the perspective of the movie, at least he thought it was a very exciting movie. war movie.

If he were to judge for himself, he felt that he could be classified as a classic, although the standard for judging classics is more based on popcorn movies.

Afterwards, many guests, media reporters and film critic experts came to the front row to have simple exchanges with the crew.

Of course, Matthew was not in the ranks of the exchanges, and basically watched on the sidelines. He didn't even attend the press conference for the preview later. The actors only went to Josh Hartnett and William Fichtner, and even Johnny- Neither Lee Miller nor Orlando Bloom entered the press room.

This has something to do with the style of the film. After watching the film, even if Matthew's professional level is not very high, it can be seen that the presence of actors and characters in the film is very low.

Even in the fierce fighting scenes and in the streets and alleys of Mogadishu, you can only see American soldiers in full armor, and it is impossible to tell who is who.

Although Ridley-Scott deliberately asked the prop engineer to mark the character's name on the corresponding helmet during filming, it was no better than the actor's face covered in gunpowder and camouflage.

"Fortunately..." When Matthew left the Pasanadi Theater, he was quite emotional, "My face in the last close-up is quite clear."

But he could vaguely sense that it didn't seem to have much effect. The narrative style that Ridley Scott and Jerry Bruckheimer had determined for the film clearly chose to do things rather than people, that is, in a relatively complete way. To show the whole process of the incident, rather than focusing on the shaping of individual internal characters, although the main body of each U.S. military unit in the film has at least one main character, such as Sergeant Huth he plays, the characters and backgrounds of these characters are not is highlighted.

To be precise, this is a war movie that shows the U.S. military as a whole, while relatively ignoring the individual.

Perhaps it is because of the habit of watching other people's performances through videotapes for a long time. When Matthew is watching a movie, it is difficult to watch it from the perspective of a pure audience as he used to. He will always analyze it unconsciously, even if he knows these things. The so-called analysis is superficial.

There is no way, his professional level is still very limited.

When he got home, Matthew updated his blog for the first time, wrote a blog post about it, put a few posters of the character of Sergeant Huth he played in, and uploaded it to his personal blog.

The number of followers of his blog has not exceeded 10,000, and the publicity role is relatively limited. Most of the people who come to follow are also because of it.

Matthew is not in a hurry, knowing that now is not the future, fans of this kind of online social media need to accumulate slowly, and then when the time comes, there may be a big explosion.

In the following time, he has participated in many media conferences, test screenings and screenings, and has also been interviewed by several reporters, and has also appeared in some newspapers. , is used by media websites from time to time, and it can be regarded as a lot of heat.

Universal Pictures and the crew also took the opportunity to launch a publicity campaign, frequently linking the Scorpion King posters with images of Sergeant Huth.

Matthew went back and forth between the two crews, but also mixed some pages in the media.

On the other hand, his idea of ​​​​going to the crew to gain popularity did not materialize. Orlando Bloom called and told him that he did not get the premiere invitation for him.

Matthew didn't take it seriously, this kind of heat can be the best, and it's fine if it doesn't.

In contrast, he pays more attention to the acting and acting.

Post-production is in progress. As far as he understands, post-editing has already started, but he cannot intervene in post-production, let alone him, even director Chuck Russell has not participated in post-production.

It began to be screened in five theaters in Los Angeles. Due to the limited scale of the screening, the attendance rate was considerable, and what was even more dazzling than the attendance rate was the professional evaluation of the film.

Whether it is film critics or professional media, the evaluations are basically positive.

Matthew has seen a lot of positive reviews in newspapers and magazines.

"Not a mere anti-war film, Ridley-Scott directed it into a documentary, truly reproducing a long day and night in Mogadishu, Somalia, whether it was the mentality of American soldiers when faced with desperation, or The close-up of the armed violence in the city, its outrageous authenticity and the far-reaching meaning behind it, are destined to be a unique war film in the history of film!"

The film's relatively good reputation has also made Sony Columbia Pictures vigorously promote and build momentum. Their plan to make this film hit the Oscars is very obvious.

Some film critics even suggested that the history channels of various TV stations use this film instead of related documentaries, arguing that the description is more accurate and detailed by comparison.

Compared with the film itself, the actors have received much less attention, not to mention Matthew, a supporting role who is not ranked high, and even the leading actor Josh Hartnett has not received much media praise.

The plot of this film completely overwhelmed the actors.

Maybe critics and many viewers like to see this, but for actors like Matthew, it's not a good sign.

Fortunately, even if the role is relatively flat, if it can make a difference in the box office market and the Oscars, it can also become a brilliant qualification for many main actors.

Especially for Matthew, the rich qualifications are conducive to his competition for certain roles.