The war blockbuster starring tom Hanks has finally begun.
Affected by the epidemic, cinemas in many places are still closed, and in contrast, online streaming platforms are in full swing.
On July 10, Tom Hanks starred in the World War II naval battle movie "Greyhound", which premiered on Apple's streaming apple TV+.
Perhaps, even tom Hanks, a top actor who won two Oscars, would not have thought that one day, the movie he starred in would first start broadcasting on the Internet.
The film's previous overseas media ratings were not very optimistic, and after the official launch of the broadcast on July 10, word of mouth rebounded slightly, with IMDB 7.2 points and Rotten Tomatoes freshness of 78%.
It is worth noting that the domestic Douban score led all scoring websites at home and abroad, and was scored a high score of 8.2, and then the score rose to 8.3 points.
Tom Hanks' acting skills and dedication have once again been widely recognized by fans.
The self-written and self-acting war film was finally able to meet the audience after a series of twists and turns, and tom Hanks, the "king of the box office" in the cinema, had the first film premiered on streaming.
But Tom Hanks said: My heart is completely broken.
In the past six months, for this film emperor who is famous and popular all over the world, it has not been peaceful.
In March, Tom Hanks and his wife, actress and producer Rita Wilson, were diagnosed with covid-19, and Rita accompanied Hanks on an Elvis presley biopic in Australia.
The first confirmed case in the Hollywood star circle is the Hanks couple who are both virtuous and artistic. As soon as the news came out, it shocked the Entertainment Industry in Europe and the United States, and Chinese film fans were also worried.
Wife Rita, lost her sense of taste and smell, severe nausea, high fever does not go away. Hanks later said that he thought he was 63 years old, could it be that he hung up like this?
Hanks and Rita had completely different reactions, and Hanks showed no particular signs other than severe physical pain and extreme mental fatigue. His body temperature did not soar, and there was no pneumonia in his lungs. Hanks said he wasn't the kind of person who woke up in the morning worried about not seeing the sun the next day, and he was calm.
Fortunately, after isolation and active treatment, the two have fully recovered, and the Hanks have donated their blood to the relevant institutions for vaccine-related research.
But the impact on him and other filmmakers began to emerge slowly.
The World War II blockbuster "Greyhound", which Tom Hanks valued very much, was postponed many times and finally changed its fate.
In May, apple bought the rights to the film from Sony for 15 years for a whopping $70 million.
Such a large sum is apple's highest purchase fee for Apple TV+, which not only set a record, but also broke Tom Hanks's "big screen" gold body.
However, the film was not customized for streaming, and "Greyhound" was originally scheduled to be released in the United States in 2019, but was later postponed for 14 months to May 2020, but due to the impact of the epidemic, it was postponed by Sony to June 12 this year.
Later, due to the continuous impact of the epidemic, in May this year, Apple TV+, a streaming media company under Apple, bought 15 years of broadcast rights for 70 million US dollars, and is scheduled to premiere online on July 10.
The film's current rating is 7.2 for IMDB, 78% freshness on Rotten Tomatoes, and 8.2 for Douban.
Although before the official premiere, overseas film critics were not very optimistic about the film, after the premiere, most of the audience felt that the war film was stimulated throughout the process without delay, making people nervous to watch it breathlessly.
But at the same time, everyone also regrets: it's just a pity that movies made for theaters can only meet the audience on the computer (mobile phone).
Although the rating of a film is directly related to the quality of the film, it cannot be said to be unrelated to the format of the film.
Despite the film's good price, tom Hanks expressed his frustration with the landing of his new film on Apple TV+ the other day, saying that his heart was completely broken because audiences would no longer be able to go to the cinema to see the film's production and sound effects.
As the lead actor, co-writer and producer of Greyhound, Hanks believes that this film, which has been prepared for a decade, is more worth watching in the cinema.
He said: "I'm not trying to anger Apple executives, but cinema and the Internet are very different experiences in terms of picture quality and sound quality." ”
Previously, the big director Martin Scorsese had called for not watching movies with mobile phones, especially war movies, paying attention to immersive experiences, and most of the family environment was unsatisfactory.
If you're excited to watch an "addictive" blockbuster movie in a movie theater and want to give 5 stars, but if the environment becomes your own bedroom or a noisy platform, you may only give 3 stars or 4 stars.
War movies are broadcast on streaming media platforms, and the scenes and sound effects are definitely losses.
However, in the face of repeated epidemics, Hanks also understands that it is safer to watch movies at home.
The movie "Greyhound" is based on the novel by C. Lee. S· F. Forrest's 1955 novel The Good Shepherd. Set in the early days of World War II, Tom Hanks plays Ernest Klaus as the captain of the first U.S. destroyer, the Greyhound.
He led an international convoy of 37 Allied warships through the treacherous North Atlantic while facing german U-boats.
It's no wonder Hanks spent 10 years making this movie, he loves the subject so much.
After the current broadcast, the feedback from fans is not bad, and they also feel that Hanks's new film is quite meaningful, with this film collecting "sea, land and air", including "Greyhound", "Saving Private Ryan", and "Apollo 13".
However, if "Captain Philip" and "Captain Sully" are also included, then Tom Hanks is probably the most "unlucky" one in the film industry, and fans have ridiculed: Don't take a transportation with Tom Hanks.
Hanks himself was very enjoyable, laughing and saying that the whole movie was full of his "self-aggrandizement".
In the film, in the face of the provocation and encirclement of the "wolf pack", the captain he plays is calm and calm from beginning to end. But as the center of the fleet, when life and death are at stake, he will also decisively issue unquestionable orders: crash, also sink U-boats!
Being able to escape the encirclement was already so great that they sank four German submarines, even their superiors thought it incredible.
At a critical juncture, "conceit" is the courage to calmly command thousands of troops and horses. It was only because of the heroic resistance of the whole fleet that they finally broke through the enemy's pursuit and successfully escorted the thousand-man fleet to Britain.
After all, it is a heroic war movie, and it is difficult to have an unpleasant shooting.
In addition to Tom Hanks, the film also includes Elizabeth Sue ("Black Pickets", "City of Angels"), Stephen Graham ("The Irishman", "War Horse") and other powerful factions to join. With a lot of acting school performances, "Greyhound" is definitely worth watching, especially in this year's environment.
Although Hanks bluntly told the media about his regret of not being able to meet the audience in the cinema, after all, he was a "good man in Hollywood", and his cooperation with Apple did not leave anything unpleasant.
The day before the film landed on Apple TV+, July 9, it was Tom Hanks' 64th birthday. For him, this cooperation with Apple is not only a new attempt, but also a significant birthday gift.
I wish him a happy birthday, good health and more good films.
I also hope to return to the normal life of having a movie theater as soon as possible, because a good movie is worth it.
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