Hollywood Drawing

The storm of applause seemed to lift the roof of the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, mixed with the cheers, star-chasing sounds and whistles of movie fans. The whole scene once made the security personnel and police officers at the entrance of the screening hall nervous. He became so excited that in just five minutes, he nervously checked the situation in the hall several times.

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas stood up together, following the tsunami of chaotic applause around them, and clapped together to pay tribute to the crew and creators on the big screen.

"If you look at it from a casual viewer's perspective, George."

The surrounding sounds were very chaotic. Steven Spielberg leaned close to his old friend’s ear, amplified his volume as much as possible, and exclaimed: “This is the best superhero movie I have ever seen so far. .”

George Lucas smiled and nodded, waiting for the applause around him to stop, and the audience to line up and exit in an orderly manner under the guidance of the staff, then sat down and said, "Yes, from the perspective of an ordinary audience, this This film really gave me everything I wanted to see when I walked into the theater and bought a ticket to watch the movie."

Speaking of this, he glanced at Wayne, who was surrounded by countless people, and the distribution director of Warner Bros., who was still smiling even though he was pushed to the side, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

He tilted his head, looked at his friend and continued: "The plot is not complicated at all, it can even be said to be simple and clear. If I had seen Wayne's "Wonder Woman" earlier, maybe I would have really considered it and invited him shamelessly. Participated in the review and revision of the script for "Star Wars".

Steven, to put it bluntly, Wayne can boldly remove the dark style that he relies on for survival. This is something I have never dared to think of.

Yes, that's what I mean, and Wayne taught me a lesson in that, no, probably a lesson to all Hollywood directors. He used "Wonder Woman" to clearly and straightforwardly tell me how to maintain the complete logic of a relatively simple story while ensuring the scenes, special effects and audition experience.

Gee, the balance is very good, the emotional scenes are just right, and it combines the most universal values ​​​​of big love and small love. To be honest, even though I had seen an internal preview earlier, I was still surprised that Wayne could make such a big change. "

Steven Spielberg waved his hand, believing that George Lucas was speaking his true thoughts and feelings at this time. But even if time is set back a thousand times, the other party will not do what they say at this time. Otherwise, would it still be George Lucas' "Star Wars"?

But on one point, he agreed with his friend's opinion. For this "Wonder Woman", his evaluation was simple.

The picture is bright, the story is simple, the colors are gorgeous, and there is no deliberate plot. Even the character of Wonder Woman Diana Prince, which Wayne deliberately left a trace of growth trajectory, can be regarded as flawless.

Of course, this simple evaluation does not mean that the movie is monotonous. At least as an ordinary movie fan, it can be said that this movie has given all the expectations that I have when I walk into a theater and buy a ticket to watch a superhero movie.

Scenes, special effects, emotions, love, and more importantly, compared to Wayne's previous dark and heavy realistic works like "The Dark Knight", this film is very suitable for watching with family and friends.

While watching the movie, there will be no shortage of humor, beautiful scenery, long-legged beauties, and the most anticipated special effects action scenes.

It's just that it can ignite emotions for ordinary viewers, but for those senior movie fans who appreciated Wayne's dark style earlier, they don't know what they think.

"Watch it, George."

Steven Spielberg shook his head to get rid of his messy thoughts, raised his arm and stabbed his friend, and whispered: "I have a hunch that this will be the most controversial film in Wayne's entire career, maybe. There are countless media outlets now, ready to criticize him."

George Lucas curled his lips, shrugged with an exaggerated expression, and said with a tone full of ridicule: "Oh my God, Wayne Greenberg has exhausted his talents and has already started to play with the vulgar sugar water, Coke and popcorn route."

"Hahaha, you."

Steven Spielberg couldn't help but laugh, reached out and patted his friend on the shoulder. The two stood up together and walked towards the crew and creators, preparing to send their routine blessings.

In fact, both of them thought that one of the representatives of Hollywood art directors since the 1990s happened to produce an extremely simple popcorn superhero, which was destined to become a point of criticism from many media, film critics, and film reviewers. .

As long as those people have watched this movie, they will definitely understand that this "Wonder Woman" has a people-friendly tone. But this does not prevent them from giving relevant evaluations.

On the other side, Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer, wearing baseball caps, obviously had no intention of showing up to send blessings. After the movie ended, the two politely applauded and followed the large group of movie fans to line up and walk out of the theater.

"A, God, this video is so amazing!"

"Thank you, thank you very much for your movie review."

"A, A, of course A, that's what we all think."

"Thank you, will you accompany your family to the theater to watch "Wonder Woman" again?"

"Of course I will. It's such a good movie. I'm going to call on my friends to watch it again tomorrow when I go back."

Listening to the constant exchange between the investigators in front and the fans, Jerry Bruckheimer narrowed his eyes slightly, turned his head and looked at Michael Bay. They both saw deep complex emotions from the swollen eyes of the other person.

Putting aside everything else, from what the two of them heard and saw with their own ears, none of the scores given by more than a dozen movie fans in a row for the film were lower than an A. This is obviously not good news.

"Bad reviews, a simple and mediocre chronicle. Wayne's lack of ambition is so disappointing."

The appearance of different voices caused confusion in the queue of movie fans who were queuing up to leave. Those in the back stood on tiptoe and looked up, while the movie fans in front who were about to leave also turned around in unison.

However, this fan obviously didn't care about the attention of everyone. He gave the questionnaire a big C- rating directly on the results of his unceremonious questionnaire. And before the investigator could ask anything, he started making crazy complaints.

"Compared with Wayne's previous works, there are no surprises in this "Wonder Woman". On the contrary, there are endless logical flaws that make people continue to play. Wonder Woman, who grew up on a paradise island, is not interested in human society. Don’t you know anything? But she actually knows Turkish and other countries and languages.

Where did the books she read come from? On the battlefield, she can attract all the firepower with one person and one shield? Ares, the super villain in the DC universe and the evil god of war, behaves so weakly, which is really embarrassing.

Okay, Angelina Jolie is beautiful, has a hot body, and looks cool every time she appears, but that doesn't cover up the film's many flaws."

The investigator looked at the embarrassing results of the questionnaire and shrugged without saying anything. The indignant movie fan shook his head and walked out of the passage like a hero in the face of countless malicious eyes. .

When it was Michael Bay's turn, they didn't hesitate at all. They directly gave an A score on the questionnaire and quickly walked out of the screening room.

It wasn't until he walked to the parking lot and sat in the car that Jerry Bruckheimer turned to look at his partner, frowned slightly and said, "The situation doesn't look very good. I just hope now that this Two weeks will take all the heat off Wonder Woman."

Michael Bay nodded. "Let's wait for the first weekend box office. Before the first weekend box office figures come out, no one knows how much noise this "Wonder Woman" will make in the theater market."

Obviously, neither of them took the bad review seriously.

Likewise, I don’t take the many high praise reviews too seriously. These can only be used as a certain reference, because both of them know that they will not be able to see the overall fan reputation situation for a while.

If Wayne's "Wonder Woman" is still in the same style as his previous works, it will be easier to predict the market response than it is now.

But in this movie, the other party changed his shooting style. The so-called test of human nature, the dark and depressing atmosphere, and the serious and objective social corner problems all disappeared. It seems that this way it is more suitable for the viewing taste of the public movie fans. , but in fact, no one can say whether the audience will pay for it.

The car shook slightly, and Jerry Bruckheimer silently started the car and drove out of the parking lot.

Unlike Michael Bay, as the gold medal producer in Hollywood who knows the market best, after attending this premiere, his first thought was that either "Wonder Woman" would be a box office hit because of its style that meets the public's taste. If it explodes again, either because of Wayne's unexpected change, a large number of movie fans choose not to buy it, and the subsequent box office will not be sustained due to the impact of word-of-mouth.

There is absolutely no so-called middle option. This "Wonder Woman" has caused constant controversy since its preparation, casting, filming, promotion, and release.

The advantage is that the popularity is so high that if there is no "Star Wars" this year, "Wonder Woman" is destined to be the most anticipated work of the summer.

The disadvantages it can bring are also very obvious. There will be countless people using microscopes to find problems in everything related to the film. That's why Jerry Bruckheimer made this judgment: Either it was a big hit that no one could stop, or it was affected by unfavorable word-of-mouth and the box office plummeted after the second week.

Even when Michael Bay said that he had to wait until the box office came out in the first week, he didn't agree with it. Just because of the name Wayne Greenberg, or the influence of Greenberg's production brand, even if "Wonder Woman" is not well-received by movie fans, it is unlikely to affect the box office performance in the first week.

Why are Hollywood directors and A-list stars so valuable? It is based on such appeal.

"how do you feel?"

In the screening room of the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, the fans and most of the guests had almost left. Bruce Willis did not hide it deliberately. He looked at the crew and creators under the big screen and asked in a low voice to Nate Shyamalan next to him. road.

“It’s great to have money!”

This is the first evaluation given by fellow director Knight Shyamalan. “The scenes, special effects, and even the costumes, props, and scenery are all top-notch in the industry. There is basically no room for improvement. This is the benefit of having a sufficient budget.

There's nothing special about the scene. Two hundred million US dollars were poured into it, but at least the special effects and other things were top-notch. Angelina Jolie is so cool, so handsome. With the support of the soundtrack, the action can easily arouse the audience's emotions, and it is very exciting. Some scenes make the viewers' nerves jump with it. "

Night Shyamalan shook his head, looked at his companion and sighed: "I'm very glad now that Disney didn't use our film to compete with this "Wonder Woman". You know, the investment scale of the two It’s not equal!”

Although he didn't want to admit it, Bruce Willis nodded slightly.

Now is the summer season, and the most suitable movies for this period are always those with big investment, big production, and big scenes.

And their "The Sixth Sense" is completely different in terms of film type. Of course, this is not to say that drama-suspense films are inferior to action science fiction films, but with the blessing of this schedule, the latter is far more popular than the former.

And as Knight Shyamalan said, "The Sixth Sense" has been carefully saving money all the way from the beginning of preparations for filming. The production cost of this film was only $40 million, a large part of which was taken up by Bruce Willis' salary.

What about "Wonder Woman"? Although Wayne Greenberg is not as famous as James Cameron in terms of spending money, he is definitely not far behind.

The production cost is easily 200 million US dollars, but Wayne never likes to use high-paid actors. It can be said that most of the investment can be invested in film production. Therefore, no matter the special effects, scenery, soundtrack, etc. are presented, they are all of the highest level in the industry.

No matter how much money you have, there is basically no possibility of improvement on these hardware.

"Hi, Wayne."

Deliberately waiting until almost all the guests were gone, Bruce Willis approached the creative team and politely extended his hand. "Wonder Woman is incredible, it's so special and it's going to be a box office hit."

"Thanks, Bruce."

In order to maintain proper etiquette, Wayne smiled all night, and his face was now a little stiff. Shaked hands with Bruce Willis, nodded politely as usual, and said: "Warner Brothers has arranged a cocktail party at the Four Seasons Hotel. You guys go over and have a drink first, and then we will talk."

"ok."

This circle can be said to be very big, but it can be said to be small, and almost everyone is familiar with their faces. It's just that the nature of this circle has caused most people to praise the superior and disdain the inferior, and because of the competitive nature of work, it is difficult to form a group of friends.

It's just that including Wayne, all practitioners with some achievements in the industry consider themselves to be social elites, so no matter what, everyone will retain the dignity they deserve in public.

Although he didn't have much contact with Bruce Willis, the two had met many times in the past few years. Looking at the other's leaving figure, Wayne smiled and shook his head.

He remembered clearly that this outstanding actor completely bid farewell to the Hollywood film industry more than ten years later due to aphasia and other illnesses. It was a special curtain call.

"Comon, Wayne, we're all waiting for you."

Bruce Rosenblum's cry rang out. "End the press conference as soon as possible. We still have to show up at the cocktail party. There are a lot of entertainment waiting for us."