Save the Bachelor of Heaven

In January, Xiang Nan and Cong Shan returned to the mainland.

Although the parents are gone, the father-in-law and mother-in-law are still there. And Ning Yong is also there, Xiang Nan is the only elder brother left in this world, so he is willing to see each other more.

After all, Ning Yong is also in his sixties, and if he doesn't meet again, he may not see him again in the future.

In January, Universal Pictures released the movie "X-Men: Apocalypse."

"X-Men: Apocalypse" tells the story of Apocalypse, the most powerful mutant in history three thousand years ago, who decided to unify the world after his recovery.

The original X-Men: Apocalypse didn't get a great reception. One is because there are too many characters on the stage, and the screenwriter is too busy to deal with them, so they have not portrayed these characters well.

The second is because the story line is too chaotic, with a head on the left and a mallet on the west, there is no clearly visible main line at all. Therefore, although "X-Men: Apocalypse" was given high hopes by Fox, the final box office and word-of-mouth were not satisfactory.

For example, with an investment of 180 million U.S. dollars, the box office was originally expected to be more than 800 million U.S. dollars. As a result, the box office was only 560 million US dollars, which was nearly 300 million less than the expected box office.

Therefore, when Xiang Nan wrote the outline of the script, he made a lot of deletions and revisions to the original script.

For example, the roles of Phoenix Girl, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Storm Girl, etc. have been greatly reduced, and they have basically been reduced to Easter egg-type characters. Concentrate on the portrayal of main characters such as Apocalypse, Professor X, Magneto, Mystique, and Quicksilver.

In this way, the scenes will not be too scattered, causing all the characters to appear on the stage to have blurred faces, and no one image is clear and can leave a deep impression on people.

He also introduced the character of Apocalypse, why he wants to dominate the world and unify the world. To know whether a superhero is a hit or not, it all depends on how the villain is portrayed.

If the villain is a failure, it is difficult for the superhero to succeed. Just like "Green Lantern", the final boss inspection is as ugly as a piece of shit, and its strength is so poor that it can be killed by a single sun. It really doesn't look like a strong man who can dominate the universe.

You must know that the sun still ranks first in the solar system. Looking at the universe, it is just a sesame seed. There are many giant stars and supergiant stars in the universe, each of which is hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of times larger than the sun. If you are afraid of the sun, let alone conquer the universe.

Also because of the modification of this movie, the plot is clearer and smoother, and the characters are more three-dimensional and vivid. Coupled with the grand scenes and gorgeous special effects, "X-Men: Apocalypse" finally won the fans' great support. support.

In the end, the North American box office was 310 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office exceeded 800 million U.S. dollars. Compared with the cost of 150 million US dollars, such results are very good.

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In February, the movie released is "Avengers 2".

The movie tells the story of the Avengers cleaning up the mess for Iron Man. In fact, the story of "Avengers 2" is not exciting.

On the one hand, the BOSS Ultron seems to be very strong but actually very weak. Compared with a god like Loki and a cosmic army like Chitauri, Ultron is far behind in both force and strength.

On the one hand, Hawkeye popped up into a family for no reason, and Kuaiyin ran faster than lightning, but was killed by a bullet, and he was so aggrieved when he received the lunch box.

In contrast, Quicksilver in "X-Men" played for only a few minutes, but left an extremely deep impression on the audience.

This is the lack of care in character creation.

Because of this script, Xiang Nan also re-edited, which greatly strengthened Ultron's strength. Its IQ is higher than that of Iron Man, it is an extreme genius, and it has computing power that is unmatched by supercomputers.

Its strength is also infinite, and it can wrestle with the Hulk; in addition, its speed is as high as Mach 33, which is faster than Iron Man.

Such a smart, fast, and powerful villain is the strong enemy of the Avengers.

As soon as he appeared on the stage, with invincible domineering, he dismantled Iron Man's battle suit and beat him into a cripple; he drove the Hulk directly into the ground, immune to Thor's lightning attack, and almost crushed him with the Meow Hammer. As for Captain America, Hawkeye, and Black Widow, they couldn't even take a single move.

Such a powerful enemy brought a great sense of oppression, and also made the audience worry about all the heroes. This kind of desire to elevate before suppressing makes the climax of the story more enjoyable.

Unlike the original "Avengers 2", Ultron's performance was very hip from beginning to end. He didn't pose enough threats to the Avengers at all, but was thrown around.

Naturally, the final climax was too watery, so that when "Captain America 3" was released, the audience said it was the real "Avengers 2", which was really embarrassing.

The re-adapted "Avengers 2" was well received by the audience, and it was considered to be of better quality than the previous "Avengers".

Therefore, after the film was released, the box office exploded. In the end, the North American box office was 500 million U.S. dollars, and the global box office was 1.67 billion U.S. dollars.

Such an astonishing box office performance once again shocked the industry, and also made the concept of the movie universe deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. All of a sudden, the establishment of a movie universe has become the magic weapon of Hollywood, and every movie company is trying.

But what is currently doing the best is Warner Pictures.

The DC universe of Warner Pictures is doing well now, but most of the movies are not as good as the Marvel universe in terms of word-of-mouth and box office.

For example, "Superman: Man of Steel", which was released in 2013, had a global box office of only 680 million US dollars, which is not as good as films such as "Ant-Man" and "Black Widow".

You must know that Superman is the Big Three of DC, and Ant-Man and Black Widow can only be regarded as second-line heroes in Marvel.

Another example is "Batman v Superman: Justice League", which was released in 2016. The global box office was only 850 million US dollars, which is not as good as the box office of "Captain America" ​​and "Iron Man".

The "Justice League" launched in 2017 had a global box office of only 650 million US dollars, which is only half of the box office of "The Avengers".

It can be said that Warner's DC universe is not considered a success.

The reason for this, in Xiang Nan's view, was mainly because Warner was too hasty, and many heroes rushed onto the stage before they had time to lay the groundwork, so that the audience didn't know them, and they saw them fighting together, so naturally there was no sense of substitution.

For example, Dakseid, in the DC universe, he is as tyrannical as Thanos. In fact, the character Thanos was created after imitating Darkseid.

In order to lead out Thanos, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has paved the way for at least three movies, "The Avengers", "Guardians of the Galaxy", and "Avengers 2".

As for the infinite gems, it runs through Marvel movies, frequently appearing in "Captain America", "Avengers", "Thor 2", "Guardians of the Galaxy", "Avengers 2", "Doctor Strange", etc. in the movie.