Best Movie Star

Compared with the previous films, "Superman Hancock for All" is undoubtedly very close to a bad film, but this has not affected Matthew's reputation and status in the circle, especially the latter, Matthew, as the male protagonist, even Being able to bring a film with poor content to the level of a big box office sale has proved his market appeal to the whole of Hollywood.

Hollywood doesn't care whether the film is bad or not, as long as it can bring commercial benefits, it is a popular movie star.

However, Matthew is very clear-headed. The film "Superman Hancock" can be a big hit at the box office. The good audience reputation he has accumulated in the past has played a key role.

This kind of thing cannot be repeated over and over again.

There are too many bad movies, not to mention him who has touched the threshold of superstar, even the top star can't hold it.

Nicolas - Cage is a lesson in the past.

What's more, the high opening and low walking of "National Superman Hancock" has made him alert enough.

The film was released in July and was shown for more than three months. By the end of October, it was withdrawn from the North American theaters because of the exhaustion of box office potential, and finally won the box office of 312.03 million US dollars in the North American market.

Overseas, the film's popularity has also dissipated. The global box office has accumulated a total of 766.8 million US dollars, and it is basically impossible to break the 800 million US dollars mark. Warner Bros. expects the final box office to land at about 790 million US dollars.

Regardless, Hancock for All was a huge commercial success.

The film sold well at the box office, and it also caused a lot of negative criticism, not only from professional film critics, but also from many film practitioners.

"Nowadays, movies are all about saving the world. There are fewer and fewer scenes in the movies, even my own movies. No one knows why. Everything is as tense as the strings of a clock."

In a recent interview, the famous director David Fincher mentioned some of his thoughts on "Superman Hancock", especially that the film company used a certain routine and formula to shoot the film, leaving the film with only explosions and love. , heroes, etc., which he thinks is fine, but for him it's not the way to go.

"Many studios are still trying to put out good works, and I also have many good friends who are producers, but if you just want to make films that follow the studio's style, then stay on that path, including romance, comedy, Tormented Oscars, summer superhero blockbusters, and sequels with slightly smaller budgets.”

Views like David Fincher's are relatively peaceful.

There are also many well-known independent film directors and producers who believe that Hollywood is currently in a dark age.

Because the power of studios and big distribution companies is getting bigger and bigger, the whole Hollywood has become extremely unbalanced. They believe that 1999 is almost the last glory of Hollywood. Since the end of the last century, more and more Hollywood films can be recorded in film history. Less, or sharply less.

In addition, the structure of Hollywood has undergone major changes, studios have too much power, and independent films have less and less space to survive. Because of the financial crisis, investors have become more conservative, and the relationship between studios and Wall Street has become more complicated. No one is inseparable, money has become more limited, investors have become more and more security-seeking, and money has gradually been concentrated on commercial productions, because the box office is guaranteed.

They believe that this directly causes Hollywood to greatly ignore small and medium-sized productions and creative films, and that Hollywood studios will suffer their own consequences in the future. When they are only driven by money and don’t spend money on high-quality content, high-quality content will go to new channels. , attracting audiences, and fewer and fewer people go to the cinema.

But what most viewers like to watch, these people don't think about.

It's not clear what Matthew will be like in the future, but in ten years, what will the audience tend to be? It's still watching the scene, the plot is relatively easy to understand, and the plot and scene must be cool to watch.

It is enough for ordinary audiences to demand coolness.

Moreover, commercial returns are the most critical factor in determining the investment of Hollywood companies. As long as the investment strategy does not change significantly, the narrative of mainstream Hollywood movies will not change much.

Matthew has been in Hollywood for many years and has stood on a relatively high level of the pyramid. He has also wondered whether the mainstream narrative mode of Hollywood movies will completely break through the three-act structure.

He has thought of two modes. The first one can be summed up in one sentence, that is, what a person wants to do, there are endless obstacles in front of him, and then overcome the obstacles and make it happen. This is a mode.

This model seems more suitable for commercial films.

The second pattern is that a person suddenly cannot find the value of life, then starts to search, and finally finds it, or still does not find it.

This can be said to be the core topic of literary films, who am I? What am I going to do? Where am I going?

So, this is suitable for independent films.

Of course, his film art is limited, let alone forward-looking bigwigs like Spielberg and George Lucas, and his personal ideas are very limited.

Perhaps it is the major Hollywood studios who should consider this issue.

Like him, it is more about keeping up with the development and changes of the film industry and social times.

Just as the glory of traditional action films is gone forever, those who lag behind the times will eventually be eliminated, and even if they are reminiscent of them, they will not become mainstream.

In the 1990s, superhero movies could only be regarded as a small genre in Hollywood, and now they have gradually become the mainstream of the business, and Matthew has also successfully boarded this commercial express.

In October, Kevin Feige specifically asked Matthew to meet.

"I heard that you sold all your Marvel Comics shares to Walt Disney?" Kevin Feige asked directly.

This matter has been publicized by Walt Disney for a long time, and Matthew has no need to deny it. "Yeah, Walt Disney has made conditions that I can't refuse."

Today, the negotiations between Walt Disney and the management of Marvel Comics are continuing, but the offensive against minority shareholders has never slowed down, and the Marvel shares it has won have exceeded 20%.

Kevin Feige was very curious, "Matthew, "Iron Man" has just achieved success this year, and many superhero movies in the future are also on the agenda. Marvel Comics' stock has great room for appreciation in the future, why would you sell it? ?"

Matthew frowned slightly, thought about it, and said, "Kevin, don't you think Marvel superhero movies need a broader development platform?"

Hearing this, Kevin Feige had a thoughtful expression on his face.

"If you can use the power of a giant media group to build the Marvel superhero series." Matthew said slowly again, "Marvel superhero movies will definitely be more successful."

He asked tentatively, "Has Walt Disney also been in contact with you?"

Kevin Feige smiled and didn't deny it, "I asked what I meant, but I have very little shares in Marvel."

Thanks to a supplemental agreement with Disney to invest in Marvel superhero movies, Matthew is now very happy to see Walt Disney swallow Marvel comics. After all, this supplemental agreement can only be realized if Disney successfully acquires Marvel.

So, he added, "I want to make a profit, and what about you, Kevin? You want Marvel superhero movies to be unprecedented."

Kevin - Feige did not answer.

Matthew continued, "But you and I know very well that it's too difficult to rely on Marvel comics alone! Paramount Pictures, as a pure distributor, will not invest too much in Marvel superhero movies. resource."

"Yeah." Kevin Feige nodded lightly.

He fully agrees with this point. If Paramount Pictures has done more adequately, "Iron Man" actually has potential to be tapped.

Some words stop at the point, and Matthew doesn't say more, Kevin Feige is a smart man.

Even if he does not participate in the actual management of Marvel Comics, he knows that Kevin Feige has many conflicts with several bigwigs in the creative department of Marvel, especially in the aspect of film adaptation.

If he is in the position of Kevin Feige, the best way to fight against the pressure inside Marvel is to attract external assistance~www.readwn.com~ With the power of Walt Disney, to break Marvel The inherent order of comics.

If Kevin Feige can win the support of Disney, as long as Walt Disney successfully acquires Marvel Comics, his right to speak in Marvel will definitely increase.

Matthew didn't say these words explicitly, but then implied a few words. Judging from Kevin Feige's words, it seems that there are also considerations in this regard.

After chatting with Disney for a while, Kevin Feige took the initiative to change the subject and asked Matthew, "Do you have any thoughts on our superhero movies?"

"Me?" Matthew shook his head, "Kevin, I'm just an amateur."

Kevin Feige said very seriously, "If you are an amateur, the people who are in charge of the film business in Hollywood companies are probably mentally retarded." He looked at Matthew, "Every time you choose a movie, you always succeed. , there's no way you haven't thought about the future of Marvel superhero movies."

Matthew can't tell the truth, how stupid would that be?

"Kevin, you are the producer of the entire series, and you must have all-round considerations." Matthew said slowly, "I'll just say one thing."

"Please say it." Kevin Feige seemed very serious.

He attaches great importance to Matthew's words. Compared with Matthew, he feels that he has too little successful experience.

What Matthew said was actually considered, "My only advice is: don't worry about the cosmology, worry about the movie itself. We just wanted to make a good "Iron Man" movie at the beginning If you come down and make a good Hulk or Thor movie, you just want to make a good movie. Then at the same time, do things that no one else has done, which is to put these movies together and let those who died Loyal comic fans, experience Spider-Man crawling into the headquarters of the Fantastic Four, or Hulk dashing into an Iron Man comic."