Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 676 Final Box Office and June (13)

Marvel movies... Shen Yan dared not give a true evaluation.

I wouldn't dare, at least not now!

There are so many fans!
Before Avengers: Endgame, no Marvel movie had a Douban rating lower than 7!

Apart from "Black Panther"—which initially received a 6.8 rating on Douban, but later dropped to 6.5.

But the box office in mainland China still reached 6.62 million yuan…

During those years, Marvel movies were truly conquering the world.

No matter what kind of garbage they release, there will always be a huge group of fans blindly defending it. If it's absolutely terrible, they'll just say, "You haven't read the original work, this part is in the original work," and so on...

Film reviews are all about "100 Easter eggs in the movie," and then it's like playing a game of spot the difference, saying that this place pays homage to which comic book from which year, that this place hints at the existence of so-and-so, or that it will be included in the future cinematic universe...

Damn it, to put it bluntly, American comics, this piece of junk, have been manipulated and exploited for decades...

Just enjoy it for fun. There's no need to go on about who's insightful, who's principled, or who's incredibly captivating and great. I have no interest, I don't care, and I don't want to know!
Many people don't even recognize all the great figures in real life, yet they insist on listening to you talk about how divine your father is, or how righteous your captain is...

To be honest, this is pretty childish. It's usually something only brainless fans would do!

In a sense, Marvel does indeed manage its brand much like it manages its fans…

A bunch of fans criticized Martin Scorsese so much that he had to apologize in his column…

……

"The color grading should be finished in about two weeks... We'll definitely make it in time for the Venice Film Festival!"

Are you confident of winning the Golden Lion this time?

Shen Yan shook his head: "I doubt it will work. This year's jury president is Alfonso Cuarón... La La Land is a musical, he probably won't be interested..."

"Alfonso Cuarón...the one from Gravity?"

“Well, he’s a Mexican director…” After a pause, Shen Yan added, “But he really likes long takes. There’s a five-minute long take at the beginning of La La Land… it’s hard to say!”

Alfonso Cuarón, a Mexican director, is best known for his film *Yum Mare*, a drama about the final moments of adolescence. It was nominated for a BAFTA award, and David Heyman, the producer of the *Harry Potter* series, was so impressed that he invited Cuarón to direct the third installment: "Yum Mare is about the final moments of adolescence, while *Prisoner of Azkaban* is about the beginnings. I felt Cuarón could make this film feel more modern in some ways, showcasing his visual magic."

In fact, "Prisoners of Azkaban" only grossed $2.49 million in North America and $7.9 million worldwide, making it the worst-performing film in the eight-part series.

Despite its low box office performance, it has the second-highest IMDb rating in the series, second only to the final installment, "Deathly Hallows Part 2".

Then they became awesome thanks to "Children of Men"...

He then won the Academy Award for Best Director twice, for "Gravity" and "Roma"!
Generally, the chairperson of the jury will inevitably favor their own people, so the Golden Lion Award in the original timeline was given to the Venezuelan film "From Afar"...

By the way, Hou Hsiao-hsien was also on this year's jury, but he didn't help at all—let's not even talk about the mainland film "The Beast of Sorrow," even Tsai Ming-liang's "That Afternoon" didn't win a single award!
Shen Yan has spoken with people at MK2; public relations will be tough this year…

Unless A24 takes over Rome...

But the movie "Roma" is... pretty bad!

Shen Yan could help him connect with Netflix…

Of course, Shen Yan couldn't say these things publicly!

"I heard you're going to film 'Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils,' is that story from the 'Biography of Zhou Chu' in the Book of Jin?"

"No, it's a modern martial arts story... It tells the tale of Chen Guilin, a wanted criminal who, believing his life is about to end, decides to eliminate the two most wanted criminals on the list ahead of him and thus gain fame."

"Modern martial arts?"

“Yes…” Shen Yan nodded: “It’s just that the swordplay has been replaced by a Kirok.”

"...I'm really looking forward to it!"

"Thanks…"

……

After the interview, Shen Yan took out his phone and checked for missed calls... There was indeed a call from Ji Xiang...

I called back, then hung up…

It's nothing more than drinking parties, dinner parties, golf games...

They were mostly forced to make phone calls.

Shen Yan refused outright, always giving the same ready-made reason: "I need to oversee post-production!"

What post-production?
It was probably the post-production work for the movie "La La Land"!
High saturation creates dreamy colors…

After all, it's a musical...it definitely needs to have a dreamlike quality...

We need to distance ourselves from reality—in real life, no one will suddenly start dancing out of nowhere.

It would be too much to judge musicals by realistic standards!
Currently, musicals and dramas have faded into obscurity and are no longer common theatrical genres that attract public attention.

What La La Land aims to do is to use cinematic techniques for showcasing musical set design, scene transitions, and performance style, achieving a very dreamy and romantic effect!

Besides color tone, post-production editing is also very important.

The true stroke of genius in La La Land is the rewind in the last ten minutes—in a fleeting moment, the male and female leads are together, even though the story ends with them missing each other...

They simply exchanged a smile!
All that remains is a sense of sadness, a feeling that things have changed and people are no longer the same.

Shen Yan hired Xu Hongyu as the editor... and together with Shen Yan himself, they took charge of the editing.

Xu Hongyu is a Hong Kong filmmaker, but he has always worked in mainland China. He has a good relationship with Chen Kexin, and initially worked as an editor on Chen Kexin's films…

In the original timeline, encouraged by Chen Kexin, he directed two films, "This Is Not What I Expected" and "Coffee or Tea?"...

However, this time, Shen Yan intercepted it!
Last year, I contacted him through Huang Jianxin and invited him to do the post-production work for "The Martian". Then I asked him to edit "Life's Big Events"... and incidentally, I funded him to set up his own studio.

Yes, it's considered a binding agreement!
After all, talented people are hard to find.

It's better than him collaborating with Tangde—in the original timeline, Tangde Film & Television funded the establishment of his studio, and films like "This Is Not What I Expected" and "Coffee or Tea" received financial support from Tangde…

Oh, Shen Yan really dislikes Tangde Film & Television. The company's business philosophy is "stars first," and the boss's catchphrase is, "You guys are so ugly; your job in this industry is to serve the stars."

For Shen Yan, dinner parties and drinking parties are things he doesn't attend at all...

There's no need to pretend anymore!
……

As of May 23, "Life's Big Events" had been in theaters for 30 days, accumulating a box office of 17.28 billion yuan…

Screenings have dropped to less than 10%, and daily box office revenue is around 300 million...

Strangely enough, it still has considerable box office potential.

May this year was unusual. Everyone generally expected "Avengers: Age of Ultron" to be a massive hit, so it was relegated to a secondary release, leaving two Hollywood imports to compete: "Tomorrowland" and "Chappie."

There's also an Indian film, PK, starring Aamir Khan.

However, these three films did not have enough impact.

Aamir Khan's rise to god-like status in mainland China will have to wait until the release of "Dangal".

This resulted in "Life's Big Events" still ranking in the top five of the daily box office charts—although it was far behind the top-ranked "Age of Ultron," it was at least on the list!
Until May 28th, when "Doraemon: Stand by Me" was released, "Life's Big Events" saw its screenings drop to less than 3%, and its daily box office revenue also fell to less than 800,000 yuan...

Then San Andreas and Jurassic World were released one after another…

"Life's Big Events" was simply pulled from theaters.

The final box office was 17.42 billion yuan... temporarily ranking third on this year's box office chart, behind "The Martian" and "Furious 7".

The highly anticipated film "Age of Ultron" ultimately grossed 14.02 billion yuan at the box office.

(End of this chapter)