hollywood draw

"Wayne Greenberg: I ​​never care about the praise or belittlement of film critics. I shoot works for North American fans..."

"Wayne Greenberg, who was controversial yesterday, appeared on the "Daily Show" as a guest. He said in the show that his style has not changed, because it is his style to make movies that surprise fans..."

"Swearing is the most critical criterion for becoming a film critic..."

No matter how unexpected the various revelations in the entertainment media are, what Wayne said on "The Daily Show" on Saturday night still occupied a considerable part of the media pages, and almost mainstream entertainment media have published them.

Most media are not afraid of big things, because they all know that in this period, countless ordinary people will be interested in any disputes with Wayne Greenberg and open their wallets to pay for the horrifying title.

Of course, the most eye-catching news broke on Sunday morning was also closely related to him. Bella Grant, the well-known editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Times, published a documentary report in the entertainment section, detailing everything Vitalie Seiduke did on the Oscar day.

Then, Los Angeles local TV station played video materials provided by Bella Grant in the morning news column.

In an instant, although the public opinion did not reverse, it also made more people feel comprehension. No matter that man, when his female companion was harassed by his skirt in front of him, he would probably be furious.

"e on~, I knew Wayne wouldn't do it for no reason."

In front of a theater in the Upper East Side, a boy waved the newspaper in his hand and turned to his female companion sitting beside him and said, "Jennifer, I knew it was like this. Wayne did what every man should do. I swear, if someone dares to harass you like that, I will kick him hard in the ass!"

The Latino brown-haired girl rolled her eyes on the bench. Of course, she saw the newspaper she was waving with her boyfriend. Embarrassingly, she was still holding two movie tickets for "Godzilla" in her hand.

Looking at the boy's excited face and a hint of imperceptible praying gaze in his eyes, the girl shrugged and said helplessly: "so, Hank, it seems that we have to change our movie viewing plan again?"

"why not?"

The boy named Hank's eyes lit up and he nodded quickly. "Dear, you know I'm a hardcore Wayne movie fan. You said don't watch the violent man's works. Of course I'm willing to agree with your suggestions. But now the facts have proved that Wayne is not a violent man or a pervert. He is just protecting his female companion..."

This is very important. Like other young couples, the earliest viewing plan was "The Flash". However, after watching the TV show yesterday morning, the girl said that she was unwilling to watch a violent work again, believing that it was supporting the other party's violent behavior.

There are many passers-by movie fans like them, and of course there are many affected. Many people have no choice when facing a choice. Now the popularity of monsters in North America is still there, and people are not resistant to monster-type disaster films.

“Ok.”

Under Hank's anticipated gaze, the brown-haired girl named Jennifer nodded, but took out two Godzilla movie tickets with some difficulty and said, "But, this movie is about to begin, Hani."

With the goal achieved, Hank promised without hesitation: "It doesn't matter, we can watch the big monster first and then watch "The Flash."

Although the boy was in a hurry, he was still willing to watch the big monster with his girlfriend first. In fact, he was still very resistant to this movie and was not willing to tell his new immigrant girlfriend. He was not interested in the monsters he came from at all.

Perhaps this is the mainstream idea of ​​young people in North America. They accept Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" and can be said to be so crazy about the vivid prehistoric dinosaurs inside. As for the monsters coming from the book, what does it have to do with them?

Whether it is said or not, in the mainstream view of young people in North America, xenophobia is as impossible to eradicate like racial discrimination, but it is even more impossible to speak out in a blatant manner.

At around 9 o'clock in the morning, the couple walked into the theater behind them together, bought popcorn, checked tickets, and went to the screening hall to find a location. Like countless ordinary couples, they were whispering in the dark environment while waiting for the start of the film.

"There are not too many people, there are obviously many people waiting in the hall..."

The pre-screen advertisements have begun to be played on the big screen. Jennifer turns around and sweeps the entire cinema with the light of the big screen, and finds that there are not many viewers. Almost all couples like them occupy corners of the cinema.

"Maybe those people are waiting to watch The Flash?"

Hank pinched his girlfriend's hand and muttered in the other person's ear. "It's too early now, and it's probably many people are still hiding in the quilt."

He really couldn't explain some questions clearly. Should he tell his girlfriend that because most viewers have the habit of xenophobia? Tell his girlfriend that they are not interested in things from other places? This obviously doesn't work.

However, when the movie started for the most part, not only Hank and Jennifer, but the other viewers in the screening room also became louder and louder. The movie was very different from the monster movies in their hearts, but they couldn't tell where the bad things were. This was the main reason for this situation.

"Shit! It's obviously monster disaster movies, why can't I get interested at all?"

"This movie is far from "Jurassic Park"!"

"f**k, I fell asleep behind me, what's the ending?"

When the movie officially ended and the fans lined up to leave, their complaints about the movie became the focus of the topic. None of the few viewers expressed satisfaction with the movie.

Similar situations have happened in theaters in major cities in North America. In fact, the ticket sales of "Godzilla" in the past two days are quite good, but with the screening, the reputation of fans has obviously dropped significantly.

Fortunately, there is another film. On Sunday, just like Hank and Jennifer’s choice, many young and passers-by fans chose to buy tickets for the Flash after watching "Godzilla" ordered early in the morning.

The fans who have gained the reputation of the two films are very different. Most of the fans who have watched the film "The Flash" expressed their satisfaction and excitement, saying that even if it is just a simple audio-visual feast, it is worth the fare.

As the main body closest to movie fans, the cinema also discovered the reputation gap between these two films at the first time. At the end of the last screening on Sunday, analytical reports were sent back to the headquarters by theater managers across the United States.

Early Monday morning, the sun just poked its head out and woke up in Los Angeles like a furnace. In Greenberg Manor at the end of Mulholland Road, Wayne had a towel hanging around his neck, wiping the sweat beads from his face, and walked into the restaurant and sat down.

As he became more and more busy in the years, he invisibly lost his exercise habit that he had persisted in for many years. Although his body still looked clear in muscle contours and was considered healthy in North America, where obesity was a disaster, he could feel it himself. If he did not recover his exercise habits, he might gradually disappear after he was thirty years old, and he might even be able to stand up with a big belly.

"You really don't seem to be nervous about the first week of The Flash?"

Wayne, who was handing the towel to the butler Hela, looked at Nina and curled their lips and said, "boy, don't tell me that your ambition has disappeared."

Hearing the sarcastic jokes from the woman, Wayne waved his hand. "The first day of the Flash's box office was close to 40 million US dollars. Even if it was affected on Saturday and Sunday, it would not be difficult to achieve the expected goals of Warner Brothers and me. Nami, be patient."

While speaking, he took the scrambled eggs and sandwiches brought by Hela, lowered his head and picked up the fork and sent them into his mouth. At the same time, he said in a voice: "Box Office Express, Nami."

Rolling his eyes helplessly, Naomi Watts flipped through the newspaper he said, picked up the "Premiere" and cleared his throat. "After the summer season in North America began, the theater market continued to rise last weekend. After Paramount Pictures' release of "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" released, it finally ushered in two large productions with a cost of more than 100 million yuan last weekend.

After creating the great movie "Batman: The Dark Knight", Wayne Greenberg brought out the "Flash" with a huge controversy this year. The film was released simultaneously in 3,400 theaters in North America on Friday, May 19 (Friday).

"The Flash", which abandoned the strong dark style and transformed into a purely visual commercial film, closed at $38.48 million on the first day, accounting for 69.3% of the box office in the entire theater market. It also opened a single-stage box office of over 10,000 yuan with a super-large-scale painting opening scale, and also ranked as the box office champion on the day.

On Saturday, "The Flash" and director Wayne Greenberg suddenly fell into negative comments, and the critics gave the film an average of 2 points. However, neither the violent scandal nor the ultra-low professional score seemed to have had too much impact on "The Flash". With the support of young movie fans aged 16 to 30, they won the daily box office championship again, and the box office on the same day closed at 35.776 million US dollars!

As the weekday is about to usher in, the attendance rate on Sunday is inevitable. However, "The Flash" is still the best-performing film of the day, strongly suppressing "Godzilla" released at the same time, and capturing 21.1 million US dollars in the North American theater market!

On the first weekend of its official release, "The Flash" still strongly crushed its competitors even in the face of a lot of negative news and controversy, winning a box office of 95.25 million US dollars...f**k! Sony Columbia, a bitch..."

Halfway through reading, Naomi Watts suddenly angrily photographed the "Premiere" magazine on the dining table, shaking the plates of Wayne, Sergey, Nina and others. At the same time, it was accompanied by her sharp swear words that kept bursting out.

"Hey, Nami." Wayne was laughing and was engrossed in his eyes. He was obviously jumped by the woman who suddenly broke out. He raised his head in surprise and looked over. "Damn it, why are you crazy?"

"A group of smashes, if it weren't for Sony Columbia, the first week of "The Flash" would have had a box office of over 100 million. They ruined your hard work for more than half a year. Yes, Paramount's word is also indispensable..."

To a certain extent, what the Australian actress said is indeed correct. If there is no sudden black news and the bad comments from a large number of film critics, "The Flash" will likely have a box office of over 100 million US dollars in this era.

It seems that this film is not much different from a large-scale science fiction commercial film, but Wayne is very clear in his heart that whether it is the editing rhythm or the special effects level, all the benchmarks are mainstream commercial films ten years later, which is invisibly equivalent to a dimensional reduction blow.

But rationally, is there any movies that have been hitting the box office even though Hollywood has gone through competition? It is obviously impossible. Even if there is no conflict with other film companies, they will not watch you succeed. It is a common practice to harm others and not benefit yourself.

Therefore, Wayne never expected that a certain work of his will be successful in the theater market smoothly.

This is the reason why Jeff Robinoff taught him the newcomer when filming "The Joker" in New York. Even after George Lucas became the richest man in Hollywood, there would still be invisible troubles such as a fire on the set. This circle will never be a place where talent can succeed.

"Nami, don't be excited, when did I ever be afraid of competition?"

It was just a little bit short. Wayne certainly understood the annoyance of the woman standing beside him at this moment. He, the real person, comforted the other party. "Believe me, Nami, this time the winner will still be me alone! Some of the box office lost in "The Flash" will be paid for."

Even Sergei, who was standing by, stopped eating wildly, raised his big head and buzzed, "When did the boss lose? Nami, the least you need to be upset is the box office results."

"Okay, keep reading, I want to hear what the mainstream media said."

Seeing Naomi Watts nodding in disappointment, Wayne pointed to the magazine on the dining table, picked up the steel fork and continued to bow his head to deal with the scrambled eggs.

The Australian actress reached out and picked up the magazine again, saying crisply: "This year's "The Flash" continues to promote the entire DC movie series, which is completely different from the DC's previous works in the past few years. "The Flash" not only has a major change in the style of the film, but also has a very different theme story from the comics.

It can be seen from many places that Wayne Greenberg re-sored the birth story of Barry Allen for the subsequent DC movie characters. There is no blood, violence, or darkness in this story. He is more like a large-scale film industry display, with ultimate audio and video special effects spread every minute of the film.

The slight changes in the story and comics can be said to be a compromise that had to be made for the entire DC series. It can be seen that Wayne Greenberg made great efforts to make the film closer to the imagination of movie fans. It is understood that the main creator of the crew avoided the overall story of "The Flash" and invited the second generation of the Flash Barry Allen's creator, Julius Schwartz, personally joined the creative team.

Although the style of this film has changed drastically, it is the same as all of Wayne Greenberg's previous works. He not only took charge of the film's director, but also served as a screenwriter and producer, and as always hosted the post-recording of the film.

According to relevant sources, the soundtrack when Wonder Woman appeared in the easter egg of the film was also made by this film and television genius. However, according to previous interview analysis, the reason why Wayne Greenberg will personally handle the soundtrack this time is probably because the top Hollywood soundtrack master John Williams refused to cooperate with him without hesitation.

After cooperating with him with "Batman: The Dark Knight", this top scorer in the circle has told the media more than once that no matter how much money Warner Bros. pays for it in the future, he will not cooperate with Wayne Greenberg again. When talking about this topic, John Williams's face has never been good, as if the cooperation between the two left him a deep enough shadow.

Since Wayne Greenberg's first work was released, every film has received unanimous praise from critics, but this time the situation is very rare. Almost all famous film critics in North America have criticized "The Flash".

But there are always exceptions. Todd McKinsey, the gold medal critic of the Hollywood Reporter column, fully affirmed "The Flash". He stated in his column that Wayne Greenberg, who has completely put down all the "art" burdens and is determined to stand from the perspective of movie fans, uses "The Flash" to tell the entire Hollywood what the ultimate audio-visual experience should look like!

However, with the popularity of "The Flash", the film also faces a lot of trouble. Director Wayne Greenberg's violent accusations, main actor James Franco's dark information, whether insufficient professional ratings will lead to weak momentum, etc., everything depends on the market performance after the weekdays.

Ranked second in the box office last weekend was Sony Columbia's ambition work "Godzilla", which officially started to be painted in a super-large scale in 3,000 theaters in North America last Friday. However, this monster from the island country does not seem to be as strong as the Tyrannosaurus Rex in Spielberg's hands, and basically does not block the iron fist from DC.

"Godzilla" has been released for three days. The film produced and released by Sony Columbia received a box office of US$37.6 million last weekend. However, one thing is worth noting that the reputation of the film's fans is still falling rapidly. Relevant authoritative third-party prediction agencies said that if the reputation of this monster disaster film cannot be reversed in the future, the box office in North America is likely to be more than 100 million!

The third place last weekend was Paramount Pictures’ science fiction blockbuster "The Great Collision" produced and released by Paramount Pictures. The film was influenced by the release of "The Flash" and "Godzilla". In the three days last weekend, it only received a poor box office of 5.7 million US dollars. The total box office in North America will exceed 100 million. It can be said to be the first model of high opening and low closing this summer... "

The next videos lined up behind were basically produced at a low cost, which almost poses no threat to "The Flash". Naomi Watts simply put down the magazine in his hand and looked up at Wayne who was holding a scarf to wipe his mouth.

"If nothing unexpected happens, "The Great Collision of Heaven and Earth" and "Godzilla" will not pose much threat to us." Wayne shrugged and said relaxedly: "What I am thinking about now is not only to take all the remaining schedules in June, but also to make some people pay enough."

"It's strange, boss."

Nina, who was standing aside, pushed the glasses on her face and asked in confusion: "It is obvious that "Jurassic Park" has withstood the crushing of "Batman: The Dark Knight", and North American monsters have become even hotter this year, but "Godzilla" has no power to fight back against "The Flash"? They have done a lot of work this time."

Normal people may be puzzled by this. Both of them are monster movies, Jurassic Park faces "Batman: The Dark Knight". Even so, Tyrannosaurus Rex still gained a considerable box office.

Anyone who is sober will never compare "The Flash" with "Batman: The Dark Knight". Logically speaking, even if you are riding on the popularity, "Godzilla" should not have only such a box office.

"It's not because the scene in "Godzilla" is not big, nor because North American audiences suddenly don't like monsters." Shaking their heads with a smile, Wayne explained: "Putting aside some of the impact caused by Warner Brothers, the fundamental reason for its miserable box office is simply because it's not good-looking!"

Faced with this answer, the two women tacitly curled their lips together. This sentence sounds no different from nonsense to them. Of course, it is not good to have good box office performance. Is there any other reason?

"Okay, because this monster movie is not in line with the tastes of mainstream North American audiences." Wayne spread his hands and joked: "Because it's too big!"

Perhaps this is a joke, but more of it may be the fundamental reason. One thing that has to be said is that Godzilla, the monster that became famous earlier than the Tyrannosaurus Rex, is a rare well-known monster that can be used in the book. It is also bigger and rampant around the city that the audience is more familiar with. But why even so, the audience still doesn't like this monster?

The fundamental reason is that it is too big. Large size means bigger scenes, but it also invisibly makes many narrative details overlooked like the photographer who survived by chance in the film.

To give a simple example, a monster that is too huge can't arrange for the protagonist to face the crisis alone. Because the monster's size and destructive power are supermodels, the supermodel does not allow individual humans to face it at all, and can only let the war machine army intervene early.

As a monster movie and a disaster movie, it is precisely because Godzilla is too powerful and is a fictional image, and he completely loses the opportunity to show the cruel details of reality. Therefore, the whole film can only follow the fictional rhythm and fall into a narrative dilemma of embarrassment.

If you are careful, many movie fans will definitely summarize it. Whether it is "Jurassic Park" or other similar films, the strength of our enemies will be strictly controlled by the director and within an acceptable range, so that human characters can be constantly focused and conflict dramas will be endless.

Take "Jurassic Park" as an example. Even the biggest and cruelest Tyrannosaurus Rex only needs to be equipped with a few cars, four people, and a mobile toilet. The two can bring screen shots with a high nest that lasts more than fifteen minutes. What if it were Godzilla? Just one kick, everything will be over...

The atmosphere in Greenberg Manor Restaurant is extremely relaxed, but even the air seems to be frozen in the office of Sony Columbia headquarters in Los Angeles.

"... Give up that Ukrainian journalist, withdraw the lawyer group we provide, and also bring back the money paid to him. Damn, it doesn't matter whether this little person is in trouble or not." Benzi Geo glanced at Paul sitting opposite the desk of the worker and waved his hand helplessly and whispered.

"Isn't it a little too early to give up now?"

No one expected that the Flash, which faced countless troubles, would have a terrifying box office performance. What was unexpected was that the reputation of "Godzilla" fans had completely collapsed. "I heard that Bruce Rosenblum's poisonous snake has already made a statement that Vitali Seeduke is worse than death. Why don't we discuss it with Paramount again..."

Benzi Geo angrily patted his desk. "Baga, let him die."

Little people are always so sad. When you lose your value, no one will care about whether you die or live.

If Wayne saw this scene, he would definitely have a deep understanding of the island country's CEO's approach. There is no way, people have this tradition, right?

For example, he was also very puzzled why even Xiao Anan who retreated was ruthlessly squirted to death by big trolls on the street. Until netizens gave an answer, "Because although this guy has retired, he still wants to ban pornographic films." Well, I have to say that he deserves it.