my movie years

Chapter 169 "The Butterfly Effect" released

After checking the preparations at various locations, Zhang Hao returned to Fox Studios in Los Angeles to check the construction of the Batcave.

The studio at Fox Studios was converted from a hangar, and it can shoot some shots that ordinary studios can't shoot.The huge bat cave and the dilapidated Nereus area will be set here for shooting.

The Batcave in previous films was extremely exquisite, but the style of "At War Begins" has been decided, which does not meet Zhang Hao's requirements.

The bat cave he wants is a wet and dirty cave full of bats, and the film will also show how Bruce Wayne built his own bat cave by himself.

The flying bats in the film are synthesized by computer CG. Zhang Hao has never heard of a master who can train and control bats.

According to the plan, the prop group built a cave about 76 meters long, 36.5 meters wide, and about 12 meters high. 24 water pumps will be installed and used, and 80 cubic meters of water will flow through the set every minute, thus forming waterfalls, streams and dripping water. damp cave walls.

Marvel movies can be successful, and its production style that is biased toward childishness for all ages is undoubtedly a magic weapon.Similarly, the realistic style is also the reason for the success of "Batman: Beginning War" in the future.

The film industry is a place where there is a lot of following. Usually after a film is successful, the type of success will make other companies blindly follow suit.

Zhang Hao dared to bet that Warner Pictures executives already had a lot of childish DC movies similar to Marvel movies on their desks.

Zhang Hao repeatedly emphasized this point when he held a meeting with Charles Rowan, and the film takes the route of differentiated competition.

Audiences have watched too many childish superhero movies and superheroes who play tricks, and they will definitely be interested in a different Batman.

Charles Rowan agreed with Zhang Hao's point of view, and the two film crew leaders reached an agreement, and the others had no objections.

"Hey Bell, how do you feel?" Zhang Hao asked after seeing Bell driving the Batmobile around the test site for several laps.

Bell looked unsatisfied: "It's so enjoyable, this is simply a beast, I want to collect one."

"Don't worry, Warner Pictures has teamed up with Lamborghini to produce this Batmobile, and you will have one by then." Zhang Hao laughed.

In fact, most of the driving scenes were done by stunt drivers, and Christian Bale just took some close-up shots.

But the appearance of this car is really attractive. I am a car lover. When I see this car at first sight, I can't help falling in love with it.

And this Batmobile is not just as simple as its cool appearance, it can actually drive.

In the story, the Batmobile is actually a prototype of a military vehicle called The Tumbler, which was developed by Wayne Corporation to carry personnel and equipment across trenches and to facilitate passage in open areas.

However, due to the high price, Wayne Company failed to put it into large-scale production, but was discovered by Batman and developed into a tool for maintaining justice.

The Batmobile is equipped with a 5.7-liter 340-horsepower engine that can output 400 pounds of torque. The body is 9 feet 4 inches wide, 15 feet long, and weighs two and a half tons. It can accelerate from rest to 5 miles per hour in 60 seconds. Long jumps.

The most unique feature of the Batmobile is that there is no front axle, but the wheels are supported by the side of the car body.

Technicians upsized the rear wheels and placed the engine and transmission close by.The Batmobile even has an insect-like waist, which twists when power is applied.

In addition, the Batmobile is also equipped with 6 truck tires. In order to achieve the designed sideslip effect, tires with different degrees of wear are used in different scenarios, and the tire pressure must be adjusted accordingly.

Lamborghini set up a dedicated production line for the Batmobile, producing eight vehicles for the crew.

Five of these were complete, one electronic with a flip-top for easy entry and exit, and two without engines and lightened to be ejected during special action scenes.

Lamborghini also specially sent engineers and maintenance technicians to the crew to overhaul and maintain the Batmobile at any time.

Zhang Hao thought, should he wait for the filming to end and buy a car to go home, he can buy it with money.But this kind of car can only be put in the garage to eat ashes, and it can't get a license plate at all.

If it can be driven out, Zhang Hao is probably the most attractive one in the entire Forty-Nine City, and he is not as good as any rich and rich second generation.

In the film, Bruce Wayne's car will be provided by Lamborghini, all of which are the latest sports cars.In order to promote its own sports car, Lamborghini also gave Christian Bale a new concept sports car.

But there is no Zhang Hao in the sports car, even though he is the director.

Because of his lack of experience, he actually encountered many difficulties during the film preparation period. Fortunately, with the help of Charles Rowan, Zhang Hao successfully overcome these difficulties.

After a long preparation period of nearly two months, Zhang Hao took the crew to Iceland to officially shoot the first scene of "Batman: Beginning of War".

Just when "Batman: Beginning of War" started filming in Iceland, another movie related to Zhang Hao finally landed in theaters.

"Butterfly Effect", this movie brings a lot of doubts from the title, even after watching the trailer, it still makes people puzzled.

When the film was released, the director was filming abroad. There was no other way. Chen Kun, Da Mimi and other leading actors had no choice but to undertake the task of publicity, and started roadshows everywhere.

The film has also been screened, and has gained quite a good reputation in the media, and many media have even named it a milestone in domestic science fiction films.

However, some viewers who watched the screening said that this film is not science fiction at all, but borrowed some science fiction concepts.

Perhaps in the eyes of many Chinese audiences, only big sci-fi films such as Star Wars, Lightsaber Wars, Autobots, and Alien Planets can be regarded as sci-fi movies.

But the quality of the film is really good, and the fame gathering effect brought by Zhang Hao's Hollywood films has made more audiences look forward to this film.

To talk about the fame gathering effect, another thing happened recently.

When the news of Zhang Hao's Hollywood movie was about to pass, a North American reporter interviewed James Cameron, who hadn't been seen for a long time.

James Cameron revealed to reporters that Zhang Hao directed the Batman movie precisely because he recommended it to Warner.

As for why it is recommended and why, James Cameron did not say.

But this is enough for the media's imagination. Some media couldn't help making up, guessing that Zhang Hao is the illegitimate son of James Cameron in China.

The news spread back to China, and the domestic media and netizens learned some inside information about Zhang Hao becoming the director of Batman.

So everyone, like the people who eat melons in North America, guessed the reason.

It's a pity that Zhang Hao is in Iceland, otherwise the reporter would have come to interview his relationship with James Cameron.

Still talking about "Butterfly Effect", although Zhang Hao is not there, the scale of the film's publicity is not small at all, even larger than Zhang Hao's previous films.

This is the second collaboration between Chen Kun and Da Mimi. "Painted Skin 6" released on June 28 this year is the first collaboration between Chen Kun and Da Mimi. 2 million box office launched an impact.

In "Butterfly Effect", there are not only Chen Kun and Da Mimi, but also the cameo scenes of Zhou Xun, in addition to Lao Hu, Lei Jiayin and others.

On August [-]th, "The Butterfly Effect" officially landed in theaters, and it was released on the same day as "The Listener" directed by Mak Siu-fai and starring Tony Leung.

Because it was summer vacation and everyone went home, Ye Xiaoyi didn't organize a group of Zhang Hao fans to watch this movie, but invited a few friends to go together.

After watching "The Butterfly Effect", Ye Xiaoyi's brain's CPU almost burned dry, and she couldn't understand what the movie was about.

Fortunately, she established a movie fan group, and there are many masters who analyze the plot in the group, so she asked in the group.

"Has anyone seen The Butterfly Effect? ​​What is the movie about?"

The goddess erupted, so all kinds of people diving in the group showed up one after another, among which Jiang Zhicheng was the most active.

Now Jiang Zhicheng has gone from looking down on Zhang Hao to being a staunch supporter of Zhang Hao, and now he has developed into a film scientist of Zhang Hao, referred to as Zhang Scholar for short.

Jiang Zhicheng replied: "This movie is very simple. The hero Gao Qi can go back to the past through the diary and change some unfortunate things in the past, which will lead to another unfortunate thing.

No matter how it is changed, it will be an imperfect ending, so the male protagonist finally returns to his childhood, away from those people he brought misfortune, and finally the male and female protagonists forget each other in the rivers and lakes. "

Some friends have different opinions: "If according to the theory of the movie, the hero is the root of the misfortune, should he commit suicide?"

"I know this. It is said that Director Zhang filmed four endings. This is the public release version. The subsequent endings should only be seen after the film is drawn."

"Does anyone know what Director Zhang is doing now?"

"The filming of Batman has already started in Iceland."

In fact, the discussion of the plot is not only limited to the fan group, but also many ordinary audiences have made various discussions and comments on the film, which is the same as the original discussion of "The Prestige".

The movie "Butterfly Effect" is classified as a typical Zhang's movie, and some viewers clearly stated that this is a style that cannot be copied.

In fact, after Zhang Hao's success, many fledgling or well-known film directors tried to imitate the brain-burning, high-IQ plot style of Zhang Hao's movies.

In the end, I imitated the four different images, and the audience felt as if they had insulted their IQ after watching it. It was not good-looking or exciting at all.

You can guess the next step of the plot without even thinking about it, and you don't have the refreshing feeling of solving puzzles when watching Zhang Hao's movies.

This is normal. It’s not for nothing that Zhang Hao is known as the most unique Chinese-language film director. Even the national teacher can’t play this type of brain-burning suspense film. "Three Guns Surprise" is terrible!
Not to mention other directors, they are not as good as Guoshi!

But as I said before, audiences often don't like complex and brain-burning movies, and this type of movie usually doesn't have a high box office.

"Butterfly Effect" earned 1.13 million box office in the first week, losing to "The Wind Listener"'s 1.15 million box office, ranking second in the weekly box office.

In view of the film's 8500 million investment, the film needs to get more than 2.6 million box office to recoup or even generate profits. This first week's box office is not very satisfactory.

Fortunately, the excellent quality and reputation of the film kept the box office decline at a healthy rate.

In the second week, it once again got 1.08 million box office in a single week, surpassing "The Listener" by 0.84 million, successfully regaining the weekly box office championship, and pushing the film's box office to more than 2.21 million.

In this way, it should not be a problem for the film to exceed 2.6 million. Whether it can exceed [-] million depends on the market and God's will.

Zhang Haoyuan was in Iceland and received the box office status of "Butterfly Effect" by fax.

Zhang Hao is quite satisfied with this, but when he thinks that there will be a domestic film with a box office of more than one billion this year, Zhang Hao is dissatisfied in an instant.

Later, it seemed that a movie could easily break one billion, but in this era, breaking one billion at the box office is an earth-shattering achievement.

It's a pity that Zhang Hao can't be such a milestone figure.

(End of this chapter)