China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 336 "X-Men: Days of Future Past" wants to challenge "The Avengers"?
What ulterior motives are there in declaring war?Because the consortium behind Fox is News Corporation, the company of Murdoch, and Murdoch is a hardcore Republican Party, and Fox is an American conservative.

Twentieth Century Fox Film Company has made a lot of money in China, while its parent company, Fox Group, is anti-China in all aspects, whether it is Fox Television, Fox News, or Fox Broadcasting.

Therefore, who wants to provoke the hostility between Fox, the company of the Democratic Elephant Party, Paramount, and Disney? Although there is no need to provoke them, they are also fighting, but some things will force them to face the truth. Up against it.

Not to mention that it can provoke a complete rift between the two camps, it would be meaningful to at least let them fight again.

Anyway, the American society is going to be torn apart, so it is reasonable to fan the wind a little bit, right?
"Uh, no problem." Seeing He Fang's analysis, the host couldn't answer the question, so he said he didn't ask.

"Of course, when I accepted this project, Fox's goal was "The Avengers", and my promise was to exceed "The Avengers". So, fans, believe me, "X-Men: Days of Future Past" will only It looks better than "The Avengers", if you don't believe me, it will be revealed at the premiere."

As He Fang's words came out, the face of the senior Fox company next to him changed instantly, but immediately recovered, and applauded pretending to approve.

Although what He Fang said was not what Fox executives thought, there is nothing wrong with what others said. It was indeed the idea of ​​Fox executives to break the box office record of "Avengers" for a superhero movie, but they didn't have this ambition at the beginning. Who said it... …But there’s no point in worrying about who brought it up first.

"Wow, Director He Fang is very confident. This is the first time I've heard that Director He Fang wants to benchmark a certain film and surpass it." The host had no choice but to follow suit, after all, he is a member of Fox.

"There is no way. This is my promise to take on this movie. Besides, I think there is no problem. Regardless of whether the challenge can be successful or not, only when everyone competes can there be vitality. Otherwise, if you are good and I am good, there is no competition, which is not a market economy. specialty."

He Fang continued.

"Okay, then we look forward to the movie surpassing "Reunion". Thanks to director He Fang. Please, we will invite guests to enter the venue..."

The host didn't know what He Fang would say next, or whether he could catch it, so he had no choice but to end the interaction with He Fang immediately.

When He Fang walked to the side of the main creator, all the main creators looked at He Fang with strange eyes.

"Director, do we really want to compete with "The Avengers" at the box office?" Hugh Jackman asked.

"Why, no confidence?" He Fang asked with a smile.

"No, it's just..." Hugh Jackman was about to explain something.

"It's just that we haven't mentioned this matter all the time, right? Indeed, because this is my private goal with Fox, I said it today to make everyone work harder, to heat up public opinion, and to have a kind of spark hitting the earth in public opinion." Only in this way can we attract more fans to the cinema. Don’t you think it’s a very pleasant thing to use the popularity of our opponents to help us earn box office?”

As soon as He Fang finished speaking, applause came from behind him.

"What a crooked person, He, your approach is very good. The company is too conservative. That's how it should be, using the popularity of "Avengers" to boost the box office of "X-Men", ha, okay." Fauci led Fox The production team came over.

"It's great to be recognized by you." He Fang smiled and shook Fauci's hand.

"No, I think it's great that you are such a director who thinks wholeheartedly about movies."

"Ha, isn't this a wise decision made by Fox Corporation?"

"Ha ha……"

Complimenting each other and flattering each other, they stunned the middle and senior management of Fox next to them and the main creators of the crew. Only then did they realize that the people above were all playing high-end strategies.

But the creators were also aroused, just like Hugh Jackman. Why can't his Wolverine compare to Iron Man?

No, this time he wants to prove to everyone that Wolverine is also very violent when he is furious.

In the same way, among the other main creators, who doesn't want their own movies to be outstanding?Isn't this just for the skyrocketing of his own worth?
And Fox’s senior executives are also excited. Who doesn’t want to hold a profitable series? The "X-Men" series is going to die at Fox, and they will be disgraced.

So after such a provocation, it is in everyone's interest... As for whether it will offend Paramount and Disney?This is not a matter of consideration at all. It is normal for everyone to fight and compete with each other in Hollywood.

If He Fang sees that everyone is satisfied, then that’s good.

The expected goal has been achieved, and the next step is to go to the other party to fan the flames, but there is no rush, let's solve the current problem first.

The following guests gave He Fang a thumbs up as soon as they came up: "He, I look forward to your defeating "Reunion."

He Fang usually sighed deeply and said: "No way, this is the promise we made with Fox at the beginning. Fox needs a series of super-English movies."

He Fang's words spread like "Fox asked me to do this, because Fox needs a series of super-English movies to suppress Paramount and Disney." Meaning of Ramon and Disney.

But Fox, where are you going to find trouble, you can't find it, because not a single word of what He Fang said is false, and just now Fox's top management praised it on the spot.

He Fang let the words out, not to mention movie fans, even colleagues also aroused great curiosity, is "X-Men: Days of Future Past" really that powerful?Can it surpass "Avengers"?
So everyone is full of expectations for the next premiere, especially those film critics and media reporters who like to watch movies and make trouble. This is good news, and this is a hot spot for hype.

The key is that the relationship between "X-Men" and "Avengers" is that of two brothers from the same father. "Avengers" is the eldest brother, and "X-Men" is the younger brother who was sold to become his own entity.

Watching "X-Men: Days of Future Past" challenge "The Avengers" is a big drama. It's like a son separated from the family wants to overthrow his elder brother and become the new generation's overlord. Is this drama good?
They are also father's sons, so the eldest brother is supported with all his strength, while the younger brother is betrayed and forced to run away from home. Is this fair?This is not fair, so now the younger brother is going to make a comeback and prove to his father and the world that I am no worse than my elder brother, and even better than my elder brother.

I want to take back everything that belongs to me... This is the relationship logic formed in everyone's mind immediately after He Fang challenged "The Avengers".

This is also the reason why Fox executives immediately recognized He Fang's hype, because the audience likes to watch this kind of drama where the weak challenge the strong, which is topical.

Why is this point of view not supported?Why not support it?

As for whether such confrontation and hype will mutually achieve "X-Men" and "Reunion"?Will these two major IPs become the highlights of the annual competition?Will He Fang do something good with bad intentions?
He Fang doesn't care at all, because whether he succeeds or not, they will all succeed. If there are elements of He Fang in their success, this seems to make some Marvel fans have a certain fondness for He Fang.

Since some things are established facts, why not connect this established fact with yourself, make yourself a key person, and play a role in sowing discord?
"He, I look forward to your big show."

Directors Nolan, Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Cameron and others who came to join us all expressed the same meaning to He Fang, waiting for him to challenge the box office of "Avengers" with bold words. X-Men".

"Haha, please criticize more later." He Fang laughed.

Everyone knows how to play, it is impossible to really expose the shortcomings on the spot, only to praise on the spot, so He Fang is not worried at all about someone tearing down his platform.

Besides, he has faith in the movie.

At [-]:[-] in the evening, everyone sat in the Dolby Theater, looking forward to what He Fang said could challenge the release of the "Reunion" movie.

After everyone puts on the 3D glasses, the movie starts, and the Fox and Marvel logos appear, it will be the feature film.

There is a strong sense of oppression from the beginning. The picture of the future New York City shrouded in dark clouds at night gives people the feeling that the only ray of light in the dark world is like the only place to survive in the apocalypse.

That smell is coming, the dark world needs heroes to stand up to save the world and bring back the light.

Although the tone is dark, for the 3D effect, the layering is sufficient.He Fang knows what the shortcomings of 3D are, so he can't let 3D lose its due shock because of the dark tone.

Walking corpses of humans are controlled by combat robot 'sentinels', and mutants are about to be hunted.

After the general background introduction, we immediately entered the main plot. In Moscow, the combat robots were driving the aircraft to slowly gather somewhere, and then dropped a few robots.

And the mutants in a certain building had a premonition that the robot was coming, and then led the people from downstairs to downstairs with just a few flashes.

In another time and space, what makes He Fang most uncomfortable in "X-Men: Days of Future Past" is the makeup of the mutants, which is hard to see, such as Fan Bingbing's flickering performance. He Fang suspects that the crew deliberately made Fan Bingbing ugly. It's not 01:30 that ghost makeup is ugly.

So in this time and space, He Fang has fully upgraded the makeup of the X-Men. Although it is not completely subversive, at least it is beautiful on the original basis.

Of course, some people may say that the West may like that kind of dirty, messy and ugly makeup?
Then where is it not allowed, at least not in his movies.Unless the character specifically requires it, there is no need to make the character dirty and ugly.

You said that these people are all mutants, just like human beings. Who doesn’t care about their own image? Who doesn’t care about their beauty?Are mutants supposed to be big and dirty?

Then why aren't the heroes in "Avengers" like this?
The ugliness and dirtyness of the characters will screen out a large number of audiences. The audience does not like to see the protagonists ugly and dirty. The protagonists should have a positive image, neat appearance, and aesthetic appearance.

So He Fang believes that one of the reasons why "X-Men" is not loved by the audience is also the issue of makeup. He Fang doesn't care what happens to future "X-Men", but he will not allow this one to look bad.

The next plot is the battle between the "Sentinel" robot and the mutants. As I said before, this fight has been upgraded. It must be good-looking and exciting.

To make an action scene look good, firstly, the movements must be fast, ruthless and powerful. Another point is that the performance of the actors must be in place, the body must be beautiful, and then the pain will hit the screen. pain.

The action scenes directed by Hollywood's own action directors always have the shadow of drama. Although they have the shock of the original hammer, they are not good-looking at all.

This is why Chinese Kung Fu movies are popular all over the world, because Chinese Kung Fu movies are truly capable of punching to the flesh, but also take into account the beauty and imagination.

There is also the secret of good-looking action movies, that is, the main character only dodges or counterattacks skillfully when the enemy's movements reach a thousand uniform shots. This is the highlight.

This will make the audience worry about the protagonist and at the same time scream in surprise because of the excellent dodging of the protagonist. This is the case in the current theater. The audience screamed and immediately entered it.

In addition, the fighting is designed to create tension, that is, a group of people are fighting outside, and two people inside are racing against time to find a way out.

In this way, the audience will keep shouting in their hearts: Come on, come on, come on... hurry up, hurry up...

Of course, the ending is that they escape from the trap at the last second, but there is a sacrifice, so the team wants revenge...the real big plot begins.

This kind of start is indeed very successful, making the audience very enjoyable and looking forward to the next battle of revenge.

After this excellent beginning, the original film entered into complicated and somewhat boring plots such as twittering friendship, intrigue, and rescue, so the box office of the original film was only 7.5 million U.S. dollars.

Didn't meet audience expectations, didn't have what they wanted to see.

Although the current "X-Men: Days of Future Past" also has these plots, but where has optimized it, that is, twitter's ineffective plot compression. When shooting, the lens is used to compress the plot level. It is impossible to tweet out, because there is no relevant lens.

So, sorry, you have to cut out the shot according to the shot. This kind of shot is clean and cool, which improves the quality of the film.

"Hey, not bad, the way this is handled is great." A director praised in the audience.

"Yes, so far He has grasped the rhythm of the film very well. No wonder he said he wants to surpass "Reunion". The layout is huge, the characters are numerous but not chaotic, the fighting is exciting, the special effects are beautiful, and the plot is tight. Little humor."

Everyone approved of the first three and 10 minutes of the movie. There were no peeing spots and it was very interesting.

Film critics also wrote down in their notebooks what they saw as the bright spots and what they considered "disadvantages". The shortcomings recorded in the notebooks were very few, probably because it only lasted 10 minutes.

(End of this chapter)