Chapter 371

On May 26, 2006, the traditional memorial day in the North American film market was scheduled. The No.1 film of the 20th Century Fox this year, "X-Men 3: the battle of the back", held a huge North American premiere at the China Grand Theater in Hollywood.

As Gail gado came into the theater through the back door with a small tail, Murphy walked on the red carpet of the premiere alone. However, he mostly came to watch the show. He didn't mean to be a platform for Dave Scola at all. He walked on the red carpet as a routine and soon entered the Theater Hall.

Before that, he had accepted the invitation of the 20th Century Fox executives to participate in a trial screening of "X-Men 3: back water battle". This film is really a big investment and production, and the big scenes and visual effects are far more than the first two films. But now it is not the last century, and the film has long been unable to sell well if the special effects are good enough.

In particular, the main plot of the film is similar to his impression. Because of the fans, the box office of the first weekend of the film will not be too bad, but if there is no accident, the future box office trend is worrying.

Entering the hall, Murphy saw the enthusiastic greeting of Dave Scola, who didn't lean over there at all. Carla Firth had already walked over, and it was enough to have her to hit each other. She was still standing in the back to cheer on.

"With Kara's ability and development momentum." Gail - gado with Margot - Robbie came, "if Dave - Scola no more outstanding performance, fox production director position, will soon be replaced."

She was obviously not speaking to Murphy, but to Margot Robbie.

Margot Robbie first waved to Murphy, then pointed to the other side, "they should be the real version of the game of power, right?"

Gail gado just smiles. It's hard to judge his good friend like this in front of Murphy.

Murphy did not have so many scruples, directly said, "it's just the rudiment of a power game, losers just quit, but they won't lose their heads."

"Oh..." Margot Robbie nodded and said, "but I think their fight is cruel, too."

"The cruelty of business competition is self-evident." Gail gado said, "but it's far worse than the fight for political power."

Murphy nodded. "It's hard for the power struggle in society to be like that described in TV dramas and books any more."

Compared with him and Gail gado, Margot Robbie undoubtedly lacks social experience and is full of curiosity.

If we can dig out more from Murphy and Gail gado, she can be the center of the school discussion.

She looks at Murphy suspiciously.

Now there is nothing to do, Murphy simply said, "in the past, for example, in the middle ages, which is similar to the background of the novel, the game of power tested the limit of human nature, and the limit of human nature lies in: brothers are fratricidal, brothers are fratricidal, fathers use their children, and children assassinate their fathers. So human nature is the most untenable thing with no lower limit. "

Hearing this, Gail gado gently tugs at Ramsay. In her eyes, Margot Robbie is still an underage girl.

"It doesn't matter." Margot Robbie took Gail gado's arm, looked at Murphy, and begged, "go on, OK?"

"Let's talk about novels." Murphy also doesn't want his girlfriend to complain. "The game of power thinks that the most reliable thing is the blood and the relationship between mother and son. Children are the future of mother. They are extremely strong in the consistency of interests, just like cersei and Caitlin's love and protection for their children. This kind of relationship is given by nature and God, so it goes beyond many rules of the game in the secular world."

"Then..." Margot Robbie frowned for a moment and asked, "will the game of power end?"

Without thinking about it, Murphy shook his head. "As long as the greed and desire of human nature are still there, the game of power will never stop and end. Except for piles of corpses and victims, it will not really leave a living. All victories are temporary, and the winner will lose in the protracted war of power and give way to the next strong. This is the iron law of nature. "

Seeing Gail gado beside him, he added, "it's also the invariance law on the so-called fantasy continent westero."

He has also read several volumes of novels written by George Martin from beginning to end. Of course, the power in them can not be applied to the real society, but it is also a real response to some situations, especially those authoritarian and war-torn countries.

In short, what is power?

Power is not fear, so the small skinned Ramsay and the ghost army who are good at scaring others and with fierce means will not be the final winners; power is not power and court deceit, and the narrow pattern of cersei and James are not the final winners; power is not metaphysics and magic, so Stannis belassian who always wanted to take shortcuts died in the battlefield; power is not equal to justice, Therefore, the bishops, the great sparrow and the flag less brotherhood, who represent the public opinion at the bottom, are so shallow; power is not morality and honor, which is why the stark family, the king of the northern frontier, is close to extinction.Even if Jon Snow is so good-looking and good-looking, the game of power still stabs him to death in the snow, like a public exhibition of the art of killing.

Power is bloodthirsty and always yearns for blood and life; power is cruel and always looks forward to war and killing; power is greedy and its appetite will not be full no matter how many corpses it eats. Power is just a reincarnation of desire, it has a beginning and no end, as long as human nature and greed are still there, it will not stop turning, swallowing a sacrifice.

"What are you talking about?" Carla Firth came up and looked at Margot Robbie curiously. "Are you David's sister?"

"Hello, Miss faith." Margot Robbie is not as polite as he was when he was a child. "I'm Margot Robbie. Call me Maggie."

Carla Firth nods to her, greets Murphy, and walks up to Gail gado to discuss which fashion store to visit this weekend

After a few words, Murphy watched the movie for almost the same time. He asked several people to walk into the screening hall together. Unlike other guests, they came here to watch movies.

Many changes have taken place in the details of X-Men 3: back water battle, but the main plot is basically the same. In the second episode, the dead Jean grey comes back to life and turns into an Omega mutant fenghuangnv. Then she kills both the enemy and the enemy, good and evil. Even the highly popular laser eye and Professor X are killed by Wolverine

The big scenes and special effects can really stimulate the eyes, but this kind of plot is not to the taste of the audience. The more fans of the X-Men series, the more dissatisfied they will be. Especially when fenghuangnv kills Professor X, there is a sound of curse in the audience at the end of the screening Hall.

Murphy clearly saw that many ordinary audiences chose to leave early.

Watching the movie, he can't understand what Dave Scola and director Brett Ratner think. Do they think this kind of plot will have more impact?

Like this type of film audience, psychological acceptance is often relatively low.

Is the X-Men series going to end without Brian singer?

According to Carla Firth, the replacement of Bryan singer by Fox in the 20th century is not only the director's intention, but also other considerations. For example, Bryan singer is one of the many homosexuals in Hollywood. He always uses his power to hook up with young actors in casting and shooting. If it's your wish, it's OK What? It's just the most common thing in Hollywood, but he also targets some underage boys and uses some harassment and obscene means to make them comply.

It's true that most actors will choose forbearance, but not all of them. The crew has to appease many people every time, which is also a headache for fox in the 20th century.

Bryan Singh and Brett Ratner have some connections.

In fact, Brett Ratner was the director selected by 20th century fox to move "X-Men" to the screen. But at that time, 20th century fox could not determine the start date of shooting. Because Brett Ratner, who had a contract, started shooting "rush hour" as required, which contributed to Bryan singer's success in "X-Men".

What's more interesting is that Brett Ratner was elected as the director of "superman returns" by Warner Bros. the intervention of Bryan Singh just made them turn around, and also made Brett Ratner complete the hand in hand with "X-Men" series five years late.

But holding hands this time is not pleasant.

Memorial day schedule promotes the box office of the film obviously. This public holiday on Monday every year can form a three-day long holiday.

"X-Men 3: back water battle" has no rival in this holiday. In the three days of the weekend, it took 100 million US dollars from North America. Even last Monday's Memorial Day holiday, it took 120 million US dollars from North America.

Everything looks good. It seems that the North American box office of the film will go straight to 350 million dollars or even 400 million dollars.

However, compared with the previous two films, the sharp decline in word-of-mouth has become a drag on the follow-up box office trend of the film.

Such as "the most ugly one", "rotten director's rotten film", "can only casually watch" comments emerge in an endless stream.

This directly leads to the lack of follow-up box office and premature ejaculation as soon as the working day arrives.

Especially at the end of the second weekend, the box office of "X-Men 3: back water battle" dropped by 70% and only got $30 million, which surprised everyone. (to be continued). )

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