Hollywood Domination Chapter 3: D and Jenny’s ghost
"You will forget me." The Mad Hatter said to Alice, "Goodbye, Alice, goodbye."
He took a step back, flipped his hat on her in a funny way, touched his heels dramatically, stepped back a few steps, and watched Alice shaking her head towards the exit with some sadness, and there were bursts of sighs in the cinema ——Although Alice is shaking her head constantly, everyone knows that when she walks out of the rabbit hole, she will gradually forget the Mad Hatter. Just like a dream, the memory of Wonderland does not last long in real life. Alice will one day take responsibility, grow up fully, and forget about the Mad Hatter.
And what about the Mad Hatter? Continue to live in Wonderland, never grow old and never die, never forget Alice, wait forever? This is a cruel answer, but it seems to be the case. Maybe Wonderland is just Alice's dream, but how can the characters in the dream die?
Seeing Alice passing through the fantasy passage and climbing out of the tree hole again, Jon couldn't help but wipe the corners of his moist eyes, but at the same time, she heard the child beside her asking inexplicably , "Why did you forget him? Mom?"
"Because Alice has a bad memory." I don't know if he was perfunctory to the child, or if he didn't understand, the mother's answer made Jon roll his eyes for a while, but he also retreated from the sad mood. Zhongdi watched Alice return to the real world and go to reject her marriage contract-this is obviously a story of Alice's self-growth, and it would be fun if she didn't reject the marriage contract at the end.
"The ending actually went to China. Is this a joke to j.j?" The ending made her smile knowingly, but soon realized that she was careless. She didn't play the red and white queens separately as in the rumors, well, of course this is known for a long time, it seems that she is just a cameo in this play-this is actually a good thing, her white queen is not the same as in the trailer It’s as ethereal and boring as it is said, and it’s actually quite interesting to repeat itself—but if you play two roles, it’s like "The Fifth Sally", repeating yourself a bit...Now, this movie Her success or failure has nothing to do with her, which is not bad."
Although he was moved to tears by Johnny Depp in the end, Jon didn't think the movie would be a big hit. When it comes to the storyline, there are basically not many surprises and ups and downs, it's just a repetition of the original, and The 3D effect is not as realistic as "Avatar", and the whole visual effect can't be compared with Pandora star at all. In general, if it is not for the "you forgot me" line of Mad Hatter and Alice, her emotions are even There will be no impact. Compared with the experience of watching "Avatar", it is of course not the same.
When the ship sailed into the distance and disappeared into the mist, the lights came on, but Jon, Harry, and Zade didn't get up and leave, and they still habitually stayed to watch the subtitles and wait for the easter eggs. ——Except for Charles who was still working overtime for tikt in the company, all the moviegoers came to the premiere.
"How does it feel?" Harry asked, and he clicked his tongue to express his opinion. "Disney limited Tim so much that you could tell they were going for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but the movie just felt—wrong."
The films produced by the pair of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp often achieve box office miracles. For example, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is a win-win at the word-of-mouth box office, but this time "Alice in Wonderland" "It seemed that he had lost his hand, and Jon also nodded, "Johnny repeats himself too much-every time, he always wears such heavy makeup and exaggerated performances... This movie can't be said to appeal to both tastes and tastes, but it's a bit high. It’s too low, it’s too esoteric for children, and for adults, this prophecy is a bit painless—”
"Yes."
"Yes." Both Harry and Zade nodded, and Zade said, "If it is made more obvious, the White Queen's evil will be more obvious, and this will become a wrestling of two bad women , Alice ends up supporting the less evil side - or even not at all, but having Alice end up telling the Mad Hatter, 'I won't forget you', that's all good, feels like you can clearly see The game between Disney and Tim, in the process, all the evil of Tim was stopped by Disney, 'stop, you can't do this', and at the end, Disney said, 'Tim, you can release yourself', ok , Tim gave such a sad ending that the kids couldn't even be happy."
"However, Jane's performance is still quite interesting—the feeling of selfishness, indifference and affectation, the performance is very good, but the role is a little less." Jon thought about it, and laughed, " I don't think her performance will be criticized this time, right? This time, she should be the highlight of the failed movie—"
"God knows how the media will react. After the Oscars, they can find a lot of points to attack J.J." Zade said angrily, "This time they may even blame her for the failure of the movie!"
——Seeing Zade's angry face, Jon couldn't help but flinch secretly: Of course, everyone is a fan, and she would be angry because Jenny was attacked, but...Zade's reaction It always makes her feel that she doesn't love enough. Sometimes, this passion can even make her a little scared.
"If "Avatar" wins an Oscar, they will definitely say that J.J is manipulating, shady or something, there is always a reason to attack." She tried to be objective, "As long as J.J himself is not affected That's it—July is "Codename Shero", even if there are negative reports, it is impossible to be affected for too long."
"Yeah, July will be "Codename Shero"." Zade touched his chin, and put on a look of longing, "I don't know where j.j is now, has he returned to Los Angeles—if he can be in 7 Maybe I can see her at the premiere if I get back to Los Angeles by the end of the month."
"Speaking of which, Zade, what do you do?" Jon asked curiously, "it seems very convenient to ask for leave——"
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"imdb's score has dropped to 7.6."
"The box office of the midnight show is 6 million - the first day is estimated to be around 35 million."
"The half-day statistics of the cities on the east coast have come out, so far the three big ticket warehouses have given back 8 million."
"Maybe you can get 40 million on the first day..."
"But it depends on tomorrow's decline."
For fans, the quality and box office of a movie are just a number that can be talked about casually after all. For example, this movie, in which Jennifer can almost only be regarded as a cameo, did not follow Weinstein's expendable publicity in Disney. When Jennifer was misunderstood as the starring role, they didn't even pay much attention to the box office, but for some data geeks, and data analysis agencies—of course, and most importantly, film companies, the audience's word of mouth and follow-up The box office trend is closely related, and the low reputation of "Alice" is also expected by Disney, but it still makes them dare not place too much hope on the follow-up box office trend. They can only hope for the movie's DVD sales and peripherals Back and forth—after all, after watching the trial version of the movie, they all knew the problems in their minds. Tim Burton and Disney did have some compatibility issues.
For Disney, they have to maintain their brand image: well-known fairy tales like Alice are produced by Disney, so there must be a large number of small audiences. The damage to brand value cannot be estimated by the box office of a movie. As for Tim, without the right to final cut, he can only be ravaged wantonly, but Disney can't force it to completely overthrow and remake the whole movie, making it beyond recognition. "Silk" has become such a lukewarm movie, suitable for all ages, with a sad and disappointing ending, and it also brings a flavor that belongs to Tim-it can barely be regarded as a peripheral promotional film, and the corresponding attractions in Disneyland. Advertisement.
"Would the result be better if Dameng was involved in the production?"
"This should be asked to Dick - Dameng failed to participate precisely because of his rebound psychology."
"Generally speaking, this should not be a very failed project——"
"The first day's 40 million, if it can be maintained, the overseas trend is good, and there may be profits, but it mainly depends on the decline of the next day——"
Actually, to be honest, it was not Dick’s responsibility to prevent Dameng from participating in Alice. With the support, no one would have thought that just a few years later, Dameng has already started to participate in this kind of movie with an investment of 200 million yuan on a large scale. However, since Dick has already resigned, if the blame is not on him, Robert will feel that he lacks professionalism. Now he has no doubts in Jennifer's intuition, and has a very high evaluation of her vision and ability. He can only be thankful that "oz" is dominated by Dameng. Anyway, the 200 million investment loss may not be big. For "Alice", he has already half-give up, and he doesn't even care about the daily box office so much. , just told the secretaries to pay attention to the real-time figures: this loss, Disney can still afford it, and it won’t hurt the bones. Now that the responsible person has been found, caseclose, the rest is up to him, the big president. care.
——However, neither senior movie fans, star fans, nor professionals like Robert expected that after the first day of 40 million, the low reputation of "Alice" did not affect the continuation of the box office. Gao Qi, 44 million on Saturday, 33 million on Sunday, domestic box office of 100 million 3 in the first week, has already broken a bunch of spring box office records, and on Monday, the first week of overseas was also reported back - the global simultaneous opening "Alice", the first week actually reached as much as 300 million! ——This number is even comparable to "Avatar"!
On this quality? This rotten tomato, imdb score? 300 million box office worldwide in the first week?
The movie has already been released, and everyone can see it. The quality of "Alice" is needless to say, and whether it is a film critic or an ordinary audience, there is not much difference in the caliber of the film review. Everyone said that this film is 'nah, it's not that good-looking'. With this kind of word of mouth, 300 million in the world's first week? What is it selling?
Is it a story?
Impossible, the narrative of this film is messy and mediocre, without this charm, word of mouth also speaks for itself.
Actor?
Impossible, Jennifer Jefferson does not play a major role in the publicity. Everyone knows that she is only a supporting role in this drama, and judging from the feedback, people are not focused on her rare roles and It can only be regarded as a performance that does not lose its standard. ——As for Johnny Depp, the film critics and audience feedback are similar to Jennifer.
Is it the director?
Impossible, if Tim has this charm, he won't just blow up a movie occasionally. His control of the market has not reached the magical Cameron level.
——After analysis and analysis, the market can only attribute the success of "Alice" to one point—3d!
Even if it is post-transformation, even if the scenery can only be said to be average, even if it is purely following the trend, for the audience, after "Avatar", their hunger for 3D needs to be filled, and "Alice" just happens Filling in this gap, as a mediocre work, the box office capacity of "Alice" in the first week is actually a reflection of the market's hunger and thirst for 3D - 300 million in the first week, and 600 million in the world. 700 million is easy, if you are not careful, you can almost break to 1 billion... Then, in the current market, there is a hunger and thirst of 1 billion!
Regardless of the quality, as long as it is 3D, you can lie down and count money—no matter which company it is for, this idea is extremely attractive, and post-production conversion has become a new hot word in the industry. Hollywood is reveling in finding a brand-new way to take out pockets, and at the same time, they are also setting their sights on "Code Shero", the first 3dimax blockbuster released after "Alice", the market Expectations for it have been raised again - everyone wants to know, if there is no fantasy landscape created out of thin air, if it is a relatively 'down-to-earth' superhero movie, with the blessing of 3D, what level can its box office go to? Count, 1 billion? 2000000000? Regarding the box office volume of 3D movies, the current Hollywood is very aggressive and dares to think, and there is really no limit!
Joss Whedon, Jennifer Jefferson, "Codename Shero"—the media are talking about the new film whose previews are overwhelmingly popular, and the critics even give a thumbs up, predicting its box office range, The director and screenwriter were talking about its shooting method, eager to see the sample film in advance, so that they can know the 3D movie well, and the CEOs of the six majors also contacted the big dream one after another, and the key words of the conversation were indispensable' 3d'——
However, when everyone was eager to chat with Jennifer Jefferson about 3D, they found that the only person they could contact was Cesare Vijari in Los Angeles—on April 2010 In the middle of the month, Jennifer was like a foam on the sea, blown away without a trace by a gust of wind. No matter in Wellington, Los Angeles, or even Beijing, China, there was no trace of her at all. To use an oriental word To describe it, Jennifer is now hidden by God—seriously, she has completely 'hidden away'...