Chapter Five Hundred and Thirty-Five: How Crazy I Used to Be, Now My Face Hurts

"Hollywood starts with animation ()"

DreamWorks Group.

Spielberg, one of the three giants of DreamWorks, talked with Michael Bay in his office today, no, to be precise, he was comforting his old friend.

"Michael, don't pay too much attention to the box office trend of "Pearl Harbor". In fact, the dozens of minutes of explosions in the film are still recognized by many fans and fans?" Spielberg said comfortingly.

Michael Bay smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "I know, but I'm still very unconvinced."

"You mean..." Spielberg frowned.

"That's right!"

Michael Bay said solemnly: "I'm referring to those unscrupulous, unrestrained media reporters, as well as those film critics who fan the flames everywhere. Before the release of "Pearl Harbor", they all said: Hey, look at him Michael. Bey, is he going to order anything other than a blast just blast, blast, blast? Can't play art movies at all!"

"Now, it's almost two weeks since 'Pearl Harbor' came out."

"They said: Hey, look at him Michael Bay, he really can only play with explosions, explosions, explosions, as for the literary and artistic connotation of the tall, he is completely incompetent."

The voice fell.

Spielberg said coldly: "How many years have you been a director, don't you still understand the urgency of the media and film critics? Whether it is a commercial film or an art film, as long as they want to, they have 10,000 kinds of nitpicking. Way."

Michael Bay: "..."

Does he really not know the urine of the media and film critics?

He is very clear.

However... Michael Bay's directorial career has been too smooth!

"Jedi Men", "Brave the Dead Island", "Peerless Catastrophe"...

Since officially stepping into Hollywood, Michael Bay has been like a wall hanging in the cloak of God, making a movie and making a movie, and the box office is getting higher and higher every time.

The fame of the arrogance of the sky spread like wildfire!

The word "failure" did not exist in his dictionary at all.

However, this time he screwed up!

Spielberg further analyzed: "In fact, the "Pearl Harbor" movie is not bad, but the new film "Ninth District" by Wald Pictures was released at the same time as your movie! $30 million low A low-budget sci-fi movie that broke a series of mid-budget box office records and completely overwhelmed your popularity."

Michael Bay suddenly felt bitter.

It's okay not to mention the movie "District 9", even Michael Bay couldn't help blushing when he mentioned it.

No one in the whole of Hollywood does not laugh. On the eve of the release of "Pearl Harbor", Michael Bay criticized "The Ninth District" more than once.

"District 9 is a joke."

"District 9, which cost $30 million to make, is still a sci-fi movie. Can you watch it?"

"Undoubtedly, it is a proper big bad movie."

"Pearl Harbor's opponent was never the 9th District, which was released at the same time, but James Cameron's Titanic."

A sentence of madness still fills my ears.

How arrogant I used to be, and how painful my old face is now...

Director Michael Bay is like this, and the stars of the film "Pearl Harbor" also have a sore face.

for example:

The heroine is played by Kate Beckinsale.

At this moment, she was extremely uncomfortable.

Agent: "Kate, you know, although I am one of CAA's senior partners, I can't control the will of the entire CAA. Since the word-of-mouth and box office failure of "Pearl Harbor", your rating within the company, It's been downgraded from A+ to B."

"At the same time, major Hollywood film companies have also lowered your rating considerations. As for the loss of endorsements for various products, it has become a foregone conclusion."

Hearing this, Kate Beckinsale's face was ugly at the moment.

Hollywood is a Vanity Fair, and capital always chases winners!

The agent added: "From now on, it will be difficult for you to obtain the resources of A-type commercial blockbusters."

"Is there really no room for recovery?"

Kate Beckinsale is very upset. She has worked hard for so many years and paid so much to get the heroine role of the A-class commercial blockbuster "Pearl Harbor". For this reason, she just gave birth to her daughter less than two months ago, and immediately went to work.

However, now the movie fails.

The filmmakers who had been chasing him so fervently were now so cold.

"It's hard."

The agent shook his head and said, "Passing means passing. There are really not many people who can turn over. Do you know Milla Jovovich?"

Kate Beckinsale nodded in understanding.

(Note: Milla Jovovich played Alice, the heroine of the Resident Evil movie series.)

"In the mid-'90s, Mila was already a very famous actress, and for that, she got the favor of Luc Besson's The Fifth Element. But, you know, it hasn't turned around so far." The agent People said in a low voice.

The film "The Fifth Element" cost $90 million to produce and more than $50 million to promote. At the time, it was the highest-grossing film made by Gaumont.

But what about after the movie?

There were many negative reviews, and the box office was a fiasco.

For this reason, Gao Meng Pictures almost went bankrupt.

The dignified international director, Luc Besson, who filmed "The Killer Isn't Too Cold", can only leave Hollywood in a dreadful way and return to Europe;

The heroine of the film, Milla Jovovich, lost her power completely, and it is difficult to get access to movies with an investment cost of more than 20 million US dollars, and she has become an actress who is disgusted by dogs.

Hollywood is so real!

Even in the future, Mila starred in Alice, the heroine of the "Resident Evil" film series, and became popular again, but she still failed to come into contact with the first-line commercial production of A-class.

Kate Beckinsale looked bitter and said, "I see."

The agent comforted: "Think about it for yourself, and I'll take a look at it for you."

In fact, in the future, Kate Beckinsale's fate is very similar to that of Milla Jovovich. Kate Beckinsale later starred in the "Underworld" series of films, which became popular again, and did not have any chance to come into contact with the first-line commercial production of A-class.

Since then, she has completely lost the opportunity to become a first-line Hollywood actor and can only be reduced to second-tier.

There was a word that the broker didn't say.

"Kate Beckinsale, on the eve of the release of the "Pearl Harbor" movie, has repeatedly said bad things about the "Ninth District" movie and Zucker, does she still have a chance to become popular?"

......

Somewhere in Los Angeles.

"Kate Beckinsale, she's done!"

Matt Damon said to his good friend Ben Affleck: "I'm pretty sure Mr. Zucker Wald will get revenge on Kate Beckinsale."

Ben Affleck breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Thank you for reminding me, otherwise, I'll probably be reckoned by Qiuhou now."

During the promotion of "Pearl Harbor", Kate Beckinsale made outrageous remarks many times, but Affleck, who played the leading role, remembered the advice of his friends, always kept rational and restrained, and never criticized Zucker himself. speech.

Matt Damon sneered: "In Hollywood, we can be arrogant, but we must score people. People with a position like Mr. Zucker Wald, we must not offend, not a little bit."

Ben Affleck nodded, his emotional intelligence is not low.

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