Seven Hundred and Seventy-Six - The One that Best Suits Your Taste

"George, what do you think of Wayne's adventure?"

In the screening room of the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, Steven Spielberg looked at his friend George Lucas, with a tangled expression on his face, and whispered: "If I were Wayne, I would never have spent the past few years. If you encounter the character of Wonder Woman, even if you can't get around it, you will only appear in the form of a guest appearance at most. Shooting this character now is not cost-effective."

Due to Warner Bros.'s large investment today, there were many guests invited. The two simply said hello to Wayne and then followed the staff to sit in the seats reserved by the organizer.

"DC has so many outstanding characters that it can shoot. There is no need for him to rush and risk making this female film." Steven Spielberg shook his head. Although there were people's expectations for the film around him, he still did not Not too optimistic about this adventure.

As he said, considering the combined identity of a producer and director, the best choice at this time is to take advantage of the popularity of DC in the past few years and produce the popular bomb "Superman" in one go. .

In today's Hollywood film market, DC can be said to be the only one, occupying almost 99% of the market in related fields.

Why not take advantage of this "monopoly" market craze and throw out the popular nuclear bomb of "Superman" as soon as possible? Putting aside all other factors, no matter how brilliantly you shoot other DC characters, there is a high probability that the market performance will not be as high as a poorly shot "Superman".

Whether it's from a director's point of view or a macro series producer's point of view, it's definitely a matter of insurance. Now that I am the only one in the family, I will take advantage of the time when movie fans around the world have no choice, and thoroughly cultivate the habit of watching DC movies among them.

Hollywood’s decades of experience are here. Once such movie-watching habits are developed, even if you shoot inconspicuous characters in DC in the future, your box office results will still be similar because of your movie-watching habits. Where to go.

"From what I know of Wayne."

After thinking for a moment, George Lucas subconsciously looked towards the front row of the screening room, where a large number of guests took advantage of the gap before the screening to gather around Wayne and other crew members to chat.

"He seems a little impatient. I can't say this feeling, but it may be my misunderstanding. His performance this year is as if he wants to move "Justice League" forward as quickly as possible, with a full sense of urgency."

George Lucas organized his words, faced his friend's puzzled eyes, and explained: "Look, Wayne and you, you two are the most famous fast shooters in Hollywood. Don't tell me that there are others who shoot better than you." Directors who are so fast, those people can't even compare to you two.

The reason why I mention this is because you have discovered that even if you are a well-known fast shooter, if you want to ensure the success rate and film quality, the fastest you can do is one film a year. "

Listening to his friend's words, Steven Spielberg nodded slightly. He strongly agrees with this point. To put it bluntly, among all the fast-shooting directors in Hollywood, he and Wayne have the highest personal achievements. It is almost difficult for others to compare with them. …

After all, the scale of the project he and Wayne directed is here. This is not a small-budget independent art film, but a large project that often requires hundreds of millions of investments.

For large-scale productions like this, Hollywood has a complete and complex industrial system. It is basically impossible to do it any faster. Of course, the reason mentioned here is that it is almost impossible to go faster because the quality of the film must be fully guaranteed.

For now, even if Steven Spielberg feels that he is not old, he is still extremely energetic, and he will still occasionally feel tired from the frequency of making one movie a year.

"However, Wayne is still compressing his work efficiency, and he behaves like a robot who doesn't know how to get tired. As far as I know, "Wonder Woman" has just completed post-production, and he got into "Wonder Woman" on the back foot. The crew of "Superman".

Obviously, he is in a hurry and wants to produce "Superman" before this year. He even wants to have "Superman" released this year!

It's like, well, like there's something driving him to work like crazy. You and I both know what kind of character Wayne is. It’s true that he is a workaholic, but he also likes to enjoy everything that young people like, such as beautiful girls.

Not only is he working crazily, but there are hundreds of professional veterans from various industries working around him. This is also the only way that it is possible to produce two top-notch productions in a little more than a year. "

"That's right."

Steven Spielberg smiled and nodded. "Wayne's current performance is simply more urgent than Warner Bros."

The two looked at each other, as if they saw the same suspicion in each other's eyes, but they both fell silent at the same time. Even Steven Spielberg did not mention his previous doubts again.

Time passed by, and slowly, all the seats in the Chinese Theater in Hollywood were filled. Sitting in the front row were the crew and relevant staff from Warner Bros. A few rows behind were many guests from the industry, as well as colleagues.

The seats near the center were almost full of film critics and representatives of media reporters. Behind them were ordinary movie fans who accounted for the largest number of people. More than 2,000 seats were packed to the brim. In terms of influence, this "Wonder Woman" attracted the attention of people from all walks of life.

Gradually, the chatter in the screening room became lowered, and the lights on the ceiling were extinguished one by one. Everyone knows that this controversial film is about to begin.

At the same time, "Wonder Woman" is being screened simultaneously in 3,200 advance screenings in commercial theaters in major mainstream cities in North America. And after today's premiere, regardless of the film's reputation and performance, when tomorrow's Friday comes, the film will also be released in North America 3 and begin a wide-scale release.

For a much-anticipated movie, there will always be fans who can't wait to see it in advance, so the attendance rate of "Wonder Woman" in advance is not low.

Mainstream commercial theaters in Santa Monica Plaza, Burbank, Beverly and other places in Los Angeles were already full before the movie even started. …

Interesting phenomena continue to occur. Information from theaters in various places shows that among the fans of "Wonder Woman" in advance, the proportion of female fans has reached more than 60%. This is undoubtedly a strange phenomenon. .

"I never worry about the box office a few days before the movie is released, or even the box office on the opening weekend."

After the lights in the auditorium of Hollywood's Chinese Theater went out, Wayne and Naomi Watts beside him murmured in low voices. "For this film, whether the box office trend can be strong and lasting is the key to the success of the film."

"What?"

The Australian girl obviously didn't hear what he muttered, and she was concentrating on waiting for the movie to start.

"Nothing." Wayne smiled and shook his head. "Let's watch the movie. This movie may be the one that best suits your taste in my career as a director."

Naomi Watts has never liked Wayne's movies, and almost all their friends know this. She personally participated in all of Wayne's earliest films, especially those cruel scenes, plot designs that played with people's hearts, and production concepts that tested human nature, which could not bring Australian girls a comfortable movie-watching experience.

But this "Wonder Woman" is different. First of all, the protagonist is definitely a woman. Secondly, in terms of the overall story development, this film was written by Wayne. He was very reluctant to do too much with the original painting in his memory. Change, after all, from a certain perspective, the original painting in my memory is already top-notch.

Therefore, this "Wonder Woman" will undoubtedly be more suitable for the general public in terms of audience tastes.

Over the past few years, Wayne has actually been trying to avoid one thing, which is the risk of high opening and low box office performance of DC superhero movies.

And what drove him to make the current choice to make "Wonder Woman" before "Superman" actually had this consideration in mind.

Nowadays, when people mention superhero movies, the first words that come to mind are DC, Wayne Greenberg, Batman, Bruce Wayne and other words.

But Wayne remembers very clearly that the biggest problem with DC superhero movies is that they often rely on their extremely high popularity to achieve outstanding box office results when the movies are released. Then due to various word-of-mouth problems, the box office performance plummeted.

In fact, even more than ten years later, most ordinary people know that Marvel superheroes are far less popular than DC superheroes. But when both were turned into movies and put on the big screen, they often achieved opposite results.

With world-famous characters such as Superman, Batman, and The Flash, it can even be said that DC has no shortage of successful super-popular foundations.

In fact, even for the well-known failures such as "Superman Returns", the attendance rate in the week before the start was not low. Including costume shows like "Batman and Robin", there is still no lack of a large number of fans since the release.

But it's a coincidence. Regardless of the reasons behind the films, from a normal person's point of view, these films undoubtedly seem to be infected by the virus that starts high and goes low. No matter how good it starts, inexplicable things will happen, causing the film's reputation among movie fans to drop significantly. …

"What a nice view."

Naomi Watts raised her arm and nudged Wayne gently with her elbow. She didn't want to leave the big screen with her eyes. She tilted her head and murmured in his ear: "It's so beautiful that it's unbelievable, Wei." Well. If we are not too busy in the future, let’s take Little Fundy here for a vacation.”

Suddenly coming back to his senses, Wayne glanced at the big screen and nodded gently. "Okay, I'll take you on vacation then."

The movie has officially started. After the opening animation of Warner Bros. that has remained unchanged for decades, the first long shot that appeared caused a series of low sighs in the theater. Not only Naomi Watts, but almost all the viewers felt what is called heaven-like beauty.

“God, it’s so beautiful that it takes my breath away.”

"Is this heaven?"

“Amazing scenery!”

Yes, Wayne and others spent so much effort in Italy, and it paid off in the first scene. Especially the paradise island under the long shot is basically no different from the magical scene imagined by most people.

The beginning of the story is not too slow, especially when it tells about Diana Prince's origins.

Diana Prince has lived on an isolated paradise island since she was a child. There is no man here. The beginning of the story clearly tells all the audience that here, there are only those sexy long-legged Amazon warriors on the screen.

"Hey, Wayne, is the name Paradise Island because this is a paradise for men? Hahahaha."

On the big screen, the young Diana Prince was secretly watching the training of the female warriors. Naomi Watts suddenly turned her head, her bright eyes widened, she looked at the man and teased: "Now, movie fans all over the world know your aesthetic. Slender model figure, long legs, A slightly delicate and soft face, tsk tsk.”

Faced with the woman's teasing, Wayne shrugged without saying anything and turned his attention to the big screen.

Undoubtedly, when selecting the actress for the female warrior on Paradise Island, casting director Schwartz focused on Wayne's aesthetics.

But in Wayne's opinion, this is the aesthetic that most normal men should have. As for that bomb-like figure, I'm afraid only a few North American men can appreciate it. Long legs that fill the screen are the most effective way to attract the attention of movie fans, aren't they?

The movie continues to explain the growing environment of little Diana. As the queen of the entire ethnic group, Diana's mother did not want her daughter to be exposed to this at first.

But little Diana's aunt Antiope secretly trained her in combat skills and taught her everything related to it. When this incident was discovered by Amazon Queen Hippolyta, after some communication, the two finally decided to start giving Diana the most cruel training.

Because she is the only one who can fight against the evil war god Ares, she is the hope of protecting mankind, and her potential mission does not allow her to continue hiding in her mother's arms.

Time gradually passed, and Diana Prince, who was a child, grew into a big girl in the blink of an eye.

Once during a training session with her aunt Antiope, Diana Prince accidentally knocked her away. It was only then that he suddenly discovered that it seemed that his body had always contained some mysterious and extremely powerful power. This power was different from all other Amazon female warriors.

At this point in the movie, all the foreshadowing has really been completed.

In fact, Wayne is already trying his best to speed up the pace of this section. As a person who is accustomed to the pace of movies more than ten years later, he knows better than anyone that the long foreshadowing is wearing down the patience of movie fans.

Fortunately, the beautiful scenery that appeared in the early stages of the movie, the sexy and powerful Amazon warrior, and various elements supported the beginning of the movie and prevented the movie fans sitting in the theater from feeling bored.

Next, the story officially enters the theme. When an old plane crashes into the sea near Paradise Island, Diana Prince's peaceful life will be shattered.