Chapter 431 Art and Life
Along with the wave of discussion that started with the little boy, and people gradually facing up to the issue of "security of heroic actions", this comic-adapted movie, which has already been well received by many fans, took advantage of the momentum and took off, topping the box office charts this month with its invincible attitude of "God blocking the enemy and Buddha blocking the enemy".
The profit-seeking nature of businessmen was fully exposed at this time: after discovering that the screenings of "Batman: The Dark Knight" were in short supply, they decisively cut the screenings of some unpopular films that did not sell much money, and then used all of them to broadcast "Batman" to satisfy the audiences who watched it once, twice, and multiple times.
Such an action is undoubtedly like adding more fuel to an already blazing fire.
In addition, Warner Bros. saw that its own movie was finally a huge hit again, with both box office and reputation success. With the help of the huge profits to be made, this popularity can be directly described as a phenomenal success.
Later, if this generation of adults and children said that they had not seen the movie "Batman", they would be backward people who could not keep up with the trend, lonely ghosts who could not fit in with the group, and poor salted fish who had lost their dreams and original intentions...
If this kind of live-action comic adaptation movie, which was originally based on comics, turns out to be good, then it will inevitably drive the adapted comics - so, another group of businessmen began to happily discover that the sales of the comic series they had published in recent years, which had already achieved a stable sales value every month, suddenly increased by a pleasing percentage.
If this is the case with serialization, let alone the sales of old and new comics. With newcomers joining the field, both the popularity and sales have risen several levels compared to the past.
Of course, there are always joys and sorrows in this world. Following the nationwide craze sparked by "Batman: The Dark Knight", at the end of July, "Superman 4", which had also received a lot of praise, took advantage of the popularity of this live-action comic adaptation movie and appeared in front of the world at the end of the "Batman" broadcast schedule.
Although the previous film "Superman 3" had already brought down the reputation of the previous two films due to problems with the plot and quality, it is still exciting to see that the script of this film was written by the highly acclaimed Superman actor Christopher Reeve, and he insisted on completing the filming despite the gradual reduction of funds...
Combining all the above factors, this is more or less making people recall the glory of the first film; and because of the recent wave of appeals for "Batman" that "don't let the hero shed tears after bleeding", it has given rise to sympathy.
Thanks to this wave of public relations, the first-week box office of "Superman 4" at least recovered to a fairly satisfactory level - but what followed were a large number of negative reviews from audiences who felt they had been deceived.
"This simply ruins Reeves and the first Superman! It's a waste of Reeves' increasingly mature acting skills!"
"Is this really a movie from this year? Why are the special effects going back several decades?!"
"If I had never seen the light, maybe I could tolerate the darkness - it's not the same era now. Mary Sue and Tim Burton's Batman was amazing. They struck a proper balance between 'superhero' and 'ordinary man with power and money'. It can be said to be the most 'human' and down-to-earth adaptation of superheroes... And Superman went from flying in the sky to actually floating in the sky and difficult to come down in Superman 4. There is no breakthrough or innovation anymore. It can only rely on playing the sentimental card and riding on the popularity to cheat money!"
"Even the script written by Reeve himself cannot save this old-fashioned plot and slow pace..."
"According to rumors, the producers originally planned to cut the film from the original 134-minute version to about 90 minutes, and then use these deleted shots in "Superman 5" - Oh my God! Let it end with the fourth part, don't make fans and audiences sad..."
"I would rather he cut it to 90 minutes, because I only had one feeling in the cinema: that I wasted two hours of my life."
The overwhelming negative reviews from comic fans, movie fans and passers-by have made it clear that the situation is no longer something that can be easily controlled.
As negative reviews spread, the box office of "Superman 4" dropped sharply to a terrifying number in its second week. Warner, which had originally wanted to strike while the iron was hot, finally began to panic.
Su Yun, who heard the news, dropped her work on "Galaxy Visitor" and quietly went to watch the late-night show - and in the end, she walked out in silence along with the speechless audience.
Unlike the audience around her who just started to rant or sigh, Su Yun was not only very dissatisfied with everything about "Superman 4", but also basically foresaw that this sequel movie, which still cost 17 million to make after the budget was cut, would most likely not be able to recoup the cost in the future...
In this case, the classic IP of Superman and the leading actor of the movie can be said to have been largely ruined.
Su Yun was regretting this, while Warner Bros. was arguing over this foreseeable huge loss: After such a bad film, they actually had the courage to take advantage of the popularity and release it right after "Batman". This kind of bastard must be thrown out!
Even without Su Yun's previous films, this quality would definitely ruin the reputation of the "Superman" series!
The blame is full of curses, and the response is also resentful: you want the horse to run but not eat grass, the money is getting more and more, but the filming funds are getting less and less, isn't it the only way it can be?
Because Warner was in a big mess, Su Yun's "Galaxy Visitor" which was rushed to release was not interfered with much. After finishing all the work happily and busily, she began to arrange the publicity matters.
This summer, which is said to be the ecstasy of the two-dimensional group and the sudden appearance of lost childhood memories and giving me a beating, has passed day after day in the heat of the weather and the heat of people's hearts, so lively and calm.
But while some people who consider themselves "serious" are expecting the end of this craze and a new movie to replace this "popular" live-action comic book adaptation, Su Yun, like the Chou who played another card in the play and Batman who always has an ace, has announced one thing to the world with another movie that is also full of all kinds of outrageous operations - this summer is not over yet.
Following the craze brought about by "Batman: The Dark Knight" and the war of words brought about by "Superman IV", these two films, which were released one after the other but had opposite endings, had just been released not long ago, and Su Yun once again started a new round of strong promotion with "Galaxy Visitor".
Businessmen are always chasing after profits, and buying high and selling low is their usual practice. After seeing the entire process of "Batman" from its explosive box office in the first week to its release, the name Mary Sue has temporarily become a box office guarantee for this summer.
Even if what she brought out this time was a "children's" science fiction movie, it didn't matter - children's money was easy to make. After "Superman 4" and the crazy losses of Warner Bros., which made the theaters lose a lot of money, at least she could get some money back from Mary Sue. If she lost less, she would consider it a win...
After people found out that Su Yun's new movie was actually classified as a "children's film", the previous comments that she was too vulgar and only knew how to make money immediately resurfaced.
However, before she encountered that confession-like "reputation", Su Yun, who had already decided on her development path long ago, never paid much attention to those comments that she only focused on box office and not art - because she knew from the beginning what path she would take and which direction she would go.
"There are already many filmmakers working hard to reach the pinnacle of art, and as a layman who prefers box office, it is enough for me to do what I want to do."
“Art is a good thing, but art always comes from life and cannot be separated from life.”
What impact can other people's comments have on her?
On the contrary, it is a taboo for filmmakers to pursue artistic heights too much and cause the box office to flop.
The financial sponsors who give money don’t care how artistic your film is. They only care whether your film is profitable or not. Even if you can create your own style like Wang Mojing and win many awards, the “funny” story of him accepting the award on the podium while the investor was rescuing him in the hospital is also hilarious…
"What's more, I need a lot of money to protect what I want to do now and in the future." When saying this, Su Yun showed people the flyer about the Walled City Park in her hand.
This deformed miracle in the history of human architecture, an unforgettable memory for the previous generation of Hong Kong people, was eventually restored and rebuilt in stages through the joint efforts of her and many others, and has become an extremely unique tourist attraction and photo spot in Hong Kong.
Starting from the "Wall City Park", many buildings that were almost abandoned in the wave of development and left at the end of time also followed this precedent and changed their fate of being demolished to make way, so that people in later generations who have developed can look up at their traces of time without sighing or regretting, but only need to marvel at their beauty.
"Some people always say that most of my movies are for young people, and sometimes they have traces of deliberate popular science, but this... has never been just popular science and popular culture."
"And what I am involved in outside of the play is also a kind of ultimate 'art'."