Boom! Boom! Boom!
Explosion, explosion, and explosion.
Looking at the mushroom clouds on the screen, Nanaya smacked his lips twice.
Although it was not the first time he watched this movie, watching it in the cinema still made Nanaya feel a little bit novel.
After all, the sound effects of the cinema were much better than the old laptop he had in his previous life.
To be honest, judging from an objective point of view, the movie "Escape from the Island" is not a bad one.
There are quite a few stunning moments at the beginning of the movie, and the blending between science fiction thriller and action movie is pretty good. You can even see some shadows of some social and philosophical thinking.
However, as a Michael Bay movie.
When all the clues from the early stages of the film are gathered together and all the conflicts have developed to their highest point, this long-faced director only knows one way to solve the problem.
That is art.
And it's the most unpretentious kind of art—Boom!
The second half of the movie basically only has two plots: chase and explosion, and all other elements serve only these two plots.
The early part of the story is very mysterious, but in the end, the problem is solved by an explosion.
Nanaya felt very familiar and nostalgic about this pattern, because the five "Transformers" movies in his previous life all followed this routine.
This Michael Bay-style routine, coupled with Warner's mispromotion, led to the failure of the film.
To put it simply, because Warner's publicity and promotion were not in place, the first batch of audiences entering the cinema would only be two types of people: fans who are familiar with Michael Bay's movies, and misled audiences.
The latter will definitely not give a high rating to "Escape from the Island" because the movie is not to their liking.
The former, having seen Michael Bay's routine too many times, has become aesthetically fatigued, and therefore has no good perception of movies.
This is also the biggest problem with Michael Bay's works. The serious routine leads to fatigue.
This kind of routine will seem fresh the first time you watch it, will seem okay the second time you watch it, will seem repetitive and mediocre the third time, and when you watch it the fourth time or even more times you will start to curse.
It's like eating the same dish made by the same chef. No matter how delicious the food is, you will get tired of it one day, not to mention that the chef is making something as sweet as popcorn.
Therefore, if they are new audiences, they may have a high opinion of the first to third Michael Bay movies they watch, but by the fourth one they will begin to feel annoyed and even despise it.
This is also the general evaluation of the Transformers trilogy in Nanaya's hometown in his previous life.
In North America, this feeling is more obvious because Michael Bay became famous earlier.
In addition, "Escape from the Island" does not have the IP bonus of "Transformers", so this problem will be more prominent in the eyes of old audiences.
The first batch of audiences did not have a high reputation, which would make it difficult for the film to increase the number of viewers through word of mouth, leading to a vicious cycle.
At present, it seems that "Escape from the Island" will still repeat the fate of the previous life.
If Warner had used the correct publicity methods at the beginning and used large-scale publicity to attract passers-by to the theaters, it is hard to say whether the movie would be a success, but the word of mouth from the first batch of audiences would definitely not be particularly bad.
Unfortunately, even as a time traveler, Nanaya did not have the special ability to go back in time, so he could only watch the DreamWorks ship sink to the bottom of the sea with "Escape from the Island".
[I hope that Old S doesn't get so angry that he vomits blood. ]
Nanaya thought unscrupulously that he was already beginning to feel tired of the explosion, so he simply began to play with Rin's fingers on the armrest on his left.
Then, Rin slapped it away with her other hand.
"Don't make trouble. If you want to play, go back to the hotel tonight."
Rin grabbed Nanaya's hand and told him to stop doing that.
[I want to take this as a warning. Don't use the same routine too many times. ]
Since the failure of "Escape from the Island" is inevitable, Nanaya feels that he can sort out the other party's experience of failure and learn lessons from it.
[Each director's personal style is too obvious. After a long time, the audience will definitely get tired of it. ]
Nanaya suddenly realized that in the previous life, Marvel was right to hire a director for each series of movies.
In this way, the differentiated style of each director can keep the audience fresh. Coupled with the different themes of each movie, the audience can always have relatively high expectations for the Marvel series of movies.
[Marvel's approach is worth learning from, and we should add more elements to each Holy Grail War.]
Nanaya tapped the armrest and thought about the future development plan of Fate.
Now that Fate's first step has been very successful, long-term planning can be started in advance.
[Except for FSN and FZ, I can let other directors produce other fate-related works. ]
It is definitely impossible for me to finish all the fates. Even if I don't consider the audience's aesthetic fatigue, I don't have enough time just to do it.
All the major DCEU films in the early days were focused on Zack Snyder, and as a result, the film production rate was much slower than that of the MCU next door.
They release at least 2 movies a year, but DC only released "Batman v Superman" 3 years after the first "Man of Steel".
However, during this period, Marvel has already ended the second phase and started the third phase.
As for the choice of director, Nanaya already had some options in mind.
For example, the fat guy Peter Jackson, and other directors who may emerge in Hollywood in the future.
If the cost can be controlled to a certain level, even that guy from Four Seasons could be considered.
Therefore, Nanaya spent the rest of the movie looking forward to the Type-Moon Video Universe.
When the movie was over, before the audience even dispersed, Nanaya found Shion, who was sitting one seat away from him.
"What did you think of the movie?"
Shion said casually, "It's just so-so. It's not bad as a popcorn movie. Why, do you think "Escape from the Island" will conflict with "Fate"? "
"Not really."
"Escape from the Island" will be released on a large scale in mid-to-late July, and at this time the box office of "Fate" will definitely begin to shrink.
"Fate"'s next box office rivals are "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" starring Depp and the American comedy "Wedding Crashers".
However, the main audiences of these two movies do not completely overlap with "Fate", so Nanaya doesn't care much about it.
Nanaya said to Shion: "It's like this, when I was watching the movie just now, I had an idea so I wanted to discuss it with you about the development of the entire Fate series."
"You're actually thinking about this kind of thing while watching a movie? Aren't you afraid that the host will be angry?"
Shion smiled bitterly and shook her head.
"It's okay. He (Spielberg) doesn't have time to care about me anyway." Nanaya pointed to the distance and said, "Didn't you see him talking to the Warner people?"
"Come to my office tomorrow morning." Shion said, "That's great. I have something to talk to you about tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?"
"Yeah, you're not planning on talking to me all night now, are you?"
Shion pointed behind Nanaya and said, "Be careful and go back to your room and kneel on the washboard."
Only then did Nanaya notice Rin behind him.
[I don't think he'll kneel on the washboard, right? …Probably.]
Nanaya thought a little unsurely.
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Fortunately, Nanaya's ending that night was not as tragic as Shion said.
The price was that when Nanaya woke up the next morning, his waist felt sore.
Of course, Rin wasn't much better.
When Nanaya left the hotel and headed for Washimine's North American headquarters, she was still slumped in bed, unable to get up.
"I've been playing a little too much lately. I need to be more moderate."
Nanaya stood at the door of Shion's office, rubbing his old waist and talking to himself.
Nanaya had been playing too much with Rin these days, and was already feeling a little tired.
So for the sake of sustainable development, Nanaya felt that he had to take care of his body and protect his kidneys.
"How about letting that girl go to San Diego to do some publicity first, and give Kidney a break?"
Nanaya decided to talk to Shion about this matter later.
"Hey, Shion. I think those girls..."
Nanaya pushed the office door open with all his strength, but he stopped in the middle of his words.
Because there were two other people in the office besides Nanaya, one of them was Nanaya's acquaintance Luvia, and the other was a strange man.
The man was sitting across from Shion in her office, seemingly trying to persuade her.
Luvia sat on the sofa, looking like she was just watching and not saying anything.
Nanaya's sudden entry into the office startled the three people in the room, and they all turned to look at him.
"Uh...it seems like we've come at a wrong time." Nanaya said as he was about to leave.
"No need to go out, you're just in time."
Shion called out to Nanaya who was about to close the door, and she looked relieved.
"You must be Director Nanaya Kiryu, nice to meet you."
The man immediately stood up and grabbed Nanaya's hand.
"Hello."
Nanaya felt that the man looked familiar, but he couldn't remember his name at once.
Nanaya originally thought that the other party would introduce himself, but he didn't expect that the other party would just prepare to leave.
"Since Chairman Washimine still has things to do, I won't bother you anymore."
With that the man was about to leave the office.
Shion nodded: "I understand, I will reply to you within 2 days."
The man smiled at Nanaya and Luvia, then turned and walked out of the office.
"What's going on?"
Nanaya sat down on the sofa and asked in a familiar manner.
"He is a film producer and he is trying to persuade me to invest in a film." Shion glanced at the other blonde girl in the room and said, "By the way, he also wants Luvia to play the leading role in the film."
"That's the opposite." Nanaya pointed out directly, "It should be that they mainly want you to attract investment, and in exchange let Luvia play the leading female role."
This kind of person is not uncommon in Hollywood, but most of these movies are basically either scams or garbage.
Shion shook her head. "Not really. Investment is investment, and starring is starring. He still considers the two things separately. Even if he can't get investment from Washimine, he still wants Luvia to star in the movie. But these two things just happen to be decided by me."
"Oh?"
Nanaya raised his eyebrows. Although this did not mean that the other party was not a liar, at least such a statement increased his credibility a lot.
"Did he say what movie it was?"
Nanaya began to become a little curious about this movie. Since the other party looked familiar, it was obvious that he would have a place in Hollywood in the future.
In that case, maybe I will have some impression of this movie.
[Maybe I can find a bargain? Washimine's current series of works are really a bit monotonous. ]
Nanaya crossed his legs and guessed.
However, Shion's words far exceeded Nanaya's expectations.
"He hopes Washimine will invest 20 million US dollars in a superhero movie. The name seems to be Iron Man?" Shion said uncertainly, "I asked you to come here to ask for your advice. After all, superhero movies are very popular recently. I kind of want to invest."
"Damn it! Why are you hesitating? Just buy his company!"
Nanaya jumped up from the sofa. He finally remembered the name of the guy who just left.
"I thought so. I didn't recognize that guy when he took off his hat." Nanaya guessed maliciously, "They say Kevin Feige is bald when he takes off his hat, but it seems that's not the case. Now when he doesn't wear a hat, his hair is quite thick."