Hollywood Road

?In a movie theater chain in Brooklyn, New York, people in twos and threes sat sparsely in more than a dozen rows of seats. They were unusually quiet and tried not to disturb each other. They were just busy with their own affairs. Only those godless eyes can show the focal length, casually glance at the screen.

On the screen, the superhero masterpiece "Catwoman" co-produced by Warner Bros. and DC Comics is being screened.

Below the screen, the audience was completely numb. Apart from occasionally drooling over Halle Berry's sexy and fiery figure, they seemed to have forgotten that they were watching a movie.

Audiences with poor tolerance chose to leave early. Less than half of the film was screened, and one-fifth of the audience had already left.

More people stayed, not because the film was so interesting, or because they wanted to respect the hard work of the creators.

Christopher's companion had already left the scene to find a girlfriend. He was single and had nothing to do, so he simply stayed. Unlike most people with dull eyes, his pair of eyes were always sparkling.

"Hmm... There are 17 rows of seats in the theater, each row has 32 seats, and there are 48 lights on the ceiling, oh, no!" Christopher raised his head and counted again seriously, "It's 50 lights!"

Then, he stared at the big screen, "There is a black spot in the lower left corner of the screen that always appears, and the frequency is about once every 1 minute and 35 seconds."

A black man sitting in the same row suddenly stretched his waist, looked up at the screen, and felt that every time he woke up, the film seemed to have just begun.

"This movie was made for the seats in the cinema!"

After making complaints, the black man finally couldn't bear it, stood up and left the scene early and walked away.

At this time, a person in the front row couldn't bear it anymore and said, "This movie is really bad!"

Just finished speaking, the man in front turned around and glared, "Are you qualified? Can you respect others? What are you talking about! Are you sleeping without seeing others?"

Beside this man, a girl was sleeping soundly.

The girl's name is Lina. She suffered from insomnia for several days before, but now she can finally fall asleep.

In front, a person just woke up from sleep, looked around in a trance, finally realized that he was in a movie theater, and asked the companion next to him, "How about the movie "Catwoman"?"

The companion blinked, "The popcorn is very brittle."

"Is there any more?" Seeing the empty popcorn bucket, he asked again, "Is that all?"

"Ah..." The companion pointed to the person playing with the mobile phone in front, and said in a low voice, "The power-on password of his latest version of Nokia mobile phone is 789477. From the beginning of the movie to the present, he sent twelve text messages, and also put The Pac-Man game is almost finished!"

The person who woke up understood that this guy didn't watch the movie at all!

Suddenly there was a scolding sound from the front, it turned out that the guy who was playing with the mobile phone turned off his mobile phone automatically, "X, the mobile phone has run out of battery, and the movie is still playing!"

He really wanted to reach out and move the mouse to see how long it would take for this crap movie to end, but it's a pity that this is a movie theater, not his own computer.

The movie was finally over, Morrison ended his torment, shook his tired head,

This is not caused by watching movies, but the guy in front has been looking around, looking up and down, making him watch with him boredly. Since this guy sat down, every once in a while I looked at my watch once every two minutes, for a total of 72 checks.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this number.

"Morrison, is this the movie you invited us to see?"

Hearing the angry questioning of the two companions next to him, and looking at the number representing US dollars on the movie ticket in his hand, Morrison’s tears were about to flow down. He invited two good friends to watch the movie. Is there any justice in asking them to eat to make amends?

"I X, it's over?"

A sleepy voice sounded from behind, "Why didn't you wake me up?"

Seeing his energetic companion, he said, "How can you finish watching such a bad movie?"

The companion nodded with pain on his face, "Well, I've finished watching."

"Damn it, you're so awesome, I'm convinced!" He took out his wallet, took out a hundred dollars and handed it over, "You win, this is the $100 we bet, here it is."

The companion didn't pick up, and pushed back directly, "Forget it, I don't want it anymore, don't tell people that I have seen this movie..."

Finally persisting until the end of the scene, Christopher walked out of the theater and ran into an investigator from Cinema.Sore head-on. The investigator stuffed a Catwoman doll over, "Can you talk about the movie you just watched?"

Christopher glanced at the hand doll in disgust, nodded and said, "Yes. It can be summed up in one sentence, it sucks! Very bad! Super bad!"

Then when the other party asked about the rating, he gave a D rating without hesitation.

Before walking out of the theater, Christopher happened to come across a trash can, and without thinking, he threw the black-skinned Catwoman doll into the trash can.

Quite a few movie fans walked out of the theater where "Catwoman" was shown with extreme dissatisfaction. They needed a place to vent, and the film and television websites led by IMDB became the most suitable platform.

"The guy played by Halle Berry is not a catwoman at all, it's pure meat."

"All kinds of procrastination, all kinds of boredom, all kinds of posturing."

In just half a day on Friday, the IMDB score of "Catwoman" plummeted to 4.1 points, and the various negative reviews are simply horrible.

In sharp contrast, "Deadpool" next door has a strong reputation. Even if it was released for a week, "Catwoman" was completely smashed in terms of attendance and audience numbers.

When this Friday passed, according to the freshly released single-day box office statistics, "Deadpool" had an absolute advantage of 17.25 million US dollars, surpassing "Catwoman" with 5.02 million US dollars, and easily won the North American box office champion of the day.

"Catwoman" is in decline.

The most direct response was the theaters. Starting from Saturday, the major theater companies immediately lowered the screening rate of "Catwoman". As a newly released masterpiece with a production cost of up to 100 million U.S. dollars, its screening rate has dropped. When it reached 30%, on the contrary, "Deadpool", which has a strong reputation and a stable box office trend, has increased its screening rate. With a 35% screening rate, it has completely surpassed "Catwoman".

"The cinema side also needs to make a profit..."

In a clubhouse in Burbank, Bruce Rosenblum leaned on the sofa and said to Diego Harris, "They can't throw away a large amount of money for the relationship with Warner Bros. Receive the amount."

Diego Harris nodded and said, "The relationship between Twentieth Century Fox and theaters is not bad."

""Catwoman"..." Bruce Rosenbloom sighed, "It's hard to come back."

As the executive president of DC Comics, Diego Harris didn't want to see this situation, but knew that what Bruce Rosenblum said was true.

DC Comics is sure to have a big flop with Catwoman.

"As far as I know," Diego Harris said, "Bruce Berman has been calling the executives of the three theater companies from last night to this morning, and the result..."

He snorted and shook his head.

"The advantages of "Deadpool" are too obvious." Bruce Rosenblum said pointedly, "Bruce Berman underestimated Murphy Stanton too much."

Diego Harris is silent, isn't he the same?

"I think," he said with a heavy heart, "we should try to save "Superman Returns." If Bruce Berman continues to operate, this project may become "Catwoman" again."

If "Catwoman" pounces, it will pounce. After all, it is only a subsidiary of the "Batman" series, but if "Superman Returns" pounces, the consequences will be unimaginable. Superman is not only the benchmark of DC comics, but also the most famous in the world The superhero is the ace in the hands of DC Comics and Warner Bros.

"How to save?" Bruce Rosenblum asked back, "Diego, it's not the first day you know Bruce Berman, you should know his work style, he is arbitrary, has a strong desire for power, and wants to intervene in any job. He's not going to let us actually be in the Superman Returns franchise."

"Then what should we do?" Diego Harris expressed his anxiety, "Are we going to sit back and watch Superman fail again?"

"Bruce Berman is the CEO and has a large number of supporters at the top of the company and the group company," Bruce Rosenblum shook his head. "How can the two of us fight him? Unless he is no longer Warner Bros. CEO."

"It's hard," said Diego Harris, who now fully regrets that he shouldn't have backed Bruce Berman as chief executive of Warner Bros. There is no talent to match the ambition at all, "he has a long tenure..."

Bruce Rosenbloom suddenly raised his head, "What if he makes mistakes in two big projects one after another? Especially "Superman Returns."

The production cost of this film alone exceeds 250 million U.S. dollars. Once it fails, it is definitely not something that a few senior executives of the company can handle.

"But..." Diego Harris has been working in DC Comics and has true love for DC's comic heroes, "this... this will cause irreversible damage to Superman."

"But his resignation can win a real turning point for DC Comics!" Bruce Rosenblum stood up, "At the beginning, you didn't pay attention to Murphy Stanton, and dismissed his statements and ideas. Gu, didn't even read his proposal, and returned it as requested by Bruce Berman, but..."

He pointed to his chest, "I saw it! It was still a theory at the time, and no one could prove that Murphy Stanton's plan could be successful. Now, "Deadpool" has proved his ability to us!"

"Do you think he can save DC movies?" Diego Harris asked anxiously.

Bruce Rosenbloom shook his head, "Saving may be an exaggeration, but I think he can reverse the decline of the DC series." (To be continued.)