The Best Director

In the hot summer, young people are enjoying the long summer vacation. It is a good time to date and watch movies.

As early as May, major summer productions have landed on the big screen one after another. The production fee of "Mission: Impossible 3", which kicked off the big show, was only 60.09 million in the first week, with a North American box office of 117 million and a global box office of 117 million in its golden weeks. The Rotten Tomatoes index is 70%/ 63%/69%, Roger Ebert quipped: "One opinion is that it has exciting action scenes and boring dialogue. My opinion is that this type of movie is exciting, And boringly samey.”

Everything shows that this is just a mediocre movie. The Jewish director J.J. Abrams, who has high hopes, has not been able to reverse the high box office and low reputation of "Mission: Impossible 2". The third film will continue to follow this momentum. It became the worst-grossing film in the series. This is the screen directorial debut of J.J. Abrams, who is about to turn 40. He is the main creator of the popular TV series "Double Agent" and "Missing". He is known for his intense, exciting and suspenseful style, but It is still far from the topics created by some media such as "The next Spielberg?" and "The new bomb on the screen."

Since there are recent rumors that Tom Cruise and Paraméng, who had a major change in senior management last year, had a falling out, and the two are likely to end their long-term cooperative relationship, it is difficult to say whether there will be a "Mission: Impossible 4".

Warner Bros.'s action drama "Poseidon", which lost a lot of money on production costs of 100 million, only had a pitiful opening box office of 18.57 million. After three weeks, it has a North American box office of 32.26 million and a global box office of 42.38 million. WB executives probably still don't know what happened. ? 33%/30%/57% Rotten Tomatoes index, Roger Ebert mocked: "Peterson's heart is not here. He is a smart director who thinks this is a great source material; and he is a smart director who turns it into Good director of a bunch of funny crap.”

Complacently comparing it to "Titanic"? It's completely screwed up, and being paired with "The Hangover 3" makes this tragedy even more tragic. Maybe WB executives still know, after all, the test screening response of "Poseidon" was very poor, and it was not scheduled to be released simultaneously around the world.

Two years ago, the poorly-received movie "Troy" was on the verge of losing money, while "Poseidon" directly caused WB to lose money. The 65-year-old German Wolfgang Petersen, who once won the Oscar for Best Director (the 55th in 1983, "From the Bottom of the Sea"), was so smashed that he stunk all over. Audiences who don't know him will never think of him. In the history of Wei Shui, I didn’t expect that “Air Force One” in 1997 won him the reputation of “the most outstanding action film director”. However, now, just like John Woo a few years ago, this white-haired old man has already Ruined.

Flame Movie is making big money again! "The Hangover 3" continued the style of "The Hangover 2". Although the story format was innovative and the production cost increased to 80 million, it only received 45%/46% freshness, and the audience's likeability dropped to 65%. "Is The Hangover Enough?" is still the main judge of it. Roger Ebert, who once praised "The Hangover" and ridiculed "The Hangover 2", smashed 2/4 of the rot: "King Young has done an amazing job, it's a miracle The Hangover 3 is even happening at all, Feige's job itself is a tasteless joke.

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"A person who changes three pieces of clothes will not become three people. Too many people are confused by clothes. Wang Yang knows this. You should avoid this money-minded Eric D-Snyder so commented; "Stupid Sequel" It is the best way to ruin glory. It has only one meaning, to grab money without any scruples, so we have "The Hangover 3". Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times said this; Rotten Tomatoes user Luke B wrote: "What is popular?" It's okay to have a good movie released three times, but that's not a good idea. Its characters, its jokes, its hilarious approach...everything is almost exactly the same, and to be honest, I'm already struggling to get over it. "...

"I love it! It's crazier, funnier and stupider than the first two games. Some people say it's exhausted, but I'm looking forward to "The Hangover 4"!" James-M gave five stars; "I can never surpass the first one. to do, but it's still F

ng interesting! It's much better than other R-rated movies in Hollywood. If you don't laugh, maybe you have autism. David-L said this; Charlene-S gave five stars: "Any movie related to Magic Young is great to me!" He is so T! This movie is still very entertaining! "...

It can be said that it has mixed praise and praise, or it can be said that it is full of boos. Flame Movie seems to be in a crisis of trust in sequels. "New movies must be classics, but sequels are not necessarily". But what is certain now is that it is full of laughter!

The box office of "The Hangover 3" in its first week was as high as 124 million, with an average of 33,926 per theater in 3,655 theaters. Although it is not as good as the previous two episodes, it is indeed the first box office blockbuster of this summer! After three weeks, it has a box office of 100 million in North America and a global box office of 100 million. It is not difficult to enter the 500 million box office club.

Countless viewers are scolding while watching it; countless viewers are laughing and saying "The hangover is not enough", and they like to watch it if they can laugh. Now the comedy "RV" is competing at the same time (24%/19%/59 %), "Unlucky Cupid" (13%/13%/60%), "Friends Are Rich" (71%/70%/37%) How bad are they! Either it's a complete mess, or it's a movie that's not a hit, but has good reviews, and there's no question of "enough is enough."

"Don't you want to watch them instead of watching "The Hangover"? A bunch of old food, a bunch of fresh garbage, how do you choose?" Mireya commented on Rotten Tomatoes' review news "Comedy Dilemma".

Naturally, R-rated comedies are mainly positioned as date movies, friend movies, and personal movies, rather than family movies. Of course, it is not ruled out that families will watch them together. After all, teenagers who are not old enough need to be accompanied by guardians. No one wants to get any profound meaning from R-rated commercial comedies. For most audiences who just want entertainment, laughing is the most important thing. Although the new film is fresh, the familiar characters are easier to understand and more interesting. Emotions, this is also the charm of the sequel.

"The current box office performance of "The Hangover 3" is inseparable from Huoyan Film's promotion that it is the series finale. This has brought it a large number of fans who want to see the ending. The audience has a kind of laziness and habit. The reason for watching a movie may be just because it is a sequel." Paul Dergaraba, director of the box office statistics agency NS, told the media. He also said: "The box office of "The Hangover 3" will still be very high. This epoch-making series The end of the series will leave a vacancy in the R-rated comedy market, and we all look forward to the next blockbuster R-rated comedy appearing soon."

"The Hangover" has a global box office of 617 million, "The Hangover 2" has a global box office of 623 million, "The Hangover 3" is scheduled to exceed 500 million, and the Hangover series has almost reached a global box office of 1.8 billion, not to mention other later peripheral products such as DVDs, which is astonishing ! Greedy!

However, there will really be no more "The Hangover 4". As early as the beginning of the project promotion, the crew of Fire Film and the "Hangover" series stated that the third part will be the ending, and FF will never go back on its word. However, many fans of the movie left messages on the FF official website expressing their desire to see "The Hangover 4". Gil-L said: "We need The Hangover!!!" Alice said: "This is the best comedy, please. Run it like 007!" Jas-T said: "I hope it can be like "SAW", one film a year!"...

"Ladies and gentlemen, the "Hangover" series has come to a successful end. Although many people think it is not, but no matter what, thank you all for your support over the years! We will continue to produce excellent R-rated comedies, so get ready to laugh! "

Flame chairman Wang Yang personally expressed to fans of the film on the official website that his words showed the strong confidence of the entire FF. After years of development, comedies have become a shining signature of FF. Even "The Green Hornet" is a superhero action comedy. As for R-rated comedies, only "Little Miss Sunshine" has a final release date at the end of the year. , however, all FF movies know that it and "The Hangover" are actually two different types. The reason is very simple, it is going to win the Oscar!

At the beginning, no one knew that Huo Huo's ambition would be so big. As the film entered the early stage of publicity and promotion, gradually, everyone in the industry and the movie knew about it! FF purchased "Little Miss Sunshine" at a super high price from Sundance, and they actually want to use it to compete in the awards season. It's really crazy!

"Is "Little Miss Sunshine" really that good?" The distributors couldn't help but wonder. It's not that they haven't seen this movie. Many companies have had this draft of the script on their desks many years ago, and it was clear about business, awards, etc. Everything is unremarkable!

There are also many people who feel regretful in advance. If they had known better, they would have fought Magic Yang to the end! ! Just because this year's "Sundance Movies" are being released one after another, the opening film "Friends with Money" purchased by Sony Classics has performed mediocrely. From a small-scale release on April 7 to now it has gradually been released online, and it has only received 12.58 million Box office; on the other hand, the documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" purchased by Paraméng Classics was released in 4 theaters for 2 weeks and received an amazing 580,000 yuan, an average per theater

If "Little Miss Sunshine" had a box office of millions and received Oscar nominations... Whenever they think of these, the executives of Sony Classics, Fox Searchlight and other companies feel anxious, and they have to curse from time to time, that is a bad movie. !

Who knows? Crazy things happen in this world every day. Miracles, dark horses, etc. seem to be everywhere. For example, several stars who rose to prominence thanks to "The Hangover" once upon a time were just inconspicuous little characters who were pushed aside and carried around when they arrived on the set. Now they have to wear sunglasses. Go out on the street. In the past few years, apart from the "Hangover" series, each of them has developed, especially Zach Galifianakis and Bradley Cooper, who are the most popular. The fat man and the handsome guy are quite active on the big screen and in the media. .

And Flame Films is preparing to create a new R-rated comedy road movie with the screen combination of "fat guy + handsome guy". It's not "Little Miss Sunshine" or Cooper. The handsome guy's answer is "Robert Downey Jr.", and the fat guy is naturally Galifianakis.

The 1987 comedy road movie "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" directed by John Hughes and starring Steve Martin and John Candy tells the story of Neil, a New York advertiser who is picky about every little thing in life and wants to fly back home. While spending Thanksgiving with his family in Chicago, he met Del, a curtain dealer, at the airport. Del was vulgar, loud, and all of his lifestyle habits were unbearable, and Neil was disgusted. However, due to the conductor's negligence, the two had to sit together; then the plane was diverted due to a snowstorm, all the cash was stolen, the train broke down and other accidents, they had to take the bus.

Many funny things naturally happened along the way. During this period, Neil finally discovered that underneath Del's vulgar clothes, conversation and living habits, there was a patient, tolerant and kind heart...

Flame Movies plans to make a road movie of this type, in which two people with completely opposite personalities and social classes are forced to squeeze together on the road, about conflict and understanding. Back then, "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" took in 49.53 million at the box office, and now its Rotten Tomatoes index is as high as 94%/75%/81%. It's easy for Huo's new film to be a hit, but it's very difficult to be praised.

First of all, a good script full of aura and emotion is needed, rather than an assembly-line farce. Paul Feige, who has signed a 1+1 contract with FF, will perform the latter "1" and serve as the screenwriter and screenwriter of this project. Director, one of the planners and producers.

"It's very interesting! My wife also said it was very interesting!" Regarding Wang Yang's invitation, Robert Downey Jr. agreed with great interest. Wang Yang has been his 100% agent for a long time. Any invitation from Yang to perform, Downey Jr. All agreed, of course Wang Yang would never give him a dead end. Susan Downey believed that her husband's joy should not be buried. He was a "Chaplin" after all, so she not only recommended it, but was also invited to serve as the executive producer of the project.

Just look at the "Firefly" series and the "Iron Man" series both starring Downey. FF and him can be called golden partners. Downey is the core member of the Wang Yang Gang, and Susan is also a member of the Southern California Gang. , coupled with wonderful life encounters, the relationship between them has always been in the moon stage.

This comedy movie, whose script has not yet been released and whose title has not yet been decided, has been scheduled for release at the end of 2008, and the filming date is initially scheduled for early 2008. There will be plenty of time for Paul Feig and the crew to make preparations. Fire Movies doesn't allow anyone to mess with the shiny gold paint sign.

In addition, news broke out very early that Wang Yang and Kristen Wiig met to discuss cooperation matters. Under the sī, Wiig and Anne Mamoreau even signed a cooperation agreement with FF. Recently, with the release of "The Hangover 3" "is released, there is new news about this matter in the media! FF officially confirmed the matter. Spokesperson Fiona Hassan revealed: "Wang Yang is very optimistic about Wiig's comedy talent. They have had several pleasant interviews and this will be an R-rated comedy." She also announced that the film will be an R-rated comedy. The film is titled "Bridesmaids" and is expected to be released at the end of next year.

There are many wedding-themed films. In recent years, the most successful ones are "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", "Wedding Crashers" and "American Pie 3". There are also films with titles similar to "Bridesmaids" such as "My Most Popular Wedding". "Good Friend's Wedding", "Wedding Planner Father-in-law"...

So even though they knew that "Bridesmaids" was probably a new shocking series, the film producers couldn't do anything. "DS" was too ordinary. Thinking about the best man group in "The Hangover", could it be that several women were married before they got married? Partying and drinking crazy? "The Hangover 4"? And the most important thing is that they don't have Magic Young, not even Weig, so they can only wait and see. What kind of movie is it? Who directs and stars? Fans of the movie have high expectations.

And this summer, "The Da Vinci Code" may not be the biggest hit, but it is definitely the most controversial. It is like a counterattack against "The Passion of the Christ". From the original film, it is the most controversial film. The controversial part is that Jesus is just a mortal, born of the Virgin Mary, and Jesus married Mary, and Mary gave birth to offspring for Jesus, under the protection of a secret group headed by Leonardo da Vinci , they survived from generation to generation.

Can it not be controversial? The Vatican, Italy, the Philippines, and Catholic countries in Latin America were furious, condemning, criticizing, and boycotting! protest! Burn books! "Both the film and the novel are anti-Christian, and their success is due to the extreme cultural poverty of many Christians.", "Although it is a commercial act, it also poses an extreme and unfounded challenge to Christian faith.", " Dan Brown, don’t forget you will be judged by Christ!”…

Protests and boycotts from religious groups around the world and global media attention have given "The Da Vinci Code" a huge publicity. The media also described this controversy as "the effect that producers dream of", although whether in Los Angeles or New York, There were Protestants, Catholics, etc. Christians who spontaneously appealed to people at the entrance of the theater not to watch this "blasphemous" film for novel reasons. The Rotten Tomatoes index was only 25%/9%/64%, and its first week at the North American box office was still a huge success. 102 million, and 153 million North American and global box office in two weeks. It seems that it will not be difficult to break through 600 million or 700 million.

"X-Men: The Last Stand" was not so "lucky". It was an ambitious 210 million-cost production, with a global box office of 141 million North American dollars after the first week, 57%/53% and 73% Rotten Tomatoes index, which made the 20th century Fox's extravagant hopes of "becoming "Firefly" were completely shattered.

Although there are blockbusters of one kind or another, the audience has never seen the kind of phenomenal film that everyone applauds and sweeps across everything. Undoubtedly, the film market is currently in a very strange state of hunger. It would not be a big deal if any film suddenly takes off. Strange, "Cars"? "Superman Returns"? "Rush 2"? "Pirates of the Caribbean 2"? Or maybe there isn’t one at all?

The first to appear on the Fire Movies' release schedule is the musical "Mamma Mia!" adapted from the classic hit stage play. ", June 16. ! .