If you just look at the first half or the second half of "Escape from Clone Island", it is quite good, but the combination of the two always gives people an awkward feeling.

Frankly speaking, this is definitely not the worst movie Michael Bay has ever made, at least better than the very unreliable "The Peerless Tribulation".

Since Scarlett Johansson turned down an audition invitation for the film because of Ronan's relationship, Michael Bay finally chose Jessica Alba as the heroine.

This also makes the film still have enough guarantees in terms of appearance.

In the former "Escape from Clone Island", the crew chose two typical literary stars, Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson, as the protagonists, which is also considered to be one of the reasons for the failure.

Having said that, looking at Michael Bay's past, "Escape from Clone Island" can be said to be Michael Bay's most thoughtful and sensational work.

Well, that's the first half.

To be more precise, Michael Bay wanted to play with the connotation, but somehow pulled back to the old way of chasing explosions.

The split in style is the most terrible.

Michael Bay's films, poor word-of-mouth during test screenings is the norm, but in the past, the box office after the official release has always been able to turn the situation back for the director.

This point does not appear on "Escape from Clone Island".

Even if DreamWorks invested nearly $180 million in the film, including the cost of production and publicity, it still couldn't bring Michael Bay's consistent success.

In the three days of the opening weekend in North America, "Escape from Clone Island" earned $11.4 million.

A box office failure!

And irretrievable.

Spielberg is also a qualified businessman, seeing that things cannot be done, he immediately gives up and continues to invest, and stops losses in time.

Fortunately, DreamWorks is not the dream factory it once was, and is more resilient to risks after successfully raising funds from India and having independent global distribution channels.

Otherwise, the failure of "Escape from Clone Island" will put DreamWorks on the old path of selling itself to the six major companies.

The failures of "Heavenly Dynasty" and "Escape from Clone Island" also made Relativity Entertainment's "Spy 3" in some ways.

After the start of the summer season, "Spy Shadow 3" dominated the family, and it easily and smoothly achieved three consecutive championships in the North American box office list.

In the third weekend of its release, "Spy 3" took another $22.15 million in North America, with a total of $191.83 million at the North American box office.

The film's eventual North American box office is highly promising to hit $300 million or more.

Two consecutive first-line big-production commercial films have failed, and both inside and outside the industry seem to feel the cold of this summer file.

Hollywood is very realistic, the failure of "Escape from Clone Island", DreamWorks temporarily interrupted discussions with Michael Bay's new project, and Michael Bay's first film after leaving Jerry Bruckheimer, ended in failure.

There is more and more criticism of Michael Bay from the outside world, and Ronan has not let people contact Michael Bay for the time being, and these criticisms are actually not a bad thing for Michael Bay.

Frankly speaking, Michael Bay is a typical commercial director, film critics have scolded him for so many years, and he has been brought to the ditch by the public opinion of film critics......

Not to mention Michael Bay, most directors do this, in fact, there is only one result.

Film critics have overtaken many talented commercial directors, and Ronan is actually very sorry for the Wachowski brothers, who were brothers for the time being, and later became sisters, which could have brought another breath to Hollywood commercial films.

It's a pity that a burst of praise from film critics put them on the path of philosophical speculation, and they have never looked back since, nor have they ever achieved the success of "The Matrix" again.

Even among the many reviews about the director, the Wachowski brothers belong to the typical model of the peak when they debuted.

Although The Matrix was not the Wachowski brothers' first work, it was a work of fame, and the duo has been on a downward spiral ever since.

In the end, I went to shoot a TV series, but I still couldn't get rid of the failure, and the project was forcibly cut......

The Wachowski brothers were touted as being biased, and Michael Bay was being blamed for being biased.

Perhaps, the failure of "Escape from Clone Island" will make Michael Bay recognize himself more clearly.

Ronan called George Clint and asked him to contact Michael Bay in June to talk to him about the Transformers project.

For now, Ronan couldn't find a more reassuring director than Michael Bay.

Guillermo del Toro has expressed interest in Transformers, but his production concept has added too many elements of island Gundam and mecha.

Ronan was suspicious of this, and like mechs and monsters, politely rejected Guillermo del Toro.

The huge investment in the "Transformers" project determined that the audience and market differences must be taken into account at the beginning of the project.

Hasbro is far less composed, and has repeatedly urged filmmaking to be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

But this kind of top-level production project, even if it does not count the final release fund, requires at least a two-year production cycle.

Relatively speaking, Michael Bay belongs to the kind of director who makes films faster.

At the same time, good news from the Premier League came.

In the penultimate round of the 2004-2005 season, Manchester United swept West Bromwich Albion at home, and although Chelsea also won this round, the Reds still held a five-point lead at the top of the table and won the Premier League title one round earlier.

In this way, United can devote all their energy to preparing for the Champions League final at the end of May.

Roan made a point of inquiry, although Chelsea did not win the Premier League, there is still the FA Cup to fight, and Abramovich has no intention of sacking Mourinho, but is ready to invest more in the next season.

What is the most effective way for a football club to improve its performance?

Today's professional football league is fully commercialized.

Ronan did not attend Manchester United's Premier League victory celebration, because Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio's first animated feature film "Despicable Me" was officially released, and Manchester United's real victory celebration will not be until after the Champions League final.

Embassy Pictures also held a premiere for the animated feature.

To Ronan's little surprise, at the premiere he saw someone from Twentieth Century Fox.

Chris Renard, director of "Despicable Me," explained to Ronan: "My invitation to Twentieth Century Fox. ”

Ronan nodded slightly, able to understand Chris Renard's thoughts.

Chris Renard whispered: "The team that was fired by Twentieth Century Fox is now the core of Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio, and they have always been angry about Twentieth Century Fox's ruthlessness, which is also an emotional vent. ”

Ronan patted his arm lightly: "I understand, do whatever you want." ”

Chris Renard shook his head: "Tom Rothman, who kicked us out, has already lost ground at Twentieth Century Fox, and the one sent by Twentieth Century Fox is just a mid-level executive. ”

Ronan was relieved: "As long as "Despicable Me" succeeds, Twentieth Century Fox will definitely have an idea, and it will also be uncomfortable for the stupid decision at the beginning." ”

Having said that, if it weren't for Twentieth Century Fox sweeping Chris Renard and others out of the house, how could Shahai Entertainment successfully establish its own animation studio?

In this respect, Relativity Entertainment should come to the Fox Building to thank you.

Ronan swears he really wants to thank Twentieth Century Fox.

Perhaps, when Universal Pictures acquired Illumination Entertainment at that time, it had a similar idea.

Twentieth Century Fox is such a nice guy.

Probably Twentieth Century Fox believes that with Blue Sky Studios in its hands, it has mastered one of the future markets for animated feature film production.

But Blue Sky Studio has faintly lacked stamina.

As one of Hollywood's three major animation studios, Pixar continues to shoot and produce one animated feature film after another, and has achieved success; DreamWorks Animation Studios has also continued to open up new territories outside of "Shrek", as evidenced by last year's successful "Shark Gang" and this summer's upcoming "Madagascar"; Blue Sky Studios' development has lagged behind, still clinging to the "Ice Age" series, and other aspects of production and development are seriously lagging behind.

Once, the weakness of Blue Sky Studios was not unreasonable.

After 2010, Twentieth Century Fox wanted to sell Blue Sky Studios more than once, but it was easy to find a company willing to take over.

The release of "Despicable Me" is of great significance to Relativity Entertainment.

Following comedy films, Relativity Entertainment has opened up a new territory in the production of feature films.

Of course, compared to the animated feature films made by Pixar's hangers, "Despicable Me" is relatively rough in terms of graphics and other technologies, after all, the production cost is only $60 million.

Sophisticated technology is the guarantee of success, and successful animated feature films are not necessarily skilled works.

"Despicable Me" almost perfectly illustrates this aspect.

The style of this animated feature film is exactly the same as that of the "Minions" short film, not Pixar's adult fairy tale with laughter and tears, but typical simple and cute.

The storyline and themes are simple, and several main characters, especially the Minions, are responsible for cuteness.

When a bunch of minions appeared, it was a cute person in the theater.

Therefore, after the release of "Despicable Me", it was unsurprisingly a success, and the opening weekend box office in North America was as high as $65.47 million!

This result was beyond everyone's expectations.

"Despicable Me" also ended the situation that "Spy 3" dominated the North American box office charts, and snatched the top spot at the box office when it opened.

It also makes people see that in addition to the three major animation studios, there are new animation production forces rising.