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

As early as May, the summer big productions landed on the big screen one after another, and the opening of "Mission Impossible 3" (150 million production fee) was only 60.09 million in the first week, 117 million North American box office / 305.3 million global box office in Golden Week, and the Rotten Tomatoes index was 70%/63%/69%, Roger Albert sarcastically said: "There is an opinion that it has exciting action scenes and boring dialogue. My opinion is that this genre of movies is exciting and uniformly boring. ”

Everything shows that this is just a decent movie, and the highly-anticipated Jewish director J-J. Abrams has not been able to save the tide of "Mission Impossible 2" with high box office and low reputation, and the third part will be the worst box office in the series if this momentum continues. This is the screen directorial debut of the soon-to-be-40-year-old J-J. Abrams, who is the creator of the hit TV series "Double Spy" and "Lost", is known for his tense and suspenseful style, but it is still far from the topics created by some media outlets, "the next Spielberg?", "the new bomb on the screen".

Since it has been rumored in recent days that Tom Cruise and Paramount, who had a big change in top management last year, the two are likely to end their long-standing relationship, so it is difficult to say whether there is "Mission Impossible 4" or not.

Warner Bros. has lost a lot of money again! The 160 million production cost of the action drama "Poseidon" only has a pitiful opening box office of 18.57 million, and 32.26 million North America/42.38 million global box office in three weeks, and the B executives probably still don't know what happened?33%/30%/57% Rotten Tomatoes index, Roger Albert mocked: "Peterson's mind is not here." He's a smart director who thinks it's a great piece of raw material, and he's a good director who turns it into a bunch of funny garbage. ”

Complacently compared with "Titanic"? completely messed up, and the encounter with "The Hangover 3" made the tragedy even more tragic. Maybe the B executives still know, after all, the test screening of "Sea Horn God" received a bad response, and it was not scheduled to be released simultaneously around the world.

Two years ago, the word-of-mouth bad movie "Troy" was on the verge of losing money, and "Poseidon" directly made B lose his underwear. The 65-year-old German Wolfgang Petersen, who was once the Oscar for Best Director (55th in 1983, "Attack from the Bottom of the Sea"), was smashed all over his body, and audiences who don't know him will never think of his prestige history, and they can't imagine that "Air Force One" in 97 has earned him the reputation of "the best action movie director", but now, just like John Woo a few years ago, this white-haired old man is finished.

"The Hangover 3" continues the style of "The Hangover 2", although the story form is innovative, and the production fee has risen to 80 million, but it only receives 45%/46% freshness, and the audience's liking has dropped to 65%, "Is the hangover enough?" is still the main judgment on it, Roger Albert, who once praised "The Hangover" and satirized "The Hangover 2", smashed 2/4 of the rot: "Wang Yang did a great thing, "The Hangover 3" It's a miracle that it will appear, and Feige's work itself is a boring joke. ”

"One person changing three clothes will not become three people, too many people are confused by clothes, Wang Yang knows this, you should avoid this money conspiracy. Film's Eric D. Snyder commented, "A stupid sequel is the best way to ruin the glory, and it has only one meaning, to grab money without any scruples, so we have "The Hangover 3". So says Betsy Shaci of the Los Angeles Times, and Rotten Tomatoes user Luke B writes: "What's pop? It's a good movie that can be released three times, but it's not a good idea. Its characters, its jokes, its hilarious way...... Everything is almost exactly the same, and to be honest, I'm already struggling to get rid of it. ...... "I love it! It's crazier, funnier, and goier than the first two games, some say exhausting, but I'm looking forward to The Hangover 4!" James M gave it five stars; "It never got past the first game, but it's still F**king fun! It's so much better than other R-rated movies in Hollywood, and if you don't laugh, maybe you have autism." David L said so, and Charlene S gave five stars: "Any movie about Amazing Young is great for me! He's so hot! The movie is still very funny!...... It can be said that the reputation is mixed, and it can also be said that there are boos, and the flame movie seems to be in a crisis of confidence in the sequel, "the new movie must be a classic, but the sequel is not necessarily", but now it is certain that there is a lot of laughter!

"The Hangover 3" grossed 124 million in its first week, with an average of $33,926 per theater in 3,655 theaters, although it is not as good as the first two episodes, it is indeed the first box office blockbuster of this summer! Three weeks later, 206 million North American box office/419 million global box office, it is not difficult to enter the 500 million box office club.

Countless viewers are scolding and watching at the same time, countless viewers are laughing and saying "the hangover is not enough", and if they have to laugh, they like to watch it, and look at how bad the comedy films "RV Trip" (24%/19%/59%), "Unlucky Eros" (13%/13%/60%), and "Old Friends Are Rich" (71%/70%/37%) are in the same period!

"Aren't you going to see 'The Hangover' to see them? A bunch of stale food, a bunch of fresh garbage, what do you choose?" commented Mireya on Rotten Tomatoes in Comedy Dilemma.

The positioning of R-rated comedies is naturally mainly dating movies, friend movies, and personal movies, rather than family movies, of course, it is not excluded that there will be a situation where the whole family will watch it together, after all, teenagers who are not old enough need to be accompanied by a guardian. No one wants to get any deep meaning from R-rated commercial comedies, for most viewers who want to have fun, laughing is the most important thing, and the new film is fresh, but the familiar characters are easier to understand and more emotional, which is the charm of the sequel.

"The current box office results of "The Hangover 3" are inseparable from the fact that Flame Movies promotes it as a series finale, which brings it a large number of fans who want to see the ending, and the audience has a kind of inertia and inertia, and the reason for watching a movie may only be because it is a sequel. Paul Degarabé, director of box office statistics agency ExhibitorRelations, told the media that he added: "The Hangover 3 will still be very high at the box office, and the end of this epoch-making series will create a void in the R-rated comedy market, and we are all looking forward to the next blockbuster R-rated comedy coming soon." ”

The global box office of "The Hangover" is 617 million, the global box office of "The Hangover 2" is 623 million, and the "Hangover 3" is scheduled to be more than 500 million, and the hangover series has almost reached 1.8 billion global box office, not to mention other post-production peripheral goods such as DVDs, which are amazing!

But there really won't be "The Hangover 4" anymore, as early as the beginning of the project promotion, the crew of Flame Movie and the "Hangover" series said that the third part is the ending, and FF will never backtrack. However, many fans left messages on the FF official website to express their desire to see "The Hangover 4", Jill L said: "We need a hangover!! Alice said: "This is the best comedy, please run it like 007!" "Jas-T said: "I hope it can be one a year like "SA"!" ...... "Ladies and gentlemen, the "Hangover" series has ended perfectly, although many people think it is not, but in any case, thank you for your support for many years! We'll continue to put out great R-rated comedies, so get ready for laughs!"

Wang Yang, chairman of the Flames, personally told fans on the official website that his words revealed the strong confidence of the entire FF. After years of development, comedy has become a shining sign of FF, even "The Green Hornet" is a superhero action comedy, and in terms of R-rated comedy, only "Little Sunshine Beauty" at the end of the year has finalized the release schedule, but FF fans know that it and "The Hangover" are actually two types, the reason is simple, it wants to hit the Oscars!

At first, no one knew that the flame's ambition would be so big, but as the film entered the early stage of publicity, gradually, industry insiders and fans all knew! FF bought "Little Sunshine Beauty" from Sundance at a super high price, and it was crazy that it was going to be used to impact the awards season!

"Is "Little Sunshine Beauty" really that good?" The distributors can't help but wonder, it's not that they haven't seen this movie, many companies have this draft script on their desks many years ago, and it's clear that the business, awards, etc. are mediocre!

There are also many people who beat their chests with regret in advance, and they would have carried it to the end with the magic if they knew it!!! Just because this year's "Sundance Movies" are being released one after another, the opening film "Old Friends Are Rich" purchased by Sony Classic has a mediocre performance, from the small-scale release on April 7 to the present, it has gradually been painted offline, and has only received 12.58 million box office; but the documentary "The Inconvenient Truth" purchased by Paramount Classic has been released in 4 theaters for 2 weeks, receiving an amazing 580,000, with an average of 145,000 for a single museum.

If "Little Sunshine Beauty" has a box office of tens of millions and how many Oscar nominations...... Every time I think of this, the executives of Sony Classics, Focus Searchlights and other companies have a feeling of anxiety, so they have to curse from time to time, it is a bad movie!

Who knows? Crazy things happen every day in this world, miracles, dark horses, and so on seem to be everywhere. For example, several stars who relied on "The Hangover" to rise strongly, once upon a time, they were just a few inconspicuous small roles, and they were driven aside when they arrived on the set, but now they also have to wear sunglasses to go out on the street. In addition to the "Hangover" series, they have developed in their own ways in the past few years, especially Zach Galife Anakis, Bradley Cooper is the most popular, and fat guys and handsome guys are quite active on the big screen and in the media.

And Flame Movies is preparing to create a new R-rated comedy road movie with "Fat + Handsome Guy" as the screen combination, not "Little Sunshine Beauty", not Cooper, the answer of the handsome guy is "Little Robert Downey", and the fat man is naturally Garife Anakis.

In 1987, directed by John Hughes and starring Steve Martin and John Candy, the comedy road movie "Planes, Trains and Cars" tells the story of Neil, a New York advertiser who is critical of any little things in life, who wants to fly back to Chicago to spend Thanksgiving with his family. But due to the negligence of the conductor, the two had to sit together, and then the plane was diverted due to a snowstorm, all the cash was stolen, and the train broke down, so they had to get on the bus.

A lot of funny things naturally happen along the way, during which Neil finally discovers that under Del's vulgar clothes, conversation, and habits, he is a patient, tolerant, and kind heart...... Flame Movie is planning to make a road movie of this genre, where two people with completely opposite personalities, social classes, etc., are forced to squeeze together on the road, about conflict and understanding. "Planes, Trains and Cars" collected 49.53 million box office that year, and now the Rotten Tomatoes index is as high as 94%/75%/81%.

First of all, a good script full of aura and emotion is needed, not an assembly-line farce, and Paul Feige, who has signed a 1+1 contract with FF, will execute the "1" behind it, serving as the screenwriter and director of this project, and one of the planning producers.

"It's very interesting! My wife also said it's very interesting!" Robert Downey Jr. agreed with great interest to Wang Yang's invitation, Wang Yang has already been his 100% agent, and Donnie agreed to all the performance invitations sent by Yang, of course, Wang Yang will never give him a dead end. Susan Downey believes that her husband's joy should not be buried, and he is a "Chaplin" no matter what, so she not only recommended it, but also invited to be the executive producer of the project.

Just look at the "Firefly" series and "Iron Man" series starring Downey, FF and him can be called a golden partner, Downey and his wife are the core members of the Wang Yang Gang, Susan is also a member of the Southern California Gang, coupled with wonderful life experiences, the relationship between them has always been in the honeymoon period.

The comedy film, which has not yet been screened and has not yet been decided, has been locked in for release at the end of 2008, and the filming date is tentatively scheduled for the beginning of '08, with plenty of time for Paul Feige and the crew to brew and prepare.

In addition, there was news that Wang Yang and Kristen Weig met to discuss cooperation, and privately Wiig and Anne Mamorrow signed a cooperation agreement with FF, and recently with the release of "The Hangover 3", there is new news in the media! FF officially confirmed the matter, spokesperson Foona Hassen revealed: "Wang Yang is very optimistic about Wigg's comedy talent, they have had several happy interviews, this will be an R-rated comedy." She also announced that the film is called "Bridesmaids" and is expected to be released by the end of next year.

There are many, many wedding-themed films, the most successful in recent years are "My Grand Greek Wedding", "Wedding Guest" and "American Pie 3", and "My Best Friend's Wedding", "Wedding Planner", "New Father-in-law" and "My Best Friend's Wedding", "The New Father-in-law" are similar in title...... Although they know that "Bridesmaids" is very likely to be a new amazing series, the filmmakers can't do anything, "Bridesmaids" is too common, from the best man group of "The Hangover", think about it, is it a few women drinking and going crazy at a pre-wedding party? "The Hangover 4"? And the most important thing is that they don't have Magic Young, not even Wegg, they can only wait and see. What kind of film is it? Who directs and who stars it? Fans are full of expectations.

And in this summer, "The Da Vinci Code" (125 million production fee) may not be the highest-grossing, but it must be the most controversial film, it is simply like a counterattack to "The Passion of the Christ", from the original book to the movie, its most controversial place is that Jesus is just a mortal, not born of the Virgin Mary, but Jesus married Mary, Mary also gave birth to offspring for Jesus, and under the protection of the secret society headed by Leonardo da Vinci, they survived from generation to generation.

The Vatican, Italy, the Philippines, and the Catholic countries of Latin America are all furious, condemning, criticizing, boycotting, protesting, and burning books!" "Although it is a commercial practice, it also poses an extreme and unwarranted challenge to Christianity. "Dan Brown, don't forget that you will be judged by Christ!" ...... The protests and boycotts of religious groups around the world, and the attention of the global media have caused great publicity to "The Da Vinci Code", and some media have described this controversy as "the effect that the producer dreams of", and sure enough, even in Los Angeles or New York, there are believers who spontaneously call on people at the door of the theater not to watch this "blasphemous" film freshly, even if the Rotten Tomatoes index is only 25%/9%/64%, its North American box office in the first week is still 102 million, and two weeks later 153 million North America/ With a global box office of 470 million, it seems that it is not difficult to break through 600 million or 700 million.

"X-Men: Last Stand" was not so "lucky", with an ambitious $210 million budget production, 141 million North America/217 million global box office after the first week, and a Rotten Tomatoes index of 57%/53% and 73%, which completely dashed 20th Century Fox's extravagant hopes of "becoming a Firefly".

Although there are such and such blockbusters, the audience does not see the kind of phenomenal film that everyone applauds and sweeps everything, there is no doubt that the current film market is in a very peculiar state of hunger, it would not be surprising if any new film suddenly soared, "Cars" released on June 9, "Superman Returns" on June 28, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" on July 7, "Furious Speed 2" on July 14? or none at all?

The first to appear in the Flame movie release list is the music/song/dance/romance/comedy "Mamma Mia!" adapted from the classic hit stage play, June 16.

(To be continued)