Chapter 239: The Time of the Beginning of the War

Before the release of "Batman", it was good news for Warner, Xiao Lizi's "Aviator" did not win the actor as he wished, but his box office in Beimi exceeded 100 million, and overseas also exceeded 100 million, making them make a small profit.

The bigger surprise came from MM's TV series "Grey's Anatomy," which aired on Time Warner's CNN network, and with the huge appeal of the Mark Gang, the first episode won 15 million ratings, which is the ratings of the ace series.

You must know that the average rating of the ten episodes of the fan drama "Band of Brothers" filmed by the great director Spielberg for HBO is 12 million, and his single album has reached an astonishing 13 million, far more than many movies.

I thought that only the first episode directed by Mark had such huge ratings, but who knew that the next eight episodes also maintained the same ratings, and the audience fell in love with this light-hearted and pleasant-paced medical drama with ups and downs.

Even Barry exclaimed, "This is going to be another ER story." "'ER Story' is a Warner ratings drama that has brought out superstars like George Clooney.

The producer, director, and screenwriter of "Grey's Anatomy" became famous in one fell swoop, becoming an ace TV series producer and screenwriter, and Mark and Disney were fighting that day, and pulled away Leiris, an unknown black female screenwriter, and Peter's "Youth Musical", and some people laughed at the time, what is the difference between such a way of revenge and tickling the giant?

It's amazing now, Mark has extremely accurate and keen insight, and Disney is losing the ratings drama.

When the third episode of the first season was broadcast, MM received an order for all twenty-four episodes of the second season, which was a good start for the MM TV department.

Another benefit for Warner is that David Lee has become famous, and he plays the role of Gordon, the righteous policeman, in "Batman".

It received rave reviews from critics, fans, and theater publishers in the early stages, and compared to the poor reviews received by the third and fourth films in the Batman franchise, "Time to Go to War" received universal praise.

It surpassed any previous film with an 86 percent approval rating, and Batman is Born (scored by 35 critics) on Rotten Tomatoes outscored the 82 percent (221 critics scored) that swept the global box office Star Wars Prequel III.

Looking at the recognition rate of the Batman series of movies: 79% of the first "Batman" in '89, 79% of "Batman Returns" in '92, only 50% of "Batman Forever" in '95, and "Batman and Robin" in '97 set a record of 11% , word-of-mouth has rebounded, surpassing all previous series of works, although the film does not have a lot of dazzling stunt packaging, but the design and story connotation of the characters and plot have been universally praised.

(The Hollywood Reporter): "A good script, a good performance, a good director, it's a surprisingly powerful production, and it's worth the ticket price." โ€

(The Hollywood Reporter): "It was a wise choice to let Mark direct 'Time to Go to War,' because the characters are stoic, intense, and rich enough to make people scream." โ€

(Rolling Stone): "Mark's Batman is a good quality of his own work, and his secret is to keep it real. โ€

(Time Weekly): "Mark's efforts are respectable, but this film needs a little humor to spice things up, and without these elements, no matter how pure the operation is, the film still lacks a little explosiveness." โ€

Even Roger of the "Chicago" Sun, who lamented Mark's decline last time, gave Mark two thumbs up, thinking that he had recovered his level and made the best superhero blockbuster so far, subverting people's inherent perception that superhero blockbusters are just about showing off special effects.

And their IMXA version was released in IMXA giant screen theaters in top ten cities across the country, and the beer was so hot that it exploded, and although it was three times that of ordinary movies in terms of ticket prices, it was almost full.

In terms of early publicity, "Wedding Aoke" borrowed YouTube for promotion, and achieved great success, this way of sending trailers and videos for publicity caused a huge sensation, and the great success of MM made other film companies follow suit, YouTube is an open platform, does not set a threshold for anyone, and can break through all by popularity and click-through rate, which makes other film companies follow suit, and upload commercials, trailers, and promotional videos, even "Star Wars Prequel 3" Such mega-blockbusters are no exception, and this new website has suddenly become a hot trend.

"Batman: Time to War" premiered on June 15, and the deep-pocketed Warner held its premiere in Los Angeles and New York at the same time, with Little Plum, Michael Kane, Morgan Freeman, etc. in Los Angeles, while Mark attended with David Lee, Rachel and others in New York, and his supermodel girlfriend Giselle and the pop emperor MJ came to help, which made a premiere headline in the entertainment section, which is also inseparable from Warner's huge publicity power and publicity efforts.

In order to successfully restart the "Batman" series, Warner spared no expense, and many shareholders on the board of directors believe that this is all due to Kevin, all because of his endurance of humiliation, being a father and a mother, so that Mark and Xiao Lizi, the two donkeys called Donkey, are pressed into a trough to drink water, this kind of control and organizational ability, fully possessed the quality of the president of a large company.

From the last Rotten Tomatoes only 11% freshness, to this 89% freshness, surpassing all previous works, it is a success in terms of beer and media, and even the director of the first and second films, Bolton, said in an interview with reporters: "It's great, Mark has taken "Batman" to a new level, this is a great start." โ€

And "Batman: Time to War" grossed $66 million in the first three days, second only to "Star Wars Episode 3" at 110 million in the year, and it is also the best personal first-week result for Mark and Little Plum, even if Little Plum's "Titanic" has the best single-week result of 65 million, but his mouth beer and toughness are unparalleled in the world, 25 weeks of champions, and an unrepeatable miracle.

After the Batman series created by Tim Burton and Joe Schumacher in the 90s, the flashy landscape movies showed a downward trend at the box office, people were tired of the impetuous stories, boring props and the series of slapsticks, and after the emergence of films such as "The Matrix", "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter", the producers realized that the gorgeous sets could not be the only selling point.

In the end, American comic book hero movies still need a story that can move the audience and a directorial method with innovative forms, so Warner turned to Mark to make this new force in the film industry start a new "Batman series".

Recognized as a master of storytelling, his script is full of drama, and the director's approach can also turn an otherwise bland story into unbelievable and suspicious, Mark has his own opinion on the new version of "Batman", he doesn't like too many CG special effects, because that will make the film look fake.

So Mark tried his best to design the Batman chariot based on the futurism in the early design of the film, and used traditional special effects in the early shooting, and the effect was magnificent after the film came out.

The highlight of "Batman: Time to War" is the redesigned Batman chariot, which can cross mountains and speed over the ruins like a pangolin, this chariot redefines the previous comic and movie versions of the Batman chariot, but the design of this super cool chariot is derived from the mouse hand, Nathan ยท Weighing 4,200 pounds and reaching speeds of up to 100 miles per hour, the design of the mouse allows the vehicle to maintain good stability, with the center of gravity always under the chassis of the car, even when making sharp turns, the vehicle will not tip over, and the helicopter-like handling remains convenient and flexible.

Another highlight of the film is Gotham City, which is more compact and massive, looking like a huge labyrinth, and the film is full of realism style steel jungle, and the set props such as heavy high-speed rail with a strong sense of the steam era are refreshing and impressive.

This kind of positive factors have triggered a movie-watching frenzy since last month's "Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith", but this movie does not have the outrageous box office harvesting ability of the galactic tyrant George Lucas, nor does it have the ability to refresh a series of glorious records of "Star Wars Episode 3", but Mark and Xiao Li both proved their worth of Mr. 20 million, which is well deserved.

While winning amazing box office results in the first week, they didn't dare to relax, running around the country to publicize, this is the summer vacation on the blockbuster, leaving only seven to ten days a week for each blockbuster to survive, if the competitor's movie is a big fight, this is the most wonderful thing, but who is not going all out when shooting and promoting hundreds of millions of productions, and strive for perfection, how can they hit the street, behind every blockbuster on the street, there are countless people who leave the scene in tears and are out.

Like the giant fight of "Extreme Agent 2", Kitai buried this series, the huge fight of "Sahara Soldiers" proved that Matthew McConaughey and the big beauty Penelope Cruz, who were once as famous as Little Plum, had limited box office appeal, and the failure of "Heavenly Dynasty" made the great director Scott almost fall out with Twentieth Century Fox, and the film's producer and multiple executives were out, which can be said to be extremely realistic.

Thank you, book friend, the happiest thing is that you are fatter than me, thank you. Commonwealth of Nations.