On the way back to the car, Helen Herman roughly read the draft script and fell into thought, her ability to understand words was far better than Matthew's, and after reading the script and Matthew's interview with Christopher Nolan just said, she gradually had her own judgment.

"What do you think?" asked Matthew.

Helen Herman shook her head slightly, "This idea looks pretty good, it's actually similar to what the Wachowski twins did in the two sequels to The Matrix." She thought for a moment and said, "So it's mysterious!"

Matthew didn't expect Helen Herman to say that, he looked at her and asked, "Is it as bad as you say?"

"It's strange to me that you don't like the unfathomable stories of the Wachowski twins...... "Helen Herman asks rhetorically, "why do you like ......?"

She pointed to the draft-like script, "This toxic project?"

"Poisonous?" Matthew asked again.

Helen Herman reminded, "You forgot? You once told me that overly complex and obscure plots and philosophical speculations, as well as deliberately added depth and thought, are the weapons that kill commercial films, and we never take on jobs like this." ”

Matthew couldn't help but be stunned, when he discussed with Helen Herman before, he did say something like this, Hollywood's commercial films, which are really popular all over the world, are undoubtedly easy to understand.

That is, what is considered a vulgar work in the mouth of film critics.

For a moment, he didn't know how to explain it.

Ninety-nine percent of the time, a complex and difficult movie will not become a hit......

Thinking of this, Matthew suddenly remembered one thing, Christopher Nolan's movies that he once watched on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, from the "Batman" trilogy to the later ones, none of them are complicated and difficult to understand, even "Inception" can be easily understood, and he doesn't know the independent films produced by Christopher Nolan, and he hasn't seen them, but the commercial blockbusters behind them seem to meet the consistent requirements of Hollywood commercial films.

It seems that when he downloaded "Inception" at that time, he read a sentence on the resource website, Christopher Nolan's film is not complicated, and it reflects the consistent theme of Hollywood, but it has been over-interpreted by crazy Nolan fans with even more crazy momentum.

Think about some of the fans you see and meet in Hollywood, and a lot of die-hard supporters, like Phyllis Beretta, are completely irrational towards the people they support.

From the perspective of an ordinary person, a girl in her twenties is chasing a star all over the world, isn't this sick and what is it?

Of course, this kind of thought will always stay in his head, and he will not say it.

Classics such as "2001: A Space Odyssey", "The Godfather", "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Matrix" have been over-interpreted by fans who love them, who not only can't tolerate a word about the film, but also express a hundred times more opinions than the directors, screenwriters, and producers had when they first conceived the film.

Because of the relationship between the crew of "The Dark Knight" and him last year, he also paid attention to Christopher Nolan's films, and also took time to watch "Time to War" and "Deadly Magic", and read related fan reviews on IMDB, Christopher Nolan and his films have undoubtedly had a tendency to be over-interpreted on a large scale.

Now Christopher Nolan's fans are relatively low-key, but when "The Dark Knight" is released, everything will be different.

It's still a little impressive that no fan of the director can be as crazy as Christopher Nolan's fans.

"It's just the script. Matthew shrugged and said, "Helen, have you seen Christopher Nolan's last few movies?"

Helen Herman then replied, "I've only watched Memory Fragments and lost interest in him completely, which is one of the reasons why I advise you not to pick up the Joker." ”

Matthew reminded, "Is The Dark Knight hard to understand today?"

"Uh......" Helen Herman was stunned for a moment by his question, and then reacted, "It's easy to understand, and it's not the same genre and style as "Memory Fragments" at all. ”

"I've watched 'Time to Go to War' and 'Deadly Magic.' Matthew said slowly, "The two films are equally easy to understand, and Christopher Nolan and the Wachowski siblings are completely different directors. ”

In his opinion, since he entered the commercial film industry, Nolan himself has not made any mysteries in the movie, but too many brainless fans have to over-interpret it, which makes Nolan's movies in their eyes obscure and difficult to understand.

These fans definitely think a lot more than Christopher Nolan.

"As a commercial film director, Christopher Nolan will never target the high and low in any case, so the films he makes are still close to the people in the final analysis - that is, easy to understand. ”

Matthew said to Helen Herman, "In fact, even a person with a very limited artistic accomplishment like me did not find any of Christopher Nolan's commercial works obscure, and one of the great advantages of Nolan's films is that there are fewer logical flaws, so the various plot twists and changes in the film can basically give full foreshadowing and explanation, and it is almost not difficult to understand." ”

He said slowly, "Helen, you only have to look at a few of Nolan's commercial films and you will see that his works are actually very vulgar. ”

Helen Herman could understand Matthew's words, and in the mouths of both of them, this so-called vulgarity was always a positive term, not a derogatory one.

The premise of the success of big-budget commercial films is vulgarity.

"I'll go back and see. Helen Herman said.

Matthew nodded, "Christopher Nolan is good at putting a gorgeous coat on an ordinary story, but it can't change its vulgar nature, plus the quality of his work is guaranteed to a certain extent...... Therefore, his commercial films have a good reputation. ”

In fact, in the eyes of professional film critics, Christopher Nolan is in a similar situation to him, and he is not very much to be treated by professional film critics.

In the final analysis, those film critics who think that their art is noble look down on them vulgar film practitioners.

Having said that, if it weren't for these vulgar people, the film industry probably wouldn't have become the entertainment industry that can influence the world today.

Maybe it has been killed in the competition with TV a long time ago, and like European literary films, it has been completely marginalized among the general public.

Although Christopher Nolan is completely different from Michael Bay, and it doesn't seem appropriate to compare him with Michael Bay, Matthew has seen most of Christopher Nolan's commercial films and feels that he and Michael Bay's works still have something in common, that is, the elements that commercial films must have - easy to understand and close to the people!

For example, I once watched "Interstellar", this film is dressed in the coat of science fiction, and has done enough work on scientific theories and technical details, but its core is just to promote "love", which has long been a vulgar theme in Hollywood.

Anyway, a commercial film can make the vast majority of the audience interesting and willing to buy tickets, and that's it.

Helen Herman returned the draft script to Matthew and asked, "Are you going to take on this film?"

Matthew nodded lightly and said, "The production budget of this film is more than 150 million US dollars, and with Warner Bros., it will not take such a high investment to let Christopher Nolanhu come." ”

There is some truth to that. "Helen Herman has dealt a lot with Warner Bros. management and knows that.

"There is another benefit to taking this film. Matthew continued, "We can keep working with Warner Bros., we can't just tie the future to Disney like Tom Cruise did with Paramount Pictures, right?"

Helen Herman smiled rarely, "You're thinking more and more comprehensively. ”

Matthew also smiled, "There is competition, and our interests can be maximized." ”

Most of Hollywood's top stars will not cooperate with only one film company, as he did before, more blossoming is the best choice.

Besides, it is also a good thing for a star actor like him to establish a good cooperative relationship with a director who has been named a god by many fans after "The Dark Knight" and has a strong appeal in his own right.

Back at the angel agency, Matthew got the good news that Disney Studios had paid the post-production share of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: The End of the World", and he asked the accountant to contact the "Twilight" crew and inject funds into the crew's third-party guarantee account as soon as possible to stabilize the entire crew.

In filmmaking, as an investor, no amount of commitment is more effective than money.

If you don't have money, what kind of movie can you make?

Maybe with the last $20 million in the account, Sophia Coppola and Sean Daniel have no worries at all, or maybe the filming of this film is indeed much less difficult, the filming of "Twilight" crew in the studio went very smoothly, and the shooting of the interior scenes ended in only ten days.

In early March, Sofia Coppola and Sean Daniel led the crew to a small town in the Portland area to continue filming on location.

Matthew didn't go there, Sean Daniel is a conscientious producer, it's enough to have him, and he's going to stay in Los Angeles to make final preparations for Fast & Furious 4.

Firearms, Driving, Fighting, Rehearsals...... These must be done in advance, and Justin Lin is not the kind of director who is on the spot, and most of the difficult scenes have to be rehearsed in advance.

Rehearsals can lead to templating, but that's never a problem in commercial films, and films like "Fast and Furious" are built according to a successful template.

In mid-March, the film officially began shooting in the studio.