On May 26, 2006, during the traditional Memorial Day schedule of the North American film market, Twentieth Century Fox's number one film of the year, "X-Men 3: Last Stand", held a huge North American premiere at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Since Gal Gadot entered the theater through the back door with a small tail, Murphy walked the red carpet of the premiere alone, but his trip was more to watch the excitement, and he had no intention of standing on the platform for Dave Scola, and walked down the red carpet in a routine hurry, and soon entered the theater hall.

Prior to this, he had accepted the invitation of the top management of Twentieth Century Fox to participate in a preview screening of "X-Men 3: Last Stand", this film is indeed a big investment and big production, and the big scenes and visual effects far exceed the first two, but now it is not the last century, and the movie is not a good enough special effects to be able to sell well.

In particular, the main plot of the movie is similar to his impression, because of the relationship between fans, the box office of the film in the first weekend will not be too bad, but if nothing else, the future box office trend is worrying.

Entering the hall, Murphy saw Dave Scola who greeted people warmly, and he didn't lean over there at all, Carla Firth had already walked over, and it was enough to have her blow to the other party, so he could just stand behind and cheer for himself.

"With Cara's ability and momentum." Gal Gadot walked over with Margot Robbie, "If Dave Scola doesn't have a better performance, the position of director of Fox production will soon be replaced." ”

She was clearly not saying this to Murphy, but to Margot Robbie.

Margot Robbie beckoned to Murphy and then gestured to the other side, "The two of them should be a real-life version of Game of Thrones, right?" ”

Gal Gadot just smiled, not in front of Murphy, so about his good friend.

Murphy didn't have so many scruples, and said directly, "It's just the prototype of a game of thrones, and the loser is just quitting, and he won't lose his head." ”

"Oh......" Margot Robbie nodded, but added, "but I think their fight is cruel too." ”

"The brutality of business competition is self-evident." Gal Gadot said, "But it's still far from the struggle for political power." ”

Murphy nodded, "The struggle for power in society now is difficult to be as described in TV series and books. ”

Compared to him and Gal Gadot, Margot Robbie is undoubtedly seriously inexperienced in society and has a curious eye in her eyes.

If she could pick out more things from Murphy and Gal Gadot, she could be the center point in the school discussion.

She looked at Murphy quizzically.

There's nothing to do now, Murphy simply says, "In the past, for example, in the Middle Ages, which was similar to the setting of the novel, Game of Thrones tested the limits of human nature, and the limits of human nature were: fratricide, siblings, fathers using their children, children assassinating their fathers." So human nature is the most untested thing that has no lower limit. ”

Hearing this, Gal Gadot gently pulled Murphy, and in her eyes, Margot Robbie was still an underage girl.

"It's okay." Margot Robbie grabbed Gal Gadot's arm, looked at Murphy, and begged, "Go on?" ”

"Let's talk about fiction." Murphy also didn't want his girlfriend to complain, "Game of Thrones believes that the most reliable thing is the relationship between blood and mother and son, the child is the future of the mother, and they are extremely strong in the alignment of interests, just like Cersei and Caitlin's love and protection for their own children, this feeling is natural and God-given, so it transcends many of the rules of the game in the secular world." ”

"Then ......" Margot Robbie frowned and thought for a moment before asking, "Will Game of Thrones ever end?" ”

Murphy didn't think about it, he shook his head, "As long as human greed and lust remain, Game of Thrones will never stop and end, except for piles of corpses and victims, it will not really leave a living mouth." All victories are temporary, and it is the iron law of nature that the victor will eventually lose in the protracted battle for power, giving way to the next strong one. ”

Seeing Gal Gadot next to him, he added, "It's also the immutable law on the so-called fantasy continent - Westeros." ”

He also read several volumes of George Martin's already written novels from beginning to end, in which power certainly cannot be applied to real society, but is also a real response to some situations, especially those in dictatorships and war-torn countries.

To put it simply, what is power?

Power is not fear, so the horrific little Skinners Ramsay and the army of Strangers who are good at terrifying others will not be the winners; Power is not power and court power, and the small Cersei and Jaime are not the ultimate winners; Power is not metaphysics and illusion, so Stannis Barasian, who always wants to take shortcuts, dies on the battlefield; Power is not the same as justice, which is why the bishops and the Brotherhood without flags, who represent the will of the people at the bottom, are so faint; Power is also not a sense of morality and honor, which is why the Starks, the Kings of the North, are close to extinction.

Even though Jon Snow is so good-looking and a five-good young man, Game of Thrones stabs him to death in the snow with great interest, like a killing performance art on public display.

Power is bloodthirsty, forever thirsty for blood and life; The power is cruel, and the eternal desire for war and killing; Power is greedy, and its appetite will not be full no matter how much it eats. Power is just a cycle of desire, it has a beginning and an end, and as long as humanity and greed remain, it will keep running, swallowing the next sacrifice.

"What are you talking about?" Carla Firth walked over at this time and looked at Margot Robbie curiously, "You're David's sister?" ”

"Hello, Miss Faith." Margot Robbie doesn't look polite like she did when she was a child, "I'm Margot Robbie, call me Maggie." ”

Carla Firth nodded at her, greeted Murphy, and walked over to Gal Gadot to discuss which fashion store to visit for the weekend......

After saying a few words, Murphy watched the time and beckoned a few people into the screening hall together, unlike the other guests, they came to watch movies specifically.

The details of this "X-Men 3: Last Stand" have changed a lot, but the main plot is basically the same, the dead Jean-Grey in the second episode is resurrected and transformed into an omega-level mutant Phoenix Girl, and then kills enemies and good and evil indiscriminately, and even the extremely popular Laser Eye and Professor X are bad, and they are finally killed by Wolverine......

Big scenes and big special effects can really stimulate the eyeballs, but this kind of plot is very unappetizing to the audience, the more fans of the "X-Men" series, the more dissatisfied they will be, especially when the Phoenix Girl killed Professor X, a curse sounded in the audience at the back of the screening room.

Murphy clearly saw that many ordinary viewers chose to leave the venue early.

Watching the movie, he also couldn't understand what Dave Scola and director Bright Ratner thought, did they think such a plot would be more impactful?

Audiences who like this type of film tend to have a relatively low psychological acceptance.

Could it be that the X-Men franchise is going to end without Brian Singh?

According to Carla Firth, Twentieth Century Fox's replacement of Brian Singer is not only the director's intention to "Superman Returns", but also other considerations, such as Brian Singh is one of the many gay people in Hollywood, he always uses his power to hook up with those young actors in casting and filming, if you want it, it's nothing, it's just the most ordinary thing in Hollywood, but he also targets some underage boys, in order to make them conform, Some harassment and obscenity were used.

Indeed, most actors will choose to forbear, but not everyone will, and the crew has to appease many people every time, which is also a headache for Twentieth Century Fox.

Brian Singh and Breett Ratner still have a certain relationship.

In fact, Breit-Ratner was originally the director selected by Twentieth Century Fox to bring "X-Men" to the screen, but Twentieth Century Fox was unable to determine the start date of filming at that time, and Bright Ratner, who was under contract, began filming "Rush Hour" as required, which led to Brian Singh's success in "X-Men".

What's even more interesting is that Bright Ratner was originally selected by Warner Bros. to be the director of "Superman Returns", and Brian Singh's intervention just turned the two of them around, and also allowed Bright Ratner to complete the hand-holding with the "X-Men" franchise five years late.

But this hand-holding was anything but pleasant.

The Memorial Day schedule has a very obvious boost to the box office of the film, and this is placed on a public holiday on Monday every year, which can form a three-day holiday.

"X-Men 3: Last Stand" really didn't have any rivals this holiday season, taking in $100 million from North America over the course of three days over the weekend, and $120 million at the North American box office in four days, even last Monday's Memorial Day holiday.

Everything looks good, and it seems that the North American box office of this film will rush directly to $350 million or even $400 million.

However, whether it is ordinary audiences, or the media and film critics, compared with the sharp decline in word-of-mouth of the first two films, it has become a drag on the subsequent box office trend of the film.

Comments such as "the most ugly one", "a bad movie by a bad director", and "can only be watched so-so" are endless.

This directly led to the lack of follow-up box office, and premature ejaculation occurred as soon as the working day arrived.

Especially in the second weekend, the box office of "X-Men 3: Last Stand" crashed by 70% the next weekend, and only 30 million dollars will be received, which surprised everyone. (To be continued.) )