Levy's words provoked a smile from Alexander. If there's anything that makes him very happy lately, it's the release of X-Men 3, which is definitely one of them.

The first two X-Men can be said to be blockbusters with good box office, and the first movie can be said to be the origin of the superhero series. And this time, the release of X-Men 3 has attracted a lot of attention from the beginning: this summer, there are many blockbuster releases: the last part of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, the Smith couple starring Angelina Jolie and Pitt, and Warners reinvested in filming and production after seeing the superhero boom, and the Batman series directed by Michael Bay, all of which were released this summer.

The competition for the box office of movies this summer is also destined to be fierce because of these names. Long before the movie was released, the media have made estimates, in their imagination, Star Wars prequel 3 will definitely be this year's box office champion - Star Wars, the golden signboard, is the symbol of the box office, and as one of the most popular superheroes in the United States, Batman's movies can get a good box office as long as they are not too, and the Spider-Man box office in the first two years has almost doubled, how can Batman not be worse than Spider-Man, right?

And X-Men 3, although it is very likely to be a good movie, but its first two films, although they are good, are not particularly amazing. Although it may be higher at the box office than the Smiths who sell star effects with huge investment, people are not particularly optimistic about it.

However, when summer arrived, the results were much more than people expected. In this fight, the one who stands out is Nolan's X-Men 3.

It's certainly not because other movies are bad. Unlike the first two prequels of Star Wars, after the third part of Star Wars was broadcast, the reviews received can be said to be much better. Although in the eyes of some old Star Wars fans, this is still something that almost ruined the classic of thirty years. But the Revenge of the Sith can be said to have improved a lot. The prequel trilogy, the third part, is still a bit deep, and the story is connected before and after, and a mature science fiction system is built. It cannot be said to be a failure in every sense of the word.

However, this summer, it encountered X-Men 3.

Nolan was promoted early by Levy, and on the road to success, he took some detours. However, after going through this. He himself sorted out his course. During the filming of the third X-Men, his advantages were finally brought into play.

This work, written by his younger brother and directed by himself, can be said to be a great success. Nolan's excellent ability to construct large pictures, wonderful dramatic narrative, and excellent use of structure are all shown in the movie.

Moreover, this movie is different from other superhero movies, in which Magneto and Professor X face off head-to-head. The competition of ideas is vividly displayed.

Nolan didn't choose to use the good guys to defeat the bad guys once again in the movie, where he reinforced the damage Magneto suffered in World War II. Because of his experience in the concentration camp, he began to decide to lead the mutants against discrimination after gaining strength. And Professor X, who stands on the opposite side of him, is more aware of the hard-won peace of mankind because he can read people's hearts. Wanting mutants to be loved rather than hated is their contradiction.

This portrayal was quite successful, and eventually after the death of Professor X. Wolverine and LaserEye, who were originally rivals in love, inherited Professor X's philosophy, and they teamed up to defeat Magneto, indicating that the leaders of the next generation of mutants have no contradictions and work together to create the future, all of which are portrayed in the play.

In the past, although the scenes were very exciting, in terms of ideology, they were all almost zero. Batman's painting style is originally comic-style, almost every character is full of comic style, naturally there is no ideology, and Superman is completely the idea of an old farmer in the southern United States, this image has long been ingrained, and his image of protecting the earth has not changed. Although there is a good character image like a little Green Goblin in the first and second parts of Spider-Man, the main opponent is still just good for good, evil for evil, in superhero movies, this lack of ideology, the character is not plump enough, and it has always been a chronic disease. What's even more terrifying is that no one even wants to touch this chronic disease, which is normal in the eyes of many people.

And Nolan's film changes that. Magneto, who was persecuted in concentration camps and thinks from the perspective of racial discrimination, and Professor X, who grew up in a privileged environment and thinks from the perspective of peace and human development, these two men have their own starting points, but it is not so easy to distinguish between good and evil. Although in the movie, Wolverine's victory over Magneto heralds a kind of idea that hatred should be forgotten and racial discrimination should be trivialized, but Magneto's impassioned speech and domineering demolition of the Golden Gate Bridge in the movie are far more impressive than Professor X's gentle persuasion.

This movie subverts the image of the bad guys fighting for their own interests in previous movies, Magneto is almost made into a mutant racial hero who insists on fighting, and the battle between the two rooms is to adhere to the concept rather than interests, which makes the movie immediately become a bit epic.

It is precisely because of the excellent narrative, wonderful pictures, and the combination of internal ideology that this movie also caused a sensation for a while. This sensation has made its box office numbers skyrocket, and although the screening is not over yet, it is estimated that it will not be a problem to surpass Star Wars Prequel 3.

This also prompted the birth of many Nolan's fans, and even now some people are clamoring that Oscar must give Nolan to it.

In contrast, Michael Bay's Batman is a little disappointing. Although Michael Bay's movie is still absolutely not lost to anyone in terms of scenes, in terms of the connotation of the movie, it is basically shameless to be scolded by the media. If it's usual, it's nothing at all, superhero movies, which one to look for? But this year, with the success of the X-Men, the problem is bigger.

Marvel and DC's comics can be said to be good at each other, but when it comes to characters, Batman is definitely a popular character at the level of the screenwriter's father. But. At the box office of the movie, his advantage was not reflected by Michael Bay, and the whole movie was an explosion, which also made the movie pattern lower.

This summer, his films can only rank third. Although it is still better than the Smiths who are now in love to promote the movie, it is not as good as the first two. Nolan can be said to have become famous in a fight, and with this movie, he completely embarked on the road of a big director.

"Before the summer, I really didn't expect Nolan's film to be such a success. Originally, I thought. It's good that this movie can have a box office of 500 million, but now it seems that even one billion can't be stopped. ”

Speaking of which, Alexander was also very happy, after all, the movie was a big hit, and he had no reason to be upset. Although it is said that the preparation of the three-body problem did cost a lot of money, but. This money can be made up in X-Men 3.

The income of a good movie is enough for him to gain a lot.

"His films are already good and give him enough trust. He's sure he'll be able to shoot something really good. ”

Levy is not surprised by Nolan's success. In terms of commercial films, even Levy has to learn from him, and he can produce results. It's a normal thing. A person's talent does not change because of the change of environment, since in memory, he can shoot to strengthen the Joker's Batman. Then in the X-Men, it is not surprising that Professor X, who was filmed to strengthen Magneto.

And he successfully filmed the struggle between good and evil of superheroes into a battle of ideas, and Levy is not surprised: these things have long been commonly used in science fiction movies, but they are not shown in the field of comics, and now he has led this idea into this field and achieved success, which can also be said to be his cleverness.

This is a good commercial film director, and although Levy doesn't quite agree with those who tout him as the world's number one director, he still agrees with his commercial film ability.

"Indeed, the directors you found are not bad. The box office of the Japanese director's movie is also close to 100 million. A horror story with a Japanese background and this kind of box office is really rare. ”

This summer, there is another movie that is not very noticeable, which is Tomie shot by Takashi Shimizu. Because this story uses a lot of Japanese actors, after it was filmed, it naturally received less attention. Still, it's a good movie for horror fans. The characters and scenes in the movie are enough to satisfy them. The movie still got a good box office, which is very proud of a horror film with little investment.

And speaking of this, Alexander also remembered something.

"That actor, the one who played the female ghost in the movie, wanted to stay in the United States, and I also arranged it in that kung fu movie TV series."

In the movie, Erika Sawajiri, who starred in Tomie, also relied on this movie to gain a foothold in the United States, and after gaining a foothold, she refused to go back to Japan. Levy knows very well that this is also because of the situation in the Japanese entertainment industry, the power of actors in Japan is too small, in memory, Erika Sawajiri has worked hard because she wants to leave her company, and it is not easy to fight against the entire entertainment industry, she was even called a madman by the media, and her reputation was discredited.

And now that she had an early opportunity, she naturally wanted to get out of there.

"Then let her go, I have no opinion."

In this regard, Levy also agreed. Moreover, he even thought directly, maybe, the image of Erika Sawajiri is good for playing Tomoko?

Of course, these things, thinking about it now, are still too early.

"That TV series, how can you say that you are also the producer yourself, you don't value it so much?" Alexander was a little surprised to see Levy agree.

"Why should I value that now? Now for me, there's only one thing -- and that's to make the film that I have in my hands. ”

Other directors have all caught up, how can I still hold back? Competing with these people is also what Levy thinks about the most. (To be continued......)