The filming of X-Men can be said to be the biggest movie in Levy's company so far. The investment, scale, and equipment are all incomparable to previous films. It can be said that from this film, Mystery Inc. has taken a big step towards success.

It's just that this is not enough for Levy. This time, he won the Oscar for Best Film, and his mind began to grow bigger, and he also wanted to make some more magnificent films: looking at the momentum of the big ships and soldiers, he also wanted to make a real big-budget movie that was similar to these two, and could really get good reviews at the word of mouth and box office - he hadn't figured out what to shoot and how to shoot it, but he knew he wanted to do it.

It's just that he knows very well that this road is not easy to walk, before filming, he must first improve his level, and he must also make sure that he can do it, he doesn't like gambling, and he hopes to be more stable step by step.

That's why he chose to be a producer: Levy has never made a big-budget movie, and if he wants to make a big-budget movie as soon as he comes up, he can't do it. Relying on the experience of his previous life, it is okay to shoot some small-budget movies, but when it comes to shooting larger-cost movies, personnel scheduling, scientific and technological equipment, positioning arrangements, and scene layout, once he hides, his experience is a little inadequate. Taking this opportunity, he also wanted to see some of the skills of film shooting with a large investment, and if he wanted to shoot a real blockbuster in the future, he would not be blinded by it.

Different directors have different strengths and weaknesses, just Nolan Willy, he has his strengths, narrative structure and creative ability are his strengths. But he also has his shortcomings, not to mention the action scenes that are so sparse that he can't bear to witness, his film shooting is more scattered, and the editing is not detailed enough, which is his big problem. As a commercial film, these problems are not big, but, compared to David. A director like Finch, who was born to shoot commercials, lacks the beauty of his shots. Of course, David. Finch also doesn't have Nolan's creative abilities - every director has his own shortcomings, and there's no shame in that. It's the same with Levy, who has his own weaknesses.

Although he won the Oscar for Best Picture, Levy didn't want to be self-aggrandizing because of this. He knows how good he is, and he knows how he can make up for his weaknesses.

Just as Clark can get the best editor by relying on digital editing, and Bob can get the best screenwriter by relying on the screenwriting team, his own capital is his biggest reliance on strengthening himself.

discussed the filming of the movie with Nolan, and Levy also instructed Nolan to prepare the script. When he has the script ready, the film is ready to be filmed.

Of course, in this process, Levy also put forward some ideas for the script of the movie: the X-Men in my memory filmed nearly ten films, but it wasn't until the later ones that I remembered to wear all the movies, because of the lack of a main line, there are some places before and after the story that cannot be connected, and the roles of some characters change a lot, such as the magic girl, the scenes of the first trilogy and the later scenes cannot be compared, not to mention some characters, but also because they were not thoughtful during the early filming and did not show up at all. Moreover, this has also led to the uneven level of X-Men shooting, such as the level of Wolverine 2, which is really uncomfortable.

Since Levy has memories for the future and is confident in the box office of the movie, it is natural that he will not make such a mistake again. He came up with a rough outline, and then handed it to Nolan to refine it.

It's just that Levy's way of getting Nolan to change the script also raises big questions. Bob had discussed this issue with Levy in private, "Although your idea is very good, it's just that if you let the two of them go and revise the original book, will it be too outrageous to change the original book beyond recognition?" ”

There is no doubt that comics and science fiction works have a large number of diehards and a large viewing group. However, comics and science fiction works also have the problem of die-hard only recognizing the original work and demanding 100 restoration of the original work. Levy tells Nolan to let it go, and Bob is afraid to change the script too much.

Bob has been in charge of the production of the TV series Super Heroes for the past year, and he has naturally browsed a lot of X-Men. Now that he heard that Levy wanted to change the comics, he also secretly accepted it: he knew that comic book fans respected the X-Men, and there were so many original comics, why did he have to reproduce and edit them himself?

"Bob, I can't listen to you in this regard." In this regard, Levy also directly chose to refuse, "It's not a question of whether I want to or not, but a question of whether the comic itself is not suitable to be completely turned into a movie." According to the original comics, Wolverine is 1.6 meters tall and has a hateful face, should he also follow the original book? 1.6 meters and super able to play.,I really don't understand why there are such people in comics no matter which country......"

For the original party, Levi can understand their feelings, but there are too many things to consider when making a movie, "What we need is the story of the X-Men, a shell of their existence, and it doesn't necessarily have to be filmed according to the plot of the original book." People know superhero movies, and a lot of them just know a name. A lot of people know about Superman, but what Superman can do, how many versions there are, how many enemies he has, what friends he has - few people know about this, and few people care, and the story still has to be designed by ourselves, starting from the movie, not from the comics. ”

Levy doesn't care about some of the changes: even Marvel itself often messes around parallel universes with all his own frustration, and makes his own movies, and the comic book company's approach must be to create another universe that says that it is the universe where its movie story takes place - anyway, in the comics, it is just a new earth number - they treat it like this, why can't they change it? This was not meant to be a serious work either.

As long as you don't make random changes, as long as you discuss with the comic company, and you also find the top screenwriter to modify it, Levy thinks that this is okay for comic movies.

"You say this, comic fans definitely don't agree." Bob still has some concerns about Levy's statement, "Comic fans are very stubborn, they just like the images in the comics. ”

"Then just come up with a good enough movie and get them to agree to it."

The key to filming a movie is to make the movie with sincerity in order to be considered a good movie. Even if some movies don't conform to the original book, but the sincerity is enough, it is still very satisfying: the black uniform of the X-Men in my memory, Hugh Jackman, who is 1.9 meters tall, can also succeed in playing Wolverine, because the movie is really shot at a level. Compared with the comic version, which is 1.6 meters tall, people do not reject the more handsome and tall Wolverine.

And if the sincerity is insufficient, no matter how much it conforms to the original work, it will be in vain: the most obvious example is Godzilla, although it conforms to the original Japanese book, but a movie does not have a few monster shots, in order to save money and perfunctory, Godzilla appeared for a total of five minutes, such a thing naturally makes people scold the street - this movie dived 61 at the box office in the second week, setting a North American record, not without reason.

The key to commercial films is to make the movie well, rather than completely following the original book.

"The key to a film is production, and as a commercial film, the script is not the most important thing. Moreover, commercial films are not art films, they do not have to truly reflect society, and there is no need to be so rigorous. ”

In fact, if it is a famous book, Levy does not dare to be bold enough to change it casually - in his previous life, he also remembered some comments: The movie Les Misérables changed Fantine's hair to black in order to star Hathaway, which caused an uproar in the critics, and the hairpin in a certain version of Dream of Red Mansions in China is also unacceptable-Fang Ting has to be blonde, and Xue Baochai has to be fatter than Lin Daiyu, this is the consensus of the people, and Levi does not have much courage to change such a popular work. He knows very well that many seemingly simple details in the classics often have deep meaning and background, and arbitrary modifications will only expose their shallowness, if you want to shoot a famous work, it is better to follow the original, and not only to follow the original work, but also to carefully investigate the background of the times.

Art films seem to have a small investment, but many details cannot be wrong, because it is closely linked to reality and reflects reality. Can be commercially ...... This in itself is not filmed for money, what can't be changed?

"I hope the shooting is good, you have full trust in Nolan, it's better that he doesn't spoil the movie." Bob only muttered to this.

Levy didn't say much, he still had a lot of confidence in Nolan. Moreover, even if Nolan really can't do it, is it a big problem for me as a producer to want to change the director?

Bob also knows this: he still knows who is in charge of the filming.

"Nick, I never thought that you also have your own opinions on commercial films. It's just that I still want to ask, you don't want to transform into a commercial film director, do you? Bob asked.

"Of course not...... Why do you ask? Levy was a little amused.

"It's nothing, it's just that if you really transform, then it's a little pity, you still haven't won any particularly decent Best Director Award so far."

Levy had bad luck in the two years since his debut, once he met Cameron, once he met Spielberg, and he still hasn't won a director award. Bob also felt a pity for this situation, and in his opinion, Levy should continue to work hard to win the Best Director Award.

"What's the award...... But since you say so, then I ask you, will James Cameron have a new film next year? ”

Bob thought for a moment and shook his head.

"What about Spielberg?"

Bob shook his head again.

"So, next year, do you think I have any reason why I won't win the award?"

Levy's declaration made Bob laugh, and as he laughed, he shook his head again, "I can't think of it...... But you're too confident, aren't you? ”

"Why am I not confident? Truman's World is coming out soon, and believe me, the film will be a great success! ”rs

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