Chapter 384: The press conference strikes a thunderbolt

"This should be one of the most immersive films of the summer," said the filmmakers in the main hall to sit until the credits run and the movie is completely over - if they don't respect the credits themselves, then what is the use of the credits? However, this does not prevent them from discussing their feelings," - of course, not many people will be surprised by now, but I do want to say that Jennifer is really good at making movies, and although the expectations have been raised very high, this is still another surprise for me, Steve, what do you think? ”

Steven. Spielberg -- also James. Cameron's old friend, nodded a little reservedly, unlike Cameron, who had little friendship with Jennifer, and he was reluctant to praise Jennifer too enthusiastically in public, "It's a very standard - and very talented popcorn movie, and for a 3D movie, it's even as meaningful as Avatar." ”

"Avatar's technical progress is more reflected in the special effects," Cameron is not unhappy that "Avatar" and "Codename Shero" are on par, but happily said, "but in terms of 3D technology, especially the sense of screen, it is indeed slightly inferior to "Codename Shero" - Jos's talent in this area is amazing, considering that he has never made a 3D movie before. ”

"Indeed." Spielberg nodded, "If 3D is really a big trend, then this iteration will undoubtedly eliminate a large number of mediocre directors, who can learn to make a good 3D movie first, and who will be the winner in the next commercial production field." ”

As a pivotal director, their focus is naturally different - not like ordinary people who care about the box office and reputation of the movie, they value more than the obvious advantages of this film in 3D shooting: this is a real 3D movie shot with a 3D camera, rather than a post-production, specifically in the movie, the audience can see the depth of field almost every moment and feel the 3D sense of the movie, not like Alice who converted to 3D in the later stage, and there is no obstacle to take off the glasses to see many scenes, Only the subtitles were ghosted. And this has high requirements for budget control, post-production, and the director's composition ability, how to smoothly cut the screen effect into the finished product, and how to shoot so that you can be busy and not messy...... For the audience, it may be just a simple 2D to 3D, but for the director, it is definitely not like this, camera movement, lighting, storyboarding...... If it was really that simple, why did Ang Lee be a student for a while before filming "Life of Pi"? Therefore, although "Codename Shero" does not have too deep connotations, as Spielberg said, it is a standard popcorn movie, but the two directors did not despise it, but they knew best how difficult it is to make a good popcorn movie.

"Who do you think plays a big role?" Cameron gossiped, "This should be a typical example of a strong producer and a weak director, and it feels like Jennifer has injected the essence of what she learned in "Avatar" into "Codename Shero". ”

Although saying this is suspected of accusing Jennifer of 'stealing teachers', judging from his smiling expression, Cameron not only does not mean to blame, but appreciates Jennifer's learning ability very much.

"It's hard to say, you know, I haven't seen much of Joss before," Spielberg hesitated, "but for sure, Marvel must want him to direct The Avengers more now - have you heard about their big plans?" ”

"Of course, Jennifer told me that she was very optimistic." Cameron replied without hesitation - seeing Spielberg's expression, he laughed, "Man, don't look at me like that, you really should talk to Jennifer, don't trust intuition, this girl really has two hands, of course, her intuition and courage are indeed terrifyingly accurate, if DreamWorks can work with her, your project will definitely not lose money......"

Under the brainwashing 'mission' before and after "Avatar", Cameron has now become an excellent downline, and this time he brought his old friends to cheer him, in fact, for the sake of DreamWorks in distress, hoping to match Big Dream and DreamWorks to cooperate on one or two projects - but in this regard, DreamWorks, which does not have too many excellent IP series, is indeed not so dominant, and whether it can cooperate depends on Jennifer's thoughts.

"The end of the movie still feels a little ...... How to say it, the charm is not so sufficient, although the philosophical thinking is a bit vulgar, but after all, it is a part of the superhero movie, if you skip it completely, Kelly's heroic temperament is suddenly not so sufficient. ”

"But maybe that's what makes Kelly special, she's that kind of very pragmatic scientist personality, and I think that's in keeping with the style of cinema all along, and it's a very rebellious film, both in terms of the way it's filmed -- the reversings, the interludes, the comic dialogue—"

"Yes, while some of the techniques may be over-the-top and even embarrassing elsewhere, it's surprising how well it blends in with the film—"

"Yes, yes, I think so too, this movie has a very heavy comic book style in the narrative, which should be the benefit of finding a geek like Joss to shoot, and it is completely seamless with young audiences."

"But there are some places where I think I have overhandled it a bit, and I can still smell a certain amount of childishness."

"Filming the birth of a superhero in an entire movie feels a bit like Nolan's Batman: Time to War......"

Film critics focus on a completely different point of view from directors, they are more keen to discuss the quality of the film's products, the strengths and weaknesses of "Codename Shero", the characterization, plot, and rhythm are all points of interest to them, and although there are disputes in some details, the evaluation of the overall quality of the film is surprisingly consistent.

"This should be the most 3D 3D movie of the year."

"You can see every penny spent - this should be the general trend in the future, actors' pay is no longer the biggest expense, I mean, you can really see the budget burning, and in a way, judging by the fine special effects details, this is actually an animated film......"

"Very good commercial work, "Agent Sauter" is completely inferior in quality."

"Hush -- 'Agent Sauter,' don't compare the two films -- the point is that Big Dream really made a good movie of female heroes, and no one knew what this kind of film was supposed to do to be successful before that, and in that sense, it meant more than it might be at the box office."

"Yes, but it's a high demand for the actor himself—"

"You mean Jennifer's martial arts kung fu? The one that jumped off the ground? ”

"Haha, yes, the action direction team is very commendable, but I'm talking about Jennifer's acting skills, although this is not the focus of the movie, but this determines the level of the movie itself, what do you think? You can imagine Chris. Evans went to prop up a superhero solo movie, but let Jessica. Alba starred in "Code Name Shero"-"

"Yes, it's not an acting act, but Jennifer did prove herself once again, it's a completely different role, and her technical movements are not deformed, and she doesn't even repeat herself before - especially Kelly's facial expressions are not much, but you can still accurately capture what she means, not confused, it's really not easy."

"She must be the first time to act in a movie with such a heavy comedy component, right? I have to say, I didn't expect her smile to be so good......"

"I really want to spoil the easter eggs in advance - but I know there will be a PR coming to remind you in a moment - her self-deprecating spirit does make people feel good, you have to admit that she is the only one who does marketing so unoffensively......"

The critics' area has formed a big party, and they have nothing to argue about this kind of quality-crushing, almost 100% positive films, most of them are discussing some topics that have been diverged - although film critics like to make very thoughtful and profound art films, it is impossible for them to hate high-quality commercial films, and they have a good impression of this kind of idea, and perfectly fit the fixed structure of commercial films, so that the audience can experience a very good movie, after all, Considering the number of bad movies they watch in a year, good movies deserve this treatment.

In the press area, people are discussing the press conference later, "The sequel is definitely going to be filmed, and the easter eggs are coming out - you have to ask the box office, right?" This has to be said in the first question, and whoever is the first to be pointed out will have to ask. ”

"Is the second one Josh?"

"I'm afraid that the questions related to Josh may not be answered - the news can't be sent anyway, don't think about it, the PR is already saying hello, this is the surprise news left for the official launch day."

"Okay, okay, but I can ask some side questions, her relationship with her husband, the first child-"

For journalists, they are most concerned about the problem of being able to sell newspapers and earn clicks, and the rest related to movies will not be discussed with their peers, which is somewhat self-cherishing.

Next to them, there is a corner that is unusually quiet - there are not many people sitting here, but a dozen, occupying three or four rows in front and back, and they are quite silent during the whole viewing process, and their current mood is far from being very excited, and even the expressions of individual people are a little mixed......

"The ambition to change the comic is completely coming." It can be said that he came to cheer on him, or he came to Jos. Wheddon, the future helmsman of "The Avengers", scored Kevin. Feiji, a little unpleasantly thought, and the reason why he was unhappy was not because of the quality comparison between the two movies two months apart, "Iron Man 2" and "Codename Shero", "It took more than an hour to talk about the story before becoming a hero, this is to establish a world view - this is simply leaving an interface for the comics everywhere, Kelly's story with Parvati from college to the lab will be a good prequel, and there are so obvious sidekick jokes, This whole worldview has been established through a movie, others are content is king, novels and comics develop IP, but "Codename SHERO" wants to drive comics and novels from film and television......"

Considering the pitiful comparison between the box office and comic sales, Big Dream's approach seems a bit funny, but no one knows better than Kevin the role of movies in driving comics - and most importantly, peripherals, animated DVDs and other profit projects, and what makes him even more uneasy is Big Dream's approach: To be honest, the current status of Marvel and DC in the film and television industry is completely supported by their huge number of heroes, they use the company's decades of accumulation in the film and television industry, and IP is their only bargaining chip, If you want to develop a superhero movie, you have to look at the face of Marvel or DC. And how could he not feel uneasy when he saw that Da Meng was so arrogant and unreasonable, directly entering the game from the movie and creating his own IP industry chain?

"I don't know who they're going to let do the comic work......," he pondered, "I have to talk to Bob, it's all Disney subsidiaries, we have to avoid meaningless internal friction, maybe, Marvel can bring Kelly in and make it a member of the Marvel Universe...... Can we even have Kylie appear in The Avengers? ”

Although the two iron rules of the Marvel Universe of 'one person, one role' and 'can't star in the same type of movie at the same time' are basically immovable, for those who are good enough, or threatening enough, exceptions are created for them.

After a short ten-minute credit, the premiere ended with a brief thank you from director Joss and producer Jennifer, and the crew headed to the press conference venue that had been prepared, while most of the people in the main hall moved to the afterparty held in a nearby hotel to continue to receive hospitality: these were all friends who came to support the scene, and it must have been a must to be served with good food and drink.

Producer and actress Jennifer. Jefferson, director Jos. Wheddon, No. 1 supporting actor Zachary. Quint, as well as the actor who has lost a lot of weight and Parvati, Mindy with a plump body. Carlin, as the representative of the issuing company, Cesare. Vijerry as well as Warner's Carrey. Oronte, the important characters of the crew of "Codename SHERO" are really simple, it is these six people, in terms of the lineup, they really can't catch up with the star-studded "Avatar", but the reporters are not the slightest dissatisfied, almost just sat down, and the host signaled that the question began, and people rushed to press the answering device in their hands: This is also the ingenuity of the crew, they completely abandoned the traditional way of answering people, but adopted such a rush mechanism, which also made the reporters more enthusiastic, It's not just the reporters of the big publications who have the urge to raise their hands. Looked.

"Excuse me Jennifer," but new technologies are all about surprises - or maybe they're not accidents: relying on the agility of young people, the first question is grabbed by a reckless intern who definitely doesn't look more than 20 years old, and doesn't even know the rules by which he should briefly introduce himself before asking, but blushes and pokes all the thunder points excitedly. Was Blanche invited by you? ――Is your husband really okay with working with him again? You know, since you got married, you've been together less and more apart, and there have been rumors that your marriage is in crisis -- excuse me, is that true? ”

The author has something to say: update!

Finally back to Jenny, a little nostalgic......