Best Movie Star

The night was dark, and the lights of Disneyland in California were bright. After the premiere, Disney Pictures specially arranged for a group of creative staff to walk out of the Hollywood Theater and accept interviews with media reporters in an open manner. As the two biggest actors in the crew, Matthew And Johnny Depp is naturally the focus of the siege of media reporters.

As soon as Matthew came out of the theater, he was surrounded by more than 30 reporters. Fortunately, Disney Films had coordinated before, and there were special personnel responsible for maintaining order. There was no chaos at the scene, and the interview could proceed normally.

A female reporter from The Hollywood Reporter was the first to ask, "Matthew, there's been a lot of discussion lately about how staggering the $300 million cost of this film is, what do you think?"

Is this question asked by the wrong person? Don't ask Jerry Bruckheimer, the producer, come and ask him what the actor does? With this thought in mind, Matthew's head was turning rapidly. In this case, he must answer appropriately.

"If you go out to sea on a yacht, you don't think about how much the yacht is worth. All you care about is its performance, appearance, decoration and other issues." Matthew spread his hands and said with a smile, "If you focus on Considering the cost of the engine of the passenger plane, it is estimated that you will not go on vacation."

After saying this, there was laughter all around.

The press officer from Disney Pictures also laughed. Such a response was unexpected, but unusually reasonable.

"Mr. Horner!" a male reporter with a "World News Weekly" tag on his chest asked loudly, "Don't you think "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" is too superficial? Such a grand world, but with such a Is it too unseemly to show it in a simple way?"

Matthew is a little helpless. If you don't ask Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer this kind of question, what's the matter?

He coughed and answered calmly, "That's an interesting question." He looked at the reporter, "You pay ten dollars to walk into the theater to find fun in movies, and only happiness is the real great wealth. They are willing to pay no matter how much money they spend, as long as the stories they tell are fun.”

A reporter from "Entertainment Weekly" asked loudly, "Last year, many viewers complained that 'Toothless Man' was too long, and now 'The End of the World' is longer. Does Disney Pictures care about the length of the film?"

Hearing this question, Matthew wanted to say that you should ask the people from Disney Studios, but he was still very professional, and replied, "At the time of the preview, many fans had seen "The End of the World" and thought that the film did not Procrastination."

This is of course nonsense with his eyes open. Even the main character of him finds it lengthy, let alone the general audience, but he will only say good things about the film, "'The End of the World' is very interesting and has a lot of appeal. Two It is not without reason that the length of the film is more than 10 hours, and can tell more about the things they are most concerned about. As the plot develops, your attention will be brought to the film, worrying about the fate of the characters in the play Come on. Even if you sit down halfway through the film and watch it, you'll discover something new."

Matthew thought about it, and then said, "Everyone in the crew has a consensus, whether it is the director, the scriptwriter, or the actors, they don't want to let something outdated in an epic film. It doesn't matter whether the production cost is 30 million US dollars or 3 $100 million, the crew has to push themselves forward, the question is how far can we go? How can we do it so that the film doesn't fall into the rut? Pay tribute to the genre with fresh elements every time."

Finally, the reporter from "Premier" put the question to Matthew, "Disney Pictures has decided to make more "Pirates of the Caribbean" films, and previously confirmed that Jack Sparrow and Johnny Depp will return to " Pirates of the Caribbean 4, what about you and Will Turner?"

In this regard, Disney did not ask for confidentiality, and Matthew said directly, "In this "The End of the World", Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan have had real results, Will will take over the Vy Jones' job, he's so busy, he doesn't have time or leisure to accompany Captain Jack Sparrow on adventures."

"That means you won't be in Pirates of the Caribbean 4?" another reporter immediately asked.

"Yes, I'm not going to make another pirate movie." Matthew said slowly, "I'm going to challenge myself on different battlefields."

The reporter asked again, "Are you never filming?"

Matthew couldn't help laughing, "You know, never say never."

The interview lasted for more than ten minutes, and it was near midnight when Disneyland in California gradually quieted down, and "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" has officially set sail.

This year's summer season kicked off on the first weekend of May. The market is quite hot and the competition is fierce. It seems that North America has ushered in a big year for commercial films. The first weekend of "Spider-Man 3", which was released in the summer season, took a lot of money. 150 million US dollars, "Shrek 3" released in mid-May did not give in too much, with a box office of more than 120 million US dollars in the first week, also setting a North American opening record for an animated feature film.

"Spider-Man 3" and "Shrek 3", the two big-selling films, have one thing in common, with high box office and very poor professional reputation.

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" also did not escape this fate. After fetching more than $17 million in advance, many media and film critics began to criticize the film the next day.

Walt Disney is strong and will be stronger in the future, but it cannot control all media.

Before the film was released, many film critics who participated in the preview hailed it as the best "Pirates of the Caribbean", and various bragging soft articles emerged one after another.

For example, some film critics have touted the three parts of "The Curse of the Black Pearl" and "Coffin of Souls" together: the first part is vivid and popular, the best and most entertaining; the second part has more characters and fights, and builds a huge world view, which is also quite Interesting; the third part talks about death and rebirth, which is very lively, with bigger gimmicks and more stunts and wonders than the first two episodes.

For the consideration of the next "Pirates of the Caribbean 4", there are also a lot of soft articles touting the actors, all of which are concentrated on Johnny Depp, who praised Captain Jack's acting skills for his superb acting. If he continues to play this role in the future, they will not Against shooting more sequels and so on.

But as the film was released in North America and more and more people saw the film, it was impossible for Walt Disney to manipulate the film's reputation as before.

The media reputation of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" fell instantly.

"Don't expect to see a coherent, novel, and fast-paced work that falls short in terms of satisfaction and narrative."

--The New York Post

"It doesn't matter if you've seen the first two The Curse of the Black Pearl and The Coffin, you'll still be confused anyway."

--The Hollywood Reporter

"It's not that difficult to keep up with the complex synopsis of the story, but at two hours and forty-seven minutes, it's exhausting."

-- "Los Angeles Times"

"Nearly three hours of film continues the senseless presumptuous behavior of Pirates of the Caribbean 2, and once again completely loses the romantic charm of the first Pirates of the Caribbean."

--"Washington post"

This situation is not surprising. Matthew had such an expectation when he saw "Pirates of the Caribbean: Gathering Souls", and looking at all Hollywood series films, the series that the sequel can get better and better is really Very few.

In fact, "The End of the World" is still following the same path as "The Curse of the Black Pearl", but with more characters and a larger world view and special effects scenes.

Since there is a successful model in front of the Hollywood manufacturers whose mission is to make money, why should they take risks and innovate? Innovation has the potential to destroy a brand that has been hard to build.

Hollywood loves to make sequel movies, and the brand appeal of movies cannot be ignored.

For the filmmakers, their ultimate goal is to make money. It is extremely difficult for a brand to gain popularity~www.wuxiaspot.com~ When the first film is outstanding, it is a relatively safe method to shoot a sequel in the inherent mode. The brand effect and sophisticated production team can make the film attract more people's attention.

In today's Hollywood movies, in addition to sequels, there are also reshoots of old movies in the past. There are fewer and fewer originals in Hollywood, and major production companies are becoming more and more cautious about investing in original movies.

Beginning with "Jaws" in the 1970s, Hollywood films have officially entered the era of commercial films. Because producers need sequels with relatively high market returns, they will invest accordingly to produce a brand-new single film, making sequels become Hollywood The established idea of ​​​​has also become one of the important reasons for the longevity of Hollywood movies.

Of course, sequel films also need to rely on a mature film industry chain like Hollywood.

A sequel movie can be said to be a movie product with very clear commodity attributes. It must have a complete and mature industry chain before such products can appear relying on the industry chain, such as copyright ownership, actor contract, creative contract, product quality control and so on.

In this day and age, looking at the whole world, only Hollywood can produce a steady stream of big-budget sequels.

Although Matthew will withdraw from this series, Disney Pictures does not want to pay Will Turner a high salary, but he can see clearly that no matter what the reputation of "The End of the World" is, as long as the box office is successful, "Pirates of the Caribbean 4" will definitely There will be no interruptions, there will be Pirates of the Caribbean 5 in the future, and more.

As long as it is profitable, even if Johnny Depp can't make it, you can find young actors to make a "Pirates of the Caribbean" prequel or something.

All this depends on the box office of "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End".

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