Chapter 527
Is the film "Pearl Harbor" really useless?
Although it is bloody, it is definitely not useless, and there are still many things to be desired.
For example: the explosion scene of the video!
To create the most spectacular and thrilling air strike scene, director Michael Bay and special effects coordinator John Fraser detonated six battleships with 700 rod-shaped explosives, 2,000 feet of detonation cables and 4,000 gallons of gasoline. For safety reasons, Fraser prepared thousands of fire hoses and fire extinguishers at the shooting site to prevent the fire from getting out of control. All crew members involved in the filming must wear gas masks.
Director Michael Bay carefully installed 12 wide-screen cameras!
He personally took the camera!
This courage alone is enough to admire many directors.
Although he is very arrogant and arrogant, he has to be said to be brave enough.
This explosion scene was constructed by 30 stunt people, nearly 100 temporary actors, 9 planes, a camera ship, and countless special effects technicians. It was completed in one go in 7 seconds!
At the same time, all the plans made were completely inaccurate!
The most important thing is that for this scene, the entire crew has been preparing for 7 months.
The carefully polished craftsman spirit is worthy of recognition from all film workers.
To be honest, just this 7-second explosion scene, there are definitely very few directors in the Hollywood field who can complete the filming, and director Michael Bay is undoubtedly the king of the kings.
Michael Bay's name as "Explosion Bay" is not a false reputation.
The explosion special effects of the film "Pearl Harbor" are undoubtedly the perfect reflection of Hollywood's industrial level.
However......
Even so, it cannot cover up the fullness of the flaws of the film.
After the first screening of the film, many critics wrote articles in media and newspapers.
The New York Post published an article saying: "After the 40-minute exciting explosion, there are hours of predictable and stale romantic scenes."
The Wall Street Journal published an article saying: "Pearl Harbor is as deep as a comic book, and the loose story turns World War II into a stupid symphony."
The Washington Post published an article saying: "Aspectators entering the venue, please choose the seat next to the passage. You must go to the toilet at least twice. Perhaps this film should be called "Dollar, Boring, Boring."
The Chicago Sun Times published an article saying: "The movie Pearl Harbor is a boring, old love, and there is no depth to deal with the war scenes. More than half an hour of plane bombing ships, explosion scenes, corpses flying in the air, and people evading attacks... It's nothing, it's just a terrible massacre, which can't move or entertain the audience."
.........
The just-released film "Pearl Harbor" is facing a rhythm of negative news.
As the producer and publisher Disney Group, it is a little confused at this moment.
"Innocence is unreliable, you should start as soon as possible. It is better to make a triangle than to be a bird in war."
——From Rotten Tomato website.
This is a message that the movie "Pearl Harbor" is currently being topped on the Rotten Tomato website page, and the number of likes netizens is as high as 13,000.
13,000 people!
You should know that the movie "Pearl Harbor" has not been released for a long time!
This is simply a joke!
Disney Pictures, a subsidiary of Disney Group, had a bad premonition after reading this comment.
"David, come to my office right away." Robert Eiger immediately called an internal company phone number.
Not long.
Disney Pictures Distribution Department, well, David Anderson, the secretary of Bowei Pictures (Disney's Distribution Company), arrived here.
"David, have you seen the negative news about the movie "Pearl Harbor" on the Rotten Tomatoes website?" Eiger said in a heavy tone.
Hearing this, David nodded heavily and said, "Mr. Egg, I have seen it. Not only the Rotten Tomato website, but also the popcorn website. Moreover, the entertainment editions of large newspapers such as the New York Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Chicago Sun Times all reported negative news about our video Pearl Harbor. Other entertainment tabloids are even more popular, and the situation is quite unfavorable to us."
Robert Egg's face changed.
Obviously, the overall situation was much worse than he expected.
"David, is it Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group, the parent company of Wald Pictures, making trouble behind the scenes?" Robert Eiger suddenly said.
"Well.....?"
David was stunned for a few seconds, then shook his head and smiled bitterly: "There is no evidence to prove this at present."
Suddenly, Robert Eiger's face became even more ugly.
If the negative news of the entire incident was created by Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group, then he would not be too worried. After all, fake is fake after all. Relying on Disney's media power, can the form be easily reversed?
But!
Once the negative news about "Pearl Harbor" is full of money, it does not come from Jin Shuguang Entertainment Group;
But the spontaneous behavior of the vast majority of movie audiences is truly coming from, so... the situation is extremely serious!
Robert Eiger stood up from his seat and said with a cold face: "David, first contact the Rotten Tomato website and cancel the negative comments on the top. Then, no matter what method you use, whether you are looking for the Internet navy or relevant film critics to reverse your reputation, in short, within three days, no, within a week, I don't want to see too much negative news about "Pearl Harbor", you understand?"
"Yes, Mr. Egg!"
David nodded heavily, and before he knew it, he felt cold sweat.
The movie "Pearl Harbor" is undoubtedly a key project of Disney Group this year, with a production cost of up to US$140 million and a promotion budget of up to US$100 million.
There are other costs and expenses including manpower, material resources, transportation, video copying, etc....
Undoubtedly, the total investment amount of the Pearl Harbor project is as high as more than US$250 million.
It cannot tolerate failure!
According to the share ratio between North American theaters and overseas theaters, the total global box office of the movie "Pearl Harbor" will exceed at least $500 million, and Disney can barely recover the cost.
"This is based on the release party of the film, and Disney itself. Otherwise, it would be impossible to recover the cost without a total box office of $650 million."
For a moment, Disney Pictures CEO Robert Eiger was in a deep mood and in a heavy mood.
Dingding ding ~~~
At this moment, the phone on the desk rang.
Caller: Michael Eisner!
He is currently the chairman of Disney and is known as the "Disney Tyrant".
"Egg, check it out carefully. The negative news about Pearl Harbor appeared on a large scale. Is that guy Juke Wald the trick?!"
This is the first thing Michael Eisner said after the phone is connected.
He does not believe that Pearl Harbor will fail, nor can he accept its failure. You know, he is now facing targeting by Disney family member Roy Disney on the board of directors, and his chairmanship throne is a bit unstable.
Once the movie fails, his opponents on the board will further hit him.
He can't accept it!
"Is it the one that Juke Wald did it?!" Michael Eisner asked again.
Zhuke was innocently caught in the gun.
It can be seen from this that Zhu Ke’s popularity and character are often criticized by his peers.
Chapter completed!