In the center of the Holy Civic Auditorium, in a seat with a great view, Elizabeth Jagger was not next to her mother, but sitting with Nicky Hilton, because the two of them were the same age and had the best relationship. , and on the other side is Kim Kardashian, the little follower she snatched from Paris.
Be precise.
He should be considered a big follower.
Elizabeth and Nikki are both only 11 years old, but Kim Kardashian is already 14 years old.
After sitting down in the theater, the girl originally had various thoughts.
I regret that I can't walk on the red carpet like those big stars. I'm thinking about where to go in Los Angeles in the past few days, and whether I can ask my cheap dad to sponsor a small purse. After all, if you want to have a good time, you have to spend money. Her mother was not very strict with her on weekdays, but the pocket money she gave her was never enough.
However, after the movie opened, the girl, like other viewers in the screening hall, was quickly attracted by the exciting plot and hot scenes of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice". She watched the upright and kind-hearted Superman being killed by the hateful Lex. Luthor introduced traps step by step, and finally had a life-and-death fight with another superhero, Batman.
Fortunately, I didn't succeed.
The girls' favorite Wonder Woman appeared in time to expose Luthor's conspiracy.
Then, Lex Luthor used the power of the Mother Box to turn himself into Superman, but unexpectedly he became an ugly alien.
In the end, Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman fought against Lex Luthor, which was so exciting that it made your heart beat. However, when you saw Superman being penetrated through the chest by the alien alien transformed by Lex Luthor, he died. Death, the girl's tears almost fell again.
Finally, I thought of my cheap dad again.
How did you script it? !
How could you let Superman die? !
So abominable.
No matter what, next time we see him, we must ask him to resurrect Superman as soon as possible.
On the big screen in the auditorium, the story progressed to the end.
Humanity held the most solemn funeral for Superman, but the hero had passed away. After experiencing this disaster, even Batman Bruce Wayne was much tired and older. However, in his final conversation with Wonder Woman, Bruce Wayne did not lose his fighting spirit. Instead, he planned to inherit Superman's will and summon some and They are like-minded people who work together to protect humanity.
At the same time, Diana Prince also recovered the last Mother Box from Lex Luthor and brought it back to Paradise Island.
There will naturally be no shortage of Easter eggs at the end of the film.
At the end of the subtitles, the secret room where the three mother boxes are stored on Paradise Island suddenly began to tremble one day, as if it was sensing something, and seemed to be responding to some call. This tremor made the entire secret room start to shake, and dust and stone chips were scattered everywhere. In the center of the secret room, a light spot appeared, gradually expanded, and finally formed a space-time portal. When a tall figure got closer and closer to the shining portal, the picture completely darkened.
The movie ends.
In the Holy Civic Auditorium, unlike an 11-year-old girl who had no deep feelings about Superman and Batman, until the lights came on, many viewers were still immersed in this epic superhero blockbuster that lasted 149 minutes. .
Simon's initial positioning of the DC Cinematic Universe series was a standard commercial film.
Don't play with depth, don't play with connotation, just be neat and neat.
The same is true for the current "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice". Simon will never allow some so-called connotations to affect the rhythm of the movie's plot and the overall smoothness of the story. However, it is exactly this kind of cohesion that when the film ends, the audience who has been tightly grasped by the film for two and a half hours calms down and can't help but start to think about it.
Many classic films are actually produced in this way.
The main creator tells a story seriously and leaves the interpretation of the story to the audience. For example, Hollywood's "Pulp Fiction" and "Westward Journey" have influenced many people. These movies don't have much connotation, but as more people deconstruct them, they gain connotation.
For the film that just ended, Simon, who personally controlled the project, wanted to get rid of the shortcomings of the film of the same name in his memory and tell a story as smoothly as possible.
Therefore, there is no Martha plot in this movie, no superfluous Doomsday, no Batman’s many dreams, and no Lex Luthor who was criticized in the original version for imitating the Joker.
The plot of the film is actually very simple.
After the Battle of Metropolis, the super-rich Lex Luthor, who lost his father and took over the family business, created a series of conspiracies out of jealousy, hatred and desire for power. The Dark Knight came up with the idea that Superman should not exist in this world.
Eventually it triggered a life-and-death struggle between the two giants.
In the original film, Wonder Woman, who had been playing soy sauce in the early stages, did not make a splash again until the final battle. Diana Prince played a key role from the first appearance at the Luthor mansion party at the beginning, tracking down the third party. During the fall of the Mother Box, Wonder Woman accidentally discovered Lex Luthor's conspiracy and stopped the Super Bats from killing each other in time.
Lex Luthor, whose plan failed, used Kryptonian genes and the power of the Mother Box to attempt to transform himself, and ended up becoming a completely irrational alien.
Then, the Big Three VS alien species.
A miserable victory.
At the same time, it created the most tragic scene since the beginning of the DC movie universe - the death of Superman.
At the end of the movie, sadness and hope coexist.
In addition, through the setting of the Bat-suit, Simon also balanced the power comparison between Superman and Batman, so that the Super-Bat battle scene is no longer like the original version, like a child who is unsteady on walking provoking a two-hundred-pound strong man. Han, even before Bruce Wayne used the Kryptonite weapon, using the Bat suit, the two superheroes were almost evenly matched, and the fighting effect was therefore the best.
The three main action scenes in the movie: Super-Bat's first car chase encounter, Super-Bat's decisive battle at Luthor's instigation, and the Big Three's joint fight against the alien species evolved by Lex Luthor, all also reached the point where Danielle was The highest level of special effects.
Whether it's plot, action or special effects, this super blockbuster, which ultimately cost $135 million, is perfect.
This also created the longest applause that lasted for more than three minutes after the premiere since the inception of the DC movie universe.
The reputation of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" led to its widespread release.
Dozens of mainstream media in North America gave "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" a comprehensive media score of 9.7, which is higher than the scores of most movies that are expected to compete for Oscars this year.
Hollywood's "Variety" magazine praised the film as "a perfect answer to the first phase of the DC Cinematic Universe."
Another "Hollywood Reporter" not only conducted a detailed analysis of the film's story and special effects, but also published a very emotional text: "Whether it is the Son of Light or the Dark Knight, they all hope that the world will become a better place. They also all know that the world is not perfect, and they only seek changes because of their inner persistence, and can stand side by side when there are differences in mutual beliefs. The light will not die, it is just like the setting sun, and it will come again."
Because of prior public relations and long-standing unspoken rules, North American media will basically not spoil the movie before it is released.
However, when the premiere is over, the major event of 'The Death of Superman' can no longer be concealed. This passage from the "Hollywood Reporter" obviously gives the most obvious hint to readers, and even looks ahead, convinced that it will be There is Superman reborn.
Of course.
As the media interprets "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" more and more, many film critics have stated that this film is fully qualified to receive an Oscar nomination in terms of plot, special effects and subsequent commercial performance. Someone in a film review article called on the Oscars to get rid of their prejudice against superhero movies.
After seeing the overwhelming media coverage on Thursday, even Terry Semel couldn't help but call Simon to discuss the feasibility of applying for an Oscar for "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice."
Simon wasn't keen.
After last year's "Forrest Gump", if you want to apply for an Oscar, of course James Cameron's next peak Hollywood commercial film is the most suitable.
However, Simon did not stop Warner Bros. from working on this, and promised Daenerys Entertainment to cooperate.
The main reason is that this year is a relatively small Oscar year, at least compared to last year's "Forrest Gump" and other films.
Historically, the big winner at next year's Oscars ceremony is "Braveheart" directed and starred by Mel Gibson. Due to the cultural gap in his bones, Simon has never been interested in Hollywood's "costume" movies. It's hard to appreciate how classic "Braveheart" is.
Daenerys Entertainment's performance in Hollywood this year has been devastating enough, and Simon doesn't have much ambition for the Oscars.
Always give others some thoughts.
Therefore, this year we will focus on nominations, and we are not forced to do so. After all, there was already a "Forrest Gump" last year. If the PR team of Daenerys Entertainment goes too far, Simon will have to suppress it.
After Wednesday's premiere, and after a day of word-of-mouth fermentation on Thursday, "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" officially opened on a large scale on December 22 on a total of 3,443 screens in North America, of which 3,417 were traditional movie screens. , 26 are large IMAX screens.
After the summer release of "Jurassic Park 2" attracted people's attention to IMAX, in the past six months, if movie fans want to see the IMAX version, they can only choose the Globe Theater in Universal Studios in Burbank, Los Angeles.
This time, you can finally buy tickets to the public.
In addition, the IMAX screen screening of Batman Begins has become a key recommendation of all film critics who attended the film's premiere. Due to the continued hype, the pre-sale of movie tickets in 26 IMAX theaters in North America immediately became in short supply, even on Sundays. Tickets for the IMAX movie on Christmas Eve night were all sold out, and ticket scalpers soon spawned.
With the release of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", the biggest impact will undoubtedly be on the movies that have been released this year.
In the box office week that just passed, the three new films released on December 15th, "The New Dragon and the Phoenix", "Until I Wake Up" and "Vampires Are Crazy" did not perform well at the box office in the first week. 3D animations scheduled for Thanksgiving The movie "Beauty and the Beast" once again topped the weekly box office.
In its fifth week of release, "Beauty and the Beast" dropped 17% in a single week and continued to earn US$21.15 million. The cumulative box office just exceeded the US$200 million threshold, reaching US$200.54 million.
If "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" hadn't crushed it, with "Beauty and the Beast" still maintaining a single-week box office volume of more than 20 million US dollars, there is great hope that it could continue to hit the local box office club of 300 million US dollars in the future. Now, with Batman Begins in theaters, it's hard for Beauty and the Beast not to be quickly eliminated from the market.
Fortunately, the box office results of "Beauty and the Beast" are already very good. In comparison, last week's three new films were much bleaker.
The second-placed film on the list came as a surprise to many.
It turned out to be a black drama film "Until I Wake Up" directed by black movie star Forest Whitaker. In its first week, this first big-screen work directed by a black Cannes movie star grossed US$18.96 million at the box office in seven days. Directly exceeding the production cost of $15 million.
The problem is still "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice". If this behemoth hadn't stopped it the following week, with the reputation and start of "Until I Wake", the subsequent cumulative box office would have been at least over 50 million US dollars.
Now, the future is uncertain.
Harrison Ford's US$50 million movie "The Last Day" ranked third on the list.
Relative to the cost, the film's box office performance simply left the producer, Paramount, in tears. In the first seven days of its first week, the opening box office of "The Legend of the Dragon and the Phoenix" was only US$12.79 million.
In addition to the two major series "Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in which the role has been finalized, Harrison Ford is still more suitable for the genre of "The Fugitive". This actor really does not have the qualities to star in romantic movies.
This time is a lesson.
With US$12.79 million in the first week, even if it can beat the crush of Superman, the cumulative domestic box office of the film will only be about US$30 million.
Leslie Nielsen's Dracula had the most disappointing opening at the box office.
Although he ranked fourth on the list, the Hollywood actor has not replicated the results of the famous "White-Headed Detective" series. With a production cost of 30 million US dollars, the box office revenue of "Crazy Vampires" in the first week and seven days was only 5.03 million. Dollar.
Next, facing the crushing of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice", it will obviously be the fate of "Cutthroat Island" some time ago.
The fourth place on the list has only US$5.03 million left at the box office. It is not difficult to feel the market downturn in the week from December 15th to December 21st. Most of the public is obviously waiting for the arrival of Superman Vs.
December 22nd.
It was a completely dominating week for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice .
Because this movie is so popular and influential, even some small-scale award-winning movies did not choose to be released at the same time as this DC movie universe super blockbuster.
Based on the film's high media reputation after its premiere and the intense public enthusiasm generated by feedback from all parties, both Warner Bros. Pictures' publicity team and various media generally predict that this super blockbuster will easily be released. Once again creating an eye-catching box office record.
With the release of the film, many people are waiting to see how the film will perform in the market.