Chapter 84: Why aren't tomb adventure movies popular?
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Whether it is a movie or a novel, the subject of tomb robbery has always attracted the audience with dangerous traps, surprising tomb-guarding monsters or evil spirits, logical reasoning, and terrifying and subversive lens language, such as It is the most famous "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series starring the top-grossing movie star Harrison Ford in Hollywood.
Tomb-robbing adventure movies are free from legend, magic, adventure, and action movies, which enriches its content and form, making it super attractive and becoming an eye-catching series in the film industry.
However, apart from the Raiders of the Lost Ark series, there are very few other successful films in the Tomb Raiding Adventure series. Although everyone has an idea to make, it is difficult to find a suitable entry point to impress the audience and make them willingly go to the cinema to buy tickets. .
There are many reasons for this:
The follow-up works are too concentrated, the plot routines are seriously assimilated, new movie types are constantly emerging, and readers' aesthetic tastes are changing.
These factors seem to make sense, but after careful consideration, it always feels that there is some kind of deep reason that can govern these many factors.
And Zhang Dongcheng believes that under the weird, suspenseful and emotional appearance, Pirates and Adventure movies are seriously lacking in the most important rational core that can maintain the film's lasting vitality-human relationship and emotional integration.
It is precisely because of its absence that it inevitably brings a series of chain reactions, so that it can only satisfy the audience's sensory needs for novelty and novelty, but cannot penetrate into their inner world, and cannot produce the urge to pay again and again.
Just like the movie box office miracle "Titanic" a year later, if it wasn't for the soul-stirring love story between the poor boy Jack and the rich girl, if it wasn't for the perfect complement of the theme song "My Heart Will Go On", it would only be the thrilling Can the shipwreck special effects cut a super data of 1.835 billion US dollars in the world?
Only relying on special effects and thrills, it is obviously impossible for such a miracle to appear!
Therefore, in the script, Zhang Dongcheng, in addition to greatly strengthening the screaming and unexpected adventure scenes, the love story between the hero and heroine has also become more tortuous and moving, full of Hollywood style, enough to make American movies The audience burst into tears after laughing happily.
Not only the hero and heroine, but also the love between the high priest and his lover Anksu Namu has been sublimated and reflected. They really love each other, but their special identities make them use whatever means.
Out of curiosity, Zhang Dongcheng also watched the second part of "The Return of the Mummy" with the help of an old TV. Anksunam could have died for the high priest Emerton 3,000 years ago, but when the return of the mummy In the end, Anksu Nam left the high priest and ran away by himself. When he saw the infatuated high priest weeping and let go of his hands and fell into the pile of **** cursed by thousands of people, Zhang Dongcheng angrily turned off the playback.
Isn’t this his sister a brain-dead? The screenwriter is really blind! Could it be that the director of the second film didn't care about his feathers so much that he let such a scene appear in the movie? Completely overthrowing the villain's love that touched people's hearts in the first film, and doing it deliberately just for the topic of evil prevailing, it is simply disgusting!
Having scolded the scriptwriter and director of the second part, Zhang Dongcheng wrote the script with great spirit, and made the script of the first part even more brilliant. There will be more pages to introduce the love between the great priest Imerton and Ankesunam , This is to add more humanistic and emotional colors to the pure adventure movie, so that it has more vitality.
In the past, simple adventures and simple resurrection of evil spirits to seek revenge have become more in line with the needs of couples watching movies. This is the change Zhang Dongcheng made.
"Mr. Smith, I can only say that you are indeed a genius! This script is simply, simply...!" After reading the script carefully, and even reading it a second time with his eyes wide open, Mr. James wiped his eyes. Wiping the sweat from his brow, he said excitedly, "It's just amazing, I can't find the words to express how wonderful this script is! Cool, very, very cool! This is not the kind of million dollar baby that is out of touch with today's American movie audiences." This is a movie that is very, very much in line with their viewing needs, and very, very much in line with what they think in their hearts!"
Standing up excitedly, James walked around the office several times before he said decisively: "Mr. Smith, you should know that I have been looking for the movie The Mummy for nearly four years, and I don't think I need to look any further. , you are the director I am looking for!"
"Thank you very much for your appreciation, Mr. James. What I can guarantee is that this movie will shock everyone's attention in terms of visual effects, and the depth of connotation far surpasses the original." Zhang Dongcheng smiled slightly and sat upright , said seriously.
"Haha, I'm very glad we can reach a consensus, so how much budget do you need to cast this movie?" James rubbed his hands excitedly and asked.
"I think... I may need an investment of no less than 80 million U.S. dollars." Zhang Dongcheng threw out the number in his mind without hesitation.
In the original time and space, it took 76 million US dollars to make it in 1998, and 15 million US dollars was spent on special effects, and Zhang Dongcheng felt that the time should be advanced to 1996 to subtract the inflation rate. , no matter what, it cannot be less than 80 million U.S. dollars.
There is no other reason. In the past two years, the development of computer technology has surpassed everyone's imagination. The cost is more than the original version, which must be spent on the special effects of the movie.
"Eighty million dollars!" James widened his eyes in surprise, pacing back and forth in the office: "Mr. Smith, you don't know that the budget standard given to me by the company is only 15 million dollars. Dollar."
"Fifteen million dollars will not bring unimaginable profits to Universal. If my vision is followed, The Mummy can become a series of trilogy, and countless peripheral products can be developed, and spin-off films can also become series, or even , Universal Studios can add one more attraction, so that hundreds of millions of tourists around the world will pay more than a dozen dollars in admission fees. But all of this must be based on the word-of-mouth that the mummy can be a hit and the box office is overwhelmed .Mr. James, all the investment can receive more than ten times the return!"
Zhang Dongcheng spoke confidently, and the firmness in his eyes infected James. He unconsciously followed Zhang Dongcheng's words, and his breathing became short of breath.
Looking at the thick script in his hand, James' intuition told him that all Zhang Dongcheng's words were based on and supported by very high possibilities, and he couldn't help but said with a wry smile: "It's not that I don't believe you, Mr. Smith. Eight The investment of tens of millions of dollars is really not something that can be handled at my level. However, I can help you contact our boss, Mr. Carl."
"Yes, I will explain my point of view to Mr. Carl in person." Zhang Dongcheng said confidently, the mummy will definitely impress the boss of Universal Pictures, and let this amazing work come to the world.
"I will contact you as soon as possible, and I will do my best. Otherwise, I will contact Mr. Carl immediately, and you two will have a face-to-face conversation." James thought for a while and said with a smile.
In James' view, the investment of 80 million US dollars is too much.
You must know that this was 1995. At this time, apart from the king of the world, the movie lunatic James Cameron's "Titanic" costing 200 million U.S. dollars is now agreed by the media, and the production cost of over 100 million dollars is very few. !
And Zhang Dongcheng, a Chinese director who only filmed "Two Smoking Barrels" with a production cost of 2 million pounds, now the lion opened his mouth and asked 80 million U.S. dollars to make a film of The Mummy?
Oh my god, if I agree to his request, then he is not crazy, then I must be crazy!
James doesn't want to bear the huge pressure and throw the decision-making power back to the boss, but at the same time, he is extremely optimistic about Zhang Dongcheng's movie script. The magnificent imagination and amazing plot make people completely reluctant to let go.
So, he kindly said that sentence and asked Zhang Dongcheng to deal with the boss himself.
As for how to get it done, that's not something James has to consider.
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Whether it is a movie or a novel, the subject of tomb robbery has always attracted the audience with dangerous traps, surprising tomb-guarding monsters or evil spirits, logical reasoning, and terrifying and subversive lens language, such as It is the most famous "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series starring the top-grossing movie star Harrison Ford in Hollywood.
Tomb-robbing adventure movies are free from legend, magic, adventure, and action movies, which enriches its content and form, making it super attractive and becoming an eye-catching series in the film industry.
However, apart from the Raiders of the Lost Ark series, there are very few other successful films in the Tomb Raiding Adventure series. Although everyone has an idea to make, it is difficult to find a suitable entry point to impress the audience and make them willingly go to the cinema to buy tickets. .
There are many reasons for this:
The follow-up works are too concentrated, the plot routines are seriously assimilated, new movie types are constantly emerging, and readers' aesthetic tastes are changing.
These factors seem to make sense, but after careful consideration, it always feels that there is some kind of deep reason that can govern these many factors.
And Zhang Dongcheng believes that under the weird, suspenseful and emotional appearance, Pirates and Adventure movies are seriously lacking in the most important rational core that can maintain the film's lasting vitality-human relationship and emotional integration.
It is precisely because of its absence that it inevitably brings a series of chain reactions, so that it can only satisfy the audience's sensory needs for novelty and novelty, but cannot penetrate into their inner world, and cannot produce the urge to pay again and again.
Just like the movie box office miracle "Titanic" a year later, if it wasn't for the soul-stirring love story between the poor boy Jack and the rich girl, if it wasn't for the perfect complement of the theme song "My Heart Will Go On", it would only be the thrilling Can the shipwreck special effects cut a super data of 1.835 billion US dollars in the world?
Only relying on special effects and thrills, it is obviously impossible for such a miracle to appear!
Therefore, in the script, Zhang Dongcheng, in addition to greatly strengthening the screaming and unexpected adventure scenes, the love story between the hero and heroine has also become more tortuous and moving, full of Hollywood style, enough to make American movies The audience burst into tears after laughing happily.
Not only the hero and heroine, but also the love between the high priest and his lover Anksu Namu has been sublimated and reflected. They really love each other, but their special identities make them use whatever means.
Out of curiosity, Zhang Dongcheng also watched the second part of "The Return of the Mummy" with the help of an old TV. Anksunam could have died for the high priest Emerton 3,000 years ago, but when the return of the mummy In the end, Anksu Nam left the high priest and ran away by himself. When he saw the infatuated high priest weeping and let go of his hands and fell into the pile of **** cursed by thousands of people, Zhang Dongcheng angrily turned off the playback.
Isn’t this his sister a brain-dead? The screenwriter is really blind! Could it be that the director of the second film didn't care about his feathers so much that he let such a scene appear in the movie? Completely overthrowing the villain's love that touched people's hearts in the first film, and doing it deliberately just for the topic of evil prevailing, it is simply disgusting!
Having scolded the scriptwriter and director of the second part, Zhang Dongcheng wrote the script with great spirit, and made the script of the first part even more brilliant. There will be more pages to introduce the love between the great priest Imerton and Ankesunam , This is to add more humanistic and emotional colors to the pure adventure movie, so that it has more vitality.
In the past, simple adventures and simple resurrection of evil spirits to seek revenge have become more in line with the needs of couples watching movies. This is the change Zhang Dongcheng made.
"Mr. Smith, I can only say that you are indeed a genius! This script is simply, simply...!" After reading the script carefully, and even reading it a second time with his eyes wide open, Mr. James wiped his eyes. Wiping the sweat from his brow, he said excitedly, "It's just amazing, I can't find the words to express how wonderful this script is! Cool, very, very cool! This is not the kind of million dollar baby that is out of touch with today's American movie audiences." This is a movie that is very, very much in line with their viewing needs, and very, very much in line with what they think in their hearts!"
Standing up excitedly, James walked around the office several times before he said decisively: "Mr. Smith, you should know that I have been looking for the movie The Mummy for nearly four years, and I don't think I need to look any further. , you are the director I am looking for!"
"Thank you very much for your appreciation, Mr. James. What I can guarantee is that this movie will shock everyone's attention in terms of visual effects, and the depth of connotation far surpasses the original." Zhang Dongcheng smiled slightly and sat upright , said seriously.
"Haha, I'm very glad we can reach a consensus, so how much budget do you need to cast this movie?" James rubbed his hands excitedly and asked.
"I think... I may need an investment of no less than 80 million U.S. dollars." Zhang Dongcheng threw out the number in his mind without hesitation.
In the original time and space, it took 76 million US dollars to make it in 1998, and 15 million US dollars was spent on special effects, and Zhang Dongcheng felt that the time should be advanced to 1996 to subtract the inflation rate. , no matter what, it cannot be less than 80 million U.S. dollars.
There is no other reason. In the past two years, the development of computer technology has surpassed everyone's imagination. The cost is more than the original version, which must be spent on the special effects of the movie.
"Eighty million dollars!" James widened his eyes in surprise, pacing back and forth in the office: "Mr. Smith, you don't know that the budget standard given to me by the company is only 15 million dollars. Dollar."
"Fifteen million dollars will not bring unimaginable profits to Universal. If my vision is followed, The Mummy can become a series of trilogy, and countless peripheral products can be developed, and spin-off films can also become series, or even , Universal Studios can add one more attraction, so that hundreds of millions of tourists around the world will pay more than a dozen dollars in admission fees. But all of this must be based on the word-of-mouth that the mummy can be a hit and the box office is overwhelmed .Mr. James, all the investment can receive more than ten times the return!"
Zhang Dongcheng spoke confidently, and the firmness in his eyes infected James. He unconsciously followed Zhang Dongcheng's words, and his breathing became short of breath.
Looking at the thick script in his hand, James' intuition told him that all Zhang Dongcheng's words were based on and supported by very high possibilities, and he couldn't help but said with a wry smile: "It's not that I don't believe you, Mr. Smith. Eight The investment of tens of millions of dollars is really not something that can be handled at my level. However, I can help you contact our boss, Mr. Carl."
"Yes, I will explain my point of view to Mr. Carl in person." Zhang Dongcheng said confidently, the mummy will definitely impress the boss of Universal Pictures, and let this amazing work come to the world.
"I will contact you as soon as possible, and I will do my best. Otherwise, I will contact Mr. Carl immediately, and you two will have a face-to-face conversation." James thought for a while and said with a smile.
In James' view, the investment of 80 million US dollars is too much.
You must know that this was 1995. At this time, apart from the king of the world, the movie lunatic James Cameron's "Titanic" costing 200 million U.S. dollars is now agreed by the media, and the production cost of over 100 million dollars is very few. !
And Zhang Dongcheng, a Chinese director who only filmed "Two Smoking Barrels" with a production cost of 2 million pounds, now the lion opened his mouth and asked 80 million U.S. dollars to make a film of The Mummy?
Oh my god, if I agree to his request, then he is not crazy, then I must be crazy!
James doesn't want to bear the huge pressure and throw the decision-making power back to the boss, but at the same time, he is extremely optimistic about Zhang Dongcheng's movie script. The magnificent imagination and amazing plot make people completely reluctant to let go.
So, he kindly said that sentence and asked Zhang Dongcheng to deal with the boss himself.
As for how to get it done, that's not something James has to consider.
Whether it is a movie or a novel, the subject of tomb robbery has always attracted the audience with dangerous traps, surprising tomb-guarding monsters or evil spirits, logical reasoning, and terrifying and subversive lens language, such as It is the most famous "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series starring the top-grossing movie star Harrison Ford in Hollywood. Tomb-robbing adventure movies are free from legend, magic, adventure, and action movies, which enriches its content and form, making it super attractive and becoming an eye-catching series in the film industry.However, apart from the Raiders of the Lost Ark series, there are very few other successful films in the Tomb Raiding Adventure series. Although everyone has an idea to make, it is difficult to find a suitable entry point to impress the audience and make them willingly go to the cinema to buy tickets. . There are many reasons for this:The follow-up works are too concentrated, the plot routines are seriously assimilated, new movie types are constantly emerging, and readers' aesthetic tastes are changing.These factors seem to make sense, but after careful consideration, it always feels that there is some kind of deep reason that can govern these many factors.And Zhang Dongcheng believes that under the weird, suspenseful and emotional appearance, Pirates and Adventure movies are seriously lacking in the most important rational core that can maintain the film's lasting vitality-human relationship and emotional integration. It is precisely because of its absence that it inevitably brings a series of chain reactions, so that it can only satisfy the audience's sensory needs for novelty and novelty, but cannot penetrate into their inner world, and cannot produce the urge to pay again and again.Just like the movie box office miracle "Titanic" a year later, if it wasn't for the soul-stirring love story between the poor boy Jack and the rich girl, if it wasn't for the perfect complement of the theme song "My Heart Will Go On", it would only be the thrilling Can the shipwreck special effects cut a super data of 1.835 billion US dollars in the world? Only relying on special effects and thrills, it is obviously impossible for such a miracle to appear!Therefore, in the script, Zhang Dongcheng, in addition to greatly strengthening the screaming and unexpected adventure scenes, the love story between the hero and heroine has also become more tortuous and moving, full of Hollywood style, enough to make American movies The audience burst into tears after laughing happily.Not only the hero and heroine, but also the love between the high priest and his lover Anksu Namu has been sublimated and reflected. They really love each other, but their special identities make them use whatever means.Out of curiosity, Zhang Dongcheng also watched the second part of "The Return of the Mummy" with the help of an old TV. Anksunam could have died for the high priest Emerton 3,000 years ago, but when the return of the mummy In the end, Anksu Nam left the high priest and ran away by himself. When he saw the infatuated high priest weeping and let go of his hands and fell into the pile of **** cursed by thousands of people, Zhang Dongcheng angrily turned off the playback. Isn't this his sister a brain-dead? The screenwriter is really blind! Could it be that the director of the second film didn't care about his feathers so much that he let such a scene appear in the movie? Completely overthrowing the villain's love that touched people's hearts in the first film, and doing it deliberately just for the topic of evil prevailing, it is simply disgusting!Having scolded the scriptwriter and director of the second part, Zhang Dongcheng wrote the script with great spirit, and made the script of the first part even more brilliant. There will be more pages to introduce the love between the great priest Imerton and Ankesunam , This is to add more humanistic and emotional colors to the pure adventure movie, so that it has more vitality.In the past, simple adventures and simple resurrection of evil spirits to seek revenge have become more in line with the needs of couples watching movies. This is the change Zhang Dongcheng made."Mr. Smith, I can only say that you are indeed a genius! This script is simply, simply...!" After reading the script carefully, and even reading it a second time with his eyes wide open, Mr. James wiped his eyes. Wiping the sweat from his brow, he said excitedly, "It's just amazing, I can't find the words to express how wonderful this script is! Cool, very, very cool! This is not the kind of million dollar baby that is out of touch with today's American movie audiences." This is a movie that is very, very much in line with their viewing needs, and very, very much in line with what they think in their hearts!"Standing up excitedly, James walked around the office several times before he said decisively: "Mr. Smith, you should know that I have been looking for the movie The Mummy for nearly four years, and I don't think I need to look any further. , you are the director I am looking for!""Thank you very much for your appreciation, Mr. James. What I can guarantee is that this movie will shock everyone's attention in terms of visual effects, and the depth of connotation far surpasses the original." Zhang Dongcheng smiled slightly and sat upright , said seriously. "Haha, I'm very glad we can reach a consensus, so how much budget do you need to cast this movie?" James rubbed his hands excitedly and asked. "I think... I may need an investment of no less than 80 million U.S. dollars." Zhang Dongcheng threw out the number in his mind without hesitation.In the original time and space, it took 76 million US dollars to make it in 1998, and 15 million US dollars was spent on special effects, and Zhang Dongcheng felt that the time should be advanced to 1996 to subtract the inflation rate. , no matter what, it cannot be less than 80 million U.S. dollars.There is no other reason. In the past two years, the development of computer technology has surpassed everyone's imagination. The cost is more than the original version, which must be spent on the special effects of the movie."Eighty million dollars!" James widened his eyes in surprise, pacing back and forth in the office: "Mr. Smith, you don't know that the budget standard given to me by the company is only 15 million dollars. Dollar.""Fifteen million dollars will not bring unimaginable profits to Universal. If my vision is followed, The Mummy can become a series of trilogy, and countless peripheral products can be developed, and spin-off films can also become series, or even , Universal Studios can add one more attraction, so that hundreds of millions of tourists around the world will pay more than a dozen dollars in admission fees. But all of this must be based on the word-of-mouth that the mummy can be a hit and the box office is overwhelmed .Mr. James, all the investment can receive more than ten times the return!" Zhang Dongcheng spoke confidently, and the firmness in his eyes infected James. He unconsciously followed Zhang Dongcheng's words, and his breathing became short of breath.Looking at the thick script in his hand, James' intuition told him that all Zhang Dongcheng's words were based on and supported by very high possibilities, and he couldn't help but said with a wry smile: "It's not that I don't believe you, Mr. Smith. Eight The investment of tens of millions of dollars is really not something that can be handled at my level. However, I can help you contact our boss, Mr. Carl." "Yes, I will explain my point of view to Mr. Carl in person." Zhang Dongcheng said confidently, the mummy will definitely impress the boss of Universal Pictures, and let this amazing work come to the world. "I will contact you as soon as possible, and I will do my best. Otherwise, I will contact Mr. Carl immediately, and you two will have a face-to-face conversation." James thought for a while and said with a smile.In James' view, the investment of 80 million US dollars is too much.You must know that this was 1995. At this time, apart from the king of the world, the movie lunatic James Cameron's "Titanic" costing 200 million U.S. dollars is now agreed by the media, and the production cost of over 100 million dollars is very few. !And Zhang Dongcheng, a Chinese director who only filmed "Two Smoking Barrels" with a production cost of 2 million pounds, now the lion opened his mouth and asked 80 million U.S. dollars to make a film of The Mummy? Oh my god, if I agree to his request, then he is not crazy, then I must be crazy!James doesn't want to bear the huge pressure and throw the decision-making power back to the boss, but at the same time, he is extremely optimistic about Zhang Dongcheng's movie script. The magnificent imagination and amazing plot make people completely reluctant to let go.So, he kindly said that sentence and asked Zhang Dongcheng to deal with the boss himself. As for how to get it done, that's not something James has to consider.
