Chapter 776: How the movie was murdered

In many cases, producers imprison and restrict the director's creation, but sometimes, such restrictions and restrictions may not be a bad thing.
　　
　　 A considerable proportion of directors, once they get rid of the reins holding him, they will often run wild on the road of artistic creation.
　　
　　 This may not be a bad thing for film art itself, but for film companies, it often means extremely terrifying tragedies.
　　
　　 After all, a good film requires a certain amount of investment to be made. If there is no commercial interest, the film company will naturally not be interested in investing.
　　
　　 Compared with his colleagues in Hollywood, Relativity Entertainment has a strong film business atmosphere, and Ronan never hides it.
　　
　　He is a producer and a film businessman.
　　
　　 In the next two weekends, the North American film market led the release of "The Kingdom of Heaven" and "Escape from the Clone Island." Those who know Hollywood will generally be familiar with these two films.
　　
After 　　, Relativity Entertainment will once again come on stage. Shahai Entertainment Animation Studio’s first animated feature film "Despicable Me" will be released soon.
　　
　　 The publicity and distribution work of this film is progressing in an orderly manner. Thanks to the good response of the short film "Minions", the resulting "Despicable Me" has attracted considerable attention.
　　
　　 Especially after several trial screenings in April, "Despicable Me" has received unanimous approval from the media and fans.
　　
　　 After that is the Memorial Day holiday. George Lucas’s "Star Wars" series finale "Revenge of the Sith", which George Lucas has publicly announced, occupies this excellent schedule.
　　
　　 This can be said to be the most watched movie in the summer of 2005, because everyone knows that Anakin Skywalker must fall into the dark, and the super popular character Black Lord Darth Vader is about to return.
　　
It is difficult for Ronan himself to appreciate a space opera sci-fi movie like "Star Wars", especially his incompetent acceptance of soft lightsaber fights, but from a commercial point of view, he is very clear that this is the first film industry in the United States and the world. A big IP.
　　
　　 Regardless of the box office, Lucasfilm's peripheral revenue alone, from the release of "Star Wars: A New Hope" to the present, has exceeded US$20 billion.
　　
　　 This series made George Lucas the recognized Hollywood's richest man.
　　
　　 Ronan has been creating the personality of the enthusiastic alumni of the USC Film School, and has also accepted George Lucas’ invitation to attend the premiere of "The Revenge of the Sith".
　　
　　Perhaps, feeling the atmosphere and charm of "Star Wars" up close will make Ronan more confident about his future plans.
　　
　　 Regardless of whether he admits it or not, Ronan is on a very special path of development: taking the path of Walt Disney, leaving Walt Disney with nowhere to go in the future.
　　
　　 In the middle of this week, Twentieth Century Fox held a huge premiere for "The Kingdom of Heaven".
　　
　　 After all, the production and announcement of a film project with a total investment of 200 million US dollars is definitely the first-line investment level in the industry.
　　
　　 When Ronan arrived on the weekend, he took time to go to the theater in Beverly Hills and watched the film.
　　
　　 Jessica Felton, who had just returned to Los Angeles from New Mexico, was also with him.
　　
　　 "Why do you suddenly want to invite me to a movie together."
　　
　　 Inside the box on the second floor of the theater, Jessica Felton looked at Ronan curiously: "Any ideas?"
　　
Ronan took a bottle of mineral water, stuffed it into Jessica Felton’s hand, and said,
Don’t worry, I don’t want to chase you. A man invites a woman to a movie. It’s not necessarily a date, it may be. Work reasons."
　　
　　 Jessica Felton unscrewed the mineral water, took a sip, and emphasized: "I ate by technique."
　　
　　 Ronan turned back to the topic: "This is Ridley Scott's war epic. There are many rumors between Ridley Scott and Twentieth Century Fox about this film."
　　
　　 "I've heard of it." Jessica Felton is no longer the former housewoman editor, and there are many sources of information: "The power game between the producer and the director..."
　　
　　 At this point, she shook her head slightly: "It's not a game. I heard that Ridley Scott didn't argue too much. After 20th Century Fox emphasized it several times, she voluntarily agreed to shorten the movie duration."
　　
　　 Ronan said softly, "Ridley Scott has no choice but to disagree, after all, he has no final editing rights."
　　
　　 Jessica Felton thoughtfully: "The trial screening of "Kings of Heaven" was good, but the response after the premiere was not good. Is it related to this?"
　　
"It's very likely." Ronan roughly guessed: "It is estimated that the publicly screened version is a second editing performed by the producer on the Ridley Scott version of the director's cut, and nearly sixty are deleted. Minutes of content."
　　
Jessica Felton is a producer and is accustomed to this role and position. Naturally, he will consider issues from the perspective of the producer: "The length of the edited version by the director of Ridley Scott is too exaggerated. Even if he must express something over a longer period of time, he must be moderate."
　　
　　 She frowned slightly: "The scale of investment in this film determines that the director cannot act willfully."
　　
　　 The lights in the theater went out, and the picture on the big screen came on. Ronan said, "We watch the movie first, and we will talk about the others after we have seen it."
　　
　　 Once, "The Kingdom of Heaven" was a typical example of a film where the release version and the director's cut version were very different. The two were not like the same film.
　　
　　 I’ve seen the public release version, and I’d find it strange. Although the quality of Ridley Scott’s film varies, it shouldn’t be so bad, right?
　　
　　 I downloaded the director’s cut version from the Internet again, and I realized that after watching it, it turned out that this was the film Ridley Scott wanted to shoot.
　　
　　 The screen now shown on the screen is very similar to the public release version that Ronan remembered. The length of more than two hours is just right for the first-line large-scale production at the end of the year, but it makes people a little bit unsure.
　　
　　 is mainly a lot of inexplicable plots.
　　
Eva Green’s role has almost no meaning, but she is also the heroine. The whole role of existence seems to be to string up the contradictory relationship between several characters. By the way, we talked about love with Orlando Bloom and talked so covertly. Cover, not even showing the body.
　　
　　 The never-ending Eva Green has never been a good movie star.
　　
　　Orlando-Bloom lost the opportunity to strike iron in "Pirates of the Caribbean" because of Ronan, but he finally became a blacksmith in "The Kingdom of Heaven".
　　
　　 Acting has reached a certain level, and judging good or bad is a very subjective behavior, but if the acting skills differ too much, it can still be seen at a glance.
　　
　　 In this film, Orlando Bloom can be described as typical.
　　
　　 Edward Norton wears a mask from beginning to end, but any rivalry with Orlando Bloom makes people think that this masked man is the protagonist!
　　
　　 The difference in acting skills is really too big, so big that laymen can distinguish it at a glance.
　　
　　 More importantly, in the screened version, the character of Orlando Bloom is very tall and abrupt, and he was a blacksmith from the beginning. How can he become a leader of great talents once he inherits the title? And it feels like Orlando has nothing to play, always being silent is golden, just having a cool face from start to finish.
　　
　　If Ronan remembers correctly, this is the last time Orlando Bloom has appeared in a Hollywood production.
　　
　　 Orlando Bloom, who had a dream start to his film career because of "Lord of the Rings", had no luck afterwards.
　　
　　 Without the little blacksmiths of "Pirates of the Caribbean", the blacksmiths of "Kingdom of the Heavens" will only hinder the work...
　　
　　 Orlando Bloom’s future is very clear.
　　
When Ronan saw the end, he could see Ridley Scott’s ambitions in this kind of film. Maybe he really wanted to make "The Kingdom of Heaven" an epic, and it was a traditional one. epic.
　　
　　 Someone once said on the Internet that watching the two versions of "Kings of Heaven" together may be more valuable and will give people more inspiration: it allows people to witness how a good quality movie was murdered.
　　
　　 Many people said at that time that if the Ridley Scott version was released in theaters, "The Kingdom of Heaven" might have a completely different fate.
　　
　　 Ronan thought it made sense.
　　
　　 However, he has operated many films in Hollywood on the ground, and has been constantly studying the North American and even the global film market. Ronan's current views and thoughts are completely different from those at the time.
　　
　　 Even if "The Kingdom of Heaven" is finally released in theaters with this director's cut version, its box office fate may not be any better, because the rhythm is too slow and the plot is too long.
　　
　　 "The Kings of Heaven" premiere has a very bad response~EbookFREE.me~The box office fate can be predicted.
　　
　　 But it is impossible to throw all the responsibility on Twentieth Century Fox. In Ronan's eyes, Ridley Scott is also responsible for this.
　　
　　His shooting decided that it would take a long time to express the story of the film clearly.
　　
　　 As for the later editing of Fox in the twentieth century, it can probably be described in one sentence: leave the most expensive and grandest shots, and nothing else.
　　
　　 There is really a problem with the film’s leading actor.
　　
　　 Orlando Bloom is one of the weakest links in the whole film. A protagonist cannot support a movie just like a model cannot support a piece of clothing.
　　
　　 Maybe Orlando Bloom is very hardworking, but I have to say that he has no talent for acting.
　　
　　 Orlando Bloom is still more suitable for making vases, Legolas played very well.
　　
　　 After watching the movie, Ronan and Jessica Felton quietly exited.
　　
　　 "How do you feel?" Ronan asked directly, "Is it the same as the rumor?"
　　
　　 Jessica Felton nodded slightly: "It's really bad, worse than I expected."
　　
　　 Ronan echoed: "This is nothing like Ridley Scott's film."
　　
　　 "This movie reminded me of something." Jessica Felton obviously felt something: "Twentieth Century Fox did something wrong."