Hollywood Tycoon [US Entertainment + Business War]

On May 5, the movie "Mission Impossible" directed by John Woo and produced by Galaxy Film Production Company premiered simultaneously in 22 theaters across the United States.With the successful case of "Game of the Brave" last year, whether it is the distribution company Buwei International, or the theater company REG, AMC and other companies are optimistic about this action movie directed by John Woo.Not only did it arrange for the flagship hall of its theaters to push the movie in the prime time, but it also launched a premiere plus broadcast for the movie until two o'clock in the morning.

Of course, in addition to distribution companies and theater companies being optimistic about "Mission: Impossible", the original fans of John Woo are even more optimistic about his return to the action film market.But some people are happy, and naturally some are not happy.MGM said in an interview with "Daily Variety", "James Bond is the greatest and most famous spy on the planet in any era, bar none!"

After learning of MGM's words, John Woo did not refute, but said through the media, "'007' is indeed a great spy code name, but it has nothing to do with "Mission: Impossible". Although both of them are spies, But the two are spies with different styles, and there is no comparison. Just like Greek civilization and Hebrew civilization, can you explain who is greater?"

Seeing Wu Yusen's answer, Jed burst out laughing.Sure enough, after "Game of the Brave", John Woo is more suitable for Hollywood.First of all, he knows how to express his meaning without being misinterpreted by the media, and secondly, he also knows how to use the media to engage in a moderate war of words with his opponents.For any movie, moderate controversy is necessary, so that the audience is interested in going to the cinema to see where the controversial points of the movie are.

But if there is no controversy or too much controversy, it will hurt the box office.The undisputed movie will cause the audience's rebellious psychology, and instead of watching it, "Schindler's List" was originally due to this reason, which led to the unsatisfactory box office establishment.But a movie that is too controversial will turn off family audiences or couples, and there will not be many box office left.

However, John Woo has now grasped the scale of the war of words. The reason why MGM complained about "Mission: Impossible" at this time is to let people not forget "007". Mission: Impossible attention.Not only will the companies on both sides not be angry in a war of words of this scale, but they will be happy to see the results. "007" maintained its consistent popularity with the help of "Mission: Impossible", and "Mission: Impossible" also used "007" to attract the attention of hardcore spy film lovers, so neither side suffered a loss.

Knowing Jade's hobbies and background, Bowei International still arranged the premiere of "Mission: Impossible" in Chinese theaters.This time, not only the media from North America came, but also reporters from Hong Kong, Taiwan and even Japan.As a media under Jade, ATV naturally obtained the entire live broadcast rights of the entire premiere and the meeting after the screening.ATV not only got a better live broadcast position than the American media, but also arranged for the red carpet show of the premiere hosted by two hosts who will serve as anchors on the ATV English News Channel in the future.

Although this result made TVB very unhappy, but after all, I just joined ATV just now, and now it is a bit boring to entangle with Galaxy Movies.How can there be someone who just beat his younger brother and now comes to protest with his elder brother that he takes care of his younger brother?However, the release of John Woo's movie in the United States is a news that Hong Kong people are concerned about. TVB had no choice but to hold its nose and let the reporter stationed in Los Angeles come to interview.

At the premiere, not only producers and creators like Jed and Woo Yusen appeared on stage, Cruise even invited a group of friends to help him out.Although this film is nominally produced by Yinhe Films independently, in fact Cruise also acts as a producer, and he invested in this film with his own salary.

And Jed promised Tom Cruise that as long as the first film is successful at the box office, he is willing to co-produce the sequel with Tom Cruise.In fact, the reason why Jed made such a choice is nothing more than to tie Cruise to "Mission: Impossible".Just imagine if "007" didn't have many episodes of performances by Sean Connery or Bruce Biersnan, how would anyone remember that brave spy?Because the copyright of the movie is in the hands of Yinhe Movies, Jed doesn't mind sharing some of Cruise's profits.

After receiving Jade's promise, Cruise naturally promoted his movie more actively than the film crew.

In addition to the producer and actors, only special guests and a small number of lucky audiences can enter the Chinese theater to watch "Mission: Impossible".Traditionally, the meet-and-greet is held after the movie airs, so that critics and reporters know what questions to ask.So after everyone was seated, the theater lights gradually dimmed.

At the beginning of the movie, the audience is reminded that this story happened in Kiev.The reason why spy movies are popular is that apart from the attraction of secret heroes like "cloak and sword", spies can go on missions all over the world, allowing movie audiences to experience exotic customs.Unlike 007, which starts with a fighting scene or a certain mission scene, the opening scene of "Mission: Impossible" is actually a movie set, but soon the audience finds out that this is actually a means of using the method of making a movie on a movie set to swindle information from the target. Scenes.

This scene made many film critics applaud, because obviously, "Mission: Impossible" does not want to create a spy who can only shoot and be handsome again.After successfully defrauding information, it is the title of the movie.It didn't take long before the scene shifted to a cabin where a flight attendant recommended a video to a passenger.So everyone discovered that this was actually a scene of receiving a mission.

Through the introduction of this video, the audience quickly clarified the names and specialties of the characters who just appeared.Critics also gave the clip a nod, because it not only introduces the characters just right, but doesn't seem too obtrusive.As the plot progressed, everyone found that "Mission: Impossible" is really a spy film that is completely different from "007". "Mission: Impossible" pays more attention to the experience of the team and the assistance of technology, so many people think that "Mission: Impossible" is more like a spy movie.

When the first mission was about to end, film critics felt that this mission should not be that simple, otherwise the subsequent storyline would not be able to progress.Sure enough, just when the mission was about to be completed, traitors appeared in the team of agent Ethan Hunt played by Tom Cruise, which not only failed the mission but almost wiped out the entire team.Just when Tom cruise successfully escaped and asked the organization for help, he found himself listed as a traitor, thinking that the failure of the mission was entirely due to his betrayal.

So the whole movie changed from spy stealing to escape and whitewashing.This kind of plot where the protagonist is tainted as a "traitor" and has to prove his innocence during the escape is actually a very clever arrangement, because it not only makes the plot of the movie richer and adds elements of ups and downs, but also allows the protagonist to escape. The characters in the story are enriched in the process.After all, after the failure of Hunt's characters, most of the characters who just appeared on the stage "died". Obviously, this is not a one-man show movie.

Hunter found another espionage organization, hoping to use their power to clean himself up, but the other party also proposed an exchange condition, Hunter must go to a place called "Black Cellar" to steal information.The design of this "black cellar" took a lot of time for John Woo's team, because they had to design a safe that no one could break through, but at the same time they had to design a wonderful way to break through the safe they designed.

When the audience saw the security introduction of this black cellar in the film, they all sighed how to crack it?To enter this dark cellar normally requires two password cards, and you have to pass in front of a security officer.But if you use other channels to enter, there is only one vent in the entire black cellar.The vents designed here are naturally considered by the audience to be the only breakthrough, but how to crack the infrared detection all over the place?Moreover, if one does not enter the black cellar through normal channels, the black cellar will sense any gravity or temperature changes and issue an alarm.

However, after seeing Tom cruise cut off the infrared rays with a magical device, and then seeing the design of asking Reno to use fishing methods to lower Tom Cruise from the air to steal information, many viewers clapped their hands and expressed their admiration for the design of this bridge section. .But how to retreat after getting the information?I saw cruise put a smoke bomb in the vent, and then triggered the fire alarm of the whole building.

At this time, the audience remembered that they had just entered the building as firefighters, so they could naturally leave in the clothes of the fire brigade at this time.Film critics are also very satisfied with this plot setting. According to the design of two climaxes, one big and one small, in general Hollywood commercial films, throwing this small climax in the middle of the film screening naturally meets the requirements.

However, film critics really want to see it. Since the small climax is like this, how should the big climax that appears next to the finale at the end of the film be designed?

As the plot progressed, the audience discovered that Hunter and the later intelligence agency were not so easy to get along with, and that the later intelligence agency was the culprit that led to the complete destruction of Hunter's team.In order to avenge his teammates, Hunter launched revenge on the intelligence agency.But Renault, who had cooperated once before, became Hunter's opponent at this time, and the two people's chasing battle between you and me until the end made the audience mesmerized.

In the small train tunnel, inside the train is the target that Hunter wants to chase - the female leader of the intelligence agency, and Hunter is being hunted down by Renault on the train at this time.The most incredible thing is that Renault actually drove a small helicopter to hunt down Hunter.Of course, this scene was actually shot in front of a green screen, with the special effects support of Industrial Light and Magic, so the scene looks more real.

But even though he was shooting in front of the green screen, Cruise still suffered a lot, because in order to shoot this scene, John Woo not only used an orbital camera and two crane cameras, but also had two hand-crank cameras. The camera follows Cruise.The appearance of the rocker arm and the rail car is actually to replace the hand-cranked camera, because the camera cannot shake slightly, so there is a rocker arm and a rail car.However, the advantage of the hand-cranked camera is that it can cut into the shooting from any angle. As a result, Wu Yusen first used the rail car and the crane to shoot several times for the needs of post-editing, and then used the hand-cranked camera several times.So Cruise and Leno had to spend several days shooting this scene, but the final result was quite amazing.

After Wu Yusen designed the screen and the smooth editing together, the fighting in this episode became very beautiful, and everyone danced with their lives like dancers on the edge of life and death...