Chapter 723 Sandy's Godfather
"What else is there in addition to visual effects in "Jurassic Park 3"? As for the film itself, it is even ugly than the shit that Tyrannosaurus pulled in the film!"
French Le Figaro opened fire violently after the global box office of "Jurassic Park 3" exceeded 500 million US dollars, and even interviewed the famous Italian director Benaldo Bettorucci for this purpose.
"3d technology will not help the development of films, because it is essentially just a film technology that appears to satisfy sensory stimulation and has no meaning to art. This simple and crude special effects technology will only destroy the beauty of the film."
This is just a microcosm of European media. Since "Jurassic Park 3" swept the European continental film market, European film workers who were ignored by the mainstream market have used European media that are not very good at dealing with North America to fire in "Jurassic Park 3" and 3D technology.
"A silly fool movie, after watching it, it will only make people feel disgusting."
"No matter how good the visual effect is and how high the box office is, it is all divorced from the essence of the movie!"
"3D technology is just a deception of vision, giving eyes poisonous candy..."
Every large-scale outbreak of new technologies is always accompanied by countless opposition voices. Not only in Europe, but also in North America, many people don’t like 3D technology.
"The 3D special effects are amazing. The 3D movies are full of sensory stimulation, but the two best 3D movies so far, "Polar Express" and "Jurassic Park 3" are like circus jugglings. The characters and scenery floating on the picture are boring and funny, just to make the audience happy for falsehood."
This is David Denby's comment in the New York Times, and in the Chicago Sun, Roger Albert also put forward a similar view on 3D.
"I still remember that more than ten years ago, it was Ryan Jenkins's Jurassic Park and Titanic that pushed Hollywood into the wave of big investment and production. I can't look back. Now, when I look back, there are fewer and fewer films with profound connotations produced by Hollywood. All the films produced by the Hollywood model he advocates have become products of sensory stimulation."
"Every 3D movie shows us something that is not necessary at all. The box office success of "Jurassic Park 3" will once again bring very wrong guidance to Hollywood. Even under the strong push of Ryan Jenkins, mainstream Hollywood commercial films will become simple and rough visual effects accumulations, which will greatly damage the real texture of Hollywood movies. Hollywood and theater companies must be cautious about 3D movie technology."
"I would like to remind you that 3D movies that only pursue commercial interests cannot survive in the market for a long time and will only become products that make money."
However, every time new technology is updated, people who cannot keep up with the trend will sweep into the old paper piles of history. Moreover, this is a technology that can generate output value of tens or even tens of billions of dollars every year in the future.
Hollywood directly ignores European media and European film directors. Those people do not pose any threat to Hollywood movies except to speak sour words. Their so-called artistic movies can only survive in the cracks of Hollywood movies.
Will anyone care about a group of defeated soldiers who were beaten by themselves more than ten or twenty years ago and even lost their pants?
In Ryan's view, it is described as a desolate future. It is a compliment to the European continental movies.
As for the veteran film critics in North America, how many companies in Hollywood care about their voices? The two films they criticized are important promoters of Hollywood's globalization strategy. How many people in the Hollywood industry will deny the key role of "Titanic" in the globalization of Hollywood movies?
Capital is always profit-seeking.3D and IMAX technologies have allowed Hollywood and theater companies to see new benefits. The success of "Jurassic Park 3" has also allowed them to see the expected future of such films.
Before "Jurassic Park 3" was launched, several Hollywood companies have announced their plans for 3D and IMAX movies.
The first to react was undoubtedly Disney. It used the wave brought about by "Jurassic Park 3" to promote "Transformers" to use the imax3d technology to produce it. At the same time, "Flying House Global", "Toy Story 3", "The Hunger Games 2", "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" and other films will all use this technology to produce it.
What is noticeable is that these are not post-replacement videos, but will be real 3D movies.
Then, more companies responded, such as "Despicable Me" and "Kung Fu Panda" in preparation and production of DreamWorks Animation Studios, such as "Green Lantern" by Warner Bros., "Godzilla" by Sony Pictures is preparing to restart...
In addition, the most intense reaction was the major theater companies. The North American theater alliance composed of many North American theater companies announced at a press conference that 3D screens and imax theaters will be the main development directions of North American theaters, and major theater companies have a long-term plan for this.
At the same time, they have also announced their short-term goals. With the support of equipment manufacturers such as IMAX and Dolby, they will add 500 3D screens and build about 40 IMAX theaters in the next six months.
With Hollywood content support, theaters naturally don’t want to miss the opportunity to attract more audiences to the theater.
Compared with "Jurassic Park 3", which uses imax3d as its biggest selling point, "Return of Superman", which is released a week earlier than it and claims to be the most expensive movie ever, it can't help but seem a bit tragic.
This super-large production, which cost just $270 million, was released in 4,100 theaters in the first week, and only received a North American box office of $76.03 million.
As of last week, the single-week box office of this film, which has been released for more than three weeks, has dropped to more than $7 million, and the North American box office has accumulated only more than $170 million. As its direct competitor, "Jurassic Park 3" appeared one week later, but the North American box office is close to $260 million.
Although there are many reasons why "Return of Superman" did not perform as expected, many people believe that "Return of Superman" did not use 3D technology and launched a 3D version, which is an extremely stupid decision-making mistake.
Of course, this can only be regarded as rumor, and Ryan is very clear about this.
"I went to see the imax3d version of "Jurassic Park 3". The person who spoke was James Cameron.
The afternoon sun was extremely bright. Ryan and he sat under the sun umbrella in Nicole's garden. The two talked a lot about IMAX, and the topic gradually turned to the movie.
“I believe that technical aspects are no longer a problem.”
Waving to another sun umbrella, Nicole gently shook Sandy's crib, the mother and daughter didn't see his goodwill at all, Ryan had to turn his eyes back to James Cameron, "Jim, I've been waiting for too long."
The two were not only old friends, but their past cooperation was also very pleasant. James Cameron stretched out one hand and all five fingers lit up, "500 million US dollars!"
"How many?" This number surprised Nicole on the other side.
"In terms of production costs, I initially expect that $200 million is enough," James Cameron explained to the two at the same time. "The rest are promotional and marketing expenses. We are not only shooting movies, but also company promotional videos."
After the release of "Avatar" in his previous life, except for the producer, publisher, James Cameron and other companies, it can be said to be one of the biggest beneficiaries.
Now, the largest shareholder of this company is Ryan, and the second largest shareholder is James Cameron.
"You plan to start planning now?" Ryan thought for a while and asked.
"Yes." James Cameron drank half a cup of black tea. "After the talk, I'm going to gather people."
"Okay, then." Ryan made a reassuring gesture to him. "I will push Disney to pass this project as soon as possible, and the advance funds will be available soon."
"Ryan Jenkins and James Cameron join forces." Nicole on the other side grabbed Sandy's little hand and shook it gently, "Don't talk about Disney, I'm afraid all companies in Hollywood will generously sign out the checks."
Ryan and James Cameron both laughed.
In recent years, there are many companies looking for James Cameron to come back. Unfortunately, only a few people such as Ryan understand that the reason why he is obsessed with making imax3d documentaries is to prepare for the next big production. Now the development trend of 3D technology and North American theaters is obviously beyond the previous life. This tyrant on the set is finally about to start that time-consuming and labor-intensive super big production.
The two then briefly mentioned some details, such as in addition to him and Cameron himself, another executive producer would invite Jon Landau, who had a happy collaboration when he invited "Titanic"; for example, the film's studio shots were placed in Australia as much as possible, so as to obtain preferential conditions such as tax refunds and sponsorships by the other party.
After talking about the matter, James Cameron's eyes turned to Nicole's side, Sandy, who seemed to be asleep, asked, "I remember the little guy has no godfather yet?"
"That's right." Ryan laughed, he vaguely guessed the purpose of the tyrant on the set.
"Frankly, Jim." Nicole joked deliberately, "I don't think you, a grumpy guy, would be a qualified godfather."
"As long as Sandy thinks I'm qualified in the future," James Cameron walked to the side of the shaker, "That's enough."
"What do you mean?"
Nicole looked over here, Ryan shrugged, and she nodded, "Well, Jim, you can give Sandy a name now."
"Teaching name?"
The tyrant on the set couldn't help but hold his chin, and after thinking for a few seconds, he said, "Re, Ruth, what do you think?"
"Sandy Ruth Kidman Jenkins?" Nicole muttered, and continued, "Not bad."
Ryan had the urge to cover his forehead. How much does James Cameron like the names Jack and Ruth? If you remember correctly, the male protagonist in "Avatar" is also called Jack... (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!