Hollywood Road

"It's hilarious to make a superhero movie dark and heavy."

In the front row of the lobby of the New York State Theater, Stan Lee still had a disdainful smile on his face, and said to Kevin Fitch who came with him, "Does he think he is shooting a crime documentary?"

Kevin Fitch just smiled. Marvel Pictures has developed a relaxed and funny route for its superhero movies, and tends to be younger. This is a relatively easy to succeed commercial film model, although it is very important for DC Comics. The dark route he chose is a bit confused, but he knows what type Murphy Stanton is best at. As long as the opponent can blend Superman with his own style, it is difficult to say that "Man of Steel" will not succeed.

And judging from the response from the trial screening, it seems that the film’s evaluations in all aspects are quite good. Even though there is a lot of water mixed with Warner Bros., the ratio of negative reviews is so low that it can always explain some problems.

Even if he has not seen "Man of Steel", Kevin Fitch felt that the surprising superhero movie might face fierce competition in the future. The Avengers without the X-Men and Spider-Man may not be able to beat it. A full lineup of Justice League.

"What is Spider-Man?"

In the back row of the audience, a young boy excitedly said to his companion, "You didn't go to the trial screening of "Man of Steel". Let alone the action scenes, you will kill all superhero movies in seconds."

The other boy next to him didn't believe it, and curled his lips, "Doug, just blow it!"

More and more people entered the lobby of the New York State Theater. The guests in the front row seated many colleagues from the industry, followed by hundreds of media reporters and well-known film critics, and at the end was the largest number of ordinary audiences.

Without any accident, the New York State Theater with close to 3,000 seats was packed.

At the same time, "Man of Steel" will be screened in advance in 3,500 theaters in North America. After today and tomorrow's Friday, it will be expanded to 4,250 theaters in North America.

Attendance rates at all premiere venues in North America are not low, and theaters in popular commercial locations in major cities such as Manhattan, Santa Monica Commercial Center, and Hollywood Boulevard are still full.

Just like Murphy said, after all, this is the world’s top superhero without any suspense in terms of fame or seniority. Superman will never lack fans, even the failed "Superman Returns", the initial attendance rate. It's not low, but the film itself has problems, and it is inevitable to drive high and low.

For the sequels of the big-selling summer films, the impact of word-of-mouth is not particularly large, but the "Superman" series is definitely an exception. The previous failures have brought superman scars that cannot be erased. If there is no box office and Movies that have also gained popularity at the same time can hardly eliminate the negative effects of the previous "Superman 4" and "Superman Returns."

Since the premiere was held in New York, Daisy did not go to the premiere, but stayed in Los Angeles, and organized a discussion group with nearly a hundred members to watch the movie together at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

In the New York State Theater, many film critics have come up with books and pens. This is their professional habit. Compared with the previous "Spider-Man 3" and "Shrek 3", "Man of Steel" has received more film reviews. World attention.

"Murphy Stanton is a very thoughtful director."

In a manor near Chicago, Roger Albert, who had recovered from a serious illness, sat in his private theater and said to Richard Rope next to him, “Although this is a summer commercial film after all, but you Do you think he will only shoot an ordinary popcorn movie?"

Richard Rope didn't even think about it, so he shook his head, "Murphy Stanton has an outstanding personal style and is a very aspiring director. How could it be possible to only shoot an ordinary commercial film."

Roger Albert glanced back. Two staff members from Warner Bros. were doing the final preparations before the screening. He turned back and looked at the front screen and said, "The answer will be revealed soon."

Roger Albert was unable to go out due to his recent poor health. However, his reputation and status are placed here. Numerous producers will take the initiative to deliver the film.

Although there is a very obvious time difference between the east and the west of the United States, all the advance scenes of "Man of Steel" were selected to be released at the same time.

On the big screen of the New York State Theater, the titles of Warner Bros. and DC Comics flashed past, and the film officially opened.

Under the black sky, a group of people walked onto the land under development in the metropolis. One of them was very bald. They took the elevator and descended to the bottom of the trough, and then a dark gray spaceship appeared.

The bald head is naturally Lex Luther. In a few simple dialogues, the film confesses that he has a strong government background and is working on a project related to human genes. This mysterious spaceship is extremely important to his entire group.

Lex Luther opened the spaceship and found a woman in black armor...

Ascending to the ground, Lex Luthor instructed the people around him, "Build the new Lex Luther Building here."

At the same time, a bright light flashed in the sky, and it seemed that a meteor appeared. Lex Luther raised his head to look. The screen switched to his first angle of view. When he switched back, the owner of the angle of view had already become standing. An extremely beautiful woman on the terrace.

Tall, slender, glamorous, sexy... After Doug saw her, a string of adjectives poured out, as if he saw Aphrodite walking down Mount Olympia.

The tall, black-haired woman stared at the meteors flashing in the sky, as if she had seen an abnormality in it.

"Miss Prinz..." A waiter came behind her, "The art auction is about to begin."

A short line confessed the dual identity of this woman, but anyone who knows DC a little knows that this is Wonder Woman Diana Prinz, and the identity that appears is an art dealer.

When Diana Prinz walked into the auction house and came out through the door, the screen was switched in due course, turning into a black colonel in military uniform and walking into the boss's office.

"We detected a meteorite entering the atmosphere," he reported, "but we did not detect its falling trajectory."

The materials of meteorites are very complicated. This situation was not uncommon in the past, and the boss did not pay attention to it, but regarded it as an ordinary meteorite.

In Kansas in the dark, a fireball suddenly fell from the sky, breaking the calm of a huge farm. A very ordinary couple found the fall and found a small dark black spaceship. When they opened the spaceship, Inside the spaceship is a baby, beside the baby, there is a dark blue costume. The upward side of the costume is a huge "S"!

The picture went from far to near, and finally turned into a close-up of "S", and then the title of the film appeared-"Steel Body".

I can’t see too much at the beginning, but the amount of information conveyed is enough. Superman descended on the earth and was discovered by adoptive parents. The villain of the film must be Lex Luther, the beautiful Wonder Woman made a stunning appearance.

The content is not much, but it is enough to attract people to continue watching.

This film is about the origin of Superman. The first part is naturally based on the theme of Clark Kent's change from incognito to Superman.

Clark Kent, who appeared at the beginning, appeared ordinary, in addition to being extremely robust, and no different from ordinary people, but he kept reminding the audience that he was not an ordinary person.

When encountering a building burned by fire, I save people by my own strength; I was bullied by a truck driver in a bar, and when the truck driver came out, I found my truck turned into twists...

These are all reminding the audience that Clark Kent is different.

And whenever Clark Kent did these shocking things, his first choice was to leave, leaving as soon as possible, because he knew that his existence would cause fear and distress to most people.

Where does this recognition come from?

Clark Kent went all the way north, and every time he did something, he would be interspersed with childhood memories.

In any case, this is not a literary film. For the sake of watching movies, Murphy deliberately uses color to distinguish the past from the present.

The sky now is completely gloomy dark blue, and the sky of Clark Kent in childhood is full of sunshine.

With each episode of childhood memories appearing, the sunshine in the next childhood memories will be significantly reduced, and the sky will become gloomier accordingly.

"Use color to metaphor the world of Clark Kent." Roger Eber nodded his head. "Murphy Stanton is really smart and sophisticated. The childhood Clark Kent is also full of sunshine, instead of hiding like now. Why? He ended up in such a fall? What is the root of all this?"

Not only Roger Albert, but ordinary audiences can also feel this. Daisy easily judged that the source of Clark Kent’s dilemma is precisely his unique ability. This ability appears every time. The eyes of people around him will become even more weird.

However, he was unable to get rid of this situation, so he could only conceal and escape continuously.

The footage followed Clark Kent all the way north. He helped others again and again, and left in a hurry. In his childhood, he showed different time and time again, and even saved a whole school bus from the river...

However, these are not praise and approval, but panic.

The schoolmates were afraid, which caused him to encourage and withdraw; the teachers hated him, thinking that he brought only disaster; the parents feared him and worried that such monsters would harm their children...

Except for his adoptive parents, Clark Kent could not get any equal and kind treatment from the people around him. As he got older, he began to doubt and hate his differences, but these did not help him.

After saving his adoptive father from a tornado, the surrounding people’s panic about Clark Kent reached a peak. After the conflict between father and son suddenly broke out, Jonathan Kent told about the history of Clark Kent and took him in. The barn where the spaceship is hidden.

Clark Kent got a set of Krypton costumes that came with the spacecraft, and a key with a family emblem. As the spacecraft displayed information prompts, the spacecraft was launched at an extraordinary moment, and the record content is limited. , He needs to find a spacecraft with a life origin chamber launched by the Kryptonians tens of thousands of years ago to solve the mystery of his own life experience.

The confused Clark Kent hits the road, he needs to find his true self.