1213 series reboot
In the 1980s, the emergence of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Star Wars" jointly created a new era of Hollywood commercial films, and officially brought the concept of summer movies to the North American market, thus establishing Harrison Ford's influence in one fell swoop. The important status of giants in film history.
1989In 2008, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was officially released, and the series came to an end, and then remained silent for nearly two decades. In 2008, "Raiders of the Lost Ark 4" produced and released by Paramount Pictures made its grand debut again, allowing the audience to watch it again Experience Indiana Jones on the big screen once again.
In the 1990s, the "Jurassic Park" series became another box-office hit. In 1993, the first part of the series won the North American annual box office championship. Subsequently, sequels of the series were released in 1997 and 2001, but the box office and The reputation went from bad to worse, far from being satisfactory, and it ended hastily..
After twelve years, Universal Pictures has rebooted the series.
this is not surprising.
As the 21st century enters its second decade, the entire Hollywood and even the film industry around the world are facing the dilemma of gradually drying up original inspiration. The quality of original scripts is showing a landslide decline. From Oscars to summer movies, All are like this.
As a result, major film companies have focused their attention on the adaptation of novels, games, comics, dramas and other artistic works. The success of adaptations of juvenile novels, as well as the success of adaptations of Marvel comics, are slowly becoming The mainstream direction of the market, last year's "Edge of Tomorrow", "The Hunger Games", "Les Miserables", etc. are the most direct examples..
Later, when adaptation resources fell into a dilemma, major film companies set their sights on their own copyright libraries. Classic remakes, classic reboots, classic continuations, etc. gradually began to become mainstream..
“"Star Wars", "Raiders of the Lost Ark", "Pirates of the Caribbean", "The Bourne Supremacy", "Die Hard", "Mission: Impossible" and other series all have sequels after the end of the trilogy; "Spider-Man" "Fantastic Four" series, "Fantastic Four" series, etc., and they continue to be restarted endlessly..
“"Carrie", "King Kong", "Ghostbusters", "Ocean's Eleven", "Young Masters", "Jumanji" and other works have been remade and remade one after another; even Pixar, which has always been famous for its original works, "Toy Story 4", "The Incredibles 2", etc. have also been launched one after another..
The most typical representative is the rise of Disney.
2012Years later, Disney has once again become the absolute dominant player in Hollywood.！
On the one hand, it’s because of the successful acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm, creating three long-term blockbuster series; on the other hand, it’s because CEO Robert Iger has opened up Disney’s treasure trove of his own copyrights The library has officially launched the process of adapting all cartoons to live-action, and the film adaptation resources are inexhaustible..
Among them, Universal Pictures is in a rather embarrassing situation, because they are the film company in Hollywood that is least good at creating series works, and there is no one in it..
“The "Jurassic Park" series and the "Fast and Furious" series are their only trump cards. Moreover, these two series are examples of a good hand but gradually reaching a dead end, once again proving that Universal Pictures is committed to series movies. Disadvantages of lack of keen sense of smell.
Now, it should be no surprise that Lang Meyer has chosen to jump on the Hollywood bandwagon and reboot the "Jurassic Park" franchise.
In the previous life of 2015, "Jurassic World" made its debut, with newcomer director Collin-Trevorrow at the helm, and Chris Parra, who had successfully become famous with "Guardians of the Galaxy" Chris Pratt and director Ron Howard's daughter Bryce Dallas star.
Although the reviews from the media are mediocre, with a comprehensive media review of only 59 points, a Rotten Tomatoes index of 71%, and an average score of 6.7 in mass media; but the popcorn index of 78%, and The theater score of "A" is impressive. Countless people with childhood memories walked into the theater again, completely detonating the box office..
In the end, the North American box office was 650 million, ranking fourth in film history; the global box office was 1.67 billion, ranking fourth in film history..
“"Jurassic World" and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", which detonated the box office at the end of the year, shined on the big screen throughout the year, and jointly refreshed a series of historical records and wrote brilliance. This not only proves that the strategy of continuing classic works can be successful, And it also proves that retro sentiment has once again become an important tool in the market..
There is no doubt that this is a successful work.
Renly personally, is this a great piece of work? Obviously not.
As a new director, Colin Trevorrow had only filmed "Safety Not Guaranteed" before this, and won the screenwriting award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. That's all, but as a The director's rhythm control is still far inferior to that of Steven Spielberg. The whole movie is too slow in the first half and too crowded in the second half, which affects the perception. This is very fatal for commercial movies..
In addition, the script also faces problems. The theme is too greedy, covering the greed of biology/chemical/weapons, human ambition to claim God, the humanities of respecting life and the importance of family belonging. It is too complex and too trivial. Everything was passed over in one stroke, so that nothing was said well, and it ended up becoming a "Jurassic Park"-style monster movie - but the rhythm control and climax/climax foreshadowing are not as good as those of Steven Spielberg..
Despite this, this does not affect Renly's enjoyment of this work at all.！
In addition to nostalgia and memories, all kinds of dinosaurs appear in turn, which is eye-opening. It once again proves that movies are still one of the best dream-making machines on earth, with all the wild and dazzling thoughts and ideas in the mind. They can all evolve into reality through light and shadow; it also proves once again that there are differences in culture and thought, but the memories of childhood are universal, and those feelings are the same all over the world..
It would be a dream come true if Renly gets the chance to star in "Jurassic World"！
It has nothing to do with the quality of the work or the box office of the movie. It’s just about childlike innocence, dreams, memories, and feelings..
The most important significance is that I can be in the Jurassic Park created by Steven Spielberg and become a part of the dream, a part of the fantasy, and a part of the memory. This should be Every kid’s childhood dream of watching “Jurassic Park” or “Raiders of the Lost Ark” or “Star Wars”.
Sometimes there are things that just don’t make sense..
However, it is just a hypothesis. If Renly proposes modifications for "Jurassic World", then he is willing to agree with the ideas stated by Steven before.——
Refuse to bite off more than you can chew.
The story should focus on one main line, break away from the thinking framework of monster disaster movies, and focus more on the interdependence between humans and nature. If humans try to become creators, control all threats, and then rule the world, Then such ambition will often be the beginning of destruction. Dinosaurs are not the source of disaster, but human ambition is.
Furthermore, around the main line, more words are spent telling the story and outlining the characters, treating the dinosaur as a character in the story, cutting out the trivial details, and making the main line more compact and solid. Then the overall quality of the movie and the viewing experience will be improved. Your feelings will be lifted to a whole new level.
The most typical representative of success is Chris Pratt's career turning point before taking over the filming of "Jurassic World", "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.”.
It is a popcorn work with a weak plot and a simple story, but it patiently spends a lot of details to outline the characters, create the image of the five escort members, use the characters to promote the development of the plot, quickly advance around the main line, and create a high/ It has a great viewing effect, and it has put a lot of thought into the jokes and easter eggs, instantly detonating all word-of-mouth reviews.——
The comprehensive media review is 76%, the Rotten Tomatoes index is 91%, the popcorn index is 92%, and the theater score is "A"”.
All the reviews were red, and it easily surpassed "Jurassic World"; it also performed well at the box office, with 330 million in North America and 770 million worldwide, making it the most successful masterpiece of a superhero movie debut in recent years. What's more, the original comic is a third-tier minor character that almost no one cares about, but it has achieved such a huge response after the adaptation, which is really gratifying..
In other words, in general monster movies, in order to satisfy the audience's curiosity, monsters always become the protagonists, but monsters cannot show their psychology and changes, and are often the targets of elimination. This also makes the series of movies in the creation of sequels above, it is often difficult to get rid of the rut and fall into an endless cycle of similar patterns..
But if the monsters can be made part of the story and more emphasis is placed on humans, then the quality of the work will completely change. "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is the most typical example..
Of course, this is a paradox. Once it is too deep, or there are no monsters, the box office may not be good; in order to pursue the box office, humans must be reduced to supporting roles in monster movies..
Renly and Steven's considerations are easy to talk about on paper but difficult to implement in practice. There is a reason why the screenwriter's job is so difficult..
Putting all this aside for now, as an audience, Renly personally still likes the work "Jurassic World" very much; and as an actor, after the change of perspective and attitude, Renly is also willing to look at his childhood dream and enter a world. Imagine the world and try to see how you become the hero who saves the world, it should be very fun.
But Renly was no longer a rookie, he showed a shallow smile, "For me, this is an extremely rare opportunity; however, I am not sure, for Ron Meyer, this is an good proposal.”
Such a frank answer successfully made Steven chuckle and shake his head, "At least, we have reached a consensus on the first step. We can slowly discuss the next things..”
Steven did not directly deny it.
The subtext is that Ron Meyer is indeed repulsive towards Renly joining..
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