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Chapter 276
"Captain America" and "Agent Carter" exploded.
It may be a bit arbitrary to say this, after all, it has just passed the premiere day, and it is not uncommon for a movie to record an astonishing box office on the first day, but the box office continues to decline afterwards.
But this kind of situation usually occurs in those who spend a lot of time and money on publicity, attracting many audiences into the cinema on the premiere day, but in the end they failed to get good reviews based on quality, and were bought by all expectations. The audience cursed and denounced the movie.
Of course, there is no quality problem in these two independent productions and releases by D&M Company. Although the publicity work is slightly insufficient, Peggy.Carter's death caused almost everyone's attention in the US Empire to focus on this venerable female warrior.
It can be said that it is the right time and place to launch a biographical film related to her at this time point.
Many people in the industry are gnashing their teeth with hatred in their hearts, and their eyes are dizzy with jealousy, because they have hit a lot of luck to catch up with such a good thing-the film is almost finished, and the protagonist of the biographical film dies.
Of course, after this kind of movie is released, there will be some criticisms of "making money from dead people", but no one with a little brain will be too entangled in this point. After all, when the movie is still in production, Peggy is still alive. She is doing well, she is in good health, and she is watering the flowers in the yard every day.
The film producers can't predict the foresight, and they only make movies on the spot.
Moreover, Carl's trick of "all proceeds from the movie are donated to the public welfare foundation established by Peggy" is also very beautiful, which can be said to block all scolding.
Even if the quality of the movie is quite satisfactory, as long as there are no malicious plots, film critics and the general public will be more or less lenient.
But is the quality of this movie mediocre?
Jarvis commented very pertinently, this is a typical commercial film, every rhythm point is as precise as a textbook, part of the narrative is narrative, part of the sensational is sensational.
Their artistic achievements may not be much, it has to be admitted, but this is the kind of film that has a fast pace, a brilliant process, mixed with national events and a little tenderness, and also promotes anti-pacifism and feminism, two very important things in recent years. The fiery "ism" is the most pleasing to the audience.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the box office of these two films maintained a fairly stable downward trend in the following week, with a good overall growth, and they have achieved a fairly good reputation among the audience.
Film critics have given them mixed reviews. After all, there are always people in this world who insist on finding some profound ideas from commercial films.
But without exception, they all praised the film for Peggy.Carter's overall shaping.
"Planet Daily" gave a very high evaluation:
"We all know that one of the difficulties of biographical movies is to make the overall plot watchable while being highly in line with historical facts. Under normal circumstances, the most thrilling and legendary experiences of celebrities have long become popular stories. However, if the movie simply reproduces these legends, it will undoubtedly disappoint the audience with high expectations, but this "Agent Carter" is an exception."
"It abandons the story of how Ms. Carter fought for her rightful status and power after the war as we know it, and focuses on her contribution in the war; Lucia Mora has contributed a lot to us. Wonderful performance, I have to say, no one is better than her to play a lady who combines beauty and strength. Maybe Wonder Woman can do better than her, but I have to say, let Wonder Woman play other Humans are far less likely than Mora playing Wonder Woman."
The "Clarion Daily" also praised it a lot, but their evaluation is more inclined to look forward to the future.
"D&M Company has contributed one classic male character after another to the audience before this, but they can't find a single female character that makes people shine in the movies and TV series they produced. The glory of the heroine is always overshadowed by the male second Overshadowed by the brilliance, it has even been criticized by some radicals. Today, we finally see the sincerity of D&M in female roles-a movie with a female agent as the protagonist, which is in the category of almost purely male agents. In the movie, D&M's attempt is unprecedented."
"In the movie, we can clearly feel the charm of Ms. Carter's personality, even to the point of ignoring her own appearance. I think anyone has to admit after watching the whole movie: her beauty is her strength , but her strength is not her beauty. And in the portrayal of female characters, this amazing sense of strength is very rare."
Surprisingly, the movie "Captain America" did not cause too much waves.
Although the evaluation of this movie is also very good, many viewers said that after watching it, they feel that they are a little closer to Captain America, and they will definitely go to the second or even third brush. On social media, discuss the popularity of "Captain America" The same remains high, but most of the mainstream media have mentioned "Captain America" a few times, and praised "Agent Carter".
No matter what the ending is, these two films have shown great prospects. Although it is impossible to make money, all proceeds will be donated to Peggy.Carter's foundation, but it's also a very happy ending to receive such praise.
Everyone in the D&M company is very happy. They know that it doesn't matter even if the film has no income. Anyway, the boss will not treat their bonuses badly, let alone give them rewards.
What made them strange was that the Rao who had been in charge of negotiating with their leaders in the past disappeared and was replaced by a young woman.
She may be only 21 or even younger. When she walked into the room wearing high heels and a professional suit, the staff in charge of lighting even squinted her eyes subconsciously: the color of this brilliant red hair in the light is too gorgeous and too Attracting attention is a very headache work problem for lighting engineers.
Fortunately, he soon realized that the woman was not an actress, but Carl.Al's secretary.
"New secretary." She said with a smile, but she didn't look shy and uncomfortable like the new secretary. When she looked around with her chin up, everyone who met her eyes lowered their heads involuntarily, as if in awe of her inexplicable temperament.
She is still so young, but everyone can see that she is definitely not a pool thing.
Some people are born leaders, you really have to admit it, it's a gift.
James quickly rushed out of the office in a hurry, led her into the meeting room, and didn't know what he said in detail. When he came out again, James stood behind her in a low-key manner, while she stood smiling. In front, he announced to everyone:
"Congratulations, everyone. Mr. Al is very satisfied with the results of your hard work. In addition to the fixed bonus, he decided to give you all a month's paid vacation. Everyone can go to the 'Jackdaw' to spend this month. Time, everyone can bring a friend or family member with them."
After a brief silence, cheers and screams rang out on this floor.
"I don't know why Carl values you, as far as I know you haven't even graduated from college." James sent her all the way out of the company's door, "but now I kind of understand, that guy is amazing, always from Find the right talent in all corners. Is the good vision of the Ayre family hereditary? Like the inventor talent of the Stark Group?"
"Who knows, sir, maybe there is a genetic factor in it." Wanda said calmly, standing still at the gate, "Just send it here."
James stopped by the opportunity, he wanted to open the door for Wanda, but Wanda had already stepped out of the door, the bright sunshine of the metropolis shone on her head... That is really a beautiful red hair, James thought, rubbing in his heart She pondered for a while whether there was any role suitable for her.
Then he regrettably found that there was no such character in his memory. All the works of D&M so far have been dominated by pure men. "Agent Carter" is a special case, no wonder it has attracted so much attention and amazement.
He called Carl when he got back to the office.
"I've read your new script, and it's very interesting." He said, "Although the transition is so fast and completely unusual, I've been working with you for so long, and I'm sure I can't convince you , so I won't say much. Do you have any requirements for actors?"
"There is no requirement." Carl replied happily, "The human beings in "The Matrix" are all supporting roles, even if most of the shots are on them. Since they are supporting roles, just choose a few at random, the work of the special effects department more important."
"I'll arrange the shoot as soon as I get back from vacation." James didn't say anything else, "But what about your previous concept? Aren't you going to test the waters with "Agent Carter" and "Captain America" and start a 'superhero' series? ?”
Carl had mentioned this idea to James a long time ago. Probably after he sent the scripts of these two films to James, he inadvertently revealed that he planned to make several films about the historical events caused by mutants in the last century. , with the most well-known Magneto and Professor X as the main characters, and the rise and fall of their mutant brotherhood and Xavier College as the main plot.
He also roughly told James about the plot, and James' expression after listening was very exciting.
"This kind of...love-hate relationship." He said euphemistically, "although it is a very normal emotional transformation, but in "Hannibal" you let the two protagonists kiss with wedding rings in the last episode, the two After the protagonists also confirm their relationship in reality...the audience already has a stereotype of our movie theater."
"Can this be my fault?" Carl felt wronged, "You told me that Hannibal and Will in the TV series are not true love? Do you believe it?"
James choked.
"And I didn't write the script." He added, "The script is adapted from a novel, and the person who wrote the novel has no ambiguous intentions."