Seven Hundred and Twenty-Five - The Young Boy Who Slays Dragons Eventually Becomes an Evil Dragon

'Hollywood has lost the aesthetic of letting a hundred flowers bloom and gradually abandoned the art that it is proud of...'

Sitting in the dressing room of the Warner Studio studio, Matt Damon unfolded a newspaper on his lap, lowered his head and spent the waiting time leisurely to calm down his relatively complicated mood.

Originally he was just flipping through the newspapers out of boredom, but unexpectedly, the report from the Chicago Sun-Times aroused his great interest.

'Looking back at the past 1, the current North American annual box office rankings are weird. From the first place "The Flash", to the second-placed "The Matrix Revolutions", "Armageddon", and even "X-Men", "Collision" and other films, these are all representatives of Works of Hollywood's advanced film industry system.

Big scenes, realistic special effects, and a simple and brainless story with logical flaws. It seems that if you don't do this, you won't be able to attract more movie fans into the theater. In recent years, most of Hollywood's blockbuster films have been in this category. Is this really a good thing?

Especially this year, Warner Bros.'s heavily-invested sequel series has been booming since entering the summer season, taking turns to lead the weekend box office trend. Starting from the movie "The Flash" in early May, it seems that the tone has been set for the entire summer season. Without super big scenes and exquisite and beautiful special effects, just don't come to this period to survive.

As for the movie story? It is increasingly ignored by Hollywood as a whole, and its representative film is "The Flash". The story of this film is simple and mindless, and even Wayne Greenberg is not willing to put a little more thought into designing a brilliant villain. However, such a film with special effects as its selling point has become the king of the North American box office this year!

From the glorious 1980s until the early 1990s, North American movie fans were the happiest. Just like the golden decade, it was the golden age of literature and art that Hollywood has lost. It was also during this short golden time that Hollywood film masters appeared frequently.

Until the golden age of 1, we finally had to usher in the last dawn before dark. That year, Hollywood movies were in full bloom, so much so that the 66th Academy Awards ceremony became the most difficult one in history because there were so many good movies.

There were three miracles back then, and they are still talked about by countless filmmakers today. The first one is the two films directed by Steven Spielberg, which actually won ten awards. One of them is the great "Schindler's List", which is a great film dedicated to all mankind that will be ranked at the forefront no matter how it is ranked in the history of world cinema.

The second miracle is Tom Hanks. He also had two films enter the Oscars that year. Both films are very worthy of people's recall. One is "Philadelphia Story" and the other is "Sleepless in Seattle". The third miracle is that a young man named Wayne Greenberg taught the arrogant Hollywood film industry a lesson with a DC comic adaptation film "Joker".

This year is the end of the golden age of Hollywood movies, with "Schindler's List", "Jurassic Park", "The Fugitive", "Sugar-coated Trap", "Philadelphia Story", "Sleepless in Seattle", "The Wire" "Sniper", "Assassination in Goose Pond", "Peach Deal", "The End of the Mountain" and so on, good movies of different types come together to shine.

It was also this year that Wayne Greenberg personally used the DC Comics adaptation of the film "Joker" to smash Hollywood's dazzling golden decade. From the beginning, he basically started the trend of DC comics adapting superheroes with a frequency of one every year.

Film critics were fascinated by his unique and distinctive personal style, and movie fans were immersed in unprecedented visual stimulation. But looking back, no one can deny that Hollywood's current trend of putting "sensory stimulation" first has been deeply influenced by him.

Until recently, Wayne Greenberg simply abandoned his artistry and the most important story attribute of the movie, and blindly began to abuse visual special effects in "The Flash". It happened that a movie with such fragile logic and simple story became this year's movie. North American box office champion, is this really a good thing?

Countless media and film practitioners swear by Wayne Greenberg. In another dazzling diamond age, the price is that movie fans have lost all kinds of good movies that bloom in front of their eyes, and all movie companies are desperately piling up. Special effects, shooting big scenes!

Once upon a time, people regarded Wayne Greenberg's works as a "black pearl" in the Hollywood assembly line film system. He was so unique and deeply fascinating. Now it seems that he is just promoting the development of another kind of assembly line industry. At least judging from the current situation, this is completely a story of a boy who slays a dragon and eventually becomes a dragon...'

"Stop reading that old Roger Ebert bunny nonsense, Matt."

The door of the dressing room was gently pushed open. Ben Affleck, who was extremely strong, curled his lips with disdain after seeing the newspaper in his friend's hand.

"After this old rabbit got cancer, he became more and more fond of telling truths. Film critics who only know how to talk nonsense always hold on to the illusion of saving the film industry. Only fools believe their words."

Matt Damon shook his head with a smile and threw the newspaper on the dressing table. He didn't say anything in the face of his friend's complaints.

"Listen, Matt."

After sitting down, Ben Affleck straightened his expression slightly and looked at his friend very formally. "I have already said hello to Schwartz before, and I just went to Wayne's office again. You should understand what I mean..."

"Yeah, I understand."

Nodding slightly, Matt Damon went to Wayne's crew for a role audition for the third time. At this time, he felt that he was a little hopeless. After all, now he has It's not what it was like a few years ago. In fact, there's no shortage of movie offers.

The meaning of the friend is very obvious. The other party went to greet Schwartz before and now visited Wayne's office. In fact, it does not affect the ownership of this character.

However, once the performances of several auditioners are almost the same, and there is a scene where no one is very different, Ben Affleck's movements will have a huge effect. There is no shortage of human connections on Hollywood crews, otherwise the casting director would not be the star of the show.

"Do you know anyone interested in this role?" Matt Damon asked, looking at his friend.

"This role is actually quite embarrassing."

After recalling it for a moment, Ben Affleck whispered: "Matt, this movie is called "Wonder Woman." Even with your toes, you can guess that the male protagonist will not have many roles. There is even a high probability that the male protagonist will not play much. The protagonist will serve as a foil to Diana Prince.

But according to the information I heard, there are many actors interested in this role. I mean those actors who are already famous. Just after I came out of Wayne's office, Nina Klein revealed to me that even Brad Pitt's agent is actively pursuing this role..."

"Dude, you're not going to use a beauty trick on Wayne's personal assistant just to get information, are you?"

Hearing that Brad Pitt wanted this role, Matt Damon first teased his friend, then inevitably frowned slightly and asked: "Wayne Greenberg will personally host the audition. ?"

"I don't know. It may or may not happen. If we go by his past work habits, he will definitely appear in the audition room to make the final decision.

But Matt, this "Wonder Woman" is a little different after all. Everyone knows that the most important absolute protagonist has already been appointed by him, and he has even been training for this role for several months.

I believe you have heard that he has a lot of work at hand right now, and there is a very high probability that he will let the casting director and producer make the decision themselves. And if your main competition is Brad Pitt, I think your chances of winning are very good! "

Matt Damon was stunned for a moment by his friend's words. He tilted his head in surprise, looked at his friend and said, "Although I'm very happy that you said this, but Ben, normal people would choose Brad..." .”

"No, Matt."

Before he could finish his words, Ben Affleck stretched out a finger and waved it back and forth between the two. "You know, Wayne Greenberg never liked using big stars, never!"

After recalling it for a moment, Matt Damon nodded thoughtfully, and then a smile appeared on his face. If you go by what your friend said, then your chances of winning are really very good.

Not far from the dressing room, in the studio director's office, Wayne had several actor resumes in front of him. However, he did not pay attention to his resume. Instead, he read a newspaper with interest. Yes, it was the "Chicago Sun-Times" that Matt Damon was also reading.

If Sergey hadn't kept the habit of buying newspapers every morning, he might not have had the time to read such reports.

"This thing is very confusing."

Nina sat on the sofa, flipping through fashion magazines and making a clattering sound. She raised her head and glanced at her boss. Seeing that there was no anger on his face, she said:

"After this report came out, many people are saying that it was you who personally ruined the golden age of Hollywood movies, making the movies on the market more and more expensive, with big scenes and big special effects."

"Can I have that much influence?"

Throwing the newspaper aside casually, Wayne looked at the assistant lady funny, pointed a finger at his face and asked.

Closing the magazine in her hand, Nina pretended to be serious and said: "If you look at the deep affection in this report, I feel that there is nothing wrong with this statement. Boss, you ruined it yourself. The movie market in Hollywood is flourishing, and in just a few years, it has promoted the development of blockbuster movies in Hollywood."

"Shit."

With a low-pitched curse word, Wayne simply sunk his upper body into the chair, crossed his legs, and casually grabbed the cigarette on the table.

While tilting his head and lighting one, he relaxed back and forth on the chair, turning left and right slightly. "Well, I'm telling you, Nina, ugh~"

He took a deep puff of the cigarette, and with the white mist blowing out of his nostrils, his voice was filled with a strong sense of sarcasm. “I’m not that powerful, and I can’t change Hollywood, just like the author of this report, I can’t save so-called ‘art’ with my words.

Even without me, Hollywood movies will tend to be blockbusters and sensory stimulation for movie fans. This is the trend of the times. It will never appear because of a certain talent. I don’t value myself that much. "

After saying that, he picked up a few copies of the Actor's Guide on the table and stood up, holding a cigarette in his mouth and preparing to leave the office.

Nina shook her head funnyly. In fact, she was the one who knew Wayne best. She knew better than anyone else that the reason her boss was always a winner was because he never respected her too much.

The way Wayne is seen by the media, the public, and even those women is actually completely different from the way he sees himself. Over the years, countless media have praised him, but he has never really been immersed in it, and he is so swollen that he cannot extricate himself.

There was no shortage of abuses and slanderous reports against him in the media, but he still just smiled and took it as amusement.

In fact, in all these years, Nina had never seen him overly value his influence. As Wayne said, he is not that powerful and cannot change the trend of Hollywood movies.

"She seemed to be in pain."

An area in the middle of the entire huge studio was isolated into a small practice field. Looking at the woman whose hair was soaked with sweat under the guidance of the staff, Nina stood next to Wayne and sighed: "She really paid a lot for this role."

"This is just the basic professional ethics of an actor."

Wayne also kept an eye on Angelina Jolie who joined the set. As long as the crew did not officially start filming for a day, she would receive as much training as possible.

At this time, after several consecutive months of renewal, the woman's figure became even more popular. The muscle lines of the legs, shoulders, back, and even the vest line on the waist are all very obvious.

Despite the long period of physical exercise, Angelina Jolie's first impression is not that she is strong, but that she is much thinner than before. Wayne needed her to show a "valkyrie"-like strength in front of the camera, but it was impossible to really train her to be very strong. This is a movie after all.

As an actor, even though she has been trained in various movements for a long time, she can still hear the muffled sound every time she performs simple muscle stretching or ligament stretching. As long as you are a normal person, it is impossible not to feel pain.

"Tsk, this expression..."

As an actress who has not studied dance since she was a child, many moves are terrible, especially the lower back and the splits. Wayne smiled and shook his head, turned around and waved to Schwartz, who was also watching the fun.

"Boss."

The casting director came over, took a look at the actor's resume in his hand, and asked, "It will be a while before the audition starts. Is there anything you want to say?"

"I'm going to Zach's place later. You and Luke will host the audition together. I've already written down the specific opinions on it." Wayne shook off the resume in his hand and handed it to his casting director.

"You won't participate..." Schwartz unexpectedly took the resume. "Ah, okay, no problem, Luke and I will host the audition."

It wasn't until Wayne turned around and returned to the office with Nina that he looked through the things in his hands. The top one was the most famous among the leading actor candidates.

But it was on this resume that a big cross was made by a pencil that was used to draw scenes.

The preparations for "Wonder Woman" are going very smoothly. As soon as the final round of auditions for the main supporting roles is completed, Wayne will start filming immediately. By that time, he would be leading the crew to shoot overseas for a long time, so he had to seize the time and try his best to deal with other things.

The crew of "Superman" is also making preparations at the same studio at Warner Bros., and he plans to take the time to check it out. As for the auditions for the main supporting roles, in fact, he has already marked the candidates he is interested in.

"That guy invited a lot of insiders today."

After walking out of the studio where "Wonder Woman" was located, the two of them walked towards another studio not far away without taking the tram. After Nina covered her mouth and answered a phone call, she reported to Wayne in a low voice. "The specific information is still unclear. Neither Sergei's people nor Anthony Pellicano's people were able to sneak into the party venue."

"It seems that things are moving in the direction you imagined."

Wayne thought for a moment and then ordered: "Nina, tell Sergey to let his people keep an eye on that guy. I don't want to end up not eating the meat, but getting hair on my mouth instead."

"Don't worry, boss." Nina lowered her head and said very firmly: "With how greedy this guy is, there is absolutely no chance of any accidents happening. He should take the initiative to join us by the afternoon of the day after tomorrow at the latest."