In January, Xiang Nan and Cong Shan returned to the mainland.
Although my parents are gone, my father-in-law and mother-in-law are still there. And Ning Yong is also here. Xiang Nan is the only brother left in this world, so he is willing to see him more often.
After all, Ning Yong is already over sixty. If we don’t meet him again, we may never see him again.
In January, Universal Pictures released the movie "X-Men: Apocalypse."
"X-Men: Apocalypse" tells the story of Apocalypse, the most powerful mutant in history three thousand years ago, who resurrected and decided to unify the world, and for this reason he came into conflict with the X-Men.
The original "X-Men: Apocalypse" was not well received. One is because there were too many characters, and the screenwriter was too busy dealing with them to create these characters well.
The second reason is that the story line is too confusing, with a hammer on the left and a stick on the west, and there is no clearly visible main line at all. Therefore, although "X-Men: Apocalypse" had high hopes from Fox, its box office and reputation were ultimately unsatisfactory.
For example, with an investment of US$180 million, the box office was originally expected to be over US$800 million. As a result, the box office was only US$560 million, which was nearly US$300 million less than the expected box office.
Therefore, when Xiang Nan wrote the outline of the script, he made significant changes to the original script.
For example, the scenes of Phoenix, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Storm and others were greatly cut, and they were basically reduced to Easter egg-type characters. Focus on the main characters such as Apocalypse, Professor X, Magneto, Mystique, and Quicksilver.
In this way, the scenes will not be too scattered, causing all the characters who appear to have blurred faces, and no one image is clear and can leave a deep impression on people.
The character Apocalypse was also introduced and why he wanted to dominate the world and unify the world. To know whether a superhero is a hit or not, it all depends on how well the villain is created.
If the villain fails, it will be difficult for the superhero to succeed. Just like "Green Lantern", the final boss inspection monster is as ugly as a piece of shit, and its strength is so poor that it was killed by a sun. It really doesn't look like a strong man who can dominate the universe.
You must know that the sun is ranked high in the solar system. Looking at the universe, it is just a sesame seed. There are numerous giant stars and supergiants in the universe, each of which is hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of times larger than the sun. If you are afraid of the sun, let alone conquering the universe.
Because of the modifications made to this movie, the plot was clearer and smoother, and the characters were more three-dimensional and vivid. Coupled with the grand scenes and gorgeous special effects, "X-Men: Apocalypse" finally won the support of movie fans. support.
The final North American box office was US$310 million, and the global box office exceeded US$800 million. Compared with the cost of US$150 million, this achievement is very good.
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In February, the movie released was "Avengers 2."
The movie tells the story of the Avengers cleaning up Iron Man's mess. In fact, the story of "Avengers 2" is not exciting.
On the one hand, the boss Ultron seems to be very strong but is actually very weak. Compared to a god like Loki and a cosmic army like the Chitauri, Ultron is far behind in terms of both style and strength.
On the one hand, Hawkeye showed up with a family out of nowhere, while Quicksilver ran faster than lightning, but was killed by a bullet, and he felt so aggrieved even after receiving his lunch box.
In comparison, Quicksilver in "X-Men" only appeared for a few minutes, but he left a very deep impression on the audience.
This is a lack of care in character creation.
Therefore, Xiang Nan also re-edited this script, which greatly strengthened Ultron's strength. Its IQ is higher than Iron Man, it is a genius, and it has computing power that even a supercomputer cannot match.
It is also extremely powerful and can compete with the Hulk; in addition, its speed is as high as Mach 33, which is faster than Iron Man.
Such a smart, fast, and powerful villain is the powerful enemy of the Avengers.
As soon as he appeared on the scene, he showed invincible domineering, dismantling Iron Man's suit and beating him into a disability; driving the Hulk directly into the ground, making him immune to Thor's lightning attack, and almost crushing his Meowth Hammer. As for Captain America, Hawkeye, and Black Widow, they can't even take a single move.
Such a powerful enemy brings a great sense of oppression, and also makes the audience worry about all the heroes. This kind of desire is suppressed first, which makes the climax of the story even more exciting.
Unlike the original "Avengers 2", Ultron's performance from beginning to end was very awkward and did not pose a sufficient threat to the Avengers. Instead, he was chased around.
Naturally, the final climax seemed so watery that when "Captain America 3" was released, the audience said that it was the real "Avengers 2", which was really embarrassing.
The re-adapted "Avengers 2" was indeed well received by the audience and was considered to be of better quality than the previous "Avengers".
Therefore, after the movie was released, it was a box office hit. The final box office in North America was US$500 million, and the global box office was US$1.67 billion.
Such astonishing box office results once again shocked the industry and made the concept of the movie universe deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. For a time, the establishment of a movie universe has become the only magic weapon in Hollywood, and every film company is trying it.
But currently the one doing the best is Warner Pictures.
Warner Pictures' DC Universe is quite prosperous now, but most of its movies are not as good as the Marvel Universe in terms of reputation and box office.
For example, "Man of Steel", which was released in 2013, only had a global box office of US$680 million, which is not as good as movies like "Ant-Man" and "Black Widow".
You must know that Superman is one of the three giants of DC, while Ant-Man and Black Widow can only be regarded as second-tier heroes in Marvel.
Another example is "Batman v Superman: Justice League", which was released in 2016. The global box office was only 850 million US dollars, which was not as good as the box office of "Captain America" and "Iron Man".
"Justice League", which was released in 2017, had a global box office of only 650 million US dollars, which is only half of the box office of "Avengers".
It can be said that Warner's DC Universe is not a success.
The reason for this, in Xiang Nan's opinion, is mainly because Warner acted too hastily. Many heroes appeared in a hurry before they had time to set the stage, so that the audience didn't know them and saw them fighting together, naturally there was no sense of involvement.
For example, Darkseid, in the DC universe, is a tyrannical figure like Thanos. In fact, the character Thanos was created after Darkseid.
In order to introduce Thanos, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has paved the way for at least three movies, "Avengers", "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Avengers 2".
As for the Infinity Stones, they appear throughout Marvel movies, frequently appearing in "Captain America", "Avengers", "Thor 2", "Guardians of the Galaxy", "Avengers 2", "Doctor Strange", etc. in movies.
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