DC is on the street again!
invested US$84.5 million in "Birds of Prey" in three weeks and only won US$174 million in box office worldwide.
Except for the Japanese film market, which will be launched on March 20, the film has been released all over the world.
is the first superhero movie to be released in 2020, and the performance of "Birds of Prey" can be called "open door".
just won the box office record for the best R-rated film in film history with "Joker", and once again fell into the "fire one, the next one must hit":
"Wonder Woman" is on fire, "Justice League"
"Aquaman" is on fire, "Shazam" is not on fire,
"Joker" broke $1 billion, and "Birds of Prey" is on the street!
According to this trend, could it be:
"Wonder Woman 1984" will be popular, "New Batman" is going to hit the street?
Indeed, compared to the super stable performance of Marvel's , the 50% success rate of DC is like throwing a dice, which makes die-hard fans frightened.
Pocket Jun has finished watching "Birds of Prey".
3.5 stars/70 points.
also finally figured out: why
is not a bad word of mouth for this film, but the box office is not the essential reason for . There are spoilers below
.
Those who mind, please continue reading after watching the feature film.
Want to see directly how Warner DC was fooled by Margot Robbie, please move to the third keyword. The temperament of the whole movie of
reminds me of a popular song 20 years ago, "Sister and Sister Stand Up"
in which the lyrics "ten men, seven stupid, eight dumb, nine bad" can be used as The subtitle of "Birds of Prey".
In the cheerful and colorful visual atmosphere, DISS addressed the problems of this patriarchal society, and then issued the cry that feminist rights must rise !
Obviously, this is another out-and-out
01
anti-patriarchal female boxing blockbuster
One year after the death of "Iron Man" Tony Stark, female action blockbusters have become mainstream in Hollywood!
"Rhythm Group", "Wonder Woman 2", "Black Widow", "Mulan", and this "Birds of Prey", each is a blockbuster female boxing: women use their fists to save the world. The plot of the movie
is directly connected to "Suicide Squad".
Harley Quinn was thrown away by Master Leto's version of the Joker as soon as she appeared. The breakup between the two hit her.
In the process of healing her broken love, Hallie became more and more out of control and crazy. In the bar, she broke the thigh of the driver in the black mask when she didn’t agree with a word. Offend her. After
walked out of the bar, Harley Quinn, who was drinking high on
, blew up the chemical plant that he was in love with the clown back then!
As more and more people learn that Harley Quinn and the Joker have broken up, all kinds of enemies in black and white have come to the door.
When the vicious villain's black mask wanted to kill Harley Quinn, a 30-carat diamond (containing the bank account password of the wealthy family) was stolen by a Chinese girl thief named Cain.
Haley decided to "put crimes and meritorious service" and rushed to the police station with a salute shotgun. She wanted to help the black mask retrieve the diamonds. Unexpectedly, she established a friendship with the girl thieves and hid in the restaurant of "Old Haley Acquaintance" Taiwanese grandpa The second floor.
Unexpectedly, the Taiwanese grandfather actually took the money for dinner, and revealed the two people's nest to the two black and white.
By mistake,
"Underworld" black canary, "White Road" female police detective, and "the whole family was killed by a black mask" huntress, found out that she, like Harley Quinn, has been bullied and despised by stinky men. .
ten men,Eight stupid, nine cheats, ten bad!
In the end, they decided that their sisters and sisters would stand up and form a bird of prey squad to fight the evil male power led by the black mask for an ultimate battle!
In order to make their team more rational, the Chinese female director set up different dilemmas for the five female characters:
Harley Quinn faced the emotional dilemma:
was abandoned by the "scumbag" clown, how to face it Go on life. The female agent
faced a dilemma in the workplace:
finally solved a big case, but was robbed of credit by a male colleague.
The huntress is facing a self-confidence dilemma: How can a weak woman in
avenge her family who was shot by a gang?
Cain is facing the plight of the original family:
orphans, who have no parental education since childhood, how to live on the streets?
Black Canary faces a moral dilemma:
Cain swallowed diamonds.
cut her stomach or let her take medicine to excrete it.
Generally speaking,
"Birds of Prey" is a beautifully tailored blockbuster for the wild-hearted second-and-second girl. The
film is full of neon-style contrast colors, and even the blasting of the guns has a matte and gorgeous color.
However,
has watched so many female boxing movies, and Mr. Pocket really found out that the female directors of
Hollywood have not yet solved a fundamental logical problem: how
deceived the audience’s brain so that they really agree that a woman can hurt A flat, tall muscular man?
Obviously, the reason why
"Birds of Prey" hit the box office is because it has the same problems as "Charles of the Thunder":
portrays all male characters like a group of fools, not only has low IQ, bad morals, and no morality. Also easily knocked down by a group of women.
, especially the big villain "Black Mask" played by Ivan McGregor, is too weakly shaped.
In DC Comics,
"Black Mask" Theonis is one of the most notorious Batman villains.
He is brutal and cruel, and extremely hates women, has become a symbol of evil patriarchy.
In this movie, no matter from the aura or the means, the black mask is weak to explosive, and there is a third-rate villain's impression.
's final ultimate drama, the level of tension is only the level of the house, from the beginning to the end, is passed on to subvert patriarchy and emit the light of feminist awakening.
Judging from the poor box office results,
"Birds of Prey" finally fell into the abyss of "feminine rights, but also women's rights" .
's simple and rude way of taking down a large movie, with sisters and sisters standing up, undoubtedly made many straight male fans abandon the idea of going to the theater.
have to say that
Hollywood's feminist movies in recent years are too dense.
has 4 titles in just the last two months:
"Black Christmas", "Sexy Bomb", "Rhythm Group" and "Raptor Team".
Recently,
"Westworld" heroine Evan Rachel Wood's remarks on Twitter caused an uproar.
She tweeted a few hours after Kobe’s death,
“What happened is indeed a tragedy, I am heartbroken for Kobe’s family. He is an athlete hero. He is also a rapist. These facts can coexist.”
Very indignant at her feminist remarks, praised her comment:
"We don’t need your disrespectful reminder. You used the death of a man and his daughter to advance the influence of the MeToo movement. It is your feminist who will Make real feminists look like a joke."
Children who are familiar with Kobe’s case all know that
is essentially the same as Liu Qiangdong, who encountered a fairy jump.
rapist RThe apist hat can not be buckled indiscriminately.
The MeToo movement in the United States has evolved into this, it is too much! In a nutshell,
audiences want to see good works that resonate strongly. It is really boring to overemphasize political correctness.
02
DC announced the confusing behavior
students who are familiar with Japanese must know the word confusing behavior .
means:
causes trouble, trouble, embarrassment, and disturbing behavior to others.
As early as 3 years ago, before the release of "Justice League", Warner DC announced a confusing behavior:
deliberately did not print Superman's avatar on the main poster. A large number of DC fans collective Diss. After
lost in the box office of "Justice League", he had to print Superman again.
However, it is too late to mend the situation.
In the end, the US$300 million investment only resulted in a global box office of US$655 million.
In the earlier "Suicide Squad", in order to make this film land in mainland China, Warner DC made two major decisions:
1) the Chinese title was set as "X Task Force" early,
2) reduced scale. The rating is set at PG-13, not the R-rated
, which is expected by the public. However,
's "Suicide Squad" was not released in the mainland. Although
broke through US$760 million at the global box office, its quality has been questioned.
has arrived this time in "Birds of Prey", and it is finally an R-level large scale.
did not expect that Warner DC once again made a confusing announcement.
The English title of the film is super long, sloppy and incomprehensible, and it feels like Harley Quinn started it himself after getting drunk:
"Birds of Prey And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn"
Fantabulous and Emancipation these two GREs The vocabulary is estimated to make many ordinary Americans confused.
Moreover, what the media hates most is the title of the super-long deep well ice, which occupies the page resources.
In the end, facing the worst drawing of the DC expansion universe of $33 million, Warner DC made an urgent decision: shortening the English title to "Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey"
is equivalent to directly admitting:
is propagating its own strategy. There are major mistakes.
Facts have proved that there is no use for eggs.
As of now, the global box office is only 174 million U.S. dollars, and it will certainly replace "Thunder Shazam", which only won 365 million U.S. dollars last year, and become the new box office deputy squad leader of DCEU.
returned to the original point of the project of "Birds of Prey" and had to ask Mr. Pocket to question one thing:
03
Warner DC, you were fooled by Margot Robbie!
Four years ago,
starred Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn in the $746 million "Suicide Squad" and became the most eye-catching role in the film.
Margot Robbie, who was only 26 years old at the time, founded her own production company LuckyChap Entertainment. After
, she won two Oscar nominations for "Me, Queen of Flowers" and "Sexy Bomb".
Robbie, who is becoming fuller with wings, personally recruited screenwriters and wrote a business plan of Harley Quinn's Gaiden for Warner Pictures.
was at the beginning of 2018. It was in the time window after the box office defeat of "Justice League", and Warner DC itself was at a loss as to what to shoot next.
In the end, the executives accepted Todd Phillips and Margot Robbie's proposal and decided to give the green light to two superhero movies with medium investment.
invested 55 million US dollars in "Joker", the final global box officeUS$1.073 billion
invested US$84.5 million in "Birds of Prey". It is currently in theaters for three weeks and the global box office is only US$174 million.
has proved that
Todd Phillips is much more reliable than Margot Robbie.
because the former's motivation is:
I have a good original story. Tell how the clown changed from Clown to Joker.
and the motivation of the latter is:
I want to hold myself. Just taking advantage of the MeToo feminist trend, I set up a project by fishing.
The reason why Mr. Pocket used unfriendly words like "fishing in troubled waters" to point to the impure motives of Margot Robbie.
is because
has been criticized by DC comics fans since the film's cast lineup was exposed.
Except for Harley Quinn and the "Huntress" played by Wen Stead, the other casts are really ugly!
In DC, a team of pure female superheroes is rare.
In addition to the Wonder Woman family, only the Raptor team formed by Barbara Gordon and Canary is the most famous.
And in the movie version,
Margot Robbie will naturally not make people’s "Bat Girl" Barbara steal the limelight, ignore this role directly, making Harley Quinn into the Raptor Team Core. In the
comics, the canary is a blonde and big beauty, and many fans hope to find Blake Lively or Vanessa Kirby to star.
unexpectedly, but chose Junie Smollett, who has black descent, to play.
There is no doubt that this forcibly balancing the ethnicity of the cast will damage the charm of the character.
This is not the worst cast choice.
Cain, a shrewd and capable Asian female assassin in the comics, chose a filipino girl with a plump face and a dark-looking appearance. She is completely violent with DC fans in the eyes of the "Master" Batman. Li's image doesn't match.
, besides Margot Robbie, the only beauty in the cast of "Birds of Prey", the comparison chart of the huntress style played by Wen Stead is as follows:
, no matter in terms of beauty or compatibility with comics, Being completely suppressed, it is difficult to satisfy male audiences. The supporting actors have a very low sense of existence, and they completely become passersby.
Therefore, from the inside out,
"Birds of Prey" looks like a single-player movie of Harley Quinn.
In fact,
has doubts about whether the "golden supporting role" Harley Quinn in the suicide squad can play a solo movie alone, Margot Robbie himself has doubts.
she knows very well:
can't compare with Scarlett Johansson's widow sister and Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman in terms of her own popularity accumulation or character's fame.
So, thought of using the Raptor team to gain popularity.
When asked, why not just shoot the phantom of the music scene in DC comics, which consists of Harley Quinn, Catwoman, and Plant Ivy, Robbie said: These three characters are too famous. The meaning of
is obvious:
is going to make a film under the guise of a team of female heroes, but in fact she praises my own DC superhero. All casts, from the role to the appearance, must not steal the limelight from the old lady.
As a marketing professor said:
men, when they meet beautiful women, their computing power drops crazily!
Warner DC, you were fooled by Margot Robbie!
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To sum up, compared with Marvel Cinematic Universe,
has a 95.6% success rate
(only one of the 23 MCU blockbusters has a loss)
DC can only achieve 50% success in recent years The rate is:
Marvel’s project logic is:
domineering president Kevin Fitch, top-down design from top to bottom. Everyone at
is very clear, and the logic for the next To-Do list
DC project is:
directors and actors nominate themselves, and submit the project from bottom to top. Everyone in
is in a mess, robbing people and resources.
is set for June 25, 2021, the restart version of "Batman" can get the green light, it is from the "Rise of the Apes" series director Matt Reeves script.
and "The Flash" finally got the schedule
, which was released on July 1, 2022. The project was planned in 2014 and dragged on for a full 8 years. It was anxious that "Little Flash" Ezra Miller wrote the script himself.
So in the end,
Pocket has to give an idea to a handsome British single!
You guessed it right:
is the "honest man" Henry Cavill.
"Justice League" has been defeated for more than 3 years, he has repeatedly "stupidly" shouted to Warner DC:
I did not give up playing Superman! Work out every day and be ready at any time.
Pocket Jun strongly recommends:
Henry Cavill personally find a reliable screenwriter, write a version of the "Superman" solo movie script. Then
threw it on the desk of a high-level Warner DC, and took a gamble:
, you give me 100 million dollars, and I will find resources to shoot the new "Superman."
If the global box office does not exceed 500 million US dollars, I will no longer play Superman in this life!
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