Once Upon a Time In Hollywood

Chapter 323 Women's Friend

"Woooooooooooooo..."

While wiping the corners of her eyes with a tissue, the teary-eyed young girl slapped her boyfriend, complaining in a choked tone: "How could Peter Parker be so miserable? Why did you have to shoot Gwen Stacy to death?"

When the young guy heard these words, he felt uncomfortable at first, but now he felt that there was a big stone pressing on his chest, and he panicked.

But even so, he explained: "This is the plot in the original book."

"Ah, oh, oh... But adaptation is not plagiarism! There is no need for the film crew to copy the original work!"

The tearful young girl pouted, letting the tears scratch her face, "Is James Cameron trying to disgust people on purpose? When Gwen Stacy fell from the sky, Norman Oss This is portrayed as thinking that the situation has stabilized, so he was negligent and didn’t react, wouldn’t it be fine? Wouldn’t Peter Parker be able to save people in this way?”

This kind of brain hole made the young guy suffocate, and said in embarrassment: "This has already been changed."

"Angangang? Is it still changed?" The young girl turned her head suddenly, with red eyes, and looked at her boyfriend in disbelief, "What is the plot in the original book like?"

The behavior of breaking the casserole and asking the end made the young guy sigh. After confirming again and again that he could not get away with it, he pursed his lips helplessly and said, "In the comics, Peter Parker stuck Gwen Shi with spider silk. Daisy."

"However, due to inertia, his actions caused Gwen Stacy to fracture her cervical spine."

"At that time, Peter Parker thought that he had killed Gwen Stacy with his own hands, so he went to Norman Osborn to avenge him angrily, and almost broke the law that Spider-Man would not kill people, until the forensic doctor issued by the police finally Peter Parker learned that he had broken Gwen Stacy's neck when Norman Osborn threw her down."

"This is a big event in comics, as long as anyone who likes Peter Parker knows it."

"Compared to this self-doubt plot, the movie directly let Peter Parker not save Gwen Stacy, which is already very merciful. Not only that, in the original book, the only enemy of Peter Parker is Norman- Osborn is one, he failed to save Gwen Stacy in a one-on-one situation, but now, with Dr. Octopus, one-on-two can't save it, which is more reasonable."

‘? ? ? '

'! ! '

When the young woman stares at her boyfriend dumbfounded, after confirming that the other party is not lying...

Unbelievable emotions rushed into my heart instantly!

"Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! "

"Oh! Fuck! Don't do it! I'm also very depressed now!" The young guy who was in pain felt even more uncomfortable.

But what his girlfriend said next made him close his mouth that wanted to explain.

"Are you depressed now? How about I be more depressed?"

"I watched the entire movie without knowing how Gwen Stacy died in the original book, and I think Peter Parker's experience is really terrible! And now you tell me that his experience in the original book is even worse? !"

"The point is, is this something everyone who likes Spider-Man knows?!"

"Are you trying to tell me that people who like Spider-Man like this kind of plot?!"

"If this is the case, then can I understand that if you didn't like it, then this movie wouldn't be made like this? My family Roland wouldn't be hit so badly? Ang?!"

"What, have you nothing to say? Huh, huh... It's all you bad fans who made my family Roland suffer so much!"

"Ahhh...how can you comic fans be so annoying?"

"I hate you! I hate you! It's all because of you, my family Roland is in tragedy again!"

"Roland is so pitiful~ he is so pitiful~ woo woo woo... In the "Home Alone" series, he was abandoned by the whole family~ woo woo... In "Terminator 2", he saw with his own eyes that the father he had finally found himself Ruined~ woo woo woo... In "Spiderman 1", his uncle is gone, and his father-in-law is gone too~ woo woo... In "Titanic", he sacrificed himself for love~ woo woo... "Spider In Xia 2, his girlfriend died again~ woo woo woo...how could he be so miserable!"

God-like logic left the young guy who was hit by the depressing plot speechless.

Opened his arms and took him into his arms. Although his girlfriend struggled a little, in the end, she still fell on his chest and wept bitterly.

And when he raised his head helplessly, shook his head silently, and wanted to find someone who could understand and confide his speechlessness in the air, the similar scene stunned him for a few seconds. His empathy made him smile bitterly.

Indeed, for the vast majority of female audiences who do not read comics, the ending of "Spider-Man 2" is actually not very friendly. This kind of unfriendliness does not mean that there are bugs in its plot, nor does it refer to the development towards the ending , insulted the IQ of the public, and touched the minefield of women, but because the ending was too cruel and tear-jerking, it made people feel panicked...

But for male audiences who like comics, the ending of "Spider-Man 2" is already perfect.

This kind of perfection does not mean that they just like this kind of sadistic main movie, nor does it mean that they cannot feel the sadness of Peter Parker at all, nor does it mean that the movie’s sadistic girlfriend wants to cry, which provides them with countless opportunities to commit crimes.

It's that they can understand the dilemma Peter Parker is facing, so they like the whole story.

This is not a symbol of shaking M, but a real embodiment.

Why?

Then we have to start with what a superhero is.

What is a superhero?

This is a very simple question that almost everyone cannot answer completely.

Many people think it is a righteous character in American fantasy works. They have special abilities beyond ordinary people, can do some feats that ordinary people can't match, like to uphold justice, stand up when there is danger, have a sense of responsibility, and There is no need for any rewards. Ability is not a means to distinguish them. Acting chivalrously with one's own ability is the fundamental criterion for measurement.

To put it bluntly, a superhero is a mythical spiritual sustenance.

The noble quality corresponding to the dark side of human beings is their true core.

And this is also the reason why superheroes were born, because in 1938 when Superman appeared, America was not yet the global hegemony. People living at that time were facing various pressures. Their spiritual sustenance, they need an incarnation that can uphold justice, so, superhero comics are a hit.

Not only that, but the ensuing World War II magnified this desire to be sheltered by absolute power infinitely. This magnification not only made superhero comics popular throughout America, but also gave birth to American comics. The only superhero in history who can directly publish a single book without a trial issue, Captain America.

Defeating the Axis powers was the wish of the people at the time, so the shaping of this superhero cannot fail.

However, the characters that emerge as the times require, more often than not, will leave the scene one after another as the general trend ebbs.

After World War II ended, the popularity of Captain America also declined. After discovering that the spirit represented by Captain America had a realistic reference, his number of appearances was consciously reduced by Marvel, and in the 1960s , because of the outbreak of racial issues, the X-Men, who wore a superhero cloak but discussed racial conflicts, appeared. At the same time, when the second feminist movement broke out, it was approved as the Wonder Woman of Huangman 20 years ago. Xia also entered the stage of history because it symbolized the liberation of women's rights!

Because racial issues are deeply rooted, the X-Men live on, until now!

Also because of the rise of feminist ideas, Wonder Woman has never fallen out of the line!

Racial issues and feminist ideas are also a manifestation of the awakening of the public's self-awareness. Not only that, because after the emergence of anti-elitism brought about by class solidification, Marvel and DC, which smelled the trend of the times, both took action.

Stan Lee wrote a personal biography, so Peter Parker, the first underage superhero in American comics, was born; and DC even cut off the detective image of Bruce Wayne in "Detective Comics", Cut off the funny version of Batman created in the 1960s, and launched "The Dark Knight Returns", so the master returned from the ashes.

And since then...

Peter Parker and Bruce Wayne have become the two most popular superheroes in the history of American comics.

Because they are all pigs on the wind.

Compared with Superman, Captain America, X-Men, and Wonder Woman, they belong to the trend of their era, and they are extraordinarily long...

Do you really think that readers like the kind of plot where the main character is abused?

Do not make jokes!

No sand sculpture is willing to spend money to read books about depression!

Bruce Wayne's tragic childhood, mental illness, and pathological thoughts all exist because of the needs of readers!

Peter Parker's tragic experience, growing pains, self-persistence, also appear because readers love to read it!

Under the wave of anti-elitistism, Superman, Captain America, Batman, and Spiderman are actually the confrontation between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk!

Steve Jobs is a scumbag who abandoned his wife and daughter, but he is also a good elite with personality!

Jeff Bezos is an old scumbag who abandoned his wife to become a female anchor, but he is also a good elite who realizes countless middle-aged dreams!

Elon Musk is a scumbag who loves Depp, but he is also a down-to-earth good elite!

And Bill Gates?

Rich, powerful and powerful, but don’t drink, prostitute or gamble?

Not only that, but he is also promoting his own selling theory every day?

Don't care if you sell vaccines or what!

You're a bad elite anyway!

Americans in this era don’t need superheroes full of divine brilliance!

So the tragic encounter between Batman and Spiderman became their magic weapon for victory!

These encounters can be dark and sadistic, but at the same time make them human!

Therefore, Christopher Nolan's version of Batman will be successful, and no matter how badly Spiderman is filmed, he will not pay for it. As for the Marvel Cinematic Universe... many people think that Iron Man's success is because he is funny It's funny, but in fact, the key to making him the core of Avengers is actually anti-elitistism.

Popcorn is just a type of movie, and it will not change the core selling point of a character at all.

Iron Man is an elite, and Tony Stark is a playboy. After the two of them are combined, they are human beings.

The audience of this era can accept it, people.

In addition, the transformation of Captain America, discarding the shield for the Winter Soldier, the change of Thor, and the friendship between him and his brother, these are the real modifications made by Kevin Feige to cater to the market.

Because of this, when "Spider-Man 2" was announced, it was stated aboveboard that it might restore the plot of the comics—

The vast majority of viewers have no idea about Gwen Stacy's death.

And after they watched the movie and saw James Cameron's changes to the plot—

"Oh! Shit! I think the plot of this movie is better than the plot of the original manga!"

"Yes, yes! With the addition of Doctor Octopus, Gwen Stacy's death will not be so far-fetched!"

"Ohmygod! When I saw Doctor Octopus and the Green Goblin fighting Spider-Man in the movie theater, I was so excited to die! The scene where one can escape by hitting two is really wonderful! If it wasn't for my daughter My friend is by my side, I have already called out! The battle of those three guys is so cool!"

"Me too! Arnold Schwarzenegger wearing sunglasses and a leather jacket walking with only mechanical tentacles is so cool! Anthony Hopkins' madness after wearing the Green Goblin suit is so sensational! If it weren't for worrying about shouting Wake up and my girlfriends will throw their arms up at me because Roland Allen is getting punched, and I'd blow them up in the movie theater!"

"Yeah! Going to the movies with women is annoying!"

"That's right! When I watched "Titanic" the year before last, my girlfriend was crying beside me. When I thought it was a romantic movie, I couldn't bear it. When I watched "Spider-Man 2" this year, she was still there. Crying and crying, such a movie with amazing special effects was actually regarded as a romance movie by them, this really made me explode!"

"Hey, you're wrong to say that. This movie is actually a romance movie, right? Although Roland Allen and Reese Witherspoon don't feel much standing together, their emotions are still in place, especially When Gwen Stacy died, Peter Parker's grief was much more natural than seeing his uncle die in the first film!"

"Hiss... You seem to be right when you say that?"

"That's right, I also feel that Roland Allen's acting skills have improved by leaps and bounds after falling in love! He seems to have grown up all at once, and he uses all kinds of emotions very well, rather than superficially!"

Compared with those female audiences who stay on the miserable appearance, male audiences are actually better able to capture the core of the whole movie.

"Spider-Man" is not a romance film, so they understand that the pain on Peter Parker's growth path is the driving force for him to become better. His giving up now means a better return in the future.

Lost the suit?

Throw it away!

Anyway, the third film has already been filmed, so he will definitely wear it back!

At that time, the sublimated Peter Parker is the real Spider-Man!

Only when he understands the label of giving and rewarding, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, can he be truly imprinted on him!

To put it bluntly, as long as the audience is not emotionally entangled, they have not actually watched it.

When Peter Parker dropped his jersey, a lot of people were like, 'I take off my special size pants and you're done? '

If it was the Internet age, they might have gone to the crew page of Facebook by now, and left a message there to remind them-"Dear production team, I like the series of "Spider-Man" very much, can you please share all the movies at once? Is it all over? I hope you are not ignorant of flattery, if you are really ignorant of flattery, then I will kneel down and beg you. '

There are also a group of film critics who have similar ideas to these audiences.

Although before, they may have received retouching fees from "Home Alone", "Terminator 2", "Home Alone 2", "Jurassic Park", "Spiderman", and "Titanic", and wrote billions of points to violate Conscientious flattering comments, but now, if they are willing to see the depth of the movie, they really like this movie——

‘Spider-Man 2 is the best superhero movie I’ve ever seen! James Cameron and Roland Allen show us a real superhero! The Green Goblin played by Anthony Hopkins is even more flesh and blood! Unlike other superhero movies, there are no purely good guys or bad guys here. Everyone is growing up slowly based on their own experiences and choosing sides, and this process is something I have never seen before! — Roger Ebert'

''A well-made commercial film is an art film', James Cameron once again proved that movies should not have genres, and Roland Allen... Hey, my niece cried again, and after watching the movie, She called me again and wanted to know when Spider-Man 3 was coming out and was Peter Parker coming back? —Kenneth Turan'

'If "Spider-Man" made me discover that Roland Allen = Peter Parker, then "Spider-Man 2" made me believe that after Roland Allen, there will be no more Peter Parker. I firmly believe that as long as "Spider-Man 2" If Man-Man 3 can maintain the level of "Spider-Man 2", the character of Peter Parker will forever be branded by Roland Allen, just like Kevin McAllister and Jack Dawson, No matter who comes, they can't **** them from Roland's hands! —Alan Morrison'

The one-sided media comments have guided the direction of public opinion, and the polarized audience reputation...

Well, the word-of-mouth of the audience is not actually polarized, because the male audience who walked into the theater really liked the movie, and those female audiences who ran out of the theater crying...

Although they won’t go crazy like they did with "Titanic", they still help Roland promote the movie dutifully when faced with inquiries from friends—

"How about "Spider-Man 2"? It's so good! I cried!"

"What, too cruel? This is the real way!"

"Are you not interested in superhero movies? Don't! This is really not a superhero movie! I watch it as a romance!"

"After watching Jack and Rose, can't stand any romance? No, no, you are mistaken! This movie is not about Peter and Gwen falling in love, but about how to choose between family and career! "

"Yes yes yes! Workplace family!"

Although it is a bit outrageous to compare superhero movies to workplace and family dramas, these people’s metaphors are actually fine.

Superhero is Peter Parker's profession, but love with Gwen Stacy is the prelude to building a family...

And under this kind of deception that spared no effort, the box office of "Spider-Man 2" made people's scalps tingle.

Did you break the record again?

no no no no...

The term record-breaking is used on Roland Allen, who occupies the top three box office in film history, which is not a breaking point at all.

When each company got the data submitted by the North American Theater Alliance, they directly skipped the box office of more than 100 million a day, and after reading the entire table, the distribution of the number of viewers was 43 to 57, which caught their eyelids. bounce!

Among the entire "Spider-Man 2" audience, 43% are women and 57% are men!

This number may not be intuitive, but if you compare it with the previous "Batman", then the problem will appear...

In the "Batman" series that Warner restarted in 1989, the proportion of women watching movies was only 17!

Compared with this number, Roland Allen is quite right—

Friends of Women!

Note: ① All superheroes have their own characteristics of the times. Batman and Spiderman can become the most popular superheroes of this era because their personal experiences conform to the current aesthetics. Although Batman has had comics of the same name since the 1940s, and formed the strongest combination in history with Superman in the 1950s, but in the 1960s, Batman was suspended. And the Batman we see now is the story of the restart in 1986, and that kind of dark wind is what readers need. The same is true of Captain America, who was suspended as soon as World War II was over, and returned with the times in the 1960s; Wonder Woman was called Huang Man in the 1940s, and became a goddess after the awakening of women's rights; Spider-Man was miserable, but That kind of tragedy is what readers want. This is the characteristic given to them by the times, and it is precisely because of this characteristic that they gain success. And this change has been confirmed by both DC and Marvel. The cartoonist Frank Miller who created "The Return of the Dark Knight" said that people nowadays don't need perfect superheroes. ②The same is true of Hollywood movies. The most typical comparison is "007" and "Mission: Impossible". The box office of "007", which is still on the perfect line, is getting worse and worse, while "Mission: Impossible 6" pulls Tom off the altar, cuts off the technology, and makes him look old. Although it is returning to the essence, the core is still Audiences in this era don't like perfect protagonists, they are all routines.