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"Long time no see, Orlando."

Matthew opened his arms and hugged Orlando Bloom gently, "You're still so handsome."

When Orlando Bloom saw Matthew, he seemed in a particularly good mood and said, "I owe you another favor, and I really don't know how to thank you."

"Thank me for what?" Matthew said carelessly, "Do you still need to be polite to me?"

"Really, really thank you." Orlando Bloom said seriously, "I signed a contract with the "Kingdom of Heaven" crew last month. You called Director Ridley Scott, It definitely helped me."

Matthew never called Ridley Scott at all. Seeing Orlando Bloom say this, he couldn't deny it. He waved his hand and said, "It's just a small matter, don't take it to heart."

Orlando Bloom said again, "Matthew, if you need my help in the future, just speak up."

Matthew patted his arm lightly, "I won't be polite to you."

Rachel Weisz finished chatting with Stephen Sommers over there, and asked Matthew to go to the screening room with him. Matthew stopped staying and walked towards the door with her. When they passed, the heroine Kate- Beckinsale passed by, but Matthew didn't know her well and didn't stop to say hello.

He and Rachel Weisz left the VIP lounge and entered the screening room together with the people who came out one after another. The seats of the two were not next to each other, but Matthew found Edward Norton, changed seats with him, Chell Weisz sat next to each other.

"You don't know Kate Beckinsale?" Matthew asked.

"I know." Rachel Weisz said directly, "I don't want to talk to her."

Matthew is not stupid. He turned his head around when he heard Rachel Weisz's words, and roughly understood that only a few of Hollywood's British Roses are famous. Most of the scenes are not wide, and they are basically limited to Within the scope of the British Rose, thinking about it and knowing that there must be fierce competition between them.

The main creative staff of the crew entered the screening room, "Van Helsing" was about to start screening, and Matthew and Rachel Weisz stopped talking.

As the screen lit up and the opening title of Universal Pictures appeared, the mega-production, whose production cost was publicly reported to reach $160 million, also opened the veil of mystery.

It was a time of gradual humanization of darkness and evil, and the insolence of ghosts was extreme and thorough. In this terrifying world, which is chilling but attractive, the righteous hero Van Helsing will simultaneously fight against Universal's household-name demons: Vampires, werewolves and Frankenstein.

On the screen, under the cold sky, black clouds rolled, gloomy winds, a flash of lightning pierced the night sky, and the ghosts and monsters who were desperate for their lives attacked the ancient town of "Transylvania". The story took place at the end of the 19th century. Romania is mysterious. Many terrifying monsters appeared in the ancient town of Transylvania, they raged in the city, and people were constantly killed under the clutches of the devil.

Among these monsters is the vampire Dracula. He is a noble elder of the vampire family. He has been entrenched in the ancient town of Transylvania all year round and has sucked the blood of countless human beings.

Under the evil shroud of Dracula's blood-sucking family, Frankenstein was also summoned. He is a monster created by scientist Frankenstein. He has both human muscles and metal all over his body. It is very terrifying when killing people.

In the ancient city of Transylvania, there are also the fierce werewolf and the three vampire brides of the vampire Dracula.

In order to exterminate the evil forces in Transylvania, the Catholic Church invited Dr. Van Helsing, a monster hunter, to deal with vampires, Frankensteins and werewolves for them. Van Helsing then put on his deadly weapon and rushed to Transylvania with his assistant Carl Ancient City.

On the way, Van Helsing rescued another vampire huntress, Anna Valerie, and became his lover and right-hand man.

To Van Helsing's surprise, the people of Transylvania didn't seem to believe him very much.

In their opinion, Van Helsing is also a violent monster, definitely not the hero who is eager to save them, the enemy is far more raging and terrifying than he imagined, and he himself almost got dirty under the sharp teeth of the monster several times. ...

Of course, from Matthew's point of view, this film can be viewed entirely from Count Dracula's point of view.

This is a story about the poor vampire Dracula, who was murdered by Van Helsing when he was alive. After he died, he became a vampire and was hunted down. He finally hid in a cold castle and planned to have children. Got infertility; finally found a cure, gave birth to a bunch of children, but was killed by Van Helsing, and none of the children survived.

The poor vampire Dracula has nothing to pursue, and hiding in the castle to create a descendant will not end well in the end.

At the end of the film screening, Matthew carefully recalled that the main plot was roughly the same as in his memory. As for the details, who could still remember the details of such a movie after so many years.

There was warm applause in the theater, and he also stood up and applauded along with the crowd.

Frankly speaking, this film does not look as bad as he imagined. Matthew knows that he is not capable of judging whether a film is good or bad, and it is even more impossible to predict the market response in the future. He can only start from his own senses.

The special effects of "Van Helsing" can't be said, it is definitely the top existence in this era, and the Hollywood assembly line is also well done, but the rhythm seems to be a bit slow, far less than Sean Daniel's control of the later stage The editing of the two "The Mummy" is so compact, which makes the film seem a bit procrastinated and too long.

Matthew also thought of another problem. The previous Stephen Sommers did not have post-editing rights. He was more of a shooting director. The two "The Mummy" were huge box office successes, so he was in the project "Van Helsing". He not only served as a screenwriter and director, but also served as the first producer.

That said, Stephen Sommers owns almost all the rights to the film, including post-editing rights.

In Hollywood, it may not be a good thing for the director to have the final editing right most of the time. Although there are cases where the film fails because the producer oppresses the director in the post-editing process, Hollywood has always implemented the producer-centered system for so many years. inevitable.

It’s good to say that independent literary films are similar to commercial entertainment films with huge investment. Whether it is an investor or a distributor, of course, they will not let the director’s unrestrained shooting and editing. Most directors are people with active thinking and even jumping. And creativity, these are most of the time terrible for commercial films produced in a streamlined production.

More importantly, most producers tend to care more about the film market than directors, and naturally know the market better than they do.

Matthew and Sean Daniel have collaborated on three films. "Dawn of the Living Dead" is still shown in less than 100 theaters. Naturally, he has a relatively deep understanding of this first-line producer. The final film of Dawn of the Living Dead infers that if "Van Helsing" is still edited by him, the length of the film should not exceed 110 minutes.

This makes the film a lot tighter and faster.

I just don't know if fans will buy into such a slightly slow rhythm and movies with all kinds of monsters in one pot.

This kind of thing, he has no ability to predict, everything will have to wait until tomorrow to see the outcome.

However, from this film, it can also be seen that Universal Pictures is ambitious and wants to recreate the monster stars that have created its own glory.

With an investment of $160 million to bring three classic monsters—the vampire, Frankenstein and werewolf—on the same screen, Universal Pictures clearly wants these long-established monsters to go to the box office.

The actor Van Helsing did not introduce his life experience and the reasons for his amnesia in detail in the first part. According to Matthew's speculation, it should be reserved for the second part as a gimmick.

In fact, in retrospect, there are a lot of foreshadowings buried in this film, and Universal Pictures and Stephen Sommers are obviously preparing for a sequel.

Whether the sequel to "Van Helsing" will materialize depends on the market's reaction.

As long as the box office is high enough, even if word of mouth hits the street, the sequel will not be cut off.

But Matthew still felt a little unreliable. On the one hand, it was the memory of the past, and on the other hand, he remembered a somewhat similar street movie.

"Van Helsing" isn't the first action-adventure film to feature a mix of well-known literary characters. Last year's "Raiders," released at the same time as "Pirates of the Caribbean," is largely similar to "Van Helsing."

However, Sean Connery, who fluttered on the street in "The Raiders", has directly withdrawn from the film circle.

The applause in the theater gradually fell, and Matthew followed the other guests and walked towards the front row. There were two acquaintances Stephen Sommers and Orlando Bloom in the crew, even if it was the most basic courtesy, give them to them Send congratulations and go~www.wuxiaspot.com~Stephen, very wonderful movie! "

Matthew came to Stephen Sommers, shook his hand, and said, "The style of this film is so impressive!"

Stephen Sommers seemed to be in a good mood and said, "Thank you!" He smiled and looked at Matthew. "If there is a chance, we can collaborate on another project."

Matthew gestured for the phone call, "You can call me anytime."

After talking to Stephen Sommers, Matthew found Orlando Bloom, "Very superb performance! Orlando, you regret not taking this role."

"It's too late to regret it now!" Orlando Bloom seemed to have a smile on his face, "It's been two years, and it's finally released!"

Matthew nodded, "Yeah, it's been two years! "Van Helsing" is finally out."

From the preparation and post-production time alone, it can be seen that Stephen Sommers and Universal have done a lot of work.