In Nanaya's opinion, "Iron Man 2" made a mistake that sequels often make.
After a movie is successful, creators always think "bigger and more is better" when making sequels.
The action scenes in the movie "Iron Man 1" are less than 30 minutes long, but every scene in which the armor appears leaves a deep impression on the audience.
"Iron Man 2" has more types of armor and cooler armor combat scenes.
However, the way it is presented is not very effective, or it gives people a feeling of deliberate showmanship.
But for film projects, such an understanding is a bit superficial.
Although the action scenes on the screen come one after another, it is difficult for the audience to get emotionally involved.
In particular, the script completely abandoned Tony Stark's growth in the previous movie, and the entire character image returned to the beginning of "Iron Man 1".
Although this is explained away with the excuse that Tony's life has come to an end, it only makes things more confusing for the audience.
The protagonists in a film series are memorable not only for their own qualities.
More importantly, the audience experiences the story and grows together with the characters.
This feeling of being with each other is the reason why the audience is willing to buy into it.
However, the character path of Tony Stark in "Iron Man 2" seems to be a repetition of the path in "Iron Man 1".
The only difference is that the turning point was changed from the simple cave to the Stark family's big villa.
This naturally made the audience feel unhappy. Could it be that the "Iron Man 1" we watched was fake? !
This isn't the only problem with the Iron Man 2 movie.
The entire movie often chooses some "cool-looking" ways to process the shots, but the results are not as effective as the creators imagined.
For example, the scene on the racetrack where Tony puts on the briefcase that transforms into the MK.05 armor is clearly a tribute to the scene in the first film where he wore the MK.03 armor.
But the subsequent plot is that the MK.05 armor suffered repeated defeats and was almost beaten by the mourning whip to the point of being unable to take care of itself.
Although there is nothing wrong with the plot logic.
Tony needs to encounter setbacks at this time, and the MK.05 armor is not a very strong armor in terms of setting.
But when the camera comes out, this segment following such a handsome appearance will give the audience a sense of frustration.
This kind of "cool but not more than 3 seconds" shot processing method has a special name in the film called "Bathos".
This is an anti-climax technique that is often used in movies, especially in Marvel movies.
It is a situation where an apparently very serious or noble moment is glossed over with a joke or an abrupt situation.
Generally speaking, when creators use this method, it means they have no confidence in their story.
The abuse of Bathos's technique is also the biggest reason why Marvel movies lack seriousness and are ridiculed by some people as childish comedies.
Nanaya believes that "Iron Man 2" is definitely not a bad movie, otherwise it would not have such a hot box office performance.
But from all aspects, it seems to be only asking itself to "barely pass".
It can be said that "Iron Man 2" almost shows the common problem of most sequel movies, which only want more and flashier shots, but fail to think about the real essence of the previous movie.
As the leader of the film project, Avi Arad was so obsessed with whether the crew "could" do this, but did not think about whether they "should" do it.
Therefore, the producer of "Iron Man 2" directly became the scapegoat for the movie. "Iron Man 2" undoubtedly achieved huge market success, and this success belongs to both Washimine Entertainment and Marvel Pictures.
But certainly not Avi Arad.
"The success of Iron Man 2 proves one thing to us."
In the high-level conference room of Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige sat in a high-backed chair.
He looked at Shion, Avi Arad and Nanaya, who were sitting next to him, and who made another video appearance, and said, "Marvel's superheroes are very popular."
"That's right."
Shion nodded and said, "Even though the movie had such a bad reputation, it still achieved success."
Avi Arad lowered his head in frustration. Even though the movie was a commercial success, he was not happy at all.
Because Shion set the tone right at the beginning of this meeting: Iron Man 2 is a problematic work.
Someone needs to be held accountable for this movie.
Although it was not stated who they were, including the seven nights of the video call, there were only four people present.
Who else, besides Avi Arad, is not in league with the others?
Nanaya ignored the frustrated Avi Arad and nodded slightly at Kevin Feige.
"We can now expect more from Thor."
Feige also showed a confident smile on his face.
"Yes, this movie is the last movie before The Avengers. As a prelude to The Avengers, there will definitely be a lot of viewers who will be interested in it."
"While we are stepping up the promotion of Thor, we can't slack off on the promotion of Iron Man 2 either."
Nanaya was very happy. The success of "Iron Man 2" meant that he would get another huge income.
"Any action from DC?"
Feige asked Shion.
He is the person who pays the most attention to DC movies among all the people present.
Although DC's "Watchmen" flopped in March this year.
But the popularity of "The Dark Knight" last year still made Kevin Feige a little worried.
If DC takes advantage of the situation and makes the current "Batman" series the beginning of the DC movie universe...
"That's unlikely."
Nanaya said: "Nolan made his Batman series too realistic. Such a story is not suitable for creating a movie universe at all."
Feige seemed to have thought of something, and then he made an expression of sudden enlightenment.
"What's going on?"
Shion gave Nanaya a confused look.
"Because of Superman."
Feige explained to her.
If Nolan's Batman trilogy wants to connect the movie universe, the biggest problem is how to deal with Superman.
As a comic book, the extreme combination of Superman and Batman can be very popular.
But in a movie, two such extreme protagonists would become very difficult to handle.
Because it's hard for screenwriters to find a balance.
In particular, Superman's overly powerful fighting ability has always been a nightmare for movie screenwriters.
Many enemies that other heroes need to work hard to defeat become a situation of "you fall down before I even use any strength" for Superman.
Anyway, looking at the future "Justice League", Nanaya believes that DC still hasn't handled it well.
So it's not without reason that Superman is known as the most difficult superhero to film.
It is even more unrealistic to leave Superman aside and develop the DC universe.
It's like a singer singing "Majestic" without breathing heavily.
Such a DC movie universe is soulless.
"I heard that DC seems to be planning to open with Green Lantern..."
"puff--"
Hearing what Feige said, Nanaya burst into laughter, and his eyes almost disappeared from laughing.
Shion said with disdain: "What's wrong with you again?"
"Pfft~Nothing, just thinking of something happy."
Perhaps she was annoyed by Nanaya's sleazy expression, so Shion teased, "Did Ryan agree to a threesome with you two sisters?"
"Hello!!"
Nanaya stopped laughing immediately.
"Anyway, let's just wait and see what happens here at DC."
Shion concluded, "Even if DC really wants to create a movie universe, we still have a huge first-mover advantage."
"Indeed."
Nanaya agreed with Shion's opinion.
Marvel already has its own first batch of fans now, and when "Avengers" is released next year, the second batch of fans will also flock in.
By that time, Marvel's base will be consolidated and it will be basically invincible.
As for DC, it will take a lot of time just to catch up with Marvel.
When Green Lantern fails, it will take even longer for the DC Universe to start up...
In addition, DC has been completely led astray after the success of "The Dark Knight".
No, it should be said that Warner has been led astray by "The Dark Knight".
Since 2009, Warner's big productions have always been permeated with a dark flavor.
When "Justice League" failed, Warner Bros. started to suffer from movie universe phobia.
Starting from "Aquaman", each hero fights on his own and there is no more connection.
Just as Nanaya was thinking about the dark future of DC, Shion found Avi Arad.
"Avi Arad." Shion looked directly at the old man in front of him, "Do you have anything to say about the failure of Iron Man 2?"
[They actually defined it as a failure directly...]
Nanaya didn't say anything, but just looked at Avi Arad silently.
From the moment Washimine invested in Marvel, the conflict between Avi Arad and Washimine became irreconcilable.
Given that both parties regard Marvel as their own, the elimination of one party is an inevitable result.
No matter how you look at it, Avi Arad's chances of winning are slim.
Rather than saying that Shion was deliberately nitpicking about the "Iron Man 2" project, it would be better to say that she was simply taking advantage of the issue.
Even if Avi Arad completed the Iron Man 2 project to perfection, it would only delay the time of his being eliminated.
Arad himself is well aware of this.
Therefore, facing Shion's questioning, he had no way to resist.
"I...have nothing to say."
After saying this, Avi Arad seemed to have aged a lot.
He thought back to everything he had given to Marvel, and his heart was filled with resentment and regret.
"I will take full responsibility for the failure of the Iron Man 2 project," Arad said in a self-deprecating tone. "I will resign as CEO of Marvel at the end of my term."
"very good."
Shion nodded with satisfaction. It would be fine as long as Arad could surrender.
"Arad, you can serve as the Chief Creative Officer of Marvel's film adaptations in the future. If other companies that own Marvel copyrights need help from Marvel, you can serve as the producer of their projects."
After all, Shion had no intention of killing them all.
Since Avi Arad is so obedient, the position of Chief Creative Officer can be regarded as a retirement provision for him.
In response, Arad just smiled bitterly and nodded.
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After get off work, Avi Arad slowly walked out of the Marvel headquarters building.
Although there is still some time before he steps down as CEO, Arad himself feels like he no longer belongs here.
"What will happen to me in the future?"
Arad smiled self-deprecatingly.
Marvel is moving towards a new era, but he, the helmsman of the old era, is about to get off the ship.
He walked toward the parking lot, ready to drive home.
But Arad found that there was someone standing next to his car.
"Mr. Arad, I'm a reporter from the New York Post."
A man with a smirk introduced himself to Arad.
"The New York Post?"
Arad subconsciously took a step back. He knew that the New York Post was a newspaper owned by News Corporation.
It is definitely not a good thing when a hostile company comes to you.
"Can I bother you for a few minutes? How about we go to the nearby Starbucks for a cup of coffee?"
The other party handed Arad his business card.
Arad hesitated for a moment, but finally reached out his hand tremblingly and took the other party's business card.