Basically not many people know about the project "King Arthur and Lancelot".
That's because the project has undergone several major changes.
By the time the film was finally released, its name had been changed to King Arthur: Legend of the Sword.
By the way, when this movie was introduced to China, it was translated into "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword"
This is probably one of the official Chinese translations of the stupidest foreign movies in Nanaya's mind.
The reason why "one of" was added is because Nanaya doesn't know whether there will be a stupider translation than this one in the future.
The English name of the movie is "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword".
Anyone who knows a little English will know that there is no line related to "beasts" in the title of this movie.
So where did this weird name come from?!
Although the failure of this movie was definitely not caused by a translated title, after all, this movie lost even more money in the European and American markets.
But even so, Nanaya couldn't help but want to complain crazily.
As a moon fan and a FGO paying player, Nanaya is naturally very interested in movies related to King Arthur.
That's why Nanaya knows so much about this movie, even the situation before the name change.
It's not just because he had seen this movie in his previous life, but also because Nanaya had learned about this movie out of professional habit.
In fact, in Nanaya's personal opinion, this movie is pretty good.
It's one of those works that's not particularly outstanding, but worth watching.
At least it is much more reliable than the previous "King Arthur" produced by Disney.
But Nanaya personally feels that OK is useless, as the market has proven that this movie is a flop.
There are two main reasons why this movie flopped.
One reason is the external market environment.
Since "The Lord of the Rings", the era of big-budget epic films has passed, and audiences have long lost interest in such films.
Another reason lies with the film's successor director, Guy Ritchie.
No one will deny Guy Ritchie's talent, but what he excels at is multi-line parallel narrative techniques.
This technique is most suitable for ensemble dramas, or for stories that take place in multiple settings.
But King Arthur is a conventional linear narrative, which for Guy Ritchie is like a boxer with one hand tied.
Although Guy Ritchie was very attentive in film making, he even used many tricks to try to complicate a simple story.
But the final result is a mess.
Therefore, as long as Fox continues to follow its old path, the failure of this project is inevitable.
Some movies fail due to accidental factors that are not the fault of war, but "King Arthur" is broken from the root.
As for whether Fox will choose Guy Ritchie, Nanaya believes that Washimine Entertainment and Shion will help them make the choice.
You know, this year "Sherlock Holmes" will be released, which proves Guy Ritchie's ability to direct large-scale commercial films.
As long as Washimine makes some targeted misleading, it would be a problem if Fox doesn't take the bait.
This year should be the year with the most intense competition between Washimine Entertainment and Fox.
Not to mention Nanaya's own "Madoka Magica" and Cameron's "Avatar" at the end of the year.
During the summer season, there have been two fierce confrontations between Washimine Entertainment and Fox.
They are "Iron Man 2" in May and Fox's "Dragon Ball".
There are also "Thor" and "Wolverine" in August.
Coincidentally, these two box office battles happened to be at the beginning and end of this year's summer season.
Except for the monster-level movie "Avatar", Qi Ye is confident of winning the remaining two encounters.
[The failure of two consecutive films should have a negative impact on investor confidence. ]
Nanaya doesn't think that the failure of "Dragon Ball" and "Wolverine" will cause a break in Fox's entire capital chain.
After all, as an old film company, Fox will definitely adopt financing methods when it comes to these large-scale investment projects.
But the failure of consecutive major projects will make investors concerned about Fox's projects.
With just a few consecutive failures, Fox would be in a dilemma of having no money to borrow and having to make its own movies.
At that time, Fox's parent company News Corporation was hit by a major scandal...
As soon as Nanaya's mouth curled up slightly, Shion slapped him.
"Don't laugh like that, it's disgusting."
"…"
Nanaya was too embarrassed to tell Shion that his smile was actually imitating hers.
After all, some actions may look cute when done by beautiful women, but will only make people feel disgusted when done by men.
Although there are exceptions, Nanaya is clearly not one of them.
"Director Kiryu."
Hearing someone calling him, Nanaya quickly turned his head.
What he saw instead was Chris Nolan waving at him from three seats away.
Only then did he realize that his seat was right next to the crew members of "The Dark Knight".
[Which idiot arranged the seats? This must be intentional, right?! ]
A thousand horses were galloping through Nanaya's heart.
It was a rare opportunity for him to attend the Oscars ceremony, but he ended up feeling full of malice from the organizers.
The rivalry between Inferno and The Dark Knight is well known by now.
Under such circumstances, the seats of the two crews were actually put together.
Is this because they are afraid that they won't be able to fight during the award ceremony? !
"Hi, Director Kiryu. Good evening!"
Nolan was very excited and he didn't have any thoughts about competitors.
After seeing Nanaya, he took the initiative to greet him.
After Nanaya responded, Nolan muttered a few words to his crewmates.
Then, under the strange looks of the two crew members, the other party changed seats and moved next to Nanaya.
Not only the two crew members, but also other members who came to attend the ceremony also looked over when they saw this situation.
"What is this for?"
"I don't know, could it be that these two directors are planning to use force to determine the winner before the awards ceremony?"
"That's great, who do you think will win?"
…
Listening to the rustling and gloating discussions coming from all around, Nanaya almost got angry.
Fortunately, Nolan had no intention of fighting with Nanaya. He just wanted to chat with Nanaya for a while before the award ceremony started.
Seeing that the two directors were really just chatting about family matters, the people around them who were originally prepared to watch the show all showed regretful expressions.
[How much you want to see us fight! ]
Listening to the sighs of the people around him, Nanaya's mouth twitched wildly.
Resisting the urge to beat up these busybodies, Nanaya began to communicate with Nolan.
As a successful commercial film director, Nolan is actually a bit old-fashioned in his film making techniques.
He always likes to use model technology and film shooting, and has a strong aversion to computer CG and digital photography.
But in terms of film editing and narrative techniques, Nanaya believes that the number of people in Hollywood who can surpass Nolan can be counted on one hand.
Therefore, the communication with Nolan was still very inspiring for Nanaya.
As they chatted, the two naturally turned the topic to tonight's theme, the Oscars.
"When I was a kid, my biggest dream was to become a director like Coppola."
Nolan looked at the Oscar stage in front of him and said, "And he won the Oscar for Best Director."
Nanaya nodded: "I believe Director Nolan can do it."
But certainly not tonight.
After all, "The Dark Knight" didn't even get a nomination for Best Director.
Nolan retracted his gaze, looked at Nanaya, and asked curiously: "Director Kiryu, have you ever thought about competing for an Oscar?"
"I only make commercial films." Nanaya did not hide it, "and my public relations are not very active, so the Academy will not give me the little golden man. A technical award is possible."
It is extremely difficult for a purely commercial film to gain recognition from the Oscars, and Nanaya doesn't think he has a chance anyway.
Although the academy has been absorbing new members, the pace of replacement of old and new members is too slow.
Although the core group of old men are getting older day by day, it is an indisputable fact that they cannot die.
They will only be more conservative in the future, and the increasingly independent film award results have proved this point.
Although these people talk about art, what they always see is profit.
As long as a certain price is paid, the old guys in the academic school can also be influenced by public relations and various exchanges.
But the prerequisite is that the movie must conform to their aesthetics, or at least be close to their aesthetics.
Nolan is not a newcomer to Hollywood either. After hearing what Nanaya said, he could only sigh helplessly.
"Yes, after all, the academy also has its own stance."
Oscar's position is an odd one.
It wants its ratings to always be high, but for the sake of its status it also wants to keep a distance from business.
It wants to promote art, but is afraid of becoming a madman who takes a step too far, so it can only define art vaguely.
This is the academic school, but Nanaya suspects that even the academic school itself cannot give itself a clear definition.
Of course, as a time traveler from the China, Nanaya could use the profound Chinese language to help them give an accurate description.
She wants to be a whore, but also wants to be a saint.
This sentence is probably the best description of the academic school that claims to be artistic.
The Oscars today are completely different from what they were in the last century.
In the 1970s and 1980s, the purpose of the Oscars was to select the best films of the year.
But now the Oscars are more like a political talent show.
When thinking about the current situation of the Oscars, Nolan sighed: "I don't know what the Oscars will become."
"Nolan, don't worry too much. No matter what happens, Oscar has nothing to do with us."
After hearing Nanaya's answer, Nolan asked again, "Director Kiryu, don't you have any goals or dreams?"
"Of course." Nanaya answered directly, "To become a rich and famous director, this is my dream. So I am living in my dream now."