Chapter 987 Script Meeting
Finally, the world became quiet.
However, it didn't last long -
One after another, visitors kept coming.
Since Anson entered the trailer, there was not even thirty seconds of silence, which made one wonder if there was a long queue outside the trailer.
That was until James Franco came calling.
"Wow."
"Wow..."
"Wow!"
James didn't say much, just kept going Sighing there, I finally lay down on the big bed and felt the softness of the mattress with my whole body.
In fact, Anson immediately noticed the ridicule behind James' behavior, but Anson did not give any response and sat next to him calmly.
Then James couldn't hold it back and sighed, "Oh...ah...so sad..."
Unfortunately, there was still no response.
James sat up straight, "Hey, that guy, aren't you going to comfort my injured heart? The crew has specially prepared a luxury trailer for you. We have nothing. Can you believe it?"
“What! None! None!”
"Disparate treatment, I have to complain to the Screen Actors Guild."
As he said this, he sat there and rolled around.
Anson was amazed with a calm expression on his face, as if he was enjoying a circus performance. He sat there and shook his head, "What a pity. Someone passed by me when I was competing for the role. Destiny was intertwined, and fate played tricks on people. It's a pity. It's a pity."
James was stunned and suddenly covered his chest, "Killing the heart, you, you murderer, ah, I'm dead..."
After finishing his words, the trailer door It actually opened again.
Sam Remy looked at James who was acting awkwardly, but James didn't notice it at all and was still performing there alone.
Anson did not remind James. He stood up and walked towards Sam, "Hey, director, long time no see."
Before Sam could speak, James's careless voice came from inside, " There's no point in calling the director!"
Anson looked at Sam who looked slightly embarrassed. This honest man felt uncomfortable all over. He had to explain, "He is envious of my trailer."
Sam suddenly realized it and chuckled, "I'm envious too."
After a pause, Sam felt a little more at ease. After all, he and Anson had a pleasant cooperation experience. In the past six months, the two of them had been in frequent contact by phone and email, and he and Anson had also developed some tacit understanding.
“The whole crew is looking forward to Anson Wood.”
“You see, as soon as you arrived at the scene, the news spread, and everyone was rushing to come and see Anson Wood. -Wood, it’s like hot water is boiling.”
Just now, there was an endless stream of people, all crew members, coming to visit Anson. At first, Anson didn’t know why, but the crew in the past could. He doesn't have such a habit, but he gradually noticed it——
After just two or three months of development, his weight in Hollywood has quietly changed, and with the addition of "Spider-Man" 2" The weight of the project itself made the crew start filming slightly differently this time.
At this point, even Sam joked.
Anson raised his eyebrows slightly, "It's like a panda coming to the zoo."
Panda? After thinking about the scene in his mind, Sam couldn't hold back anymore and laughed out loud.
Inside, James finally noticed something unusual. He looked up and saw Sam. Gulugulu rolled off the bed and shouted in a panic, "Director, when are you coming? ”
"When you were hit by an arrow in the chest." Sam said calmly.
James tried to explain, but he choked on his own saliva and coughed violently, "Director...director..."
Sam and Anson exchanged glances, and you can see Sam's eyes There was also a hint of mischief in it, but on the surface, Sam remained calm and ignored James, "Did you just send someone to call me over?"
"Yes, the script." Anson did not continue the pleasantries and directly Get to the point.
Sam was not surprised at all, "I expected it."
As he spoke, he sat down on the sofa against the wall, took out the script from the briefcase he carried with him, and pushed it in Anson's direction.
At the beginning of the year, when Edgar and Sony Columbia were discussing sequel cooperation, Anson once said that he hoped to read the script in advance, give his own opinions, and participate in the creation of the script.
Edgar agreed with this. He hoped that Anson could have more say and increase his influence; Sony Columbia was not surprised and took it for granted that Anson was trying to grow into a producer.
However, Anson had his own ideas.
He knew that "Spider-Man 2" was later hailed as a classic and became a landmark film, but why "Spider-Man 2" did not become as well-known as "Batman Begins 2: The Dark Knight" What about legendary classics?
Even though superhero movies broke out in full force later, and countless works showed a blowout, "Batman Begins 2: The Dark Knight" is still a monument that cannot be bypassed, but "Spider-Man 2" did not receive such treatment.
The reason is that "Spider-Man 2" indeed created a new genre and inspired a series of subsequent similar movies, creating classics, but the script itself is still far from enough.
The advantage is that the character arc of Peter Parker is completely written.
The disadvantage is that completeness does not mean excellence.
First of all, Peter Parker’s character arc has a lot of repetitive and cumbersome narratives.
Secondly, the plot setting is too naive and simple, basically at the level of a campus soap opera.
These soap operas not only affect the narrative rhythm of the movie, but also affect the attractiveness of the plot. Tobey Maguire’s performance in the previous life was too soap opera. The glaring and aggrieved San Banaxe had his own problems. , and there are also issues with the script.
And, that’s not all.
The most frustrating thing for Anson is that Sam Raimi is willing to spend time exploring the characters' hearts and growth arcs, but the poor narrative efficiency leads to a large number of ineffective plots in the movie and compresses the performance of many key characters - —
Family, Aunt Mary; Friendship, Harry; Love, Mary-Jane.
Among the three lines, except for Aunt Mary, who originally played a functional role, Harry and Mary-Jane, two important characters who need to advance the plot and complete the characters, appear thin, even annoying, unable to awaken any resonance, and spending a lot of pen and ink can't. Still a paper person.
There is no doubt that this is a very, very pity.
So, when people discuss classics, "Batman Begins: The Dark Knight" will come to mind, but they rarely think of "Spider-Man 2" immediately.
In Anson’s view, “Spider-Man 2” has the potential to become a classic that will be passed down from generation to generation. It would be a pity if it was simply treated as a youth campus coming-of-age movie by Sony Columbia. .
Of course, Anson is not prepared to delve deeply into philosophy and human nature like "Batman Begins: The Dark Knight", maintain the popcorn texture, maintain the youth campus type, and become a classic entertainment type like "The Avengers" Just a movie, it can still become a classic.
Therefore, in the past few months, while touring the streets of Europe, Anson did not forget to communicate with Sam, constantly exchanging opinions and in-depth discussions through emails and phone calls, hoping to find a balance point and make the movie smooth. Condensed.
However, this is not an easy task -
It is easy to talk about it on paper, but when you actually practice it, you will understand that the work of a Hollywood screenwriter is far more difficult than imagined.
(End of this chapter)