The ill-fated "New Mutants" finally met everyone "as scheduled". This youth-themed X-Men movie, which has been in preparation for five years, has undergone many file changes and personnel changes, and is known as the "X-Men Finale" has no unexpected box office reputation... double collapse.
Foreplay: windy and rainy, the road is shaky
As early as 2015, Josh Boone, the director of the well-received and popular youth film "The Fault in the Stars", found Simon Kinberg, the head of Fox's "X-Men" series, and planned to make a film. A teenage X-Men movie. Josh Boone was in the limelight because of "The Fault in the Stars", and "X-Men" really lacked this theme, so they hit it off and immediately set up the project.
In the following two years, there have been events such as submission, rejection, revision, the withdrawal of old screenwriters, the joining of new screenwriters, etc., and news that older generation characters will come to guest appearances. Although all kinds of gossip kept stirring up the restless hearts of fans, the constant changes in the production lineup revealed a very important message-the idea was different.
Josh hopes to continue his usual style of making a teen film, while Fox hopes to make a horror film, and even once used an R-rating as a promotional tool.
It has been 17 years in the undercurrent, and "The New Mutants" officially started filming and was scheduled for April 13, 2018, and the first horror-style trailer was revealed in October. Although Josh is forced to compromise and embrace the horror style, Fox is still unhappy. At this time, however, Disney announced the acquisition of Fox Pictures.
After the "Great Earthquake", "The New Mutants" was still in charge of Fox, and due to dissatisfaction with the project, "The New Mutants" in January 2018 was changed to February 22, 2019 and re-shooting was carried out (in the end it did not). In March of the same year, it was adjusted again to August 2, 2019. During the period, it was rumored that Fox decided to stream "The New Mutants" online. Then it was postponed to April 3, 20, because he wanted to make money from another bad movie "Dark Phoenix" at home.
In 2019, Disney officially took over Fox. In comparison, Disney prefers to take the theater route, but unfortunately, the new crown broke out. In the end, the "New Mutants" schedule was set to August 22, 20.
As you can see from the journey above, "The New Mutants" is somewhat similar to "Justice League". Of course, the similarity here is not the style of the movie, but its destiny. "Justice League" has been condemned due to the inconsistency between Zha's and Warner's ideas, and now people only rely on the legendary Zha's cut version of "Justice League" for comfort.
Feature film: split frame, "variable" style
The main reason for saying so much in the foreplay is to prepare everyone psychologically. This "New Mutants" is not new, and the whole article is a lackluster routine. This part was originally intended to introduce the plot, but the plot has nothing to introduce at all. You can roughly refer to "The Clown's Soul".
There's not much to say about the plot, so let's briefly introduce a few leading actors.
First of all, Erya, who is most familiar to everyone, plays the role of wolf poison. The secret guest played by Anya, a magic user, is extremely powerful, and can realize the leap of time and space, using a soul sword as a weapon. The moon star played by Blue Hunt can visualize the thinking of others, which is 3D printing in popular terms. The cannon, played by Charlie Heaton, can generate enormous propulsive energy from any part of the body. Sunspots, played by Henry Zager, may absorb solar energy and cause a chemical reaction in the body to release it, releasing deadly heat waves.
In addition to the above five, there was a doctor, and then it was gone. Yes, gone. In the whole film, there is a large hospital, just one doctor and five mutants. Okay, money is limited, I understand.
Funds are limited, so there are few scenes, and most scenes are set in closed hospitals. Such a confined space style is actually very effective for creating a horror atmosphere, and it also fits Fox's idea of making "The New Mutants" a horror film.
Many people compare "The New Mutants" with "Joker's Soul", after all, both the growth route and the ending mouth are very similar. So here comes the problem. Although "The Clown Returns to the Soul" ended up having a bad tail, the horror atmosphere of the whole film is really in place.
On the other hand, in "The New Mutants", each of the five mutants has more powerful moves and more cool skills. Except for the last demon bear, the rest of the mobs are simply here to give points to the protagonist. Especially when the smiling face in Anya's childhood memory appeared, was crushed by Anya and the cannon, and was directly crushed. Then I want to ask you what did you run for in the first place?
What is terror? It's definitely not that a wolf is chasing after you, but the most terrifying ghosts whispering in the cemetery at night. "The New Mutants" set the scene in a cemetery, but turned on the searchlights, and a big white rabbit was chasing behind it, staged a "horror comedy".
Several mutants are as strong as the Alpha class, and they are fighting against the small soldiers A, B, C, and D. There is no fear, and where does the atmosphere come from.
Of course, is The New Mutants really that bad? Not quite. Personally, I think the reason why the evaluation is so bad is mainly because the film has a strong sense of separation, which makes people feel uncomfortable.
If people have split personality, then movies have split frame. It took five years for "The New Mutants" to meet the audience, mainly because Josh and Fox had different ideas. The consequence of this disagreement is that "The New Mutants" creates a strong sense of division for the audience. Josh wanted to shoot youth, and Fox insisted on horror. The screenwriter revised and revised, and the plot was chaotic.
It's not just that youth is incompatible with terror. Anyone who knows a little about the "X-Men" series knows that this series mainly wants to express racial issues, and in "The New Mutants", LGBT is put on the surface. The relationship between Langdu and Yuexing has been described a lot, but it could have been an emotional sublimation in the end.
Youth, growth, homosexuality, terror, race, etc., I want to be involved in everything, and the various ideas are not well integrated, and the sense of separation and estrangement is inevitable. The "changeable" style leaves the audience confused. Therefore, rather than saying that "The New Mutants" is a superhero movie with horror and youthful elements, it is more appropriate to call it a net big.
Epilogue: Get rid of inner demons, I love Anya!
"The New Mutants" didn't fail because of a lack of directing or because of a bad script. It's just the dirty face of business struggles. Just imagine, if Fox was willing to let Josh shoot whatever he wanted, and if Fox asked Wen Ziren to shoot an R-rated work. If there weren't that many screenwriters going in and out constantly revising the script. Certainly not the current situation.
If it hadn't been delayed for five years for various reasons, the reputation would not have been so bad. Take a look at how many outstanding youth growth-themed film and television works have emerged in the past five years.
The previous article has said so much, and even "The New Mutants" may be a movie that you forget about the plot after leaving the theater, but you will never forget the decent special effects and Anya's face! These two points are the only two highlights of the film (I'm sorry Erya, Anya is too sassy).
There are not many special effects scenes in the film. Fortunately, the special effects part does not pull the hips, especially the special effects in the secret part. This is a real plus point for Anya who plays the secret guest. You might not like The New Mutants, no one doesn't love Anya Taylor-Joy!
Anya Taylor Joy. She is the innocent girl who plays opposite Yimei in Shyamalan's "Superhero Trilogy" (Yimei is the young Professor X, Anya is the secret guest, the fate is really clever). She is the queen who succeeded in ascending the throne in "The Rear Winged Soldier". In "The New Mutants", she can be salty or sweet, charming when she is weak, and heroic when fighting. She is a witch who provokes all beings.
After "Dark Phoenix" and after Disney's acquisition of Fox, I thought that the "X-Men" series would rise again, but I didn't expect it to be devastated. I seem to be able to see the MCU and the "X-Men" series shouting to "The New Mutants" while stepping back: Don't come here!
"The New Mutants" does not express social problems through content, but transfers the problem to itself, which is a dark humor in itself.
For "The New Mutants", just think of it as a sideshow and a fan of the "X-Men series". It's not worth it. It is not worthy of the indignation of fans, and it is not worthy of passers-by. It's an old-fashioned, low-budget movie.
Then finally, for Anya Taylor-Joy, lick it too...Bah! Also see!
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