Chinese Entertainment's Shining Star

It was a bakery on the corner of the street. The storefront was obviously newly opened. The door and window frames were painted with brand new white paint. The copper bell above the door kept ringing. The long queue at the door proved that the bakery was doing quite well.

As the camera entered the store, the close-ups of several breads made the audience completely sure that this bakery belonged to Jacob.

"Did Jacob remember anything?" Some viewers asked their companions in surprise.

Those breads all looked like magical animals. If Jacob's memory was really erased, why would he still remember what they looked like?

Many viewers had similar ideas, but their hopes were just rising when they were ruthlessly destroyed by the following conversation.

"Mr. Jacob, where did your ideas come from?" A sweet-looking, fashionable lady asked with a smile.

In the expectation of the audience, Jacob just smiled casually and replied, "I don't know, maybe it's just a sudden idea?"

He answered casually, without any recollection, as if those breads were just a sudden idea of ​​his.

This scene made the audience particularly disappointed.

"What's the point of arranging this segment? Just to tell us that Jacob opened a bakery and is doing well? Please, what we want is that Jacob has not lost his memory and he still remembers the warm and clever Queenie. What I hope is that they can continue their relationship, not those weird breads..." When an audience member was constantly complaining in his heart, the screen rang again.

Jacob raised his head and looked at the door. At some point, another lady came into the store.

The lady turned her head, and the audience at the scene all showed surprise at this moment.

Jacob, who had been communicating with customers and performing with ease, was also stunned at this moment. It seemed that only the woman existed in his eyes, and his eyes gradually became infatuated, and the corners of the audience's mouths gradually rose at this moment.

Until the moment when Jacob appeared on the big screen with a surprised smile, many audiences couldn't help but make a "wow" sound.

This sigh, with a hint of satisfaction, a hint of surprise, and the rest were countless unsatisfied feelings.

Because the movie ends here, a suspense full of surprises. Does Jacob still remember his experience with Queenie? Will Newt personally give the book to Tina? And what kind of disaster will Grindelwald, who finally reveals his true face, bring about?

Many viewers left the theater with doubts.

Film critics did not leave immediately after watching the movie like the audience. Many people stayed in their seats, holding laptops or IPADs, busy recording the questions and insights they found after watching the movie.

When taking off the glasses on the bridge of her nose, Haidao realized that it had been almost an hour since the premiere ended, and there were not many people in the screening room.

Looking at the screen in front of her that had been dark for a long time, Haidao turned her attention back to the laptop in front of her. The document opened on it was full of her comments on the movie.

In terms of clothing, it is completely in line with the times. The clothes worn by everyone, including the extras, instantly bring the audience into that era, the golden age of the Big Apple City in the United States.

At that time, men all wore tweed windbreakers, felt hats, and suits and vests. Women wore exaggerated headdresses and flowing long skirts, and of course, pairs of exquisite leather shoes.

In addition, the lines, manners, and architectural styles of the characters in the movie are also in full compliance with the standards of that era, and will not give the audience any abrupt feelings.

Looking at the pictures in the movie, it really makes the audience feel like they have traveled back to the Big Apple City in the 1920s.

The core of the movie, the magical animals, also showed a lot of fantastic ideas, and the special effects of the animals were also the best of the best. Haidao can even feel the burst of emotions, joy, anger, sorrow, and joy from the eyes of these animals, which is really vivid.

There are no obvious loopholes in the plot, the rhythm is perfect, the places that should be relaxed are very relaxed, and the places that should be tight can be tightened immediately, which easily mobilizes the emotions of the audience and allows the audience to easily put themselves into the movie.

This movie allows Haidao to see Nie Wei's solid directing skills, and the design of the details in the movie also allows her to see Nie Wei's intentions.

If she were to rate this movie, she would give it an "excellent" rating without hesitation.

But this movie was hard to satisfy her.

Because she didn't find anything eye-catching in this movie, lacking the sense of surprise that Nie Wei's previous movies brought to the audience.

Thinking of this, Haidao laughed at herself. She knew that if she published these words, she would inevitably be ridiculed by Nie Wei's fans, and felt that she was nitpicking.

But she is a film critic. What is the biggest difference between film critics and audiences?

Audiences watch movies for fun, but film critics watch movies to find faults.

The role of film critics is to find those points that the audience can't see, and analyze them in the form of articles to let the audience know. This is the job of film critics.

In Haidao's opinion, this movie is very well made. The filming of the film is very solid, the plot is closely linked, the tension is appropriate, and the detail design is also reasonable. Director Nie Wei's strength is fully demonstrated in this film.

In order to distinguish the film from "Harry Potter", many fantastic ideas have been designed.

These are all the advantages of this film.

But what makes Haidao regretful is that this film is just like a standard work. Everything from beginning to end is standard, and people can't find any faults, but it doesn't bring her any surprises.

She can foresee that the box office of this film will be very good after its release, and the reputation will not be bad. Even if it doesn't borrow the feelings of "Harry Potter", this film alone is enough to be called an excellent film.

But she can also foresee that this film will not cause phenomenal discussions like Nie Wei's previous films.

Putting away the laptop, Haidao has roughly conceived how to write a review of this film.

Unlike Haidao, another film critic who left a long time ago, Yunduan, is very satisfied with Nie Wei's film this time. His views are different from Haidao. In his opinion, some movies should be loyal to the style of the original work, rather than over-expressing their own style.

After watching the whole movie in Yunduan, the first feeling is "original flavor".

It is still the familiar magical world of "Harry Potter", full of magic everywhere. Even if the characters and stories are changed, the feeling is completely passed down.

"This is a wonderful brotherly work." Yunduan sighed.

The two people's film reviews were posted on the Internet almost at the same time, but after paying attention to each other's articles, they both felt that the other's ideas were wrong.

As expected, the two people argued about this online for a long time, but unfortunately no one could convince the other. After all, one of the most difficult things in the world is to put your own thoughts into other people's minds.

The quarrel between the two was only based on personal basis at the beginning, but as the number of quarrels and interactions increased, it gradually attracted the attention of many netizens and the attention of peers.

Some people did join the debate with the purpose of simply dissenting opinions and wanting to persuade the other side. Of course, some people just came here to get the heat.

But no matter what, as more and more film critics joined the two teams, this debate has also changed from a debate between two people at the beginning to a debate in which most of the operators in the industry participate.

For a while, all the film critics began to quietly stand in line and join in to make a few comments. Even those film critics who were not interested in this topic, finally participated in it and expressed some of their own opinions, because if they did not participate in this debate, it would seem that they were out of date.

So many film critics started a debate and attracted countless movie fans. Nie Wei's new movie was attractive enough, and now it can even trigger a civil war among film critics, which is even more attractive.

After watching the debate among film critics, the audience gradually divided into three factions.

Some people think that Haidao is right and losing the characteristics is a great pity, but some people think that Yunduan is right and keeping the true color of the movie is a success.

The most relaxed are naturally the melon-eating faction. Anyway, no matter which side, the evaluation of the movie is very high. All they need to do is buy tickets and go to the cinema to enjoy a two-hour entertainment feast.

In less than three or four days before the premiere, "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" once again became popular because of this debate.

The scheduled box office has also increased slightly. Obviously, many people are very curious about what kind of movie Nie Wei directed this time, which can make so many film critics stand in two teams and argue non-stop.

"This is why I don't want to continue filming." The online debate naturally attracted Nie Wei's attention. Although he did not stand up for himself, he actually preferred what Hai Dao said.

These two movies really made him lose his own characteristics.

Perhaps for Harry Potter fans, this is a perfect work that can fully support their regret for the temporary end of HP, but for Nie Wei personally, this is a "failed" work.

But there is no way. The Harry Potter series is too famous. Any major changes will attract unnecessary criticism, not to mention that this is a purely commercial movie. When Nie Wei started filming, he was aiming for a high box office. As for the awards, he didn't even consider it. He just waited for fate.

"It's okay. I think it's pretty good." Shu Chang comforted him.

"Haha, of course it's good-looking. How can my film not be good-looking? I just feel that it lacks something compared to my previous works, which is a pity." Nie Wei said with a smile. He had no psychological burden.

Just like those film critics who argued with each other, but no one really criticized the quality of this movie.

Because the quality of a movie is a unified standard in their hearts, that is, excellence.

If there is another scoring machine, the basic score of this movie is at least 85 points. For some people, they may deduct five points for lack of characteristics. For some people, they can also add five points for keeping the original flavor. But in this range, no matter adding or subtracting, it is enough to be called an excellent score.

"Let's not talk about the movie. Are you tired recently?" Nie Wei asked with concern.

"I was very tired, but I'm not tired when you come." Shu Chang smiled and coquettishly nudged Nie Wei's arms.

After holding several premieres, Nie Wei took advantage of the fact that there was still half a day of free time and ran to Mingzhu City to visit Shu Chang.

Shu Chang was really surprised by Nie Wei's sudden visit.

When Nie Wei returned to China, Shu Chang actually asked Nie Wei if he had time to visit the set, but Nie Wei answered that it was not certain at that time. Shu Chang also calculated Nie Wei's schedule and found it difficult to squeeze out time to visit the set.

So although Shu Chang felt a little regretful, she still expressed her understanding and comforted Nie Wei, saying that her part would be finished in a month, and if Nie Wei had not finished filming by then, she could still visit Nie Wei in France.

What Shu Chang could never have imagined was that three hours ago, the news was still saying that Nie Wei's premiere event in Guangzhou was very successful, but three hours later, Nie Wei came to the filming location of her crew with a bunch of drinks and coffee.

Shu Chang really got a big surprise. At that moment, she even forgot that she was still filming, and excitedly ran to Nie Wei and threw herself into Nie Wei's arms.

The only thing that Shu Chang felt sorry for was that Nie Wei could only stay with her for three hours, and then he had to return to Kyoto and fly to the United States tomorrow.

The director was very considerate and arranged all Shu Chang's afternoon scenes for tomorrow, giving the two of them a chance to spend enough time together.

But happy times are always short, and three hours passed in a flash.

Shu Chang didn't even have time to have a good dinner with Nie Wei. In the end, she sent Nie Wei to the plane, and watched Nie Wei disappear at the entrance of the airport, and then reluctantly returned to the crew.

Unknowingly, October 2nd arrived.

In the early morning, theaters everywhere were still brightly lit to welcome the first wave of enthusiastic movie fans.

The scheduling rate of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" was as high as 56%. It can be seen that the theater chain has great confidence in Nie Wei's movie because it can occupy such a large proportion of the National Day period.

In fact, the online pre-sale box office alone has made the theater chain earn a lot of money.

The pre-sale box office of the movie in the first weekend exceeded 400 million yuan, which is the biggest affirmation of the market for this movie. Countless people in the industry are predicting how much the movie will eventually take in. However, no matter how cautious or bold, the predicted figures are not less than 3 billion yuan.

They all believe that the combination of JK Rowling and Nie Wei will definitely ignite the domestic National Day schedule and become the well-deserved box office king.