Don't call me Master, call me Director

Ever since they became fans of Gilgamesh's handsome appearance, they have been protesting to the official that FSN's portrayal of this handsome character is too negative.

"Such a handsome king shouldn't be just a nouveau riche!"

"How could Master Jill take a liking to that village girl from England!"

People can always see complaints like this on the relevant pages of FSN.

And now, Gilgamesh can finally show the domineering aura that belongs to the king, which makes countless little fans wet with excitement.

Maybe it's not just the little fans, but the housewives are also excited and happy.

Immediately after the release of the second teaser, there was a strong response. From the statistics and research data of Shener Times Group, it is not difficult to see that the degree of expectation of FZ has been rising in a straight line.

This heat reached its peak in April.

At this time, Shen Er has completely finished the post-production of the movie, and the announcement of Fate/Zero has entered the final sprint stage.

Various character posters, exclusive trailers, interviews with film and television magazines, etc., Fate/Zero has appeared in major media and magazines around the world.

What fans talk about the most is the official movie duration of 3 hours and 12 minutes (including the credits list).

Because movies in this world tend to be more artistic, and the rhythm is generally slow, there can't be many movies longer than 3 hours, but there are still a few.

This is also Shen Er's biggest reliance on editing Fate/Zero into a movie. If it was the world before time travel, he might not dare to do so.

Even so, fans were stunned by the duration.

You must know that the two and a half hours of FSN is almost breathless, and Fate/Zero actually has three hours. This time is refreshing, but how big is the plot of the movie?

Many Fate fans began to appeal to everyone not to drink water when watching FZ, and to empty their bodies. If they miss key plots in the toilet, it may lead to a disconnection from the whole movie.

Some viewers even joked that when they want to watch a movie, they should prepare a urinal so that they don't miss the wonderful plot of the movie.

For the 3-hour film length, fans are basically making fun of it.It is undoubtedly a good thing for fans to be able to see it all at once.

As May gets closer, more and more Fate/Zero materials are released, and audiences are increasingly looking forward to the release of the movie.

In their opinion, this will be the only movie worth watching this year, and their only food for thought in 2004.

In addition to Fate fans, there is another group of people who can't wait for Fate/Zero to be released soon-the Film Critics Group.

However, unlike the happy expectations of fans, the film critic group is all gearing up, ready to praise (disgrace) learn (swear) Fate/Zero.

Last year's FSN was so popular at the box office that it repeatedly rubbed the faces of film critics on the ground.

FZ was released this year, and film critics are determined to bring this place back!

Especially the Japanese film critics group, they really can't accept that a movie they collectively consider to be a bad movie won the box office champion in Japan last year!

The Japanese film market is sick, and we must take strong medicine to cure it! !

In the eyes of the film critics group, their disastrous defeat last year was because they did not unite and fight independently, which gave Matou Shinji, a little bastard, an opportunity to take advantage of.

So in order to agree to the deployment, the film critics held a meeting.

At the meeting, film critics expressed their dissatisfaction with FSN's global box office of more than 6 million U.S. dollars, and their disdain for Japan's 173 billion yen.

It's not that their film critics are not good, but that the audience this time is not good!

What's even more detestable is that the director named Matou Shinji actually bewitched the audience who had no discerning ability!

It is a heinous crime and must be punished!

Among them, Kawachi Ippei, Shen Er's old rival among film critics, even deliberately mobilized before the war.

"20 years ago, I embarked on the journey of a film critic and began to struggle for the art of film!"

"The public opinion in the Japanese film industry has become unified, and it has become a holy place for art!"

"Wherever we film critics go, the audience wholeheartedly welcomes us. It really takes the time."

"That kind of vitality, the realm where all things are competing is still in front of us."

Hanoi Yiping raised his fist high and delivered his speech plausibly.

"After just 20 years, has the Japanese film market turned into a place of burial for us?!"

Hanoi Ippei slapped the table vigorously, and shouted in full spirit.

"No matter how you say it, the hundreds of film critics among us have the advantage over Shinji Matou alone!"

Chapter 66 Fate/Zero is released, and the fourth Holy Grail War begins!

Even though critics didn't like Shinji Matou and his films at all, they couldn't just give a movie a bad review before it was released.

After all, if you miss a movie before you have seen it, the blow to the reputation of film critics is much greater than that of Shinji Matou and his movies.

Not being able to give bad reviews doesn’t mean not being able to say bad things. It’s still possible to make a fuss about Fate/Zero in one’s own column, or pick faults from published materials.

What the film critics did just caught Shen Er's fancy. These old men are willing to increase the popularity of Fate/Zero. If he didn't take advantage of it, wouldn't he have the reputation of "plucking the wild goose's hair"?

So when the film critics gave Fate/Zero negative comments, the same voice supporting Fate/Zero appeared in the major media, and soon there was a war of words with the film critics.

The two sides just quarreled in the major media, trying to maintain the popularity of Fate/Zero until the premiere.

The premiere of Fate/Zero was scheduled for the first Thursday in May 2004, and it was ready to drink the head soup of this year's summer vacation.

The film's premiere location was arranged at the Xingyue Cinema in Fuyuki City.

This new movie theater knows who it is just by its name.

Thanks to the absence of the so-called "Paramount Act" in Japan, film companies can not only make movies, but also open movie theaters.

However, Shen Er has no plans to operate a theater, and the display and symbolic meaning of Xingyue Cinema is far greater than the actual meaning.

On the day of the premiere, there was a lot of people in front of the Xingyue Cinema, and countless movie fans and media gathered on the red carpet around the theater. The lively scene was comparable to the Chinese Spring Festival.

Shen Er came to the interview area in front of the theater through the red carpet early, and stood shoulder to shoulder with Artoria, accepting the reporter's interview.

"Artoria is the treasure bestowed on me by God, no one is more suitable to play the role of King Arthur than her!"

When a reporter asked about his opinion on Artoria, Shinji replied like this.

Upon hearing this, Artoria gave Shinji a reproachful look, and shook her head helplessly.

Shen Er didn't blame Artoria for how he thought of him, now he only wanted to brag about Artoria's awesomeness, and left the rest to the reporter to write the article.

After finishing the interview, Shen Er no longer stayed in the interview area, turned around and walked into his own theater.

As a new movie theater, the decoration of Xingyue Movie Theater can be said to be luxurious, just watching it gives people a sense of grandeur.

One of the most eye-catching is the main projection hall of the theater - the IMAX hall that can accommodate 2000 seats.

As a movie-loving traveler, how could Shen Er forget this super special screen?

It's a pity that because the current IMAX shooting technology is not perfect enough, Shinji did not use the IMAX method to make movies. The IMAX version of Fate/Zero is a fake "fake IMAX version" that can no longer be faked—it is just projected on an IMAX screen.

In fact, it is not only the IMAX hall. In Shen Er’s plan, he also plans to open 4DX, Dolby Atmos, StarMAX, SCREENX, etc., various special screen screening halls in the theater in the future, as a special venue for commercial movies. Promotional window for the screen.

"I think it would be an unprecedented feat."

Shinji introduced his grand blueprint to Artoria with a happy face.

"That's right, Master, please do your best."

Arturia was obviously not very interested.

Fortunately, the rest of the crew also walked into the theater at this time, and Artoria quickly avoided the entanglement of her master.

"Why didn't you see Miss Flora?" Arturia asked curiously.

"Sister Cloris wants to focus on the premiere in North America, so she won't come to Japan." Sakura explained.

"You really care about her so much?"

Shinji who heard the conversation between the two felt his teeth ache.

"Of course, I still have Sister Cloris' private mailbox." Sakura took out her mobile phone showing off, "She sends me messages almost every week."

Shen Er shook his head: "She is really busy."

Several people chattered a few more words, and then, under Cu Chulainn's call, they walked together into the hall that can accommodate 2000 people.

"Tell you good news."

Udagawa Nanou whispered to Shinji while walking: "In May, Japan has no worthy opponents. Toho's "Calling Love in the Center of the World" was moved to July. It seems that Toho is also afraid of our Fate."

"Of course." Shen Er sat down in his seat confidently, "This is my movie."

There are more and more people entering the hall of Xingyue Cinema in Fuyuki City. The guests in the front row are all crew members and industry colleagues who came to join in the show. In the middle are entertainment media reporters from all over the world. audience.

There is no surprise, the IMAX hall with 2000 seats is full of seats, it can be seen that the Fate IP has already become famous in the circle.

In addition to this premiere, almost at the same time, nearly 5000 theaters around the world will simultaneously screen Fate/Zero.

After today, the screening scale will be expanded to 8000.

The attendance rate of all the premieres of Fate/Zero is not low. Theaters in popular commercial locations in first-tier cities such as Tokyo, London, and New York are all full.

It can be seen that as the prequel of the world's first special effects blockbuster, Fate/Zero is not low in attention, and the IP of Fate also has the embryonic form of "Star Wars" before the second master traveled.

Since the premiere was held in Fuyuki City, Aoko was unfortunately unable to attend.

After all, Fuyuki City can be regarded as the lair of the anti-Aozaki organization. If grandpa finds out that he has been to Fuyuki City, Aoko feels that he will be banned for the rest of this year.

So Aoko could only drag Youzhu to the premiere in Tokyo. In order to cover his own purpose, Aoko even arrived in Tokyo a week in advance, and invited the second generation and disciples of other magician families, in the name of exchanging magic experience.

In addition to the young magicians, the film critic group also conducted a group viewing.

"Matou Shinji is really an asshole director!"

Hanoi Yiping, who was sitting in the corner of the theater, said indignantly.

His complaints were quickly echoed by his peers.

"Yeah, he didn't give us film critic invitation tickets, who does he think he is!"

Because there was no unified invitation to film critics, film critics had to pay for their own tickets in order to enter, which made them feel a great insult.

If it weren't for the direct criticism of the movie to death, film critics would never buy this movie ticket.

How many years have passed, and I still have to buy a ticket to go to the movie by myself, is there any law? !

So Shen Er's guilt in the hearts of film critics increased.

But the second master doesn't care about it.

Although there is a very obvious time difference between parts of the world, several major advance scenes of Fate/Zero still reflect the movie at the same time.

On the big screen of Xingyue Cinema in Fuyuki City, the title animations of Xingyue Film Company, Bandai and Times Group flashed, and the film officially kicked off.

Under the black sky, in the dark church, a silver-haired woman was constructing a magic circle with mercury, and a black-haired man stood behind her.

These two are naturally Irisviel and Kiritsugu. In a few simple conversations, the movie revealed that what they were doing was the summoning ceremony of heroic spirits.

Fans of the old Fate can learn about the backgrounds of Kiritsugu and Irisviel through the dialogue, and new audiences can also learn what the Holy Grail War is.

Soon the screen switched to Fuyuki City, and Tokiomi, Weber, and Kariya also appeared in sequence.

Like Kiritsugu's group, Shinji used the shortest words to let the audience understand the reasons why several masters participated in the Holy Grail War.

Tokiomi wanted to reach the root, Weber wanted to prove himself, and Kariya wanted Sakura to leave Matou's house.

After introducing the main masters, the ceremony of summoning the heroic spirits began.

At this moment, in different places, the four masters started the summoning ceremony almost at the same time. They placed the holy relic on the magic circle, stretched out their right hands engraved with the command spell, and began to chant the spell loudly.

No matter which magician, their long-cherished wish is the same.

The call of their heroes on the Throne of Heroes around a miracle, the magicians who went on bloody kills to get it.

At this moment, it is sounding on this land at the same time.

"Declaration!"

"You are under me, entrusting my destiny to your sword."

The camera began to switch back and forth between the summoning scenes of several masters, and the summoning mantra was fully told to the audience by the masters chanting in turn.

Of course, chanting the mantra is just a performance, and the summoning scene is still kept during such a tense time. Shen Er hopes to tell the audience the personalities of the main characters through the camera.

Through Weber's excited smile, he shows his youthful, passionate, and immature side; Kiritsugu's deadpan expression implies his ruthlessness; Ye gritted his teeth ferociously, making people sympathize with him at a glance.

Not only the four masters who summoned the heroic spirits, but even those who watched the ceremony were also shown on camera. Irisviel, Kotomine Risei, Kotomine Kirei, Matou Zouken, their personalities and personalities are also shown in the scene. This is shown in the opening credits of less than 5 minutes.

"The spirit of words that entangles the three of you comes from the wheel of repression, the guardian of Libra!"