Thursday, 13 June 2007.

Suncheonfu Minghu No. 1 Cinema.

The time is half past eleven in the evening, and it is common sense to say that at this time in the evening, the flow of people in the cinema is relatively small. But at this moment, in Minghu No. 1 Cinema, it is a crowded scene.

Zhou Yuzhu and his best friend Chen Ziwei are crowded in the sea of people at the moment.

They are waiting for the midnight show "Avatar" that starts at 00:25.

On Monday, June 10, Avatar held its grand world premiere in Los Angeles, USA, and announced that the film will be officially released worldwide at 0:00 on June 14.

As listening to Li Qian's songs, The generation that grew up watching Li Qian's movies, Zhou Yuzhu and Chen Ziwei may not be loyal fans of Li Qian, but almost no one among the young Chinese who have grown up over the years has not been completely influenced by Li Qian, especially fans like Zhou Yuzhu and Chen Ziwei who love to watch movies, and the movie-watching experience in recent years can be summed up as that the best movies in China are often the leader Li Qian's, followed by Li Qian as the producer and producer, that is, produced by Minghu Culture, and the best in Hollywood movies, and then, the defective products in Hollywood movies, and other domestic films。

Therefore, maybe there is a new Hollywood film on the cinema, and they have to hesitate and look at the word of mouth before buying tickets, but as long as it is directed and starred by Li Qian, it belongs to the one that they have to watch without hesitation. Now that Li Qian's new movie is about to be released, of course, he will struggle to grab the first ticket as long as he has the opportunity.

In a sense, none of them are fans of Li Qian, but they are die-hard fans of "Li Qian's quality"!

What's more, after the premiere, the word-of-mouth about the film in the United States has come out, and it was quickly reprinted on domestic forums by the great powers - almost every comment published gave exaggerated words such as "shock", "shock", and "worship" to the movie's viewing experience.

In other words, this movie can already be understood as "conquering North America"! This status, in the understanding of Chinese audiences, should be on the same level as "The Matrix"!

Of course, it's a must-see level!

Although tomorrow is Friday and they still have to go to work, the two little girlfriends discussed it and booked tickets online in advance and decided to come over to watch this midnight advance show "Avatar".

Of course, the sisters have just joined the work for a long time, and they only earn about 1,000 yuan a month, so when they started to sell tickets for the show on the Internet, when they saw the 3D and 3D-IMAX ticket prices, Zhou Yuzhu, who was in charge of booking the tickets, hesitated for half a minute, and then, the two tickets were already unbooked.

Because in China's film market, in addition to the three cinemas under Minghu Culture, which provide 3D and 3D-IMAX versions of movie-watching, there are only two other large cinema chains, because they signed a gambling agreement with Minghu Culture, so they renovated a total of six or seven cinemas in the first half of the year. Outside of that, there are no more professional cinemas in this area.

In Shuntianfu, although the three cinema chains under Minghu Culture have more than 20 cinemas, and almost all of them have at least one 3D cinema hall, plus the other two cinema chains have also arranged six cinema halls, there are 60 or 70 screening halls in total. But how many tickets can be added to all the advance 3D and 3D-IMAX movie tickets that these theaters can provide?

It's only five or six thousand.

You must know that Shuntianfu is one of the largest box office markets in China's film market! It also has the largest and most concentrated number of Li Qian's fans, including fans, movie fans, leg fans, and Yan fans.

Five or six thousand tickets for 3D and 3D-IMAX movies in advance, and the time was Thursday night and Friday morning, and I have to go to work tomorrow, but I still sold out on the Internet in eleven seconds!

Zhou Yuzhu and Chen Ziwei have both subscribed to Li Qian's blog, read his popular science articles on the blog, and know that their idols are sparing no effort to promote, and hope that everyone will try to watch the 3D-IMAX version, and also said that "the 3D-IMAX version is the real "Avatar", and whether it is the film's pre-promotion in China, or the movie reviews that have been spontaneously reprinted by fans from the American Internet in the past few days, they all have almost completely unanimous reactions, the 3D-IMAX version of "Avatar" is watching" Absolutely shocking"!

However, as soon as the little sisters discussed, 3D and 3D-IMAX tickets are so expensive, if you don't buy them, you can't buy them! Anyway, buying ordinary tickets is a victory!

3D sounds quite amazing, all kinds of "shocking", Li Qian has never recommended anything purely commercially, what he solemnly recommends, it must be a good thing, but ...... Movies, just watching stories, everyone watched Li Qian's movies in the past, and there was nothing like 3D at that time, wasn't it just as good-looking?

So, that's it!

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Starting at 11:55 a.m., the midnight show will be checked.

As a cinema chain under Minghu Culture, and it is also a leading level, the copies in the hands of Minghu No. 1 Cinema are of course extremely abundant. Even according to the company's current arrangement, from the date of the release of "Avatar", the three theaters under Minghu Culture will be completely transferred to the "Avatar mode", that is, all other movies will stop screening, and all theaters will be changed to screen "Avatar".

Therefore, in fact, not only the Minghu No. 1 Cinema in Shuntianfu, but also all the cinemas under the Minghu Culture umbrella in the country at this moment have guaranteed sufficient copies, and all the advance screenings are in full swing, opening every five minutes, and each one is "Avatar".

After 0:00, at 00:18, it was finally Zhou Yuzhu and Chen Ziwei's turn to enter.

Checking in, entering, and passing by other screening halls, I looked at the other audience members with a strange spectacle in their hands, playing with them.

Find a place and sit down.

Many viewers are a bit like Zhou Yuzhu and Chen Ziwei, although the time is already midnight, they still can't help but whisper something with a little excitement.

Some people are saying that this movie has a strong reputation at the premiere, some people are saying that Li Qian's movies never disappoint, and some people regret not being able to buy tickets for 3D-IMAX.

At 00:25, the movie begins.

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The beginning of the movie is extremely concise.

The explanation and origin of the story are not the slightest bit dragging the mud and water.

In the future world, science and technology are extremely developed, but resources are depleted and the environment is deteriorating, so human beings begin to march to alien planets, which is the usual setting of Hollywood science fiction movies, but there is nothing new to be found.

The hero's twin brother is a scientist who has been involved in the colonization and mining of alien planets, but unfortunately dies in a robbery three days before he is about to embark on the journey.

And the male protagonist, a former U.S. Marine, who was paralyzed by injuries and his legs, was chosen as a replacement because of his 99.9% similarity to his brother, and embarked on a journey to an alien planet.

Throughout the beginning, about a minute, the male protagonist has appeared in the weightless space capsule.

Then, the vastness of the universe, the wonders of the planets in the distance, appeared.

Even if it was just an ordinary version, when the movie came to this scene, Zhou Yuzhu and Chen Ziwei, including the vast majority of the audience in the entire theater, were still shocked by such a grand shot.

In the entire theater, I couldn't help but let out a burst of exclamation.

The whole story unfolds in the midst of this exclamation, and unfolds without a trace—the comparison of the size of the mining vehicle with the ordinary car and the human body, the engineering vehicle with colorful bows and arrows driving on the tarmac, the setting about the difference in air so that you will die quickly if you leave the mask, and the colonel's exaggerated-sounding description of the planet Pandora in the orientation speech, etc.

And so, the story unfolds.

A whole new planet.

A whole new ecosystem, from plants, to animals, to indigenous people, and each one is almost beautiful.

The appearance of the female scientist played by Bai Yujing caused a small commotion in the viewing hall, but it quickly calmed down - everyone can easily perceive the contradiction between the Earth Mining Group and the local natives.

Then, the actor's avatar made his debut.

A crisis and escape left him alone in the wild environment of this strange planet, deprived of all protection, and at this time, the identity of the former Marine began to come into play.

And as the male protagonist was brought into the tribe by the heroine, and because of his identity as a "former pot lid tribal samurai", he obtained the special treatment of communicating with each other and learning each other's survival skills, the whole story completely unfolded - all kinds of fresh and gorgeous world environments, all kinds of novel and interesting settings, one after another, just unfolded slowly, attracting almost all the audience in the entire screening hall immersed in the story, so that there was almost no noise in the entire screening hall.

Only when he arrived at some key places, such as when the actor finally tamed his mount and soared in the sky on this big bird, the feeling of flying freely made many audiences in the screening hall subconsciously sigh with satisfaction.

Even without 3D, the special effects of this movie are definitely the best in the world at the moment, and even in the next few years, it will be top-notch.

Because its story and its picture are carefully created, it is the most suitable "scenery film" to unfold such a beautiful and atmospheric picture.

And its story itself, whether it is the version of James Cameron in another time and space, or the version of Li Qian in the current time and space, is undoubtedly a good story that is not new in nature, but the story is complete and the branches and leaves are stretched, and many settings are particularly fresh and interesting.

A good story, with a good telling method, and with the delicate and realistic movie special effects supported by advanced film technology, which is enough to completely "make people believe", all of this has formed a super viewing experience of "Avatar".

It's safe to say without a doubt that this is definitely the pinnacle of global commercial cinema to date.

As a result, including Zhou Yuzhu and Chen Ziwei, the audience in the entire screening hall was fascinated.

The betrayal of the hero, the "big tree" where the heroine and her clansmen have lived for generations was directly destroyed by the guns of the earth, and the smoke and dust filled the sky - at this moment, the hearts of countless viewers were pinched.

On the one hand, the people of their homeland earth, in order to survive and develop, have to destroy and plunder the outside world in such a barbaric way, and on the other hand, the primitive beauty of the local area that he has already felt, and the relationship that has completely sunk him in.

He has begun to like the life of becoming an "Avatar", and he has an incomparable understanding of the greed of the earth's humans, and everything he has experienced himself has made him disagree with the development ideas of the earth's humans.

So, he decided to do everything in his power to help the natives against his native earthlings.

In order to increase his right to speak, the hero of "Toruko Makto" returned to the tribe where he was sacrificing and praying, with a new legendary identity and a high-spirited speech, so that he quickly won the trust of the tribesmen, and so, a decisive battle between the local natives and the invading humans began.

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When the movie finally ended, everyone in the entire screening hall almost had an unusually satisfied feeling on their faces - Minghu No. 1 Cinema has exquisite decoration, advanced equipment, and excellent viewing experience, so the tickets for this cinema have never been cheap, but at this moment, after watching this "Avatar", almost everyone sighed and sighed heartily: It's worth it!

The whole movie has a good-looking story, exquisite pictures, and an indescribable sense of majestic atmosphere, there is no such concept as "no worse than Hollywood blockbusters", "The Matrix" At that time, everyone already thought that Li Qian's science fiction movies were "the world's top level", and now, after watching "Avatar", countless fans have subconsciously given evaluations in their hearts - this kind of film, Hollywood is afraid that it can't be made! Li Qian is already at least one or two positions ahead of Hollywood!

Everyone sighed with satisfaction, it was already the second half of the night, but they were collectively not sleepy. When the headlights of the screening hall came on, everyone stood up reluctantly and discussed with each other very excitedly.

Zhou Yuzhu and Chen Ziwei also stood up with the crowd and walked out in turn.

Occasionally, when they turned around, the two looked at each other, both with an emotional and satisfied look, you said, "It's so good-looking!", she subconsciously replied, "Yes, it's so good-looking!"

At this time, there were already many people in the crowd who were discussing, "I'll see it again tomorrow!", "I haven't seen enough, I want to watch it again!".

Zhou Yuzhu and Chen Ziwei were also a little excited.

And by this time, they had fully realized how good this movie was, and before they knew it, they couldn't help but think, "I wonder if it was a 3D, or 3D-IMAX version, would it look better than this ordinary version?

But tomorrow is Friday, and I'm going to work!

The two of them had their own thoughts spinning in their hearts, but they didn't say anything, just listened to the various discussions of the people around them happily, and slowly walked out of the screening hall with the flow of people.

The routine of the two of them watching movies, girls, don't rush out after watching it, the first thing is to go to the bathroom first - it turns out that at midnight, there are a lot of people waiting in line on the bathroom!

Of course, there is often a girl who is going to the bathroom or standing in line, and there is a boy waiting for her.

As a result, despite the large size of the restrooms, such a concentrated flow of people still seems a bit overcrowded.

There was no way, the two girls could only line up in the back.

At this time, I heard a few people in line in front of me discussing excitedly—they and them should be the audience of the scene that ended early.

And what they are discussing and exclaiming is the "3D-IMAX" that Zhou Yuzhu and Chen Ziwei are more concerned about and curious about at this time. So, the two girls subconsciously stopped their conversation and listened carefully-

"I'm convinced, it's so good!"

"Me too, I've been watching movies for seven or eight years now, and I've seen such cool movies! This 3D is amazing, I must come and watch it again tomorrow!

"The master's previous movies, I've seen all of them, this movie is indeed his best work, but to say the best, I don't think it's enough, but this 3D technology is too good!

"I now think that the sect leader is right, to watch this "Avatar", you must watch the 3D version, it is best to watch the 3D-IMAX giant screen version, otherwise you will not be able to fully feel its beauty!"

"Yes, I originally thought this ticket was too expensive, 60 yuan a piece, and it was not discounted, but now I look at it, I think it's worth it! The ordinary ticket is still 20! I just don't know how the ordinary 3D experience of 40 yuan a piece is! But I think, you get what you pay for, it's definitely not as good as this version we watch!"

"Expensive things only have the disadvantage of being expensive, and cheap things have only the advantage of being cheap!"

", you're so philosophical, big brother!"

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Hearing this, Chen Ziwei couldn't help but turn her head to look at her little friend.

Coincidentally, Zhou Yuzhu was also turning his head to look over.

At this moment, someone in line behind Zhou Yuzhu couldn't help but ask, "Hey, buddy, is 3D really that good-looking?"

One of them said: "Of course! I won't lie to you! Just do what the sect leader says, and I will definitely not suffer a loss! If you want to see it, you can watch the giant screen version of 3D-IMAX, and tell you, it's cool!"

Another person replied: "Don't worry about money, this kind of film, it is estimated that there may not be another one in the next few years, and it depends on whether the sect leader is willing to continue to make this kind of film!"

Another person smiled and said: "It's no longer a question of whether it hurts money or not, I estimate that all the 3D tickets tomorrow will be hard to find! With money, you can't buy tickets!"

Chen Ziwei couldn't help but turn her head and glance at Zhou Yuzhu again.

Zhou Yuzhu whispered, "I'll ...... tomorrow It should be possible to take a leave of absence!"

Chen Ziwei thought for a while and said, "I ...... it too." Okay, right?"

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It's back!

It's time to count down......