On the evening of the 22nd, the long-awaited moment for fans finally arrived, and the Christmas schedule came to the most intense stage, with the release of "Desert Island" and "Juno...... Taking advantage of the holidays, they flocked to the cinema to get a sneak peek.

Although Wang Yang has the nickname of "grabbing money Yang" in the mouth of the theater bosses, there is never a shortage of blockbusters of this and that kind in the Christmas schedule, and "Juno" has the hidden danger that the genre has never succeeded, so under the tight allocation of theater resources, the number of theaters in "Juno" is only 2,712, while Fox's "Desert Island Survivors" has 2,774. However, it can be regarded as covering large and small cities in North America.

The former has Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis and Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks, which is their second collaboration after "Forrest Gump", which is very attractive, and the latter has "the best director of the future" Wang Yang and Natalie Portman, the leading acting genius among post-80s actresses, which are also very interesting.

Robert Tom is 92 years old, Jan Natalie is 39 years old, and neither of them is even as old as Tom Hanks' eldest son, Colin Hanks (23).

The age of the main creator and star will naturally affect the market, most middle-aged people choose "Desert Island" or other movies, while young people mostly walk into the screening room of "Juno", they love the witty words and jokes of that unique girl, which is the latest trend in chat rooms, ICQ, MSN and other places, they don't want to be left behind, and Amazing Yang's movies have always been good, and many parents who are worried about how their children will be affected choose to watch "Juno" If this movie has the magic to influence teenagers, they have to take precautions.

Once again, the premiere of "Juno" was held at the "Vitai Projector" cinema, which was packed with Juno's crew, family and friends, as well as invited media reporters and film critics.

After "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", except for film critics like Kevin Thomas, who specialize in making a living from opposites, no one dares to say that "Amazing Young is just a little baby director", this "little baby" has a global box office of 1.106 billion US dollars, three hits of different genres, and many old guys who have made movies all their lives can't get this result, so no one will expect that young director to completely encounter Waterloo.

In the media's preparation, "Juno" is a rare masterpiece, they will naturally tell the truth and the magical journey continues, but if "Juno" is just an ordinary school comedy with no "height" behind it, then sorry, even if it is very funny and has the potential to be a box office hit...... Anything is good, it is all "magical ending", and they can finally use regretful headlines such as "Magical Yang disappoints!", "He is only 20 years old after all" and so on.

A 20-year-old director's new work is disappointing because it's not a "classic"? Film critics will say "yes" to this, and that's the price of his name Magic Young.

The audience in the screening hall included some student fans selected from the promotional activities, and the celebrity guests who came to cheer on the show included the Will Smiths, Christopher Nolan, Tom Welling, Rachel, Zachary and other stars of "Youth Musical". The premiere activities are over, and everyone is chatting softly or watching the big screen, waiting for the movie to begin.

Wang Yang, who was wearing a black suit, sat in the middle of the first row, he looked at Jessica in a light blue evening dress on his right, and talked to her: "Jessica, how about we go to see "Desert Island Afterlife" tomorrow night?" Jessica nodded and smiled: "Okay, we haven't watched a movie together for a long time, not tonight." Wang Yang smiled: "Well, there is also a ball game, we will continue to watch this year's Christmas game......"

Natalie, who was wearing a white evening dress on the left, was a little bored, she glanced at the big screen, why hadn't she started yet? She glanced at Wang Yang, who was talking to her girlfriend, and muttered in her heart, "He must have a lot of dopamine in his head now" Damn dopamine! She patted her head and looked at Michael Pitt on the other side, seeing that he was looking at the screen with both eyes, breathing a little heavily, obviously feeling very nervous, she asked, "Hey, Michael, what are you thinking?"

"Well, I ......" Michael came back to his senses, smiled faintly at her, and said, "I remembered some things from the past, I wasn't very happy, but I kept moving forward, and now it's all worth it...... I'm really happy now that I did. Listening to his coherent words, Natalie nodded, she had heard Michael's story, so knowing what he was talking about, she smiled and said, "Enjoy it." ”

"Thank you. Michael smiled, and suddenly stretched out his head and shouted, "Hey, Yang, Yang!" Wang Yang over there turned his head to look, and Michael said sincerely: "Thank you for that hamburger!"

"Man, you're welcome!" Wang Yang gave him a thumbs up with a bright smile. With a snap, he saw Natalie, who was leaning on the back of the chair, slap his head sharply, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously, "Natalie, are you okay?"

Michael Pitt, Jessica, Anne Hathaway, and Joshua in the back seat all looked at her suddenly, Natalie said "oh", looked around at everyone, spread her hands and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I'm just driving away some useless things, such as sleepiness." Everyone laughed and suddenly came to their senses, and Joshua laughed in a voice that only he could hear, "Please, it's all useless stuff......"

At this time, the movie is about to start playing, and the screening room becomes silent, with crew members such as Vary-Pfister, Harry George, Nancy Reno, and Anne Darren ...... Will Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Nolan, Rachel, Zachary ...... Everyone in the screening room quietly stared at the big screen.

I saw the moths on the screen pounce on the flames, come to the beautiful pastoral world, and dance with butterflies. After the opening animation of the Flame movie, Juno is seen standing on the lawn, staring blankly at an abandoned luxury chair, walking away with a large bottle of drink after she recalls the cause of her pregnancy and is woken up by a Yorkshire puppy. At this time, lively and cheerful country music plays, harmonica, guitar, whistle, and the picture becomes a combination of real life and comics, Juno is walking around the town, drinking drinks, and the main credits of the film are also displayed on the streets, rooftops, and other places, and finally showing "Anne Hathaway, Michael Pitt, Natalie Portman, Wang Yang." After that, Juno walks out of the comic strip and goes to the town's grocery store.

Rachel, who was sitting in the guest seating area, smiled and applauded softly, this must be a good movie!

The audience watching "Juno" throughout North America was full of interest at this time, with bright and comfortable pictures, relaxed and pleasant music, and Juno's interesting lines, all of which made the originally very serious matter of "teenage pregnancy" interesting, without the slightest oppression and heaviness.

"Haha! That's me, ha, that's me!" Seeing himself on the screen, Joshua sat up straight excitedly and said quickly: "Yoyoyo, everyone is optimistic, the Oscar for Best Actor is here!

Wang Yang and Jessica looked at each other and smiled, and then heard Joshua in the back exhale and said, "The first appearance is over, oh yes! It's a good feeling to see yourself on the screen." ”

The on-screen story keeps progressing, Juno wants to have an abortion, and then decides to give birth and find adoptive parents...... Under Natalie's wonderful interpretation of the role fully integrated, with the novel punchline, a unique girl with a difference jumped onto the screen, allowing the audience to unconsciously follow her into the story of the movie and enter the inner world of this pregnant girl.

"I'm a planet now!" Juno said with a little grumbling, looking at her big belly.

There was another burst of chuckles in the screening room, and a young white high school student clenched his fists excitedly, and couldn't help but say, "Got it!" Fat as a planet, even with a gravitational field, this will become the new trendy language to describe fat people! He hurriedly wrote in his notebook with a pen, "Juno said, I'm a planet now......" At this time, Juno said on the screen again, "My amniotic water is broken, can you hurry up?" The audience couldn't help but chuckle again, and a white girl said excitedly: "Got it!" Haha, got it!"

Seeing the excitement of the teenagers around them, a middle-aged couple couldn't help frowning, as expected, as expected, as long as it is a magical school movie, it has the magic of influencing young people, "Youth Musical" makes their daughter in junior high school want to take a dance class, and now the question is, what about "Juno"? What is the movie going to say in the end, what will their daughter understand, and what kind of impact will it bring?

When the film is halfway over, the story gradually enters the serious part, the use of slang and funny sentences gradually decreases, the chuckle in the screening room becomes a smile, everyone watches it more attentively and engrossedly, and the success of the film transitions to the stage of "discussing things".

Juno's change of mindset, Paulie's change of mindset, and the change of mindset of middle-aged adoptive couples...... As Juno collides on campus and off campus, she thinks about her feelings, and she slowly matures. This is the time to test her acting skills even more, Juno wants to change, but this transformation cannot lose her unique personal charm, transformation requires layered acting skills, and maintaining charm requires controlling the soul of the character.

"Dude, I'm going to give you one more compliment. Looking at Juno crying in the car in confusion on the big screen, Wang Yang sighed, turned his head to look at Natalie on the left, and said with a smile: "It's so good!" Natalie had a casual expression on her face and said in a light tone: "It's not acting, that's me." Wang Yang shouted "Michael" again, smiled and gave a thumbs up to Michael Pitt, who was looking at him, and then shouted "Annie" again, giving a thumbs up to the smiling Hathaway...... Playing on the screen, Michael, Hathaway and others appear to be even better acting, and like Natalie, they have no trace of acting at all, only the feeling of "that's him".

"Hey, Young, don't forget me as the best actor!" Joshua in the back row stretched out his hand and patted Wang Yang's shoulder, Jessica looked back at him and smiled: "Wow, the best actor who has a little more cameo than me." Everyone around laughed softly, and Joshua shrugged his shoulders and gave himself a thumbs up, "good!"

Soon, the film came to the final stage, and both Juno and Paulie understood what love was, and what responsibility and dedication were. In the hospital, accompanied by her family, good sisters Leah and Paulie, Juno gave birth to a child, and the young couple looked at the baby in Vanessa's arms, their eyes full of tenderness. The scene turned, when Juno came to Paul's house with a guitar on his back and a bicycle, in the early morning sun, the two happily looked at the new photos of the baby sent by Vanessa, and sat in front of the door to play the guitar. All 120 minutes of footage were screened.

In the No. 1 screening hall of the "Wei Tai Projector" cinema, the guitar singing at the end of the film sounded, and the detailed cast and crew scrolled: "Producer: Wang Yang, Director: Wang Yang." Cast, Juno McGough: Natalie Portman, Paulie Brick: Michael Pitt, Leah: Anne Hathaway...... Anne Darren, Joshua Alba...... Classmates: Jessica Alba, Rachel McAdams, Tom Welling, Zachary Levy...... Cinematographer: Valley Pfister, Photography Assistant: Harry George...... Assistant Director: Nancy Reno ......"

The audience stood up with applause, the young students were still whistling and shouting, and many people shouted: "Juno, you are so cool!", "I love you, even if you are like an earth!" Wang Yang sat in a chair, smiling and listening to the applause around him, looking at the names on the screen, ten years later, people like him now, will they be surprised to "wow"?

"Dude. Suddenly, the left shoulder was patted, Wang Yang looked at Natalie next to her, she smiled happily, and said: "This premiere is the best I have ever attended, I beat my 13-year-old self!" She laughed again and said, "You know, your pants are really cool!" Thinking of the meeting that day, Wang Yang suddenly smiled and said, "Dude, it's just an ordinary pair of pants." With that, he smiled and explained to Jessica what had happened that day.

On the side of the guest seat, the invited celebrity guests also gave their applause to "Juno", Will Smith clapped his palms and said to Terry "PG-13": "Terry, like Young said, pregnancy in high school is a very serious matter, don't try it in the future!" Terry's immature face was full of doubts, and asked, "Uncle Young said? Why didn't I hear it? And Dad, can a boy get pregnant?"

In the middle of the screening room, there is an area for media reporters and film critics, who are also applauding at this time, but they are a little distracted and reminiscing about the movie just now. Did Wonder Jan disappoint? No. The smart, cunning guy who didn't shy away from abortion, but who didn't offend either party's values, Juno's parents were so open-minded, and Juno was so funny and unique that she was able to solve all the problems caused by teenage pregnancy...... Magical Young depicts a wonderful world, but is that all?

It seems like that's it, but it doesn't seem to be. The vivid characters, simple plots, and brilliant lines in the movie are constantly churning in their minds, how should film reviews be written? One thing is for sure, they can't use titles such as "Amazing Yang Disappoints!" and "He's Only 20 Years Old After All." This is not a bad movie, nor is it an ordinary campus comedy, this is a rare masterpiece; if you look at it in its genre, it can be said that this is an unprecedented masterpiece.

There is a similar scene in movie theaters across the United States where "Juno" is screened.

"Oh my God, I never thought Natalie Portman could look like this, it's amazing......", "It's crazy, I thought there would be preaching, I didn't expect it to be so interesting, it's amazing!", "The music in it is very good, especially the harmonica, out of the original soundtrack, I have to buy one." Listening to the voices around them, a middle-aged white couple nodded silently, it was indeed a good movie, and suddenly a girly voice alerted them: "I really want to get pregnant! It's cool like Juno......"

After the premiere, all the crew of "Juno" and their families and friends went to the hotel for a private dinner. In the hall where the dinner was held, people were laughing and chatting, drinking red wine and tasting food, Wang Yang and Jessica, Michael Pitt, Rachel, Zachary and Eileen Iriss were chatting about Christmas arrangements, Zachary invited: "Jan, I'm going to have a dancing party, I'm going to invite everyone, you must come!" Wang Yang glanced at the smiling Jessica, and saw that she had no other intentions, so he agreed: "OK, I love to dance." ”

"Hello, director, Jessica, everybody ......" At this time, Anne Darren, who was wearing a beige evening dress, came over and greeted each other, Anne took out a poster and autograph pen from her handbag, handed it to Wang Yang, and said with a pleading smile: "Excuse me, director, can you sign it for me? A friend of mine wants it, she is your fan." ”

Wang Yang nodded happily, took the pen and the poster, this is a poster for the release of "Juno", there is Natalie with a big belly, Michael, Hathaway and others wearing school uniforms, he marked Natalie's big belly, handed it back to Anne and smiled: "Okay!"

Anne smiled, and said to Jessica and the others: "Can you trouble everyone to sign one?" She smiled helplessly: "My friend said that celebrities want autographs, of course, she is also your fan." Naturally, everyone would not refuse, Jessica signed, and it was Rachel...... Wang Yang looked at the more and more signatures on the poster, and the signatures of celebrities were all needed, and he suddenly wanted to say, "Annie, sign your name as well." ”

"Thank you. After everyone signed their names on the poster, Anne smiled gratefully and said, "I'm going to find other stars, you guys have a slow chat." With that, she took the poster and an autograph pen and walked towards Natalie and Hathaway on the other side of the vegetarian table.

Looking at the back of Annie walking farther and farther, Wang Yang said secretly, Annie, in ten years, you will definitely be a star! When the time comes, many people will be surprised and say, "It turns out that she has a role in "Juno"!"

"Okay, no problem. Natalie took Annie's poster and pen, and when she saw the distribution of signatures on the poster, she couldn't help but glance at Wang Yang, only to see that he was chatting with Jessica and friends, she chewed the corn kernels in her mouth, and signed it on my stomach! She held the pen and wrote a "Natalie Portman" on the top of the poster's "Director: Wang Yang", and then, she smiled and wrote a "lol!" next to it!

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With this growth rate and score, it will soon be able to enter the TOP250 in film history. The scoring formula of the TOP250 is more rigorous and strict, only the votes of "regular voters" will be calculated, as for what is a "regular voter", IMDB does not have a clear definition, probably a long registration time, has voted for at least a thousand movies, and has a good voting record, serious attitude of senior fans, they determine the film's TOP250 score. This is a good way to prevent the company and fans from swiping votes, and some random votes, which is also the reason why this list is authoritative.

Therefore, the score of TOP250 is often lower than that of the main page, just like the current score of the main page of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is 8.3, and the score of TOP250 is 8.1, which can be ranked in the same score range of 150-200.

A drama film with a sensitive theme of "teenage pregnancy", involving abortion, actually has a stable score of 8.4 on the main page, which is definitely a surprising number, you must know that the score of "Sweetheart Yiren" is only 6.0, if there is a contest between these two movies, fans have already handed over their own answers first, "Juno" regardless of the director, starring, story, soundtrack and other aspects, completely outperformed "Sweetheart Yiren", an undisputed victory.

On the 23rd, entertainment newspapers and movie newspapers gave the headlines to the two most watched movies, "Desert Island Afterlife" or "Juno", and the pages of film reviews and reports also occupied half of the country.

Long before its release, with the trailer and lineup, the IMDB rating of "Desert Island Survivors" was 8.8, and with the release, its rating slipped to 8.6, but this is just a normal phenomenon, and this scheduled classic movie has become a classic without any suspense, and it has received rave reviews from both fans and media fans, The New York Post said: "This is a box office bomb with the soul of an art film, and Robert Zemeckis has the best Christmas present for us." The Chicago Sun-Times was full of praise for Tom Hanks' acting: "Two-thirds of the film is his own performance, but you don't get bored of it, his acting is fantastic." ”

The headline of the entertainment section of the Los Angeles Times gave Juno: "Jan & Natalie, the hope of the new generation!", and in the opening introduction of the film review, they wrote: "Before the release of "Juno", we had a little doubt, whether the magic of Young could make a movie of this genre, and whether Natalie Portman, a good girl, was suitable to play Juno, who is said to be very 'rock', and after watching this movie, everything had an answer, and they overcame the doubt." Jan & Natalie, a 39-year-old group, once again gave us a big surprise, they are the leading figures among the post-80s directors and actresses, and the hope of the new generation. ”

In the detailed film review report that follows, there are pictures of Wang Yang and Natalie laughing and talking about walking through the streets of the town, and they analyze the film and write: "The warm and soft picture shots, like a bright sunshine, are the film film style that Magic Yang has always had, and the relaxed and natural country soundtrack, and the ingenuity of the prop design...... There are also lines and dialogues that people have to admire, the slang in the film, and the new use of words and sentences, which always make people smile. And Juno's interesting family and interesting classmates make you cheer for them. Such a story can be filmed very seriously and bizarrely, but Magic Jan has found the right style and the right way to tell this kind of story, which is unique and warm. ”

"This film can make people smile from the beginning to the end, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have something profound, its story is not complicated, we see a unique girl Juno going through the whole pregnancy, seeing her heart change, from 'I don't know what kind of girl I am' to 'I actually became a mother'. On the one hand, the movie says, 'Pregnancy is a beautiful thing, it makes people understand what love is.' But on the other hand, it's saying, 'Teenage pregnancy is a serious and difficult thing, if you want to try, do you think you're ready?' In the movie, Juno's pregnancy is handled and confronted by her and her family in a cool way, but it's very serious and significant in itself. ”

After talking about the movie itself, the Los Angeles Times wrote, with a bit of a joke: "It's really suspicious, did Wonder Young ever get pregnant?"

And in the part of evaluating the leading actors, they wrote: "Ordinary words of praise are no longer enough to describe Natalie Portman's performance, which is completely different from her previous screen images, she casually foul words, middle fingers, she stands there, every look, every action, every word, all of which vividly interpret a unique girl." And during pregnancy, she walked with a big belly, like a real pregnant woman, and in this movie, her acting talent is fully displayed. With Juno, she is enough to compete for the Oscar for Best Actress next year. It's impossible not to give a thumbs up to the magical Young's vision and directorial level, who, after Will Smith, succeeded in transforming Natalie Portman. ”

The Los Angeles Times did not hesitate to praise Natalie's acting skills, and also praised the performance of Michael Pitt and Anne Hathaway: "It's hard to imagine that this is the first time they have starred in a movie, and they don't have the slightest sense of youth in acting, in front of Natalie's dazzling Juno, they are not overshadowed, but on the contrary, they have a big collision with her acting skills, which makes people marvel 'Where did Amazing Young find so many acting geniuses'? 18-year-old Anne Hathaway, we can expect more. ”

"If you want to see a heartwarming and interesting story, if you want to see a cool girl go from willful and casual to maturity, if you want to see a genius performance, a genius director, then you should watch Juno. Finally, the Los Angeles Times wrote.

Naturally, there were more than one or two newspapers commenting on Juno, with The Hollywood Reporter saying that "the actors' performances are eye-catching, while also having novel dialogue and innovative content." The film review of "Swap Movie" said: "Everyone has a set of right and wrong criteria, and this movie takes care of everyone, which is really commendable." The San Francisco Chronicle once again seemed very happy, and the San Francisco man proudly wrote: "In next year's Oscar nominations, we believe that Wang Yang will be in the Best Director category!"

The gossip media also has targets that gossip media focus on and chase, such as "the feud between 'Juno' and 'Sweetheart'", and the Hollywood Today report wrote: "Natalie Portman made a very smart choice, and Juno is impressive on and off campus, and the sharp-tongued and outrageous Juno is more fascinating than the kind and ordinary Novali." Without a doubt, Juno is the best teenage pregnancy movie. ”

In addition, there are also the media hyped Christmas showdowns, young people vs old guys, "Juno" vs "Desert Island Aftermath".

On the afternoon of the 23rd, the box office data of the 22nd was freshly released, and the top of the list was the "92-year-old" "Desert Island Survivors", with 2,774 theaters and a box office of $11.755 million, while "Juno" with 2,712 theaters followed closely with a box office of 11.553 million! The average theater box office of "Desert Island Survivors" was $4,237, and "Juno" was $4,260. In the first round, "Juno" lost the total box office and won the average box office.

It's only the first day, and the Christmas war has just begun.

(To be continued)