"Do you believe that one person can change one's fate?"

"I think people should do their best and then resign themselves to fate. ”

On the big screen, the handsome Tom Cruise and Ken Watanabe are talking about obeying the destiny of God, 2,908 theaters in North America are showing "The Last Samurai", and the audience is eating popcorn to watch this historical war film; on the other side, there are some sporadic screams in the screening hall from time to time, 3122 theaters are painting "Ghost Haunted House", and there are still lingering films such as "The Angry Sea" and "Matrix Revolution".

In the week of December 5-11 after Thanksgiving, the theater was not lively, with a total box office of only 126 million in seven days, and "The Last Samurai" won the weekly championship with a box office of 32.78 million, but it did not receive high reviews, although the audience liked 82%, but the freshness of film critics was only 65% and 56%, and the film critics were so dissatisfied, which means that its dream of hitting the main Oscar awards was basically shattered.

Next year's 76th Oscars is destined to be a boring and unsuspenseful party, except for "The Lord of the Rings 3", which has been "accumulated" for three years, it will inevitably sweep thousands of troops, including Best Picture, Best Director and many technical awards;

However, at present, the focus of the media is still the box office competition for the Christmas schedule, and the arrival of the 12th has lifted the spirits of many fans and audiences, and finally comes, and finally you can see a few decent movies! The most anticipated is undoubtedly "The Lord of the Rings 3" released on the 17th, its light covers up a number of films; but the market has never been monopolized by anyone, and "The Devil Wears Prada" with Wonder Young, Meryl Streep and others is also one of the hot spots.

In last year's Christmas file, Wang Yang brought "The Hangover", which exploded all over the world and finally collected 617 million box office, what about this year?

"Andrea finally quit her job, but she didn't get forgiveness from her boyfriend...... "I count those famous brands, Prada, Armani, Versace, Chanel, ......", "That book is actually quite boring, it's a resentful woman scolding another vicious woman, see how Marvelous Jan will shoot ......"

Listening to the whispered discussion in the audience, Clifford Pugh, a film critic for the Houston Chronicle, sat down and looked at the big screen with the ad in front of him, and he couldn't help but feel a little anticipation. Although he is a well-known film critic in a major newspaper, but as we all know, "The Devil Wears Prada" has not arranged any test screenings, and he can only watch the film together, Clifford doesn't like last year's "The Hangover" very much, although it is not a meaningless, traditional Hollywood assembly line garbage, but it is still "you don't know why you laugh", after laughing is nothing, you will forget the names of the characters when you walk out of the theater, forget the content of the story, or simply the whole viewing process has no demerits, no charm of the film.

This year's "MIT-21-TEAM" is impressive, and now this "Prada" has Meryl Streep, and the promotional slogan has "cruel office" and "life choices" This kind of old-fashioned but there is indeed room to play the topic, looking at Wang Yang's directing history, it should be good, maybe it is a surprise work like "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" and "Juno", which will become the dark horse of next year's Oscars.

In any case, Clifford Pugh has very high expectations and requirements for Wang Yang and "TDP", and the second work of this year's Oscar for Best Director is the first work after he won the Oscar, and I hope that wonder boy will not disappoint.

However, as long as you look at the young audience around you and look at this packed screening room, one thing seems to be certain, "TDP" must be another blockbuster work of Magic Young, and there is no "Lord of the Rings 3" this weekend, and "TDP" is quite a bit of a movie theater to do whatever it wants.

"Give me two tickets for "The Devil Wears Prada", and two buckets of popcorn, Coke ......" In front of the ticket counter of a theater in Chicago, a young couple was about to buy tickets to enter, but the middle-aged female conductor spread her hands and said: "Sorry, we only have one room to show "TDP", tonight's tickets have just been sold out, you can consider the midnight show." The young couple looked at each other, and the white boy wondered, "Are you kidding?" The girl couldn't help but scold: "I said I was going to order advance tickets!"

Compared with old men and women like "Love is a Compromise", many young couples who are dating tonight have chosen "TDP", anyway, there are also magical Jan, Meryl Streep, fashion + beauty gimmicks are more particularly attractive, and not being able to buy tickets and sit in a good position have caused many couples to have unpleasant quarrels, and then love is a compromise.

But if you look at the screening halls of 3,056 theaters in North America, there are significantly more female audiences, and countless women of all ages and professions poured into the theaters on Friday night.

"There are 5 minutes to go. Fanny looked at the clock on the phone screen, the trailer for "Lord of the Rings 3" was playing on the big screen, and everyone around them gradually fell silent. Fanny came to watch "TDP" with her best friend, it was completely to give magic face and confidence in him, she hated fashion, and thought that fashion was the most useless thing on the planet, it was a complete waste of time, so she never liked to watch fashion movies.

Because of Wonder Young, because she knew that Andrea would end up abandoning fashion, which was actually a satirical fashion movie, she came to see it. Of course, she did find out that many of the women sitting in the audience were dressed "beautiful and fashionable", probably those office white-collar workers, seeing a blonde woman next to her take out a small mirror and look at herself, a satisfied smile seemed to say "I'm no worse than Jessica Alba", Fanny shook her head, these pathetic women who are fascinated by fashion and luxury.

The premiere of "TDP" was scheduled in New York, and the film invited a group of journalists, film critics, and some people from the New York fashion industry to attend. The most eye-catching thing is Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine, who came to the show in the form of a Prada, Prada handbag, and her signature sunglasses, making reporters press their cameras frantically, and when she stood with Lauren Weisberg, the original author of "TDP", the flash pierced her sunglasses almost burst.

"It's nothing, it's nothing, it's just a book, and of course a lot of what it says about me is unfair. Surrounded by reporters, Anna Wintour was full of aura, she was wearing the most fashionable floral dress, and said lightly: "I haven't seen the movie yet, but other people's views are always others, and my stories and feelings are only known to myself, so let me tell you, I decided, I will start writing an autobiography next." ”

"Oh!" the reporters burst into surprise, and Anna Wintour managed to steal the show, and they all asked, "When will it be published?", "Will it be adapted into a movie?", "Will you ask Fantastic Young to direct it?", ...... On the other hand, Lauren Weisberger is also one of the protagonists of the premiere, she has already seen the theatrical version, and sure enough, the movie helped Anna Wintour that villain back to the road of "bitter strong woman", fortunately it is still so pitiful and pathetic.

"Are you happy with the adaptation of TDP?" Asked by a reporter, Lauren Weisberg laughed and said, "Very satisfied! Fantastic Young turned it into a wonderful movie, and I love Jessica's Andrea." She was indeed very satisfied with her incarnation Andrea, who was confused and cute in the early stage, and slowly had a trace of evil, and the joy of scolding, to the point of frantically shaking her hands and leaving...... This is Weissberg, this is Andrea.

Although she finally spurned the fashion industry and walked away, the two "Andrea" on the red carpet were very fashionable and beautiful. Jessica was wearing a set of white dresses with only a simple black belt on the skirt, looking simple and elegant, at this time she was talking to Vera Wang about the wedding dress with a smile on her face, her eyes were full of happiness, while Meryl Streep was wearing a black evening dress, and Emily Blunt was wearing a more eye-catching red dress.

Meryl Streep's daughter Mamie Gummer was also in attendance, and she originally played a small role in the 06 version, but during the post-editing, her scenes were deleted by the editors, and now the upcoming version, Mamie Gummer has several tricks.

"I'm so excited!" At the Siegfeld Theater in New York, the screening hall was full, and the premiere had come to the viewing session, and Jessica, who was sitting in the front row, said excitedly to Wang Yang next to her, this is the second time they have completed their childhood agreement, and it has been four years since the last "Youth Musical" was four years ago! That unforgettable 18th birthday. She looked at his smiling face, her palms were clenched, her heart was beating fast, and she laughed again: "I'm so happy!"

"Me too. Wang Yang clenched her hand and looked at the huge screen in front of him, he was very happy, but the excitement of the film landing on the screen when "Ghost Shadow" was on the screen has diluted a lot now, and he just wants to appreciate the achievements of everyone again, and appreciate the beautiful figure of the Yiren around him on the screen. Movies have such a magic that they can retain the youth and beauty of the moment forever.

Soon the screening halls of the 3,056 theaters fell silent, and the audience at the Siegfeld Theater, whether the critics or anyone else, looked at the screen with interest.

I saw that on the big screen, a moth broke through the darkness to the beautiful pastoral world, dancing with butterflies, the opening animation of the flame passed, under the light music, soft and refreshing, with the name of the main creator The picture began to play: "Director: Wang Yang, Original: Lauren Weisberg, Screenwriter: Wang Yang, starring Meryl Streep, Jessica Alba, Emily Blunt ......"

(To be continued)