Chapter 431: The Best Christmas Gift
"This is a playful, warm, fresh and beautiful idyll, but also a love tragedy with ups and downs, romance, stinging and fear, director Wang Yang tells a profound and true love story. โScore 4/4, Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post.
"There's no better romantic comedy than this, Tom is real, he belongs to everyone, that's why we're so nervous about him, Tom & Shamo's feelings are also real, I don't think I need to praise JGL and NP's performance, I can win an Oscar with MY, MY is not exaggerating, everyone can find their own shadow, unless you are the lucky one who has never fallen out of love, its style is incomparable, I can't describe how much I love this movie, more than "Firefly"? Some people say they like more hilarious comedy, and he probably loves The Hangover, but I love the pretty refreshing awesome feeling, and at the end of the film, I heard a few complaints, but almost everyone in the theater was cheering on Tom and applauding, and seeing him run and we laughed like children, which was really one of MY's best Christmas presents. โMarcus C, BFCA Community Forum.
"500 Days with Shamo" won the North American box office on December 23 without any suspense, and it received 21.53 million opening day box office in 3,351 theaters, with an average of $6,424 per theater!
The 180 million blockbuster "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" released on the 9th of this month is 3,616/$6,363 (23 million), the 207 million blockbuster "King Kong" released on the 14th is 3,567/$2,735 (9.75 million, $4,055,1446 on the first Friday), 3,056/$1,231 (3.76 million, $1,336,408 on the first Friday on the 23rd) on the 21st, and " Yesterday, "Children and Daughters" 3,175/$928 (2.94 million), "The Trap" 1,829/$1,031 (1.88 million), and "Munich Massacre" 532/$2,580 (1.37 million).
BOM and other box office websites can only use "horror start" and "amazing opening" to describe the champion of this single-day report, not how many records it has broken, obviously far from the 60.35 million (3845 / $15,695) of the first "Firefly", but it is a romantic comedy with a production cost of 15 million!
is such an anti-traditional, anti-Hollywood, anti-business, and actually ended in a tragedy where the hero and heroine went their separate ways, it is such a quirky movie, but now it has received the best average single hall score on the opening day in December this year, and even the fantasy blockbuster that landed on the IMAX giant screen can't be beat...... "I know!" Countless fans and fans saw BOM's "12/23/05, 'Shamo' fascinated thousands of audiences, Wang Yang created a terrifying start", Yahoo Entertainment's "Magic Yang swept the Christmas file,' Shamo's 'Trigger Dating Movie-Watching Boom" and other news, once again because of that person in amazement and admiration, Joseph Gordon, Levitt, Natalie Portman, Zachary Levi, Chloe Moretz?...... Just magical BABY Wang Yang.
In fact, there is really nothing surprising, before the BOM network voting survey "What is the 2005 Christmas movie you are most looking forward to?", "500 Days with Shamo" won the championship with a whopping 56% public opinion, maybe the idol director who is in the limelight makes another DV movie, and he can win the championship, not to mention that now "500 Days" has a publicity scale comparable to blockbusters, and has a super word-of-mouth evaluation, and the box office of 21.53 million on the opening day disappointed some people, such as the members of the American Theater Owners Association.
At that time, "Firefly" critted a lot of blockbusters, and now "500 Days" has destroyed powerless opponents, and under its weight, the originally bleak film market is even more gloomy, and films such as "Munich" have really become appalling tragedies.
If there is a competition, the same counterattack after encountering the "light comedy tragedy", whether it is a commercial blockbuster or a literary film, Steven Spielberg has lost to Wang Yang twice this year, and in the head-to-head showdown, the old man has no room to lose;
People who want to see "500 Days with Shamo" are ignored and Wang Yang is disappointed when he encounters Waterloo, and they also know that they will be more and more disappointed! The-Numbers.com, BOM.com and other box office statistics agencies have made optimistic speculations about the prospects of "500 Days", and many analysts think that this season's movies are too weak, and Magic Yang's fame is too strong, even if "500 Days" gets a scolding from the film critics, the audience will still go into the theater to see what it is, now?
Everyone was interested in his love history, and although the film was a story he made, most fans felt that it was a projection of his past experiences, and he admitted it. โ
BOM analyst James Moore believes that this is very important, and the most important thing to ignore is people's enthusiasm for gossip, especially young people and teenagers, who are the biggest force driving the box office, Moore said: "Since 1998, Wang Yang has given us headaches until now, you can't measure his films by anything in the past, but one thing is for sure, this film will have 100 million North American box office, and I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up exceeding 200 million." โ
Or wait until the first-weekend box office, the first-week box office comes out, and the analysts will be able to determine something. Seeing the success of the start of "500 Days", Warner Bros. and New Line are undoubtedly very happy in some respects, and they can finally breathe a sigh of relief for the time being...... At best, there was no damage, although they still felt that there were many hidden dangers in his blockbuster plans.
"Jingle-bells, Jingle-bells, Jingle-all-the-ay!" The theater owners ignore so much, clean up the little disappointments, and celebrate Christmas happily, this gift from Santa Claus Magic Young is already very good!
For a large family that has just welcomed a cute newborn baby, the atmosphere on Christmas Eve is destined to be happy, and everyone circles around the little angels. After a hearty dinner full of laughter, Jessica went to the baby's room to feed Keke, and carried her back to the lively living room.
Big festivals, small festivals...... Compared with ordinary families, their family has a lot of festivals, and naturally there are a lot of holiday gifts, so there is usually not much novelty and meaning. But excluding before birth, this is their first Christmas gift to Keke, and the first gift after birth, which can't help but be grand.
"What could it be, what could it be?" said two Santa Claus in the spacious living room, and Danny in a dog's Christmas suit, walking happily around, and it was hard to imagine that the Christmas atmosphere was not strong. Everyone sat on the main and auxiliary sofas, Jessica held Keke, Wang Yang dubbed her daughter, Wang's mother, who first opened the gift, tore open the packaging colored paper, and took out a beautiful and lovely blue baby hat from the box, with a star pattern woven on it, she smiled: "Keke, this is the hat that grandma knitted for you." โ
Wang Yang applauded in admiration: "It's so sweet, it's so warm!" and dubbed Keke: "Thank you, thank you, grandma! I like it, I can use it to protect my smart head......"
Seeing him pause, everyone who thought he had finished speaking immediately cheered, and it was Cathy's turn to open the gift, Wang Yang held his breath and returned to his stomach, oh my God, don't they know that the director is a talker? "Hehe!" Next to him, Jessica smiled and leaned over and bumped him on the shoulder, Wang Yang smiled and continued to dub: "What could it be?"
Cathy then gives her clothes, a beautiful sweater, and some chocolates, but the latter focuses on happiness and sweetness, because it is clear that Coco can't eat the chocolate within its expiration date, and according to the voice actor, her idea is "kept in her belly by her father", and Mark gives her the Air Force officer badge that represents his honor and pride, and also sends her a message that she can grow up healthy and strong.
"My gift is an heirloom jade pendant. Father Wang said with a happy smile as he opened the box and took out a snow-white and flawless fish-shaped jade pendant.
I saw that the fish body was carved with lifelike textures, there was a hollow on the side, a red rope strung through the fish's eyes, the whole jade pendant was very delicate and beautiful, and everyone couldn't help but marvel and praise: "Wow, what a beautiful jade." Joshua asked curiously, "Is this a cultural relic?" Father Wang held it up for everyone to see more clearly, and replied, "At least a hundred years old, Hetian Baiyu, my grandfather began to pass it on." โ
"Oh my god!" Wang Yang suddenly exclaimed loudly, not dubbing! He hurriedly got up and rushed over, reaching out to take it: "Isn't this the jade pendant I wanted for a long time before?" He liked this heirloom so much when he was a child that it could be said that he had reached a crazy obsession! He always felt that there would be some super energy in the jade pendant, and he could transform into a superhero like "Jade Pei Man" after wearing or kissing it, but the old guy just wouldn't let him touch it even once, and then he gradually forgot about it, now!
Father Wang slapped his son's hand and said, "Now it's your daughter's." Wang Yang continued to grab anxiously: "I know, show me!" Wang's father refused to give it to him, holding a jade pendant and swinging it in the air: "This is Keke's! Keke, look at your father! Like a child!" Wang Yang shouted: "Look at your grandfather, it's not enough to torture me for 25 years!"
Everyone watched the father and son play a strange game, and they couldn't help but laugh a little, only Joshua opened his mouth nervously, don't suddenly fall down and smash it, it has a history of more than 100 years! The United States is only more than 200 years old.
"Old fellow, you asked for yourself!" Wang Yang's eyes widened angrily, and he suddenly pounced on the old guy: "Give me-" He wrapped his arms around his father's neck, snatched the jade pendant at once, and put it on his neck with laughter, and was very, very satisfied for a while, and asked everyone with a smile: "How is it, is it good-looking?"
Father Wang shook his head with a smile, but everyone laughed happily and said, "Not bad." "Swagger, but OK!", "Honey, if you go out like this, it will become the new fashion." Jessica was smiling exaggeratedly, and suddenly thought of something: "Oh, I see! Ke!" Joshua asked, "What?" Jessica explained to everyone with great interest: "HOPE's Chinese name 'Ke' is a beautiful white jade, Yang, why did you prepare this name for the baby? You said before because it sounds good, I think that's the reason." Everyone understood, Keke blinked his eyes wide, it turned out that Wang Yang had such an obsession in his heart?
"Do I have it?" Wang Yang frowned and thought, is it a coincidence? He looked down at the snow-white jade pendant on his chest, he didn't know why, he was suddenly a little stunned after being satisfied, there was no super energy, it turned out that it was just an ordinary ancient jade pendant, maybe it was still a fake...... But. He looked at his father, Wang's father straightened his eyebrows, Wang Yang laughed, nodded and said, "I have." โ
If he could touch this jade pendant at will when he was a child, he wouldn't have thought about it until now, would he not be thinking about it now? This is not an ordinary jade pendant, "Xiao Yang, there is a super energy hidden in it, it can make you fly." "Did the old guy say that?" Wang Yang gently stroked the jade pendant and smiled, maybe.
"So Keke, do you have any Christmas gifts for Grandma and Grandpa?" Jessica hugged her daughter and kissed her on the cheek, Wang Yang walked back and sat down wearing a jade pendant, glanced at the smiling crowd, and smiled mysteriously: "Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready?"
Although Keke is a smart baby, she is too young to be amused and giggle out of laughter, but when she chats, sings, and looks at her, it is easy to cause a provocative smile, and sometimes she will make a smart "babbling" and "ahhhhhh
The baby also has a spontaneous smile (an endogenous smile, which mainly occurs during sleep), and the next stage of learning is the social smile, and the two are now using the induced as social. It is worth mentioning that no matter how young the baby is, he knows how to feel the atmosphere around him, so the two usually pay great attention to creating warmth and happiness, and now they don't need to warm up, when Jessica whispered affectionately: "Baby, what gift do you want to give?" Wang Yang looked at Keke's eyes, she suddenly curled the corners of her mouth to show a smile, and lived up to expectations: "Babble, babble." โ
"Hahaha!", "Oh wow!, so cute!" everyone immediately burst out laughing, Dad Wang pressed Mother Wang's shoulder, Mark and Cathy looked at each other, it was so relieved and happy, this is the best Christmas gift.
Wang Yang and Jessica laughed and continued to tease their daughter, Keke was also very face-saving, "babbling" several times, and kept smiling, Wang Yang couldn't help but bite her before stopping. Then the two also gave their daughters the gifts they had prepared, Wang Yang gave her a new Super Eight camera, hoping that it could accompany her through her childhood happily, of course, he will also send a trendy DV camera on the next holiday, and Jessica gave a treasured wedding veil, hoping that she will have such a happy and perfect love and marriage in the future.
"Next is Uncle - Joshua!!" Wang Yang dragged out his voice maliciously, looked at Joshua, who was forced to appear last, and dubbed: "Uncle, what kind of gift?"
Looking at these two funny Santa Claus, Jessica rolled her eyes angrily about the war between them, but the corners of her mouth were also in a state of induced smile.
Joshua, who was sitting on the side sofa as everyone looked at him, scratched his head, picked up his largest gift box from the coffee table, and said with a smile while unwrapping the colored paper: "I thought about it, and asked Ali's opinion again...... I didn't know what to give, so in the end, I bought some toys for Hope. Tearing off the confetti and opening the box, he took out a box of pink Barbie dolls, and then took out building blocks and model trains...... "You know I didn't have many toys when I was a kid...... Joshua said, glancing at his parents and exhaling a long breath: "So I'm cool, but I've always wanted some toys, uh...... Anyway, I hope I can have more toys and be happy!"
"What toy have you always wanted?" Mark then asked, his expression a little puzzled, could he have neglected something?Joshua muttered almost silently: "As long as it's not a bullet shell...... Cathy gave her husband a look, "Don't ask now", watching her brother continue to take out the puzzles and animal models from the box, Jessica smiled softly and shouted, "Hey, Joshua, do you want to hug her?" Joshua opened his hands in surprise and quickly got up: "Of course! I want to hug her all day!"
This time, he took it smoothly without any obstacles! Joshua couldn't help but glance at Wang Yang, what's wrong with him? No matter! "Oh, Jesus! It's so cute!" Joshua looked at the honest Keke, his heart was about to melt, he couldn't help but grimace at her, stuck out his tongue to make a "doodoo" sound, and smirked happily: "Haha!"
Coco, your uncle Joshua has a good, very good gift. Looking at him, Wang Yang smiled, who is the first Santa Claus and what does it matter? He suddenly felt that his behavior in the morning was really a little childish...... "LA! We love the Lakers! We will win the Christmas battle!" Joshua continued to grimace at her, Keke "babbled", Wang Yang shouted like an electric shock: "No! Warriors! Warriors!" Keke must not be a Lakers fan, this is not negotiable!
It's going to start again!Jessica shook her head slightly, the corners of her mouth still in an induced smile.
(To be continued)