Perhaps for many Theorod fans, March 13 is a big day. The stars of their own who have been filming for almost the whole year last year rarely appear in public, of course, these fans who have long been on the road understand that stars will only be active during the promotion period of the film, and during the filming period because the crew has done too well in secrecy, often these stars seem to disappear.

Theolod also had a short promotional period last year - for the cool "Two Smoking Guns". However, compared with his previous films, to be honest, these die-hard fans have to admit that those film critics who are born to watch Theorod are not pleasing to the eye, saying that the excitement of the movie itself greatly exceeds the acting skills of the actors, Theorod's acting skills are naturally excellent and incredible, but what is more impressive is the plot.

Moreover, as a British film, the focus of last year's promotion period was on Western Europe, and they, the poor American fans across the Atlantic, could only pick up second-hand news from the United Kingdom, and sometimes, gnaw nothing, which is very bad for these fans.

Now, they have finally waited for a movie that will be released in the United States for the first time, and even if the film is unknown in terms of both production and director, they will happily line up early to buy tickets. What's more, the idol they miss has also been injured in this film and performed with injuries, so they have to buy tickets as support no matter what.

As for passers-by who watch movies to pass the time, they are also more inclined to the latest sci-fi films than "Wolf", which is a documentary, and "Eight Millimeters", which was released a month ago. Of course, they can always hear the statement that Theolod Lecht is a guarantee of acting, which is also one of the reasons.

These fans quickly found out where Theorod's injury was. Watching John in the film being hit in the arm by the huge billboard and almost falling off a tall building, countless viewers who knew the inside story couldn't help but gasp, and their hearts were clenched at that moment, and they could even imagine the emergency at that time. The director cleverly cut out the shot of Mr. Hand - presumably because O'Brien was surprised and nervous at the time - and turned the camera on John.

At that moment, John's firm eyes and resolute expression that forced this pain, with an irresistible rendering power, the peak and loop of desperate survival and the burst of superpowers almost made the audience's blood boil - this scene is said to be a pass!

Leonardo Martin couldn't help but shake his head as he listened to the sound of gasps from the people around him, mostly girls. As a famous film critic and writer, during the promotion of "Soul Shifting City", he heard a lot of news about Theolod Lecht's on-set accident, his dedication, and the "scandal" he and Jennifer Connelly made out of nothing, and so on, and at that time he knew that the filmmaker's publicity had gone a fork in the road.

How good can a film be when it needs to rely on these inconsequential "scandals" to make a splash, rather than the movie itself? It also proves why A/VH has been unable to produce a decent box office movie with fame and fortune and squeezed into the top studios, because they are too immature in many places.

Before the film started, Martin had a general look at the film critics who were invited to the premiere, and A/VH had a lot of clever things in some small things, such as the film critics he invited, Martin could name or recognize the face, including himself, who were all film critics who were famous for their pertinence in the major mainstream media, and such film critics often did not write too many sarcastic articles after the film was screened.

But from the beginning to the present, Martin thinks that A/VH may be too cautious or too unconfident, since they chose Alex Proas as the director and continue to use him as the screenwriter, then they should give him enough trust, have they forgotten his "The Crow"? As a sci-fi thriller, this is a typical case of fame and fortune.

And Theolod, a rising star who has been known in recent years for his intense superb acting skills and flawless faces, has maintained a surprisingly perfect level of acting skills from his first film to the present, and the focus of A/VH's publicity is not his highlights, but his accidental injury?

Martin sighed, he could understand the distress of these fans, but as a film critic, the perspective of appreciating a movie is destined to be different from the general public. From the current point of view, Theolod's performance as the protagonist remains at a high level and quality as usual, and Alex's clever suspense setting and layout are also in line with the level of his last "Raven".

If he can maintain this level until the end, he doesn't mind giving a fair and to-the-path assessment afterwards as A/VH wishes.

A movie with the main theme of the victory of justice over evil, the protagonist finally embraces the beauty after all the hardships, coupled with the actor's extremely high field control acting skills, and the heroine who is as beautiful as a flower and is a little stronger than a vase, what else can you get if this can't get the mainstream affirmation? Oh yes, plus one, the special effects are very good.

Although I have only seen that there are countless mysteries in the middle of the movie that have not been solved, and the worldview of the movie has not been fully revealed, Martin, who has read countless films, and most film critics, know how the end of the movie should go.

However, they did not expect that the end would be in their favor.

Martin's eyes did widen in surprise when he saw the film's main character, John, break through the wall with a poster of seashells and begonias and appear not another tunnel, but a vast starry sky, and realize that this qiē was just an alien's real yàn. Unlike the average viewer who was shocked by the special effects and unexpected developments, at that moment Martin looked at his notebook with all the doubts and foreshadowing, and he found that all the foreshadowing was connected in this moment, and all the questions were answered in this moment.

He couldn't help but admire the ingenuity of Alex's layout, this grand and unique world view made Martin change his view of the film's bland theme a lot, and he changed a few comments he had written before, thinking that for the sake of the plot, he could say a few more good words.

It's a pity for Theolod's acting skills, before the release of "Two Smoking Guns", all his films were as Roger Ebert said when he commented on his first film, and the brilliance of his acting skills overshadowed the plot itself. However, starting from "Two Big Smoking Guns" to the current "Soul Shifting City", it seems that the magic of his acting skills no longer plays any role.

Martin thinks maybe it's because Theolod is a young actor who has matured and sleek as he gets older, and he gradually begins to understand that his acting skills should serve the plot, not conquer it. This is indeed a good thing in a certain way, his acting skills that can add luster to the plot can make the film more perfect, and the film company will prefer this kind of actor who can make the movie perfect, rather than an actor whose acting skills are too domineering and difficult to control.

However, to be honest, Martin still has a little regret in his heart, because in today's Hollywood, there are too few top actors who can control the whole audience or even override the script itself, and even fewer actors who can give people a sense of amaze like Theolod at the beginning.

Of course, although Martin thought so in his heart, it was impossible for him to write these words in the newspaper, he would have written them, only in his notebook, praising "Theorod's mature acting skills and spirit in the service of the film".

Noting down this last point, Martin looked at the movie and the watch, the movie had come to an end, the male protagonist and the amnesiac heroine met, and it was a good, perfect ending. He nodded slightly, closed his notebook, put the notebook and pen in his bag, and prepared to stand up and applaud when the film was over.

Five seconds later, Martin was stunned, all the film critics who had the same idea as him looked at the screen without blinking, and the brain that was originally editing the film review was very tacitly stuck at that moment, and the power was cut off.

If it weren't for hearing the hero's affirmative reply, almost everyone was sure that he would have turned down the heroine's invitation to go to Shell Beach together!

The huge screen magnifies the details of the actor's face, from the shock to the thunderous awakening, the complexity and sadness between Theolod's eyebrows, and the smile of despair and pity, which made Martin forget to breathe for a moment, and his brain went blank for a moment, and the countless assumptions that poured out of his brain gave him goosebumps.

Why did John look like that? What did he know? What did he want to do? What was behind this simple and calm reply?

Martin shuddered uncontrollably—he knew it was because of excitement—and he scrambled to pull his notebook out of his bag, but his pen had fallen to the floor because of the movement, and the lights in the theater had not yet been lit, and he couldn't determine where his black water-based pen had fallen.

He cursed damn it, hurriedly flipped through his notebook, and began to look down from the foreshadowing and doubts he had listed, and gradually, a vague assumption appeared in his mind.

He shuddered uncontrollably, and he knew that this time it wasn't just because of excitement.

After walking out of the theater, most fans sighed at the perfection of the movie's special effects, marveled at the ups and downs of the plot, sighed at the suffering of the hero and heroine and the reunion of the broken mirror, and envied the strength of the hero's ability and the beauty and thoughtfulness of his wife. Most of them noticed John's change in expression at the end of the film, but they couldn't figure out why, so they put it behind them, contentedly believing that it was a perfect sci-fi film with a twisty process but a happy ending.

Even many geeks believe that this sci-fi film will definitely create a new history of zào sci-fi films, both in terms of concept and special effects, and will inevitably become a classic in a few years.

There are also a few movie fans, after watching the movie, through Guò's own speculation and analysis, began to guess the reason why John looked strange at the end of the film.

Perhaps because all his memories were imposed on him by aliens, including his love for Emma, he eventually discovered that he didn't actually love her. - IMDb netizen Totoro.

"Is there such a possibility that Theo found out that they had not escaped the control of the aliens, and in order to protect Jennifer, he followed her words?" - Theorod Fan Forum netizen thread.

"Actually, I think it should be that he found that he has a long way to go in the future. - IMDb netizens can't find Jack's Rose.

Some veteran fans have seen the clues, and they excitedly say that if they guessed correctly, they believe this is definitely not the Happy Ending movie it seems on the surface. And their conjecture was confirmed by many authoritative film critics the next day.

Among them, the most thorough analysis is the senior film critic of the Guardian, Leonardo Martin.

Leonardo Martin's admiration for Theorod is almost to the point of sparing no effort, "At first I thought Theorod had become honest, I thought he understood how to think about the plot smoothly and bowed his head, I wanted to praise his maturity, but in the end, this talented actor made me understand that what I love the most is his deep excavation and control of the script and the character." ”

Then, he began to analyze the plot again, explaining why he said this about Theorod: "...... Shell Beach throughout the play, no matter how the aliens brainwash, the Shell Beach has always remained in everyone's minds, in the heart of director Alex, in the hearts of John, Emma and others, maybe just an alien can never be eliminated, human yearning for freedom and homeland, this obsession will never fade with the passage of time or the extinction of the evil alien race, it will only take root in the depths of human hearts, gradually sprout, grow, until it becomes a towering tree. ”

"John defeated the aliens, humanity triumphed, and while I was cheering for the tenacity and indomitability of mankind, when John was laying down a burden for freedom and peace, 'Shell Beach' shattered his dreams - Emma did not forget Shell Beach, no one forgot him, and mankind never forgot his homeland and freedom. Emma pursues Shell Beach to John, just as man seeks the Garden of Eden to God. ”

"God said, Let there be light, and the world became light. John, the 'god' who created the sunshine, the day, and the sand and the sea, thought of something at that moment? He could take humans to find the earth, but he couldn't be sure where the starry sky was, he could tell Emma that there was no zài on Shell Beach, but he couldn't be sure if Emma or anyone else would let go of their obsessions. The only thing he knew for sure was that he could do anything on this planet. ”

“…… At the end of the film, I confirmed to Alex whether John's line in the last scene was a short 'sure', and he told me yes and that he wanted a happy ending, but Theorod woke him up - John was just a human being and not a god, and that's where his success came in, and he succeeded in pulling a character who could be a 'god' down the altar and giving a human color. ”

Finally, Martin took Theolod and Soul City to a new level: "...... If there is no last five minutes, Theorod is just an extremely good actor, and with the last five minutes of the film, that is the real 'Theorod Lecht' style, and this movie has more critical reality. ”

Many film critics agreed with Martin's opinion and added their own speculation, and even Roger Ebert thought that Theolod "is the boy I knew", and made an exception to give him two thumbs up.

However, there are also many people who express their incomprehension and agreement after seeing these analyses, including Sean Thorpe, who of course sees Theolod's table as "self-defeating".

"We just want to see a happy ending, but what do you mean by a dark ending cloaked in a happy ending?" is the opinion of most people, who think that this ending is clever but not acceptable to them, "It's just as disgusting as drinking a bowl of delicious soup and only to find a cockroach in the soup." ”

And these remarks immediately attracted a counterattack: "Then you may only be suitable to watch Disney princess animations, hug your younger siblings to watch them together, those endings are absolutely beautiful." ”

Don't think that you have seen God bow down and want to see something profound, then you should go to watch "A Brief History of Time". ”

"I don't understand why recent movies are becoming more and more brainless, without logic and any profound content, and they sit in the theater with popcorn in their hands for two hours and forget the plot as soon as they go out, what's so good about this kind of movie? If you arbitrarily deny a movie because it has a profound idea or doesn't meet the requirements of your popcorn movie, then why don't you make your favorite movie at your own expense?"

"This film is completely anti-religious! Movies that turn God into man should be banned!"

……

Whether or not "Soul City" is pretending to be deep or anti-religious, and no matter how Shaun Thorpe and his ilk gloat over the direction of the mixed reviews, there is one thing they may not have had time to react to. That is, what they thought was that Theolod's "magic" completely disappeared and completely turned into, judging from the current topic of "Soul Shifting City", this is another movie that is famous because of an actor.

As for the actor who was pushed to the forefront of public opinion, probably no one thought that with his acting skills and the strength to create topical heat, instead of choosing the movie scripts that flocked to him, he went to meet an even more unknown director, Kote Gedda, on the 15th.

Of course, if you've studied Warner's animation director, you'll find that the director is also the director of "Future Batman," which premiered on WB in January.