The Lunar New Year war has just passed, and many films have already made Valentine's Day the first choice for movie blockbusters. The number of domestic films competing for the 2009 Valentine's Day schedule may reach about 7, which is another round of release peak after the Chinese New Year. On February 14th, the fragrance of roses concealed the smell of blood behind these films.

Although they have all tasted the sweetness of the Valentine's Day schedule, there is no unified understanding of what a Valentine's Day movie is, and there is no Valentine's Day movie with textbook significance.

Someone analyzed: "The quality of Valentine's Day movies is far from being as high as the requirements of the Chinese New Year files, but because 80% of the decisions when watching movies are in the hands of women, it is reasonable to have such characteristics." Moreover, women's films are targeted, plus the investment is smaller, and the risk is smaller. ”

But some viewers ridiculed this: "Although they are all in the name of Valentine's Day movies, they don't seem to be willing to be just Valentine's Day movies."

On the Hollywood Walk of Fame, after yesterday's glory, today the Chinese theater is lively again. Yesterday the Academy Awards were star-studded, and now it's not much closer.

The long-awaited movie is finally about to be released, and Yang Lin's friends have also come over to support the scene and cheer for this hard-won movie. Strange to say, the production cost of this unintentional film is only 12 million, but such a small-budget film has the hope of becoming the highest-grossing Oscar finalist for Best Picture.

For Scarlett Johansson, this Valentine's Day schedule is a success, with both movies being released at the same time and both having a good reputation. This is naturally a good start. She smiled and said to Yang Lin: "I don't dare to be interviewed now." They're all asking which movie I want to be a box office hit. ”

"It's not easy. You just said that you hope the box office is very good, what's so difficult about this. Yang Lin held his mobile phone, he checked his email address, and said absentmindedly. Scarlett, who was on the side, couldn't find any topic to continue, and walked away with a somewhat embarrassed face.

Liu Yifei didn't go to the Oscars ceremony before, but she still came to support the movie release, and now she is ready to walk the red carpet, which is also the first time she has walked the red carpet on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Although the reputation is not obvious, the unique oriental beauty impressed the reporters at the scene. When these reporters learned that she was Yang Lin's fiancée, they regretted it too much, regretting that they couldn't take two more photos.

Behind the prosperity and aura is the cold wave, Yang Lin's infinite scenery in the United States has also become a reason for others to attack, but he starred in the movie but did not return to China for publicity, and seemed to forget where he was from. Such a strong reason suddenly rose to the height of the country and the nation, and the remark "Yang Lin became an American citizen" suddenly spread on the Internet.

Yang Lin, who was far away in the United States, didn't know that there was a turmoil in China, and he was still waiting for Liu Yifei's arrival on the chair. The joy of success always has to be shared.

"Look at your absent-mindedness, what are you thinking?" Scarlett put her worries aside in the blink of an eye. turned to care about Yang Lin. To be honest, she did have been tempted, and when she was filming a movie, she was too involved in the film, and she also revealed it outside of filming, but since she learned about Yang Lin and Liu Yifei, she cut off this idea that has not had time to sprout.

Yang Lin's eyebrows moved slightly, the corners of his mouth twitched into a smile, and said, "I'm thinking about returning to China tomorrow, it should be a complete surprise at that time!" The box office in China has always been doing well, and I'll do a round in Asia and then go straight back to the Grammys. ”

In response, he said, "You're so busy!" Are you always so busy? Haven't wanted to take a break and relax? Scarlett couldn't understand Yang Lin's workaholic behavior, in her opinion, one or two movies a year was enough, and there was no need to be busy.

For Yang Lin, it is a good thing to have a movie, although busy with publicity is not something he likes, but it is something that must be fulfilled according to the contract.

Liu Yifei arrived as scheduled, she was dressed in casual attire, with a scarf around her neck and her hands in her trouser pockets, full of handsomeness. She and He Hong stood side by side, as if they were talking about something happy, and kept laughing.

"The premiere is about to start, and you're finally here." Yang Lin went up and gave her a kiss, and then whispered in her ear: "There is something to tell you later, don't be angry." ”

Liu Yifei was a little embarrassed because she was late, she nodded, and then sat in her own position under the leadership of Yang Lin, the big screen had lit up, and the premiere of this movie was almost over.

Compared to domestic premieres, Hollywood is much simpler, and after the stars walk the red carpet and take photos with fans, they go straight to the point and start showing movies. What kind of performance is going to be carried out in China, and then let the actors make a speech and look at the behind-the-scenes story, it seems to be a party.

At the beginning of the film, on the 488th day, Tom played by Yang Lin and Samo played by Scarlett sat on a park bench and looked at the buildings in Los Angeles. Yang Lin, who was in a suit and leather shoes, his hair was a little messy by the wind, he looked at his former lover next to him with a slight smile, and then looked at his favorite building not far away.

Shamo was wearing a khaki trench coat, and her blue eyes revealed a little melancholy and embarrassment, and although she was grinning, anyone could tell that it was reluctant. The two people turned their heads to look at each other by chance, but it seemed to be a reunion after a long absence, and there was no trace of their original love.

The camera is fixed on the palms of the two, with Shamo wearing a wedding ring and Tom not.

The voiceover begins to tell the story, and time goes back to the very beginning of the story, which was the first day.

From meeting, knowing each other to falling in love, Los Angeles chronicles the story of this young couple, which is not nostalgia, but memory.

The ninety-minute movie flies by in a flash, with a smile but no sadness, this is a pure romance, the actors are good, the story is good, and the soundtrack is just right, no wonder it was nominated for an Oscar.

The cast and crew gradually rose, and the audience also stood up one after another, applauding thunderously, dedicated to this rare good movie. Love is indescribably beautiful, and the love of the past is even more scattered in the air with the wind, but it is still worth remembering.

The creators of the movie turned around and bowed vigorously to the audience not far away, and then director Mark Webb began to speak: "First of all, thank you very much for being able to watch our movie in such a precious time on Valentine's Day. ”

"I like the perspective of the script, he looks at everything from the perspective of a lovelorn and is not negative at all. This movie can be a little sad, but it's not all I want to bring to the audience. I hope the audience can see more of how the actor gradually changes himself, changes his attitude towards life, and finally the ending that makes me very satisfied. The whole story is very sunny, for example, the heroine's name is Sha Mo (English Summer means summer), and we chose to shoot in Los Angeles, where the sunshine is always uplifting, and Tom is always positive and smiling to face life in the film, this attitude I hope everyone can be the same as him, whether your girlfriend wants to break up with you or not. ”

This is director Mark Webb's first feature-length film, who used to shoot music videos, and who would have thought that this indie production with a very small investment and directorial debut would be nominated for three Oscars, and he has already entered the eyes of many companies and is ready to take over some of the biggest hits.

As a film with a low investment and a not complicated plot, Mark. Webb really connected this grassroots film with fans, and during the filming process, he often discussed with fans on the Internet, watched the first cut of the sample film with the celebrity fans who came to visit the class, and even made his contact information public, so that fans with various opinions could write to him.

For these initiatives, Mark. Webb doesn't think there's anything: "I think for a film, everyone in the audience has the right to make their own judgments, even if those opinions may not be reasonable, but I believe that most people are sincere. When I was a movie fan myself, I used to make a lot of changes to the movie I had just watched, and I felt that if I did it my way, that movie would be better. So when I was filming "500 Days with Sammo", I also thought back to what I did in the past, and I also looked for various opportunities for people to have more opinions about the film, and the fans always exceeded my imagination, and many times they hit the key points accurately, and I made changes based on their opinions, which made the film even more satisfying. ”

It is for these reasons that this film has such a good performance, not only the Oscar judges like it, the famous critics like it, but even the general audience likes it.

On the night of its premiere, a total of 3,020 theaters in North America began to screen the film, and on the first day of release (including the zero o'clock premiere), it won a total of 13 million US dollars, becoming the best opening result of a Hollywood film in 2009. The box office on the first day was good, which also relieved critics, who thought that the film would be the highest-grossing Oscar nomination for Best Picture, with 13 million on the first day in North America.

What's more, this is not a weekend at all, the box office will usher in a sharp rise in the three days of the weekend, and after "500 Days with Shamo" successfully topped the box office list on the first day, it will definitely be bloodied this Black Friday. (To be continued......)