Chapter 308 "Inception" premiere
In the early morning of New Year's Day, Ouyang Yu came to the theater to watch the premiere of "Inception".
Many directors will arrange screenings of their movies before they are released.
During the screening, the organizer will contact many media and film critics, send them tickets, and invite them to come and watch the screening.
On the one hand, this can promote the movie, and on the other hand, it can also give reporters and film critics some benefits by giving away tickets, souvenirs, etc., so that the media and film critics will be merciful.
However, Song Qi's films rarely hold on-demand screenings, and they don't even hold premieres. They are screened directly without any delay.
He no longer needs to please the media or film critics. On the contrary, many media and film critics often rely on him to gain attention and make money.
Ouyang Yu never accepts free tickets, nor does he attend any screenings or premieres.
If you take advantage of others, how can you objectively evaluate a movie?
Therefore, he always spends his own money to buy tickets to watch premieres and then writes movie reviews, and he never charges any fees or accepts any benefits such as rewards.
This is also the main reason why his film reviews can always maintain an objective and fair attitude.
Ouyang Yu is very curious about Song Qi's new movie.
Because the words "brain-burning masterpiece" were used for the first time in the film's promotional video, this confident attitude attracted him very much.
You know, Song Qi didn’t even use the words “brain-burning masterpiece” to promote a movie like “Deadly ID”. How dare this “Inception” be called a brain-burning masterpiece?
So, in the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, he came to the theater alone, planning to see how brain-burning this movie was!
With the experience of "Fatal ID" in front of him, Ouyang Yu learned from the experience this time and did not take out the notebook.
He planned to watch the movie carefully as an audience without missing any detail, and then make an evaluation.
The theater was full of people, but everyone was used to it.
The premiere of Song Qi's new movie would be weird if it wasn't full!
The vast majority of the audience who were able to buy movie tickets for the premiere were Song Qi's die-hard fans, the kind who set their alarm clocks to wait for the pre-sale to grab tickets.
Ouyang Yu arranged for his assistant to help him grab the ticket. It is said that he almost missed it and had to change seats three times before the payment was successful.
But the ticket I grabbed was in a pretty good spot, and it happened to be in the first row that Ouyang Yu liked.
He feels that when watching a movie in the front row, the screen is the largest and the picture can cover all his sight, making him more immersed in the movie.
Soon, the lights in the theater went out and the movie was about to start.
Ouyang Yu took a sip of tea and turned his gaze to the screen.
Wow!
A sea of waves surged, collided with the rocks, and shattered into silver beads all over the sky.
Under the sun, a man lying on the beach had his mouth and nose submerged by the waves. He unconsciously raised his head and breathed hard.
"Giggle~! Yeah~!"
The crisp but distant baby laughter could be heard faintly. A baby in diapers was lying on the beach, with his back to the camera, clapped his little hands and giggled happily.
The man on the beach opened his eyes, raised his head from the water, and looked in the direction of the baby.
But his eyes, which were wet from the sea water, seemed to be covered with a layer of frosted glass. He couldn't see clearly what the baby looked like, and could only see a blurry figure from behind.
His head dropped and he fainted again.
The camera switched to a bird's-eye view, and a gun moved to the man's back and clicked on him, but the man did not respond.
The camera moved along the body of the gun. A man in a guard uniform looked at him and used the muzzle of the gun to open the back of his clothes, where a pistol hidden in his pants was immediately revealed.
The guard suddenly became vigilant and shouted to his colleagues on the distant coastline: "Call two people over!"
The scene changed, and the next moment, an antique hall appeared on the screen.
The mahogany gate was wide open, and two guards stood on both sides of the gate.
The pure wooden floor is smooth and clean, without any dust.
A huge long wooden table is placed in the center of the hall, with seats on both sides extending to the innermost screen.
An old man with pale hair is facing away from the camera, sitting on a strange-shaped wooden chair in the front.
The top of the roof is covered with densely packed long square wooden lanterns, which cast dim yellow light and are printed on the smooth and bright long table, giving it a unique aesthetic feeling.
Seeing this scene, Ouyang Yu couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
This Song Qi finally paid attention to aesthetics!
In his opinion, the biggest problem in Song Qi's works is the lack of beauty.
From the initial monster movies to zombie movies, Song Qi seems to be particularly fond of those dirty and ugly things.
For example, in Jurassic Park, there are dinosaurs that look like large lizards, and some even spit out black liquid.
Another example is the zombies in "Resident Evil" that are missing arms and legs and are covered in blood.
Not to mention the movie "The Fly" that he was recommended to watch by others before.
After watching that movie, he couldn't eat for three days.
Even though the director of that movie was not Song Qi, but the script was written by Song Qi, this debt still has to be placed on his head.
Even these recent suspenseful horror movies have mainly dark tones, which are depressing to watch.
The only movie that can be regarded as somewhat aesthetically pleasing was "The Mummy" three years ago. Many of the scenes in that movie were quite remarkable.
Probably because Song Qi was reluctant to make his wife look ugly, he was a little softer.
However, the special effects of the mummy are still quite disgusting.
Ouyang Yu once thought that this kind of terrifying painting style was Song Qi's characteristic, but now it seems that Song Qi can still shoot pictures with some aesthetic quality!
"He is insane, but wants to see you by name."
On the screen, a bald assistant stood behind the old man and reported in a low voice.
As if receiving some instructions, the bald assistant said to the guard: "Let him in."
"There's nothing on him except this."
The assistant placed a pistol on the table, then took out a black top and placed it in front of the old man.
Top?
Seeing the close-up of the spinning top on the screen, Ouyang Yu was thoughtful.
Ever since Song Qi announced that he had accepted Huang Yongchang's invitation, he has been paying attention to the trends of Song Qi's new movies.
Unlike ordinary viewers, he had noticed the spinning top a long time ago and guessed that it was Song Qi's publicity strategy.
But he didn't understand why Song Qi made the top the focus of his propaganda. Is there anything special about this top?
Now, just as the movie started, the top appeared again, immediately confirming his guess.
This top is indeed a very important clue.
Seeing the top on the screen, the old man was stunned for a moment, and then slowly turned around.
A man covered in dust was dragged in by two guards, walked along the long table to the other end, and was placed on a chair in front of the table, facing the old man from afar.
"Are you here to kill me?"
An old voice appeared, and the camera gave a close-up of the old man.
Ouyang Yu couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.
Chapter completed!