The Best Director

On the big screen, Chris Gardner and his son were telling jokes while walking towards the Golden Gate Bridge, and all 120 minutes of the movie were played. (Read the novel) Cheerful songs sounded, detailed cast and crew scrolled from bottom to top row by row, the background was a changing static picture, Chris Gardner officially went to work, he and his son moved into a new house , He bought a whole set of "Captain America" ​​dolls for his son... Each one has a bright smile and a face full of happiness.

As the movie ended, the auditorium buzzed with the audience's conversation, but no one left their seats. The audience didn't get up until the logo of the flame movie was displayed on the big screen, and then the trailers of other movies began to be played. leave.

"This movie is so good! I can't believe it. Fantastic Yang is only 20 years old. I always thought it would be a bad film." A pair of young friends walked by in the aisle, heard him say this, and the other nodded in agreement: "Yeah , when it comes out on DVD, I'm going to buy a set! It's so well shot, and Will Smith's acting is great, and his son is so cute,"

Hearing these praises, Rachel smiled, happy and excited about the success of the movie, she took out her mobile phone from her handbag, and typed a text message, "Jan, the movie is wonderful, congratulations! Romantic fly Moth!" At this time, she heard the couple next to her standing up and talking, and Jennifer said happily, "See, Martin? Is this a bad movie?"

Martin still seemed very unconvinced, and said: "Actually, this movie is very boring. I almost fell asleep. There are no big scenes, no beauties, and the most beautiful one is actually that hippie girl." He said disdainfully: "Jennifer, what are you happy about? I'm your boyfriend, not Wang Yang. And you can't be his girlfriend. His current girlfriend is too hot, and the next girlfriend will only be hotter. Jennifer said coldly Laughing: "So what? I love Magic Young, I love Magic Young! Wow, are you jealous? "

The two walked towards the entrance of the screening hall, and their voices became smaller and smaller. The smile on Rachel's face had long since faded. She looked at Wen Yu on the screen of her phone expressionlessly, and it took a long time to delete the words "romantic" Moth" line, and pressed the send button. Rachel felt a pain in her heart, and couldn't help but let out a long breath. She shouldn't be watching this movie. She really can't get in touch with this information anymore. However, the promotional activities of "High School Musical 2" are about to start , she would see Jessica again, and hear "Jan, Jan, Jan" again...

Rachel sat in her seat for a long time, watched one trailer after another on the big screen, and suddenly sighed, stood up and left.

Luo Jiuqian, Wang Yang and other film creators stood on the stage in front of the big screen in the Weitai projector cinema, thanking the audience who came to the premiere. Will Smith smiled into the microphone: "Hey, thank you, thank you! My acting skills are not bad, can I get the golden raspberry?" There was a burst of laughter from the audience, and Will laughed: " But guys, I want to say "Happiness Knocks" is the best movie I've ever put on in my career, and while filming, I was totally into the character, and I called my son's name, not Terry, would Say "Christopher, Christopher, . "Among the laughter of the audience and the creators,

He said loudly: "This is all thanks to one person! You guessed it, yes." He looked at Wang Yang next to him, and said with a smile, "He is our director!"

Everyone in the auditorium immediately applauded, and Wang Yang also applauded with a smile. Will Smith said mysteriously: "I have to tell some secrets. At the beginning, I said to the director's invitation," "I can't do it again." Take a risk, but why am I standing here now, in addition to good scripts, and a few long letters. I've never seen anyone do this, he sends a long autographed letter every few days "Trust me , Will, this is a perfect fit for your role, it would be a good movie, I can do it! "And then I believed him."

"Now everyone is saying, did he do it?" Will Smith asked with a smile, and the applause in the audience immediately became thunderous, and some people shouted "The movie is great!" Will nodded and smiled: "Yes , the movie was great. After a few days on set, I had no worries. He's a good director, has a convincing narration, knows how to get your emotions going, is almost demanding, but thank God, his He has a good temper." Everyone laughed again, and Will shouted: "Come on, guys, let's give him the applause! Give it to Fantastic Jan!"

Everyone in the concept seat stood up, clapped vigorously, and shouted loudly. Wang Yang opened his arms and hugged Will Smith, and said with a smile: "Will, thank you! Thank you for your trust!" Will Smith patted Wang Yang on the back and said, "Man, I thank you , this movie made me full of confidence in acting again, I can win an Oscar, can't I? Cool!"

The main creators on the stage were also applauding non-stop, Walley Pfister, Margaret, Jann Kezmelik, Jada Pinkett, Terry Smith, all of them had happy smiles on their faces, Enjoy this common joy. Jessica, who was standing in the front row, clapped her hands and looked at Wang Yang who was embracing Will Smith with a sweet smile. She said in her heart: "Yang, I love you!"

After the premiere, the main creator of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", family members and friends went to a hotel for a dinner. On the way to the hotel, leaning on the soft car seat cushion, Wang Yang checked the text messages on his mobile phone, They were all sent by friends, Zachary, Michael Pitt, Joshua who attended the premiere...and Tom Welling and others in other cities, Natalie Portman sent a The word "D", and Rachel... He opened the text message and read the content silently: "Yan, the movie is very exciting, congratulations." He smiled slightly and replied authentically: "Thank you, Rachel, you really should come Those who attended the premiere, good night." After sending it for a long time, he continued to look at the next text message.

"Yang, guess what those media film critics would write? They said you were crazy before." Jessica next to her looked very excited, and she was very relieved: "They saw it tonight, who is crazy!" While replying to the text message, Yang responded with a smile and said, "Jessica, I'm the one who is crazy! The promotion of "When Happiness Comes Knocking" is just finished, but the summer vacation is coming soon, and I'm going to shoot "Juno" again , oh! The rest time is only a few days..."

The next day, media reports and film critics took a big turn for "When Happiness Comes Knocking". At first, they thought Wang Yang was crazy, but predicted that it might be a bad movie. Will Smith did it again. Stupid reconciliation...but no one talks about it now, it's like it never happened. Among the piles of newspapers on the newsstand, the headline on the entertainment section of "Los Angeles Times" is so conspicuous: "Happiness Comes, Magic Continues"

This film review report occupies almost a page, and introduces the surprising aspects of this movie in all aspects: "This is another masterpiece of Fantastic Young. After watching this movie, I don't think anyone will say that he is " Director BaBy, "In addition to describing his age. This movie is so simple and so profound. It has no complicated story, no complicated relationship between characters, only a father and son, telling a warm and moving story.\

,""Its pictures and shots are full of Wang Yang's film film style, bright and sunny; the structure of the film is smooth and natural, with 120 minutes of continuous development, presenting the legend of Chris Gardner without delay, with lively voice-overs Make the characters more three-dimensional; the appropriate soundtrack and excellent editing make people unable to praise this." I used to worry about whether a 20-year-old director could grasp the plot biopic and whether he could bring the sense of the times of the 1980s to life. Restore it? The answer is to restore it impeccably, it is so excellent, full of sincere emotions everywhere, the love and warmth between father and son, the persistence to dreams and happiness, and the persistence to dignity... The 20-year-old director grasped it, and he simply Telling, but it makes a deep impression. "

After a series of praises, the "Los Angeles Times" finally commented on his directing ability: "He is no longer in the category of "teenage film directors." He has surpassed many "old guys in their 30s and 40s." The movie speaks for itself."

As for Will Smith's performance, the review said: "It's hard, it's hard to believe that Will Smith just won the worst actor in the Golden Raspberry. Is that really what happened? In this movie In the movie, Will Smith changed all the previous screen images, he was haggard and vicissitudes, a middle-aged man who was busy all day for his livelihood; he also changed all the previous acting styles, he successfully portrayed a gentle, positive and optimistic , family-loving, humorous man, the scene where he cries silently in the toilet of the subway station is one of the most exciting movie clips this year, what Magic Yang said is right, his performance can be called the best actor in the Oscars The level of the main character.,,

In the end, the Los Angeles Times concluded: "Do you have a dream? Do you want to be happy? Then try to achieve it! This is what "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" tells us."

\u0026nbSA Weekend's one-sentence comment "The movie is warm and moving; the performances of the two leading actors are real and credible." The title of "Movie News", which previously questioned whether Wang Yang was crazy, said "Another miracle!" Finally, he said: "There is no doubt that "Happiness Comes Knocking" is a masterpiece, it is one of the best films so far this year, it comes from a 20-year-old director, it is a miracle.

The words of the "San Francisco Chronicle" seemed very proud and satisfied. In this report titled "Jan, well done!", they praised the portrayal of San Francisco in the 1980s in the film: "I want to see the San Francisco Bay. What did the district look like in 1981? Let’s watch this movie.” He was full of praise for Wang Yang, and commented in the tone of “one of his own”: “This Bay Area boy is worthy of the pride of San Francisco and the Bay Area, and obviously In the future, he will bring us greater honor, just like Clint Eastwood did.,,

Kaizhi Thomas, the film critic of "Ghost Story" and "High School Musical", still didn't say anything good this time. He seems to be on the right track with Wang Yang. Perhaps by doing so, entertainment tabloids are more willing to publish his film reviews , this time he commented: "This movie is ridiculous, the little director ridiculously wants to instill his point of view on the audience, the point of view is not wrong, but the way is so contrived and disgusting; the most ridiculous thing is that the Smiths appear in the screen at the same time , I think it's the Smiths, not the Gardners."

But the fans who have watched this movie are obviously in the camp of "this is a good movie". On the IMDB website, the score of "When Happiness Comes Knocking on the Door" is currently as high as 8.5, although there will be a normal decline as the number of votes increases in the future. , but as a plot biopic scored 8.5 points, it can be said that this is the label of an Oscar-level classic movie. Compared with the 6.8 of "Ghost Story" and the 6.5 of "High School Musical", "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" has won more respect. On Sunday, 21st, in the afternoon, Flame Movie got the box office figures of the first day of its premiere. There were 3,050 screening theaters, and the ticket price was 65 US dollars. On the 20th, it received a total of 13.68 million US dollars; to 15.64 million. At the end of the weekend, the attendance rate of the movie theater also dropped sharply as usual. After six days of screening, "When Happiness Comes Knocking on the Door" ended its first week of campaign and received a total of box office!

This amount made it the first place on May 1. This is also Wang Yang's first film that won the weekly box office championship in the first week of screening, and it was the case of losing Friday. In second place is the animated blockbuster "Dinosaur", which cost 127 million yuan. It was also screened in the first week, and 3257 theaters received 40.69 million US dollars.

As a family cartoon, with moving as the main selling point, "Dinosaur" is the most conflicting with "When Happiness Comes Knocking" in terms of market positioning; but this week, there are quite a few choices in choosing which movie to watch. The father took the idea of ​​the family, and their decision was "When Happiness Knocks on the Door". In third place is "Gladiator", which was screened for the third week, and the box office it received was also affected to a certain extent. Looking at this ranking list, many commenting media laughed and said, "Magic Yang once again defeated "Big Man, Movie!" ,,

"After the 70 million-cost "Saving Private Ryan" and the 100-million-cost "Star Wars-Phantom Crisis", the 100-million-cost "Dinosaur" has become the latest victim." The editor of Yahoo Entertainment joked: "If Magic Yang made a Will he be defeated by other little guys in a film costing more than 100 million yuan? But the question now is, which director in Hollywood is "little guy" in front of him? "

The production cost of "When Happiness Comes Knocking" is 32 million, the publicity cost is 25 million, plus 3 million for copying and transportation, the total cost is exactly 60 million. If you don’t consider peripheral income such as DVDs and only count theater screenings, it must at least receive the box office to recover the cost. Regarding this point, neither Flame Movie nor Wang Yang is worried. Judging from the current momentum, it is certain that the box office will be over 100 million, and it will definitely be profitable.

However, it seems that the situation of "High School Musical" will be repeated again, and the throne of the weekly box office champion will be given up to others before it is fully seated. Because in the new week, two action blockbusters will be released, and the most threatening one is not "Shanghai Noon", but Paramount's investment of 125 million, with 3,653 theaters opening, directed by John Woo, starring Tom Cruise "Mission: Impossible", whether it is the popularity of the series or Tom Cruise's box office appeal, all make this blockbuster aggressive.

But this week, the light of "When Happiness Comes Knocking" covered the entire film industry, and Wang Yang's popularity once again soared, reaching an unprecedented peak.

In the latest issue of the "Chicago Sun-Times", Wang Yang's "die-hard fan" and famous film critic Roger Ebert once again "betrayed" his long-overdue film review and did not choose to stick to the previous " "Golden plum", but praised happily: "I want to apologize for the previous predictions. This magical boy is not hotheaded or rushed. In his new work, all I see is sincerity and everything." It's miraculous."

"After watching "When Happiness Comes Knocking", I still feel like I have sunbathed, but the difference is that this time I was moved to tears. This is really unbelievable. This is an Oscar-level film. Movie! Fantastic Yang surprised me again, I can’t find any words to describe my surprise, I was thinking, maybe he can get the youngest Oscar for best director? No maybe, I’m sure, in the future , Fantastic Young will win the Oscar for Best Director; maybe, just next year.

He also wrote self-deprecatingly: "I am now very much looking forward to the "Juno" that he is said to be released in this year's Christmas schedule. Will it be an ordinary romantic love story? Now I don't think so; Make a movie and I won't even say he's hotheaded, my poor old guy.,,

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This film review has won the support of many movie fans, especially his phrase "the best director in the future." Yahoo also conducted a poll "Do you think Wang Yang will refresh the Oscar for Best Director, the youngest award-winning record ? "74% of the people chose yes, and 26% chose not.

And in a subsidiary survey "How old do you think he will break before?" 15% of people chose "2133"