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    "Wedding Day is Coming", now in full release in 106 North American theaters

    ??From Los Angeles to New York, from Seattle to Miami, from Chicago to Houstonlike stars in the sky, lighting up the entire map of North America.

    Ye Wei is of course happy. According to the trend, it will definitely break through the box office. This is so wonderful that it is almost like a dream, which makes him feel a little elated.  He thought that he should be wary of this feeling, be happy, but not arrogant, and not become an arrogant and vulgar "star", but he is really not an ordinary earthling, it's okay, he will always be the "brat" that his grandfather scolded him.

    He will always be a movie fan. Making movies is breathing, watching movies is eating. If you don¡¯t watch movies, you will starve to death.

    On Saturday night, the 19th, Ye Wei drove alone to the "Landmark Cinemas" on Pico Avenue in Rancho Park District.

    This is a popular multiplex movie theater that shows mainstream commercial films, independent films, and foreign literary and artistic films. "Wedding Day" also has a screen here.  He came here for "The Terminal of Happiness", which was fully finished online yesterday.

    On the poster wall in the cinema hall are posters of the movies being released. Tom Hanks in a brown suit is standing there sideways with his suitcase, the three Harry Potters look alert, and Ye Wei is flying around at the wedding scene.  Kick to the cake¡­

    "Just watch "Wedding Day"." A young couple decided after a meeting. "The "Daily Show" a few days ago had Ye Wei, a very interesting guy."

    Isn¡¯t it cool?  Ye Wei, who was just behind the two of them, muttered that they didn't notice him and he didn't say anything. At this time, he noticed a very special poster with many elements on it, including poor pencil drawings, a few weird guys, and a gun in the middle.  A high school student with an afro who wears a brown coat on his shoulders, Naecuam Ite ("Napoleon the Great").

    He thought it was funny when he saw the poster, and he immediately became very interested. He watched it during the second half of the movie night.

    When Ye Wei came to a ticket window and queued up to buy tickets, he heard a few teenagers in front of the queue say, "Give me tickets for "Wedding Day". He seemed to be invisible, and no one in the rushing audience noticed him.  Suddenly, his phone vibrated with a text message. He took it out and looked at it. It was from Kristen Stewart: "What are you doing?"

    Recently, this girl sends text messages from time to time, and she is considered a friend, so he will reply when he has time, and he clicks a few times to send it: "Watching a movie in the theater.

    "What movie?"

    ""The Terminal of Happiness"."

    "Does it look good?"

    ¡°I haven¡¯t watched it yet, but I was queuing up to buy tickets and I bought them.¡±

    "Are you watching alone?"

    "Yes, it's fun to watch it by yourself. I won't say it anymore. I don't like to be distracted when watching movies."

    Ye Wei bought the ticket, put down his mobile phone, and went to the theater of "Happiness Terminal".

    Two and a half hours later, at 21:3 in the evening, Ye Wei returned to the box office with a smile on his face. Of course it was a good movie.

    Although there are no surprises, and there is some trace of the "last-minute rescue" technique, Spielberg tells the story smoothly, making the ordinary full of warmth and touching, and the cliched happy ending in the end can still make people feel happy.  Get excited, you are really a master.  And Hanks acted really well, that's what it means.

    If "Cat and Mouse Game" is about a dashing and handsome prodigal, "The Terminal" is about a country boy carrying a sack of sweet potatoes.

    Not everyone will like Tuab. Anyway, he is very enjoyable to watch. He wants to persuade Hanks to play "Richard" more and more strongly. This is the most suitable candidate.

    He queued up again to buy a ticket for "Napoleon the Great". Ye Wei was about to enter when his phone vibrated with a text message. He looked like it had been sent by Christine more than two hours ago: "What are you doing?" He wrote the previous one  Sent a text message to reply to her again: "Watching a movie in the theater."

    "Still watching? What movie?"

    ""Napoleon the Great"."

    "Never heard of it."

    "The poster is very good. I won't talk about it anymore. I'm going to watch the movie."

    Ye Wei came to the movie hall of "Napoleon" and found a good seat in the middle to sit down. The attendance rate around him was quite good, with more than half of the people sitting there.

    Soon the movie started. After a clever opening credits, shortly after the main movie started, the audience's laughter kept ringing in the screening room. Ye Wei also laughed again and again, feeling excited about watching a good movie.  , earned tonight

    Gradually, he became completely entranced, bursting into laughter from time to time, and had many emotions as he watched. At the climax, in the student union president's campaign speech, he canvassed votes for his friend Pedro, and Napoleon unexpectedly appeared on the stage.  He went on stage and danced a disco dance alone in front of the whole school, teachers and students, and broke out

    ¡°I have nothing else to do except dance when I¡¯m in a bad mood.¡±

    With the song "CaccHt"??, the entire cinema hall burst into excited cheers, Ye Wei had already clapped and shouted¡ª¡ª

    This fucking PrktInt video is so cool

    "Napoleon the Great" is a 100-point film.

    This is Ye Wei's most sincere experience of watching a movie. There are so many things that left a deep impression on him, especially the climax, which is similar to the climax of the script of "Little Miss Sunlight". The most charming thing about it is that it shows  The unique CHLT flavor makes its simple structure not a problem, but better tells that group of characters and that ordinary yet great story.

    To be honest, although it is not the same genre, "Napoleon" brought him more fun than "The Terminal".

    And he did draw nutrients from them. He gained more experience points and his abilities were guaranteed to be higher.

    This is why you should watch movies, not only for fun, but also for growth. The more you watch, the better you will understand what movies are.

    It was already early in the morning when he got home. Before going to bed, Ye Wei habitually opened websites such as Rotten Tomatoes and browsed the reviews of the two movies. He was immediately surprised by them. Did he make a mistake?

    The freshness of "The Terminal" is currently only 19 out of 640 well-known film reviews, which rated it as bad or below the passing line.  There are only a few reasons why it was called bad, including being cliche, far-fetched and contrived, and Hollywood-style sentimentality Maybe this means that it failed to satisfy the appetite of film critics.

    It is not difficult to understand that the quality of "The Terminal" starring Spielberg and Hanks disappointed them. When film critics are disappointed, they can criticize anything.

    However, Roger Ebert gave it a B4-star rating, saying, "A sweet and sophisticated comedy." The old man obviously enjoyed watching it.

    "I'll just say it," Ye Wei said to himself and laughed, then checked the reviews of "Napoleon the Great" and stared, wondering if he had made a mistake.

    The freshness rating is only 6. Currently, 2 well-known film reviews have called it bad. It is very controversial in the evaluation circle. Those who call it bad say that it is stupid, the jokes are the same, and boring; those who praise it say that it is funny, interesting, and the characters are weird.  Fashion¡­¡­

    And Albert gave a 4-star negative review, and Ye Wei couldn't help but read his complete review.

    "We laugh at comedies like this, generally for two reasons, because we get a sense of superiority from them, or because we sympathize with or like them. I don't really like audiences who laugh, which is why Adam Sander  Le's comedy makes me want to puke (I know most people laugh because they like him) In Napoleon's case, I definitely didn't like him, but the movie didn't try to make him likable, in fact, it didn't even try  It becomes a comedy. It tells his story and we're supposed to laugh because we see the film's goofy humor."

    "This kind of comedy" means treating stupidity as funny, because it is not a spoof. What's the point of creating a bunch of clumsy and bad freaks and then laughing at their clumsiness and badness?

    This is Ebert's point of view. The review concluded, "I was told that this movie got a lot of laughs at Sundance, but the Sundance audience only cared about whether it was cool or not."

    "No, no, no, Roger, I don't agree with you this time."

    Ye Wei shook his head, that's not the case at all. A sense of superiority?  pity?  Why didn't Albert understand the taste of "Napoleon the Great"?  Is it because the old man didn't have this kind of confusion when he was a student, or because he was always aloof and insulated from "Napoleon", so he couldn't appreciate its self-mockery?

    He carefully read through the good movie reviews a few more times, but felt that none of them were on point, so he thought about writing a movie review himself. Anyway, the column for next week has not yet been handed in.

    That¡¯s it

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    "What are you doing?"

    Ye Wei was about to write when Christine sent another text message. Oh my God, is she crazy?

    "Sleeping"

    When June 18th and 20th passed, "Wedding Day" shined in the weekend box office rankings. H's report exclaimed "unstoppable genius".

    "The Los Angeles Times" movie edition "VIY Said" published a new article. Readers were surprised to find that this was the first film review since the launch of VIY's column.

    "We are all fools in youth - Author: Ye Wei

    I went to the theater over the weekend and unexpectedly watched two good comedies in a row. One was "The Terminal", which was very sweet, warm and inspirational. Its portrayal of cultural conflicts was also thought-provoking.

    The other one is "Napoleon the Great", which is very interesting. I want to talk more about it because it brings me a lot of youthful feelings.

    The story takes place in an unknown ordinary town, where a group of almost all abnormal freaks live. Napoleon, a seemingly stupid high school student, is the protagonist; hisHis brother is another weirdo, a thin otaku who is addicted to online dating (and uses his grandma¡¯s money to play pay phones); his grandma is a crazy old woman who is still playing desert motorcycles; his uncle is a guy who has always lived in the 1980s (his  In his youth), he is unwilling to face the current adult loser; his friend Pedro is a similarly dull new immigrant who wants to be the president of the student union; his sweetheart is an unattractive fat girl Debe who works hard to save college tuition fees;  His pet is a picky alpaca.

    One day, my grandma was injured in a motorcycle accident and had to recuperate. My uncle came to take care of the two Napoleon brothers. Napoleon had to prepare a partner for the prom, and then Pedro had to run for president. Many things happened, and it was always a mess, until the campaign speech,  Napoleon had an amazing explosion.

    He won love, applause and life through hard work and courage to show himself, but he has not changed, he is still the same NAHLHNBYNANITB

    This film is full of self-deprecating humor. The reason why I laughed is because I can always find my own shadow in Napoleon.

    In youth, everyone has a clumsy side. We are afraid of some things and we long for some things.  We want to do whatever we want and do whatever we want, but often we really don¡¯t know what we want to do.  We move forward in confusion, feeling out of tune with the whole world. Everyone else looks cool, and everyone else looks idiotic.

    Maybe we are inconspicuous at ordinary times, but when we break out bravely, we will be heroes. Every little person can actually be a big shot. It¡¯s no big deal.

    Its painting of the world is exaggerated. It is this exaggerated way that brings true emotions and changes of the times.

    In "Rebel Without a Cause," James Dean yells, "I don't know what else to do, maybe except die." What an angry portrayal of youth.  Today, we are still angry, but we have learned to laugh at ourselves and look at our own stupidity with a smile.

    Napoleon, this weird, idiotic and uniquely majestic man.

    There is no need to sympathize with him or admire him, because he is us. When we were young, we were all fools. What we only wanted was a girl who would play tether ball with you.  ¡»

    As soon as this film review was published, the vast majority of column readers and fans have never seen "Napoleon". It is currently only a trial screening in 18 theaters, but they can all feel the self-mockery that Ye Wei said from the text.  , young people are more interested in watching it.

    "We are all fools when we are young" This sentence resonates with everyone, "Every little person can actually be a big shot, it's no big deal" inspires people, it's really great.

    It feels more and more inappropriate for such a unique and wise Ye Wei to call him a "teenage star". Can Lindsay Lohan write it?  Only prodigy

    "Jared, Jared, you better come and see this"

    Utah, Salt Lake City.

    That same morning, in the living room of the house, looking at today's "Los Angeles Times", Jerusha Hess, who had just turned one year old, screamed in surprise. Her husband, Jared Hess, who was almost 2 years old, came from the kitchen.  He came over there in confusion, blinking his eyes under the black-framed glasses, wiping his hands on the yellow apron, "What's wrong?"

    "Look." Jerusha laughed and gave him the newspaper in her hand, and Jared started to read

    The two are both graduates of the Brigham Young University Film School. They met and fell in love in college and got married. The 9-minute graduation short film "huc" they collaborated on was well received. It not only won awards but also received support from the Film Fund of Fox Searchlight and Paramount. With 40  Ten thousand dollars was spent to make "huc" into a feature film "Napoleon the Great".

    In addition to being a co-writer, Jerusha also serves as a costume designer, and the director is Jared.

    The entire online and offline team is very young and received a lot of help from all aspects, so the filming went smoothly.  The distribution has been going smoothly. It received good reviews at Sundance earlier this year. It has been released for more than a week now and has performed well at the box office. It is expected to be expanded to a small-scale release.

    It¡¯s just that the film critics have mixed reviews, which makes the couple very depressed. How can they become a teasing nerd?  They are nerds

    ¡°He understands, he understands us.¡± Jared was also pleasantly surprised when he read this movie review. ¡°VIY understands us.¡± Jerusha nodded: ¡°He said it very well.¡±

    "Looking back on my stupidity with a smile" was their original intention when filming "Napoleon the Great". "Ordinary people can explode" was the soul they wanted to give to the film.  It's not about fooling freaks, it's not about making the audience superior for fun

    VIY Of course the two of them knew about it. Ever since they watched his short film "Dance of Angels", they have been following this 6-year-old genius. They also watched "Wedding Day is Coming" a few days ago. It was awesome.

    They are both newcomers to the film industry, and the film can be said to be released at the same time, but the degree of attention they and Ye Wei receive from the outside world is very different, one day after another.  So their feelings towards Ye Wei are a bit ""Complex", he not only appreciates and admires it, but also has a competitive spirit.

    Now VIY suddenly wrote a film review in a column to praise them, and even defended them by saying that it was "self-deprecating humor" when Roger Ebert and others gave a thumbs up. Although he did not say it clearly, the whole article clearly  In saying "I don't agree with Albert", this

    It is unbelievable that the two of them looked at each other for a few times, and both could see each other's gratitude and admiration. VIY, who had just been rated as great by Albert, made such a sound. Isn't it a DYNANITPJ?

    "We also have to write a movie review for "Wedding Day"." Jared came up with an idea, and Jerusha agreed: "Yes, just tell us how we really feel."

    Their film reviews are not so powerful that they can be put in any column. They are just put on their official website and blog. Although there is not much traffic yet, it is there.

    Ye Wei and Roger Ebert "quarreled"

    In the week of the large-scale release of "My Wedding Day", because of a film called "Napoleon", Albert published a film review on the 18th, criticizing the film for making fun of weirdos, but Ye Wei wrote in his column on the 21st  I refuted it and praised the film for capturing the shadow of youth.

    As we all know, the old man and the young man were still in the "honeymoon period", and suddenly they had completely different opinions.

    This makes the media and movie fans very interesting. It is possible to say that Albert is old or has never been a geek, so he cannot feel the "sincere emotions", because when Albert was in high school  He was the editor of the local newspaper and a popular figure in the school, but what about Ye Wei?

    Ye Wei's background, growth, achievements during the same period, etc. are all worse than Albert. A Harvard-Westlake student like him, a child prodigy, and a man of the hour should have the same mood as Albert "sympathizing with Napoleon", but he seems to be really capable  I understand. I also wrote another self-deprecating article on my blog, talking about some stupid things I have done, including buying a "telepath" at a flea market and almost electrocuting myself - like Napoleon's uncle bought one  The time machine electrocuted himself and Napoleon half to death.

    "You all say I'm a genius, but in fact I'm just a freak and an idiot."

    VIYR highly recommends it. It really makes his movie fans very curious. If there are theaters nearby, they are ready to go and see it. Many of his classmates and friends have gone to see it. So what about Harvard-Westlake, Lev, Bad  They watched with great pleasure.

    Ye Wei is paying attention to "Napoleon the Great", but others are paying attention to him. The United States and the whole world are paying attention.

    When the curtain comes to an end on June 18th and 24th, a new box office miracle is born
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