In the IMAX screening room of AMC Cinemas in New York, the screening of "Fate Stay Night" has entered a critical moment.
After a series of events, the most important battle in the first half of Fate - the Battle of the Three Servants on Campus finally began.
Because if you look at the UBW line as a whole, it actually fits the story development pattern very well, with stunning developments, mid-term construction, and various exciting battles in the later stages.
But this narrative mode is not very good for Nanaya, who wants to divide the story into two parts.
Based on the narrative structure and rhythm, Nanaya chose the point where Archer rebelled and Shirou and Rin set out to find the Einzbern Castle as the dividing point between the two parts of Fate.
However, this leads to a problem. After the two exciting servant duels at the beginning, the story after the first part is all about laying out various clues and lacks particularly exciting fights.
Although the cold weapon duel between the gatekeeper and Artoria was also very exciting, this pure swordplay lacked the embellishment of a grand scene.
Compared to the devastating battle when Berserker appeared before, people always feel that something is missing.
Therefore, in order to balance the action scenes and scenes at the beginning and end of the movie, Nanaya deliberately created this battle that did not exist in the original plot.
Using IMAX's specially made screen, the battle between Rider, Caster, and Saber is presented in the most perfect way.
This was the first time that Nanaya produced an important action scene without any reference at all.
Fortunately, Nanaya is no longer the rookie with zero experience.
After practicing in several movies, Nanaya has already formed his own understanding of action scenes, and this battle between three people is a test of his true directing ability.
Judging from the audience's reaction, Nanaya felt that he had done a good job.
This battle between three women is no less exciting than any action scene between men.
The thrilling rhythm satisfied everyone who was used to special effects movies, and everyone was immersed in this battle involving only women.
"You look like Spider-Man." Mark took the time to complain to Scarlett beside him, "Or Spider-Woman? Your role will definitely impress everyone."
"Director Kiryu's requirements were too high. I couldn't complete many of the actions at all, so I had to use a body double."
Scarlett sighed and said, "Besides, I will be leaving soon. I should be the first Servant to leave the war in the movie."
"I wasn't much better. When the second half of the movie started, I was also the first to leave."
Mark shook his head. As a crew member, he certainly knew that Fate was divided into two parts. After all, the actors' remuneration was settled based on the two films.
[Could it be that because Scarlett is too expensive, Kiryu made her leave in the first half? ]
Recalling how stingy Nanaya was when it came to actors' pay, Mark felt like he might have discovered the truth.
The battle on the screen has come to an end. After blowing up half of the teaching building, the final battle between the three ended with Rider's exit.
"Excluding the final subtitle time, there should be the last 20 minutes."
Hokusai, who had been paying attention to the rhythm of the movie, paid close attention to the progress of time. She knew that the movie was about to come to an end.
"If it's split into multiple films, this battle would be like the Battle of the Mines of Moria in The Lord of the Rings: The Biggest and Most Intense Battle in the Movies."
Hokusai drummed her fingers on the armrest, trying to guess what would happen next based on the rhythm of the business.
"There should be a small-scale battle at the end, and something should happen in this battle. Only by leaving a huge suspense can the audience be motivated to continue watching."
"Then how will you arrange it? Will you let one of Saber and Rin be sacrificed? If so, the audience might not be satisfied."
Hokusai became looking forward to the next development.
Sure enough, the subsequent plot did not go beyond Hokusai's expectations. After Caster asked Rider to leave, the next group to be dealt with was Shirou and Rin.
Of course, in this combat meeting directed and acted by Caster herself (the teacher and the gatekeeper did not speak the whole time), Nanaya used her mouth to explain the identities of Rider and Saber to the audience.
Among them, Rider Medusa's identity did not exceed the audience's expectations.
The petrifying Mystic Eyes used by Rider during the school battle, and the Pegasus that was born from the blood in his neck at the end.
Any audience who is slightly familiar with Greek mythology has already made these guesses.
But Saber's real name was beyond everyone's expectations.
In the previous battle, Saber had briefly broken the Wind King's barrier.
Although she did not release EX Curry Stick, as a magician from the Age of Gods, Caster still guessed her real name.
"Knight with the holy sword, King Arthur."
When Caster said this, shouts of "What the f**k!" rang out in the theater.
King Arthur can't be a girl!!!
This is probably what everyone who is watching the fate movie is thinking at this moment.
You have to know that this movie is not a spoof like "Shrek the Monsters". How could King Arthur be a woman?
But...if you think about it carefully, isn't this more exciting? !
Such a majestic girl is actually a world-famous king.
Just like when you first watch "A Chinese Odyssey", you will be unable to accept the plot that completely subverts the original novel.
But once you accept this setting...
Mm, it smells so good.
"So it makes sense that Guinevere cheated on her. After all, between women..." William's mind was full of ideas at this time. He excitedly said to his companions, "It must be that Saber couldn't satisfy Guinevere, so this resentful woman found a gigolo."
"That's enough."
Ed quickly stopped him from continuing, "I still want to watch a movie."
Although he also thought that the setting of King Arthur being a girl was quite interesting, he still found it difficult to accept due to his relatively traditional thinking.
But if you think about it carefully, is there any image of Saber that is more suitable than King Arthur?
Saber on the screen is heroic, upright and chivalrous. It can be said that apart from her gender, she is the perfect candidate for King Arthur.
Ed is not the only one who thinks this way. After experiencing the initial shock, many viewers have also begun to try to accept this setting.
"At least it's better than Clive Owen's. His King Arthur couldn't even reach Miss Lily's toes."
One audience member said.
"Yes, yes." Someone immediately nodded in agreement, "Compared to that indecisive guy who was seduced by a woman in the end, I still like this Miss Saber more."
"Long live Saber! Long live the King!"
The audience began to nod, and they all felt that what this person said was absolutely right.
Of course, not everyone will like this change.
"Humph, the movie is okay, but what the hell is this King Arthur! Even Joan of Arc is better than this nonsense King Arthur!"
An audience member said with some disdain.
"What did you say!"
Lily's fan next to him couldn't stand it anymore, and the rude guy punched him directly.
"Fuck! Are you sick?"
Of course, the person who was beaten will not let it go.
So the two guys started fighting each other.
Fortunately, this incident did not happen in the theater for the premiere, otherwise it would have been a real mess.
This is also thanks to the fact that most of the audience attending the premiere were fans of the Fate series, and their love for Fate outweighed King Arthur's gender dilemma.
There are journalists who have complaints, but out of professional ethics they cannot express their dissatisfaction.
All in all, everyone spent the entire premiere of the movie in a relatively harmonious atmosphere in the IMAX theater.
Of course, although the atmosphere is harmonious, it does not mean that everyone will not be dissatisfied with the movie.
As for the reason for dissatisfaction, it is of course the ending of the movie.
Shirou lost Saber, and Rin's Archer betrayed his Master.
At this point, the protagonist no longer has any servants, and it can be said that this is the most dangerous and helpless moment.
In order to get a glimmer of hope, Rin and Shirou can only ask for help from Illya who possesses Hercules.
Thinking of the little loli who planned to kill Shirou from the very beginning, all the audience are looking forward to how this conversation will unfold.
But,
But the movie ends here!
The movie ended at the most critical moment!
Many viewers only realized at this time that the movie had already lasted more than two hours, but they had not seen enough!
"Fuck that idiot! He's doing this again!"
When the ending scene appeared, Shiori Kaede started yelling.
Because the sound was so loud, even the girl sitting next to Kazutani turned her head and looked at him curiously.
"Hey, you scared me." Kazutani reminded unhappily.
"Ano, I have no problem with that." The girl had a faint smile on her face. "I can understand him, after all, this is what director Nanaya Kiryu likes to do the most."
"Really? This lady is right, this director is a piece of shit." Kazutani immediately changed his expression.
[This guy…]
Looking at this guy who valued love over friendship, Shiori Kaede shook his head and began to wait for the easter egg.
After all, this is already a regular feature of Nanaya Cinema.
The ending scene of Fate is scattered Servant cards, and the names of the film's main creators are written on these constantly flipping cards.
Combined with the high notes with a religious gospel flavor, it gives people a very sad feeling, which echoes the depressed ending of the movie.
When the final fate title disappears, the first easter egg of the movie begins.
In the dim room, Matou Shinji, who had lost Rider, appeared, and beside him was a blond, red-eyed young man who had never appeared before.