As a reporter for the famous Japanese film magazine "Eiga Hidden Treasure", Ms. Hokusai's reports cannot be published only in the North American version.
While writing the English version of the film review, she also has to write a Japanese version of the report and send it back to the headquarters in Japan.
Given the timeliness of film reviews for new films, a movie like Fate will surely be hyped up by most media if nothing unexpected happens.
The first thing Hokusai described was the grand occasion of the premiere. I believe this content will be of interest to readers in North America and Japan.
Then there are the reviews of the movie itself. As the first batch of media reviews, unless the movie is terrible, the industry will not touch on the plot.
In this way, the article's perspective on film analysis becomes very important.
To put it bluntly, praise should be unique, and criticize should be well-written.
Thinking of this, Hokusai pondered for a moment, then wrote on the computer screen.
"I have been following Director Nanaya Kiryu since the earliest work 'Kara no Kyoukai'. He is a very special director.
"The movies he directed are always very eye-catching, whether it's the popular "Kara no Kyoukai" in Japan, or the "Goblin Slayer" which grossed nearly $600 million worldwide, or even today's "Fate Stay Night".
"These films have captured a large audience, and fans flock to the films directed by Nanaya Kiryu. But until now, they have rarely been able to explain why they like his films.
"The reasons people gave were mostly just because they thought the movie was great, the special effects were great, or the characters were very distinctive, and the female characters were very beautiful.
"But I don't think this is the fundamental reason, because when it comes to special effects, although Director Kiryu always likes big-budget productions, he is not the best in the industry. As for the actors, although Rin Tousaka, Lily Wetting and others are indeed beauties, there are also more beautiful and attractive female stars.
"Today, after watching Fate Stay Night, my mind suddenly clicked. All the key elements became clear.
"I have discovered the key to Director Kiryu's success, which is simple to say but few directors can actually do it.
"That's because director Nanaya Kiryu really understands the characters in her lens. Although the action scenes and large-scale computer special effects are the selling points of the film, it is the story and characters that really present the connotation to the audience.
"In Nanaya Kiryu's films, he establishes characters through the plot and then uses these characters to build the world. In this way, we can feel the vivid characters in front of the screen and the bizarre but extremely real world.
"Although we are only watching a movie and knowing only a story, what we can feel is a complete world.
"Fate Stay Night" is such a movie, it is definitely worth recommending to everyone."
It was already the next morning when Nanaya was reading this film review.
Because he was too excited about the first day's box office, Nanaya threw the cup on the spot.
Although he felt great when he fell, he was severely scolded by several girls afterwards.
Now he is sitting obediently at the table, reading reviews of fate movies in major newspapers.
Hokusai is not the only reporter who praised Fate.
The same is true for Miss Charlotte, a reporter from "Premiere". She has been completely conquered by Miss Saber's charm and has become the most loyal Sabre Cook.
"Fate tells a very fantastic and interesting modern urban magical adventure story. Compared with Batman a month ago, although Fate is not as realistic, it also creates an intoxicating war.
"Yes, the word I used is [intoxicating], because after watching the movie, you will definitely want to join this war. Become a Master and command a war that makes your heart beat faster.
"In addition to creating a protagonist named Shirou Emiya who aspires to be a hero, director Nanaya Kiryu spent a lot of time and effort to portray the two characters, Rin Tohsaka and Saber. This iron triangle combination supports the entire movie.
"My favorite character is Miss Saber. She really seems like a righteous knight who has walked from medieval history to the modern era. Even if she does nothing and just appears in front of the camera, you can feel the kingly charm of this character and be eager to follow her to fight in the medieval land.
"Fate Stay Night is definitely the best commercial blockbuster since the beginning of this summer season."
Washimine invited almost all mainstream media and major entertainment media to attend the premiere of "Fate". Except for the two above-mentioned reporters, most of the media also gave very good scores.
Although many media outlets have pointed out problems with the film, such as the fast pace in the early stages, this has not affected their praise for the film.
Of course, there are also bad reviews.
But these are either arranged by Washimine in advance, or they are the result of a very small number of self-righteous people who deliberately gave low scores in order to show off their unique taste.
These guys who wanted to show that "the whole world is turbid but I am the only one who is clear, everyone is drunk but I am the only one who is sober" were simply ignored by the crew.
Nanaya browsed through the media reviews as quickly as possible. There were basically no negative reviews from the mainstream media, which showed that Fate was at least accepted by the mainstream media.
Of course, the absence of bad reviews does not mean that the film is perfect. The media also criticized the film's rhythm, too many characters and other shortcomings.
These are issues that Fate movies cannot avoid. What Nanaya has come up with so far is the best solution, so he can only express regret for these.
As for the points of praise for the film, they are also very concentrated, including the outstanding and gorgeous special effects, the new interpretation of ancient heroes, and the unique portrayal of several characters.
These are all necessary elements for a commercial film to be a big hit. Once these reviews are spread by the media, Nanaya believes that it will attract a large number of audiences.
In fact, the movie's first-day box office of $8.05 million was largely due to Washimine's almost intensive publicity some time ago.
After the first group of viewers finish watching the movie, the next thing to look at is the reputation and quality of the movie.
Therefore, for the next period of time, it does not mean that the Fate crew and Washimine's publicity and promotion department can put their swords in storage and let go.
On the contrary, the real war has just begun.
"Find a way to spread these good reviews." Nanaya said to Shion, "Let more audiences know that our movie is a good movie."
The quality of a movie is no longer the only criterion for determining its box office.
Large-scale publicity, especially effective word-of-mouth publicity, is essential for modern commercial films.
Unfortunately, although "Fate" is a PG-13 movie, it is positioned more towards the young people's market and cannot make a big splash in the children's and family market.
You can't stand tricking kids into going to the cinema to watch Kiryu Nanaya touch other girls' thighs, right?
How can you reassure parents like this?
However, the advantages of "Fate" are also obvious. Special effects blockbusters require good equipment to have a better experience, which is the consistent advantage of special effects movies.
At a time when home theaters are not yet popular, going to the cinema to watch movies is the only option for most people to enjoy an audio-visual feast.
Especially the ultimate enjoyment of the IMAX theater, which cannot be achieved by any amount of money in a home theater.
[Go to the IMAX theater to watch a real IMAX movie.]
This is the exclusive slogan that IMAX has come up with for "Fate".
When all crew members are interviewed, they will tirelessly promote how awesome the IMAX effects are, and that you will regret it for the rest of your life if you don't go see it.
The effect of such publicity is also very obvious. According to IMAX's records, all IMAX theaters across the United States were packed on the first day yesterday.
You should know that the number of IMAX theaters now is no longer just a few as before.
After the success of "Goblin Slayer", IMAX quickly expanded the number of its theaters around the world.
For audiences, IMAX theaters are still a luxury, but tickets are not as hard to come by as before.
It's like the 1982 Lafite has been downgraded to ordinary Lafite. Although it is still extremely expensive, it is not as out of reach as before.
The saddest people are probably the scalpers in North America.
You have to know that during the "Goblin Slayer" period, they could sell a ticket for several times the original price, but this time for "Fate" the price can only be doubled at most.
"Why build a cinema if there is nothing else to do?"
This is probably what the scalpers are thinking at this moment.
But Nanaya didn't bother to care about these guys' complaints. No matter how much these scalpers earned, they wouldn't give him a penny anyway.
So it is better to let IMAX make the money on its own, at least it can give itself more share.
"One more thing."
Shion took out a newspaper and threw it to Nanaya, "The publicity department couldn't decide how to deal with this matter, so they threw it to me. Take a look."
Nanaya curled his lips and said, "You need to change people in your publicity department. They can't even handle such a small matter."
"Because they have never encountered such a thing before." Shion said with a smile, "After all, this is something you caused."
"What the hell is this? Pfft!"
Nanaya burst out laughing when he saw the content in the newspaper, because the big headline on it read: "Shocking! Men fighting in the cinema, the reason is because of her!"
"Damn! Which guy from the UC Shock Department came to North America?"