"The plot is exciting, the fighting is thrilling, and the soundtrack is stunning. As a fan of Artoria, I am still excited after watching it!"
"I'm conflicted about my liking for Archer. After watching UBW, I like the character of Archer even more, but his story also makes me even more sad. I'd better send a knife to the director."
"My mind is full of the handsome scene when Artoria signed the contract with Rin! It's the perfect combination of goddess and warrior! Except for her small breasts, she's perfect!"
"It is the best movie so far this year, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for future movies to surpass it. Although there are still many flaws in the plot, especially the explanation of the Holy Grail is a bit too hasty. But the flaws do not outweigh the merits, it is still a super good movie."
"It lived up to the expectations of the year. The wonderful battle scenes of UBW well showed the characteristics of each character, and the oppressive feeling far beyond ordinary people shown by the heroes was also very real."
A movie, especially one with a fan base, is bound to have a lot of die-hard fans, and their love for the movie is sometimes very unreasonable.
This can be seen from the information collected by reporters at the premiere. Fans who love Fate basically gave the movie full marks.
Of course, some people like it and some don't. After all, there is no movie in the world that can be liked by everyone.
Even undisputed masterpieces like "Titanic" and "The Lord of the Rings" are still considered ugly and sleepy by some people.
The feedback from the premiere was pretty good. After all, the audience here are all die-hard fans, and their love for Fate allows them to ignore the shortcomings of the movie.
However, it received some negative reviews at some other premieres.
As the most authoritative box office statistics and forecasting agency, CinemaScrore of course collected and compiled these reviews criticizing UBW as soon as possible.
"The transition in the middle of the movie was too abrupt, and the transformation of the protagonist was too direct. The final battle forcibly elevated the protagonist, turning a movie that could have been profound into a shallow movie that allowed the protagonist to cheat. Watching such a movie was a complete waste of my precious time."
"I don't like UBW. It makes Saber become a dispensable existence."
"What a ridiculous movie. The Japanese director wanted to tell a heroic epic, but in reality it was just a village fight involving less than ten people."
Although it was already late at night, when even the main creative staff of the Fate crew had gone home to sleep, the CinemaScrore headquarters was still brightly lit.
Every time a new blockbuster is released, it is the busiest time for this company.
While others went home to sleep contentedly after watching a new movie, the staff of CinemaScrore was busy all weekend collecting box office and audience feedback data.
Many employees would even work three consecutive night shifts during this time in order to get the most accurate box office data as soon as possible.
As the summer movie that the whole United States is looking forward to opening, UBW has been watched by CinemaScrore since before it was released.
By the time dawned, the statistics of the premiere finally appeared in the office of the CinemaScrore manager on duty.
"This data is really interesting. I remember that when Fate was first released, the ratings of A and above were 76%, right?"
The manager on duty picked up the statistics sheet and rubbed his chin while looking at his other colleague.
As a sequel, of course the data of the previous movie would be on the desk. After taking a look, my companion said, "It's 76.4%."
"This time, there are 82.4% positive reviews. It seems that this sequel is very satisfying."
"But the percentage of negative reviews below D has also increased from less than 10% to 13.6%." The companion reminded, "This data can be regarded as a representative of the two-level differentiation."
"But these negative reviews are not entirely negative reviews of the movie."
The manager on duty took out a form specifically used to tally negative reviews and showed it to the other party.
"Hmm... 3% of the negative reviews were dissatisfied with Archer's character setting and thought that the arrangement was too tragic, and 2% thought that Saber had too few scenes?"
The manager on duty nodded and said, "Yes, these 5% negative reviews are not negative reviews of the movie itself. Although they think the movie is not good, it will not affect their purchase of tickets to enter the cinema."
This situation is not uncommon. As a memorable character, an overly tragic experience in the plot will make emotional audiences sympathize with it and vent their anger on the production team.
For example, when "Titanic" was released, many viewers deliberately gave the movie bad reviews because of Jack's death.
But this did not affect these people from watching the movie a second time after giving it a bad review.
Although as a popcorn movie, UBW certainly cannot achieve a strong box office curve like "Titanic", but some of the negative reviews that are not considered bad reviews will not have much impact on the movie's box office.
"What do you think the box office results will be like?"
The manager on duty asked his colleague.
"The first week will definitely be good. After all, everyone has been looking forward to the ending of Fate for a whole year. This sense of anticipation will make most viewers buy tickets as soon as possible."
The strategy of releasing a movie in two parts is essentially a hunger marketing, in which the sense of anticipation will explode after the next part of the movie is released.
But after the initial excitement has passed, it is the reputation and quality of the film that determines the box office performance in the second week.
"With the current positive reviews, the box office performance in the second week should not collapse." After comparing the data, a colleague said that the real challenge for UBW should be the performance in the third and fourth weeks. "
The manager nodded. UBW's box office performance would definitely not be bad, but if it wanted to hit the box office champion this year, then "The Da Vinci Code" in the third week and "X-Men 3" in the fourth week would be the biggest obstacles.
"Let's send out the conclusions we have reached so far first, and then keep an eye on the progress, especially in the next two weeks."
It turns out that CinemaScrore's predictions were very accurate.
When Nanaya climbed out of Rin's arms the next day, he got the box office results of yesterday's premiere.
The film premiered in 3,600 theaters on Thursday and grossed $14.53 million, the highest debut result so far this year.
Because there is still a lack of comparison, Nanaya doesn't know how this result will compare to other blockbuster movies this year.
But for Nanaya and Jiufeng, this was already a good enough start.
Especially since UBW currently has very good media reviews and audience reputation, so before encountering strong opponents, UBW's box office performance should be at a dominant level.
Even occasional negative reviews will not have any impact on the box office of UBW. After all, these voices are too light compared to the overwhelming positive reviews.
In particular, media reporters, led by Ms. Katsushika, basically gave the movie positive reviews.
Professional film critics also have a very positive attitude towards UBW. Perhaps it is because the slightly heavy tone of UBW is very suitable for those who look down on light-hearted popcorn movies.
Even George Lucas expressed his opinion through the Los Angeles Times.
"Although UBW is a popcorn movie, the depth of its plot is much more profound and complex than that of ordinary light entertainment movies. I like this series very much and hope to see the sequel."
At the same time, almost all well-known film critics also published their comments on UBW in their own columns and online channels as soon as possible.
"UBW's use of IMAX lenses is somewhat restrained compared to the first Fate, but the quality of these lenses has been improved accordingly. This makes the heavy theme of the film more intuitive."
After reading it, Lin put down the newspaper in her hand. She smiled and said to Nanaya: "This is the review of the New York Times. Honey, what do you think?"
Because Nanaya's work locations will be concentrated in North America and Tokyo for at least the next year, Shion specially prepared a single-family house for Nanaya to use as his base when he works in North America.
Of course, Nanaya, this animal, didn't use this house to rest and sleep as often as he did in the North American hotel. On the contrary, he had quite a few trysts with Rin.
"It's not bad."
Nanaya answered vaguely while eating scrambled eggs. Rin's call of "honey" made him feel sick.
Last night, Nanaya and Rin had a fierce "fight" to celebrate the successful premiere of the movie.
And unlike before when he liked to throw tantrums during "battles", Rin was completely obedient to Nanaya last night.
Although the combination of the shrine maiden's costume and black stockings made Nanaya feel a little bit out of place, he didn't intend to pursue it any further as he could experience the stimulation of the shrine maiden's costume and the smoothness of the stockings at the same time.
Perhaps it was because Shion's kiss before made Rin feel a sense of crisis, Rin has become very proactive recently, allowing Nanaya, the beast, to satisfy many interesting postures that he would never have dared to think of before.
Of course, Rin's enthusiasm in trying to drain him dry made Nanaya feel a little weak while excited.
You know, when he got up in the morning, he felt like his waist was almost broken.
[I really need to exercise. How about practicing Bajiquan with Mr. Li? It can also be considered as strengthening the body. ]
"Hey, I'm talking to you."
Seeing that Nanaya was distracted, Rin kicked him in dissatisfaction.
"Ah?"
Nanaya was stunned for a moment, then he patted his chest and said, "There will definitely be no problem with media reviews. Magazines like Premiere, Hollywood Reporter, and Film Weekly have all praised the film, right? The biggest problem now is not the media and magazines, but the box office. As long as the box office is booming over the three days of the weekend, UBW will be halfway successful."