This year's North American summer season will be a bloody battle.
But as the first blockbuster summer movie to be released, "Prologue" will not be affected by other films for now.
This is also a good first-mover advantage.
As long as "Prologue" has good reputation, the movie will definitely have a very explosive beginning.
Like other films from Washimine Entertainment, 3,000 advance screenings across the United States will be held simultaneously with the premiere.
"Prologue" has already held two previews before, and the word of mouth is very good.
For old fans of Fate, the movie has a strong sense of nostalgia, and they can see the shadow of the familiar Holy Grail War in Fuyuki City.
For new fans, the entry threshold of this story is not high and they can finish reading it relatively smoothly.
The only thing that is disappointing is the pacing of the movie.
Compared with Nanaya's previous films, the story rhythm of this movie seems a bit slow.
The plots of Nanaya's previous films were all very compact, and could almost be described as non-stop.
But the pace of "Prologue" has become much slower, especially the Chaldea part, many people feel that it could be faster.
However, this was a compromise that Nanaya made on his own initiative.
The movie "Prologue" is intended to lay the foundation for the subsequent stories, and Nanaya needs to reserve shots to explain many of the contents that will be revealed later.
Between the perfection of a single movie and the perfection of the series as a whole, Nanaya decisively chose the latter.
However, the procrastination of "Prologue" is only compared with Nanaya's previous films.
Compared with other movies currently on the market, the rhythm of "Prologue" is still relatively compact.
Therefore, all the audiences who watched the preview had a good overall impression of the film.
Both ordinary audiences, media and film critics have praised "Prologue".
This makes the audience look forward to this new work in the Fate series.
For them, as long as the movie is not bad, it is actually a good work worth watching.
After the crew members and guests participating in the premiere entered the theater one after another, ordinary audience members with seats relatively close to the edge gradually came in.
This is also to prevent accidents. After all, if fans are too crazy, they can easily do irrational things.
These movie fans didn't have much objection to this arrangement.
Fans who can come to the film premiere specifically are either fans of Fate or supporters of one of the main creative staff members of the crew.
For them, the viewing experience of the premiere is secondary. The most important thing is to feel the atmosphere of the premiere and see a wonderful movie.
For them, watching a movie multiple times is no big deal.
You can get a good feel for the movie-watching experience of Thrones in two days, but there is only one premiere.
Although there are no hard and fast standards or essential requirements.
But in order to increase the sense of ceremony, most of the audience who came to the premiere wore clothes related to the content of the movie.
The most fanatical fans will naturally directly cosplay as a certain character.
However, most of the audience who came to see the movie were not that crazy; they just wore clothes with Fate characters printed on them.
There weren't many ordinary audience members who attended the premiere in casual clothes, and most of them carried one or two iconic items of the Fate Servants.
The only regret is that props that take up a lot of space, such as Big Dog's spear and Red A's bow and arrow, are prohibited by the staff from being brought into the theater.
It's not that we are afraid that the audience will directly pick up these things and use them as flying props, but these things are too large, and taking them into the theater will affect other audiences' watching of the movie.
However, the Knight King's Excalibur was only about one meter long and would not block the audience's view even if it was erected, so the staff agreed to bring it into the screening room.
"Washimine Entertainment's promotion is very successful."
Looking around, Ryan Reynolds sighed: "The movie hasn't even been released yet, but so many peripheral products have already been sold. I wonder if Deadpool can reach this level in the future."
"I think we should just forget it."
T.J. Miller, who was sitting next to him, shuddered.
"Just think about it, if everyone in the theater is wearing a red hood, what's the difference between that and a gang rally?"
"At least it shows that the sales of Deadpool's peripherals are good." Ryan Reynolds said without any concern, "Look at how many peripherals Washimine Entertainment has sold now?"
After hearing what Ryan Reynolds said, T.J. Miller looked back at the audience behind him who were dressed in various colorful clothes and nodded.
"That seems to be the case."
As time passed, the seats in the theater gradually filled up.
When the last audience member sat in his seat, the lights in the theater began to go out one by one.
When the big screen lit up, the discussions that had been surrounding the theater disappeared instantly.
After the opening credits of Washimine Entertainment and Erque Studio, the first thing that came into the audience's sight was a vast expanse of white.
When the camera started to focus, everyone realized that it was capturing a continuous stretch of snow-capped mountains.
At this time, the sky was covered with dark clouds and filled with strong winds and blizzards, which seemed to want to bury everything under the wind and snow.
As the camera zoomed in, everyone discovered a man-made building on the peak of one of the snow-capped mountains.
Because it was completely white, it was not visible to everyone until the camera zoomed in.
As the camera moves forward, lines of opening subtitles begin to appear in the corners of the screen.
Just like any other movie, these are all the credits for the cast and crew.
If there is any difference, it is that each person has a different pattern behind his or her name.
These are all Command Spells.
These Command Spell patterns are special because each staff member designed them specifically for himself.
Of course, some people with clumsy hands can only draw a rough outline, and then ask others to help make it look better.
When the cast and crew list came to the lead actor, low chanting began to sound in the background.
A female voice with the accent of an ancient bard read out a monologue in a rhythmic tone.
"Humanity Continuation Guarantee Agency Phoenix Chaldea, referred to as Humanity Guarantee Agency Chaldea."
"This is a research institute and observatory that gathers researchers from various fields, including magic and science, in order to ensure that human history can continue long and strong."
"Observe a world that cannot be fully understood by magic alone, and cannot be fully understood by science alone."
"This is a secret agency established by various countries to prevent human extinction."
The person reciting this monologue is Shion.
Originally, Nanaya was planning to let Yumi recite this monologue.
But perhaps because Yumi had never played a similar role before, her tone wasn't right when she read it several times.
There was nothing wrong with Lily's tone, but her voice was just too recognizable.
Nanaya does not want the audience to have too many associations with the plot of the movie after the Knight King read this narration.
So Nanaya chose Shion's opening remarks.
Anyway, as a guiding character in the original story, Shion's recitation of this passage won't cause the audience to over-interpret it.
"In the year 1950 of the Western calendar, the phenomenon-recording computer familiar Laplace succeeded in his research."
"In the year 1990, the simulated earth environment model Chaldea was completed."
"In the year 1999, the near-future observation lens Sheba was completed."
"In the year 2004 of the Western calendar, the Guardian Heroic Spirit Summoning System - Destiny is completed."
"In the year 2015, the Spirit Calculation Device Trismegistus was completed."
"The Humanitarian Continuation Guarantee Agency will continue to achieve brilliant results and ensure the safety of human history for the next 100 years."
The opening scene moves forward slowly, and the history of Chaldea is also described by Shion one by one.
After all, there are still many stories in Chaldea before the movie begins.
If I really want to talk about it, the Holy Grail War involving the old director alone could fill an entire movie.
The time for the prologue is limited, so it is naturally impossible to show them one by one.
Therefore, Nanaya could only use the simplest method and give a brief description of the background of the story through Leonardo da Vinci's mouth.
However, this is not just a simple description. Introducing the origin of Chaldea can give the audience a clearer understanding of this organization.
There were very few technological things in the previous FSN and FZ series.
Although they live in modern times, the protagonists rarely use modern things except for the kitchen utensils used by Shirou Emiya to cook.
This is why Emiya Kiritsugu has always had such an alien relationship.
Because he is the most modern of all magicians.
But Chaldea was different.
This is an organization where science and magic coexist and are extremely developed.
It is the highest point that human civilization can reach at present.
It is precisely because of this that Chaldea is qualified to become an organization that continues human civilization.
The audience may not feel it now, but they will when the movie moves into Chaldea.
You will be amazed when you see the fusion of magic and science.
At that time, the audience will not feel it is abrupt when recalling the previous narration.
"However, in 2015."
When she said this, Shion's tone changed, and the slightly hurried tone seemed to remind the audience that the crisis was coming.
"The future realm observed by the Near Future Observation Lens Sheba disappeared without a warning, and the light of human civilization was extinguished."
"According to calculations, it has been found - no, it has been proven - that humans will become extinct in 2016."
Fortunately, the audience has already watched the trailer and has some understanding of the content of the movie.
Otherwise, someone at the scene would definitely exclaim something like "What the F**k".
As Shion's monologue ended, the title of the movie "Fate/Grand Order" appeared on the screen, and the title of the movie "Prologue" also appeared in the lower right corner.
However, what made the audience curious was that after the movie title ended, another subtitle flashed.
"Observer of the Temple of Time?"
Most of the people present were veteran fans of the game, and they had carefully read all the promotional materials before FGO was released.
But this phrase does not appear in any promotional poster or trailer.
Fans are confused but also a little excited. Could this be a new clue related to the movie?