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I also joked in private, if you like children, then find someone to have one yourself.

Veronica looked like she didn't listen to such words at all.

Therefore, it is inevitable to have some doubts in my heart.

It's just that no matter how smart Janet is, it's hard to think of things in certain aspects. This is almost a dead-end level of thinking, and it's hard to understand unless she gets involved in it.Otherwise, Janet would not have had some misunderstanding between Simon and her aunt before.

Janet has never been one to get tangled up.

Since you can't figure it out, don't think about it.

Anyway.

who cares.

A certain little guy has already been born, and after this experience, he doesn't want to have a second child anymore.

What a disaster.

Moreover, for Janet, the happiest thing after the baby is born is that she can sleep in various positions at will.

Janet loved nothing more than cuddling Simon on the bed.

However, for the past six months, she felt that there was a 'third party' between herself and Simon.

Of course, getting back into shape is also on the agenda.

And the work before pregnancy also began to pick up again.

Westerners don’t have the habit of confinement. One week after the birth of the child, several managers of Cersei Capital came to Los Angeles to report to Janet on the company’s operation status in the past six months, and brought a lot of information .

The restlessness and anxiety in the late pregnancy also disappeared.

From this point, Simon discovered that Janet's psychological quality was much stronger than his.

All in all, after the little one was born, Janet was like an elf whose seal had been lifted, almost immediately regaining her pre-pregnancy vigor.

As for a certain little guy, he is regarded as a treasure by everyone. It is not too much to describe it with the phrase "hold it in your hand for fear of falling and keep it in your mouth for fear of melting." Janet, a mother, does not need too much worry.

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Between Thanksgiving and Christmas, Gaomen Films' "Farewell to the Piano" will be screened on 12 screens in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and other major North American cities on December 6.

This work, which won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival in September, was unanimously praised by the media after its release. The overall score of the film was as high as 9 points, becoming another high-scoring masterpiece second only to "Toy Story" in the year-end schedule.

Roger Ebert, a well-known American film critic, did not hesitate to comment on this film as "one of the most unusual and unforgettable films I have ever seen".

In the first week of screenings, "Farewell to the Piano" earned US$155 million in seven days, and the average museum reached US$7.3.

Another award-winning film "Grand Canyon" released at the same time as "The Piano" was produced by Fox Films and directed by the well-known Hollywood screenwriter and director Lawrence Kasdan. .

"The Grand Canyon" has fewer two-screen screenings, and it is entirely for the nomination qualifications of the awards season. In the first week, it won a box office of 19 US dollars with the opening two screens.

However, as an award-winning film, "The Grand Canyon" has only average reputation among film critics, with a comprehensive score of only 7.6 points. Compared with "The Piano Farewell" with 9.2 points, it is obviously difficult to make a difference in the awards season.

Friday, January 12th.

Although theoretically, this week is still an interval between the two major schedules, but if you look at the scale of the films released, the Christmas file can be regarded as an early start.

Because this week, Steven Spielberg's "Captain Hawk" was released, and Paramount Pictures' "Killing Kennedy" also started painting.

Columbia Pictures has given great expectations to "Captain Hawke". The final production budget of the film has reached 7000 million US dollars, and the scale of the opening screen is 2197.

However, with the opening of the film, the word-of-mouth of "Captain Hawk" collapsed directly, and the media score fell all the way to 2.8 points.

"Variety" magazine criticized "Captain Hawk" as "messy and unrestrained", and "Newsweek" even harshly commented that watching "Captain Hawk" is like "watching an 8-pound midget dance".

After three days of painting, the box office of "Captain Hawk" in the first weekend only received 1352 million US dollars, far below Columbia Pictures' expectations.

In the original time and space, the North American box office of "Captain Hawk" finally exceeded 1 million U.S. dollars. Relying on the total box office of more than 2 million U.S. dollars worldwide and subsequent revenue, this film barely allowed Columbia Pictures to recover the cost.

This time around, however, the ill-fated 'blockbuster' won't have such good luck.

Because in the following week, another new film "The Flash" in the high-profile DC movie universe is about to be released.

In the original time and space, "Assassination of Kennedy", which was drawn at the same time as "Captain Hawk", should be produced by Warner. However, because most of the attention of Warner's schedule at the end of this year is on "The Flash", it was abandoned at the beginning. project.

Compared with "Captain Hawke", the situation of "Assassination of Kennedy" is much better. This slightly alternative historical drama film received an excellent media score of 8.3 points after the filming started.

However, in terms of box office, the opening screen size of "Assassination of Kennedy" was 1164 yuan, and the box office finally reached 522 million US dollars in the three days of the first weekend, which is not satisfactory.

You know, because of the success of Oliver Stone's previous films and the addition of Kevin Costner in this film, the production budget of "Killing Kennedy" is as high as 4000 million US dollars.Although it did not reach the level of "Captain Hawk", with a budget of 4000 million US dollars, it is definitely considered a big production in this era.

In the first weekend, the box office earned US$522 million in three days. Compared with the production budget of US$4000 million and the publicity expenditure of about US$2000 million, if the film cannot make a good long-term follow-up, someone may be fired from Paramount. .

On the original timeline, the box office of "Assassination of Kennedy" was very good, and it became one of the big winners of the 1992 Oscar.

However, this time, no one is sure.

Also because of The Flash coming out on December 12th.

Such a highly anticipated heavyweight blockbuster lies ahead, and other films in the same period almost have a tragic feeling.

The first two works of the DC movie universe are really too strong.

Moreover, according to the internal news from Warner Bros., the filming effect of "The Flash" is also amazing.

After the last two months of intensive carpet promotion, the Los Angeles premiere of "The Flash" was held on December 12.

Because of the confidence in the film, Warner raised the premiere to the same standard as the summer file "Batman: The Dark Knight", and still chose to hold it in the Holy Citizen Auditorium in Los Angeles, which can accommodate 2000 people.

Point Dume Manor.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Janet finally finished her makeup and went downstairs accompanied by two women, AB and AB.

Simon, who was waiting in the living room downstairs, turned his head on the sofa and looked over. The woman was wearing a burgundy silk dress that she had always liked very much, with black high heels, loose fluffy blond hair, and the exposed skin on her shoulders was due to the pampering during pregnancy. It looks more and more white and moist, and people can't help but have an urge to take a bite.

Yingying floated to Simon's side, and Janet bent down beside the sofa and smiled, "Little boy, do you want to take a bite?"

This tone is the same as before.

With a smile on Simon's face, he raised his head and kissed Janet who came over, and said, "Let's go."

"Well, let me say goodbye to Moore first."

As Janet spoke, she walked towards the crib near the French windows in the living room. Deborah, the D girl, was watching over a little guy who was sleeping soundly in the crib.

Compared with the unavoidable ugly appearance when he was just born, in two weeks, the little guy has recovered the delicate appearance that a baby should have, and the shadows of Simon and Janet can be seen more or less between his brows.

After looking at the child by the crib together for a while, and explaining to the three daughters of ABD, Simon and Janet drove to the city.

In the evening, Los Angeles was somewhat congested. It was not until [-]:[-] that the two of Simon arrived outside the Holy Citizen Auditorium in the city center.

The premiere started at six o'clock, and the previous hour was the red carpet time. Although the scale of the red carpet was not as large as that of the Oscars, the excitement here was no less than that of the Oscars.

Just as the two of Simon got off the car at the entrance of the red carpet, cheers of surprise came from their ears.

Never thinking of stealing the limelight from today's protagonist, Simon smiled and nodded slightly to the media and fans on both sides, leading Janet into the auditorium without stopping.

After taking pictures in front of the photo wall, Terry Semel, CEO of Warner Bros. Pictures, has already greeted him.

Everyone greeted and entered the backstage of the auditorium, and this side was also star-studded at this time.

Clint Eastwood, Barbra Streisand, Cher, Don Johnson, Melanie Griffith and many other superstars came here specially to join in today.

Of course, Adam Baldwin, Valerie Golino, Tommy Lee Jones, Anthony Hopkins and other main creators of the "Batman" series will naturally not be absent. Jensen, Linda Hamilton and Joanna Cassidy are also here today.

In comparison, the director of "The Flash", George Cosmatus, the actor Jason Gedrick and the heroine Robin White, seem a little unremarkable among the big names.

Of course, considering the popularity of Adam Baldwin and Valerie Golino before the "Batman" series, the "inconspicuousness" of several main creators will completely change in the next few weeks.

After a brief exchange of greetings and entertainment, as six o'clock approached, everyone began to enter the hall of the auditorium.

After everyone was seated and the host gave a speech, the screening officially began.

The story of the first "The Flash" focuses on the superhero's origin.

Simon doesn't like the old-fashioned narrative mode that starts from childhood. Therefore, the original "Batman: Beginning of War" started the story directly from Bruce Wayne becoming a superhero. success.

"Wonder Woman", which is in the late stage, also does not plan to involve Diana Prince's childhood.

However, in this "The Flash", the story must return to some kind of 'regular'.

Similar to Bruce Wayne's parents being killed in an alley, the childhood shadow of the Flash Barry Allen who witnessed his mother being killed when he was a child is also a topic that this superhero simply cannot bypass.

However, out of an instinctive resistance to childhood narratives, Simon still made Barry Allen's childhood experience an opening plot wedge.

By the time the feature film begins, Barry Allen has come of age.

The story continues most of the basic setting of the comics, and the adult Barry Allen is a physical evidence technologist in the Central City Police Department.

Of course, the changes to accommodate the movie version were essential.

The general plot of this origin story tells that Barry Allen, an expert in physical evidence technology in the police department, accidentally encountered a laboratory accident during a cooperation with Professor Albert Swan. Gained super speed super power in the accident.

However, Professor Swan was paralyzed by the accident.

Barry Allen confessed to Professor Swan that he had acquired superpowers, trying to find the reason, and at the same time deal with the "climate wizard" who also acquired superpowers because of this accident.

As the plot progresses, Allen successfully defeats and captures the "Climate Wizard", but unexpectedly discovers that he has been caught in another conspiracy without knowing it.

It turned out that Professor Swan, who was paralyzed on the surface, actually also gained super speed.

It's just that, because of the accusations and difficulties against Professor Swan after the laboratory accident, this person with superpowers developed anti-social psychology.

To sum up, this origin story has three lines.

The first is Barry Allen's life experience and childhood, including the unsolved case of his mother's murder and his father who is still in prison. This part of the plot also constitutes most of the daily narrative in the film's plot.

The second is the awakening of Barry Allen's superhero attributes as the Flash, which was obtained in the confrontation with the climate wizard.

The third one is the confrontation between Barry Allen and his old enemy, 'Reverse Lightning' Professor Albert Swan.

The first and third story lines are actually closely related. Professor Swan was the 'murderer' who killed Barry Allen's mother. This Reverse Flash unexpectedly returned to the past during a confrontation with Allen. , thus creating Allen's childhood tragedy.

To the audience in the Holy Citizen's Auditorium, the three intertwined story lines are not complicated at all, but very clear.

However, most people's attention was attracted by the special effects of "The Flash".

In the "Superman" series that started in 1978, the "special effects" of Clark Kent flying around the earth and reversing time are simply too rough to be seen.

However, this "The Flash", with the technical support of Daenerys Special Effects Company, not only perfectly showed Barry Allen's high-speed motion scenes, but also made a scene similar to "X-Men" in the original time and space. "The slow-motion shots of the Quicksilver series.

Of course, the specific effect cannot reach the level of 20 years later. However, in the eyes of the audience of this era, the degree of surprise is no less than the visual impact brought to the audience by the previous two "Batman" series.

When the final battle on the big screen was over and the subtitles came up, suddenly, thousands of spectators in the Holy Citizen Auditorium realized that the two-hour screening had come to an end.

Simon has always felt that the most important criterion for evaluating the quality of a movie is to see whether the audience feels the passage of time during the viewing process.

If a movie makes the audience watch from the beginning to the end without knowing it, and even forget the Coke popcorn in their hands, then the project is hard to fail.

Conversely, if a movie always makes the audience play, and various other thoughts pop up in their minds, and even the idea of ​​giving up watching the movie, then the movie's box office prospects can be seen.

This "The Flash" may not reach the height of the two "Batman", but in terms of the plot, the fluency of one go is definitely better than it.Coupled with the fact that the IP of "The Flash" is no less famous than Superman and Batman, and the film's brilliant high-speed special effects, there is basically no possibility of failure.

The question is just how high the box office of the film can reach in the end.

The subtitles go to the end, the usual plot easter eggs.

This time the Easter egg is played by Catwoman played by Valerie Golino.

The female superhero, who is both good and evil, looks like a dusty woman on the big screen. She seems to have experienced battles, and the Catwoman uniform is damaged.

Under Barry Allen's surprised and puzzled eyes, Catwoman didn't talk too much nonsense, and said bluntly: "Hey, job, I know you are special, so some guys need your help now."

After the words were over, the big screen was completely darkened.

For comic fans, just this simple interaction is exciting enough.

Of course, the Flash and Catwoman in the comics have encountered each other, but on the big screen, the Catwoman played by Valerie Golino has become the goddess of DC. This female superhero and the Flash Barry Allen It's so exciting to meet and think about the subsequent development of the story.

Some hardcore comic fans are even already teasing out other bits of information revealed in this short easter egg.

Why did Catwoman come to Central City?

What kind of battle has she been through?

How will Barry Allen react to the appearance of Catwoman?

Etc., etc.

Moreover, even those who don't know much about the plot of the original comics, after watching the first two "Batman", they are inevitably full of expectations for the combination of DC superheroes.