"This is a bland but wonderful film. In just 100 minutes, Angela uses subtle, humorous and witty language to describe all the major events that have happened in the past few decades..." After reading this, Natalie suddenly lost Newspaper in hand.
"I can't read it anymore. The whole article is full of praise. All the media seem to have a unified voice and are moved by this movie." She shook her head and didn't know whether she felt that the world was wrong or that she was wrong.
"If you want to read criticism, you can find a lot." Avril, who was sitting diagonally across from her, said drinking her breakfast milk.
"There is no need to read the comments of those tabloids," Natalie continued to shake her head, "but the well-known media also have critics, but they are too few in comparison."
"I really don't understand, Nat, why do you want to see critical articles so much?" Kayla, who was sitting across from her, said calmly, "We all went to the cinema to see it, you have to admit it. , Angela did a really good job, and in those 100 minutes I only had one thought, what would they say next. I thought—you must be jealous?"
That cadenced London accent matched her graceful smile just right, as if she knew everything and took everything into her own hands.
"I won't be so boring to think that everyone else is jealous," Natalie snorted softly, "I just think there should be voices on both sides. If it's too one-sided, it will sometimes have the opposite effect, so it's better to be more Controversial."
Having said this, she paused, then looked at Kayla and smiled: "Oh, you should definitely think about this, but it will take a while, because your attention is now on jealousy."
Keira's color changed slightly, but without waiting for her to speak, Jessica, who would always speak under such circumstances, interjected: "By the way, why didn't Angie come down for breakfast? Is she going to sleep all day? ?"
"It's not like that, Jessie, the reason why she hasn't come is because she joked too much last night. I was a little angry, so I cleaned her up." Kate said casually, smearing jam on a slice of bread.
A meaningful "Oh" suddenly appeared, and everyone present showed a knowing smile, except Natalie. She frowned slightly and then regained her composure, but unfortunately this little gesture did not escape Kayla's eyes.
"Okay, don't mention this, we have to consider other people's feelings." She looked at everyone and said so with a slightly raised corner of her mouth.
Avril was the first to burst out laughing, although her voice was low and she covered her mouth for the first time, but it was still heard by everyone. Scarlett and Liv then secretly glanced at Natalie with teasing eyes. Kate seemed to be eating slices of bread to herself, and Jessica looked at Natalie and Natalie with a funny and helpless look. Kayla swept back and forth. Basically, by now everyone knows what happened to Natalie against Angela.
"I'm done eating." Although Natafi's face changed, she didn't have a seizure. She stood up calmly and left the restaurant.
"Kyla, this doesn't seem right," Jessica said to Kayla with a sigh after Natalie left.
"Okay, Jesse, I didn't say anything too much." Kayla spread her hands out innocently.
Jessica looked at Kayla reproachfully, but just as she was about to speak, Kayla grabbed her hand: "Don't think so much, Jesse, if Nat is angry about this, it's not Nat."
"Jessie, I just won a round, can't you make me a little happier?" Keira followed.
Looking at Kayla and then at Kate and at the other three snickers, Jessica could only shrug.
Such small episodes happen every day, so many people living under the same roof will inevitably have small frictions. Kate and Liv, Scarlett and Avril have also fought tit-for-tat. Of course, Keira and Nata have received the most attention. Li, needless to say the reason—Jessica will always come out in time to mediate at this time.
Although it is not stated clearly, it is undeniable that Natalie, Scarlett and Liv belong to the New York gang, Kate and Kayla belong to the London gang. Although Avril stated that they are neutral because their geographical location is slightly biased towards the New York gang, only Jay is truly neutral. Sika one - you mean Annie and Alizee? Oh, that's the crowd of onlookers playing soy sauce. In addition, Jessica's tenderness and self-sacrifice are obvious to all, so as long as she speaks, everyone will accept it.
In fact, when they quarrel, they are all measured. Although they have their own personalities, they are also smart people - Liv is only confused in small matters. So it's enough to quarrel with a few small hands, but this way...
"You are the only one who gets the benefit in the end. This is called 'the snipe and the clam, the fisherman wins' right?" Natalie, who got off the treadmill, asked while wiping her sweat while looking at Angela who was resting.
"Oh, dear Nat, congratulations on mastering another idiom." Angela took her arm and smiled and said to her, "Your Chinese is getting better and better, and if you try harder, you will be able to speak it. as good as me."
"Please answer my question if you can?" Natalie said calmly.
"Well..." Angela coughed dryly and rolled her eyes several times, "I don't seem to have the right to speak, you know, I have no autonomy in this, I can only be passive..."
She said and made a gesture full of grief and anger, but Natalie was not moved by it: "You know, Lily gave you a very good evaluation, called 'the crying child has milk'!"
The corners of Angela's mouth couldn't help twitching, and she couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "She's really direct..."
"what?"
"I mean... how could she talk like that!" Angela immediately put on an indignant expression.
"Isn't it?" Natalie rolled her eyes at her, "Pretending to be weak and irresistible, it numbs our nerves, and when we wake up, we are firmly tied."
"You really make me sad when you say that, Nat!" Angela immediately became complaining, and the speed of change was ingenious, almost comparable to the unique skills of a basin on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.
After the emerald green eyes rolled, a narrow smile appeared: "Speaking of which, why are you suddenly saying this? Are you encouraging me to resist or... are you acting like a spoiled child in disguise?! Wow, I really I can't think of it, Nat, you are actually acting like a spoiled child to me, and you still act like a spoiled child to me! It's so unexpected! It's shocking!"
Natalie's face suddenly turned red, and she gave Angela an elbow in annoyance and then got up and was about to leave.
"Don't be like this, Nat, I'm joking." Angela, who was rubbing her ribs, pulled her lover cheeky.
"Let go, I'm going to take a shower." Natalie said without looking back.
"That's right, I'm going too, I'm sweating a lot." Angela grabbed her arm firmly.
Natalie had no choice but to snort loudly.
"Okay, Nat, you know, here's the difference between you and them." Angela comforted her softly again at this time, "You look really cute like this, Nat."
Without waiting for Natalie to speak, Angie stretched her arms around her waist: "Don't worry, I'm already preparing, you can see it soon, don't be too nervous to answer. "
Natalie was silent for a few seconds and then suddenly sighed: "Actually... I don't really want one... "
"Don't say such things!" Angela interrupted unceremoniously, "Since I promised to give you a grand marriage proposal, it will never change, since I proposed to you and you agreed, Then it's only you who will check in with me! Understand, Nat?"
"...Well, I'm going to take a shower now."
"What did I just say? Let's take a shower together! By the way, let's talk about the next Christmas, no one is allowed to be absent this time!"
"Hey, stop, wait... Damn, Angie, you can't be like this all the time!"
Everything went according to Angela's expectations, with Roger Ebel's line "If Forrest Gump is running to let us review history and sort out values, then Angela is sitting and accomplishing such a feat" circulated. From the beginning, the word of mouth obtained by "Our Life" is basically one-sided. Although those who oppose for the sake of opposition, such as Juwitt, still think about Faer's thorns, but unfortunately it is no longer useful.
Such word-of-mouth in exchange for a box office of more than 30 million in the first week, this is undoubtedly an excellent start for a film with an investment of only 40 million, and the importance of public opinion is reflected here. Of course, there were also factors that Angela deliberately promoted. She deliberately recruited Sparrow, who had handed over most of the manager's work to Alizee, to secretly guide public opinion forward. That being said, hype is useless without quality to match.
As I said before, Angela did grasp the pulse of the mainstream consciousness this time, relatives, family and current mainstream values and morals, plus the dialogues written by racking her brains and the time spent on filming. Think less - for example, the pseudo-documentary that Juwitt once criticized was actually a shooting technique she came up with based on the superb editing of "Forrest Gump". Simply put, it is based on a documentary filming a scene of what the actors talked about in the conversation, then making it historical in post-processing, and finally inserting it into the conversation during editing.
The advantage of this is that it makes the characters' conversations more believable and persuasive, and it is easier for the audience to understand, and it can also moderate the rhythm of the film, etc. Facts have proved that what she did is completely correct, otherwise it would not have been possible for Roger Ebel to make such a sigh and get the unanimous praise of the mainstream media.
However, for the audience, there are still voices of complaints.
"Too bad, the talk from the beginning to the end, the non-stop talk, and I'm not saying those conversations weren't interesting or that the flashback clips weren't appropriate, but... it's a feeling, a... bad The feeling." An audience member said in an interview after watching the film.
It's not surprising that any movie will not be liked by everyone. Angela can be proud of making such a movie that uses dialogue from beginning to end to this point.
"This is another movie that can be included in textbooks after "Twelve Angry Men"!" A report in "Variety" magazine wrote.
The momentum of "Our Lives" was so violent that the box office in the second week was basically the same as the first week, with a total box office of more than 70 million in just two weeks, and it was not squeezed out of North America until after the premiere of "Avatar". top of the box office charts.
Well, these are all for later, four days before Christmas Eve, Angela flew to London with her lover to spend Christmas here this year. In fact, she can not come, after all, she is 28 years old and has her own career.
But out of habit and hoping to get unreserved support from her grandfather, Angela still came to London. Although the lovers also came, they didn't go to Grandpa's manor together. There were some things that Grandpa still didn't know. But they are not without a place to live. At the beginning of last year, Angela spent about 10 million pounds to buy a manor in the suburbs of London. The main building is a Gothic-style castle, with nearly 1,000 acres of beautiful gardens, as well as several small villas, two lakes, and a small river that flows through it. There are everything from horse farms, golf courses, etc., from some places. Much more luxurious than her estate in Beverly Hills.
"It's perfect for vacations and parties!" Angela replied when asked why she should pay so much for a manor in the UK. Generally speaking, the main buildings of the English manor are in the deepest part of the manor. Although the paparazzi in the United Kingdom want to sneak into such a place to take pictures, it is much more difficult than their American counterparts. This is why Angela was once caught by the paparazzi before. One of the reasons why he would come to his grandfather's manor when he was chasing after him.
At this time, she was hosting a party in the manor, and the person who asked her was the magical mother Rowling who was invited.
Although this was Angela's first Christmas in London after she was discharged from the hospital, it was really lackluster how she spent it. Fortunately, my grandfather was very considerate and only asked her to come over on Christmas Eve to spend it.
Therefore, after Christmas Eve, Angela held a medium-sized party in her manor, and invited many friends in the UK. Naturally, the entire Rowling family was among them.
Well, the magic mother would ask this kind of question to prepare for her next question, and she was surprised by something when she was at the party.
"Angie, don't you want to tell me that all seven of them are your lovers?" Rowling asked in surprise.
"The answer is correct, do you need me to add 10 points for you?" Angela said with a smile, anyway, this matter will be known to everyone sooner or later, and it is very normal to disclose it to those who are closely related in advance.