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October 16, 2016, the day when "Doctor Strange" premiered in Shanghai.

Different from the previous premieres that Wu Yuan himself often hosted or attended, this time the premiere of "Doctor Strange" did not announce the entire film. The prepared screening session will only show a 30-minute mixed clip of the exciting plot.

This mixed-cut plot was also carefully prepared by the editing team of Marvel Studios. It can allow the audience to see the advantages and attractive highlights of the film without spoiling the entire plot to the greatest extent possible.

This is not an easy task. At least if Wu Yuan is allowed to edit it, it will probably take a month or two. Fortunately, Marvel has a team of editors to produce it.

Of course, this kind of behavior of "still holding the pipa and half-hiding the face" was not like this from the beginning. At least the first few movies of Marvel's new century have a normal premiere process, and film critics and guests are invited to come in advance. Take a look at the finished film, and then ask them to go online and brag about it to help hype it up.

However, after more than a dozen Marvel Universe movies have paved the way, "Marvel Movies" itself is now a valuable IP. Just a name can attract countless attention. At this time, "confidentiality" has become a Marvel movies are such a top priority before they are released that they even keep them secret to the point where the complete film is not shown at the premiere.

Wu Yuan doesn't care about this. Anyway, this is an industrialized commercial special effects film, and it's not for awards. He can accept whatever the premiere promotion is.

As a result, the premiere of "Doctor Strange" in Shanghai was more like a lively fan meeting than bringing a movie to the audience.

From Wu Yuan and Wang Xueqi, our own people from China, to the two Benedicts and Rachel, Mads Mikkelsen and others who came from afar, they all appeared at the premiere event one by one, and invited The visiting media interacted with fans.

Juan Fu even showed off his Chinese at the scene, which is also the basic operation for foreign stars to come to China.

Robert Downey Jr., who last came to China to promote "Iron Man 3", even performed a carefully prepared set of Tai Chi at the premiere. He praised Chinese Kung Fu and said that he was a ten-year-old fan of Chinese Kung Fu.

Well, for the sake of box office, it’s not shabby!

The same goes for the premiere of "Doctor Strange" this time. After the Hollywood movie stars from the cast came on stage, they all said that they love China. This one likes Chinese food, and that one likes Chinese Kung Fu. Anyway, they just praised each other. Just please him and that's it.

Wang, who has a Chinese face, relied on his Chinese identity and showed off a few Chaoshan dialects. It is not known where he, a second-generation immigrant whose parents are from Hong Kong Island, learned the Chaoshan dialect.

What's even more embarrassing is that no one at the scene can understand Chaoshan dialect.

But it doesn’t matter, as long as you love Chinese culture and praise China, then you will be an old friend of the Chinese people!

A premiere event has a three-hour process, but the entire two hours are devoted to fan interactions and interviews with reporters from the crew and movie stars. The remaining hour is deducted from the necessary processes and is reserved for everyone to actually watch the movie. The time is only half an hour.

And during this half-hour viewing, the response was quite enthusiastic.

If you really want to say how novel the movie "Doctor Strange" is, that's not it.

This is a very Marvel superhero movie. Whether it is in terms of routines or special effects, it has a strong Marvel flavor. To say how stunning and brilliant it is is definitely nonsense.

But to say it doesn't look good, that's not the case.

Although domestic audiences have been influenced by a series of superhero movies such as "Iron Man 1, 2, and 3", "Captain America", "Thor" and "The Avengers", they no longer have the same feelings about this type of movies as they did at first. The novelty is amazing.

But it is undeniable that superhero movies are still the most entertaining movies in the world's mainstream commercial movies. The thrilling fight scenes with special effects in the movies are worth the price of admission.

After all, it is rare to see such superhero special effects blockbusters in China.

Not to mention that in the half-hour screening, a lot of the special features of "Doctor Strange", that is, the time stone and the power of the wizard mastered by Doctor Strange, were also displayed.

Whether it is rewinding time on a rotten apple and returning it to its fresh appearance, or turning back time in the final battle of the film, it is very cool to watch from the movie, especially when time travel is presented using images, the shocking effect is still Very good.

In addition, the spells used by the magicians of Kama Taj in the film are also unique, whether it is the mirror space that can pull people into another space to fight, or the rotating portal with sparks, or the full melee combat Magic whips with mage flavor are very cool!

At least the Chinese media and invited film critics who came to attend the premiere event were full of praise and very satisfied with it!

This is a Marvel movie that is predictable but delivers great results.

Coupled with the name addition of director "Wu Yuan", most of the invited guests put a layer of filter on the movie "Doctor Strange" and considered this movie to be a masterpiece in the Marvel series of movies. , very worth seeing!

On the day after the Shanghai premiere event ended, many bloggers and articles calling for the movie "Doctor Strange" appeared on the domestic Internet. They were all written by media and film critics who were invited to participate in the event.

They all followed the rules and didn't spoil the plot. They just kept saying that the plot and pictures revealed in this movie were very cool. With Wu Yuan in control, the quality of the movie was very trustworthy. Whether you are a Marvel fan or not, you can consider going to watch it after the movie is released!

To be honest, the two words "Wu Yuan" are really useful in China at present.

The success of "Ready Player One" has just passed, and Wu Yuan is not like Stephen Chow who overdraws his foundation to exchange for reputation. Whether it is his fans or ordinary audiences, they are still looking forward to his movies, and even more so!

Although Wu Yuan didn't really shoot the movie "Doctor Strange" with much effort, he just treated it as a task and basically restored it according to the memory of "Doctor Strange 1", but this is enough.

As long as you hear that this movie is directed by Wu Yuan and has the endorsement of Marvel's previous masterpieces, it can be said that as soon as the premiere of this movie ended, countless netizens on the Internet were looking forward to the official release on November 4.

Wang Xueqi has also become a hot topic among domestic movie fans. His "high-end" appearance in the promotional posters and trailers has excited many mainland movie fans.

The role of "Ancient One" is completely different from the role he played in the Chinese special edition of "Iron Man 2"! (End of this chapter)