On the evening of June 28, Nanaya disguised herself as instructed by Shion and arrived at Times Square in New York.
Following the instructions in the email, he quickly found Shion.
After all, the other person's emerald green hair was quite conspicuous among the crowd of people who mostly had blonde and brown hair.
"Not bad, not bad."
Seeing that Nanaya had dressed up like a paparazzi as she requested, Shion smiled and nodded.
"It's not a bad idea. Our own movie is about to be released, and you're not going to the premiere, but are going to watch someone else's movie."
Nanaya was still a little dissatisfied with Shion's decision tonight.
"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles~"
Shion said with a smile, "Besides, everything that needs to be prepared has been prepared. Now we just have to wait for the premiere to start the day after tomorrow."
Seeing that there was still some hesitation on Nanaya's face, Shion directly grabbed his arm.
"Hey, don't be so serious. You've been working all this time. It's no big deal to give yourself a night off and watch a movie."
"Or," Shion's eyes became dangerous, "are you regretting that it was me and not Rin who accompanied you?"
"Well... no! I just think now is not the time to be lazy."
Nanaya replied, but his tone was clearly unsure.
However, Shion didn't care whether Nanaya's answer was sincere or fake. She smiled again and pulled Nanaya away from the place.
Originally, according to Nanaya, they could just find any movie theater, but Shion felt that since they were going to detect the enemy, they needed to find a larger movie theater.
Therefore, Shion directly chose a high-end cinema near Times Square.
Perhaps because they knew the location in advance, Shion and Nanaya quickly found the target cinema without even asking for directions.
"You actually went straight to the cinema..."
Nanaya said in surprise as he looked at the people coming in and out of the cinema.
"Why, you didn't eat?"
"No..." Nanaya said embarrassedly, "I thought you would want to walk around first since you chose Times Square as the venue."
"Oh wow~ You seem to know a lot about it~" Shion's eyes narrowed, "It seems like you go shopping with Sakura and Rin a lot."
"How is that possible? Isn't that what everyone says? You girls love shopping."
Nanaya wanted to go shopping with his girlfriend, but he never had the chance.
When I was dating Sakura, I didn't have the conditions, so it was more convenient to go to the mountains to climb and see the view than to go shopping.
When Lin was together, the conditions were met, but they were in a secret relationship and there was no way they could go out openly.
"I'll take that as it is."
Shion didn't ask any more questions, but pulled Nanaya to line up to buy movie tickets.
When buying tickets, Nanaya paid special attention to the audience queuing up to buy tickets.
I found that many people who bought tickets for "War of the Worlds" were couples, and the women were all fans of Tom Cruise.
It seems that even though Tom Cruise went through the divorce crisis in 2001, his box office appeal to his fans is still good.
It can only be said that Tom Cruise, who has an ageless beauty, does have the capital to do so, unlike after 2010, when he could only rely on the "Mission Impossible" series to make a living.
Just think about it, he will have to fly planes in the sky and sea even when he is over 50 years old. As an actor, it is indeed very hard for him.
"Two copies of The War of the Worlds, thank you!"
While Nanaya was daydreaming, Shion had already bought their movie tickets from the ticket window.
"Would you like some popcorn?" Shion asked, pointing at the convenience store.
[Shouldn't a boy like me be the one asking this kind of question? Why are you asking it? ]
Although he kept complaining in his heart, Nanaya still maintained a smile on the surface.
"No, I don't like sticky hands. You want some popcorn?"
Noticing that Shion looked a little disappointed, Nanaya asked.
"No, no." Shion waved her hands quickly, "Since you're not buying snacks, let's go in quickly, otherwise all the good seats will be gone."
The North American cinema ticketing system is different from that of China and Japan. It still retains the ticket purchasing system of the grand theater era.
In other words, the movie tickets you buy in North American cinemas will not be marked with seat numbers, but you have to reserve your own seat after entering.
Therefore, if you want to enjoy the best movie-watching experience in North American cinemas, you must not only buy tickets early, but also enter early to grab a seat.
"War of the Worlds" is a big special effects production and also a movie starring Tom Cruise.
Even though Paramount cut corners in its promotion, there will definitely be many people paying attention to this movie.
Therefore, even if it was not a holiday, there would obviously be a lot of viewers on the first night of the release.
When Nanaya and Shion entered, many people had already grabbed the good seats.
"There's only one seat left."
Nanaya saw that the rows of imperial seats in the middle were basically full, with only one seat on the left side of the seventh row left empty.
"How about you sit here and I'll take the seat next to you?"
Nanaya had already seen the movie "World War" in his previous life. According to the trailer information released so far, this movie should be exactly the same version as in his previous life.
Therefore, Nanaya was not interested in the content of the movie itself. He would rather sit in a corner closer to the side so that he could carefully observe the audience's reactions.
But Shion obviously doesn't think so.
"It's too boring to sit alone. Let's go to the side together."
After saying that, Shion and Nanaya found an inconspicuous corner in the theater and sat down.
"The angle here is not good. Don't you want to watch a movie? You can see more clearly from that seat."
Shion rolled her eyes helplessly: "Rin is right, you become as dumb as a log once you enter work mode. I shouldn't have asked you out in the name of work."
"What did you say?"
"Nothing, let's just watch the movie." Shion said, twisting the back of Nanaya's hand. "If what the movie says is completely different from what you think, you will have to live in Tokyo Bay and apologize!"
Nanaya smiled bitterly and explained, "I don't think there's anything to worry about. I've asked other people in the industry, and the movie didn't exceed my expectations. I think you should be more careful not to fall asleep while watching it."
In order to liven up the situation, Nanaya and Shion played a little joke, but it was obviously not very successful.
"Falling asleep? How is that possible! How could I possibly fall asleep while watching a big-budget movie with special effects?"
Shion confidently set a goal for herself.
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"Well...well, I did fall asleep."
Shion rubbed her eyes, looking helpless.
Currently, Nanaya and Shion are in a restaurant not far from the cinema.
After watching the movie, Nanaya felt a little hungry, so the two of them found a restaurant for a midnight snack.
The production of "World War" did not exceed Nanaya's expectations, but its slightly slow narrative pace made Shion, who had been working overtime recently, feel sleepy and fell asleep.
However, as a movie about an alien invasion, it is likely that there will be a lack of explosions and the screams of characters, especially the protagonist's daughter. Her screams made Nanaya wonder if she would scream herself hoarse.
Therefore, Shion's sleeping experience in the cinema was not very good. She basically waited until the end of the movie in the rhythm of "falling asleep - being woken up - falling asleep again - being woken up again".
However, Shion is a special case. Nanaya feels that if she hadn't been under heavy pressure from work recently, she might not have fallen asleep.
But the film's mediocre reviews are already a foregone conclusion.
The first half was fine when the aliens just invaded, and Spielberg used his profound directorial skills to give a textbook lecture to his junior, Nanaya.
Nanaya learned a lot from this film, such as the application of camera language, the layout of the picture, and how to tell the audience about the opening of a world-class disaster.
However, in the second half of the film, the narrative began to deviate, the originally clear narrative logic began to become confusing, and even many parts became inexplicable.
Although Spielberg still maintained his high standard of camera movement and photography, this cannot completely cover up Tom Cruise's shortcomings in acting.
While watching the movie, Nanaya carefully observed the audience's reactions.
Although no one except Shion actually fell asleep, yawning from time to time was unavoidable.
When the movie was over, Nanaya heard a lot of people complaining that the movie was boring.
There were even a few viewers who said that apart from Cruise's handsome face, the only thing they remembered about the entire story was that the alien was killed by his own stupidity.
"Well, take it easy." Nanaya found that Shion was still depressed, so he comforted her, "Since you fell asleep, it means that the quality of this movie is not very good. You can rest assured."
Shion pursed her lips, "That's not the case at all."
[We went to the movies on our first date, but I ended up falling asleep. Didn't my image completely fall apart?! ]
Shion made up her mind that if she had the chance next time, she would never choose to watch a movie again.
"However, what this movie says is really similar to what you guessed."
Shion forked the vegetable salad on the plate and put it into her mouth. "You have a really bad eye. I really want to know how Mayaya raised you to be like this."
"Well, being able to look forward fifteen years is probably one of the few things I can be proud of."
Nanaya swung his fork proudly, and a small piece of mashed potatoes flew out of his plate.
The piece of mashed potatoes crossed the table and finally landed on Shion's chest - on the napkin.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that."
Nanaya said as he wiped the mashed potatoes off the napkin with his fingers, and then naturally sucked the mashed potatoes off his fingers with his mouth.
"Forehead..."
Looking at Shion's fork suspended in mid-air in shock, Nanaya finally realized what he had done.
The two of them stared at each other, and no one said anything.
"Does it taste good?"
It took a long time for Shion to utter a question.
"not bad."
For some unknown reason, Nanaya answered Shion like this.