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Chapter 458: Battle of Camlann
🕑 Added 2025-09-16 15:03:41 +0000 UTC"Oh my God!"
“This is really…”
"Marvelous!"
All kinds of exclamations rang out in the screening room, and everyone was shocked as soon as the movie started.
Many viewers even did the same thing as the lucky first group of people who watched "The Arrival of a Train" in the last century.
Some of the audience were so frightened that they stood up and ran away when they saw the train approaching from a distance and seemed to be about to penetrate the screen and crush them.
Although modern audiences would certainly not make overly exciting movements such as running away, they would still subconsciously dodge when they saw objects on the screen rushing towards them with an extremely three-dimensional texture.
Of course, the first thing played was not the main movie, but an IMAX 3D promotional clip.
But this video of less than 2 minutes has aroused the interest of all the audience.
Because the pictures are so realistic, the food on the screen seems to be within reach.
Many people even took off their 3D glasses halfway through the film to watch it more carefully.
When they saw the picture full of double images, they suddenly realized.
"There is no blinding feeling like in Red and Blue at all. This segment is really great!"
"This segment is so exciting. Will the movie have the same effect later on?"
"It should be a yes, otherwise why would they give us these glasses?"
As soon as the promotional video ended, the audience began to discuss it with people around them.
"How cunning. This part wasn't included in the preview."
Listening to the whispers of the audience nearby, Miss Katsushira curled the corners of her mouth.
Having seen the finished film, she of course knows that not all scenes are as good as in the promotional clips.
The wonderful 3D special effects are mainly concentrated on the key action segments of the movie.
At other times, especially during the literary scenes, even if you take off your 3D glasses it will not affect the viewing experience.
In Miss Katsushira's opinion, this promotional clip should have been deliberately added by the Washimine producers to attract audiences.
In fact, Miss Katsushira’s guess was not completely correct, but it cannot be said to be wrong either.
This 3D promotional video was produced by IMAX at great expense in order to promote the IMAX 3D effects.
Because this video can be used for several years, IMAX naturally produced it carefully and strived for perfection.
As for the feature film, it’s not that Nanaya doesn’t want to do it, but that he can’t do it.
If we really want to do something like "Avatar", where the entire movie is shot with 3D cameras and then played in true 3D, it is not impossible.
But with this workload, even if they squeezed him into a mummy, there is no way the film can be released today.
In addition, the 3D version was only produced in IMAX, so Nanaya was not willing to spend too much energy on it.
Therefore, Nanaya adopted a "combination of real and fake" approach. The main action scenes were shot and produced in 3D, while most of the shots, including literary scenes, were suppressed and produced in post-production.
Therefore, the 3D effect of more than two-thirds of this FZ is not much different from the "Alice in Wonderland" which has no 3D effect except the subtitles.
But the number of soldiers is not important, but their quality is.
Nanaya believes that as long as the key scenes can guarantee the production standards, the audience will definitely ignore the shortcomings of the pseudo-3D images.
After the initial surprise, audiences were eager to see whether the 3D effects of the feature film would be just as good.
As it turned out, their director Nanaya Kiryu did not disappoint them.
After passing the logos of Washimine Entertainment and Erque Studio, FZ officially began.
The first scene in the movie is a war scene.
Moreover, the war was at its most intense moment, with both sides mixed together like a meat grinder, and the whole scene seemed a bit chaotic.
The audience could only see that the knights were divided into two groups, one with a blue emblem and the other with a red emblem.
Although this battle was somewhat discontinuous, the audience's brains at this time had no energy to think about the plot, because they were all deeply attracted by the visual effects of this war.
Because this war is so real, guns and swords jump out of the screen everywhere, and armor seems to be very close.
Even though there isn't much blood in the footage due to the rating, it still makes people feel the brutality of war.
Not only the audience in the IMAX theater of AMC where the premiere was held, but the audience sitting in IMAX theaters around the world that were showing FZ at that time were also shocked.
Some particularly sensitive girls, faced with such a realistic battle scene, couldn't help but hold their breath and unconsciously held the hands of their boyfriends.
For example, Mr. Kiritani in Japan is one of them. He let Asuna hold his hand and enjoyed the ultimate enjoyment of both vision and touch.
"I like this movie. It gets straight to the point right from the start without any dragging! It's simple and straightforward. I wish Asuna could be so direct."
Kiritani savored the soft touch on his hand and sighed.
Although ordinary audiences were very satisfied with this battle, most professional film critics did not like this opening very much.
In their view, this beginningless and inconclusive battle was just a show of skill and a pure display of charisma.
After all, they prefer movies that develop gradually, and such a high-profile opening can easily make the movie start high and end low.
If Nanaya knew what these film critics were thinking, he would tell them very clearly.
That’s right, I’m just showing off my skills.
Nanaya knew very well that after watching the 3D promotional footage at the beginning, the audience would definitely be looking forward to the 3D effects of the feature film.
Therefore, the opening of the movie must meet the audience's expectations instead of fooling them with pseudo-3D images.
Otherwise, the audience will feel cheated, and once the audience has this idea, it will be very bad.
Therefore, Nanaya arranged this war scene to show the audience what real movie 3D images should be like.
Once the audience discovers that the 3D effects of this movie are indeed worthy of the opening credits, they will naturally feel relieved.
Then, if pseudo 3D images are shown, the audience will be much more receptive.
Sure enough, after the initial admiration, the audience began to adapt to the special effects of the movie. They began to care about the plot and wanted to know the beginning and end of the war.
Just when the audience had this thought, the movie's camera moved to the center of the battlefield.
There was a blue knight and a red knight standing there.
"It's all over, King Arthur!"
The masked red knight pointed his sword at the blue knight.
The Blue Knight said nothing as she removed her helmet and tossed it aside.
A beautiful and resolute face appeared in front of the camera, her golden hair fluttering in the wind, her green eyes looking at her opponent seriously.
The female knight caused cheers from the audience just by her appearance, and everyone present knew her.
Artoria didn't waste any words. She just swung her weapon and fought with the red knight.
"Which battle of King Arthur is this? And who is her opponent?"
With the huge popularity of FSN two years ago, the story of King Arthur became well-known, and the audience also learned some of King Arthur's past.
Many viewers began to look for clues in the pictures to confirm when the battle on the screen took place.
But before they could find the evidence, they saw that Artoria's stomach was pierced by the red knight's sword.
"How could it be? Saber is dead?"
"That shouldn't be the case. She has a scabbard."
The audience simply could not accept that their favorite character died at the very beginning.
Even though their own Artoria immediately pierced the opponent with her spear, they did not want to end up dying together.
Many veteran Fate fans began to educate people around them about the scabbard that appeared in the comics, saying that Artoria would definitely not die.
But the next second these people were slapped in the face.
Because the red knight's helmet fell off, the face inside was exactly the same as Artoria's, except for the different hairstyle.
"Why! Why don't you acknowledge me! Father!"
Most of the audience immediately realized that this was the Battle of Camlann, where King Arthur's life ended.
Faced with her child's questioning, Artoria simply closed her eyes gently.
"Mordred, you don't have the qualities to be a king."
After hearing his father say his name, Mordred, who was already at the end of his strength, wanted to say something else.
"Father...sir..."
Mordred stretched out her hand, this time she had no intention of attacking, she just wanted to touch her father.
But before the bloody hand touched King Arthur, Mordred fell down powerlessly.
There was no joy of defeating the enemy on King Arthur's face, only sadness and desolation.
Not to mention that she had lost the scabbard, it was impossible for her to survive this war.
Even if she could, the fate of her country would be irreversible.
Standing on the Camlann Hill where the final battle took place, Artoria looked at the countless dead bodies - they were all knights who had once followed her.
"I……"
Artoria bit her lips tightly. She had never shown any expression when fighting with Mordred just now, but tears welled up in her eyes when she saw this tragic scene.
Scenes from her past flashed before her eyes, from when she pulled out the sword from the stone and became the king to now when she was heading towards her end.
"I am not qualified to be the king..."
Artoria denied everything in the past, she even denied her own life.
"If there really is an omnipotent Holy Grail in this world..."
Using her sword to support her dying body, Artoria looked up at the sky and made her last request in her life.
"Please, let's start all over again. I want the world to go back to that day! Go back to the day of the King's Choice!"
It seemed as if there was really a God who heard the king's request.
A golden light fell from the dark sky.
Artoria disappeared from Camlann Hill with her Excalibur.
