Chapter 622

"The most spectacular special effects blockbuster of 2018!"

No one expected that "Frozen," which was considered to be aimed at young children, would receive such an evaluation after its release.

Director and lead actress Miss Luo Quan had already said it was a fairy tale, and the beauty of the sisters led everyone to assume it was an idol drama featuring handsome men and beautiful women.

Originally, this was supposed to be a romance film for eye candy, but only after truly finishing it did people realize it was not like that at all.

Indeed, there is romance in this fairy tale, but the true theme is the sisterly bond between Elsa and Anna—a family affection that is deeper and more passionate than romantic love.

And on this basis, "Frozen" offered all viewers what could be called the best visual effects of the year.

The scene where Queen Elsa accepts her magic while fleeing the castle and builds a palace amidst the snow and ice is absolutely a legendary sequence.

Especially when combined with the previously released new album's lead single "Let It Go," it made the audiovisual experience reach a near-perfect, shocking level.

When this scene appeared in the cinema, the audience only felt goosebumps all over; their hair stood up as they trembled, filled with indescribable excitement and joy.

The first batch of viewers who finished the movie have already started praising it highly online.

"My god, why are Elsa and Anna so compatible? I really ship this pair too much."

"Because they are real sisters on and off screen."

"To be honest, I really didn't expect the special effects to be so imaginative; it feels like a completely different type from superhero movie effects."

"Superheroes reach the limit in physical performance, while 'Frozen' feels like becoming a true magician, controlling ice and snow as one pleases."

"Honestly, seeing Elsa make the ice castle rise from the ground really shocked me."

"That's the spot! Especially the expression on Miss Luo Quan's face after she finishes singing; it's just too queenly, so cool and arrogant!"

"I just said Miss Luo Quan is really suitable for playing this type of character—both regal and charming."

"I really want to be the queen's dog, but her pet seems to be a snowman."

"Speaking of which, the snowman played by Gao Liang is too cute and silly; he and the male lead can be said to be the comedy highlights of the whole show."

"Does this show have a male lead? (Funny)"

"Indeed, although Anna meets two lovers one after another, it feels like they don't compare to her affection for her sister."

"Miss Luo Quan told us that fairy tales don't just have love stories, and you don't necessarily need a prince to save a princess—a queen can do it too."

"I've decided to watch it a second time; the appearances of the two goddesses inside are just too beautiful—it's ridiculously ethereal."

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Judging from the enthusiastic praise from netizens, "Frozen" has truly struck a chord in their hearts.

Ever since Marvel superhero movies became a hit, foreign special effects blockbusters have almost all been based on science fiction, superheroes, or alien invasions.

Like "Frozen," using special effects purely to create a magnificent and wonderful world and scenery is indeed quite rare.

Several years ago, there was "Avatar," which also did this; it opened the curtain for 3D movies and, before "Titanic" came out, was also the highest-grossing film.

Currently, the global box office for the big ship is 4.2 billion dollars, which can be called unprecedented; as for whether there will be anyone to surpass it later, that remains to be seen.

Because in less than six hours since the release of "Frozen," the global box office has already exceeded 200 million dollars.

It certainly has the star effect of Miss Luo Quan and Gao Liang, with a great many fans showing their support at the first opportunity.

But the rapidly exploding word-of-mouth is the direct reason for its hot box office; the super-high evaluation of 99% on Rotten Tomatoes is one manifestation of this, and looking across Twitter, it's all praise in various forms.

And the wonderful clips released one after another indeed make people unable to look away once they've seen them.

No dark, deep, or cruel plots, no inappropriate scenes, and no bad value orientations.

This is a family-friendly movie suitable for all ages, fitting for almost all groups.

"A fairy tale in winter" has become the biggest slogan for "Frozen," and everywhere on the internet, there are slogans urging netizens to go to the cinema with their families to watch this movie.

Some are paid shills, but more are voluntary fans.

Hollywood hasn't had such a high-quality and fresh, refined movie for quite a while, and the frequent appearance of superheroes saving the world really makes people feel a bit tired.

In the first half of the year, "Titanic" earned a lot of tears with a love that toppled a city, and at the end of the year, "Frozen" brought warmth to movie fans with the pure and beautiful affection between sisters.

2018 is destined to be a quite extraordinary year in film history, with quite a lot of excellent movies emerging.

Not only are there films like "The Silence of the Lambs," which might be the movie with the best female acting in film history.

There are also masterpieces like "Titanic," which can compete for the best romance film in film history.

The film box office record was also broken this year, and currently, it seems that the seat of the second-highest box office in film history, created by "Avengers: Infinity War," actually has the possibility of being snatched away by "Frozen."

The box office of Infinity War is 2.1 billion, and "Frozen" has already completed one-tenth of that now, in less than seven hours.

Such momentum makes film practitioners all over the world exclaim: This is truly too crazy.

And the director who created this crazy scene, Miss Luo Quan, has just woken up from a sweet dream.

Just past two o'clock last night, the phone ringtone hadn't stopped, all messages coming to offer congratulations.

Universal is the most excited because they have a significant share, and this time they will have an income of at least several hundred million.

Because the phone was too noisy, Miss Luo Quan simply set it to silent before going to sleep, so she woke up a bit late.

Opening her phone, there were already 99+ unread messages, including congratulations from friends and pushes from software.

Many of the pushes were related to "Frozen," which should be the hottest topic today.

Opening Weibo, "Queen Elsa is absolutely amazing" occupied the number one spot on the trending list.

There were quite a few GIFs from the movie, basically all from the part where she builds the castle with her bare hands.

"This stomp was practically on my heart; Mom, I feel like I'm in love."

"Is there a tutorial for Queen Elsa's makeup? It feels like it could be used daily; it's so beautiful, isn't it?"

"Speaking of which, what shade is this lipstick?"

"What I like even more is this purple eyeshadow; it really has a lot of charm."

"Kneeling and begging Miss Luo Quan to release a beauty tutorial!"

"Let's have ten thousand people sign a petition!"

"Plus 1"

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In the Weibo comment section, it can be seen that most are girls, and they seem very interested in her makeup.

This served as a reminder to Miss Luo Quan; all along, she had been satisfying the requests of male fans, and she seemed to have not paid special attention to the demands of female fans, feeling a bit biased.

Clearly, she has quite a few female fans, and they have always been very loving toward her.

It's no wonder that the feminists on Weibo would like to attack her; such an approach is indeed inappropriate.

So, Miss Luo Quan didn't even have time to wash her face before posting a status on Bilibili and Weibo:

"Livestream in three minutes, giving the ladies a Queen Elsa makeup tutorial; guaranteed to teach and guarantee you'll learn, and there's no threshold."

Once this news came out, Bilibili didn't have much movement, but Weibo boiled over first.

It is said that Douban and Weibo are the two major camps for Miss Luo Quan's haters, but they are also the largest gathering places for Miss Luo Quan's female fans.

Although Miss Luo Quan is usually not active on Weibo, because she is just too popular, she can be seen on the trending list every day with news about her.

It's equivalent to saying that although the sister is not in the pugilistic world, there are legends of the sister everywhere.

This time, Miss Luo Quan specifically posted on Weibo to call out to her female fans, which indeed made everyone interested.

The most beautiful beauty tutorial in the world—this is not something you can see just anytime.

Although Miss Luo Quan's natural conditions are different from the general public, and the makeup she wears might not necessarily look good on ordinary people, one can always learn something.

At the very least, one can know the lipstick shade, right?

If one could learn it, it would count as an improvement in appearance.

And in the Bilibili livestream room, Miss Luo Quan had also just turned on the camera and changed the title of the livestream room to "Men do not enter, ladies please come in."

"Seeing Miss Luo Quan start a livestream, I slapped it and came in; very fast."

"Why only allow girls to enter? Is this discrimination against men? I'm directly starting to feel angry and cold."

"Speaking of which, is this preparing to hold some private lecture? If so, I'll put on my headphones."

"I thought you were preparing to back out."

"How can one retreat in this situation, you jerk!"

"I got fired up for no reason."

"Stop daydreaming; Miss Luo Quan is teaching beauty makeup to female fans. It's written in the status; is no one reading it?"

"A joy for nothing; there's nothing for the boys."

"I'm a boy, and I think it's quite useful."

"You're not right."

"Surprised to encounter a cross-dressing master!"

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Not many female fans had entered yet, but the male fans started dancing wildly first. Miss Luo Quan looked at the barrage, yawned lightly, and opened a carton of milk; this was her breakfast for today.

After waiting for about five minutes, the popularity reached over nine million, and the barrage from girls gradually increased.

"The boys in the livestream room, tone it down; I'm about to start teaching, don't scare the female compatriots." Miss Luo Quan put down the milk, and after a small burp, she said.

"Is this starting to attack already?"

"I'm directly saying 'good guy'."

"Miss Luo Quan's fist—who in the world can block it?"

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Miss Luo Quan smiled slightly at the boys' teasing and didn't pay it any mind, instead getting to the point:

"Today 'Frozen' was released, and it's a double harvest of box office and word-of-mouth; here I also want to express my gratitude for everyone's support.

In addition, I just saw many female fans in the comment section asking for a tutorial on Queen Elsa's makeup. Since everyone is so enthusiastic, as the chief makeup artist of the crew, I decided to open a tutorial in the livestream room.

It's not really a tutorial, just sharing a few small tips or something."

As Miss Luo Quan spoke, she took a makeup box out of the drawer; this was bought when her mother went to France for a trip. It is said to be quite rare, and she also felt it was quite good after using it, so she has always been using it.

"I also just got up this morning, just washed my face simply, didn't apply anything, just right to do a tutorial for everyone." Miss Luo Quan said, bringing her face close to the camera.

"Mua!"

"Wife's skin is too supple."

"The Chinese men in the barrage, tone it down; oh, I am one too, then it's fine."

"The streamer's skin makes me so envious; pure bare face is whiter than many stars who have applied foundation."

"Speaking of which, is the streamer's makeup box Chanel? It feels like it might not be able to support it."

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Seeing the question, Miss Luo Quan explained: "This is not Chanel makeup; I don't know the price, but it shouldn't be particularly outrageous.

Besides, actually, slightly worse makeup can also create beautiful makeup, as long as the color layers are matched properly."

Miss Luo Quan said, first applying a layer of foundation on her face: "The foundation I applied is one that costs over a hundred yuan on Taobao; it should belong to the affordable price range, and the effect is not much different from those costing thousands.

As for the propaganda about not hurting the skin, I'll tell everyone here: as long as it is makeup, it will cause damage to the skin, but as long as you don't use particularly inferior ones, this kind of harm won't have too much of an impact."

After the foundation was applied, Miss Luo Quan tilted her face toward the camera.

It seemed there wasn't much change; the skin was still dazzlingly white—it was as if she had painted, but it was the same as not painting.

This is a physical talent that others can't learn, so there's nothing to talk about.

"Next is the real deal; everyone learn well." Miss Luo Quan said, picking out four colors of eyeshadow bottles, and then flipped out a white plastic palette; this posture looked like she was preparing to paint an oil painting.

"Queen Elsa's purple eyeshadow is the key to this makeup, and it's also the most difficult place to mix.

I believe everyone has tried many colors and couldn't get this color, because this is what I got after mixing four colors."

Miss Luo Quan said, applying the four colors of eyeshadow onto the palette one by one, but didn't stir them.

"Everyone pay attention, the eyeshadow here cannot be simply stirred; it needs to be arranged in a certain order so that it can have a sense of layering and get the color we want."

After Miss Luo Quan finished speaking, she applied primer around her eye sockets, and then applied the prepared mixed eyeshadow onto the eye sockets.

One minute later, Miss Luo Quan put her hand down; her eyes were already surrounded by a purple eyeshadow as dreamy as the stars—beautiful, hazy, and deep.

"Wow... so beautiful!"

"Damn, is it this impressive?"

"Feels like a different person; this eyeshadow is too good-looking."

"It's this color; I really learned it this time!"

"What are you stunned for? Hurry up and take notes!"

"As expected of Miss Luo Quan; she can be proficient in everything related to beauty."

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The amazed voices of girls in the barrage were even more intense than those of the boys; it was clear they were delighted to find something they liked.

Girls all love to be beautiful; seeing Miss Luo Quan share such a small tip for becoming beautiful, how could they not be happy?

Miss Luo Quan blinked and said: "Ladies, the shades I use are basically common shades on the market. I'll also post the specific brands on the screen; after everyone takes a screenshot and buys them back,

as long as you experiment according to the tutorial I just gave, anyone can become like a queen."