Days as a Spiritual Mentor in American Comics-Chapter 4621 - 3699: Movie Plan (Complete)

After this, the professor of Magic Biology, played by Wong, also entered the audience's line of sight. Wong was a chubby mage who looked very amiable, and used Healing potions to heal the protagonists' injuries, helping them cover up the fact that they had sneaked into the Forest, which made the protagonists even more reckless.

In order to investigate the previous incident of students falling ill, they even ran out of school and caused trouble in the world of ordinary people. After being discovered by the professors, they were all put into confinement. The children in the theater voiced their dissatisfaction.

Conflicts also erupted between the protagonists. The Asian boy felt that they shouldn't do this; at least they should follow school rules instead of arbitrarily using Magic to scare ordinary people. However, the white boy thought they were executing justice by trying to bring out the hateful vampire; it was something that had to be done. Meanwhile, the girl tried to mediate.

A series of subsequent events occurred, resulting in two of the three getting injured again, this time quite seriously, even alerting the principal and vice-principal. At this moment, the white boy was convinced that Doctor Barton was the vampire and wanted to expose him in front of the principal, but was reprimanded instead. The protagonists felt very frustrated, and the audience couldn't rejoice either.

Immediately after, the pace of the plot picked up. The protagonists prepared to craft a Sunshine Potion to restrain the vampire, but couldn't succeed. They sought help from the Magic Biology professor, who readily agreed and set a rendezvous in his office at midnight.

The protagonists were excited, thinking that they would finally defeat the damn vampire hiding in the school infirmary. But unexpectedly, when they went to the midnight meeting, the Magic Biology professor revealed his fangs.

The three young protagonists were extremely terrified but still tried to use the Magic they had learned to fend him off. They were chased all the way by the vampire who was transformed into a bat and finally found half a bottle of Sunshine Potion in the Magic Curse classroom. In a tense situation, they poured the potion on the vampire, successfully defeating him.

The final battle and chase were very exciting, with all kinds of Magic flying around, almost covering the entire second floor of the castle. They continually used the Magic they had learned and various magical tools to slow down the vampire's speed, like manipulating sticky gel to cover his face, or the three of them controlling a dummy to pretend a professor arrived and scare him, then kicking him down the stairs from behind. The scenes were novel and amusing.

Renowned film critics noticed the shadow of "Home Alone" in this segment. Columbus' arrangement of actions in tight spaces and camera transitions were superbly executed, even adults didn't feel it was childish. Combined with the magical background, it had an absurd dark humor, making the audience exclaim with enjoyment.

After defeating the vampire, the whole place erupted in enthusiastic cheers. The children clapped, and everyone else also stood up to applaud.

The children were completely immersed in the joy of victory, but the adults had started pondering: Where did the key item—half a bottle of Sunshine Potion—come from?

Wanda, who played the professor of Magic Curse, had previously mentioned in class that she was clueless about potion making. This is an important clue in the movie, clearly the screenwriter telling the audience that this potion wasn't concocted by Wanda.

Another clue in the movie is that the Magic Curse professor Wanda and the school medic Barton are good friends. This clearly isn't a useless hint, obviously the director implying: The potion was planted by the school medic.

However, the school medic's attitude towards the little wizards is very poor, he doesn't seem like a good person, why would he help the little wizards? Could it be he simply hates vampires?

Clearly, the first movie left a lot of suspense. The critics sat in their seats, hesitating to move, and were whispering to each other, discussing the plot.

Actually, the plot of the first movie is quite simple; besides a simple twist, there's nothing very difficult to understand. Its primary purpose is to showcase the Magical World's worldview, spending a lot of time on how the little wizards conduct classes and live.

Though the plot is somewhat thin, the immersion is fully realized. Evidently, all the children present were very pleased with the viewing.

The critics have basically reached a consensus: This movie is definitely going to be a hit. Whether it's the involvement of real mages in the scenes or the genuinely constructed Iphome Castle, it's incredibly stunning and can completely immerse people into a fantasy Magical World. If the plot in subsequent movies expands, it's not impossible for it to become a timeless classic.

The critics have mostly written their reviews. After seeing the movie, everyone gave positive feedback, just focusing on different aspects.

Some gave interviews to traditional media, primarily discussing the realistic scene construction and the participation of mages. Compared to the current assembly-line, highly repetitive filming model, it provides a more perfect immersive experience.

Others shot short videos themselves, talking about the characterization of various roles, like the professors' images and backgrounds, the little wizards' academic standards, differences among various Demon Gods, etc.

Overall, these early-released evaluations have heightened everyone's expectations. After its full release in North American theaters, the first day's box office surpassed the highest box office record of the year, soon breaking Chris Columbus's own box office record.

The movie box office follows a stair-step effect. After the first batch of people watch it, if the reviews are favorable, spontaneous promotion occurs, leading to exponential growth in viewers for the second batch.

A week after the movie was released, it broke the record for the biggest opening week box office for a children's movie ever, topping the box office charts for the first week. The promotion is spreading fast across all major platforms.

Then it climbed to the trending list, dominating the hot searches. Both online and offline promotions heated up. Word of mouth began to spread; whether among children or teenagers, every family and every school circulated stories about Ilvermorny.

Family-friendly movies usually have a higher box office because minors can't watch movies alone; at least two tickets need to be purchased, sometimes even three. The more people watch, the faster the positive reviews spread, breaking more box office records and attracting more attention, forming a positive cycle.

Initially, the movie was universally acclaimed only within the youth demographic, with the audience being mainly middle and high school students. However, due to the rapid spread, many adults caught onto the trend and published various reviews and analyses.

Adults and teenagers focus on different things. They're not particularly concerned with the young protagonist, and instead, focus more on the professors. As expected, Shiller, the most featured and enigmatic antagonist in the film, received most of the attention.

Shiller's clinic has been overcrowded. Nearly all teenagers in this community and their parents have visited under the guise of seeking medical advice. Meanwhile, those already hospitalized are reluctant to leave, virtually blocking up Shiller's office completely.

As anticipated by Shiller, perhaps due to his gentle demeanor in daily life, which contrasts sharply with his image in the movie, people attribute his portrayal to superb acting, garnering almost unanimous praise.

Teenagers are primarily focused on the subsequent plot. Following analyses by various experts, most people believe the pivotal potion towards the end was concocted by Doctor Barton and handed to the Magic Curse professor, placed in the classroom, aiding the little wizards.

The motive analyses, however, differ into two camps. One camp believes Barton concocted it for his friend as a means of protection, and the Magic Medicine professor, played by Wanda, unintentionally left the potion in the classroom, benefiting the little wizards.

The other camp believes Barton did it deliberately. Knowing the real identity of the Magic Biology professor, and aware that the little wizards would provoke him, he purposefully placed the potion in the classroom on the same floor as the Magic Biology class.

The true reason is widely debated with compelling arguments, further boosting the topic's popularity.

Shiller has been bombarded with inquiries these days. Everyone wants to know what's going on, yet he can't spoil anything, so he has to find ways to dodge the questions.

After being a psychiatrist for so many years, he was always the one leaving others speechless; who would have thought that it's now his turn? It really seems that karma comes unexpectedly.

To Shiller's surprise, even without discussing his performance, the character of Doctor Barton garnered a lot of admiration.

Shiller doesn't quite understand. The first movie barely showcased any charismatic personality from Barton, and there's no source novel for the film, leaving everyone unaware of what happens next. Why do they like this grumpy school physician?

So these days, he's been intensely scrolling short videos just to see why movie fans like this character. After two days of browsing, he reached a laughingly absurd conclusion — appearances.

They purely liked Doctor Barton's appearance and his implied aura. To be precise, they aren't fond of him purely based on looks and thus love his aura, rather they inherently like the cold and oppressive aura.

And Shiller just thinks, there are truly quite a few psychopathy enthusiasts in this world. Not captivated by the authoritative principal nor the beautiful and wise Magic Curse professor, they prefer the no-good-faces school physician. Although understandable, he suggests seeking medical advice.

Shiller doesn't want this trend to spread, because the obsession with psychopathy can easily lead to manipulation and harm. So he specifically contacted his old classmate to host a lecture at Harvard, focusing on analyzing the personality of psychopathy enthusiasts and advising them on how to mitigate such tendencies, but also teaching them how to resist psychopathic manipulation.

The result? Few listened attentively, but a flood of images emerged. When Shiller opened the short video app after returning home at night, he was almost blinded. Sliding down the homepage, a dozen videos showed his lectures, and the comments below were unbearable to read, with emoji reactions ranging from little red hearts to little demons.

The comment with the most likes under the highest-viewed video is: "The content is very professional and usually quite useful, but judging from the choice of speaker, it seems Harvard doesn't want us to learn this lesson."

Studying psychology can't save humanity. Shiller thought despairingly.