hollywood melon man

Chapter 246 The first naval battle in movie history

Not surprisingly, after the report came out, Michael Bay was immediately scolded by Martin Bob.

At this critical moment, it is really too much to give support to the opponent's film.

Michael Bay knew he was wrong and silently accepted Martin Bob's hair dryer.

"The Last Day" star Liv Tyler was very happy to find out that she was not the only one who became a spy.

The director is a spy, but he actually said good things about "The Matrix".

At this moment, Liv Tyler's guilt was greatly relieved.

Although she did it first, doesn't Michael Bay have any problems?

Because of this incident, some reporters specifically approached little Gilbert and asked him what he thought about it.

Gilbert Jr. replied: "This proves that our movie is indeed wonderful. Although director Michael Bay and I are competitors, he can give a fair evaluation from an objective standpoint. This is not easy."

The most important frontiers of online propaganda, such as post bars, forums, chat rooms, etc., are often visited by trolls from "The Matrix". The water army drives the rhythm, thereby arousing the interest of some viewers and prompting them to enter the cinema.

Although the technique is very immature, and there are many traces of imitating the online propaganda methods of "The Matrix", it is still very clumsy, but at least it has achieved results.

However, on IMDB, the score of "The End of the World" is far inferior to that of "The Matrix", only maintaining around 7.3 points.

But not paying attention to it doesn't mean you are stupid. After Gilbert Jr. launched a troll to increase the score and pace of "The Matrix", some knowledgeable people from other Hollywood film companies immediately reacted.

If our navy organizes and leads them to attack "The Matrix" together, it will be a powerful force. "

Michael Bay himself didn't expect it. He just wanted to study his opponent's movie. As a result, after some reports, he and Gilbert Jr. became two people who cherished each other.

Martin Bob's eyes lit up and he clapped his hands and said: "Yes, this is a good proposal. Fans of these two films have probably wanted to attack "The Matrix" for a long time, but there is no organization.

"What should we do?" Martin Bob asked, looking at the ratings of "The Matrix" on IMDB that were not much affected by his own troll attacks.

Michael Ovitz feels that his brain is a little lacking, and times are changing too fast. But he still tried his best to keep his spirits up and follow the trend.

This rating is definitely abnormal, but the problem is that not many people in Hollywood are aware of the promotional role of the Internet, so they don't pay attention to it.

On the contrary, this attitude of recognizing his opponent made many fans feel that little Gilbert has a kingly demeanor. I even like Michael Bay and think he is objective and generous.

With the arrival of Saturday, the reputation accumulated by "The Matrix" the previous day began to ferment, and the attendance rate of single games and single venues further increased.

At this time, you must not step on it or feel complacent, otherwise it will give people the feeling of being a villain.

They realize that the Internet will become an important propaganda front in the future.

But in fact, the two sides had already been at war with each other, and the atmosphere was extremely tense.

Especially "The Matrix", which competes head-on with "The Matrix", almost immediately launched its own online marketing team after achieving good results in online publicity.

On the rating website IMDB, due to the crazy score review by the Internet, "The Matrix" defeated "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Godfather" with a score of 9.7, ranking first on IMDB.

While giving high scores to "The Matrix", Little Gilbert's navy team also did not forget to give low scores to "The Great Tribulation". As a result, the navy rating of "The Great Tribulation" has not been able to go up.

In the later promotion, Gilbert Jr. suggested that the movie focus on online promotion, where there are more young people who can accept new things.

"Now that 'The Matrix' occupies the top spot on IMDB, it will definitely dissatisfy fans of 'Shawshank Redemption' and 'The Godfather'. It is useless for us to attack 'The Matrix', so we might as well attack these two films." Michael Ovitz said.

This is not possible. The water must be muddied and "The Matrix" cannot have too much of an advantage in terms of reputation.

Just do what you think of, so the trolls from "The Last Day" immediately pretended to be fans of "The Matrix" and attacked "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Godfather" on a large scale.

Some trolls pretended to be fans of these two films, calling on fans to rise up against the fans of "The Matrix" and give "The Matrix" low scores.

Such a move will naturally make real fans of "The Matrix" dissatisfied, and they will in turn actually attack "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Godfather", forming a big melee.

Although "The Matrix" is currently in theaters and there are many fans of Little Gilbert, after all, these are fans of "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Godfather", plus Michael Ovitz's unprofessional trolls.

"The Matrix" feels a bit like the three heroes fighting Lu Bu, barely a tie.

The rating of "The Matrix" continues to decline, and has dropped to 9.4 points, the same score as "The Shawshank Redemption".

This melee among Internet trolls and fans brought the world to the forefront of Hollywood film companies entering the first generation of the Internet era.

This is almost the first recorded, organized, and large-scale online troll-fan war since the birth of the Internet. It has also made major Hollywood companies realize the importance of online publicity.

Since then, major Hollywood companies have begun to form their own online armies.

Not only that, some directors and celebrities have also begun to support their own social media armies to help them gain an advantage in online publicity.

Affected by the impact of online public opinion and the disadvantage of R-rated movies, "The Matrix" scored a box office of US$2254.9 million in a single day on Saturday, losing to the US$2490.8 million of "The Last Days" and ranking second at the box office today. Little Gilbert had already expected this. He guessed that "The Last Day" would overtake the box office at the box office, but he didn't expect it to come so early.

Her friend Sophia was still gloating: "You, who have always dominated the summer season, actually lost to a work by a small director. How rare it is!"

Little Gilbert rolled his eyes and said: "There has never been any victorious general in Hollywood, and I have long been prepared to be surpassed by others one day.

Besides, this is just the beginning, I haven’t lost yet! "

Sofia followed little Gilbert's example and showed her hands to Ajan: "I hope the media outside think so too. They won't let this big news go."

Sofia is right. Although there are objective factors such as hierarchical disadvantages and being attacked by trolls, the media was still excited when Michael Bay defeated Gilbert Jr. for the first time.

"Hollywood's talented director encountered a waterloo and was sniped by the long-faced director Michael Bay."

"Little Gilbert suffered the most tragic failure of his directorial career, and may be going downhill from there."

"Defeated by "The Unforgettable", Little Gilbert's halo is no longer there. Michael Bay proved that he is not Little Gilbert's stand-in."

These media outlets, which were boasting that "The Matrix" was the best science fiction movie in history the day before, began to pessimize today, saying that Little Gilbert will face a disastrous failure.

The media gave full play to the charm of journalism, basically ignoring the facts, and hyping up the fact that the box office of "The Matrix" was not as good as "The Last Day".

If you don't look at the box office performance, ordinary viewers who don't know what's going on really think that "The Matrix" failed miserably at the box office.

Only a few impartial media outlets, such as the Los Angeles Business Journal, a die-hard supporter of Gilbert Jr., cited the disadvantages of the R-rated movie "The Matrix."

"Hmph! These media are just like the old Chinese proverb said by little Gilbert. They are just like the grass on the wall and will fall in the wind." Looking at the reports of these unscrupulous media, Robert Egger sneered.

According to recent internal news from Disney, Michael Eisner has won the support of most shareholders. Once "The Matrix" directed by Robert Iger becomes a hit, Robert Iger will first take the position of vice president.

This position is just a preparation. Robert Iger will complete his promotion within a few years and sit on the throne of Disney President.

Considering Michael Eisner's health condition, Robert Iger will become the ruler of Disney's huge media empire.

Of course, he will not forget little Gilbert who fully supports him.

So Robert Iger was very angry when he saw such reports. He told his assistant: “Our Disney-owned media must always give positive publicity to The Matrix.

If any media dares to engage in negative publicity, the person in charge will get out of here. "

The assistant agreed on the surface, but in his heart he was cursing: At this time, which of our media outlets dares to say bad things about "The Matrix" and doesn't want to work anymore?
"By the way, how are the sales of movie peripherals?" Robert Iger asked.

"I just got the recent data," the assistant was already prepared: "Yesterday, the sales volume of peripheral products was US$820 million, and quite a few peripheral stores were out of stock."

Robert Egger's eyes lit up: "Not bad! The share between me and the peripheral marketers is 30%. It seems that peripheral income is definitely not a problem."

"Of course it's not a problem," the assistant said with excitement: "Based on this situation, it is expected that the sales of our peripheral products will be much higher than that of "The Great Tribulation".

Through peripheral profits, the revenue created by "The Matrix" will definitely exceed that of "The End of the World". "

"Yeah!" Robert Iger nodded in agreement and said, "This is inevitable. Even in terms of box office, "The End of the World" may not be the winner."

Robert Iger hit the mark. In Sunday's box office battle, "The Matrix" once again overtook the box office, bucking the trend and winning the day's box office championship with a box office of $2359.2 million.

"The Last Day" maintained the normal trend of commercial films, taking in 1928.9 million U.S. dollars at the box office on Sunday, ranking second.

The reason why the box office is rising against the trend is thanks to the movie fans. On the one hand, these fans support little Gilbert; on the other hand, they also explore some interesting details of the film.

When I first watched the movie, fans just watched the movie and shouted that it was cool and handsome.

But when you walk out of the theater and reflect on it, you will find that you have overlooked many details.

For example, what happened to Neo and the matrix in the end? Questions such as where Zion is and what the real purpose of the matrix is ​​in keeping humans captive is waiting for fans to explore.

The best way to explore these details is to watch the movie several times.

As a result, many fans of the "Details Monster" movie repeatedly went to the cinema, wanting to explore more details and find evidence for their own opinions.

It was thanks to these tireless fans that "The Matrix" was able to win the first summer weekly box office championship in 6485.5 with US$6202.1 million in its first week of release, beating "The Last Day" with US$1998 million.

Due to the strong performance of "The Matrix" and "Armageddon", this year's summer season has the highest box office opening in history, setting a record.

The two films collided head-on, but instead of both losing, they both won, which is also rare in film history.

Hollywood film practitioners, media and newspapers are all going crazy. This is a grand occasion for Hollywood, which is a testament to the booming North American film market.

However, the two films still have a long screening period, and it is still unclear who will win.

(End of this chapter)