hollywood melon man

Chapter 330: Goat in the Film Industry
There is never a shortage of commercial blockbusters during the summer season. In May, "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" got off to a great start, and then "Shrek the Monsters" also performed well.

Although the performance of "Pearl Harbor" was not as good as expected, the performance of "Rush Hour 2" in the North American market continued the hot momentum of the summer season.

The only pity is that, apart from performing well in markets such as North America and East Asia and Southeast Asia, Rush Hour 2 did not perform as expected in Europe and Latin America.

This is normal, after all, Hollywood movies are popular all over the world, but not every Hollywood movie is popular. In terms of global box office appeal, Jackie Chan certainly cannot compare with Hollywood superstars.

Jackie Chan is actually very famous all over the world, but fame does not necessarily translate into box office results.

Therefore, "The Adventures of Jackie Chan" gave Jackie Chan an opportunity to transform his fame into box office appeal and become a true Chinese superstar.

An interesting thing about "Pearl Harbor" is that Gilbert Jr. also made "Saving Private Ryan", which is also a World War II blockbuster.

So "Pearl Harbor" is inevitably compared with "Saving Private Ryan", just as Michael Bay is compared with Gilbert Jr. by the media.

But to be honest, this is a bit unfair to Pearl Harbor.

One is one of the best World War II films ever, and the other is a bloody war movie with a love triangle. There is no comparison.

But even so, some anti-Gilbert media still forcibly elevated the height of "Pearl Harbor" in order to bring Gilbert down from the altar.

This is the same as James' later path. What about Coke, Curry, or Deng? I don't care about James. Jordan is just barely ok. I am the Goat of basketball.

The key point is that the word "Goat" was said by James himself, and Michael Bay was forced into it by the media.

I don’t know what Michael Bay is thinking, but he rarely says in front of the media that he is better than Gilbert Jr.

Gilbert Jr. had seen the Bulls play and was invited by the Bulls owner.

To be honest, even in the two years when Jordan played baseball, Gilbert Jr. estimated that James would have been swept by the Bulls led by Scottie Pippen.

James manipulated the media to praise himself, and there were indeed media that praised him. Michael Bay was manipulated by the media and then used to compare with Gilbert Jr.

In the past two years, James has become famous in the high school basketball world, and Gilbert Jr. often sees reports about James in some sports newspapers.

When seeing A-Jan’s face, little Gilbert was reminded of the classic movie series “Planet of the Apes”.

"Planet of the Apes," directed by Tim Burton and starring Mark Walter Vogelberg, is scheduled to be released in July this year.

Regarding the media's hype, Michael Bay said in his heart, I am not a Goat, don't compare me with Gilbert Jr., I can't compare.

The result of the anti-Gilbert media manipulation was a counterproductive effect. The box office of "Pearl Harbor" was getting worse day by day. The North American box office struggled to break 1.2 million US dollars, and the overseas box office barely earned million US dollars.

But for such a big-budget World War II movie, this box office revenue is obviously not enough for "Pearl Harbor" to recoup its costs.

If you want to recoup your costs, you will have to wait a long time, just like "The Shawshank Redemption" took ten years to make a profit.

But there is no way. Among the new generation of Hollywood directors, Michael Bay is already the tallest among the short ones, which is quite a stretch.

If the anti-Gilbert media do not want to praise Gilbert Jr. but do not want to remain neutral, they must find someone who can compete with Gilbert Jr.

And there is a story behind this. Members of a certain island club had always wanted to teach little Gilbert a lesson.

It turned out that Gilbert Jr.'s films were not affected at all and continued to sell well around the world.

This made those people feel very embarrassed. In their perception, no one dared to ignore them like this. Little Gilbert refused to talk, refused to communicate, and refused everything related to them.

This made everyone on the island wonder whether little Gilbert was a squid.

You may say that little Gilbert is a liberal, but there are devout believers among liberals, and little Gilbert's behavior does not seem like that of a devout believer!

Still on the island, Nate and Marvel were chatting again, but this time they didn't ask a dozen girls to accompany them.

Nate’s face looked a little too good: “We did so much work, but we couldn’t stop little Gilbert from succeeding.

Just last week, on June 4.78th, "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" had grossed $9.88 million in North America and $ million worldwide.

The results are not worse than the previous one, and are even better.

Is there nothing we can do to him?"

Marvell's face looked a little bad. Although he did not agree with Nate's method, he thought that little Gilbert would not accept such threats due to his temper.

But I didn't expect that the other person didn't care at all, and no matter how I threatened him, it was useless.

And there is really no need to care about Little Gilbert. After all, although they have different ideas, Little Gilbert is a legitimate squid and one of us.

Some harsh measures that can be used on outsiders cannot be used on little Gilbert, otherwise it will cause a vicious reaction.

After all, if you mess up your own people, who would dare to hang out with you in the future? I'm afraid they will get messed up by you one day.

But this leads to a problem, that is, the means are not intense enough. It is just a tickle to little Gilbert, and he doesn't care at all.

Ma Weil also said in a deep voice: “Now many people are watching us. If we can’t deal with little Gilbert, it may cause some bad effects.

Nate, you miscalculated."

Nate knew what Marvel was talking about. Their group had always been a myth. They gave people the impression that if they didn't join my group, they would be punished, and then people felt afraid.

But now Little Gilbert ignores them, and the reaction to the outside world is that it seems that you can't do anything to Little Gilbert.

In this way, the myth is broken, and people will no longer be afraid of them. This is quite fatal to them, because they always offend many people in the process of doing things.

These people used to be afraid and didn't dare to retaliate, but now that little Gilbert is fine, those who hold grudges have become bolder.

Nate suddenly felt that little Gilbert was very disgusting. He just stood there carelessly and he couldn't do anything to him.

After much thought, Nate asked Marvell, "How did Gilbert Jr.'s father quit the Hollywood circle?"

Marvell's mind moved: "You mean, start with little Gilbert's father?"

"That's right," Nate paced back and forth, "Let's get little Gilbert's father to the island first. With his father here, I don't believe little Gilbert won't surrender."

"That's what I said," Marvell said with some concern, "but his father is retired after all, will this work?"

Nate interrupted Marvell and said, "We can't care about that now. If little Gilbert can't join us and is not punished, the consequences will be very serious."

Marvell hesitated for a while, as if thinking. Finally, he made a decision: "Okay, Nate, I hope your decision is right. I'll go find someone to check."

"Please, Marvel..." Nate said solemnly.

Nate and Marvel were discussing countermeasures, and little Gilbert was also busy. He went back to stay with the old man for two or three days.

"Ellie is going to graduate from college next year, so you should arrange a job for her," said the old man.

Little Gilbert was thinking about the lovely Ellie, but he didn't expect that she had grown up in the blink of an eye.

Arranging work is a piece of cake. Little Gilbert nodded and agreed: "No problem. What does she want to do? Go to Cantaloupe Studio or go to another company?"

"Meryl means that she wants to arrange Ellie in Banana, but Ellie admires you and Sofia and wants to enter the film industry. The two are currently having a conflict!" The old man said helplessly.

Little Gilbert smiled and said, "My aunt and her family will come over from San Francisco on my birthday. We will talk about this then."

"Okay, just take care of the arrangements." The old man was still relieved about this matter.

He quickly mentioned another thing: "I heard you bought a house in China?"

"Yes, it's a courtyard house. It's quite large. I lived there for a while when I was working in China." Little Gilbert asked curiously, "Why are you asking this?"

The old man used his unique keen sense of smell to remind little Gilbert: "It's okay that you have had a feud with those people on the island. This is something they don't want to see.

I think they might take some action in the near future, so I thought I would go to China to hide after your birthday."

It’s hard to say about the old man in other aspects, but he is very sensitive to danger.

As soon as Nate had the idea, the old man was already thinking about running away.

Little Gilbert knew it was the people on the island, but he didn't know exactly who they were.

So he asked the old man: "I want to know, who is targeting me this time? It's impossible for the people on the island to be of one mind, right?"

"That's true," the old man gave a reassuring look, "Don't worry, I've asked my friends about it and there will be news soon."

"Well," Little Gilbert thought for a long time and said, "If you know who it is, let that person make an appointment with me and we can meet."

"You want to go to the island?" The old man thought little Gilbert was going to compromise!
But Gilbert Jr. denied it: "Go to the island? I also want to go to the moon? I just want to make an appointment to meet, to make things small and reconcile.

I make my movie, and they are the island owners, and it's good that we don't interfere with each other."

"I'm afraid your wish will be difficult to realize," the old man thought it was unlikely: "The current situation is that your refusal has caused a series of chain reactions.

They have been too radical in recent years and have offended many people, but they dare not retaliate out of fear.

But if they can’t take you down, their illusion of invincibility will be shattered, and that’s when they’ll be in danger.”

"So, there is a fundamental conflict between us that cannot be alleviated, right?"

"Yes," the old man was curious, "What are you going to do?"

"How?" Little Gilbert smiled mysteriously: "I can't go to the island, but I can let them go upstairs."

On June 29, Gilbert Jr. turned 31. On this day, countless fans sent their best wishes on Gilbert Jr.'s personal website.

However, Gilbert Jr. did not participate in any commercial activities this time, although "The Matrix Reloaded" also premiered in the United States on this day.

Since the first "The Matrix" in 1998, countless hacker fans have been looking forward to "The Matrix Reloaded" for too long.

Although the director has changed, movie fans still feel familiar when seeing Keanu Reeves in leather jacket and sunglasses and Charlize Theron with sexy long legs.

The previous series of trailers have been thoroughly studied by black scholars on the Internet, and the audience has been looking forward to the release of the feature film.

Little Gilbert did not attend the premiere, but fans still held up banners wishing little Gilbert a happy birthday, and interviews with the main creators also involved little Gilbert.

Keanu Reeves said in an interview at the premiere that his action scenes this time were comprehensively upgraded compared to the previous film, and there was even a scene with a dozen or a hundred clones.

Regarding Gilbert Jr., he said: "Director Gilbert Jr. always has a special place in my heart. My famous work "Speed" is the work of Director Gilbert Jr.

I am very grateful to him and wish him a happy birthday.”

Director James Gunn said: "When I was making the next two films of The Matrix, Director Gilbert gave me a lot of advice.

He is the producer of the film, and the story of The Matrix has already been framed for us, and I believe it will not disappoint fans.”

Italian goddess Monica Bellucci also said: "It's a pity, if I were ten years younger, I would definitely pursue director Gilbert.

He is a genius, a man full of charm and mystery..."

Monica Bellucci was suspected of riding on the popularity, but it did prove that Gilbert was very charming. She also had a black and white kiss with Jada Smith, which ignited the atmosphere of the whole audience.

Zou Zhaolong, who appeared in the film, performed a 360-degree flying kick, which made the audience exclaim in amazement.

Charlize Theron made a beautiful appearance, causing the male fans to cheer wildly, the noise was no less than when Keanu Reeves appeared.

However, Charlize Theron's next words made the male fans burst into tears. She said: "After attending the premiere, I'm going to celebrate little Gilbert's birthday!"

It turns out that the beautiful Trinity has belonged to little Gilbert a long time ago, which makes the male fans helpless and furious.

"The Matrix Reloaded" received a good response after its release in the United States. The film was more commercial and less pretentious.

As a result, it has indeed received criticism from many film critics, who believe that James Gunn failed to capture the philosophical essence of "The Matrix".

But in fact, this is exactly the effect that Gilbert Jr. wanted.

With the lessons learned from his previous life, little Gilbert was sure that the audience would not like any philosophical discussions he had next time, and would even be disgusted by them.

Therefore, based on the first part, a proper commercial orientation is necessary.

Judging from the box office and audience reputation, Gilbert's decision was a success. At least most of the audience gave positive comments on the sequel.

(End of this chapter)