hollywood melon man

Chapter 474 We are different

While young Gilbert was spying on Van Helsing, David Ellison was also spying on The Invincibles.

David Ellison got the first-hand news after the premiere of "The Invincible". As he expected, "The Invincible" received unanimous praise.

"Sure enough, Gilbert Jr.'s movies won't lose points in word of mouth so easily." David Ellison said with a wry smile.

Although he did not agree to compete with Gilbert Jr. in the same time slot, since things had come to this, Michael Ovitz could only try his best to do his job well.

"So far, we have done a good job in publicity and it has attracted a lot of attention. I believe that fans of such films will go to the cinema to watch this movie."

David Ellison suddenly had an idea: "Michael, can't we find the media to attack "The Invincible"?

"That's unrealistic," Michael Ovitz shook his head. "If we're just throwing mud at each other, no one wins, and..."

"And what?"

"And we can't beat Disney and Warner..."

David Ellison felt sorry and said, "Can we use the religious issue to attack Tom Cruise?"

"You can try this," Michael Ovitz thought. "But don't expect too much. It won't be very effective."

Tom Cruise's faith issues have always been attacked, and every time he has a new movie released or organizes an event, the old issues will be brought up again.

Unless there's a big scandal, like Scientology doing something evil and Tom Cruise is involved in it, it won't have much effect.

If we follow the trajectory of the previous life, during this period, Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman fell through, and Big Mouth offended Spielberg.
After that, "Mission Impossible 3" flopped, causing Viacom, the parent company of Paramount Pictures, to lose a lot of money, but Tom Cruise himself made a lot of money.

So Sumner Redstone, the boss of Viacom Group, was very unhappy, and his media began to frantically discredit Tom Cruise, and for a time Tom Cruise fell into unprecedented difficulties.

It wasn't until 2011, with his stunning rise and the huge success of Mission: Impossible 4, that Tom Cruise returned to the center stage of Hollywood.

But that is the trajectory of the previous life. A person's situation depends largely on the people around him.

Tom Cruise met Gilbert Jr. and not only won the Oscar for Best Actor, but also had a happy marriage with Nicole Kidman and had a second child.

His commercial appeal remains strong, and his movies continue to make money, with countless fans and admirers.

Even in the Church of Scientology, Tom Cruise has now become a figure in the church second only to several senior Scientology officials because of his status and contributions.

To use the terms from Chinese martial arts novels, he is at least a great protector-level figure.

And all this was due to the strong butterfly effect caused by little Gilbert, which changed the trajectory of Tom Cruise's life.

Although Tom Cruise himself doesn't know what his original fate was, it doesn't prevent him from maintaining a close relationship with Gilbert Jr.

Actors in Hollywood all understand a profound truth, which is that you must hold on to a big leg, or become a big leg yourself.

Tom Cruise does a great job in this regard.

After the premieres of the two films, movie reviews on the Internet came out immediately, which was much faster than traditional paper media.

The news from the two parties is the same, "Wushuang" has a blast in word of mouth, while "Van Helsing", although stuffed with red envelopes, still has mixed reviews.

Roger Ebert had attended the preview of "The Invincible" before, and he wrote a short review at that time praising the film.

Later, he chose to go to the premiere of "Van Helsing".

Although Michael Ovitz tried his best to do public relations, he also accompanied Roger Ebert on fishing trips and arranged eighteen female models to serve Roger Ebert.

But Roger Ebert, who returned to Chicago, was still not polite. He wrote a film review on his IMDB account that day, strongly criticizing "Van Helsing".

"The biggest failure of Van Helsing is that it resurrects classic monsters without making them scary.

Although the visual effects created by the film are very shocking, the story is weak and the background of the gathering of the three demons is not clearly explained.

Director Stephen Sommers has explored this subject in depth, with The Mummy series being a representative example.

But unfortunately, this "Van Helsing" did not bring the same sense of horror as "The Mummy", which is disappointing.

I heard that Stephen Sommers will take over the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series. I hope that under the supervision of Gilbert Jr., he will not mess up this movie. "

Wendell Zeller, another film critic from The New Yorker, said: "The film's lack of star power is a major disadvantage. Although Hugh Jackman has become a top Hollywood actor, he still cannot compare with either of the two Toms.

Charlize Theron completely crushed Kate Beckinsale. Maybe Miss Beckinsale will regret why she didn't accept the invitation of "The Lord of the Rings".

In addition, the thin story is the biggest shortcoming of "Van Helsing". Compared with the good story of "The Invincible" next door, "Van Helsing" is like chicken ribs, tasteless. "

Most of the criticisms of Van Helsing focus on words such as boring, thin story, and sleepy.

As for the reviews of "Wushuang", most of them were positive. After Zhao Jieke and Irene returned to San Francisco, Irene wrote a film review on her IMDB account.

She has over 100,000 followers on IMDB, which makes her one of the most popular amateur film critics.

Irene wrote: “Compared with the traditional Hollywood crime films of heroism, the innovation and subversion of “Warriors” are obvious.

What the audience expects to see on the screen is no longer heroic spirit simply condensed by passion, but the complex human nature that drives the direction of the story.

The film's narrative line is interwoven with reality and imagination. The ingenious conception and flexible narrative style make the understanding a little bit brain-burning, enough to bring the audience a long aftertaste. "

Drake also posted a movie review, but he shared a photo of himself and Vera Farmiga on the Xigua social networking site, and then wrote a movie review, which received a lot of likes, reposts and comments.

“‘Wushuang’ has the advantages that most Hollywood crime films have, with a brisk pace.

The two protagonists in the film each have their own roles. Tom Cruise has a strong sense of dominance and is imposing whenever he appears; while Tom Hanks plays the role of leading the audience and maintaining humanity.

The story has a reversal at the end, returning to the final theme of how it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

In addition, Vera Farmiga, who plays a policewoman, and Dustin Hoffman, who plays an electrical panel expert Crahan Ross, also steal the show.

The acting of both actors is simple, explosive and touching.

Finally, I would like to say that Theron is very beautiful in the movie, and she is completely different from the look she had in Monster. Gilbert is indeed the best director at photographing women, and he has produced the most beautiful Theron. "

Drake not only shared his views on the movie on his social media account, he also recommended the movie to his classmates and recommended them to watch it.

"I'm telling you, this movie is very, very brain-burning. Be careful or your brain will be burned to pieces."

A classmate laughed and said, "Drake, you are not stupid, are you?"

This made the students around laugh, so Drake was anxious: "Sam, you won't say that if you go to see it. I tell you in advance that Tom Cruise's role is very worthy of attention.

The final twist will make you drop your jaw."

Although Gilbert Jr. is the most influential and fan-favorite director in Hollywood among young people, it does not mean that all young people will like his movies.

Many of Drake's classmates didn't like Gilbert Jr.'s movies, and some even deliberately acted disgusted just to highlight that they were different because people around them liked his movies.

For such people, Drake can only say that once they go to the cinema they will immediately understand why Gilbert Jr.'s movies are popular.

If they go to the cinema and still act like a spoiled child and express their dislike for the movie, there's nothing we can do.

In short, this Amway trip was very successful, and Drake successfully persuaded more than a dozen students to go to the movies together. However, when they bought the tickets, they found that the midnight shows in several movie theaters near the school were sold out.

If you want to watch it, you can only go tomorrow and the morning of the day after tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow. Because the tickets for tomorrow afternoon and the afternoon of the day after tomorrow have been sold out, the remaining seats are not good.

So Sam suggested that they go to see it the day after tomorrow morning, which happened to be Saturday. If the movie wasn't good, Drake would treat everyone to a nightclub.

This proposal was supported by a group of classmates, and Drake asked Sam in return: "What if the movie is good?"

"Then I'll treat you..." Sam said generously.

"Wait a minute," a classmate asked, "How do you judge whether a movie is good?"

"That's easy. We'll decide by voting when the time comes." Drake said, "Let's make it clear in advance that we can't vote in violation of the rules."

"Don't worry, whoever tells a lie will have his whole family killed..."

A movie that brought out all the popular Internet terms from the past. As expected, popular memes are not limited to the East or the West, but only depend on the occasion.

David Ellison looked at the reviews of "The Invincible" and "Van Helsing" by film critics and fans on the Internet. It can be said that the reviews and reputation were one-sided and "The Invincible" won a great victory.

David Ellison felt a throbbing in his temple, but he suppressed his anger and calmed down.

"Winning in word of mouth doesn't count as a win. As long as we win at the box office, it's a success." David Ellison could only comfort himself in this way.

Fortunately, he didn't set his goal too high before, so he could accept the situation as long as he lost slightly to "Wushuang".

What he fears most is a crushing defeat, a collapse, which is something David Ellison cannot accept.

David Ellison had anticipated this public opinion situation, and Michael Ovitz had also talked about it, but David Ellison is still young after all.

I was very angry after watching it, and it was very difficult to suppress my anger.

In the film industry, getting angry is useless.

If getting angry, playing the victim, and begging can make a movie a big hit, then these Hollywood stars who are high and mighty in the eyes of outsiders will probably be more shameless than the other.

(End of this chapter)