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Chapter 512 Nolan's Other Path
On the eve of the Super Bowl, the latest video-sharing website developed by Watermelon, a company controlled by Gilbert Jr., went online.

This video sharing website is similar to YouTube and Bilibili in the past, but its functions and interface are still very simple, and the maximum video playback resolution is only 720P.

Even so, after the launch of this video sharing website, it still became the largest video sharing website in the United States through the watermelon and banana search engines, as well as the traffic from portal websites.

According to the plan discussed by Watermelon CEO Mark Ruhl and Gilbert Jr., many more features will be added to the video-sharing website named Grape in the future.

For example, online copyright purchase, movie screening, live broadcast, gift rewards and other functions.

However, these are all plans for the future. Currently, due to limitations in hardware equipment and network speed, we cannot achieve stable real-time transmission of images and stable high-quality performance.

But this did not prevent Gilbert from putting the movie trailer on Grape, which not only promoted the movie but also brought traffic to Grape.

Dante Cortez is a big fan of Batman. He has watched almost all of them, from comics to anime to movies.

But the 1997 version of Batman starring George Clooney broke his heart, and he never watched any comics or animated movies about Batman again.

But before that, news came that the famous director Gilbert Jr. took over the "Batman" movie series, which gave Dante Cortez a glimmer of hope.

If it was little Gilbert, maybe he could have saved Batman.

Hearing that the latest trailer of Batman could be seen on a video website called Grape, Dante Cortez immediately turned on his computer, found the website from the link on banana and clicked on it.

Sure enough, among the recommended videos on the website’s homepage, there is a picture of Batman with his back to the camera and his head turned away, and there is a play button in the lower left corner.

Dante Cortez was very excited and clicked in immediately, but then he was stuck in a long loading process.

Dante Cortez was helpless. Every time he watched a video on the website, it was like this. He would be stuck in a long wait and loading process from the beginning, so he was a little impatient.

But this time, for Batman, Dante Cortez endured it.

After a long wait, perhaps more than five minutes, the two-minute trailer finally loaded. Dante Cortez couldn't wait to click play, rubbing his hands together, looking forward to it.

The trailer begins with a group of bats flashing by, vaguely forming a huge bat. The tone is a bit dark, which seems to represent the heavy theme of the film.

"Why do we fall, Bruce? To stand up again."

With the music and lines, the screen began to flash, and then there was a series of mixed cuts. Learning martial arts on the ice field, Batman standing on a tall building overlooking the city in the dark.

The Batmobile, which has already been unveiled, rushes around like a wild beast. Its dark body and domineering lines make people exclaim how cool it is.

Finally, along with the voice of Henri Ducard in the film, the title of the film appeared, along with the release date.

Dante Cortez was stunned. Although the picture quality was not as clear as that in the cinema, the grand sense of epic and fate hit Dante Cortez's heart at once.

“It seems…it seems pretty good!”

Dante Cortez has seen both of Joel Schumacher's Batman films, and to him, those two films, especially Batman & Robin, are like children's frolics.

But although he only saw a short two-minute trailer for Gilbert's version of Batman, the quality seemed to be quite good.

Thinking of this, Dante Cortez heard from several friends that Warner Pictures would hold several previews, so he quickly called his friends.

"Hey, Matt, didn't you say there were tickets for the preview? Do you have any left? What? No more? Forget it."

Dante Cortez hung up the phone. He was not a fan of Gilbert Jr. Although he had watched several of his movies in the cinema, he was just a casual audience.

Unexpectedly, the preview of Gilbert Jr.'s film was so popular that the tickets were sold out quickly.

However, this also gave Dante Cortez a little more confidence in the film. He marked the release date of the film on his calendar and planned to watch it when the time came. In addition to the trailer released on the video website, Gilbert Jr. also prepared a 30-second trailer for the Super Bowl.

This year's Super Bowl was not as exciting as last year's. Maybe something went wrong, so it seemed a bit conventional.

However, the commercial shot by Gilbert Jr. for Lamborghini and the trailer for the Batman movie were both featured in the Super Bowl advertising show, which was really a show.

After the Super Bowl, these two ads and trailers were also released in various commercial plazas, TV program ads, and video websites.

A week after the Super Bowl, Gilbert Jr. also completed the post-production of "Batman Begins", and the film officially entered the promotion and distribution stage.

But before that, the lead actor Christian Bale has another movie released.

This film is the suspense film "The Prestige" directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman.

Little Gilbert attended the premiere of the film specially to support this film review.

It can be seen that director Nolan has mastered the use of time and cross-flashbacks. Watching this movie gives you the pleasure of solving a puzzle, and it is absolutely wonderful to immerse yourself in it.

Gilbert Jr. also gave a high evaluation: "When I was shooting, I felt that this film was extraordinary. Now that I have seen the finished film, it has indeed confirmed my thoughts.

Director Nolan's grasp of suspense and story setting are both excellent.

The performances of both actors are also very good and add a lot to the film.”

After the premiere, Scarlett, who was involved in the filming, pestered Gilbert and asked, "Why don't you praise me?"

"You?"

"Of course I am one of them. I am the best-looking and most beautiful one in the film."

"I see. Why did I see you in the cast list..."

Before she could finish her words, Scarlett turned Gilbert's waist 180 degrees and said, "I'm going to twist you to death..."

"Ouch, that hurts." Little Gilbert yelled, "Okay, okay, I saw it. You performed very well, better than Bell and the others."

"That's better." Scarlett stopped.

Little Gilbert rubbed his waist and asked Scarlett: "Did that David Ellison bother you again?"

"Humph," Scarlett said proudly, "Does he dare? Next time it won't be just a few big spiders, it will be dozens of big spiders."

When little Gilbert imagined the scene, he shuddered. He also couldn't stand scenes with too many spiders and had a bit of trypophobia.

Although "The Prestige" is a very good movie, it is, after all, a movie that only niche film lovers can appreciate.

In addition, the film was released during the unpopular spring season and only earned $3235 million in its first week, but still easily won the North American weekly box office championship.

Nolan's initial achievements were not as amazing as Gilbert's. He started with "Memento" and "Insomnia" and worked his way up step by step.

As a B-movie director, Nolan's quality is quite good.

But Gilbert Jr. knows that Nolan's potential is more than that, and he has greater potential to tap. After the success of this film, Nolan will get more opportunities.

(End of this chapter)