hollywood melon man

Chapter 592 Focus Person
On Friday morning, little Gilbert woke up and walked to the living room of the suite in his pajamas.

Naomi Watts was already up and had ordered breakfast.

"Your tea..."

"Thank you." Little Gilbert took the tea and Naomi Watts continued to drink her coffee.

"Where's Ilian? Hasn't he gotten up yet?" Little Gilbert asked when he looked around and didn't see his son.

"I went shopping with Michelle." Naomi Watts gave little Gilbert a piece of buttered bread with bacon and fried eggs, and reported:
"The box office data for the midnight show was pretty good, earning $1254 million, with an average attendance of 85%."

Gilbert Jr. expressed satisfaction: "Not bad, this box office is within my expectations."

Tom Cruise, who has a good image, has top-notch box office appeal, not to mention that Gilbert Jr.'s box office appeal is also not bad, and this box office result is no exception.

"How's the reputation?" asked little Gilbert.

"Based on feedback from theater surveys and online reviews, most of them were positive. The few negative reviews, apart from some weird things, basically focused on criticizing Joel's behavior," said Naomi Watts.

The weird stuff refers to Gilbert Jr.'s haters, or black fans.

It's normal. It's impossible for a person or a thing to be liked by everyone. If some people like it, there will inevitably be some people who don't like it.

It would be the same even if it was U.S. dollars, not to mention that Little Gilbert was not a U.S. dollar.

Gilbert was not surprised by this. The plot aroused a certain sense of justice, which brought good topic to the movie and helped promote the movie indirectly.

Little Gilbert's guess was correct, the fans' debate about the plot did cause a stir online.

"Joel's behavior was selfish. Although he saved Ellie, it undoubtedly wiped out the hope of saving all mankind."

"What is hope? Is hope to let a child die?"

"I definitely don't want a child to save and make up for the mistakes made by adults."

"No, why are you so selfish? This is a life-or-death situation for humanity. Are we going to wait for everyone to be eaten by zombies?"

"After what happened to Sarah, Joel doesn't want to lose again. This is a father's mentality. You can disagree with Joel's behavior, but you must understand him."

Similar debates are rampant in various film forums and fan forums, where everyone has their own opinions and everyone has their own reasons.

These controversies, in turn, inspired other moviegoers and ordinary audiences to go to the cinema to see what the film was like, which indirectly contributed to the growth of box office sales.

Gilbert's biggest fan, Roger Ebert, did not attend the premiere despite recent poor health, but he saw the film at a theater in Chicago.

After returning, he immediately posted a film review on his blog and social media account.

“Previous zombie movies have focused more on the zombies themselves, using the zombies’ hideous horror and curiosity to attract the audience’s attention.

But "The Last of Us" is very different. The zombies are still scary and even move in groups. They have also evolved into high-level forms.

But the focus is no longer on zombies, but on humans.

We can see that even though there are so many terrible zombies, humans are still scheming and fighting for power in the doomsday zombie tide.

The evil of human nature they display is even a hundred times more terrifying than zombies.

But at the same time, director Gilbert Jr. did not just focus on the evil side of human beings, but also emphasized that human beings also have a kind side. Joel's inner ice was melted by Ellie, Sam and Henry's touching brotherhood, Tommy and Maria's adherence to order, brought hope to mankind.

In a doomsday environment, some people choose to degenerate, while others choose to be good. This is precisely caused by the diversity of human beings.

Of course, Joel's final move may cause quite a bit of controversy.

I understand Joel's approach, and I also understand why director Gilbert Jr. wrote such a story.

In today's fast-paced life and moral decline, do we spend time with our families, lovers, and children?

If not, I hope that after watching this movie, you will go spend time with your family and have a happy weekend with them.

After all, even if it’s the end of the world, we should learn to love…”

Roger Ebert's film review can be said to be from the heart, and it has received many likes and reposts from movie fans. It is also considered one of the best film reviews for understanding the movie "The Last of Us".

Another staunch hater, Kenneth Turan, continued to attack him in The Washington Post, with Joel's choice as his starting point.

Kenneth Turan believed that Joel was a reflection of little Gilbert's inner self, and therefore labeled little Gilbert as having an anti-human mentality.

However, everyone has gotten used to it over the years. Kenneth Turan feeds on this black traffic. Most people don't have his strong mentality and really can't handle this black traffic.

It is strange that even though Gilbert Jr. has become one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, some media have been persistent in discrediting Gilbert Jr. and putting all kinds of accusations on him.

The most abstract one is CNN. In CNN's flagship program "The World Today", the host Watson doubted Gilbert Jr.'s position and called him a spy paid by an Eastern intelligence agency.

How does the saying go? Because he did it, he suspected that others had done it too, so little Gilbert was labeled a spy.

But Gilbert Jr. was not without the power to fight back. Cable TV said that Gilbert Jr. was a spy, and ABC, a TV station owned by Disney, said that Cable TV was the media, the same as a certain historical figure.

Cable TV would of course defend itself by saying that it is not that media, nor is it a person like a certain historical figure. Then ABC asked if Cable TV is not that media, then why did it persecute Gibbs?
You know what, Little Gilbert's identity is really useful. As a Celestial Dragon, many negative news about Little Gilbert can't spread as long as they are related to the word "persecution".

This is what is called magic defeating magic. Your identity is invincible, my identity is also invincible, and we can't break each other's defense.

The cable TV network is also controlled by the Tianlong people. As we all know, the Tianlong people are divided into two factions, one of which is more radical. This is partly because of their radical and tough style, plus the fact that they control a lot of social resources, and they are the strongest faction.

The other faction is more moderate, represented by little Gilbert.

The radicals were behind the cable television network. In order to break down Little Gilbert's defenses, these radicals immediately suggested expelling Little Gilbert and refusing to recognize his identity as a Tianlong.

Moreover, according to rumors, it was Little Gilbert who was responsible for the death of a group of radical Celestial Dragons in New York, so it was only natural to remove him.

But this proposal died before it was implemented because the radicals suddenly discovered that with little Gilbert, the moderates also became radical.

Their radical purposes are different from those of the radicals. The moderates obviously want to snatch the right to speak for the squid people from the radicals.

In the media field where the Celestial Dragons are the strongest, although the moderates are generally at a disadvantage because of the layout made by Little Gilbert over the years, it does not mean that they have no resistance.

Now it is clear that if you, the radicals, mess with Little Gilbert, I, the moderates, will fall out with you.

To borrow the words of some moderate leaders, if we can't even protect little Gilbert, what's the point of our existence?

(End of this chapter)