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Chapter 594 Movie List Overlord
"Tom! Tom! Tom!"

The enthusiastic fans in the audience shouted Tom Cruise's name loudly. Tom Cruise was very graceful, showing a charming smile and interacting with the fans.

After coming down, Little Gilbert handed him a bottle of water and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Tom. The publicity of our crew depends on you."

"Don't say that," Tom Cruise opened the water and took a sip, then said with a smile, "I think you'll be more popular than me, right, Saoirse?"

Saoirse Ronan nodded and said, "Yes, I saw the cheers were so loud when you went up there, Director."

"I can't help it," Little Gilbert shrugged, "Maybe it's because I'm too handsome."

"I think that's true," Tom Cruise agreed.

After a day of promotional activities, Tom Cruise came over to chat with Gilbert Jr. in the evening.

"This is the third film we have worked on together. The whole process was quite pleasant. Little Gilbert, have you ever thought about continuing to work together?"

"what do you mean?"

"Are you interested in directing the Mission: Impossible series?" Tom Cruise asked with anticipation.

As a movie actor, Tom Cruise is undoubtedly the epitome of the epitome.

From "Chicago" to "The Last of Us" and now "The Last of Us", Gilbert Jr. fully recognized Tom Cruise's ability as an actor.

There is a difference between stars and actors. Tom Cruise can be said to be an actor among stars, or a star among actors.

After all, he debuted earlier and has the style of an old-school actor, which is worth learning for young actors.

However, Gilbert Jr. expressed little interest in directing the Mission: Impossible series: "Tom, let me recommend a director to you!"

"Who?"

"Brad Bird is one of the five Pixar directors. Have you seen The Incredibles, which he directed?
I heard he's busy with Ratatouille recently, I think he's a good choice."

Tom Cruise frowned: "An animated film director directing a live-action film? Is this feasible?"

"Of course you can," Gilbert Jr. said, "Animation directors usually have a lot of creative designs, which is something that many live-action directors can't do.

Do you know what the biggest problem with Mission Impossible is at this stage? "

"What is it?"

“The film is too old-fashioned, not interesting enough, and not full of vitality. If this series wants to continue, it must abandon traditional production ideas and find new methods.”

Tom Cruise seemed to be thinking deeply. When it comes to the film business, Tom Cruise trusts Gilbert Jr.'s professional judgment.

It’s just that “Mission Impossible 3” hasn’t been released yet, and Tom Cruise just said he would think about it again.

Since Gilbert Jr. was not interested, Tom Cruise did not force him, but he still asked, "Is there a chance for you to play a cameo role in Mission Impossible?"

Little Gilbert was stunned, but did not refuse: "Okay, I want a handsome agent role, preferably one that appears at the beginning."

Tom Cruise smiled and said, "No problem, I'll arrange it for you."

After Tom Cruise left, Gilbert Jr. sighed. If it had followed the original trajectory, Mission: Impossible 3 would not have been a success. Although this movie made Tom Cruise a lot of money, it made Paramount lose a lot of money. Paramount's father Sam Redstone was furious and began to find various media to discredit Tom Cruise.

In addition, at that time Tom Cruise was surrounded by all kinds of negative news because of Scientology, his divorce from Nicole Kidman, and various weird problems of his own.

Not only that, he also offended a number of Hollywood bigwigs including Spielberg.

Suddenly, this Hollywood hotshot became a pariah, and everyone wanted to kill him. Tom Cruise had to rely on showing off his daughter to get some attention, and the number of roles he took on also decreased significantly.

But Tom Cruise is different now. Even if "Mission Impossible 3" is not a success, it will not affect his status too much.

After promoting "The Last of Us" and "Mission: Impossible 3", Tom Cruise still has several projects on hand!

After its first weekend in North America, "The Last of Us" earned $8840 million in North America, unsurprisingly winning the North American weekly box office championship.

Just on Saturday, the IMDB website released its ratings, and The Last of Us scored 8.9 points. One good thing about IMDB's ratings is that they are given by a large number of movie fans.

Although there will be things like internet trolls controlling reviews, generally speaking, highly rated movies will still be recognized by the public.

8.9 points is definitely not the end point. It is mainly because it has just been opened. As time goes by, the score will drop.

So far, The Shawshank Redemption is still ranked first on the IMDB list, with a score of 9.3. The competition for the second place is very fierce, mainly because fans of The Godfather and The Lord of the Rings are unwilling to give in to each other.

So far, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King has been at the second place on the IMDB list for 3 days. Fans of The Godfather are indignant, believing that IMDB is a shareholder of Gilbert Jr., so IMDB is operating in secret.

This unreasonable accusation was of course refuted by fans of the "Lord of the Rings" series. The reason why "Lord of the Rings" is on the list is because this series is a classic and is the greatest film series in history.

Fans of other movies were also unhappy, so a melee broke out and no one was willing to give in. There was even a period of time when IMDB was in a state of maliciously giving low scores to each other and slandering each other.

IMDB had to announce server maintenance to barely put an end to this farce. But it is conceivable that as long as the rating system exists, fans will definitely quarrel in order to compete for the highest and lowest.

It is worth mentioning that Gilbert Jr. is the king of the IMDB list, and his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy all entered the top ten of the IMDB list.

The first twenty miles include "Saving Private Ryan", and the first hundred miles include films such as "Chicago", "The Matrix", and "The Sixth Sense".

Expanding to the entire TOP250 list, "Man of Steel" and "Batman Begins" are also included. Now it seems that "The Last of Us" may also be added to the TOP250 list.

Although being on the list is not a great honor, it fully proves one thing, that is, the films shot by Gilbert Jr. in recent years have been of guaranteed quality and quantity and are loved by the audience.

There is actually a similar website in China, the recently established Douban list. Thanks to Gilbert Jr.'s influence, he has more movies on the Douban TOP250 list.

Among the top 20, Gilbert Jr. made the list for six movies including "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "Saving Private Ryan", "The Matrix" and "The Sixth Sense".

Except for early works such as "The Shallows" and "Final Destination", the rest are basically on Douban's TOP250 list, and "The Rock" and "Real Steel" are no exception.

The reason for this may be that Gilbert Jr.'s films shocked Chinese audiences. After entering the Chinese market for more than a decade, Gilbert Jr.'s films can be said to have grown up with a generation of Chinese cinema audiences.

Therefore, it is normal and understandable that these audiences have some filters towards Gilbert's films.

Over time, some movies whose ratings do not match their quality will naturally be eliminated from the list.

(End of this chapter)