hollywood melon man

The evening of August 2012, was a very ordinary day.

As the weekend approaches, movie theaters become busy again. Many of this year's summer blockbusters performed well and gave the audience a feast for the eyes.

There are no new movies released, and the cinemas should close at night. But today is obviously different, because two new movies have landed in the summer season.

One is the sequel to the traditional spy action movie "Jason Bourne", starring Hawkeye Jeremy Renner.

The other is "Gravity", directed by the famous Gilbert Jr., starring Anne Hathaway and with Tom Cruise as a guest star.

There is no need to say much about Gilbert Jr.'s reputation. After all, just last week, the comic-adapted blockbuster "The Dark Knight Rises" directed by him had grossed 4 million U.S. dollars in North America and 8500 billion U.S. dollars worldwide.

Anne Hathaway and Tom Cruise are also Hollywood A-list stars, each of whom has considerable popularity and a large fan base.
In recent times, many fans of high-intensity surfing are well aware of the hype about the film by the media and critics.

Of course, if you feel that the media and film critics are unreliable, then the reviews from fans who have watched the film's preview appear to be more authentic.

As a black fan whose opinion was changed by "The Dark Knight Rises", Charlie has now become a passerby audience.

He did not easily believe the comments of the media and film critics, and even thought that those fans who watched the previews were unreliable.

Although The Dark Knight Rises was good, Charlie didn't think it impressed him enough to make him a fan of Gilbert Jr.

The release of "Gravity" made Charlie feel very rushed.

Although Charlie is not a Hollywood practitioner or a film enthusiast, he knows very well the production cycle of a film.

If Gravity was a low-budget production of a few hundred thousand or a few million dollars, Charlie would say there would be no problem.

But Gravity is a film with a production cost of 1.2 million US dollars, which has reached the standard of a blockbuster. According to the general process, such a blockbuster will take at least seven to eight months to complete.

Even for a quick shooter like Gilbert Jr., it is impossible to shorten the time to complete a blockbuster to two or three months. That is just the preparation time.

Most commercial film directors take two to three years to produce a film, so Gilbert Jr.'s speed is already a miracle in the industry.

So Charlie suspected that "Gravity" was a shoddy work, and he had several arguments with Jessica about this.

Jessica said that the trailer alone was quite good, and that the media, film critics, and veteran movie fans who had watched the previews all said that the film was very exciting.

But Charlie believes that there are a lot of cases of fake trailers nowadays, especially for 3D movies, which are more deceptive than the other.

Because the trailer cannot let the audience feel the 3D effect of the film in advance, but once you walk into the cinema you will find that these so-called 3D movies are worse than each other.

Some 3D movies can even cause physical discomfort. Even if you don't get 3D sickness, it's hard not to vomit due to the poor 3D effects.

Charlie also feels that the media and film critics can be bought off, and that veteran movie fans who watch Gilbert Jr.'s films have been brainwashed.

No matter how bad a movie is, they will not think it is ugly, they will only say it is good.

The two young lovers had a big conflict over this. Jessica didn't let Charlie touch her for half a month, not even holding hands.

No, in order to prove that he was right, Charlie managed to get two tickets to the IMAX cinema in Donald Square and asked Jessica to come out and watch "Gravity" together.

"What? Didn't you say you wouldn't watch a shoddy movie? Why did you want to ask me out to watch a movie this time?"

In response to Jessica's questioning, Charlie said: "I'm mainly trying to prove to you how bad a shoddy movie can be.

Even though you are a fan of Little Gilbert, we should be rational fans.

We should praise Gilbert if he takes good pictures, but we should criticize him if he takes bad pictures. Otherwise, how can he improve? " "Humph!"

Jessica was dissatisfied: "Put aside your boring doubts. Gilbert Jr. has been making movies for more than 20 years, and there has not been a single failed movie in the true sense."

Charlie was certain: "Then this movie will be his first failed movie."

Charlie felt that the reason why Gilbert Jr. was successful in the first twenty years was because he followed the objective laws of film production and shot films in a scientific and modelable way.

This is what is commonly known as the film industrialization process, assembly line production.

But this time is different, this time Gravity is a hastily produced movie. I heard that Gilbert Jr. is aiming for an Oscar to help Anne Hathaway win an award.

If this movie wins an Oscar, Charlie's name will be written backwards!
Gilbert Jr.'s appeal is amazing enough that even though "Gravity" is an original science fiction film, it still attracted a large number of fans to watch it.

The cinema that Charlie and Jessica came to was quite crowded, so they had to queue to enter.

Jessica was enthusiastically discussing the movie and other topics related to "The Hobbit" with the Gilbert fans around her.

Charlie curled his lips, but was listening carefully to what was revealed in the conversation between several fans.

"I heard that this time it was very professional and they even invited NASA astronauts to train Anne Hathaway."

"Yes, I heard that the filming of this movie started two months after the completion of The Dark Knight Rises. Anne Hathaway completed the training with the astronauts during these two months."

"She really works hard, and judging by the stills, she's stunningly beautiful."

"Yeah, I prefer her as Catwoman."

"I'm different. I like her role as Princess Arwen."

Charlie complained in his heart, these stupid fans don't know how to appreciate movies. It's strange that this movie can be good, it's impossible to watch it in such a short time.

There were also a few fans discussing the dozens of preview screenings before the film, some of whom didn't understand why.

"Normally, there are three or four preview screenings, so why are there so many this time?"

"I heard that the main purpose is to invite those Oscar judges to watch the movie. Little Gilbert's goal for this movie is the Oscar."

"I think not only the Best Actress award, but also the Best Director award should go to Gilbert Jr."

"That's right. Gilbert Jr.'s contribution to Hollywood is obvious to all. The Oscars should reward him. Otherwise, it would be unfair."

Charlie once again complained that these stupid fans did not understand the art of film. It was a miracle that the Oscars would give the award to Gilbert Jr. for such a shoddy film.

In fact, there are many fans who share the same idea as Charlie.

Moreover, Gilbert's haters also used this point to attack Gilbert crazily, believing that the film was made by Gilbert to make money, and called on fans not to be fooled.

It’s true that at least many passers-by and a few movie fans are still watching.

Because this time is really different from the past. Gilbert Jr. had released two movies in one year before. But the original "Falling in Love" was a small production, which is completely different from the situation of "Gravity".

Gilbert Jr. can understand these doubts, and in his opinion, these attacks before the release actually helped the film.

Because of the quality of Gravity, Gilbert Jr. thinks the film will win over most audiences, and then things will turn around. (End of this chapter)