Chapter 594: Domination of the Movie List
"Tom! Tom! Tom!"
The enthusiastic fans in the audience shouted Tom Cruise's name loudly. Tom Cruise was very stylish, showed a charming smile, and interacted with the fans.
After coming down, little Gilbert handed him a bottle of water: "Thank you for your hard work, Tom, the publicity of our crew depends entirely on you."
"Don't say that," Tom Cruise opened the water and took a sip, smiling: "I think you are more popular than me, right, Saoirse."
Saoirse Ronan nodded and said: "Yes, director, when you went up, the cheers were really loud."
"No way," little Gilbert shrugged: "Maybe it's because I'm too handsome."
"I think this is true." Tom Cruise agreed.
At the end of the day's promotional trip, Tom Cruise came over to chat with little Gilbert in the evening"
"This is the third movie we have collaborated on. The whole process has been quite enjoyable. Little Gilbert, have you ever thought about us continuing to collaborate?"
"What do you mean?"
"Are you interested in directing the "Mission: Impossible" series?" Tom Cruise is full of expectations.
As a movie actor, Tom Cruise is undoubtedly a model among models.
From "Chicago" to "Warrior" and now to "The Last of Us", Little Gilbert 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 relatively early, and he has the style of an old-school actor, which is something that young actors should learn from.
However, little Gilbert expressed little interest in directing the "Mission: Impossible" series: "Tom, let me recommend a director to you!"
"Who?"
"Brad Bird, one of the five great Pixar heroes. Have you seen "The Incredibles" directed by him?
I heard that he is currently working on "Ratatouille", so I think he is a good candidate. ”
Tom Cruise frowned: "An animated film director directs a live-action film? Is this feasible?"
"Of course," little Gilbert said deceptively: "Cartoon directors usually have a lot of fantastic designs, which many real-life directors can't do.
Do you know what is the biggest problem with "Mission: Impossible" at this stage? ”
"What is it?"
"The film is too old-fashioned, not interesting enough, and not vital enough. If this series wants to continue, it must abandon the traditional production ideas and find new methods."
Tom Cruise mused that in the film business, Tom Cruise trusted little Gilbert'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 little Gilbert was not interested, Tom Cruise did not force it, but he still said: "Is there an opportunity for you to play a guest role in "Mission: Impossible"?"
Little Gilbert was stunned for a moment, but did not refuse: "Okay, I want a handsome agent character, and it's best to appear at the beginning."
Tom Cruise smiled slightly: "No problem, I'll arrange it for you."
After Tom Cruise left, little Gilbert sighed. If it followed its original trajectory, "Mission: Impossible 3" would actually not be considered a success. Although this movie made Tom Cruise a lot of money, it caused Paramount a huge loss. Paramount dad Sam Redstone was furious and began to find various media to smear Tom Cruise.
In addition, at that time, Tom Cruise was plagued 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 many Hollywood bigwigs including Spielberg.
For a time, this popular Hollywood bastard turned into a street rat, with everyone shouting to beat him up. Tom Cruise had to rely on showing off his daughter to gain some attention, and the number of film roles he accepted was greatly reduced.
But today's Tom Cruise is different. Even if "Mission: Impossible 3" is not successful, it will not affect his status too much.
After busy promoting "The Last of Us" and "Mission: Impossible 3", Tom Cruise still has several projects on his hands!
After its first weekend in North America, "The Last of Us" took in a box office of US$88.4 million in North America, unsurprisingly taking the top spot at the North American weekly box office.
Just on Saturday, the IMDB website opened the score, and the score of "The Last of Us" was as high as 8.9 points. One good thing about IMDB's ratings is that they are rated by a large number of movie fans.
Although there will be things like trolls controlling reviews, generally speaking, high-rated movies can still be recognized by the public.
The score of 8.9 is certainly not the end point. It is mainly due to the initial score. As time goes by, the score will drop later.
So far, the movie "Shawshank Redemption" is still ranked first on the IMDB list, with a score of 9.3. The competition for second place is very fierce, mainly between fans of "The Godfather" and fans of "Lord of the Rings".
As of now, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" has been at the second position on the IMDB list for 342 days. Fans of "The Godfather" are aggrieved and believe that IMDB's shareholder is Gilbert Jr., so IMDB is operating behind the scenes.
This unreasonable accusation is of course refuted by fans of the "Lord of the Rings" series. "The Lord of the Rings" is on the list because this series is a classic and is the greatest movie series in history.
Fans of other movies were also not happy, so everyone formed a melee, and no one was convinced by the other. For a while, IMDB set off a craze of giving low scores to each other and maliciously smearing each other.
IMDB had to announce server maintenance to reluctantly end this farce. But it is conceivable that as long as the scoring mechanism exists, fans will definitely quarrel in order to compete for superiority.
It is worth mentioning that Little Gilbert is the king of the IMDB list, and his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy has all entered the top ten of the IMDB list.
There is also "Saving Private Ryan" in the top 20, and there are "Chicago", "The Matrix", "The Sixth Sense" and other films in the top 100.
Expanding to the entire TOP250 list, "Warriors" and "Batman Begins" were also selected. Now it seems that "The Last of Us" may be added to the TOP250 list.
Although the list is not a big honor, it fully proves that the films made by Gilbert Little over the years have maintained quality and quantity, and have been 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 Douban's TOP250 list.
In the top 20, Gilbert Jr. has appeared in a total of six movies including "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "Saving Private Ryan", "The Matrix", and "The Sixth Sense".
Except for early works such as "Shark Beach" and "The God of Death", the rest are basically in the Douban TOP250 list, and "Bravely Entering the Death Island" and "Iron Armored Steel Fist" are no exception.
The reason for this may be that Gilbert Jr.'s movie shocked the Chinese audience. After entering the Chinese market for more than ten years, Gilbert Jr.'s films can be said to have grown up with a generation of Chinese theater audiences.
Therefore, it is normal and understandable that these audiences have some filters for Little Gilbert's movies.
As time goes by, some movies whose ratings do not match the quality of the movie will naturally be eliminated from the list.
(End of chapter)