[US Entertainment] Hollywood reverses life

During the post-production of "Secret Gambler 2: Ghost Game".Obviously, the post-production special effects artists thought that Joey was probably really crazy.

The post-production special effects artist couldn't understand, "Why does Downey use slow motion to highlight his affectionate eyes every time he looks at Sebastian?"

"Why do you have to insert this kind of ambiguous soundtrack every time Downey and Sebastian look at each other?"

"Why do you have to light up their bodies and skin until they glisten in every shot where Donny or Sebastian appear?"

"Why do you have to take a picture of Sebas' nude muscles when you have nothing to do, or use this kind of kneeling and licking camera?"

"Does this movie sell the plot, the character design, or the masculinity?"

"The point is, this movie doesn't only sell the male sex of Xiao Xianrou, but also the male sex of Weird Uncle?"

"This scene is obviously very tense, why are you so concerned about Sebastian's breathing?"

"This scene is obviously a group scene with many people, why does Sebastian's small eyes have such a high sense of presence?"

No matter, Joey has already decided how to make this film anyway.So, as a man, the special effects artist followed Joey's rhythm to edit and produce the film under circumstances that they could not understand.

He thinks it's the most inexplicable cut he's ever made, and he can't feel all the highs and G-spots.

To be reasonable, at first he really thought it was a retro action movie, but now, he doesn't understand the classification of this movie.

He thinks this is not a commercial action movie. If you cover up the name and say it is "Brokeback Mountain", people will believe it!

Joy sometimes jokes with these special effects artists, "You must not be British. If you are British, you should know this stuff very well."

What is the most popular in the British Isles?The originator of selling rotten slices came from the British Isles!

As a film set in London, and tells the gorgeous retro and trendy movie of the 60s in the United States, pretense and talkativeness are already standard.

Joy balances the slow-motion action scenes aimed at American audiences with the romantic subtext of British audiences, as if to make a big move.

When the post-production was coming to an end, Joey also began to take Downey and Sebastian to do publicity.

The last talk show and so on are no longer a problem, and various dinners and receptions are also a must, and various countries take turns running.

"Secret Gambler 2" has an investment of 2 million US dollars, so the promotional cost is not low. During this period of time, anyone who walks into the cinema or watches something related to the movie will see the advertisement of "Secret Gambler [-]".

The gimmicks in the trailer were done enough by Joy, as if what she brought to the audience this time was not an exciting stealing action movie, but an exciting men's movie. The implication is that the focus is all on men. body...

In people's traditional concept, this kind of film with a little suspense, action, and intelligent dismantling should belong to the type of spy film. The audience will look forward to seeing the clues, follow the details, and lead the reader Entering the world under the lens, the lens is the eyes of the audience, to unravel all the mysteries of this world.

But obviously, the focus of Joey's movie is not on the story at all, but on the characters, humorous, weird, pretentious, gentleman, fancy, the charm of the characters is magnified to even overshadow the story itself.

This is a choice made by Joey, because she herself thinks that the book of this story is not a good enough book, and it is only at the level of 6 points. To shoot 6 points to 8 points, only other Element support.

The publicity of "Secret Gambler 2" is overwhelming. It can be said that in the current movie market, Joey is the only big box office director who has not failed. This gimmick is enough to attract.

Many people want to watch Joey's movies, not because they are interested in the movie itself, but because they are interested in Joey.This kind of director's own charm can overshadow the movie itself, and directors who achieve this are rare in Hollywood itself.

That's also because, watching Joey's movies, there is never a constant layer of experience, there is a new experience every time.

Before the release date of "Secret Gambler 2" arrives, the comments on its IMDB page are already full.

"I'm a male movie fan. Why do I feel uncomfortable after watching the trailer... But I also watched "Secret Gambler 1". I think it's a bit basic, but it's still very good-looking, and the camera is full of charm."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhly

"Only Joey can make a man of Downey's age so attractive..."

"Upstairs...Donnie's acting skills are amazing, isn't he? This kind of playboy neurotic is the best for him."

"Did you find out? I seem to have summed up Joy's aesthetics for men. The temperament of the actors she chooses every time can actually be classified..."

"That's right, Sebastian is a rough version of Henry Cavill!"

"And she doesn't seem to like traditional American sweethearts? Her leading ladies, from Rebecca Ferguson, to Eva Green, to Nicole Kidman, even Emma Walson? There is no traditional American sweetheart routine of……"

Female fans are more likely to comment on the actors, while male fans are more likely to comment on the story.

Joey can be regarded as a rare director who can accommodate both male and female movie fans.After all, many films made by male directors are specifically for men, and many films made by female directors are specifically for women.

Regardless of whether it is a man or a woman, watching Joey movies can always find what you want.

Joey has a special small preview for "Secret Gambler 2."

The people invited are basically people in the industry, film critics, senior filmmakers, and some actors in the industry, etc., and there are no ordinary movie fans.

This kind of small-scale test screening is basically done before every movie is released.Because the word-of-mouth of the first wave of marketing depends on these people.

However, what makes Joy's trial screening different is that she also invited some actors, directors, etc. who are interested in watching.

Although big names would not come to this occasion for the sake of style, Joey still saw some familiar faces, such as Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts and other stars, they are all diehard fans of Joey , is an undisclosed secret in the industry.

And it seems that they must be too interested in this movie, so they can't wait to come to the trial screening to see it.

It is obvious that the gender ratio of fans of "Secret Gambler 2" is dominated by women.This is the first movie in the series that will fascinate women after watching it, so the second one will definitely attract a large number of female audiences.

Do you still remember when you watched the first movie, you were so ignited by the sparkling pretentious scenes and the ambiguous staring at each other?Apparently many people still remember!

Before the trial screening, Joey had to stand in front of the screen to pull the screen in person as usual, and at the same time had to say something to the audience below.

She was standing in front of the screen at the moment, wearing a light yellow dress skirt, looking a little sweet, "I want to say, do you still remember how I described this film during the first trial screening?"

"I remember saying, this should be the best funny love action movie of the year."

"Then after the film was released, the audience changed my title to - the best gay action movie of the year."

There was a burst of laughter from the audience, "Hahahahaha, it's a veritable chip-making business."

Joey took a deep breath and said puzzledly: "This time, I hope that everyone will not focus on the issue of being gay or being funny. Maybe you can pay more attention to the latter term, love action movie."

"Hahahahaha" The audience in the audience thought that Joy was too funny, what did she make of her film?Aren't directors supposed to be serious? She actually took out her commercial masterpiece and opened it up.

Joey finally made a "please" gesture, "Let's start, please watch-"Secret Gambler 2: Paradise of Shadows."

Then, the curtain was pulled up, revealing a large screen behind.

For a moment, the entire auditorium can only hear the soundtrack of the movie and the dialogue of the characters.

Joey's most loyal fan and most famous film critic, Pauline Kyle, will obviously be seated below.

In the first half of the film's opening, she was almost certain that the film would continue the style of the first film, and it would still be a harmonious and corrupt film.Downey's playful frivolity is always accompanied by some small teases.Sebastian's little jealousy is always accompanied by some small satisfaction.

Seeing Zhongcheng, she thought that Joey had changed the unrestrainedness of the previous movie into a free and unrestrained one, but with more vigor.

After watching the second half of the movie, she suddenly realized that this is a movie where Sebastian shines and steals the show. He takes away the glory that Downey should have in the first movie.Compared with his coldness and dullness in the first one, he is handsome, smart and agile in this one.

Pauline Kyle always has a prejudice against men with pointed chins, such as Downey, such as Hugh Grant, so she quickly fell in love with this cute big boy.

After seeing the climax, Pauline Kyle reconfirmed that this is also a brilliant film of individual heroism.

She once said that if the law of the protagonist's immortality continues like this, commercial films will be over.Because if the audience knows that the protagonist is not going to die, then there will be no adrenaline rush.Popcorn isn't good without the adrenaline rush.There's nothing special about going to the cinema to watch a movie if the popcorn doesn't taste good.

Now she seems to want to take back this sentence. Under the iron law of the protagonist's immortality, there are still directors who can shoot explosive adrenal glands through unexplainable lens language.

In the end, she thought that although the film was filmed in the UK, it could still be seen as an out-and-out American film.

After the preview, many film critics and reporters surrounded Joy.

At this moment, everyone's mood is complicated. On the one hand, almost everyone present admits that this is a pornographic film.Every element is masterful and brilliant.Is a typical Joey Grant style movie.

On the other hand, male viewers always have a strange feeling in their hearts...I always feel that the two male protagonists look more and more wrong...

There are very few films of this type in the United States, but there are quite a few in the United Kingdom, but Joey seems to be more basic than the first one.

"Director Grant, can you tell us why you chose this movie as your first series?"

Joey turned to the microphone, "Because the first part of this series has a good response, and this kind of reincarnation plot with two male protagonists is also very suitable for making into a series."

"So what do you think is the most brilliant part of this movie?"

Joey smiled strangely, "That must be the two male protagonists."

"Wow~ Why don't the two male protagonists tell me, during the filming process, is there anything worth sharing?"

At this time, Downey and Sebastian stood in front of the microphone. Downey looked at Sebas with a magical and indescribable smile, "To be honest, after the filming of this movie, my biggest feeling is that Sebas You're really great."

Sebastian quickly denied it, put his arm around Donnie's shoulder, "No, no, Donnie, the best one is you."

This movement of hugging Downey's shoulder was so natural...unimaginable...

"Well, it seems that after the filming of this movie, the relationship between the two of you is already very good?"

Downey nodded, his tone was very relaxed, "Yes, that's right, the relationship between the two of us can be said to be very good now."

Sebastian also smiled and said, "Although Downey is many years older than me, chatting with him makes me very happy."

At this moment, on the other side, Nicole Kidman, Pauline Kyle and others surrounded Joey.

Joey hasn't seen Nicole for a long time, "Wow, Nicole, long time no see how are you?"

Nicole smiled gracefully at Joey, "I'm great, but I've seen you a lot recently. The last time was on TV. It should be the show between you and Brad Pitt."

Speaking of this, Joey couldn't help laughing, "That's really funny, isn't it?"

"Haha," Nicole couldn't help laughing, "Indeed, it's very funny, it's too hard to watch you hold back your laughter the whole time."

Afterwards, Nicole said: "Having said that, this movie is really great. If it is released next week, I will take my family to the cinema to watch it again."

Pauline Kyle interrupted the conversation between the two, "Joy, you should be very curious, how am I going to write a review of this movie this time?"

Joey opened his eyes wide and shook his head, "Yes, I'm curious, why don't you tell me?"

Pauline Kyle obviously still wanted to keep it secret, "I won't tell you so easily, if you want to know, read my Chicago Daily column tomorrow."

"Oh! Please, this is still a secret." Joey sighed regretfully, "Forget it, then I will pay attention to it tomorrow."

Then, the day's preview meeting officially came to an end.

Joey left the Los Angeles Heights Hotel theater with Tom after the preview.

By the way, Tom drove Joey back. In fact, Tom saw the full version of "Secret Gambler 2" for the first time today.

While driving, he put his hands on the steering wheel, a small but imperceptible smile curled up at the corner of his mouth, "I didn't know, your movies are getting more and more gay."

Joey hummed a ditty proudly, "You're not a woman, you don't understand at all, when you see two perfect men standing in front of you, you expect them to have some unique sparks, it's not really expecting them There are emotional entanglements, just hope they have each other's fetters."

There was a red light ahead, and Tom suddenly braked, and Joey rushed forward, "It turns out that you sometimes drive unsteadily..."

Tom was talking and laughing happily, and his mood was not disturbed by the sudden brake at all. "You tell me, when you see me, which actor do you think you want me to have a bond with?"

"..."

Joey really thought about this question seriously, "If this question was asked ten years ago, I think most women would answer you and Brad Pitt? After all, in "Interview with the Vampire", you...cough cough, but Now his sign is down, so..."

Joey thought for a long time, "Then I couldn't think of it. This kind of movie that needs two male protagonists can make people think about it. You, a narcissist, have only made 360-degree hegemonic movies with a single male protagonist. What can you say? .”

Tom was caught off guard by Joey's spray. He frowned and looked at the unreasonable woman in front of him, "OHGOD, do you mean that the actors who shoot a single protagonist are all narcissists?"

Joey sprayed Tom again, "Of course not, but you can't deny that in the past few years, your movies have either had a single hero or a vase heroine. Isn't it because you are narcissistic and just want to accept Trust yourself!"

"..." This time it was Tom's turn to be speechless.

After a long silence, he said, "Okay...then when will you prepare a drama with two male protagonists for me?"

Joey answered casually, "It's too difficult. In order to take into account your height, you have to find someone who is about the same height as you. It's too difficult."

Tom slammed the car to a stop at the red light, and then looked at the culprit, Joey, who was looking at him casually.

He got angry and said suddenly, "whatthefu-ck!" (what the fuck!)

"Hahahahahahaha!" Joey's hilarious laughter filled the carriage.

****

Joey opened the mailbox at the door early the next morning and took out a new issue of the Chicago Daily.

And made a cup of coffee and quickly sat down in front of the computer, intending to watch what those media and film critics had to say after watching "Secret Gambler 2: Paradise of Shadows" yesterday.

It's just that she didn't expect that when she opened these movie reviews and comment articles, the basic taste of these movie reviews, your sister, was more important than movies!

As soon as I opened the comment page, I was overwhelmed by a wave of basic love...God knows that she made a commercial gambler film instead of a gay film!

As a result, she suddenly began to question herself, did she have too much fun? !

"There are no GV plots with real guns and bullets, but they are better than those plots! Every frown and smile is love, and every gesture is always affection! It's about you two! A couple of heartthrobs! Friends! Friends!"

"Joy's rotten films are sold so differently. Viewers who like this kind of film will naturally have their fun, and those who don't like it will not find it boring."

"This movie is the only criterion for testing whether the audience is corrupt or not."

"Joy's editing and slow motion are getting better and better, and Jiji hints that it should also be regarded as a trend."

"The base is full, and the joy is beyond the table. The screen scheduling is first-rate."

Wait, why does every movie review revolve around the topic of being gay!No matter how you look at it, it's so wrong!

Can't rate it because it hasn't been released yet, but what and what are these film critics writing about!This is a serious commercial film, okay?

Why is there no decent comment!

Then, Joy opened the "Chicago Daily", yesterday Pauline Kael and her cheating, refused to tell her how she would write her movie review.

Such tantalizing remarks made Joey feel very itchy.

Then she turned to Pauline Kael's column.

A huge headline - "This world belongs to gay friends and rotten girls, but in the end it belongs to Joey!"

*****

"Secret Gambler 2: A Game of Shadows" is officially released.

The handwriting of top Hollywood directors is indeed different. As soon as it was released, it hit more than 4000 theaters in the United States with great vigor, and it was simultaneously released in more than 30 countries around the world.

As soon as it was released, it was a strong hit at the North American box office.

It can be described as a victory in the first battle, and the audience's media praise has soared.

And "Secret Gambler 2" is more menacing this time than the first one.Although it's obvious that this film is a rotten film, if you pay attention to the film itself, you will find that it is a very good commercial film.

Since its release in North America, the box office has exceeded 12 million US dollars in 3 days; after its release in South Korea, it has exceeded 4 million viewers in 200 days, breaking the record of this year's box office champion "Alice in Wonderland" breaking through 6 million viewers in 200 days. In addition, "Secret Gambler 2: A Game of Shadows" performed well at the box office in the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain and other countries, and won the top box office rankings in various places.

This result is beyond the expectations of all industry insiders.

Because "Secret Gambler 1" did not reach such a high box office popularity.This time "Secret Gambler 2: A Game of Shadows" is obviously on a higher level than the first one.

What is this?

After the popularity of "True Detective" exploded, Joey Grant's first film work came back, so the whole people went straight to the carnival?

To be fair, the quality of "Secret Gambler 2: A Game of Shadows", in terms of the level of commercial films, is not as good as Joey's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice".

In terms of the quality of entertainment films, they are actually not the best.

Nor is it Joey Grant's finest film, both at its core and visually.

But it just happened to be popular, which is also one of the most heart-pounding qualities of the film market, that is, unpredictability.

You can never predict what the next hottest movie will be, nor can you predict why he is hot.

After Joey Grant created the phenomenal hit American TV series "True Detective", his nationality has accumulated to a peak of expansion. Now, in "Secret Gambler 2: A Game of Shadows", it has skyrocketed!

After Joey Grant captivated the whole world with "Twilight Saga", he captivated the world with the story of two men...

Although this statement seems a bit weird...

Obviously, "Secret Gambler 2: A Game of Shadows" not only set off a "tsunami" at the global movie box office, but also attracted strong interest from mainstream media around the world.

The "Los Angeles Times" commented that it was "a powerful, intoxicating movie that deserves to be re-watched immediately"; Robbie Collin of the "Daily Telegraph" compared the lens to a nuclear explosion, which makes your emotions vent and feasts your eyes. ; Some people in the Hollywood media even praised it as "one of the few non-GAY films that tells the story of two men so wonderfully".

This film seems to be telling all filmmakers that selling rot and selling high quality can also dominate the box office.

No matter how you criticize this movie for its superficial plot, subjective rottenness, and much worse visual and story experience than "True Detective", the audience's favorable rating for this movie is very high.

This is probably the difference between the film critics and the audience. What the film critics see is the superficiality of the story, the show off of the actors, and Joey's reluctance to make progress, because the whole movie is not as good as the previous TV series "True Reality". Explore".

But movie fans are willing to donate movie tickets one by one, because it is so fun to watch!

On the world-renowned film review website Rotten Tomatoes, the audience’s favorable rate of “Secret Gambler 2: A Game of Shadows” has remained at 93%, and the favorable rate of North American mainstream film critics has dropped to 12% after 67 days of the film’s release.

Film critics generally look down on this Joy "not enterprising" movie, because she played tricks that she played in the first film. Harsh film critics think that for a director like Joy, shouldn't A new trick?

But it turns out, the audience just bought it.

According to the poll data released by the Los Angeles Times, the options of "strong viewing interest" and "first choice" accounted for 64% and 22% respectively.

Many viewers even felt that it wasn't as shocking as "True Detective," but the movie was amazing.

"It's really not shocking, but the Secret Gambler series is just an entertainment commercial film. Isn't it too much for you to compare it with Joey's past BVS, True Detective, and even The Weakness?"

"Joy has made an entertainment film astonishing enough, amazing close-ups of characters, amazing camera language, amazing details, what more? Film critics are the biggest cancer in the film industry!"

"Many film critics didn't seem to be on Joey's side this time, but this is the only way for any director to go~struggle with film critics~"

As for the general public's high evaluation of this movie.Some film critics still don't buy it very much.

"Joy Grant didn't make any progress in this movie, and all he saw was the old three in the first movie."

"I'm really sorry for such a high box office, nothing new."

"Why are those flashes of inspiration in "True Detective" gone?"

As a result, the film has become polarized.Film critics and ordinary audiences fought each other.

However, the box office is still soaring all the way.

Joy sometimes thinks that the reason why the film critics don't buy it may be because she has now become the one who is treated most harshly by film critics in the entire Hollywood director circle...

She may have created too much history and great achievements, causing film critics to look at her with the eyes and standards of God, so once she does not show extraordinary talents in a certain movie, then film critics will criticize her" No focus, no breakthrough."

But she is not a god, and she can't make magical movies forever.

Moreover, there is no problem with the quality of "Secret Gambler 2: A Game of Shadows", which is still higher than many commercial films on the market. It can only be said that some film critics are too demanding of her.

At this time, some of Joey's diehard film critics also jumped out and got into a fight with those provocative film critics.

Pauline Kyle issued a warning to Federer, the columnist in the "Daily Sun" who said that "Joey is not enterprising". She was angry with Federer, "This movie has a score of 8.0 on IMDB, and a joint score of 76 from 85 media."

"No matter from which angle you look at it, even if this word of mouth isn't super godly, it definitely belongs to the good category."

"I don't know what kind of god you are, Mr. Federer. The so-called pass movies in your mind, do you have an IMDB score of at least 9 points? Then you probably won't be able to watch ten movies a year, right? And the ratings of general commercial movies are not too high, so You estimate that you don’t watch more than three commercial films a year, right?”

"However, you praised "True Detective" in your mouth. It seems that only a film like True Detective with an IMDB score of 9.9 or above is considered a good work? Then your film review is of no reference value to most people."

"You can resign, Mr. Federer! Your film review is worthless!"

In the circle of film critics, there is a fierce debate about this "Secret Gambler 2: A Game of Shadows", and all parties have their own opinions.

However, judging from the scores of various parties and the box office, "Secret Gambler 2: A Game of Shadows" is also a commercial film with both box office and word of mouth.

No matter how you look at it, Downey and Sebastian seem to be popular... People think that Sebastian is no longer the Winter Soldier in "Captain America", but the one in "Secret Gambler"...with a pathetic The cold-eyed little virgin!

Joey took Downey and Sebastian to various publicity receptions or other dinner parties.

Only then did I really feel that Downey and Sebastian were really popular.

In the eyes of the girls all over the world, they all turned their hearts to Sebastian and Donnie!My mind is full of Sebastian's smooth muscles and chest, and my mind is full of Downey's sky-defying eye contours and eyelashes!

His head was full of the... pink color that Sebastian had when he pursed his lips at Donnie!

Okay, Joey, you said this is not a gay movie, I believe it.

But the whole movie is full of strange affectionate gazes between the two. What the hell is this?

When "Twilight" was released, the love story of Bella and Edward was spread all over the world.

Now when "Secret Gambler 2" is released, the story of Downey and Sebastian is spreading all over the world...

Nonsence!

Joey, we are looking forward to how you plan to edit the third part. Don't slap yourself in the face.

Is this a signal to tell all the actors who dream of cooperating with Joey?

If you still want to cooperate with Joey in the future, you have to be willing!

It's nothing to take off your clothes and show your naked body, you have to let go of your worth to engage in sex!

Because Joey is no longer satisfied with taking pictures of good-looking and beautiful men, she has now started to take pictures of two good-looking and beautiful men and XXXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOO!

This is also a good thing. All young [-]th-line models (male) and [-]th-line young actors can imagine it. Since Joey likes to shoot men's naked bodies so much, maybe the next target will be found among those male models. indefinite.

Anyway, before Henry Cavill and Sebastian Stan met Joey, they were all eighteen!

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