Hearing the words from across the way, Alexandra Daddario looked up at the black woman and immediately recognized her. This was Jada Smith, the notoriously foul-mouthed wife of Will Smith in Hollywood.
"Hello, Mrs. Smith." She was very polite and asked, "Is there something you need?"
Jada Smith stood opposite, seemingly not intending to move aside. She crossed her arms and looked Alexandra Daddario up and down, saying, "Young lady, let me give you some advice: stay away from Matthew Horner."
Alexandra Daddario frowned slightly and said, "Sorry, I don't understand what you mean."
Of course, she's just a brainless beauty! Are all these busty white women compensating for a lack of brains with their chests? Jada Smith thought to herself, sneering, "Do you think hooking up with Matthew Horner will make you famous? You're too naive..."
She couldn't help but want to trouble Matthew Horner. "You will only become a symbol. No one will mention your name; you will only be known as Matthew Horner's companion and girlfriend."
"I understand." Alexandra Daddario nodded lightly.
Jada Smith immediately followed up, "Good that you understand."
This big-busted woman is indeed brainless; she seems to have been easily influenced by a few provoking words. Truly brainless.
Alexandra Daddario curled her lips into a smile. "Is it like you, where no one knows your name, and everyone only knows you as Mrs. Smith?"
"Ah..." Jada Smith was stunned.
Alexandra Daddario didn't stop there and continued, "I will take you as an example." She deliberately emphasized, "Mrs. Smith!"
"You..." Jada Smith finally reacted, raising her finger and pointing at her, "What do you mean!"
Alexandra Daddario didn't want to continue arguing and said, "Goodbye, Mrs. Smith."
Hearing the name "Mrs. Smith," Jada Smith suddenly felt a huge sense of irony. While she was still in a daze, Alexandra Daddario had already walked past her.
Jada Smith's face darkened; of course, her face was already very dark. When she reached the door of the VIP room, a service staff member immediately opened the door and respectfully said, "Please come in, Mrs. Smith!"
"Shut up!" Jada Smith's facial expression became a bit twisted. "Don't call me Mrs. Smith!"
The service staff closed their mouth. After Jada Smith entered the VIP room, they couldn't help but mutter a word starting with "N" and then mumbled, "If we don't call you Mrs. Smith, what should we call you? Who knows your name?"
After washing her hands, Alexandra Daddario returned to the hallway and walked towards the VIP room.
Jada Smith's words just now hadn't affected her at all. Since the celebration party that night until now, she hadn't moved into Horner Manor. If she really wanted to become what Jada Smith said, she would have gone to Horner Manor when Matthew invited her.
Returning to the VIP room, Alexandra Daddario didn't mention the incident to Matthew at all. She just held Matthew's arm, kept a smile on her face, and followed him to the screening hall.
She only wanted to enjoy this romantic and exciting relationship and didn't want to think too much.
In the first two weeks after they started, she and Matthew were almost madly entangled with each other every night. The physical pleasure brought about a spiritual thrill, making her almost think this was love.
But not long after, Alexandra Daddario saw things clearly. The fascination they had for each other was just physical. Matthew liked riding the waves, and she was infatuated with his rock-hard muscles and the spear that could make the Persian army cry.
She knew what kind of person Matthew was and didn't have higher expectations. When the feeling was there, they were together; when it was gone, they would part ways.
One night, she and Matthew talked about it, and they both shared similar views.
Alexandra Daddario didn't want her long-time friendship with Amanda to be affected because of Matthew.
Of course, there was one thing she always felt moved by: because Brad Pitt wanted to flirt with her, Matthew had been scheming against him.
She just didn't know if "Cloud Atlas" would become a box office failure as Matthew and Helen Herman had analyzed.
Entering the screening hall, as they walked towards the front row seats, Alexandra Daddario saw Jada Smith again, and Jada Smith obviously saw her too.
Alexandra Daddario smiled at her, and Jada Smith immediately turned her head away, not looking at her again.
After sitting down, Matthew saw what had just happened and asked, "What's going on?"
Alexandra Daddario shook her head slightly. "Nothing."
Due to waiting for Alexandra Daddario earlier, Matthew and she came in quite late. After sitting down, it didn't take long for the lights on the ceiling to dim, and the Paramount Mountain logo appeared on the big screen.
He didn't say anything more and focused on watching the movie.
This "Transformers" film was directed by Michael Bay. Michael Bay is a well-known director for commercial movies, and compared to the vaguely remembered "Fast & Furious" series, Matthew had a clearer memory of this film.
The main plot was no different from what he remembered: a boy and his car. The first Transformer to appear was also Blackout, not Optimus Prime or Bumblebee.
About forty minutes into the movie, the real protagonist, Optimus Prime, made his formal entrance.
The main character's appearance was a bit late. The first half's melodramatic student scenes were a bit dragging, and some of the jokes were overly corny and boring. The male lead, Sam, wasn't interesting at all. Fortunately, Megan Fox's Mikaela was there.
This female character was undoubtedly the biggest highlight of the first forty minutes. With both main actors' acting skills being entirely offline, Megan Fox easily stole the spotlight from Shia LaBeouf from every angle.
Especially with various poses that defied the laws of physics, she captivated a slew of men.
After Optimus Prime's appearance, the Autobots and Decepticons finally became the real highlights. The scene where Optimus, Ironhide, Jazz, and Ratchet collectively transformed drew waves of exclamations.
Michael Bay's movies never skimped on explosions and special effects.
Soon, Megatron also appeared. Matthew heard the wild and domineering "I am Megatron" resounding through the theater, feeling quite good about it.
However, seeing the Transformers' designs on the screen, which were completely different from what he remembered, Matthew sighed. Contrary to what he said during promotions about bidding farewell to his childhood buddy Megatron, this film was undoubtedly a childhood-destroyer.
Of course, this wasn't Michael Bay's fault.
Any director or any popular childhood topic, once adapted into a live-action film, was bound to destroy the beautiful memories of childhood.
Childhood was beautiful because it only existed in memory. If someone were to put it in front of you, it would never look like what it did in childhood.
Michael Bay's Transformers designs were indeed bizarre.
If Optimus Prime could be recognized as Optimus Prime at a glance and Megatron somewhat resembled the character, then the robot that looked like a piece of excrement had no resemblance to Starscream besides the name.
Michael Bay's aesthetics could be baffling at times.
For some reason, seeing Starscream's design, Matthew suddenly thought of a scene: multiple construction vehicles combining into Devastator climbing up a pyramid, with two giant steel balls hanging between its legs...
This was a Michael Bay film, after all! The wicked sense of humor from Hollywood's top commercial director was truly hard to guard against.
Probably due to constraints in shooting funds and high CG production costs, this "Transformers" film didn't have many direct combat scenes between Autobots and Decepticons. Many scenes were just glimpses, with American soldiers stealing the spotlight.
It seemed that after wreaking havoc on Earthlings, American soldiers, thinking they were unbeatable worldwide, finally set their sights on aliens. Thus, there were scenes where American soldiers were invincible and could take down Transformers...
Michael Bay was recognized as one of the directors in Hollywood with the closest ties to the Pentagon. From "The Rock" to "Pearl Harbor" to "Transformers," his films were not just movies but alternative recruitment ads for the US military.
It's well-known that many Hollywood blockbusters receive direct or indirect sponsorship from the Pentagon. The purpose of these sponsorships is singular: to shape a positive image of the US military and attract more young people to enlist. The most classic example is "Top Gun" starring Tom Cruise.
Anyone who watched that film would have unforgettable impressions of the fighter jets and aircraft carriers in it.
As early as the early 20th century, the Pentagon began to value the propagative power of movies, allowing many Hollywood crews to use military equipment, locations, and personnel for filming.
As the film industry developed and narrative films became the main content, the Pentagon gradually realized that movies, with their strong impact and suggestiveness, offered a great opportunity for shaping the military's image. The military's PR department began to focus on movie image dissemination, trying to influence Hollywood to create films that positively portrayed the military and benefited its overall development.
The "Transformers" series was a typical example of this.
It wasn't too exaggerated in this first film. Matthew vaguely remembered that later on, a group of American soldiers could single-handedly take on a similar number of Decepticons.
Starscream's death was particularly pathetic.
Overall, this "Transformers" film was still quite reliable. For example, it followed the consistent tradition of the cartoon: Optimus Prime never won against Megatron outright and always had to rely on
various external forces to defeat the Decepticons.
As Megatron fell with a thud, the first appearance of the Transformers on the big screen came to an end.
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