Chapter 721 More Attempts

"Murphy Stanton is responsible for the dead!"

A business car slowly approached the Wave Manor. Through the special window glass, the people in the car could clearly see many people gathered in front of the gate of the manor, and they held up some banners filled with various slogans and sign.

"The murderer is Murphy Stanton!"

"Murphy Stanton will be punished by God!"

Many slogans look a little shocking, it seems that Murphy has become the heinous Judas.

Looking at those slogans, Robert Downey Jr., who was sitting on top of the co-pilot, said to the people behind, "It seems that Murphy is in a lot of trouble."

"It's more than a big trouble."

Margot Robbie, with blond curly hair, said, "Those Catholic guys obviously want to ruin Murphy's reputation."

Seth Rogen, who was sitting next to her, asked, "Murphy is under a lot of pressure."

"These are nothing."

Jonah Hill behind reached out and patted Seth Rogen on the shoulder, "What kind of pressure can break Murphy?"

He pointed to James Franco who was sitting next to him and said, "The magician is fine, and Murphy is still far from collapse."

"Do you think I'm not under pressure?" James Franco spread his hands and said helplessly, "I just don't think about these things very much."

When the car arrived at the gate of Wave Manor, some reporters saw Robert Downey Jr. through the front windshield, and immediately surrounded him. However, the security personnel in the manor acted quickly, opened the gate immediately, and put the business car in. The doors were then closed to keep out both journalists and protesters.

A few minutes later, five people, Robert Downey Jr., James Franco, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, and Margot Robbie, entered the villa one after another.

"Sit whatever you want." Murphy was not polite to them, and then greeted them, "Would you like tea or coffee?"

The servants quickly brought them tea and coffee according to their different needs, and the few of them talked about the current situation without any delay.

"How should I say it?" Gal Gadot said seemingly relaxedly, "There is always some pressure, and some people want to take advantage of it,

Hit Murphy. "

Murphy said it more directly than Gal Gadot, "Last time I offended the Catholic Church, they not only want to get back the game, but also have more attempts."

"More attempts?" Robert Downey Jr. was puzzled, "Not just against you?"

Murphy shook his head, "You are overseas, so you may not have seen that the attack surface of Catholic public opinion has expanded to the entire Hollywood movie."

Margot Robbie, who has been staying in Los Angeles, echoed, "Recently, those media that are biased towards the Catholic Church have been saying that Hollywood movies are too violent, and that there is a problem with the self-censorship system of Hollywood movies."

"What are they doing?" Jonah Hill asked.

Seth Rogen was thoughtful, "The ambition of the Catholic Church seems a bit big."

"It's not so big." Murphy took a sip from his teacup and said with a smile, "I have definite news from here. His Excellency Archbishop Marquez Costello of the Catholic Diocese of South Central California recently met with the The leaders of various denominations including Christianity, Judaism and Orthodox Church are said to be planning to visit several directors of the three major commercial theater companies in North America, what do you think he is so busy doing?"

Robert Downey Jr. immediately understood, "He wants to restore the moral censorship of Hollywood movies by the church headed by the Catholic Church in the last century?"

Everyone present, except for Murphy and Gal Gadot, looked at each other in blank dismay. The ambition of Archbishop Erquez Costolo is really not ordinary.

"Is he thinking too much?" Jonah Hill scratched his head. "This era is not the 1940s and 1950s."

"So, first use public opinion to build momentum." Murphy shrugged and said, "When the torrent of public opinion magnified the negative impact of Hollywood movies infinitely, and the whole United States began to accuse Hollywood movies of lack of morality, some people or organizations stood up and called for , is not impossible."

"Is it worth it?" Robert Downey Jr. shook his head.

Murphy reminded, "Think about it differently. Once this thing is done successfully, Catholicism will have a profound impact on Hollywood movies. How much share does Hollywood movies occupy in the world movie market today? How wide is the spread? You should be very clear Right? Once His Excellency Archbishop Marquez Costello accomplishes this, how should the Vatican reward him? The archbishop in red is inevitable."

"I remember that Benedict XVI's tenure has not been a few years." Although James Franco is similar to Murphy, he is a typical non-belief, but he has a wife who used to believe in Catholicism in his family. Some understand, "Archbishop Marquez Costello has really done this, and it is not impossible to become a candidate for the Pope in the future."

Margot Robbie looked at James Franco, then at Murphy, and suddenly felt that there were some things that Murphy could always understand clearly.

She suddenly remembered what Gal Gadot said about Murphy, desire drives life!

Murphy continued, "Even if it fails, Archbishop Marquez Costello will not suffer too much loss. After all, he is the regional archbishop of the church. Whether it is the government or Hollywood, under normal circumstances, there is nothing to do with him. .”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help laughing, "Even if it fails, it can still hit me. Presumably Archbishop Marquez Costello has had a problem with me for a long time."

These ideas and plans are indeed beautiful.

Several people discussed for a while, Murphy left them to have lunch together, and asked the housekeeper to inform the kitchen, while Robert Downey Jr. asked, "What do we need?"

Everyone else looked at Murphy, waiting for the leader of the Stanton party to give orders.

"It's better not to get involved." Murphy didn't want to cause trouble to his friends, "I can handle it."

Robert Downey Jr. and the others didn't say anything, but after leaving Waves Manor, they didn't stay out of the matter, and expressed their support for Murphy through various forms.

That night, Robert Downey Jr. updated his twitter.

"In the history of world film, this is not the first case where audiences imitate movie characters to commit crimes, and it will not be the last. In the face of such a tragedy, any criticism of only one movie is unfair and unreasonable. In the movie There is nothing wrong with violence because reality is not perfect."

As he said, in the history of North America, there are definitely not a few tragedies related to movies.

For example, when "Rejuvenation" was shown in 2008, a fan kept cheering for the film, which aroused the impatience of the people next to him. When the persuasion failed, the latter decisively escaped with a pistol and shot at the former...

In fact, if you search on Google, there are endless conflicts caused by movies, and casualties also occur from time to time.

Perhaps, watching movies, which was originally a leisure entertainment, will one day really become an "extreme pastime" that has killed people.

Later, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen and others also supported Murphy through their own channels. Although this may not have much effect, it can show the outside world the position and unity of Stanton's party members.

Although he is mobilizing public opinion to fight against Catholicism, there is a fact that cannot be ignored. Even Murphy cannot deny that after entering the new century, the number of deaths and injuries caused by movies is increasing.

Why is the distinction between reality and dreams that was clear in the past, but now it has become blurred, and there are even more and more people who are unable to distinguish between dreams and reality? To a certain extent, this has something to do with the new meaning world created by the Internet.

After the emergence of the Internet, the difference between reality and virtuality has become smaller and smaller; and the direction of technological production is to completely eliminate this difference.

In particular, the promotion and marketing of movies with the help of the Internet pays great attention to interaction and participation, which can obviously increase the sense of substitution of the participants, and correspondingly, it will also bring some problems.

"What is a movie? Simply put, it is a dream."

I thought so in my heart, but Murphy would not say that. Since he responded, he has been updating his social platform in person.

"Is it really like what some media say, should movies pay for these two mass shootings?"

"Imagine, if there is no violence in the film, so clean that even the most conservative people can't pick a problem, will the world be a better place? No more violence? Everyone will know the answer without saying it."

"But in this impossible imagination, what we can be sure of is how false and empty the human spiritual world will become. All artists and audiences will degenerate into demented children, pretending to be in a pure and perfect dream world."

"Movies, like other arts, are distortions and reflections of reality. It is true that many movies exaggerate or advocate violence, but at the same time, there may be more movies that let audiences have a deeper understanding of the seriousness of violence and let people To be vigilant and reflect on where the violence comes from and where the darkness lies."

"This may not be the best era, but it is obviously not the worst era. What the movie reflects is just the reality of chronic diseases. Our society is always flowing with positive and negative energy. A **** Even if you don’t read any movies, comics, or novels, don’t play games, or listen to rock music, even if you’re a crazy person, you can turn into a butcher thug who kills innocent people indiscriminately.”

"Of course we have reasons to ask film directors, producers and film companies to be more cautious and pay more attention when dealing with violent scenes, but such a tragic and tragic order cannot be bought and should not be bought by the film."

"In the real world, we don't need Chris Dann, let alone a magician. We just need more sobriety, deeper reflection, greater courage and more passionate love for the world. Free choice and freedom It is the will of the people, not more filtering, protection, control, that will guide us out of the shadow of the shooting and into a brighter world."