Chapter 458

In the twinkling of an eye, 2011 is about to enter March. With the closing of the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, Hollywood in 2010 has finally come to an end. The award season, which lasted for nearly four months, has finally come to an end. It is like a hibernating giant, waiting to wake up again at the end of the year.

The so-called award season, which means there are winners and losers, some people happy, naturally some people worry.

The competition between "King's speech" and "social network" finally ended with the victory of "King's speech", which included four heavyweights including best film, best director, best actor and best original script; "Social network" has the last laugh in the best adapted script, the best original score and the best editing.

After Colin Firth and Natalie Portman won the four awards in the Acting Department, Christian bell and Melissa Rio of the "fighter" won the supporting roles; In addition, in the technical department, "Inception" became the biggest winner, with the best sound editing, the best sound effect, the best photography and the best visual effect. There were four trophies in total, and "the king's speech" led the number of trophies that night.

In addition, the acclaimed "children are all very good" and "127 Hours", as well as "earth thunder", which nominated and announced the strong counter attack, and "winter bones" and "buried alive", which represented independent films, all returned empty handed.

As a result of this award, it attracted a lot of criticism from the media, especially the best director.

"Hollywood reporter" said without mercy. "This is the best director in the history of Oscar." he gave Tom no Hopo any face, but make complaints about him. Not because "the king's speech" is not good enough, but because there are more worthy of praise this year.

In the eighty-three years since the Oscars, there have been many controversies. The best picture is especially popular, but this is not surprising, because the best picture considers the comprehensive quality, which is indispensable in terms of timing, location and people——

"Chicago" defeated "pianist" because the Iraq war broke out at the beginning of 2003. People need more comfort than heavy reflection.

The reason why "crash" defeated "Brokeback Mountain" was that homosexual movies still failed to break the blockade of conservative forces, and race easily prevailed.

"Forrest Gump" has defeated "Shawshank Redemption" and "vulgar novel", that is because the film reflects the ultimate meaning of the American spirit and American dream. The United States, which has experienced ethnic riots, Gulf War and financial crisis in the past two years, needs such a dream.

Therefore, in the long history, there has never been a lack of controversy about the best film. Everyone has his own choice for the best film, and the choice of the college is not necessarily correct, but in line with the times. Even if "Shakespeare's love story" overturns the historical "mistake" of "Saving Private Ryan", people also witness the brilliant appearance of the college's public relations.

However, relatively speaking, the debate about the position of the best director is very rare.

Even at the moment when Stanley Kubrick lost to Milos Forman and Alfred hithcock lost to John Ford, people can only sigh "time, life", which makes people choke, but also convinced.

Because the best director is a personal award, it is a contest of personal ability and shows the peak of personal skills. The influence of political factors, the influence of current situation and historical causes has been weakened to the minimum. Only art is used to discuss heroes. Art can't win or lose, but there is only one little golden man. It's doomed that only one person can win. That's the difference between art and award ceremony.

In this year's competition, David finch is almost alone.

"Social network" itself may not be pleasant, because it is too progressive, because it is too sharp, because it is too sour, because it is too real and dark. For the old conservative college, it is not easy to say "love you"; But no one can deny the excellence of David finch.

As a director, David shows a strong personal style, sharp and clean, deep and heavy, cruel and wise. Every detail of the whole film can feel David's strong temperament, which is absolutely amazing; Not only that, David's credit ticket should not be underestimated. "Seven sins", "fight club", "Benjamin Button wonder" and other works have been recognized by time and the public. "Social network" is fully qualified to become David's first golden man.

Don't mention Tom Hooper. In the whole award season, there are few directors who can compete with David. He swept the Golden Globe Award, the Academy of film and Television Arts Award, the National Review Association Award, the North American Radio Film Critics Association Award, the New York Film Critics Association Award, the Boston film Critics Association Award, and the Chicago Film Critics Association Award

In short, almost all the heavyweight wind vanes are included. Compared with Colin Firth's best actor, best director is the most suspense award of this year's award season.

However, after the Golden Globe Award, the situation took a turn for the worse. Under the operation of Weinstein brothers, Tom appeared in various publicity occasions; On the other hand, the negative news about "social network" is flying all over the sky, which brings the art of college public relations to the extreme. Then, the American director's Union award comes out in the cold, and Tom beats David; And then there's another Oscar hit, Tom's up.

This is not a victory of strength, but a victory of public relations. Typical Weinstein model. After "Shakespeare's love story" defeated "Saving Private Ryan", the Weinstein brothers once again wrote the miracle of public relations. It's not a time to celebrate, it's a time of anger, sadness, disappointment.

Tom Hooper defeated David Finch, and "King's speech" completely crushed "social network", which is not only a victory of public relations, but also another victory of conservative forces in the college.

Again.

First of all, after "Lord of the rings 3: the return of the king" won the best picture Oscar, only two commercial films received the best picture Oscar nominations in the next seven years. Last year's "Avatar" and this year's "Inception", and last year, James Cameron was overturned by the "bomb disposal forces" in a powerful situation, And this year, Christopher Nolan was ignored, even the best director nomination did not get.

Secondly, since the two black independent works of "no country for old people" and "blood is coming" sparkled the whole award season in 2008, the college has made a conservative choice for three consecutive years. This time, they gave up the "social network" which is enterprising, innovative, bold and advancing with the times, and again chose the "King's speech" which is stable, crafty and reminiscent of the past.

Oscar, who claims to be constantly pursuing the balance between business and art, has lost his business domineering and courage, but also his artistic breakthrough and concentration. The conservative forces are losing their enterprising spirit and becoming more and more decadent, utilitarian, arrogant and arrogant.

Once upon a time, works such as "male and female robbers", "Sunset Boulevard", "midnight Cowboy", "vulgar novel", "clockwork orange" and "2001 Space Odyssey" could shine on the Oscars, but now, it's academic works such as "King's speech" that have made no contribution.

As a matter of fact, some people expected such a result before the award ceremony. In the second half of the award season, the "King's speech" was powerful and almost unstoppable. People were not surprised when the list of winners was hot. But it is precisely the lack of surprise that proves the conservatism and obstinacy of the college.

Oscar awards are becoming "predictable", which makes speculators such as the Weinstein brothers become "experts" and turn the film industry upside down as businessmen. "The king's speech" is one case, and Natalie Portman is another. The typical public relations victory lacks surprise and magic, Oscar also lacks charm.

It's really disappointing.

As an authoritative professional media in Hollywood, if you look at the sharp remarks of "Hollywood Reporter", you can see the public opinion trend of professionals. Tom hob is just a scapegoat under their guns, and what he really alludes to is the deep entanglement behind the industry.

Moreover, senior professional media such as "variety show", "New York Times", "voice of the village" and "new Yorker" have also expressed similar views and severely criticized the college. The award ceremony is over, but the noise has just begun.

Year after year, day after day, like the Golden Globe Awards and Grammy Awards, the major award ceremonies are facing more and more challenges. The authority, attention and popularity are gradually declining, and this year has reached a new high.

"Social network", a work focusing on the Internet era, failed in an all-round way. At the same time, it also led to a sharp decline in the ratings and the number of viewers. Coupled with the sharp criticism of the media, Oscar, who has gone through 83 years of journey, began to falter.

The best picture debate will not disappear for a long time, just like "Brokeback Mountain" and "crash", "Shakespeare love story" and "Saving Private Ryan". Time will prove whether the college's choice is right this time.

Of course, as an annual film festival, the focus of the Oscars is not only criticism, but also praise, controversy and pursuit. In addition to the controversy of best film and best director, another focus is Natalie Portman.

The actress, who was born as a child star and became famous at a young age, successfully got rid of the "double door" crisis. When she was about to turn 30, she successfully won the Oscar and became the first actor of generation Y to get a little gold medal. She is worthy of being the leader of the new generation of actors. The spotlight was even stronger than Colin Firth and Tom hob.

Shrouded in the dazzling light of Natalie, the shadow of the double door disappears, and lanli hall becomes a thing of the past. All the noise begins to settle down. Not surprisingly.