Four Hundred and Fifty-Seven Disputes Frequently

In a blink of an eye, 2011 is about to enter March. With the conclusion of the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, the Hollywood situation in 2010 has finally come to an end. The awards season, which lasted for nearly four months, has finally settled down and is dormant again, like a giant beast entering hibernation, waiting. Wake up again at the end of the year.

The so-called awards season, which means that there are winners and losers, some people are happy and some people are sad.

The battle between "The King's Speech" and "The Social Network" finally ended with the victory of "The King's Speech", which will be the best film, the best director, the best actor and the best original screenplay. Gold medalists won the prize; and "The Social Network" had the last laugh in three categories: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Editing.

The four major awards in the acting department were uneventful. After Colin Firth and Natalie Portman became emperors, Christian Bale and Melissa Leo of "The Fighter" won the supporting roles. In addition to the technical department, "Inception" became the biggest winner, with the best sound editing, best sound effects, best photography, best visual effects, a total of four trophies, and "The King's Speech" led the night's trophy Quantity leaderboard.

In addition to this, the highly acclaimed "The Children Are All Well" and "127 Hours", as well as "Thunderbolt" nominated for a strong counterattack, and "Winter's Bones" and "Buried Alive" representing independent films, All came home empty-handed.

The result of this award has attracted a lot of criticism from the media, especially the direction of the best director.

"The Hollywood Reporter" said mercilessly, "This is the best director in the history of the Oscars." He did not give Tom Hooper any face at all. He directly regarded him as a model, and called him to complain. Not because "The King's Speech" is not good enough, but because there are more worthy recipients this year.

In the 83 years of Oscar's journey so far, there have been a lot of controversies, and the best picture is especially prosperous, but this is not surprising, because the best picture considers the overall quality, the weather, the location, the people, and the lack of one not—

"Chicago" defeated "The Pianist" because the Iraq war officially broke out in early 2003. People need more comfort from singing and dancing than heavy reflection.

"Crash" defeated "Brokeback Mountain" because at that time gay movies still failed to break the blockade of conservative forces, and racial issues easily prevailed.

"Forrest Gump" defeated "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Pulp Fiction" because the movie reflects the American spirit and the ultimate meaning of the American dream. In the past two years, it has experienced racial riots, the Gulf War and the financial crisis. America needs such a dream.

Therefore, in the long history, there has never been a shortage of disputes about the best film. Everyone has their own choice for the best film, and the choice of the academy is not necessarily correct, but it is in line with the times. Even with historical "mistakes" such as "Shakespeare in Love" overturning "Saving Private Ryan", people also witnessed the debut of the academy's public relations.

However, debates for the best director position are relatively rare.

Even Stanley Kubrick lost to Milos-forman, Alfred Hitchcock lost to John Ford At the moment, people can only sigh "time is also fate", which makes people feel embarrassed, but also convinced.

Because the best director is an individual award, the competition is the level of personal ability, showing the peak of personal skills, the influence of political factors, the influence of the current situation, and the influence of historical causes have been weakened to the minimum, and only art is used to describe heroes. Art is not about winning or losing, but there is only one golden statuette, and only one person is destined to win. This is the difference between art and awards ceremony.

In this year's competition, David Fincher can almost be said to be thriving.

The work of "The Social Network" itself may not be pleasing, because it is too up-to-date, because it is too sharp, because it is too acerbic, because it is too real and dark, for old-school conservative colleges, want to say Saying "I love you" isn't easy; but no one can deny David Fincher's excellence.

As a director, David showed 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 simply amazing; not only that , David's credit should not be underestimated. The excellence of works such as "Seven Deadly Sins", "Fight Club" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" has been recognized by time and the public. "Social Network" is fully equipped with great achievements. Qualifications for the Golden Man of the First Guardian.

Don't talk about Tom Hooper, who has swept the Golden Globes, BAFTA Awards, National Critics Society Awards, and North American Broadcasting Film Critics throughout awards season. Critics Association Awards, New York Film Critics Association Awards, Boston Film Critics Association Awards, Chicago Film Critics Association Awards...

Simply put, almost all heavyweight weather vanes are included. Compared to Colin Firth's Best Actor, Best Director is the least suspenseful award in this year's awards season.

However, after the Golden Globe Awards, the situation took a turn for the worse. "The King's Speech" was operated by the Weinstein brothers, and Tom's figure appeared in various publicity occasions; on the other hand, the negative news about "social networks" Flying all over the sky, the art of the academy's public relations was brought to the extreme, and then the Directors Guild of America Awards broke out, Tom beat David; and then there was another upset at the Oscars, and Tom came to the top.

This is not a victory of strength, but a victory of public relations. Typical Weinstein pattern. After "Shakespeare in Love" beat "Saving Private Ryan", the Weinstein brothers once again wrote a PR miracle. This is not a moment to celebrate, but a moment of anger, sadness, disappointment.

Tom Hooper defeated David Fincher, and "The King's Speech" overwhelmed the "social network", not only a PR victory, but also another victory for the conservative forces of the college.

again.

First of all, after "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" won the Best Picture Oscar, in the next seven years, there were only two commercial films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, last year's "Avatar" and this year's "Pirates" "Dream Space". Last year, James Cameron was overthrown by the "Bomb Hurt Locker" under the circumstance of a rainbow. This year, Christopher Nolan was ignored even more, and he didn't even get the nomination for best director.

Secondly, since the two black independent works "No Country for Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" shined throughout the awards season in 2008, the Academy has made conservative choices for three consecutive years. The "social network" that keeps pace with the times has once again chosen the "King's Speech", which is stable, full of craftsmanship, and cherishes the memory of the past.

Oscar, who claims to be constantly pursuing the balance between business and art, lost the domineering and boldness of business, but also lost the breakthrough and focus of art. Conservative forces are losing their enterprising spirit and becoming more and more decadent, utilitarian and arrogant. and arrogance.

Once upon a time, works such as "Hands-and-Robber", "Sunset Boulevard", "Midnight", "Pulp Fiction", "A Clockwork Orange" and "2001 A Space Odyssey" could shine at the Oscars. But now, it's the "King's Speech" that's all the rage.

In fact, such a result was already expected before the awards ceremony began. In the second half of the awards season, the "King's Speech" was so powerful that it could be said to be unstoppable. Accident. But it is precisely such a lack of surprise results, which more and more proves the conservative and stubbornness of the college.

The Oscars are becoming "predictable", which makes opportunists like the Weinstein Brothers "experts" turning the film industry upside down as businessmen, "The King's Speech" is a case in point, Nata Leigh Portman is another case, a typical PR victory, lacking surprises, lacking magic, and Oscar lacking charm.

Really disappointing.

As an authoritative professional media in Hollywood, looking at the sharp remarks of the "Hollywood Reporter", you can see the trend of public opinion among professionals. Tom Hooper is just a scapegoat under their guns. The real insinuation is the industry. Deep entanglement behind.

Not only that, senior professional media such as "Variety", "New York Times", "Village Voice" and "The New Yorker" also expressed similar views and severely criticized the college. The awards ceremony is over, but the noise has only just begun.

Year after year, day after day, the Oscars, like the Golden Globes and Grammys, are facing more and more challenges at the major awards ceremonies, and their authority, attention, and popularity are gradually declining. This year It has reached a new high.

"Social Network", a work focused on the Internet age, failed in an all-round way, and at the same time 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 an 83-year journey, Walking began to stagger.

The best picture debate won't dissipate for a long time to come, just like "Brokeback Mountain" and "Crash," "Shakespeare in Love" and "Saving Private Ryan," time will tell the Academy's choice this time around is it right or not.

Of course, as an annual film event, the focus of the Oscars is not only that, there is criticism, there is praise, there is controversy, and there is naturally sought after. A big 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 crisis of the "substitute door". When she was about to turn 30, she successfully won the Oscar and became the first actor in the Y generation to win a golden man. Deservedly become the leader of the new generation of actors. The limelight is in full swing, even surpassing Colin Firth and Tom Hooper.

Under the dazzling light of Natalie, the haze of the double door vanished, Renly Hall became a thing of the past, and all the hustle and bustle began to settle. Not surprisingly.