Eight Hundred and Eighty-Three on the Stage

Above the blue sky, there is not a single cloud in sight, and it is crystal clear; the tall palm trees support the entire sky, and the golden sun shines down in large areas, outlining the rolling, bright and jumping colors of the city's horizon. Surging in the humid, lazy air, the whole world was dyed with a delicious cream color. Involuntarily, the mood became cheerful.

The hour hand has just crossed the three o'clock mark, and there is still a long, long time before night falls. The afternoon in California is always immersive, even in the middle of winter in February; The Oscars ceremony in the curtain ignited the enthusiasm and madness of the city, and countless fans and tourists poured into the City of Angels to join this carnival party.

Promotional posters of best film nominees can be seen in the streets, and the official Oscar posters can be seen hanging high in street bars. Even on buses and taxis, images of golden statues can be captured everywhere. Everywhere, everywhere.

The crowds of people surging from all directions are heading towards the Kodak Theater on Hollywood Boulevard. Even if traffic control has been enforced in the six nearby blocks, the mighty car queues are still radially extending in different directions, just like the pulse of the city. In general, surging and beating wildly, really feeling the frenzy of awards season.

At this time, the east-west Hollywood Boulevard has been completely blocked, the dazzling red carpet has been laid out, and the bustling reporters and staff have filled all the spaces on both sides; the highland North Street on the east side, north-south, has been fenced. , implemented a complete blockade, leaving the width of a two-lane lane in the middle, and the two sides were crowded with movie fans and audiences who came to watch the ceremony.

Looking around, at least 1,500 spectators crowded the space on both sides of the street to the full. It was noisy and crowded, and the event was unprecedented; not only that, the surging crowd continued to extend in both north and south directions. Going away, the crowds crowded shoulder to shoulder seemed to see no end at all.

More than 500 reporters, more than 3,000 spectators, more than half of the city's vehicles, all of Hollywood mobilized, and the "Christmas" belonging to Los Angeles has finally arrived!

Tonight, the 84th Oscars will be on stage.

The awards season, which has lasted for more than four months, will come to a close tonight. This is an awards season full of chaos and turmoil, but also an awards season full of confusion and topics, and a season full of suspense and Challenge awards season.

There is no doubt that this is a small year, even in the past ten years, this is still an extremely rare small year.

Among the nine best picture nominees, only "help" the North American box office break 100 million, and this only one also lost the best director, best adapted screenplay, best film editing and other important works. Nomination, almost announced in advance and missed the final award.

The remaining eight nominated works,

The North American box office is all less than 80 million; moreover, half of them have not crossed the bottom line of 40 million. The lowest box office data is "The Tree of Life", which is only 13 million US dollars.

In terms of horizontal comparison, last year's awards season, ten nominated works, five North American box office breakthroughs - two of which reached the 290 million level, and another two North American box office levels of 90 million. The overall market feedback and audience response are significantly higher, and the topicality and attention cannot be underestimated.

This year is the coldest, quietest, and most low-key year at the box office since "Crash" beat "Brokeback Mountain" for best picture in 2005.

The lack of real blockbusters, the lack of real topics, and the lack of real resonance at the same time, the entire awards season has presented a clear high and low style.

However, if it is 2005, the duel of "Crash", "Brokeback Mountain", "Good Night and Good Luck", "Munich Massacre" and "Capote", the depth and breadth of the five works have also been generally affirmed, especially It was the turbulent waves created by "Brokeback Mountain" in those years, which caused countless discussions.

At the very least, the artistry of the Oscar-nominated Best Picture has also become a big mark.

But this year, even this logo has been criticized. The average level of the nominated works is obviously slightly inferior in terms of work pattern, theme depth, artistic discussion and story level.

Therefore, the whole awards season presents a melee pattern of a hundred flowers blooming and a hundred schools of thought contending. It is not that there are too many excellent works, but the level of the works is too close. The victory and rise of any work cannot be said to be an accident:

The four works of "Hugo", "Midnight in Paris", "Descendants" and "The Artist" constitute the first group; "Moneyball", "Tree of Life" and "Help" are in the second group, waiting for an opportunity Upset; finally, the third group of "War Horse" and "Extremely Loud, Very Close".

Compared with the star-studded and dazzling Grammys not long ago, the Oscars are indeed uninteresting; but the fact is on the contrary, the weakness of the works has made the artist's strength.

Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Alexander Payne, David Finch, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Kenneth Branagh, Meryl Stry Pu, Michelle Williams, Rooney Mara, Gary Oldman, Ryan Gosling, Jennifer Lawrence... These names, each with their own aura, are full of countless topics of focus .

Also, Renly Hall.

As a result, more than 3,000 spectators arrived at the scene, hoping to stand next to the red carpet and see big-name entertainers make their debut; as a result, more than 500 reporters attended the feast, creating a new record for the number of reporters interviewing at the Oscars - the highest in previous years There were only four hundred people; so, before three o'clock in the afternoon, Hollywood Boulevard, where the Kodak Theater was located, was full of water.

Standing in the surging crowd, Hope-Baze's thin body was almost completely engulfed, and every breath in and out was full of scorching air, and it felt like his lungs were burning; fortunately, The five hundred people standing around were all their own, orderly, orderly, and not chaotic.

Despite this, walking through the crowds of people is still extremely difficult, from the front row to the rear end, and then back to the front row, back and forth, forty-five minutes has passed. Hope's cheeks were flushed and hot, as if he had just come out of the sauna.

"Everything is confirmed?" William Taylor handed over the mineral water bottle in his hand, and Hope took two gulps before he nodded, expressing his affirmation, with a big smile on his face, "Well, , no problem! Where's Graham? Has he not come back yet? Didn't we confirm that big banner before we set off? As long as Tyron, Timsey and the others support it in time."

"The staff of the main committee just came out and said that our banners are a little too big and may cause danger, so they are negotiating." William explained briefly.

"What!" Hope's eyes widened immediately, "How could it be too big? We have sent so many emails over and over, and we have checked with them again and again, and they are all according to the size. The rules came, how is it possible!" As he spoke, Hope couldn't stand up anymore, and turned his head to start walking again.

William grabbed Hope in time, "Chanel and Tessa also followed Graham. We had expected this situation before, all communication emails were printed out, and backup solutions were prepared, Don't worry, it'll be alright." Seeing Hope's face still full of anxiety, William laughed dumbly, "Trust me, they can solve it. If it doesn't work, even if you add one, it won't work."

Having said that, Hope still stomped his feet irritably, "The organization of the academy is so bad, we started communication so long in advance, and we have considered all aspects, and they have more to do with themselves."

Taking a deep breath, taking a deep breath again, and forcing himself to calm down, Hope approached the iron railing, stuck his head out, and looked left and right, "No matter, leave those things to Graham. We will continue to spread the word now, everyone must Don't be crowded or chaotic; you must maintain order at the scene. Otherwise, the media will pick up trouble again, throwing all the dirty water on the young master, a bunch of lunatics!"

Three weeks ago, the "hypegate" broke out, and there were endless swearing and ridicule on the Internet. Those hideous and ugly faces really pushed Renly into a desperate situation; but for William, Hope, Graham and others For example, anger, disappointment, sadness, pain, countless emotions are surging.

They are eager to tell Renly what they are saying: even if the world is on the other side of Renly, they still believe and support Renly unswervingly; because they really understand the meaning of "Don Quixote" album, they also really understand Renly's dream pursuit. On this thorny road, they would accompany Renly to the end.

Turning grief and anger into strength, they united like never before. Not only movie fans, but also fans, the friends who met at Lincoln Center at the beginning, all gathered together through the Facebook activity group to work together and make suggestions.

The Oscars, this is the stage they chose!

On this starry night, the Don Quixotes will take the stage of history for the first time, showing Renly their passion and admiration, and showing the world their support and steadfastness, in their own way, with Don Quixote's way, declares their existence with dignity:

Not everyone believes in the nonsense of "Entertainment Weekly", not everyone is easily perfidious, and not everyone blindly follows the trend. In the Internet age of fast food culture, there are still a group of people who have beliefs, beliefs, pursuits, and dreams; although this is a small group of people, they are real and tenacious. keeping it.

Each of them is Don Quixote.

It's Renly's night, and the Don Quixotes will be a loyal audience for the grand show!

"Right now, the only question is," William clenched his fists with a big smile, "when will Renly show up?"8)