457 Controversial
In the blink of an eye, 2011 is about to enter March. With the conclusion of the 83rd Academy Awards, the Hollywood turmoil of 2010 has finally come to an end, and the awards season that lasted for nearly four months has finally come to an end. Set, hibernating again, like a hibernating beast, waiting to wake up again at the end of the year.
The so-called awards season means that there are winners and losers. Some people are happy and others are sad..
“The two-strong competition between "The King's Speech" and "The Social Network" ended with "The King's Speech" winning. This work won four heavyweight awards including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. won the statuette; and "The Social Network" had the last laugh in three departments: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Editing..
The four major awards in the acting department were uneventful, with Colin Firth and Natalie Portman claiming the title, while Christian Bale and Melissa Leo from "The Fighter" won the supporting role statuettes; In addition to the technical department, "Inception" became the biggest winner, with a total of four trophies for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Effects, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects, leading the night's trophies with "The King's Speech" Quantity ranking.
In addition to this, there are the highly acclaimed "The Kids Are All Right" and "127 Hours", as well as "True Grit", which has a strong counterattack in nominations, as well as "Winter's Bone" and "Buried Alive", which represent independent films. All returned empty-handed.
Such award results have attracted a lot of criticism from the media, especially the direction of the best director..
“"The Hollywood Reporter" said without mercy, "This is the best director in the history of the Oscars," without giving any face to Tom Hooper. He directly regarded him as a model and named him for criticism. It was not because of "The King's Speech" is not good enough, but it's because there are more worthy recipients this year.
In the 83-year journey of the Oscars, there have been many controversies, especially for the Best Picture. However, this is not surprising, because the Best Picture considers the overall quality, time, location, and harmony. No——
“"Chicago" defeated "The Pianist" because the war in Iraq officially broke out in early 2003. Rather than heavy reflection, people needed the solace of singing and dancing more..
“"Crash" defeated "Brokeback Mountain" because at that time, gay movies still failed to break the blockade of conservative forces, and racial issues easily took over..
“"Forrest Gump" defeated "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Pulp" because the movie reflects the American spirit and the ultimate meaning of the American dream. In the past two years, the United States has experienced racial riots, the Gulf War and the financial crisis. need such a dream.
Therefore, in the long history, there has never been a lack of controversy about the best picture. Everyone has his or her own choice for the best picture, and the Academy’s choice may not be correct, but it is in line with the times. Even if there is "Shakespeare in Love" overturned historical "mistakes" such as "Saving Private Ryan", and people also witnessed the brilliant debut of the college's public relations.
However, relatively speaking, debates about the position of Best Director are very rare..
Even Stanley Kubrick lost to Milos Forman and Alfred Hitchcock lost to John Ford. At this moment, people can only sigh, "Time is also fate," which makes people sad, but also convinced..
Because the Best Director award is an individual award, what is competed is the level of personal ability, and what is presented is the peak of personal skills. The influence of political factors, current situation, and historical causes have been weakened to the minimum. Only judging heroes based on art. Art cannot In terms of victory or defeat, there is only one statuette, and only one person is destined to win. This is the difference between art and award ceremonies..
In this year's competition, David Fincher can almost be said to stand out..
“"The Social Network" may not be lovable in itself, because it is too up-to-date, too sharp, too caustic, and too true and dark. For old-school and conservative academies, what they want to say is It’s not easy to say “I love you”; but no one can deny the excellence of David Fincher.
As a director, David has shown a strong personal style, sharp and clean, profound and thick, cruel and wise. Every detail of the whole movie can feel David's strong temperament, which is simply amazing; not only that , David's merit vote cannot be underestimated. The excellence of works such as "Seven Deadly Sins", "Fight Club", and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" have been recognized by time and the public. "The Social Network" is fully equipped to achieve great success. Qualifications for the first statuette of Wei.
Not to mention Tom Hooper, throughout the awards season, there is almost no director who can compete with David. He swept the Golden Globe Awards, British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, National Board of Review Awards, and North American Broadcast Film Critics Awards. Society Award, New York Film Critics Circle Award, Boston Film Critics Circle Award, Chicago Film Critics Circle Award……
To put it simply, almost all the heavyweight indicators are included. Compared with 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 run by the Weinstein brothers, and Tom appeared in major publicity occasions; on the other hand, negative news about "The Social Network" Flying all over the sky, the art of academy public relations was brought to the extreme, and then there was an upset at the Directors Guild of America Awards, Tom defeated David; then there was another upset at the Oscars, and Tom took the top spot..
This is not a victory of strength, but a victory of public relations. A typical Weinstein model. After "Shakespeare in Love" defeated "Saving Private Ryan", the Weinstein brothers once again wrote a miracle of public relations. This is not worth celebrating. moments, but moments of anger, sadness, disappointment.
Tom Hooper defeated David Fincher, and "The King's Speech" completely crushed "The Social Network". It was not only a public relations victory, but also another victory for the conservative forces in the academy..
again.
First of all, after "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" won the Oscar for Best Picture, in the next seven years, only two commercial films were nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture, last year's "Avatar" and this year's "The Thief". "Dream Space". Last year, James Cameron was overthrown by "The Hurt Locker" despite his overwhelming momentum. This year, Christopher Nolan was even more ignored and did not even receive a nomination for Best Director..
Secondly, since the two dark 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. This time, they gave up on being enterprising, innovative and bold, and with The "social network" that keeps pace with the times has once again chosen the "King's Speech" that is stable, full of craftsmanship and remembers the past.”.
Oscar, which prides itself on constantly pursuing a balance between business and art, lost its domineering and boldness in business and then lost its breakthrough and focus in art. Conservative forces are losing their enterprising spirit and becoming more and more decadent, utilitarian and arrogant. and arrogance.
There was a time when films like "The Big Bad," "Sunset Boulevard," "Midnight," "Pulp," "A Clockwork Orange," and "2001: A Space Odyssey" could shine at the Oscars, but now, But academic works like "The King's Speech" became popular..
In fact, some people had predicted this result before the awards ceremony began. In the second half of the awards season, the momentum of "The King's Speech" was so strong that it could almost be said to be unstoppable. After the list of winners was announced, people were not convinced. Unexpected. But the lack of surprises further proves the college’s conservatism and stubbornness..
The Oscars are becoming "predictable," which allows opportunists like the Weinstein brothers to become "experts" and turn the film industry upside down as businessmen. "The King's Speech" is a case in point, Nata Leigh Portman is another case, a typical public relations victory that lacks surprise and magic, and the Oscars also lack charm..
Really disappointing.
As the authoritative professional media in Hollywood, if you look at the sharp remarks of the "Hollywood Reporter", you can get a glimpse of the direction of public opinion among professionals. Tom Hooper is just a scapegoat under their guns. The real insinuation is the industry. The deep entanglement behind.
Not only that, "Variety", "New York Times", "Village Voice", "New Yorker" and other senior professional media also expressed similar views and severely criticized the academy. The award ceremony ended, but it was noisy It's just the beginning.
Year after year, day after day, the Oscars, like the Golden Globes and Grammys, all major award ceremonies are facing more and more challenges. Their authority, attention, and popularity are gradually declining. This year It has reached a new high.
“"The Social Network", a work that focused on the Internet era, was a complete failure, which also led to a sharp decline in ratings and viewership. Coupled with sharp criticism from the media, the Oscars, which has gone through an 83-year journey, has not Started to stagger.
The debate over the best picture will not dissipate for a long time. Just like "Brokeback Mountain" and "Crash", "Shakespeare in Love" and "Saving Private Ryan", time will tell the Academy's choice this time Is it correct?.
Of course, as an annual film event, the focus on the Oscars is naturally more than that. Where there is criticism, there will naturally be praise, controversy, and naturally there will be admiration. In addition to the controversy over the best picture and best director, there are also A big focus is Natalie Portman.
This actress, who was born as a child star and became famous at a young age, successfully got rid of the crisis of "substitute scandal". When she was about to turn thirty, she successfully won the Oscar for Best Actress and became the first actor of Generation Y to receive a statuette. He has deservedly become the leader of the new generation of actors. He is so popular that he even surpasses Colin Firth and Tom Hooper..
Under Natalie's dazzling light, the haze of the double door disappeared, Renly Hall became a thing of the past, and all the noise began to settle down. Unsurprisingly,.
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