Text: Chapter 1080
The dust has settled on the new actor, and the climax of the awards ceremony will begin, Best Director and Best Picture, the civil war between the former couple of James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow, who will have the last laugh.
Can James Cameron shout "I am the king of the world" again?
Will Kathryn Bigelow ever get a chance to say "this is the most incredible moment of my life"?
Although this year's Oscars deliberately separated the seats of the former couple to avoid embarrassment, the dramatic confrontation between Cameron and Bigelow is inevitable, and the "war" between the two has long been destined to be the biggest attraction of this year's awards.
Ex-couple - this "label" makes the contest between Cameron and Bigelow quite dramatic, and this "narrow meeting" situation also adds the biggest attraction to this Oscars, not to mention, the films of the former couple are evenly matched, and the confrontation is full of highlights.
Cameron's "Avatar" and Bigelow's "Bomb Disposal Unit", in terms of market, the former is an innovative big production, costing about $500 million, and the global box office reaches $2.5 billion, while the latter is a small-budget production, costing about $15 million, and the global box office is only $18.59 million, there is no doubt that "Avatar" is a big winner in the market.
At the Golden Globe Awards, the previous vane of the Oscars, "Avatar" beat "Bomb Disposal Unit" to win the Best Director and Best Picture awards.
And Catherine is not inferior, winning 67 times, from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, the American Producers Guild, to the most recent Directors Guild of America Awards, with "Bomb Disposal Unit", Bigelow has stood on the podium many times to read the acceptance speech, and even Cameron made it clear that he doesn't mind losing under his ex-wife's skirt.
Cameron said this for a reason, because from the perspective of historical law, since the Directors Guild of America Awards began to be awarded in 1948, all directors who have won this award have finally won the Oscars, with only 6 exceptions.
In the history of the Oscars, the Best Director Award has almost never been awarded to any female director, and if Bigelow can finally get his wish today, it will be regarded as a historical precedent.
Interestingly, the final result of the Oscars is still pending, but "Bomb Disposal Unit" broke out in the "canvassing scandal" before, and added a new "sideshow" to the awards ceremony.
"Avatar" and "Bomb Disposal Unit", which were nominated for Best Picture at this year's Oscars, received 9 nominations each, which can be described as evenly matched.
Previously, it was reported by the media that Nicholas Chartier, the producer of "Bomb Disposal Unit", sent a large number of "canvassing letters" to related households during the runoff voting, including "If you want us to win, please forward it to your Oscar judge friends, if everyone can forward it to his friends, we can win, not let the $500 million movie win", "Please put "Bomb Disposal Unit" in first place, and "Avatar" in tenth place", etc.
After that, Nicholas reviewed that he was "not familiar with the selection rules", and the punishment of the Oscar organizing committee only disqualified the producer, and it is worth waiting to see how much his canvassing behavior will affect today's final result.
Throwing out these small off-the-field factors, the suspense of the "two-man battle" between Cameron and Bigelow is so strong that even the odds offered by Bo.Cai are very exciting.
Approaching the awards ceremony, many gambling websites in the United States offered odds, whether it was the best picture or the best director, it was actually "Bomb Disposal Unit" that overtook "Avatar".
Among the best pictures, "Bomb Disposal Unit" has a slight lead over "Avatar" with 2.07 odds of 1.71. However, in the Best Director, Bigelow's odds are significantly ahead of Cameron, with the former at odds of 5:1 and the latter only 3:1.
Suspense after suspense, the predictions of the media and film critics seem quite difficult. "Avatar" has sky-high production costs, record box office, represents an audience base and a revolutionary innovation contribution to film history.
"Bomb Disposal Unit" is a model of first-class cinematic technology, with meticulous direction, concise and concise script, flawless acting, and skilled editing and cinematography.
Many professional film critics are also difficult to solve at the moment, and a well-known film critic has said before: in the ideal world, "Bomb Disposal Unit" should win, because it is exciting, engaging, and a model of impeccable storytelling on the big screen. It's also in this world that "Avatar" should win, because it's a knight, a knight on a six-legged horse, who has come to the rescue of the film media, a field that desperately needs the excitement of Cameron's grand blockbuster, but what about the real world?
It's all nonsense!
This time, "Avatar" and "Bomb Disposal Unit" can stand on the same starting line of the Oscars, and it is also a testimony to the friendship between the former couple and now friends who have known each other for nearly 20 years, and both praise each other and their films have spared no effort.
Catherine said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly before the Oscars: "I spoke to him yesterday, I've seen Avatar, I like it, I like it, I love it, I love it, I am honored to be in any conversation that mentions him." ”
In fact, Catherine's filming of "Bomb Disposal Unit" was also Cameron's suggestion, at that time Catherine had two movies in preparation, in addition to "Bomb Disposal Unit", there was also a movie based on Eric Larsen's "The Devil in the White City", she couldn't make up her mind, and consulted Cameron, Cameron immediately said to her after reading the script: "Jump out of "White City Devil" and go to shoot "Bomb Disposal Unit"!"
And Catherine has always been an "insider" for "Avatar", Cameron said in an interview on the Oscar red carpet that Catherine has been paying attention to "Avatar" from the beginning of writing the script to editing.
At the Oscar ceremony, Cameron and Bigelow also had a good conversation, and when they entered, Cameron even jokingly made a gesture to pinch Bigelow, while Bigelow laughed.
It seems that from this detail, it is already destined that today's Oscar will be the fulfillment of Kathryn Bigelow.
Some people even say that this year's Oscars, it seems that from the beginning of the nomination, Cameron has "ced" the victory to Bigelow, in the eyes of many people, the Oscar situation is no less than the United States election, before the nomination, the film companies began to fight a propaganda war, and after the nomination, each film will form a strong staff group to do their best for the final victory of the film.
One of Cameron's aides said that Cameron praised Kathryn Bigelow and her "Bomb Disposal Unit" everywhere, and even when he won the Golden Globe, he did not forget to say that Katherine was more suitable for the award.
He didn't know how influential he was, and his praise got quite a few votes for Catherine. ”
Maybe Cameron's approach really added a lot of points to Bigelow, but Song Zheng felt that maybe Cameron himself knew that he was destined to lose to his ex-wife today.