Chapter 705 Oscar Down
Former crooked-mouthed truck driver James Cameron has lived a legendary life as one of the top directors of the Fox Zen Proving Avenue to date.
As soon as "Star Wars" came out, there was one less truck driver in the United States and one more top commercial film director, which was a loss for the transportation industry and an honor for Hollywood, which allowed the audience to enjoy "Terminator", "True Lies", "Titanic", "Avatar" and other blockbuster films, which improved the audience's visual effects taste again and again.
This cattle man, his life is as legendary as his work, he has five wives, the first four are not as good as the first, and the marriage age has been decreasing: the first one lasts for 7 years, the second lasts for 5 years, the third lasts for three years, and the fourth only lasts for 18 months, but he lost more than 60 million alimony, "Titanic" earned, half of it is here, among the four, Catherine Bigelow ranks third, but it is the most topical one, more topical than the Terminator Lady.
Before the Oscars were awarded, the situation in the print media and the Internet was very good: Cameron vs. his ex-wife.
With ulterior motives, the media also sincerely hopes that this powerful, 1.82-meter-tall ex-wife will have a big fight with Cameron, even if she doesn't fight to the death, at least she will have to break her head and bleed.
Everyone had knives ready, just waiting for them to stab each other.
The second is a producer, and in view of commercial reasons, it is normal for the two to cooperate again after the divorce, who will not be able to get along with money; the fourth term, "The Terminator" is only popular with Arnold Schwarzenegger, except for Cameron, who would be interested in the "savior" old lady, a strong and strong woman? As the "Terminator" fever dissipates, it is really difficult for her to fight against Cameron, who calls himself the "king of the world."
Bigelow is the only one who can compare to Cameron and see what kind of films she has made: "Ruthless" by chaotic motorcyclists, "Bloody Night" by young cowboy joining the vampire family, "Surfer" plotting a series of bank heists, "The Widowmaker" that is cold at the first sight of the name, and, of course, "Bomb Disposal Unit", which is addicted to war!
Indeed, the films she made are so far from women's interest, but it is rare that they are not tainted with the atmosphere of feminism. She doesn't scold or smoke cigarette after cigarette, and of course she's pretty good-looking. On the Oscar red carpet, she is not bleaker than the so-called actress, but looks noble and inviolable because of her tall figure and curled hair.
Who wouldn't want her to get into a fight with Cameron?
But they looked at each other pleasing to the eye and complimented each other, and Cameron won the Golden Globe for Best Director, and she touted it whether she was sincere or false: You raised the bar. The meaning is probably that Cameron deserves to win the Ballon d'Or.
Cameron certainly reciprocated: "She's extremely talented in film, but it's often overlooked, and that's a belated recognition. And a little proudly, he said, "I wasn't ready to take this award, I thought it was Catherine's." ”
In an interview, Bigelow praised Cameron: "Unlike our wedding night, this time I was completely conquered. When I saw this sentence from Yiyan's website, I believed that this sentence was true. It is not only realistic in tone, but also full of humor, which can satisfy the dark psychology of the audience: how can this kind of award, without fighting for a head and breaking blood, worthy of so many viewers?
It's a pity that this is a joke. Bigelow still kept her mouth shut, but when she turned back to Cameron when she won the award, she was proud! The tabloid caption read: "Silly B! Drink the old lady's footwashing water, right?"
I don't know what Cameron is thinking, is he scolding in a blue-collar demeanor: "Son of Bitch!" or maintaining his demeanor and forcing a smile?
I guess I can't make any expressions, so I just look around. When many people see this picture, to be honest, they feel quite refreshed.
Bigelow finally won the award, breaking the 81-year record of no female director winning an award. The world's literary and artistic women shouted one by one: This time the Oscars are a gift for Women's Day!
However, Bigelow is so bullish, and when it is published in the newspaper, it doesn't mean that Cameron's ex-wife? Was Cameron a person who was on Cameron? Whether Cameron wins the award or not, it is indispensable to have exposure, and he does not necessarily suffer a loss.
That's why Hollywood is hyping it up, Cameron vs. his ex-wife, which is for everyone
A festival cannot help women, and a single bigelow cannot bring tangible benefits to women. Let's see what Bigelow thinks about this: if there is a real resistance to women making movies, then I will only choose to ignore it, and there are only two reasons that are obstacles: I can't change my gender, and I won't stop making movies.
According to Bigelow's guiding ideology, it seems that I can only say "fuck you" to those sexist jobs, and then continue to work hard.
Anyway, this time the college and the media hyped Cameron vs. his ex-wife, which is right, the parties are coaxing, the media has traffic, and the college has ratings, and everyone is happy.
Unlike last year, when the media and the academy hyped up the triangular war between Brad Pitt, Jolie and Aniston, but the parties did not cooperate, and the media coaxed again, it was also hot, and in the end, the parties were embarrassed, the college was embarrassed, and everyone was bored.
For the academy, it is the most beautiful thing to win the ratings while sticking to the tradition.
"Avatar" failed to hit the Oscars and did not win major awards, while "Bomb Disposal Unit" won by a big margin. As a result, a large number of netizens complained about "Avatar", some thought that the Oscar judges discriminated against science fiction films, some thought that they should not be critical of the script of science fiction films, and that "Avatar" should be awarded for "anti-aggression war" films, and some people thought that "good-looking" and "technologically epoch-making" movies should be awarded.
This sentiment even made some people point the finger at "Bomb Disposal Unit", saying that this movie glorifies the Iraq War, which is the main theme of the United States, and the box office is too low.
In response to this question, the academy officially responded, after watching "Bomb Disposal Unit", I feel that the people who said something did not watch this movie well at all, and it makes sense that it can win the award.
The idea expressed in the movie "Bomb Disposal Unit" is that soldiers are alienated by war and can only return to the battlefield in the end, and war is like opium that makes normal people trapped in it and unable to extricate themselves.
The movie wants people to reflect on the consequences of the war, and does not recognize the Iraq war, but I don't know why it has become the "main theme" in the eyes of some people? The two comrades-in-arms of the male protagonist think that he is very strange, and even he himself admits that he is abnormal, and can only find excitement from dismantling the bomb; the kind military doctor inside does not know that there are dangers everywhere on the battlefield, and as a result, he was blown up and killed the first time he went out on a mission with the male protagonist.
The box office of this film is indeed low, but after all, who in the United States will rush to watch this kind of depressing, unsolvable tragic movie that reflects the unsolvable problems around them? Watching movies is more for leisure and entertainment, which is the mainstream of the public, and there are very few people who go to the movies to learn and reflect.
The sci-fi production of "Avatar" is only a technical requirement for the subject matter, and the story must be told in the bones, after all, the story is equal to the soul of the movie. So why can a big sci-fi film ignore the story and script?
The so-called movie is to tell a story with pictures, not to pile up stunts! Why did "The Lord of the Rings" win awards? Because there is an original work to support it, and the story script is excellent! The story of "Avatar" is actually very old-fashioned, and the plot is also flawed, which is no different from films such as "Transformers 2".
An army with interstellar navigation capabilities can't defeat the primitive natives?
And Jack's integration into the Na'vi clan is too fast, and he must be struggling to be the enemy of his home planet and compatriots, right? And the fact that the male protagonist falls in love with the female protagonist is also too fast, and the earthlings fall in love with aliens too quickly, how can they completely regard themselves as aliens so quickly? This can only be said that the male protagonist is too fraternal and transcends racial differences.
The failure of "Avatar" is that its weakness is, after all, the weakness of science fiction: the story. If you take off all the stunts, it's just an unremarkable story. If it were made into a regular 2D cartoon, I don't think many people would watch it...... The Academy judges will never value stunts the most, it's just the icing on the cake.
The script, the performance of the actors, the smoothness of the story, the level of the director...... These are what we really value, the flesh and soul of a movie. As for the box office and popularity, it is not considered.
Now that female directors can achieve a double harvest of Best Picture and Best Director, and black actresses won Best Supporting Actress in their first nomination, rumors such as discrimination against sci-fi films are self-defeating. The Academy judges are sending a message to everyone that only the quality of the film and the acting skills of the actors are the most important.
If "Avatar" wins the best picture, then everyone will rush to make blockbusters, and directors and actors who can't afford blockbusters will lose all confidence, which will be a disaster for the film industry.
As a result, "Bomb Disposal Unit" justifiably won the award, and "Avatar" has achieved unprecedented success as a commercial film, which is actually a win-win result.
The academy has its own reasoning, if this movie is only about the box office, then the Oscars don't need to be opened, whoever has the highest box office will be awarded to whom, and this academy must stick to what they have always insisted on.