Chapter 1056 The True King of the World
"Nervous?"
Song Zheng glanced at Zhang Jingchu, who was sitting next to him, and asked with a smile, and didn't blame him for wanting to say more, from the moment he got into the car, he found that something was wrong with Zhang Jingchu, at first she kept fiddling with her two hands, but now she was about to arrive at the door of the Hilton Hotel, and it looked like her body was going to stiffen.
Zhang Jingchu took a few deep breaths in a row, wanting to refute, but she couldn't say anything with a mouth, and finally could only say with a frustrated face: "I'm not you." ”
What do you mean?
Song Zheng looked at Zhang Jingchu, he felt that if he couldn't help Zhang Jingchu relax, when he arrived at the door, it was estimated that this young lady didn't know which leg to take to get out of the car.
"What's wrong, wasn't it okay when you were at the hotel?"
Because of nervousness, Zhang Jingchu's tone was a little impatient: "I said it all, I'm not you, you're used to experiencing big scenes, it's the first time I've done it!"
Don't look at Zhang Jingchu, she has also won a lot of various performance awards of all kinds before her, but to be honest, none of those awards are really weighty, and it is a bit exaggerated to say that it is a township enterprise award, but if you really want to dig deeper, there is really no one who can meet the tall and high standards.
Now the place she is going to is the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, although compared with the Oscars, the specifications of the Golden Globes are still a little worse, but this is an international A-class film awards ceremony after all, and it seems normal to feel nervous so close to the Oscars.
"Relax, you can't go on stage so stiffly later, right?"
Zhang Jingchu lowered her head, was silent for a while, and whispered: "It's like I will definitely win the award, I~~~ I don't think there's any hope!"
Truth or say?
If that's weird, if Zhang Jingchu didn't have hope from the beginning, she wouldn't need to be nervous now, it is precisely because she is too eager that when it comes to the door, she will suffer from gains and losses.
Thinking about it, Song Zheng held Zhang Jingchu's hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, if I say it's yours, it must be yours!"
Of course, at this time, Song Zheng can only be as confident as possible, he has already done everything that should be done, and the rest depends on the judges of the association.
The car stopped at the door of the Hilton Hotel, and a staff member stepped forward to open the door, Song Zheng got out of the car first, and then held Zhang Jingchu's hand.
"Remember, relax!"
Zhang Jingchu took a deep breath, held Song Zheng's hand, and stepped out of the car.
Although both of them are Chinese actors and directors, their popularity in Europe and the United States is really not low, not to mention Song Zheng, the double actor of Cannes and Berlin, the previous filming of "True Lies" and "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds" were very popular in Europe and the United States, not to mention, he also had a crazy battle of one against thirty.
Zhang Jingchu had a lot of popularity in Europe and the United States because of "Hurricane Rescue" before, and this time "The Happiness Line Behind the Dark Clouds" made her even more concerned.
In fact, not only Song Zheng has confidence in Zhang Jingchu, but even those media reporters are the same, previously, after the Golden Globe Awards announced the list of nominees, some media predicted that Zhang Jingchu would become the best actress this time, and even the odds offered by the betting company, Zhang Jingchu was also at the top of the list.
Media reporters on both sides of the red carpet raised their cameras and frantically pressed the shutter, and some reporters shouted their names and asked them to pose in various poses.
When Zhang Jingchu first got out of the car, she was still a little confused, but she was dragged by the atmosphere of the scene, and her nervousness was relieved a lot.
Just as the two walked to the center of the red carpet, there was a sudden noise at the scene, and the reporters who were originally shooting at the two of them turned their cameras and re-aimed at the starting point of the red carpet.
Song Zheng also turned his head to take a look, and was immediately relieved, to have such a strong appeal and influence, it is naturally James Cameron, who has the title of the king of the world.
Thinking that he was going to compete with James Cameron's masterpiece "Avatar" this time, Song Zheng didn't have much confidence.
It's not that it's presumptuous, it's just that the opponent is too strong.
Among these Hollywood actors, directors, actors, Song Zheng is naturally most admired by Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, and in the field of directing, Song Zheng admires James Cameron the most.
Maybe Spielberg is more famous and has a higher status in the industry, but it is James Cameron who really shows the art of award-winning movies to the fullest.
Spielberg's works are more artistic, while Cameron is both artistic and commercial, while pursuing big productions and big scenes, Cameron has never forgotten to add depth to his works.
In addition to his achievements in the field of film, Cameron's legendary life experience is highly respected by Song Zheng.
Who would have thought that a truck driver could become the king of the world in the field of cinema?
When Cameron was still driving a truck, working hard for his livelihood, but still talking about his life ideals, probably everyone except himself would think that this person was crazy.
Even in 1984, a month before the release of "The Terminator", in the eyes of a considerable number of people in Hollywood, the name James Cameron was still synonymous with big flickering.
A Canadian, carrying the story of "a robot chasing a woman", traveled thousands of miles to Los Angeles and hit almost all the south walls of Beverly Hills.
At that time, the coordinates of Hollywood bigwigs were movies like "Star Wars", "Batman Returns", "First Blood", "Rocky", and as for the picture of "a metal skeleton in flames" that Cameron wanted to shoot, who would watch it?
But the result?
An investment of 6 million brought a box office of 80 million, you know, it was in 1984 that Cameron became famous.
But just when everyone was looking forward to Cameron's continuation of the legend, the "Terminator 2" they were looking forward to was belated five years after the release of the first part, which was "against business ethics" for Hollywood.
At that time, James Cameron had already sat on the throne of tyrant, and he had the absolute right to do things like "shooting and printing more than a million feet of film, and the final release was far less than 1% of it."
In the eyes of a considerable number of people in Hollywood, James Cameron at this time is still synonymous with big flickering.
"Liquid Robot" is unachievable, and as a result, James Cameron turned "Terminator 2" into the first movie ever to invest more than $100 million, and the final box office swept $500 million worldwide.
Although all these years have passed, the film that originally shocked Hollywood with its special effects still seems to be timeless, but it is clear that it is more than just the technology that makes it shine even more.
Under the immersion of time, some of the original meaning of "The Terminator" has been peeled off, and some new elements have been regenerated. Looking back now, Terminator still represents the way forward for advanced culture.
But at the same time, as Hollywood reflected when the first "Terminator" was released, this is still an "unreasonable movie".
James Cameron almost became what everyone calls a big fool, the only difference is that "The Terminator" succeeded.
James Cameron didn't end up being a big liar, and as a film artist, he knew how to keep a movie at the right distance from its audience, and he became a genius.
As a genius, James Cameron gained the right to match genius after "The Terminator". Speaking of success, Spielberg said, "Exactly what I like and what people like," while James Cameron is, "It just so happens that I know what you're going to like, and I can do it."
He has honed technology into art, and business into praise.
Geniuses and ordinary people are only one step apart, and contemporaries often do not understand that this step is a thousand miles, and the descendants blindly believe that this thousand miles are a step, and the contemporaries kill the genius for this, and the descendants burn incense in front of the genius for this.
James Cameron became one of the few breakouts in the tunnel of history, standing at a proper distance and witnessing himself as a living genius.
Being a genius has always been accompanied by controversy, and the word "infamous" is almost inevitably used in every article detailing James Cameron's life.
Yes, he was a demanding, domineering "tyrant" on location, an inconsiderate and unpredictable husband in the family, and a paranoid and money-burning machine in the eyes of his Hollywood peers.
However, in the eyes of many ordinary movie fans, these accusations are completely irrelevant, they are either eggs and bones, or malicious attacks out of jealousy, there is only one James Cameron in the world, that is the great hero James Cameron, the great genius James Cameron, and the incomparable, omnipotent director James Cameron.
There is no doubt that James Cameron is one of the most compelling directors in the world today, having twice set the record for the highest film investment, made one of the world's highest-grossing films of all time, equalled the record for the number of Oscars won by a film, and each film set the technical benchmark for future films.
When talking about James Cameron, people can't help but mention another outstanding commercial film director, Steven Spielberg, who can be compared to this twentieth-century film giant, which in itself shows Cameron's high status in people's hearts.
It's fair to say that James Cameron's half of his life is legendary, because almost no one has been able to replicate his experience.
When he was in his early twenties, he had a dream of filming, worked as a cleaner, gas filler, and truck driver.
Just two months after his thirtieth birthday, "The Terminator" was released. With a cost of 6 million in exchange for nearly 80 million at the global box office, he has become Hollywood's hot new favorite.
In the year of confusion, "Titanic" swept the Oscars, and he shouted "I am the king of the world!" at the awards ceremony, and the media was in an uproar, some people hated and some ridiculed, and the "arrogant" hat was buckled on his head.
Now, after 12 years of hibernation and 55 years old, he has returned with the king of "Avatar", and has responded to all doubts with an astronomical new box office record.
"Avatar is not just a movie, it's a ~~~~~~~~"
Similar phrases have become the standard way to praise "Avatar", and some people may seem to feel numb, but in Song Zheng's eyes, James Cameron's film deserves any praise.
"Avatar", which he spent 12 years to complete, took the function of "light and shadow to create dreams" to the extreme, and fictionalized the ecology of the entire planet Pandora in detail, from a grass and a tree to a mountain and a river, from the material world of the Na'vi people to the language and spiritual world, all of which poured huge imagination and technical power.
It is said that his creative team wrote an encyclopedia of more than 200 pages called "Avatar: A Confidential Report on the Biological and Social History of Pandorastar" to explain the rationale behind it.
"Avatar" makes people see that movies don't just create a story, a few characters, some scenes, but create a whole alternative world. This is Cameron's ambition and the dream that the film itself has harbored since its birth.
It is not an exaggeration to summarize "Avatar" with "opening a new era of Hollywood movies" in Song Zheng's mind.
This James Cameron took four and a half years to produce and spent nearly $500 million to create "Avatar", which not only opened up a new world of film 3D technology, but also brought people an epoch-making audio-visual experience.
It has finally brought the movie theaters, which were once hit hard by home projection and Blu-ray HD DVDs, back to the focus of fans' attention, and a new era in the history of cinema has begun.
Song Zheng still remembers that it is since "Avatar" that 3D technology has become one of the gimmicks of countless movies to attract audiences, and even Xiangjiang has used the banner of 3D to pull countless salty and wet into the cinema.
Regardless of people's intentions, "Avatar" deserves epochal accolades in terms of bringing audiences back to the cinema.
Specific to this movie, "Avatar" is not just a science fiction movie, the connotation and depth are enough to make people endlessly evocative.
In particular, the core of the story, "Return to Nature", points out the beautiful nostalgia of countless people in modern society.
Many people say that movies are art, compared to many modern movies that are full of bad reviews and good looks, and the acting skills are explosive, "Avatar" is really a rare work of art.
The plot of "Avatar" is actually not difficult to understand: the story takes place in the year 2154, when Jack Sully, a former Marine with paralyzed legs, is involved in the mining company's collection of mineral elements called "Unobtanium" on the planet Pandora by chance.
But this element is hidden deep under the sacred tree of the alien race Na'vi who have been believing for generations, and the Na'vi are dissatisfied with the destruction of nature on which they depend, so the two sides have launched an invasion and a counter-invasion struggle.
And Jack Sully, as the protagonist, is also possessed in the clone Avatar, and finally saves the Na'vi and defends the planet Pandora.
In a certain sense, the movie "Avatar" has not been able to break away from the cliché of American blockbusters about the creation of "personal heroes".
But on the other hand, "Avatar" also contains a lot of other elements: politics, economy, culture, history, religion, science and technology, etc., which can be said to be a very good reflection of the multi-faceted combination of the film.
At the same time, "Avatar" as a whole also hides a deep historical color in terms of built-in shaping.
In fact, some countries in the modern world have a history of being invaded and have a history of resisting modern weapons with cold weapons. This can be said to be an inevitability of the progress of the times, which has promoted the economic development of the whole world and even all mankind. But at the same time, it can't hide that it's a sadness.
Economic development has made people hungry for profit and even mad. Some brought genocide, and naturally there were others who endured genocide.
In another sense, "Avatar" is also a kind of calmness and reflection on human nature.
Nature has shaped human beings, and it can be said that nature is the god of human beings. But once upon a time, people have long forgotten the god they once believed in, and they have wantonly poisoned her.
In the world of "Avatar", the sincere repentance of the primitive people after slaughtering their prey is used, which is a true restoration and a return to faith.
At the same time, some of the incomplete beauty set in the movie also makes the movie more realistic and more shocking. For example, the kind-hearted scientist Dr. Grace Augustine died peacefully after meeting the Na'vi god Ava, and the aviator Judy Chaken died heroically in battle. These heart-wrenching regrets make people feel the scene and the sadness more realistically in another way.
The script of "Avatar" is ordinary, and every step of its plot development is very familiar to the audience, and it can even be said that I have seen these in countless movies and big movies before, the strangeness of alien creatures, the helpless arrogance of human beings, the simplicity of primitive tribes, and eternal war and feelings.
Its plot is very familiar, it is "Terminator" + "Transformers" + "Pocahonta", and the ending of the film can be predicted from the determined and cold-blooded eyes of the muscular Miles.
But the audience was still deeply shocked.
Avatar's stunning 3D effects and tight and detailed plot advancement are immersive, and it can be said that the entire 155 minutes of the film are an unparalleled full-body experience.
But that's not all.
It allows every ordinary moviegoer to understand the meaning of the movie.
The success of a movie may depend on the ingenuity of the screenwriter, the careful planning of the director, the bewitching of the leading actors, the in-depth processing in the later stage, or the publicity in place before the release, but the brilliance of a movie should not only be a certain part of it, but all of the above.
Cameron did it.
Now let Song Zheng compete with such a director and such a work, if he is still full of confidence, it will be called a strange thing!