Chapter 944 Scene 944 Decisive Battle for Oscar
"En......" Li Xiaole was not relieved at all by Kathryn Bigelow's comforting words, because he knew that in the original history, it was "Bomb Disposal Unit" that defeated "Avatar" to win the best director and best picture, which sounds incredible, but the fact is that no matter how great a movie is, if you want to win the Oscars, you must have a little luck, such as "The Shawshank Redemption", which is known as one of the greatest movies, also lost to "Forrest Gump" that year.
This made Li Xiaole a little worried, after all, he has James Cameron and Nolan competing side by side at the box office, and Kathryn Bigelow, the talented Hollywood female director who is the most talented in awards, is fighting all the way, and every award is extremely difficult, and he can only sigh again that this year is indeed a well-deserved film year.
The 67th Golden Globe Awards ceremony has just come to an end, with 24 film and television awards each attributing, and 13 film awards falling into the bag of 8 films, which can be said to be blooming everywhere, of which "Avatar" leads the most with 3 awards (3/7), followed by "The Legend of the Great Sage" with 2 (2/6). The popular "Bomb Disposal Unit" is nothing, and it is not an exaggeration to call tonight's ceremony a "night of controversial films".
This also caused everyone to have all kinds of controversies, why the results of "Avatar", "The Legend of the Great Sage" and "Bomb Disposal Unit" are so different in different film awards.
In fact, the people who participated in the vote counting know that whether it is the Golden Globe Awards or other awards large and small, this year's three films are extremely close in the number of votes for Best Director and Best Picture, and many times the gap is in the single digits, and it is not surprising who wins the award.
With these awards, a large number of news topics and commentaries have also been generated: "Can Li Xiaole defeat the James Camerons?" "The Golden Globe Medal heralds the coronation of "Avatar"? ", "Oscar Prospect Analysis", "The Political and Sensitive Themes of "The Legend of the Great Sage" Make the Judges Feel Bad"......
The Associated Press, Reuters, AFP and other news agencies rushed to publish press releases; Los Angeles Times, New York Times, The Times, Yahoo Entertainment, Hollywood. COM, NBC News, FOX News, Sina, Tengqixun, Qimo and other global media competed to report.
Although the three directors have their own leaders in different awards, most of the focus is on Li Xiaole, a young Chinese man who is in the limelight this year.
Regardless of whether he wins or loses, Li Xiaole's news photogenic rate is as high as when he is broadcast live on TV, and it can almost be said that the whole world revolves around him alone! But the flash focuses on a certain place, naturally because it is concerned, and the media discovered early on that as long as they add a "Li Jesus" to the title, whether it is good or bad, the click rate will skyrocket, so they are also willing to cooperate with the screen swiping activity of contacting Li Xiaole. He was the protagonist in the banquet hall and on the stage, and when he came to the back stage to take a group photo of the winners, Li Xiaole was still the protagonist, and the winners of film and television, men and women, young and old, all vied to take photos with him.
The time has come to the evening of February 2, when the sky-breaking "The Legend of the Great Sage" and "Avatar" broke through the global $2 billion mark, they ushered in a good news at the same time under the eager expectation of global fans.
At 8 o'clock West Coast time, Tom Sherek, the new president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and Hollywood star Anne Hathaway and Beverly Hills of Los Angeles jointly announced the nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards.
"The Best Picture was selected for "The Legend of the Great Sage", "Avatar", "Bomb Disposal Unit", "Inception"; "District 9", "Inglourious Basterds", "Flying House", "In the Clouds", "Serious Man"~"
"The best director is Li Xiaole's "The Legend of the Great Sage"; Kathryn Bigelow's "Bomb Disposal Unit", James Cameron's "Avatar", Quentin Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds", Coen Brothers' "Serious Men" ~~"
As the 82nd Oscar nominees are being announced! Li Xiaole's fans around the world were not disappointed, watching "The Legend of the Great Sage" win one nomination after another, and said happily "Great!" "Bullie!!" “yeah!” 、“cool! ”、“great! "Ring!
The Academy Awards jury couldn't ignore the fact that the epic production, which has already grossed $2 billion worldwide, is rightfully leading the list of nominations, with nine nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Effects, Best Sound Editing, and Best Soundtrack.
And like arranged by the film school, James Cameron's "Avatar" also received 9 nominations, which are exactly the same as Li Xiaole's selected projects.
Chinese fans who watched the live broadcast of the pirate station in front of the screen cheered every time they announced a nomination for "The Legend of the Great Sage", until it was announced that "The Legend of the Great Sage" was shortlisted for Best Picture, not Best Foreign Language Film, everyone jumped up from the bench, and even when Han Sanpin of China Film Group heard the news, he couldn't help but wave his fist, and finally a mainland film was shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Picture!!
"Li Xiaole, Li Xiaole!! Come out and see, what are you doing? We took the lead in getting nine nominations~~" Li Xiaole, Lei Ting, and Ha Zhiyuan, who had just finished the meeting, were having dinner in a Chinese hotel in Los Angeles, and saw the live video broadcast on their mobile phones in the bathroom, Ha Zhiyuan jumped and jumped excitedly, rushed directly to the dinner table, and shouted: "Nine nominations~~!" ”
Li Xiaole and Lei Ting were eating on the table, and they didn't feel surprised at all "oh".
"Huh? You already knew? Ha Ji Won looked at the two in surprise.
"Todd Hardy called before yesterday~~" Li Xiaole said calmly: "He has already told us the news in advance." ”
"Really? Can he tell us the results of the judges in advance? Ha Ji Won's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked expectantly.
"There's nothing he can do about it...... Before that night, only a few old antiques from the academy knew, and he couldn't help it. Li Xiaole shrugged his shoulders.
"That's it...... It will definitely not be chosen, and the Americans must choose their own country when they choose movies. Ha Ji Won pouted and said with some frustration.
"Don't worry, we have a chance." Lei Ting didn't raise her head, and continued to drink a bowl of tomato and beef soup, and said: "The fact that we didn't suppress "Avatar" this time has been spread all over the industry, and the attitudes of major associations have changed a lot, the Screenwriters Association and the Actors Guild all support us, plus our 'lobbying company' is also the top one, and all these factors add up to offset the prejudice caused by nationality. ”
"Whew...... That's good~~" Ha Zhiyuan let out a sigh of relief, looked at Lei Ting and asked curiously: "Speaking of which, Sister Lei, have you controlled your body, you seem to have eaten a lot more recently than before...... I'm still a little fatter, you better restrain yourself, let's wear beautiful clothes at the Oscars together~~"
"Fat is fat, I'm going to wear fur, a little meat is what a man wants, and I'm also worried about how to marry myself!!" Lei Ting's expression was a little strange, and she snorted coldly, as if she was angry and turned around and left, but halfway through, she turned around, picked up the bowl of beef soup that she hadn't finished drinking, and shouted to the waiter: "Pack!" ”
stunned Li Xiaole and Ha Jiwon...... What's wrong with Sister Xiao Lei lately...... It's a strange way to give up on yourself.
"I see!" Ha Ji Won clapped his hands and said, "She, the producer, was shortlisted for Best Picture, this is because the pressure caused by nervousness and excitement is too much, so let's eat wildly......"
"I don't think it's ......" Li Xiaole shook his head, muttering in his heart, could it be that Lei Ting has been lonely for too long, and she really wants to work hard to gain weight and marry herself......?
In the expectation of global fans for the Oscars, the cross-year box office war has not yet ended, "The Legend of the Great Sage" and "Avatar" continue to monopolize the top of the global single-week box office charts, after the announcement of the Oscar nominations, the two popular works once again stimulated the movie-watching boom, and in the week after the nomination, they rebounded against the trend and continued to lead the box office of 4389/42.78 million US dollars on the weekend on 22.8.
In the following month before the Oscars, people watched these two movies set new records one after another, refreshing the limits of people's minds every day, 2.1 billion ...... 2.2 billion ...... 2.3 billion ...... Until the end of this month, all fans gasped when they saw the final statistics, the global box office of "The Legend of the Great Sage" was 3.057 billion US dollars, and "Avatar" was 3.098 billion US dollars......!! This achievement shocked the executives of all film companies for several days......
You must know that the total box office of all movies in the world last year was only 21.7 billion US dollars...... This is a result created by 12,754 films in the world combined, and the two films "The Legend of the Great Sage" and "Avatar" created one-seventh of the total box office last year...... That's an unbelievable number.
At this time, both films have begun to show fatigue, "Avatar" with a total box office of 40 million US dollars narrowly ahead, it seems that "The Legend of the Great Sage" is unlikely to catch up, but the time has come to the Pacific time zone March 7, 2010, the 82nd Oscars ceremony is about to open, according to the Oscar for best picture, the winning film will be in theaters will set off a boom again...... Everyone realizes that the final result of this "battle of the two kings" depends entirely on the outcome of the Oscars.
Li Xiaole and James Cameron, who can win the highest honor in the film world~~Who can win the final victory~!!