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By mid-February, before the 82nd Oscar nominees' luncheon, the North American box office of "The Wolf of Wall Street" was still slowly growing, and had accumulated more than $235.6 million, although far behind the aggressive "Avatar", but for a film that cost only $80 million to make, it can be said to be a big hit. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Oscar nominees' luncheon was then held at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel, and unlike previous editions, Murphy did not let the busy Bill Rothes do it for him, but appeared in the banquet hall of the nominee's luncheon himself.

Since Robert Downey Jr. and Jonah Hill and others were still promoting the world, Murphy, on behalf of the entire "The Wolf of Wall Street" crew, walked into the Hilton Grand Hotel's One Ballroom alone.

"Please go this way, Director Stanton."

A waiter led Murphy to the table at the front of the ballroom, and Murphy looked at it before he passed, and it was basically sitting there with characters from the top buildings of Hollywood, such as Jon Landau representing the crew of "Avatar", John Lasseter, animation director of Walt Disney, and Hollywood's top superstars...... Leonardo DiCaprio!

There was a time when Murphy was close to Leonardo DiCaprio because of Robert Downey Jr., but now ......

Murphy shook his head slightly, Leonardo DiCaprio is not only a movie star, but also a very successful businessman, and when certain interests are in front of him, the fragile friendship between the two collapses.

Of course, he's also well aware that this is the norm in Hollywood or any business circle, and that everyone he can't possibly meet will turn out to be a sworn friend like James Franco, Robert Downey Jr., Seth Rogen, and Jonah Hill.

"Hi, Jon."

Walking to the banquet table, Murphy first greeted the big fat producer from Twentieth Century Fox, and Jon Landau saw that the person who came over was Murphy, and quickly stood up and hugged him, "Wow, Murphy!" It's such a pleasure to see you. ”

Later, Murphy shook hands with John Lasseter under the introduction of Jon Landau, the two sides had not met before, but they were known to each other for a long time.

Murphy, in particular, has a good impression of Pixar's non-child animation, and is also a great love of the past, and specially chatted with John Lasseter, the core figure of the Pixar Five Tigers.

From John Lasseter's mouth, Murphy also learned that he was here for "Flying House", which is said to be a Pixar studio classic, and it is likely to be the first animated feature film ever to be nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture!

If they are indeed nominated, it will undoubtedly be a huge honor for Pixar Studios, which is the best reward for their perseverance on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also the effect of the expansion of the Oscar nomination list for Best Picture.

Starting from the 82nd Academy Awards, the list of Oscar nominees for Best Picture is no longer limited to five, but can have up to nine! That is, if there are a lot of good films produced that year, the judges may fill the list of nine nominees, and if there are not enough good films, they will choose a few films, but no less than five.

This is arguably the biggest overhaul the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made to the Oscars in recent years, allowing some excellent commercial films such as sci-fi and animated films to be nominated and act as chaperones.

Therefore, both Bill Rothes and Robert Downey Jr. previously believed that the difficulty of "The Wolf of Wall Street" to be nominated for Best Picture was far less than that of Murphy who won or only five Best Director nominations.

Watching Murphy and John Lasseter talking and laughing, Leonardo DiCaprio was a little uncomfortable, but he was also an old man in this circle, and he didn't do anything, just sat here peacefully.

He could see that Murphy's attitude towards him had changed dramatically compared to before, and if it had been before, the first person he would greet when he came over must have been himself.

Leonardo DiCaprio understands why, but he doesn't feel any guilt and has already released goodwill through his agent, and the other party doesn't accept it, that's not something he can control.

Having said that, at that time, with Murphy Stanton's utilitarian character, he might not have done much better than himself.

"Hello, Leo."

When he was in a trance, Leonardo DiCaprio heard the familiar greeting voice, quickly shook his head, came back to his senses, looked at Murphy, who was already sitting next to him, and pulled out a formulaic smile, "Hello, Murphy." ”

When he had said this, he said no more.

Murphy nodded to Leonardo DiCaprio and said no more.

The two of them don't know each other, but they also know a lot, and there is no need to pretend to be enthusiastic at all.

Why did Jordan Belfort want to take back the adaptation rights of "The Wolf of Wall Street", and who are the people behind it, Murphy knows very well.

Similarly, Leonardo DiCaprio also knows that the distance between Murphy and the word good guy is as far as the entire Pacific Ocean, and no one knows whether there is Murphy's shadow behind the obstacles he encountered in this Olympics.

Murphy took one last look at Leonardo DiCaprio, retracted his gaze, and chatted with Jon Landau about "Avatar", the global box office of this film has approached two billion dollars, and everyone can see that as long as there is no major accident such as the outbreak of World War III or an alien invasion, James Cameron will definitely be able to surpass himself, and the truck driver will become a movie myth completely.

It's not that he didn't have the idea of directing this film, but he chose to give up after a little thought, because its operability is almost none.

Let's not talk about whether "Avatar" is whether James Cameron has had an idea from ten or twenty years ago, and the technology alone is a problem that Murphy can't solve.

As long as people with a normal head know a little, they know that this film can be described as a typical genre that can be solved by a script and a director, even if it is written a script, it is not very useful.

Since the beginning of this century, James Cameron has cooperated with Sony Electronics to start research on the latest 3D photography and action imaging, not only did a lot of research experiments for this, but also shot several documentaries to explore the feasibility of technology, and the latest 3D photography and other "Avatar" filming and production must be used in the technology, the patent rights have been firmly in the hands of James Cameron, without the authorization of the truck driver, shooting or anything is empty talk.

Of course, it is not impossible to use other technologies to shoot, and it may be possible to achieve the final film effect of "Avatar", the problem is that James Cameron, as a technology maniac, has invested nearly ten years in those new technologies, and if other directors are replaced, how many years will it take to advance other technologies to the extent that they can shoot and produce "Avatar"?

How many directors can be as willing to put in as much time and effort as James Cameron?

As for the kind of "Avatar" that can be filmed and produced by writing a script, the effect is not bad at all after the film is completed......

Murphy shook his head, thankfully he wasn't so mentally retarded, to be exact, this idea is a compliment to describe as mentally retarded.

Movies are such a thing, there is not necessarily a return if you pay, but there is absolutely no return if you don't pay, just like Murphy has been complaining about the male protagonist in his heart, "Avatar" has also been criticized a lot, but no matter how much criticism there is, the box office results that have exploded now are the best reward for James Cameron's crazy research on new technologies.

If Murphy were to be judged, he would say, "Movies are divided into before and after sound films, before color films and after color films, before Avatar and after Avatar!" ”

Suddenly, Murphy felt that someone was staring at him, and without looking, he also knew that it must be Leonardo DiCaprio.

With Leonardo DiCaprio's network, it must not be difficult to know that a considerable number of Oscar judges are dissatisfied with his actions to rush for the Olympics, and will make unfavorable choices against him when voting.

Although losing "The Wolf of Wall Street", Leonardo DiCaprio's Olympic plan has not been affected too much, according to the news obtained by Murphy, Leonardo DiCaprio has pushed forward the new film with Martin Scorsese, "Shutter Island", which was originally scheduled to be released in February this year, to the end of December last year in Los Angeles, in order to get the opportunity to compete for Best Actor at this year's Oscars.

Frankly speaking, acting is a very subjective thing, and everyone's judging criteria are different, but Leonardo DiCaprio's acting skills have always been criticized, especially the exaggerated facial expressions and the extreme tendency to exert too much force, which are very disliked by the Oscar judges.

But Leonardo DiCaprio has fame, money, ability, and a wide network, and many times, as long as he chooses movies and roles for the Oscars, he will basically appear on the list of the Oscars for Best Actor.

The nominees' luncheon soon began, and no one including Murphy showed much interest in the meals offered at the luncheon, just listening to the Academy's rotating president, Sid Gannis, and guest Anne Hathaway announce the nominees one by one.

The list of nominees was announced very quickly, listening to the name from Anne Hathaway's mouth, Leonardo DiCaprio's face began to become a little ugly, because his huge investment in "Shutter Island" turned out to win nothing in the technical category that had been announced, while Murphy's "The Wolf of Wall Street" received a series of nominations for best editing, best cinematography, best costume design, best art direction and best adapted screenplay.

Then, the list of nominees for the four most important awards jumped out of Anne Hathaway's mouth. (To be continued.) )