After the untouchable release, it didn't take long for him to become the darling of the media. And after the release of this movie, the topic of discussion has become more and more whether this movie can qualify as a hit movie for this year's Oscars.

This discussion is not unfounded: after all, there were not many hot candidates at this year's Oscars. Although this year's blockbusters continue to sell out, although there is an extremely popular blockbuster market, there are not many movies that can be said to be excellent this year.

It seems that after the technology, for a while, people are all rushing for more high-tech technology and bigger investment blockbusters. There are fewer movies that can really reflect the connotation, and people are willing to shoot them. Large companies are all afraid of falling behind and are focusing on the question of how to make money, and there are fewer and fewer movies that are really willing to think about it.

Such a situation can be seen from the bleak situation of this winter. Normally, in winter, it is the best time for various films to compete for awards to be released, but this year, there are far fewer such films.

In the winter of this year, there are only three movies released that are aiming for the Oscars.

One of them is naturally untouchable, while the other two are Million Dollar Baby and Aviator.

The former of these two films is a biopic of Howard Hughes, and it can also be said to be Xiao Lizi's transformation work - from this movie, he also ended this year's leisurely life and began to really take his acting career seriously. This film is strong in terms of investment and cast, and it can also be said to be one of the most valued films.

This movie can be said to be the biggest hit of the year, firstly, Howard Hughes was originally quite a legendary person, and secondly, the background of this story is also the era of American cinema, and it is also an era that is very popular with the audience. In addition, this movie also has a lot of stars participating, and the battle is very large, so it is also very popular.

It's just that. In terms of the structure of this movie, it is not particularly outstanding, and in the second half of the movie, it can be said that it is also a little loose, and although the actors of this movie are also good, compared to the other one, when evaluating acting skills, the status in people's hearts is worse.

Another million-dollar baby is Eastwood's new work. The film fits Eastwood's grim style very well. The story is a bit sad, but it is very touching, and it can also be said to be a good movie.

Moreover, the performers of this movie, whether it is Eastwood or Morgan Freeman, or the protagonist Swank, have all been recognized in their movies in terms of acting, and there are so many top actors involved, which is one of the reasons why it is favored.

But it's embarrassing. In a sense, there are only a few movies that are really worth paying attention to this year, and. Although these movies are all okay at the box office, they are far from real blockbusters. Compared with the previous years, literary films with large investments have been released every year, and this year's situation seems to be completely different.

Of course, that's not to say there aren't any other movies. In addition to these movies, there are also several movies whose names are also hot. For example, the soul singer and the search for Neverland are also favored. Both of these are biographical films. Such a theme is originally more popular, and the story of the musical genius and the author of Peter Pan is also very interesting.

These movies have also received a lot of praise, but, compared to the previous three, none of them are considered to be the favorites to win the championship, but only the movies that can be nominated. However, in some other aspects, it has received a lot of recognition.

For example, the King of Soul Singers - although the film itself is not very remarkable, this biographical film released at the end of May, less than two weeks after its release, the protagonist of the film it filmed, Ray . Charles died of illness. His death makes the movie have a great tragic color, and it is also sympathized with by more people.

Of course, this movie is actually not particularly good, and it is unlikely to win an award. However, the film's starring Jamie. Fox is Ray. Charles personally designated his own actor, and when playing this character, he did show good acting skills. The bonus to Charles' death, and now when he tries to win the Oscar for Best Actor, this is a big bonus.

And the current media propaganda is actually doing just that. And because of this, there seems to be no controversy about this year's Oscar for Best Actor - the dead are the greatest, and this principle is the same everywhere.

This kind of thing has not happened once or twice in Hollywood: when there is a relevant character in the movie, with good publicity, it can get people's sympathy points. This time the soul singer is an example, and another example in the future is Heath Ledger - although his acting skills are undeniable, it is difficult to win awards for acting in superhero movies. However, he passed away at this time, so the crew immediately said that he was too involved in filming and couldn't get out of the role, and as a result, he died, and fought for sympathy points for him - as for saying that he actually made other movies after filming Batman, and the cause of death was suspected by many people to be taking drugs or even overdosed on drugs, and there were rolled up dollars at home - those are secondary, don't care......

Levy also knows an example in his memory, in his memory, after Zhang Guorong's death, he was also promoted as being overinvested in filming and unable to get out. And even earlier Bruce Lee, there were rumors that he practiced martial arts and went mad and died. Holding dead man propaganda is not a big deal for this industry.

Everyone knows these things in their hearts. Privately, Levy and Alexander also talked about it.

"For this year's movie, it can be said that the soul singer has booked the best actor, and the million-dollar baby has booked the best actress. One relies on the dead, and the other relies on the role of the female protagonist, there is no way to fight for this. ”

In this regard, although on the bright side, people say thunder. Charles's death was somewhat sympathetic, but in private, Alexander and Levy were not so polite when they talked about it. Levy even felt that Alexander was quite envious of the dead, and regretted that the characters in his movies did not die......

He can understand this mood, after all, it is very hard for Alexander to be in charge of public relations and awards now, and it is inevitable that the other party has such a natural advantage, but he still feels a little strange about this idea.

"There's no way around this, who let him catch up. Sometimes people's luck is always good. "Levy didn't have a good deal to deal with that," Anyway, Jamie. Fox also did play very well, compared to little Cuba. Godin isn't bad either, so don't complain. ”

"I can throw in the towel, but it's awkward to throw in the towel."

Alexander muttered.

Actually, this time the show award, little Cuba. Godin didn't have much hope either. Although he played well, a black man played a black man, which did not surprise everyone. It was Jeff, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Bridges, who is more than he hoped, is what Alexander is focusing on.

"In terms of actor awards, we helped Bridges this year. Director, let's help you get a nomination, but don't think about winning the award. And for the best picture, we put more effort into it. ”

Alexander said that the arrangement of the award this time was similar to what Levy expected, this time the award, the best director, still has nothing to do with him. Although he made a good movie this time, and this year's movies are generally sluggish, how can it be so easy for people who have won two awards to win the third time.

"That's it, I think it's okay."

Levy didn't say anything, just smiled and laughed, but he found that Alexander didn't seem very interested in participating in the awards for this movie.

"That's what it is...... Even now I have some doubts about the importance of the Oscars. ”

Alexander also had an opinion on this, and Levy immediately knew what he was thinking.

As early as a few years ago, when technology made great progress, Levy knew that with the advancement of technology, there would be more and more high-tech movies, and movies would be blockbusters, and more and more people would follow technology. In previous years, this trend had already emerged, but the Oscars had a fig leaf called The Lord of the Rings to help them block the problem.

And this year, The Lord of the Rings is over, and the blockbusters that are blockbusters are either Spider-Man or Shrek, such a movie, Oscar naturally cannot give favor, but not paying attention to these movies has caused another embarrassment: the Oscar participating movies, several movies add up to the box office is not as much as a commercial film. It has even been calculated that this year's nominees will gross the lowest since the '90s, no matter what.

Compared with the glory of the Oscars in previous years, this year's five movies do not have the previous situation of competing for beauty. Thunder. Biography of Charles, Biography of Peter Pan Author, Howard. Hughes's biography, coupled with the fact that Levy's films are also based on reality, is amazing that so many movies based on reality have been released in one year. And four of the five nominations are biographies, which is almost the Oscars as a biographical film jury.

This situation is not good, but what can be done without making a biographical film? As the gap between the box office is getting bigger and bigger, it must be difficult for literary films to get investment, who will put their energy on this anymore?

The era of blockbusters has arrived, investment in movies has increased, and the income from movies has also increased. However, for those literary films, this is not necessarily good news. And the Oscars, as an award organization, no matter how famous they are, it is impossible to resist the general trend.

The development of science and technology is a good thing for movies, but it is unknown whether it is a good thing for the Oscars. For Oscar, now they are facing embarrassment. (To be continued......)