Chapter 281: Dissatisfaction

This year's Oscars had no Chinese films participating, but the attention was not low.

No one expected that Zhang Ziyi and Pang Bing would both become Oscar presenters. In the eyes of domestic media and the public, this is still very high-end.

In everyone's concept, if you don't have a certain status and influence, how can you become an Oscar presenter?

Since Zhang Ziyi and Pang Bing both became presenters, it means that in the eyes of the Oscars, they have about the same status and influence.

The public is always blind.

Wang Jinghua took the opportunity to buy some drafts, slightly guided, and Pang Bing's status went up, and she was considered to have about the same status as Zhang Ziyi.

Of course, it is not like later generations, where there is clearly no work, and a lot of marketing expenses are smashed down, and she becomes a first-line little flower.

Pang Bing still has a foundation, so Wang Jinghua can take the opportunity to market.

Before Pang Bing was banned by Huayi, she had already started marketing the three Dan and two Bing, and then she ate a big cake and became a major role in the super production "Inception," so she could market successfully.

Actresses who can become famous at this stage almost all have representative works, and everyone still speaks with works.

Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain" won eight Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor, and the sensation caused in the country was also very big.

The subject of "Brokeback Mountain" is a bit similar to "Milk," which Cao Yang once won ten Oscar nominations, although the latter's theme is about political satire, it also involves the homosexual group.

"Milk" eventually won five major awards: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Screenplay.

Plus Ang Lee's last "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," which also won ten Oscar nominations, it is considered an old acquaintance of the Oscars.

Therefore, both the media and many people related to the film and television industry generally favored "Brokeback Mountain," believing that Ang Lee had hope of reproducing Cao Yang's brilliance this time, and Best Picture and Best Director would definitely win one.

Then, it was Cao Yang's "Zhu Nuo." This film also received five nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Editing.

As for why the director of "Zhu Nuo" is clearly not Cao Yang, why both abroad and domestically say it is Cao Yang's, the media also did a brief popular science.

Simply put, Hollywood is different from the domestic director-centered system; it is a producer-centered system.

"Zhu Nuo's" producer, executive producer, and screenwriter are all Cao Yang. The director is just like other staff members, regarded as a "tool" for executing the filming process, so abroad, this is Cao Yang's film.

Even, the media revealed a piece of news that "Zhu Nuo" was adapted from a novel, and the original author of the novel was Cao Yang.

This made many people who didn't know why a bit confused. Isn't Cao Yang an international big director? When did he write novels?

Then according to the relevant information on the internet, they were all shocked.

Cao Yang is not only a big director, but the "Cao Yang's Fantasy Journey" he wrote is actually a bestseller in North America, and it has been hanging in the top 50 of the bestseller list for the past two years!

So "angry" netizens flocked to "Cao Yang Bar," blaming so many bar owners and administrators for not updating Cao Yang's information in the bar.

The management staff of the bar hurriedly explained, which can be summarized into three reasons.

One is who could have thought that such a big director as Cao Yang would "not do his proper job" and write novels.

Two is that Cao's Cao in the novel was translated into "tsao," while Cao Yang's Cao is translated directly into "cao" in film festivals or other times, so many people didn't associate it.

Three is that Cao Yang never said this in the country.

The big and small bar owners and administrators of the bar thought the netizens would not give up, but they didn't expect that after they explained, almost no one mentioned this matter.

Those "thorns" started to discuss in the bar whether Ang Lee could win Best Director or Best Picture this time, could his status in Hollywood catch up with Cao Yang.

Fine, netizens are still very understanding of the bar owner. Cao Yang, don't look at his status and influence are very high, but he is very low-key. Except for filming, he is filming, and rarely appears in front of the public.

Plus, still the same sentence, who could have thought that a big director famous internationally could write a bestseller on the North American list?

CCTV Movie Channel also made changes in broadcasting the Oscars this time.

Maybe it was scolded for the previous few times of delayed broadcasting for twelve hours. When the Oscar nominations were announced, CCTV did publicity. This time the broadcast is no longer delayed for twelve hours.

Of course, broadcasting without any delay is impossible.

After all, we are not an English-speaking country. If it were really broadcast directly, all in English, without subtitles, without explanation, without translation... how many people would watch it?

The broadcast of CCTV Movie Channel this time was only delayed for one hour. According to what they said, they invited many translators and simultaneous interpreters, just to prepare for the explanation.

Not only CCTV, although Sina Entertainment doesn't have broadcast rights, they also specially invited famous film people Zhou Li Ming, Zeng Zihang, Cheng Qingsong, and Liu Miaomiao to visit Sina to comment on the Oscars in time for netizens.

Every year's Oscar red carpet is a platform for actresses to compete for beauty.

This year is certainly no exception.

Zhang Ziyi's dress is different from the Golden Globes.

She wore a two-piece chic gown this time, a black lace diamond-encrusted low-cut tight top, paired with a gray snowflake blended trumpet long skirt. The two small balls were quite eye-catching, and the back also exposed a large area of snow white.

Pang Bing wore much more conservatively. She wore an ivory silk satin corset evening gown, not low-cut, not backless.

Its design is very exquisite. The corset is embroidered with tulle and embroidery. The draped half-skirt and the front are made of ivory transparent hard yarn, decorated with polished gold thread floral embroidery.

The bottom of the skirt is a double-layered pleated lotus leaf edge, layered organza and ivory satin, giving people a rich visual effect of layering.

This dress is a bit traditional, and compared to the actresses on the red carpet, it looks very conservative.

Those Hollywood actresses on the red carpet are almost all low-cut, and many are not only low-cut, but also expose a large part or even the whole back.

Although it is very unfortunate that March 6th is Monday, because of the time difference, the time the Oscars were broadcast happened to be in the morning in the country, because there were quite a lot of people watching the Oscars.

CCTV delayed the live broadcast for one hour, so everyone first flocked to Sina Entertainment to watch several guests comment on the Oscars in real time.

The several guests invited by Sina Entertainment are either film critics, screenwriters, or directors, so their comments are still very professional.

They can also insert some anecdotes about actors or directors who appear in the lens from time to time, or what films they have filmed, and what deeds they have had.

Let netizens who are not very familiar with these people suddenly realize—oh, it's him/her.

One hour later, many people turned on the TV to watch the live broadcast of the Movie Channel.

Then not long after, many people turned off the TV and flocked to Sina Entertainment again.

Even if it was delayed for one hour, CCTV's live broadcast still messed up.

The translation sound was too loud, there were no subtitles, and the lack of professional film knowledge all affected the translation quality to varying degrees.

It's not that the translation level is problematic, but these translators are obviously not very familiar with the film and television industry, and many words are translated very stiffly, just "hard translation."

In short, the translation lacks professional film knowledge, making people look very awkward.

After walking the red carpet, the awards ceremony officially began.

The first award presented this year is still Best Supporting Actor.

Nicole Kidman, as a presenter, wore an ivory white low-cut floor-length gown, which began to tighten at the calf, highlighting the exquisite curves, blonde hair, plus milk-white skin, like a mermaid princess.

The winner of Best Supporting Actor is George Clooney, who won this award for "Syriana."

His acceptance speech is very interesting. The first sentence is, "It seems I am not suitable to be a director, actors are more suitable for me."

Then he continued: "Wow, great. However, perhaps this means I will not be able to win the Best Director award! I have become an Oscar winner, the bad films I filmed in the past can finally be forgotten..."

The reason why George Clooney said this, besides being nominated for Best Supporting Actor for "Syriana," he was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay for "Good Night, and Good Luck."

I don't know for what reason, anyway, he came up and was determined that he could only win Best Supporting Actor tonight, and other awards could not be won.

Is this expressing dissatisfaction with the Oscars?

Several awards were presented one after another, but there were no surprises. On the contrary, many awards were not unexpected and were predicted in advance.

This does not mean who has how awesome predictive ability, it just proves that the Oscars are becoming more and more boring.

When online information increases and information technology continues to develop, the Oscars have no personality, and they have also learned to divide the cake, learned to be mediocre, and learned not to offend anyone.

The awards ceremony has been going on for almost two hours, and the technical awards are almost finished. So far, the biggest winner tonight is "Memoirs of a Geisha."

This film, which only received two nominations at the Golden Globes, received six nominations at the Oscars, but they were all technical award nominations.

The six nominated awards for "Memoirs of a Geisha" have been presented, and this film unexpectedly won three major awards: Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, and Best Art Direction.

In contrast, "Brokeback Mountain," which received eight nominations, has only won one Best Score so far.

In fact, this is not an upset. It is just that the country feels that "Brokeback Mountain" is a big hit. In Hollywood, many media predicted that "Brokeback Mountain" would return disappointed at the Oscars.

Everyone knows the reason. How could the Oscars let Chinese people win the most important major awards like Best Director or Best Picture for three consecutive years?

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