Chapter 514 Surprise VS Loss
The host of this Oscar is Hugh Jackman.
This Australian "Uncle Wolf" did not decline because he did not have Wolverine in this life. He is still famous and still rose up because of other movies.
Shortly after the opening, Hugh Jackman and Beyoncé Norlis collaborated to perform the show at the awards ceremony - "Musicalisback".
Wang Meng has seen Beyoncé, who loves to show off her underwear.
The performances of the two were very exciting, although Wang Meng felt that they were just that.
However, the applause and subsequent reports showed that the two performed well.
Maybe it's a cultural difference?
Hugh Jackman not only has a wonderful acting, but also has a good foundation in hosting. He keeps making fun of the actors he is working as a liven up the atmosphere, which is not at all compared to ordinary talk show hosts.
The initial award was the Joan Hershot Humanitarian Award, which was won by Jerry Lewis.
After that,—
Best Clothing Design Award – Michael O'Connor "The Duchess".
Best Editing Award - "The Millionaire in the Slums", the beginning of the desolation, the first award.
Best documentary - "The Tight Cable Walker".
Best documentary short film - "Smiling Pinki".
Until the Matrix nominated for Best Photography Award.
"The nominations for Best Photography at the 81st Oscars include Deborah Harper's "Secret Clouds of Change", Claudio Miranda's "Rejuvenation", Anthony Dodd Manto's "The Rich Man", Wylie Pfist's "Batman's Dark Night Knight", and Kevin Solo's "The Matrix."
When the award presenter announced the nomination list, the atmosphere at the scene became a little nervous.
Not to mention anything else, the four movies, "The Slums Millionaire", "Rejuvenation", "The Matrix" and "Batman: The Dark Knight", will compete for this award, and you can imagine the mystery.
Among the previous awards, "The Slums Millionaire" has won the Best Editing Award, which is the first to win.
However, Wang Meng is not very confident. What should I say? It is inherently deficient.
After all, it is not an award-winning literary film, but a science fiction film.
"Batman-Dark Knight", which is much higher than his box office, is not as nominated for "The Matrix".
It’s not that “The Dark Knight” is not excellent, but that it has less connotation, which is much less than the philosophy and warnings of “The Matrix”.
Not only the scene, but also the audience watching the live broadcast in front of the TV was as nervous.
There are all kinds of people who support "The Matrix" and "Batman: Dark Knight". Who said that Hacker and Batman are commercial blockbusters?
After all, commercial blockbusters are well-known.
Nomination for Best Director Award, Nomination for Best Original Script, Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, Nomination for Best Visual Effects, Nomination for Best Audio Effects, Nomination for Best Art Direction Award, Nomination for Best Photography Award, Nomination for These Seven Nominations, To be honest...
Wang Meng was only a few of them a little confident, that is, the nomination for foreign language films and the best visual effects, and there was no confidence in anything else.
"The 81st Academy Award for Best Photography is Anthony Dodd Manto's "The Millionaire in the Slums". Congratulations to Anthony, Congratulations to "The Millionaire in the Slums", congratulations to Anthony, Congratulations to "The Millionaire", congratulations to..."
Sure enough, the award was "The Millionaire in the Slums", and the award was Anthony Dodd Manto.
Anthony Dodd Manto, amid the applause of "Slumdog...", walked onto the podium after hugging Danny Boyle, the director of "Slumdog Millionaire".
"Hey man, don't be discouraged, we are just as good as that." Wang Meng comforted Kevin Solo, who was a little disappointed.
"Director Wang, I know. After all, we are science fiction movies, but my first nomination is my lifelong dream, and I am a little disappointed." Kevin smiled miserably, but he just smiled ugly.
Wang Meng understands Kevin's feelings, especially awards like the Oscars, who can completely let go, right?
However, the crew of "The Matrix" was not sad for long, and a big surprise that Wang Meng didn't expect came.
"The 81st Academy Award for Art Direction is the Matrix."
"Crash..." There was warm applause from the scene.
The camera of "The Matrix" flashed on the big screen, and everyone seemed to relive that crazy time. Looking at the plot on the screen, the applause became even more intense.
"Meng Brother's "The Matrix" won the award, and he is the first one."
"I finally won the award, haha, not bad."
"The art direction award seems to be Yuan Heping received the award?"
At this moment, the audience in front of the TV, especially the Chinese audience, were all excited.
Just like we like something, whether it is reasonable or not, we just want to get everything we like.
The same is true for fans who like Wang Meng at this moment. The loss of the best photography made them very upset, and the acquisition of the best art director made them very happy.
"Congratulations to Master Ba, you go up and receive the award." Wang Meng said to Yuan Heping with a smile. The staff of the crew around him also congratulated Yuan Heping.
Although art directing is a film award or a non-personal award, Yuan Heping is the one who contributed the most, and Ye Jintian and others who have worked with Wang Meng many times. Yuan Heping also took the lead.
This eighth master, who had been in charge of Hong Kong martial arts instructor decades ago, slowly walked onto the podium.
The words of thanks are always so trivial, and the words of thanks seem a little repetitive.
However, the last sentence of Eighth Master was illuminated: "Thanks to the director Mr. Wang Meng. In addition, the sequel to "The Matrix" has begun. We will continue to create classics and will not disappoint everyone."
"Haha..." Wang Meng laughed below, and Eighth Master was also advertising for "Hacker".
The camera followed the camera until Yuan Heping, Wang Meng, Michael, Lawrence and others hugged and congratulated each other one by one, and a prize was not considered completed.
"The first one, how many are you guessing?" Scarlett was very happy to see that he won the award. He obviously forgot Wang Mengmu's behavior just now and asked again.
"Uh! Two or three?" Wang Meng asked after thinking about it.
Obviously, the awards that played cards inappropriately gave Wang Meng a little confidence.
This original art directive is from "Rejuvenation", and now it is my own.
"Two or three, that's fine." Scarlett was easily satisfied. After listening to Wang Meng's answer, he nodded with satisfaction.
The awards continue next...
Meng Meng was defeated by the best original script king, including Dustin Lance Black's "Milke".
If this can be accepted by everyone, then the next Best Visual Effects Award is a bit inexplicable.
"The Matrix", which founded Bullet Time, was not selected?
"Rejuvenation", "Batman-Dark Knight", "The Matrix", and the three movies won the award, not two science fiction commercial movies, but "Rejuvenation", which has magical makeup skills.
"Wow!" When the award presenter announced the list, he was stunned for a while.
Of course it is not to say "Rejuvenation" is not good, it is not.
"Rejuvenation" is also amazing, and the makeup technique is also a classic template.
But the Matrix, which founded Bullet Time, had a lot of calls before.
So much so that everyone was not used to being defeated.
Not to mention anything else, the crew of "Rejuvenation" felt incredible. The previous art director was "The Matrix" who knocked them down, but they were unhappy in retribution and returned them in a while.
Even the award-winning guests said in a confused way: "God, it's incredible? Of course we deserve it, but... "The Matrix" and "The Dark Knight" are also excellent, and it's our honor to be opponents."
The incoherent guest of awards, thanked him after a while, and walked off the podium.
However, the audience in front of the TV and those who watched the live broadcast online were in a panic.
"Are Oscar confused? It's not because "The Matrix" has achieved visual effects? It's simply unbelievable!!"
"The guys in the academy just look down on science fiction and really look down on them."
"Dog/shit, it's simply unreasonable."
...
"Director Wang, isn't ours?" Gu Gaoyi, who won the most recent award, asked in disappointment.
"Yes, let's work hard next time." Wang Meng couldn't figure it out.
But there is nothing we can do, right?
The dust fell to the ground, and it was destined, and there was nothing we could do.
Chapter completed!