The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 242 Sweeping Nominations
"The Film Association is quite generous this year." Chen Jingxing looked at the freshly released nomination list with some surprise: "I thought that at most one film could be entered, but I didn't expect that both "Signal" and "Source Code" could be nominated for the best feature film .”

Xu Wenshen thinks it's normal: "The quality of the movies in the past two years has been mediocre, but they have a good plate for them to divide the pork. In previous years, there are still a few past works that can be watched throughout the year. In the past two years, we have almost been independent of the golden rooster. , Didn’t someone on the Internet say that our DreamWorks is the fig leaf of Huaguo movies? Of course the fig leaf must be taken out to cover up the shame, if the fig leaf is hidden, will the exposed one look good?”

Chen Jingxing almost laughed out loud, Xu Wenshen's words were not pleasant, but he really wasn't boasting.

Although the expansion of the entire film market in the past two years is eye-catching, especially before the first three quarters of 2015 have passed, the box office record in film history has been broken three times in a row, and three 20 billion-dollar films were born within one year.

Not only is the box office expanding at an astonishingly fast rate, but the box office share of domestic films has also reversed the trend of continuous decline in 13 and 14. In the first eight months, domestic films accounted for more than 65% of the box office, compared to only 14% in 54. However, in the context of a booming market, the quality of domestic films has gone from bad to worse.

In terms of word of mouth, DreamWorks has completely become the face of domestic commercial films. "Fatal Identity", "Signal" and "Source Code" all scored above 8.5 points, and even "Tang Detective", which has not yet been released, scored 8 points. .

Except for the movies produced by DreamWorks, other commercial movies can be ranked among the best if they can score more than 6 points. The factory has formed a fault with other large factories.

It can be said that Huaguo's film reputation and ratings in the past year or so are not normally distributed, but a needle stuck in a brick.

It is no wonder that there will be remarks that "DreamWorks is a fig leaf".

It may also be that the Film Association really understands the current situation, so this year's Golden Rooster nominations, DreamWorks or Chen Jingxing can be called the biggest winners.

There are a total of five nominations for best feature film, with "Signal" and "Source Code" accounting for two.

The best director, best screenwriter, best cinematography, best editing and other awards are also not won, and they are all very competitive.

Among the performance award nominations, Hu Ge was nominated for Best Actor with "Source Code", and Lei Jiayin was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for "Signal"—the role of Lei Jiayin's father in "Signal" is actually the male lead. It's even slightly more than the son played by Luo Chen. It's completely a dual-male protagonist pattern, but considering the competition for the award, the method of the main cast was adopted, which is understandable in principle. It is indeed the first time, and Lei Jiayin is the second time.

"Signal" led the way with nine nominations, followed by "Source Code" with seven nominations. Although "Source Code" had better box office, word-of-mouth and ratings than "Signal", for the Golden Rooster Awards Organizing Committee , the family narrative of "Signal", the relationship between father and son is more flattering than "Source Code", which is closer to the Hollywood blockbuster model.

As soon as the nomination list came out, the media and netizens were shocked. There was no precedent for two works of a director being shortlisted for the same Golden Rooster Award for Best Film, let alone "Signal" and "Source Code". Sixteen nominations were received, except for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, all other major awards were nominated, and they were very competitive.

The media and marketing accounts quickly shouted that the day of the Golden Rooster Awards Ceremony might be the titles of "DreamWorks Night" and "Chen Jingxing Night", "Chen Jingxing Ruled the Golden Rooster", "Golden Rooster Award Becomes DreamWorks Annual Meeting" and so on. There are also many sensational news.

The Golden Rooster Award is one of the three gold awards, and it is also the highest film award in the mainland. Although it is held in rotation with the Hundred Flowers Award, the Hundred Flowers Award is actually far inferior to the Golden Rooster in terms of reputation and authority because it is a popular voting award.

Even if the overall quality of domestic films in the past was not good, and the taste of the awards was too thematic, and some porky show operations, the reputation of the Golden Rooster is controversial, but no matter how controversial it is, it is still a Golden Rooster.

It can be said that Chen Jingxing's "feat" of sweeping the Golden Rooster nomination naturally triggered intensive reports and topic discussions, and also pushed himself to the forefront.

His movie fans are naturally overjoyed. Originally, Chen Jingxing wanted box office and word of mouth. He also opened the door to science fiction movies in Huaguo. He is also one of the few directors capable of cultural output. Awards don't work.

This is also the only place where his fans are dragging their feet in the process of "punching the nursing home and kicking the kindergarten" against others.

The Orlando Gold Award is good, but this film festival is not "artistic" at all, and the Hundred Flowers Award won the best screenplay for "Fatal Identity", which is also impossible for a director.

Although Chen Jingxing's supporters have always played down the controversy between artistic level and awards, emphasizing that word of mouth is more important than everything else, ratings are the bible, box office is the highest dry goods, and they also like to refute with "how old are the people who like you".

But who is not greedy for artistic achievements?

Although the Golden Rooster is still far behind the three major awards in Europe, it is considered the top in the country. If Chen Jingxing can win the best director, he will become the youngest award-winning director in the history of the Golden Rooster. This gold content and historical status , Chen Jingxing himself was very moved.

Of course, apart from Chen Jingxing's fans and supporters rushing to tell each other, there is no shortage of sour words, the "DreamWorks annual meeting" itself is not a compliment.

Because this statement was originally derived from the "Beijing Film Studio Annual Meeting", due to various reasons, Beijing Film Studio, one of the five major film studios, has always been recognized as having a special influence on the Golden Rooster Awards, and the Golden Rooster Awards have indeed appeared in history. The phenomenon of Jingying dominating the main awards, and these awards are somewhat controversial.

Therefore, the exaggerated reports of the "DreamWorks Golden Rooster Award" by some media and marketing accounts must contain some dark thoughts of trying to provoke trouble.

In the past six months, DreamWorks has enjoyed great success in theaters, TV and online videos. Its sales are top-notch, and even animation can spark hot topics. It is impossible to say that colleagues and the media are not jealous and sour towards DreamWorks. , but helplessly, the word-of-mouth of the work is really good, and it is at the peak of the favorability of netizens and passers-by.

However, this kind of news report that deliberately relied on DreamWorks' past "glorious history" of Beijing Film Studio and misled netizens out of thin air that DreamWorks "manipulated" the Golden Rooster Award selection did not cause any Internet topics and trends.

It is true that some netizens were reported to have aroused rebellious psychology, accusing DreamWorks of having too many nominations and treating the Golden Rooster Awards as their own annual meeting, but Chen Jingxing's fans and passers-by usually only need to reply "You think "Signal" and "Source Code" have too many nominations, If you snatch a certain golden rooster nomination, then you say a movie will come out and see if it is better than "Signal" and "Source Code"" to end the debate.

It can only be said that the counterparts set off very well.

(End of this chapter)