is set, "Nezha", Oscar! When
dumplings took a 1600-member National Comic "mixed force" to produce "Ne Zha" for five years, it should have never occurred to him that one day this ugly son would get such an honor.
However, he is the one who is responsible for Xiaoye.
On October 8, the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially announced the shortlist for the "Best International Film" award, announcing the 92nd Oscar Awards that a total of 93 countries and regions selected films to hit the award. The animated film "Nezha: The Devil's Fall "World" represents the "Chong Ao" in mainland China.
Some netizens said that it is unnecessary, really unnecessary.
turned around and found that there are three types of doubts:
is a kind of bad-looking. For example, I feel that an anime movie like "Nezha" is totally unsuitable for Oscars, and should be reserved for places like "Forever" Wait for more socially meaningful or artistic films;
is another type of "children of other people's families", thinking that in contrast to South Korea's "Olympic bid representative" "Parasite", our children are still not enough to play.
is also a cynic, in a word, I think Xiao Nezha is not worthy of "Chongao".
seems familiar.
Before "Nezha" had a box office of 3 million in North America, there was also a round of cynicism. The titles were all "Why did Nezha go out to sea?" Now that the light of the country goes out to sea, it is still not favored by netizens. .
At the same time, after a full-fledged National Day file, the box office of "Ne Zha" has quietly reached 4.968 billion, and it is no problem to make 5 billion.
Nezha with "Chongao"? In my opinion, this is not a problem at all.
watched "Nezha" and his Oscar opponents, I also admit that it is a little difficult to break through this year.
this year Xiao Nezha will hit the Oscars and there will be 92 opponents.
At present, 93 countries and regions have submitted candidate films for the 92nd Oscar Awards for "Best International Film" (formerly "Best Foreign Language Film"), setting a record high. Among them, Ghana, Nigeria and Uzbekistan participated for the first time.
first talk about the history of the Oscar "best international film".
is one of the most interesting awards of the Oscars. The Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film was officially established in 1956 (called the "Special Honor Award" from 1947 to 1955) to commend non-English film works each year. In 1956 Fellini's "Broad Road" won the first best foreign language film award.
Earlier this year, the jury of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences voted to rename the foreign language film category to international feature films and expand the final shortlist from 9 to 10.
last year, 87 countries and regions participated in the competition, and "The Thief Family" and "Burning" from Asia were all shortlisted in the final nine. But in the end they all lost to "Roma" representing Mexico.
The top 10 finalists for this year’s Oscars will be announced on December 16, and the nominations will be announced on January 13, 2020. The final awards ceremony will be held at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood on February 9 next year.
Is there any chance for little Nezha? First look at its opponent.
Fellini has won four awards in history. Italy has won the most awards (31 mentions and 14 wins), France has the most nominations (32 mentions and 12 wins), Israel has the most nominations and no awards (10 mentions and 0 wins), Portugal declared The most and zero mentions (30 applications and 0 mentions).
Europe is a big family of Oscar foreign language films, 55 of the 68 best foreign language films from 1947 to date are made in Europe. Italy and France are among the best, but their momentum has relatively weakened in recent years. For example, last year many strong European films lost to Alfonso’s masterpiece.
European films have revived this year, with the Czech Republic’s "Smeared Bird", France’s "Les Miserables", Spain’s "Pain and Glory", and the British’s "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" and other popular films.
, especially Pedro Almodóvar's semi-autobiographical film "Pain and Glory" won the best actor at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, losing to the Palme d’Or, and is considered to be the hot spot for this award.
But its strongest opponent this year is still Cannes's old opponent-"Parasite", which represented South Korea and won the Palme d'Or award.
This is also a Korean national treasureThe movie starring Song Kanghao for two consecutive years represents Korea Chong'ao.
At present, the Korean film industry is full of confidence, and even a little ambitious. After all, the Korean film industry has made great progress in recent years, and several directors have also received a lot of attention in the international community. Both commercial art and literature have blossomed. The films submitted for selection are mainly high genre films and films full of strong social issues, but none of them is closer to Oscar than this time.
Films submitted by other countries in Asia include India’s "Hip Hop in India", Japan’s "Son of the Weather", Russia’s "Tall" and so on.
Look at Hong Kong, China and Taiwan, China.
Hong Kong likes to push commercial genre films. This year, I reported on the action drama "Sweeping Drugs 2" starring Andy Lau and Louis Koo, which sold at the box office in mainland Hong Kong, but the artistry is hard to say.
The selected films of Taiwanese films are still biased towards art films, occasionally mixed with sensational commercial films ("Cape No. 7" and "Mangjia", this year is the "Who fell in love with him" starring Qiu Ze.
Look, is the chance of "Nezha" breaking through? To be honest, it will not have a higher chance than last year's Jiang Wen's "Evil Do Not Suppress Righteousness", but it is a very reasonable choice.
, or rather, the present The best choice. Why does
say that "Nezha" is worthy of representing the mainland to hit the Oscars? Many fans of
question whether it is because "Nezha" is so invincible at the box office that it has almost rushed to 5 billion, second only to "Wolf Warriors" 2", so it will represent the mainland of China and participate in the Oscars for the best foreign language film. If
is selected only because of the extreme commercial success, it is very reasonable to attract doubts.
However, it must be pointed out that such doubts are not justified.
Which one of the previous "Datang Xuanzang", "Fuck Off! Tumor Lord", and "Wolf Warrior 2" is not controversial?
But the standards for "Olympic bid films" have always been there: 1. Cultural output, which can show China The current style of the film can output China’s national strength and international image; 2. It must have a certain degree of social topic; 3. It must have positive energy.
In the 1980s and 1990s, the works of the fifth generation of directors often represented the mainland Chong'ao. For example, "Red Sorghum", "Judou", "Autumn Jupiter", "Farewell My Concubine".
Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" is recognized as the closest we are to the Oscar, and it was upset by the extremely high voice. Lost. And if you lose to Ang Lee's "Wedding Banquet", you will recognize it, but it loses to the Spanish film "Belle Epoque". I haven't heard it, right? It's right. The history of
has proved Oscar's The vision is not good every time. After
entered 2000, martial arts films such as "Hero", "Heroes of Heaven and Earth", "Ambush on Ten Sides", "Promise" and "Full City with Golden Armor" have gone to Oscars. The results of
are not bad. "Hero" was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Costume Design; "Ambush on Ten Sides" is nominated for Oscar for Best Photography.
's selections in the past ten years are relatively diverse, with the main theme " Cloud Water Ballad, the inspirational comedy "Fuck Off! Tumor Lord", and the action-type "Wolf Warriors 2." From another perspective, the "Chong Ao" movies in recent years do not have very obvious directionality. Which one is the key The film is considered the most suitable to play.
and "Nezha" is such a reasonable choice.
First of all, "Nezha" with a box office of 5 billion can represent the new height of the continuous and rapid development of China's film industry, and the animation theme also breaks through. Can show the development of domestic genre films. From this perspective, "Nezha" inspires the enthusiasm of local audiences, while the theme is also very suitable for Oscar's taste. In the film, except for Nezha, including the dragon Ao Bing, and even the big evil People Shen Gongbao are actually people who are hurt by identity stereotypes.
That's why Nezha shouted "My life is up to me" at the end of the second year. What he opposed was the fate prejudice brought by this identity, and from the result, he won.
will also have a certain resonance in the Oscar judges. It is obviously unfair to say that "Nezha" is a naive second-year film. Another advantage of "Nezha" is that it has obvious "Chinese traditional cultural elements". It is an easy-to-understand Chinese historical story, but it also has a strong sense of modernity. For example, the images of Li Jing and his wife are both inversetruned.
When it was released overseas, although "Nezha" was not very good at the box office, it was actually not a weak one. It could be ranked in the top 100 non-US films in the United States.
's North American evaluation is also quite good, the freshness of rotten tomatoes is 83%, and the audience praise rate is 98%. The score on IMDB also has 7.8 points, which is the highest rated one among domestic animations in recent years.
Therefore, "Nezha" is the most appropriate choice that can reflect the comprehensive factors of China's image, national culture, and film industry. From the symbolic point of view, the success of "Nezha" can also yearn to show the best image of Chinese movies. .
As for "Nezha", is there a chance to win a prize? This is not a factor that should be considered now.
Some netizens said that "Nezha Naohai" will definitely win the prize. If you compare it to the Oscar standards, the chances are indeed not low, but first let "Nezha" go to sea, we can wait for the new "Nezha Naohai".
was ridiculed by the group to go to sea and can't fight Little Nezha, let me support you in the end
said rudely, "Nezha" Chongao has nothing to question.
It has a very high degree of recognition, and it also meets the overall taste and standards of the declaration. Whether approved or not, it is indeed the most correct and reasonable declaration option at this stage.
So why is there so much ridicule now?
Think about it from another angle. In the past few years, the few films that have created box office miracles, whether "Wolf Warriors 2" or "Wandering Earth", have all encountered doubts about the reputation of movie fans after the hits? Of course there is
, and this kind of questioning is also very reasonable. Chinese movies are to keep advancing amidst doubts.
But is "Nezha" really as bad as some doubters say?
For example, film critics say that it is far worse than Hollywood, but I cannot agree with it. It can be seen that the creators have spent a lot of effort and the production is really good, especially the action scenes, which are very imaginative and beautiful.
And the plot is even more thoughtful, which is equivalent to a new version of Nezha's new story, with many new changes, and it is also very successful. Some fans questioned the point that the film went abroad without a big victory, but the overall flat situation of domestic films in the overseas market in recent years cannot be expected to be solved by a hit.
According to the "Hollywood Reporter", many Chinese films have entered the top 20 global annual box office charts after 2014, but the average box office revenue of these films from overseas is less than 1%. In contrast, North American films in the same period Basically, box office revenue in overseas markets accounted for 35%.
Once upon a time, Chinese-language films were the most popular foreign language films in the United States. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000) is the highest-grossing foreign language film in American history. "Hero" has won the North American box office champion for three consecutive weeks. But when kung fu martial arts is no longer the mainstream of Chinese-language movies, the global box office of Chinese-language movies will not be able to play.
"Nezha" is definitely not bad at the North American box office, but it is not dazzling. The focus is on how domestic hot movies are understood by overseas markets. "Breaking the game" in overseas markets is still a subject that requires continuous efforts, just as the progress of domestic films will not happen overnight.
In a sense, today’s journey of domestically produced movies to the sea is not like the doubts encountered when the trailer for "Nezha" was first released?
Before watching the movie, we looked at the dark circles, the big teeth, and the listless Nezha, and we wanted to say-"Nezha is so ugly? Will this be a good movie?"
But then we saw Nezha transformed How can the blood boil over the scenes?
But first of all, "Nezha" has to be seen before there is a chance to reverse its true fragrance.
Therefore, Guoman's light campaign for Oscar was ridiculed by the crowd, why should I support it? The answer of
was in a reporter's question by the director of dumplings-a reporter from
asked: "What do you want to express in this movie?"
dumplings said: "Break stereotypes and be your own hero." Why is
so burning? ? Because "not accept defeat"!
Domestic films, whether they are going to the Olympics or going to sea, must all have imperfect scripts, but the more they are, the more they need to be brave enough to rush out.
is not necessarily to win prizes, but to dare to show yourself to the world.
Can Xiao Nezha change his fate this time? My answer is: rushing out is a change.
Lang Ping has a good saying: women's volleyball spiritNot necessarily to win, but to do your best.
Little Nezha has tried his best, then I will support you to the end.
