article | Linghu Boguang
Today is still a summary article for 2023. New Year's Eve is coming soon. I wish everyone a happy New Year. This year is a big year for domestic film and television dramas. Movies, TV series, animations, etc. can be said to be excellent works frequently, and the progress and breakthroughs are very obvious.
But when film and television works took off in an all-round way, I have written before, that is, whether it is film awards or TV awards, they are standing still or even seriously lagging behind. If the emergence of "The Wandering Earth 2" has made about three steps forward for Chinese films, this year's Gold Award can be said to have made Chinese films take five steps back.
was highly anticipated, but just didn’t win the award? Is "The Wandering Earth 2" unfair?
I don’t think I need to say more about how important this movie is to Chinese science fiction and Chinese commercial blockbusters. In fact, the biggest controversial point of this Golden Rooster, until now, is probably that the popular "Unknown" and "King of the Sky" were nominated too many and won many awards.
In addition, they are also commercial special effects blockbusters. "Fengshen" won many awards, while "The Wandering Earth 2" only received a consolation prize.
I wrote about it when the Golden Rooster Award came out. In my personal opinion, "Fengshen" is greater than "Ball 1" and lost to "Ball 2". It's not someone's troll. I have watched all three movies.
The biggest problem of "Ball 2" is that it is too long, the pace and the level of storytelling. Although the core is good, there are many problems from the perspective of the movie itself. This is why many ordinary viewers feel that "Ball 2" is not as good-looking as "Ball 1", and some parts are also deliberately sensational.
"The Wandering Earth 2" To be honest, in my opinion, its greatest advantages are three points.
It goes without saying that the first is the special effects, the second is the breakthrough in the Chinese film and television industry and management level, and the third is the expression of the cultural core and the breakthrough in Chinese science fiction. There are many other merits, but there are many problems with the storyline in the film awards. Should we give it the best feature film?
Best Actor and Tony Leung competed, while Best Actress Wang Zhi had relatively few scenes.
Best Screenplay is a matter of story and plot. It would be inappropriate to give it too many awards and it might be counterproductive. However, the technical awards such as Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Speaker are so strong that not only did they not win, but they were not even nominated, which is unreasonable. After all, both "Fengshen" and "Fengshen" are both commercial blockbusters with the same special effects.
"Feng Shen 1" has received so many awards, which is a bit over-praised. It is not particularly outstanding, but it still gave me some surprises. You can indeed feel the director's intentions from the movie, but these intentions are far from the level of Best Director. In fact, "Feng Shen 1" is just a good commercial film, and it is not as good as other directors who participated in the same period. better one.
The actors who can be nominated for "Feng Shen 1" include Best Director and Best Supporting Actor Li Xuejian. The other young actors can only be said to be more suitable for their roles. Then there are the props team of "Feng Shen 1" and some technical awards. You can nominate and you can win an award.
As for the best male and female protagonists, best screenwriter, etc., I can only say that there are better works.
All in all, for me personally, the stories of several popular movies in this Golden Rooster Awards are quite weak, and they are not enough to win the best screenplay. "Unknown" is a stylized film full of authorship, but the weakest thing is the story. Needless to say, "King of the Sky", "Ball 2" and "Fengshen" are too lengthy and the rhythm is too rushed. They are all the same. .
How "absurd" is this Golden Rooster Award in 2023? Anyway, I laughed
I don’t think “The Wandering Earth 2” or “Feng Shen” are that good. It would be most appropriate to give them a few technical awards, and they can be nominated for best director. After all, these two movies are important to the Chinese film and television industry, China The contribution of the film and television industry is quite large. Not worthy of Best Picture or Best Screenplay.
Nowadays, the best male protagonist, best female protagonist, best supporting actor, etc. are actually not very controversial.
These awards are worthy of their level, and their level is not good enough to win more awards. Don’t think that everyone is satisfied with them just because you personally like to be satisfied. There are also many people who feel that their performance in some aspects is average. In the final analysis, there are still too few good domestic movies that are popular, and it is just a matter of choosing a slightly taller one among a group of dwarfs.
On the contrary, I think that the story, plot, rhythm level, core and expression of literary and artistic films like "Space Exploration Editorial Board" are much more complete, and they also have more empathy like the movie itself. However, the problem is that this kind of literary and artistic films are not very popular. high. The most popular commercial blockbuster has certain shortcomings.
Therefore, everyone is very dissatisfied with this Golden Rooster Award. There is a lack of good movies that most people think are very good and that everyone agrees on! Every movie has various flaws, and no movie is perfect.
However, this Golden Rooster Award is still very funny, because the nomination and award criteria are too strange, or there are no standards at all.
I wrote at that time that you couldn’t figure out what the standard was. You said that "Ball 2" was not academic enough as a commercial special effects blockbuster, okay? But what does it mean that the same commercial special effects blockbuster "Fengshen" has won so many awards? You said there was capital and power behind it. Beiwen almost went bankrupt behind "Fengshen", and the director borrowed money to make a special effects film.
If you pay attention to the title of this movie, you will find that except for Beiwen, Penguin and Maoyan, who later took over, there are no big forces. The producer of "Ball 2" is the state-owned China Film Corporation. Everyone saw how supportive the country was when the movie was released.
You said that its background is the taste of academics such as Nortel. They do prefer "Unknown", but "Unknown" is not the biggest winner. It only won Best Director, Best Actor and Best Editing, and the biggest winner was "Fengshen".
Therefore, I really don’t understand the judging criteria of this Golden Rooster. It was strange that "The Wandering Earth 1" won the award before, but this year, "The Wandering Earth 2" did not win even though it was so much better than "Ball 1" The award is even stranger. I think there must be at least Best Director and various technical awards, but it’s too weird that it didn’t even get nominated.
The biggest problem with Mainland’s Golden Rooster is that it lacks precise positioning. When Golden Rooster was first born, it loved realistic themes. The ten consecutive best films were masterpieces that reflected social reality. In the 1990s, Golden Rooster obviously turned to the main theme. Although many people didn't like it, the quality was still there.
Mainly because after entering the new century, due to the sudden drop in attention of the Golden Rooster, various meaningless adjustments were made. But to be honest, in the past two years, the Golden Rooster has only been nominated, and its awards are not very impressive. It can be said that
actually tells the audience the award when confirming the nomination, and the most normal one is the one it will award to.
Movies have taken 3 steps forward, but the film festival has taken 5 steps back? The Chinese Film Festival needs to be reformed
So, why are so many netizens complaining that "The Wandering Earth 2" did not win an award? Because when it was released, it won the reputation but lost at the box office compared to "Man Jiang Hong". It encountered "Unknown" and "Fengshen" during the award evaluation. If "Unknown" is not comparable, it is quite aggrieved to lose to the same commercial blockbuster "Fengshen".
As I said, if it doesn’t win Best Picture, Best Screenplay should not be that controversial.
But for Best Director, at least win a few more technical awards. After all, the cinematography is not good, the soundtrack is not good, and the special effects are not good. If you think so, you don’t understand movies at all. As a result, not only did it not win an award, it was not even nominated, which is really ridiculous.
It is true that some viewers cannot understand "The Wandering Earth 2" and lack the interest to continue watching it, but fans of "The Wandering Earth 2" probably don't like to hear this. They like it so much, because the significance of this movie to Chinese movies is indeed quite great.
Most of the audience are young people, and there are very few middle-aged and elderly people like me. Therefore, there is a certain knowledge threshold to watch this kind of science fiction film. Not everyone can understand it, which also limits its audience group. . It is natural that middle-aged and elderly people do not like to watch, especially middle-aged and elderly women. It is also difficult for younger children to understand it, and it is probably difficult for them to watch it patiently, which limits its audience.
High school students and above, or young men in their twenties and thirties, should be its main audience. Young women may not like science fiction movies, but may prefer to watch romance movies, while younger children like cartoons. Choosing to go on the market during the Spring Festival, many families, young and old, go to watch movies together. The elderly have little interest in science fiction films, and young children cannot understand such science fiction films. Children like animation.
These factors will affect its box office. It will be released during the Spring Festival, and it will be difficult to get the first place in the box office.
Whether science fiction films should be selected for summer release, there is only "Walking on the Moon" now, and it may be easier to get the first place at the box office.
However, science fiction films require huge investment and high investment risks. At present, domestic science fiction films lack box office in the international market and are entirely supported by the box office in the domestic market. Our domestic science fiction films still have to strive to make as much money as possible and strive for the largest box office. Make money so that Chinese science fiction films can develop sustainably, just in case they become short-lived!
I believe there is no need to go into details about what happened before Chinese movies. As a result, the movie did not beat "Man Jiang Hong" at the box office, and the awards were a joke. This was not what we expected.
Generally speaking, Chinese film and television dramas have made great progress this year. It is a great year. However, the film awards that were supposed to be a benchmark and encourage business, art, and balance have instead been seriously holding back. The Chinese Film Festival really needs to be reformed.
No matter what some netizens say, as long as you have eyes, you will find that mainland movies in recent years have long been inferior to Hong Kong and Taiwan movies. But at the China Film Festival, can the Golden Rooster become the highest award for the Chinese language? Does it convince the public? Can it become a holy place for all filmmakers in the Chinese-speaking region and Greater China? Do you rush to send movies for awards?
Look, the truth is not very simple!
