Academy Awards came to an end without any surprises or joy, but with a lot of controversy.
The first one is sighing that it is not up to expectations, the second one is sighing that it has declined, and the third one is sighing that it is just like this, because the Academy Awards are still the same as last year, and they only know how to praise the elders and be worldly.
The biggest dissatisfaction is of course that Tony Leung won the Best Actor.
His performance in " Golden Finger " was too average. Just because he won the Venice Lifetime Achievement Award, he can't start to make a fortune and make a fortune.
Lin Baoyi's acting skills in " under the sun " are definitely better than Tony Leung in "Goldfinger". Whether it is the sense of layering or the appeal of the character, the Academy Awards should give him the Best Actor of this year. Instead, Tony Leung contributed It's a good job.
Not only the audience was dissatisfied with such a performance, Wang Jing also complained.
He suggested that Tony Leung follow Alan Tam and stop accepting awards, and give young people opportunities. It is okay not to win the Academy Awards, but other awards should be taken, such as the three major European awards.
But Wang Jing ignored one issue, that is, if Tony Leung did not accept the award, the Academy Awards would honor newcomers. Last year, it was not about respecting the elderly, but it was also the year before. It was all about the sophistication of people in a small circle. If the selection rules are not reformed, I am afraid that In a few years, I won’t even be able to get together the nominated films.
There are also those big guys who talk about revitalizing Hong Kong movies. Revitalization does not only mean investing money, nor does it only mean making police and criminal movies.
In addition to the fixed genres, develop other genres of films, such as "Under the Day", " Youth Diary " and "Falling Water". In this way, Hong Kong films will slowly change the vacuum period of gaps in terms of works and talents.
Don’t be like the new wave of Hong Kong films in the late 1970s, early 1980s and early 1990s. Directors such as Tsui Hark, Ann Hui, and Wong Kar-Wai finally emerged. However, due to poor box office, they only pursued comedies and action films, which made the film movement boom. It was gone after two clicks.
Holding back temporary gains and taking a long-term view is also a big dilemma for getting better. Only by embracing the future can we have a future. This is the symptom of the Academy Awards.
In addition to the male protagonist, the best supporting actor is also quite fateful.
In 1986, Er Dongsheng 's debut film "The Story of a Mad Man", his brother Qin Pei won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2024, "Under the Day" produced by Er Dongsheng is of the same type as "The Story of a Mad Man". His other brother David Jiang won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
These two Best Supporting Actor awards are their first time. Er Dongsheng: Why don’t you say thank you to Brother Xiaobao.
The male supporting actor is the least controversial. Although the best director is not discussed as loudly as Tony Leung, it is still a bit unqualified.
Cheng Baorui's "Homicide" is completely different from his last film "Wisdom Teeth", with its mysterious, fateful, deliberate script and a complete mess.
There is a sense of fragmentation in the whole movie. It seems calm and relaxed, but in fact it is unclear. The story is advanced for the sake of over-interpretation. It was a joy to watch. It was too far-fetched to win the award.
In comparison, Jane Kwan-jin's "Under the Day" and Zhuo Yiqian's "Diary of a Young Man" are more worthy than "Homicide", and they can also support new directors, giving Hong Kong films more vitality than they do now. Aged look.
As for the best movie, do the Academy Awards only depend on the box office?
Because " The Vicious Lawyer " is the first Chinese-language film in Hong Kong's century-old film history to have a box office of over 100 million, so it is the best film?
This is too simple and crude. In terms of quality, this film is an ordinary genre film. That's all. The Academy Award has finally become a small circle's self-pleasure.
"Diary of a Young Man", which was nominated for Best Picture together with "The Vengeful Lawyer", is obviously more qualified to win the award. Even Huang Zihua said it was too dramatic when he went on stage to accept the award.
"Diary of a Young Man" is even better than "Under the Sun". You can see the director's execution ability. Several clean edits and the change of perspective at the end are just right. What needs to be said in more than 90 minutes is clearly allocated.
But what about "Vicious Lawyer"? It is completely an assembly line product that uses a set of templates to drive the audience's emotions. When the audience laughs, when they cry, when they become emotional, it is all predictable.
The motivation of the characters, the reversal of the plot, the psychological changes, step by step, such a film can achieve good commercial success, but it is still somewhat unconvincing at the best level.
Of course, there is also the Lifetime Achievement Award, and this time Sammo Hung won this honor.
But the Academy Awards seem to have forgotten that there is another action film master in Hong Kong who is more influential than Sammo Hung, and that is Jackie Chan .
Jackie Chan has already received the Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award, but the Academy Awards ignored him. Don’t forget, Jackie Chan single-handedly held Hong Kong movies up for several years.
Even if you don’t look at his contribution to Hong Kong films, Jackie Chan’s achievements in film alone are enough to stand out from the rest. What’s more, many film associations in Hong Kong films were established by Jackie Chan himself. The Academy Awards have been based on seniority for so many years. I don’t even understand the word “repay a favor”.
However, Jackie Chan does not lack such a trophy. Winning the award is the honor of the Academy Awards. For Jackie Chan, it is just one more thank you speech.
Today's Hong Kong Film Awards are like many people who blame the mainland for the decline of Hong Kong films.
doesn't know how to look forward. He only knows how to live in the glory of the past, and then attributes the cause of his failure to others. Anyway, he has no problem, and the blame is everyone else's. Hong Kong movies like
are powerless even if the audience who grew up watching them are willing, after all, if they don’t make progress themselves, if we push forward, we will only get scolded.
