The nominations for the 37th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards have been announced. Some are well-deserved, while others are hard to describe and can even be described as abstract.
" Fengshen Part 1: Chaoge Fengyun " and " Article 20 " lead the way and may be the biggest winner.
Whether Andy Lau can break the monopoly of mainland actors on Baihua Best Actor is worth looking forward to.
1. Best movie nomination: Why is there no " The Wandering Earth 2"?
"Three Thousand Miles from Chang'an"
" Volunteer Army: Heroes Attack "
"Fengshen Part 1: Chaoge Style" Cloud》
《Article 20》
5 shortlisted films for the best film The film focuses on an abstraction, and the audience's recognition and influence cannot be said to be completely lost here, but only not much.
The two main theme movies are more like being on the wrong set, although "Homeward Bound" and "Volunteer Army" received box office of 1.593 billion and 868 million respectively.
But if we only talk about the high box office, "All or Nothing", " Speeding Life 2", " Hot and Spicy " are all over 3 billion. Why are they excluded from the awards that cater to the most audiences?
"The Wandering Earth 2", which scored higher among domestic films in 2023, was also the runner-up at the annual box office. This film further consolidated the genre of Chinese science fiction films, but it did not deserve a nomination. This is really a pity.
The selection of "Thirty Thousand Miles from Chang'an" is a joy. The prosperous Tang Dynasty is like a scroll slowly unfolding in the world of light and shadow. The Tang poems memorized when I was young hit us like a boomerang many years later.
connects the artistic conception of ancient poetry with the poet's encounters, and integrates the culture of the prosperous Tang Dynasty into a movie. No movie has ever done this before, and it deserves a nomination.
"Article 20" received a good box office during the Spring Festival. It is truly entertaining and educational while clearly explaining the law.
However, this movie is not innovative as a whole. It can only be said that the performance of the national teacher Zhang Yimou is very stable.
"Fengshen Part 1: Chaoge Fengyun" beat "The Wandering Earth 2" to win the Golden Rooster Award for Best Feature Film last year. Whether it can replicate "Changjin Lake" and win the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Best Feature Film will be the subject of awards in the future. A major attraction.
Wu Ershan’s Fengshen series created a new situation in China’s industrial blockbusters. As cultural products, movies are among the blockbusters that best reflect the strength of a great country.
From both a business perspective and cultural confidence, such films should be encouraged and supported. We look forward to "Feng Shen" once again "Feng Shen" at the Hundred Flowers Awards.
2. Best Director Nomination: Wang Baoqiang seems to have entered the wrong list
Wang Baoqiang (director of " Octagonal Cage ")
Wu Ershan (director of "Fengshen Part 1: Chaoge Fengyun")
Zhang Yimou ("Twentieth Director of "Articles")
Jia Ling (director of "Hot and Spicy")
Dong Runnian (director of "The Annual Party Can't Stop!")
If you only compare yourself with yourself, Wang Baoqiang has already won. Compared with 2017's "Havoc in Tianzhu", He has come a long way as a director.
He fulfilled his promise to make a good movie when he received the "Golden Broom Award", and "The Octagon" did it. Sincere narrative is his most powerful weapon to conquer the audience.
However, compared to being nominated for Best Director, I personally think he is more worthy of being nominated for Best Actor. His role as Xiang Tenghui holds up the entire movie. Without his performance, this story seems impossible.
"Fengshen" is unprecedented in the history of Chinese films in terms of its production cycle, size of the behind-the-scenes team, and multi-department coordination.
Director Wu Ershan has devoted the best ten years of his life to this series and has delivered a good report card. No amount of praise can be exaggerated for it.
The nomination of "Article 20" is more like a compliment for Zhang Yimou and the movie. He is like a touchstone for Chinese movies. In order for newcomers to stand out, they must first pass him. .
Jia Ling and "Hot and Spicy" are the most topical representatives of this year's Spring Festival movies, involving the superposition of female directors and female growth themes.
Regardless of whether this movie can win the award, the only thing that is certain is that it will once again trigger heated discussions.
"The Annual Meeting Can't Stop", directed by Dong Runnian, has a box office of 1.292 billion and a score of 8.1 on Douban. It is especially a topic that touches the hearts of today's social beasts, and will continue to complain about the boss and satirize the system of large companies to the end.
can be said to be the one that resonates most with movie fans among all movies. As for whether it can win an award, I think nomination is an honor.
3. Best Actor Nomination: The one who should have come seems to have not come.
Best Actor Nomination
Wang Junkai (played as Cheng Lang in "The Journey Home")
Zhu Yilong (played as Mo Sanmei in "Life Events")
Andy Lau ("The Wandering Earth 2" "Decorated as Tu Hengyu)
Zhang Yixing (played as Pan Sheng in "All or Nothing")
Yi Yang Qianxi (played as Sun Jun in "Manjianghong")
As mentioned above, Wang Baoqiang's outstanding acting skills in "The Octagonal Cage" Didn't get it The nominations have already made this list abstract enough, but what I didn’t expect is that there are even more abstract ones.
If there is only one place to submit for "The Long Journey Home", may I ask the judges why Zhang Yi, the film's leading actor, was not selected? Is it because his performance was not good enough?
Even if there are two male protagonists, anyone who has watched the movie knows who is better among the two actors.
In order to make Wang Junkai less lonely, another member of the "tfboy" group Yi Yang Qianxi also came to team building.
He was nominated for his role as Sun Jun in "Man Jiang Hong". The unlucky guy who also lost the nomination because of this became Shen Teng.
Shen Teng is well-known for being good at comedy performances, but his acting skills cannot be ignored for this reason. As we all know, comedy is the most difficult to act.
Zhu Yilong has been making great films in the past two years. He has already won the Golden Rooster Best Actor for "Life Events". If Baihua wins again, he will be a double Best Actor.
His ability to portray complex characters in "The Lost Her" and "The Mistake by the River" has also been recognized by movie fans. He is a representative of young actors who can carry the box office.
As the box office runner-up in last summer's "All or Nothing", Zhang Yixing's Pan Sheng left a deep impression on movie fans.
However, even if they are in the same crew, Wang Chuanjun and Sun Yang's performances seem to be more brilliant. I think being nominated for Best Actor this time is the biggest encouragement to him.
Andy Lau played Tu Hengyu in "The Wandering Earth 2". He made a scientist father who loves his daughter very flesh and blood, and his acting skills are as stable as ever.
If Brother Hua can win the award, he will have made history. He will be the first Hong Kong actor and best actor in the history of the Hundred Flowers Awards.
4, Best Actress nomination, may be produced among these two
Ma Li (played by Li Maojuan in "Article 20")
Wang Zhi (played by Han Duoduo in "The Wandering Earth 2")
Jia Ling ("Hot" "Hot" as Le Ying)
Ni Ni ("The Lost She" as Chen Mai/Shen Man)
Yin Tao ("The Journey Back" as Bai Hua)
Throughout the 5 nominated films, women are truly regarded as the main narrative subjects. , or the only ones that focus on women as the core of the story are "Hot and Furious" and "The Disappearance of Her".
Jia Ling and her movie have been controversial due to excessive commercial promotion. Ni Ni seems to be unable to shoulder the responsibility of the leading heroine in the movie. The role in the genre film does not have any shining points of acting skills.
Wang Zhi's performance in "The Wandering Earth 2" was quite satisfactory. The most important thing is that as a science fiction blockbuster, she was not given enough space to show her character's arc.
Li Maojuan, played by Ma Li in "Article 20", is full of life, as if the people around her have walked into the big screen.
She makes an ordinary mother and parent quite believable.
Yin Tao plays Bai Hua in "The Journey Home". This character is ordered to lead the compatriots trapped abroad on the road home in a critical situation. She still contributes good acting skills among a group of powerful actors.
The movie queen may be born between Ma Li and Yin Tao.
5. Best Supporting Actor Nomination: The old, middle and young people all have their seats. Who can have the last laugh?
Li Xuejian (played by Ji Chang in "Fengshen Part 1: Chaoge Fengyun")
Zhang Yi (played by He Li in "Man Jiang Hong")
Zhang Songwen (played by Wu Xiuquan in "Volunteers: Heroes Attack")
Fan Chengcheng (played by Li in "Flying Life 2") Xiao Hai)
Wei Daxun (played by Mao Anying in "Volunteers: Attack")
As outstanding representatives of young actors, Fan Chengcheng and Wei Daxun find it difficult to win awards.
The first people who are weighing on their heads are Zhang Songwen and Zhang Yi, representatives of middle-aged actors, and there are also veteran actors like Li Xuejian who have not yet left the show.
Teacher Li Xuejian has already won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Ji Chang. There have been double Best Supporting Actors like Huang Xiaoming before, so having another double Best Supporting Actor is not too much, right?
The performances of Zhang Yi and Zhang Songwen are the mainstay among middle-aged actors. It would not be surprising at all if one of them wins the award.
6. Best Supporting Actress Nomination: 85 Flowers or Change the Track to Take Off
Wen Yongshan (played by fake Li Muzi in "The Disappearance")
Zhao Liying (played by "Article 20") Hao Xiuping)
Yuan Quan ("Fengshen Part 1: "Chaoge Fengyun" as Queen Jiang)
Gao Ye ("Article 20" as Lu Lingling)
Hai Qing ("Volunteers: Heroes Attack" as Lin Qiaozhi)
The fake Li Muzi played by Man Yongshan is amazing, and actors have always played "actors" There are many difficulties, but fortunately it is a genre film and the audience seems not to be picky.
Yuan Quan’s acting ability is obvious to all, but unfortunately the role of Queen Jiang’s appearance time is too short, which does not give her room to develop her character.
Lu Lingling, played by Gao Ye, is quite brilliant. She once stole the spotlight from Ma Li in the play. She made a female prosecutor who insists on pursuing the truth believable.
Hai Qing plays Lin Qiaoya, known as the "Mother of All Babies" and one of the founders of obstetrics and gynecology in China. Through her role, she conveys her great love for the health of mothers and infants.
html Among the 25 nominees, the performance of "85 Flower" Zhao Liying seems to be the most outstanding. She plays Hao Xiuping, a deaf-mute mother at the bottom of society. The character suffered humiliation and inhuman treatment.
She performed the character's heart-rending despair and struggle in a moving way.
In the recently awarded Magnolia Awards, "85 Flowers" failed to rise to the top. Their acting skills have not been recognized by important awards so far, and may be broken by Zhao Liying. She is more likely to win the award.
Summary
Nomination should not be a test of the judges’ ability to handle, let alone a game of “pork sharing”.
It is a pity that "The Wandering Earth 2" was not nominated for the best film. Neither Wang Baoqiang nor Shen Teng received nominations. It seems more like the judges' bias against comedians.
Regarding these nominations for the Hundred Flowers Award, which of them are well-deserved, and which of them can’t help but make you complain? (Written by Mu Weizhou)
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