The 37th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award announced the list of nominees. I read it from beginning to end, and the list of nominees for each award was written "outrageous", two big words.
Let's talk about it item by item, let's take a look at the "Best Film Award" first, not to mention that the five nominated films are of different types, and the production volume is completely different, there is a big difference in terms of perception, "Fengshen Part 1" fantasy blockbuster, "Thirty Thousand Miles of Chang'an" is a beautiful animated film, "Volunteers: Heroes Attack" is the main theme directed by Chen Kaige after "Changjin Lake", "Ten Thousand Miles Home" won the box office championship at that time, and the reputation is also good, there is no problem with these four nominations for best films.
But what is the point of Article 20? In my opinion, the best film should start from the quality of the film itself, because it is of practical significance to direct Zhang Yimou and focus on criminal law to be shortlisted for the best film? Speaking from the heart, Zhang Yimou has made movies for so many years, and he has never disappointed me like "Article 20". Even "Three Guns Shooting Surprise", which received a lot of bad reviews a few years ago, I think it can at least impress the audience in terms of aesthetic expression, but "Article 20" really only relies on narrative rhythm and practical significance, and the shooting is too unsophisticated.
Looking at the "Best Director" again, I feel that except for Wu Ershan, the other four are all here to fill the number. As we all know, the director has to ensure the quality of the film, in addition to supervising the shooting of each scene and telling the actors on the shooting site, he is actually more of a co-ordinating role, coordinating the work between various departments. Wu Ershan has done a great job in these points, and there is nothing wrong with the nomination. But what about the other four?
Wang Baoqiang's "In the Octagon Cage" is still jerky and unnatural, and his intention to improve the quality of the film through Luo Pan's photography and lighting can be clearly felt; Zhang Yimou said it before, so I won't repeat it here; "Hot and Hot" is the same as "Hello, Li Huanying", I can't see Jia Ling's directing level and lens conception, several good passages, including the last long shot, are all copied from the original "100 Yuan Love", what confidence do you have to nominate for Best Director? Dong Runnian, a screenwriter turned director, created "The Annual Meeting Can't Stop!" It's okay, but it's clearly a solid script that drives the film.
"Best Actor" and "Best Supporting Actor" are said together, because the organizers are like distributing candy to kindergarten children, not rigorous and nonsense.
For example, how can "Ten Thousand Miles Home" nominate Wang Junkai! Not only does Zhang Yi have more roles in this movie, but also the performances of Zhang Yi and Wang Junkai are not at the same level, and the performance is obvious to all. So why did you give it to Wang Junkai? Because Zhang Yi was nominated for Best Supporting Actor with "Man Jianghong", the male lead was not given.
Looking at Zhu Yilong again, he starred in "Life Events" and "Disappearing Her" are both nominated, but in comparison, his performance in "Disappearing Her" is more breakthrough, more explosive, and more impressive. But according to the principle of fairness in the distribution of candy, "Life Events" has received fewer nominations, so I will deal with this casually, "Disappearing Her" also has a heroine and heroine.
Andy Lau's is even more nonsense, "The Wandering Earth 2" wants to say that the male protagonist is obviously Wu Jing, and if Andy Lau's role is calculated as time, it may even be less than Ning Li! And with limited nominations, why can't young people be given more opportunities?
I am convinced that Yi Yang Qianxi was nominated for Best Actor through "Man Jianghong", and because of the above nominated works, I also think he is more qualified to win the award than Zhu Yilong. On the contrary, what confidence does Zhang Yixing have to nominate him! "All or Nothing", his performance is not as good as Sun Yang! Why didn't Sun Yang be nominated? Isn't this nonsense?
The same problem exists for "Best Actress" and "Best Supporting Actress". I am very confused about how to choose the film and how to determine the nomination for the Hundred Flowers Award, in the heroine drama award, Ma Li has the confidence to get the nomination, she is the most outstanding actor in "Article 20", there is no one. But Yin Tao only appeared in the second half of "Ten Thousand Miles Home", and her performance can only be said to be decent, is it full of numbers? And "Disappearing Her" nominated both the heroine and the supporting actress, which is debatable, speaking of which, Wen Yongshan's role is no less than Ni Ni's, and it may even be more, and the appearance time is also earlier, and the performance is more brilliant, is it more reasonable to swap the nominations of the two people?
Let's talk about the nomination of supporting actress, Haiqing is in "Volunteers: Male Soldiers", if I remember correctly, there are only one or two scenes, which is also a nomination, and it is still a kindergarten candy thinking. Among the five nominated works, the fake Li Muzi played by Wen Yongshan can beat the other four from the degree of brilliance of the role to the completion of the performance, and the performance gap is so big, how can they be nominated together? Putting Zhao Liying, who only has a few scenes, feels more like using her popularity to attract fans, which will affect the credibility of the award!
Finally, let's talk about the best newcomer! may not be able to make up five newcomers, Zhang Xincheng acted in the movie "School Bus" 10 years ago, and last year there was "So Many Years", how can he still be considered a newcomer? In the same way with Yu Shi, "Fengshen Part 1" was only filmed earlier, but "King of the Sky" has already been released, and he is not a newcomer, and Zhao Liying is the same, it is used to attract traffic!
To be able to release such a list of nominees, in addition to feeling outrageous, I feel more regretful. The Hundred Flowers Award for Popular Films has a long history, founded in 1962, for more than half a century, before the Internet prevailed, the audience voted through "Popular Movies", which was true, credible, and had high gold content. It also allowed the award to be the Golden Rooster Award and the Huabiao Award and become the three major awards of Chinese films. I hope that the Hundred Flowers Award for Popular Films can take care of its seriousness and authority, and don't lose itself in the Internet era.