Chapter 680: Hollywood Awards Gradually Deteriorating
The atmosphere of Christmas is very good, and now the whole family is celebrating the holiday. Little Bud, several other drivers, the security team, as well as maids, gardeners, and other staff, many of them live nearby, and Ronald is also there.
Pay money to invite their family members to come and celebrate the holiday at your home the day before Christmas Eve.
The children and the employees' spouses can all get a gift that is not expensive but is quite respectable. On this day, Ronald will also symbolically cook with Diane in person to honor his wife who has been busy serving them for a year.
Employees, roast several large turkeys, and bake several ovens of biscuits. This is also a kind of oriental style of having fun with the people.
Aunt Karen's recipe was indeed good, and the employees were very happy and brought some turkey and biscuits home to make Christmas Eve food. Of course, they still had to go back to spend the holiday with their real families on Christmas Eve.
When the serious Christmas Eve came, only the little Bud family, Wang Ma, who had no family, and a few other people spent time with Ronald and the others.
This kind of family reunion holiday was getting more and more interesting. The only thing that left Ronald feeling unsatisfied was that Helen was still spending time with her youngest daughter Linda in New York, so he had to make a phone call secretly. Fortunately, Diane didn't take it seriously either.
Calculate.
As usual, a movie was shown in the evening. This was a copy Ronald borrowed from his family's DDH cinema. He put the film on the projector himself and acted as projectionist for his family.
What I borrowed today is the movie that is currently showing, Jim Carrey's "Dumb and Dumber". The whole movie is about two fools, Roy, played by Jim Carrey, and Jay
The story of Harry, played by husband Daniels.
Roy is a limousine driver, and Harry is a dog beautician. One day, Roy takes Mary, a beauty he fell in love with at first sight, to the airport, but sees that she "missed" a bag at the airport. So he "snatches" a bag from a man and a woman.
After returning the bag, Harry and Harry were driving to Aspen, Colorado, to return it to Mary.
But the truth is that Mary deliberately left the bag at the airport as a ransom to the kidnappers.
The format of the entire movie is a typical road movie, but the performances of the two leading actors are really hilarious. Ronald and Diane laughed from the beginning to the end.
The two featured exaggerated body language and hilarious dialogue, making the audience laugh non-stop. However, this movie is not a complete low-brow comedy. Roy and Harry may seem stupid, but the love between them
The sincere friendship runs throughout, bringing a warm touch.
Especially Jeff Daniels, Ronald didn't expect that this actor who played the typical useless white-collar worker in "Lulu" could turn into such a funny idiot.
Jim Carrey still gave a high-level comedy performance as always. After Ronald packed the copy, he discovered that there was a poster of him as the protagonist on the bottom of the box.
"He is really amazing..." Diane saw the poster that Ronald brought back. Jim Carrey's facial expressions are his unique skills. Not to mention ordinary actors, even other comedy masters can
It's rare to achieve such an exaggerated level.
Moreover, Jim Carrey has top-notch control over facial expressions. He can even change the appearance and matching of some facial features in a short period of time, transforming him into a different person in an instant.
"Hollywood has never seen anyone like this..."
Ronald was also very emotional. It is not uncommon for an actor or a director to make a movie that has a great box office and make a fortune for the producer. This kind of thing is not uncommon in Hollywood.
However, within one year, two movies starring him were released at the same time, and both achieved great box office success, that is very rare. Actors who can do it will be considered by Hollywood to be popular niches (or actresses), five
A salary of one million to ten million, plus various benefits, is conceivable.
But within one year, if three box-office hits were released, you must have met Jim Carrey.
At the beginning of 1994, his "Phantom Detective" used a shooting cost of only 15 million US dollars to earn more than 70 million in domestic box office, making Hollywood take notice of him.
In the middle of the year, "The Man in Disguise" came out, Jim Carrey's special comedy, plus computer special effects. The two worked together to produce a very good effect. The domestic box office exceeded 110 million, and the global box office was even bigger.
Sale on sale.
At the end of the year, "Dumb and Dumber" had another strong start, with a box office of 16 million US dollars in its first weekend, ranking in the top two with "Red Zone". Comparing the artistry of many films released at the end of the year for the sake of winning awards
Strong movies are suppressed and soundless.
There is only one classic movie "Little Women" that America has remade every other era, which is not bad and has entered the top five box office lists. This is the American novelist Louisa May Alcott, who made the film in 1868.
A novel based on my own experience.
With "Little Women", Hollywood has the ability to challenge its British counterparts. On the other side of the Atlantic, they also remake Jane Austen's works every era. American male novelists and playwrights are
You can compete with your British counterparts.
Many of Mark Twain's novels are often remade by Hollywood, just as Dickens' novels are often remade in Britain.
However, adaptations by female novelists seem a bit underwhelming. Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" can be compared with female novelists such as Jane Austen and the three Bronte sisters. But it may have been in 1939
"Gone with the Wind" was so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people that no one thought it would be possible to find leading actors and actresses like Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. After that, the film was never remade again.
So, to launch a classic adaptation and remake with many female characters as the center, Hollywood does not have as many choices as Britain. It can only remake "Little Women" at the right time, when a generation of young actresses have grown up.
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Every time there is a remake of Little Women, Hollywood tacitly plans to launch some young female stars to show that they are not only good-looking, but also have "acting skills". This is used to officially recognize them as actors.
It’s time for Pie to show up.
Just look at the previous actors who have played the heroine of "Little Women", the most outstanding daughter, Jo March, and you will know what a performance this is.
Not counting the silent films of ancient times, the first woman to play Jo March in a Hollywood talkie was Katharine Hepburn, who later won several Oscars as the heroine of the version directed by George Cukor in 1932.
In the 1949 color version of "Little Women" directed by Marvin LeRoy, Amy March was played by Elizabeth Taylor, who later became the center of Hollywood talk. This was a plot specially modified for her, making it more
Beautiful Amy was modified to be older than Joe to fit Elizabeth Taylor (because Joe was a tomboy girl).
As expected, the new version of the movie released this year is also a version that brings together handsome guys and beauties to protect several heroines.
Among them, Mrs. March is starring Susan Sarandon, and the male protagonist Laurie is also starring Christian Bale, whom Ronald met in Xujiahui. Now he has broken away from the youthful days of Empire of the Sun and has become a tall man.
handsome guy.
Jo March is the darling of Hollywood, starring Winona Ryder. She happened to have a bit of a tomboy look in her past, and she plays this character who cuts off her long hair and sells it to support her mother to visit her father who was injured in the war.
The eldest daughter of the travel expenses is very suitable.
Amy March, played by Elizabeth Taylor, returned to the role of the little girl in the original work. The role of this little girl was played by Kristen, who had a wonderful performance in "Interview with the Vampire"
Starring Dunst.
The third sister Beth, who is frail and sick but also loves to play the piano and is talented, is starred by a fledgling actress Claire Danes. Although she has just played some roles in TV series, this is her first starring role in the TV series "My So-Called Life"
, was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (Drama).
It seems that this year’s award nominations are destined to be awarded to a large number of movies that did not perform well at the box office. This is different from the previous ten years, when movies with box office blockbusters and good artistry that were liked by critics won the Golden Globes, Oscars and other major awards.
The situation of scoring autumn colors here is different. Whether it is a changing trend or an accidental phenomenon this year remains to be seen.
In short, as the budget for awards becomes larger and larger, and nominations have an increasing impact on the movie box office, the past convention of awarding awards to the best movies is gradually disintegrating.
A new phenomenon that performs well at the box office.
Ronald reviewed the Golden Globe Award nominations, and Jim Carrey was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor (Comedy/Musical) for "The Man in Disguise".
This made Ronald feel that it was very unfair. The Golden Globe Awards had begun to have some "discriminatory" phenomena towards movies that were successful at the box office.
For example, Schwarzenegger is competing with Jim Carrey for Best Actor in a Comedy. Arnold was nominated for "Junior," a comedy about a man's pregnancy. And his acting skills are really good.
, the box-office hit "True Lies" did not receive a nomination for Best Actor in a Drama Series. Instead, Brad Pitt got the nomination with the help of his handsome close-ups and long hair in "Days of Love"
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Jamie Lee Curtis, also the heroine of "True Lies", was also nominated for "Best Actress in a Comedy/Musical". Obviously her performance in "True Lies" was even better
She prefers serious dramas, and her performance in many action and stunt scenes did not win her a nomination for a leading actress in a drama that was more recognized by critics.
Ronald didn't quite understand exactly how "True Lies" was a comedy. Maybe it was the people in the Hollywood foreign press corps who felt that Jamie Lee Curtis danced brilliantly in the movie and ended up with Schwarzenegger.
The tango dance is already at the level of a classic musical?
In Ronald's opinion, Jim Carrey's three box office successes this year should be nominated for three Best Actor in a Comedy category.
Just three comedies of the same type, Jim Carrey's three performances, performed completely different character personalities and appearances. Although his iconic exaggerated facial expressions are unforgettable, the three characters
But they have a high degree of distinction, and the audience will never confuse them.
Ace, a private detective who searches for lost pets, often uses humor and joking to solve cases during his work.
The Geek in Disguise is Stanley, a bank employee who is introverted and shy, and is bullied by his colleagues, but has never changed his spirit of helping others.
Dumb and Aguari: Roy is a naive, stupid but very optimistic taxi driver. He has a low IQ and makes jokes everywhere, but he has a very enthusiastic, simple and pure enviable friendship with his friends.
The three characters use the same exaggerated expressions and movements, but it allows the audience to penetrate into the core of the characters, understand the reasons why they become like this, and have a sympathetic understanding of them, and even find something similar to them in themselves.
quality.
In addition, comedy is very demanding about rhythm. After a funny action makes the audience laugh, it often does not have the same effect when used in the next movie, and new actions and tricks have to be thought of to please the audience.
Therefore, the difficulty of performing Jim Carrey's three roles is much more difficult than that of being nominated in three drama categories. Not to mention that these are three movies released in one year. If Ronald is the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Chairman, he would simply let him occupy three nominations, and then let the weirdo and Dumb and Dumber tie, and Jim Carrey and Jim Carrey share the best comedy category at the 52nd Golden Globe Awards
Protagonist.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! However, Ronald is obviously not right. The Golden Globe Awards prefer stars who can gain exposure from broadcasters.
Although Jim Carrey is very popular with the audience, he is not a major factor in increasing the ratings during the TV broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards.
Everyone loved watching him perform, but they didn't love watching him accept the award. This was not Jim Carrey's stand-up comedy special. Jim Carrey, who gave a serious acceptance speech, was not as well-received by the TV audience as the other two nominees.
favorite.
They are Hugh Grant, the male protagonist of "Four Weddings and a Funeral". You must know that the main audience for the Golden Globe Awards ceremony includes a large number of women. This British actor is really too eye-catching.
Michael Caine, a famous British actor in his early years and a handsome young man, once released a film acting instruction video. One of the key points is that film actors should not blink when taking close-ups, otherwise the audience will think that you have no core and are not powerful enough.
But the characteristic of Hugh Grant is that he always blinks in front of the camera, even blinking more than ten times in a close-up shot, and the audience still loves him. And they also think that Hugh Grant is so shy and lacks self-confidence that he is extremely cute and sexy.
It is natural for the heroine played by the beautiful Andie MacDowell to fall in love with him.
This is the privilege that a person who is popular with female audiences can bring.
The same goes for another nominee, Johnny Depp. His nominated film is the biographical drama film "Ed Wood" (which is also inexplicably classified as a comedy). Ed Wood is a Hollywood actor
A real-life producer, his lifelong dream is to direct and star in a movie and win the love of the audience.
As a result, the movies he made were all very bad movies without realizing it. As soon as they were released, the audience smashed them in the head with tomatoes and eggs, without changing their original intention.
Ronald didn't know why Johnny Depp wanted to make this movie. He only knew that the movie "Ed Wood" also suffered the same fate as the movies made by the real Ed Wood in history and became
A bad movie.
But it doesn't matter. Johnny Depp's melancholy smile made TV news after he was nominated. The Golden Globe Awards really got it right. It doesn't matter if it's awarded to the wrong category or to a bad movie. The key is that the nominee must be handsome.