Rebirth In Hollywood

For a well-informed high-level Hollywood person like Ryan, the Oscar nomination list is often confirmed before it is officially announced, and relevant news can be obtained. As a result, the Oscar nominees luncheon loses its mystery and attractiveness and becomes scary. dispensable.

In fact, he didn't even make much of a nominees luncheon.

However, the Oscar nominees luncheon is definitely the highlight of the pre-Oscars for most of the entertainment media.

On February 7th, the nomination luncheon for the 73rd Academy Awards was held on time at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. Pai Kingsley attended the banquet as a representative of Ryan just like the previous ones.

As for the list of nominations, it was sent to Ryan by relevant personnel long before the luncheon.

Seeing this list, Ryan breathed a sigh of relief temporarily. Judging from the distribution of nominations, the public relations effect this time is extremely good.

"Gladiator" became the biggest winner in this nomination list, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Soundtrack, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Costume Design, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Twelve nominations including Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor.

Another public relations highlight, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was also extraordinary, receiving ten nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Soundtrack, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Song. Called an unprecedented victory.

In order to concentrate superior resources and ensure the chances of winning these two films, Ryan limited other films of Jenkins Films to compete for Oscars, such as "The Matrix 2: Reloaded", which may win technical awards. He didn't even report his name at all.

After all, resources are limited, and it is better to integrate than to disperse.

After the nomination list was announced, the attention of the media and the public was on "Gladiator" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". Ryan's team will not let go of the opportunity to continue publicity. There are more and more media reports on "Gladiator", and even many "professional" people believe that this film has won twelve nominations. Will be another Titanic rampage at the Oscars. It is expected to win more than ten statuettes.

Among them, there are countless remarks about Ryan being nominated for Oscar for Best Actor five times in a row, and whether he can get a statuette.

"The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has always claimed that it is carrying out youth reform. Now that 21-year-old Ryan Jenkins is nominated for five consecutive best actor, what kind of choice should they make?"

"We have been fighting all kinds of discrimination for a long time, so shouldn't the contempt for young people be added to it?"

These voices are extremely vaguely reminding the Oscar judges.

You guys owe someone a Best Actor statuette.

In addition, Ryan's fans have also launched support activities on the Internet, even from the most famous female fan organization in the Upper East Side of New York, publicly claiming that before the Oscars, they will drive across the United States to collect signatures from supporters, to arrive in Los Angeles. Give Ryan the utmost support.

Ryan's management team is also secretly guiding the fans' comments, otherwise it will not do him any good if he makes any excessive moves at this time.

The most immediate effect of earning twelve Oscar nominations. (Pingnan Literature Network) That is, "Gladiator" ushered in a huge rebound in the box office. From the day the nomination was announced, the number of theaters has increased to more than 3,000, and the North American box office has approached 30 million for two consecutive weeks. US dollars, making the North American box office surpass the 250 million US dollar mark in one fell swoop, ranking first among all Oscar-nominated films.

Similarly, the ten nominations are also a huge boost to the North American box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". After a long period of screening, the North American box office of this film finally exceeded 100 million, and the effect of the Oscars has just begun.

Even though the award ceremony has not yet been held, the ten Oscar nominations of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" still caused a sensation in the entire Chinese world, because this film can be regarded as the result of the cooperation between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places. The interview team came to Los Angeles.

It's no secret that Ryan is the biggest investor in this film, and this film is clearly marked as produced by a certain island, so it will not arouse objections from mainstream society.

As a result, a TV channel starting with c requested an interview with Jinsili.

"Reject it, Pat." After Ryan received the call from the manager's lady, he rejected it without even thinking about it.

This is not after next year. With his current status, if he accepts an interview from the number one official media on the other side, if the other party reports it out of context, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble.

As for media ethics...

"Aren't you actively exploring the film market over there?" Charlize Theron, who was sitting opposite him, was very puzzled. "Why did you refuse to be interviewed by the most influential media over there?"

"Honey..." Across the tea table, Ryan gently pinched her increasingly plump face, "It's a completely different country over there, and the relationship between the two sides of the ocean has never been good. Although I hate politics, But maintaining basic political correctness is our must choice."

"You can just think about these complicated issues." Charlize leaned over, kissed Ryan lightly, and walked towards the villa with the script, "There is always so much to say when I'm with you, I'd better study the characters alone .”

This can only be regarded as a small episode. In the current entertainment circle, the news about Oscar is the most important thing. Although it is impossible to hold a public relations party, the various publicity offensives have not slowed down at all. Some people even hire gunmen to publish offensive Speech, against the main competitors.

The new century has begun, the information age has come, and the bottom line of public relations is getting lower and lower.

As the biggest hit of this year's Oscars, "Gladiator" is undoubtedly the biggest target, and it is also the focus of some criticism.

In particular, certain literary critics feel uncomfortable when they see the production cost of "Gladiator" as high as 100 million U.S. dollars and the current North American box office of more than 200 million U.S. dollars.

""Gladiator" is actually very similar to "Braveheart". The brave and invincible hero bears a deep hatred. After a series of setbacks, he finally moves from the edge to the center of power and defeats those in power, and finally sacrifices heroically. What difference does it make to ''? This is nothing more than a poor imitation!"

"Broadly speaking, regardless of the background, what is the difference between "Gladiator" and those popcorn movies of Hollywood individual heroism by replacing cold weapons with modern high-tech weapons? Superman, Batman, X-Men, etc. Wait... don't they all have a tragic life experience and a beautiful chick, defeat the evil forces, and win, the difference is that the superheroes are not dead, because they still have to save the next episode..."

"This movie is just a product of the Hollywood assembly line. Apart from the so-called big investment, big production and high box office, what is there to brag about? The box office of more than 200 million US dollars is indeed the top among all Oscar-nominated films, but Box office has never been a measure of a film's success."

"Oscar is the symbol of the highest honor in Hollywood movies. Artistry is the only pursuit. After all, the only criterion for testing movies is art. What is the artistry of "Gladiator"? If such a movie can also win several awards at the Oscars , I have to say that this is the tragedy of Oscar, the tragedy of Hollywood as a whole!"

"Film art is definitely one of the greatest inventions of mankind. The birth of film also serves art. It is because of art that film has shown its glory today. Money and box office are just the most inconspicuous aspects of film. It's just a corner, in front of art, we should be ashamed to talk about the box office of the movie, we should be ashamed to talk about the box office of the movie!"

As soon as such remarks came out, they were supported by many film critics who pursued foreign films and literary niche films, and their criticisms began to flood the media.

If it was the past, Ryan would only act as a group of clowns, and he would throw it aside when he saw it, but now is the stage when the Oscar voting is coming. If this voice grows stronger, it will undoubtedly bring us many unexpected things. Variety.

Soon, an anonymous article written by him appeared on an important page of the Los Angeles Times, one of the three major newspapers.

The title of the article is very eye-catching - "Movies must talk about the box office with confidence!" "

Ryan first countered some points.

"The birth of movies serves art? In fact, everyone in the industry understands that movies were originally born as a form of entertainment! Besides, there is only one criterion for measuring the success of a movie, and that is the audience's approval! These audiences include Hollywood industry insiders. , the academy’s professional judges, and the public in North America, a movie that can be recognized by most of them is a good movie, and such a movie must perform very well at the box office!”

"As for being ashamed to talk about the box office, it's just a joke. When a movie appears in theaters, the box office is an important criterion for measurement. Of course, if the movie is just for your own enjoyment, then the box office doesn't really matter, but the number of such movies How many have appeared in the past ten years? Has there ever been a good one among them?"

"A movie released to the public needs to talk about the box office with confidence. I heard that the poor quality of the movie may be poison at the box office; but I didn't expect that now that "Gladiator" has a good box office, it has become a poison for the quality of the movie."

"This is really a weird logic-the box office and the quality of the movie are not necessarily proportional, and it's not that there are no bad movies winning the box office, but it won't be reduced to the point of confrontation. Moreover, how can a movie not talk about the box office? How can you be ashamed to talk about the box office? Movies should talk about the box office with confidence, and movies that don’t talk about the box office are hooligans..." ()