The Best Director

Chapter 340: The object of everyone’s envy

"The nominations for the 62nd Golden Globe Awards have been announced, and "Ten Thousand Dollar Baby" leads the way with five nominations."

As the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nomination list, many entertainment media have reported on it. In addition to the frontrunners, the second-ranked "Finding Neverland" and "Mr. Hughes 2" both received 4 nominations, winning a total of nine nominations. The Flame film seems to be a big winner and a banner of independent cinema.

This list is really reasonable and unexpected. The biggest difference from the predictions of various agencies and film critics is that "Crash" was a dark horse that appeared halfway. Paul Haggis became the spotlight overnight. Not only was he nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay for "Crash", but he was also so powerful that he wrote the screenplay for "Million Dollar Baby", which can be said to have "monopolized" the Golden Globe Awards.

"The Golden Globe Awards announced the nominations, and all the filmmakers cheered in the morning." Media across the United States and around the world rushed to interview the nominees about their emotions. A group of filmmakers who could not suppress their excitement revealed to the media, and also posted on their blogs and personal websites. Write down your feelings of joy and excitement. Christopher Nolan, who was interviewed by the British "Guardian", said: "I am very honored that "Citizen Hughes: Power, Money and Madness" has been recognized by the organizers, and I am sincerely happy for everyone involved in the film. and thanks.”

Paul Haggis told the "Los Angeles Times": "It all happened so fast, I haven't fully realized it yet. This is an incredible honor. Thank you to everyone who worked hard for this." Won the most popular musical/comedy category Best Actor nominee Kevin Spacey said: "I was woken up by this good news in the early hours of the morning..." Alexander Payne, who was nominated for Best Director for the second time with "Sideways" said: "I and My family was all pleasantly surprised..."

"I'm so happy! Thank you to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for supporting me..." Scarlett Johansson, who was nominated for Best Actress in a Drama Series for "A Love Song for Bobby Long", is very happy. This is her second performance in "A Love Song for Bobby Long" last year. "Missing in Tokyo" and "Girl with a Pearl Earring" were nominated for Best Actress in the Drama and Musical/Comedy categories respectively, and she entered the Golden Globe Awards for the third time at the age of only 10 years old. Natalie Turman, another popular idol with a reputation as a genius, entered the competition for Best Supporting Actress and received her fourth nomination at the age of 23.

In comparison, the 32-year-old Meryl Streep has only completed her third Golden Globe nomination and her fourth at the age of 33, which is really a daunting prospect; but when it comes to Oscars, if you want to catch up with the 33-year-old, she has been nominated 4 times and won Streep, who has won 1 Oscar for Best Actress and 1 Best Supporting Actress, Scarlett Johansson, who has been nominated for 0 times so far, and Natalie Turman, who has been nominated for 1 Best Actress, still need to work hard.

Natalie Terman was also very happy when she was interviewed by the New York Times: "I would like to thank the organizers and all the staff of "Stealing Hearts", especially the director Mike Nichols for his amazing leadership. We all had an amazing energy on set, making this movie was one of the most special experiences of my career, and Mr. Nichols is one of the best directors I've ever worked with.

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If Mike Nichols hadn't been 73 years old, Natalie Terman's respect would have turned into admiration. She praised the film director so lavishly that it reminded people of "Best Partner" Miriam Young. I didn't know he watched it. How will you feel when you read this New York Times?

Since there are no movies directed and written by Wang Yang released this year, the producer's "Rush" is also known as "the textbook for summer popcorn blockbusters" and "it will be very enjoyable to watch this movie without thinking about it", while the series produced by it Neither "Prison Break" nor "The Big Bang Theory" have any chance of winning awards this year. Therefore, although the "Fire" movie is in the limelight, Miyazaki personally has no media attention. The Chinese media can't find any relevant focus. It seems that it will be quiet for a long time. , of course, a director cannot be a super star every year.

When commenting on the list of TV award nominees, Jeffrey Westhoff, a well-known hacker of the Northwest Herald, did not forget to sarcastically say: "I'm glad to see that there are no obvious traces of bribery this year. Last year's "Prison Break" "Winning the award is one of the greatest humiliations in the history of the Ballon d'Or."

On his blog, commenting on the strong rise of Flame Films during the awards season, he said: "I don't doubt Wang Yang's business vision. Whether it is a purely commercial film or an award-winning film like this, it is a kind of success for the film company. Investment and profit are the ultimate goals; and filmmakers are creating movies. Wang Yang knows how to make money, but when he is more eroded by business, good movies become further and further away from him. Take a look at "The Devil Wears Prada" "Devils", "Rush", "The Haunted Man 3", I even doubt whether he still knows how to make independent films. The sad thing is that he is only 24 years old."

Nowadays, the critics have changed their tone when satirizing and bad-mouthing. Following the precedent of "D", it is very dangerous to make fun of Qiao Yang's box office and business vision; bombard him for not having independent, artistic, and profound talents. It was a safe area, and what he did seemed to confirm them step by step.

The weekend box office rankings from February to 12th were released, and many people sighed that "Mr. Hughes 2" was neither well received nor a box office hit. It’s really hard not to make this change. Jeffrey Westhoff and others are not fools. Wang Yang and the Flames’ investment vision is really great! No matter what the critics say, Flame Films is one of the most successful independent film companies in Hollywood. What film company doesn't want to make money? How can you continue to make movies if you don’t make money?

The star-studded action blockbuster "Ocean's Twelve" won the championship with an opening box office of 39.15 million in home theaters; "Mr. Hughes 2" ranked second with a home theater receipt of 24.17 million; "Blade Runner 3" ranked second with 60,000. Ranked third.

"Mr. Hughes 2" is not only a sequel or part, which has accumulated a certain degree of popularity; it is also a film whose plot, characters, etc. can be independent from the previous film. People who have not seen the previous film will not be hindered from watching the movie. The previous film The publicity and the title of the film gave the audience this impression, and the Nolan brothers, who are good at telling stories, not only explored human nature, but also brought a wonderful and fascinating story. The authoritative box office website bffemj is not surprised that its box office success.

"One thing you must know, she is a very dangerous person, she holds some secrets that you should not know..."

In recent days, user yungng6 has continuously uploaded trailers of the "High School Musical" version of "Firefly" to yuube. The dangerous woman continues to be Jessica Alba; then there is the "The Pursuit of Happiness" version, and the dangerous woman becomes again In the "Juno" version, the dangerous woman is naturally Natalie Terman, who plays the role of the hippie girl who steals the instrument. Together with the four spoof trailers of the "Ghost Chronicles" version, they are very funny, and the serious camera editing looks completely consistent. People who have never seen the film and don't know "Firefly" may believe it to be true. Why are there so many trailers for "Firefly" ? !

"Looking forward to seeing the next movie version!" Fans of the movie are very welcome to these novel and interesting spoof trailers. The total of the four videos has tens of thousands of viewers. You can also guess that Miya will also produce "District 9" "version, "The Hangover" version, etc. The question is what on earth is he playing at? For fun and to promote Firefly? The media doesn't think it's as simple as attracting others' attention? Will it be night to remember your beautiful past? …

"Man, what are those trailers for?" If it is to attract others' attention, Wang Yang has successfully attracted the curiosity of many parties involved. Rachel asked, Natalie asked, Anne Darren asked, Tom Welling, Zachary Levi, Will Smith and others have all asked, and they have a gut feeling what else is there, and now it's Robert Downey Jr.'s turn. Wang Yang, who was taking advantage of the weekend to decorate the living room for Christmas, got the opportunity to be lazy. He sat down on the sofa and smiled on his phone: "What else? Propaganda! You will know the real plan soon. Now It is a trade secret."

Robert Downey Jr.'s exaggerated voice came from the phone: "Oh! Then I shouldn't pry, right? Okay, but I decided to tell you a secret." He lowered his voice and whispered: "I'm going to tell you this Christmas Propose to Susan Levin! Haha!" He smiled proudly, full of energy and confidence. Wang Yang frowned in surprise, couldn't help but move a little, and asked: "Wow, isn't it true?" Downey said loudly: "Of course it is true! I have already bought the engagement ring."

"I don't know what Susan's attitude is. You won't talk about divorce in the blink of an eye, right?" Wang Yang shrugged. When he heard the word "divorce", Jessica turned around and glanced at Jessica who was looking for the best position in the hall with her red socks. Donnie glanced at him and let out a long sigh, and he said plaintively: "How can you say that? Isn't it you who asked me to change my ways? And it was Sarah Jessica Parker and Deborah Faokon. Na leaves me, not me leaves them."

Wang Yang laughed mockingly: "I don't think so. Who do you think you are talking to? Someone who doesn't know Robert Downey Jr.? You are a bastard of the century." Downey said seriously, somewhat annoyed: "I have changed my mind. !" Wang Yang laughed a few times and became serious: "I'm sorry! Robert, it's easy for a person to do a wrong thing; but it's not that doing a good thing will make others fully accept you, but you have to Do a lot. Of course I support you, but let me state in advance that I hate those who treat marriage as a child's play, and I believe Susan does too."

"Thank you, don't worry!" Downey put away all his playful smiles, and his voice was serious and sincere: "I will not allow myself or anyone to destroy my life again. My proposal is serious, and Susan is my My favorite in this life." Thinking of the "unwanted trash" Robert Downey Jr. in prison, Wang Yang felt a feeling of relief and nodded: "I wish your proposal a success." With the support of his best brother Donnie laughed happily and said excitedly: "Remember to keep it a secret! I also want to give Susan a surprise. I want to get her within this year! This hot girl!..."

After chatting for a while, the call ended. Wang Yang stood up and walked towards Jessica, smiling: "Downey proposed." Jessica opened her mouth in surprise. She knew that Robert Downey Jr. was dating Susan- When Levin went on a date, Wang Yang hissed again: "Keep it secret."

People get married and divorced every year, and Pitt and Aniston's marriage becomes more and more noisy. If not with Paris Hilton, Wang Yang's friends in the industry have stable love lives, such as Tom Welling, Will Smith, Michael Pitt, Zachary Levi and others all revolve around their wives or girlfriends; and now Robert Downey Jr. has proposed again, and another "brmne" has entered or re-entered the marriage. When he returns to the marriage hall, if he is a homosexual as some bad gossip media say, he may feel heartbroken.

But what shocked Wang Yang was that there was another one! Not long after chatting with Downey, Heath Ledger called him to talk to him about proposing to Michelle Williams on Christmas. What happened? He has become a bastard and a playboy. Becoming a family man?

"e11, I'm glad you asked me to talk about these topics." Wang Yang looked at Jessica who was busy there, how is your married life? A trace of tenderness flashed in his eyes, and he smiled into the mobile phone: "Happy, happy, still happy. The difference between a husband and a wife and a boyfriend and girlfriend is that you will have an idea that 'it's finally settled'. It's hard for me to describe that feeling. After the sacred ceremony of marriage, you know that this is the person from now on, and this person will be with you for the rest of your life. All the efforts you make are for her, for each other, for the family, for the children... Wow, cool!"

Jessica walked around as if she hadn't heard, but the corners of her mouth curled up. Wang Yang continued to talk about his feelings after getting married. The Holy King of the Martial Universe created the Holy King. The night-killing God and the God-Seal Throne asked for the devil and the most powerful person in the Ninth Heaven. The Royal Family of the Young and Great Zhou Dynasty used martial arts to move the universe and will kill the god and seal the throne at night. Asking for the demon and being the strongest in the ninth heaven, abandoning the young and great Zhou royal family. More clarity, more clarity in life, more motivation in work... Anyway, success or failure, everything is fine, and there is this person."

"It sounds very exciting." There was no excitement in Heath Ledger's voice. Instead, there was a sense of uneasiness. Not any marriage can end in life. His parents were so good that they suddenly divorced. Thinking of this, he I couldn't help but sigh: "I always have a little doubt, is this right? I mean...getting married, making those very solemn vows, to be honest, I don't have 10% confidence, I'm afraid that after getting married, I suddenly do some bad things... Sometimes I have some terrible thoughts, and I don’t even know if I am suitable for marriage, but I also want to be with Michelle and start a family."

Wang Yang scratched his forehead, not quite sure how to appease this broken heart that had doubts and even disgust about marriage since childhood. He thought about it and said seriously: "Heath, some things can't be made clear by imagining or telling others. You don't know until you've experienced it, especially in marriage. You don't need % confidence, you just need to make sure that you really mean it now, when you take out the ring, when you say 'I do', I want to start a family with Michelle Williams !”

"It's not what you think...it's what Heath Ledger thinks." Jessica muttered silently as she passed by, and Wang Yang said loudly: "This is real, not a joke, that's fine! If you have any questions, we'll talk about it later. "

"Well, Young, what you said makes sense!" Miraculous Young was one of the few people who convinced Heath Ledger. These words were like sunshine passing through dark clouds. He suddenly felt much brighter and said, "I I want to propose first, then get engaged, how about when we get married?" Wang Yang had no objection: "Ask yourself, at that time I couldn't wait to see her in her wedding dress, and I couldn't wait to spend time with Ms. Ledger. He said: "I need a little time..."

After chatting for a while, the two said "let's drink together when we have time" and then ended the call. Wang Yang exhaled a sigh of relief, faced Jessica's smile, spread his hands and said, "I have become a marriage doctor." However. It feels so good to be trusted by a good friend! He smiled and said, "Did you hear that? Heath proposed and kept it a secret."

Wang Yang got Heath Ledger's permission to talk about some of the causes and consequences. Jessica, who was excited when talking about marriage, danced and talked nonstop: "I guess Michelle forced the marriage, and there are some hints. , Heath Ledger would take the initiative to propose, otherwise he would not be so hesitant, which is not good! He is obviously in love with Michelle, wants the warmth of a family, and maybe a baby, but is afraid...No Women can stand this, but I definitely can’t stand it. It’s too insecure. Heath Ledger is also a playboy. Who knows if he will secretly date other women after getting engaged? There are so many beauties in Hollywood! 99% of men I spend all my time thinking about how to get my hands on beautiful women, oh my God! Lord, save them!"

"What about me?" Wang Yang interjected. There seemed to be many beauties staring at him, right? Jessica, who was salivating, stopped, glanced at him, and waved her hands angrily: "You can't, I believe you!" She couldn't help but smile, and asked with interest: "Others can also quarrel. Like us?"

Wang Yang smiled while placing shining decorations on the Christmas tree: "If we were all like us, the divorce rate in the United States wouldn't be as scary." Wang Yang recalled something and said: "And if you and I are together with other people, it may end up messed up, uh... my high school girlfriend and I." "Jessica reminded the name with jealousy: "Helen. Wang Yang looked at her and said with a smile: "In the last stage, she and I quarreled almost every day..."

Maybe he was too young, maybe he just didn't match. He skipped this sentence and continued: "Then it's over. Jesse, women are a kind of existence that is difficult to understand. They are probably as mysterious and changeable as the universe. You never know. What are they thinking?" He said affectionate words to coax her: "Only when I face you, I am Einstein."

"Nasty..." Jessica rolled her eyes on the surface, but she felt sweet in her heart. She just hopelessly loved listening to his love words! While hanging lights on the Christmas tree, she returned to the previous topic and said: "Think about it if Michelle and Heath Ledger quarreled over and over again because of marriage, but he still didn't dare to officially get married, what would happen? The result? You want to know what women think? Engagement rings and wedding rings are different!"

She showed off the silver ring on the ring finger of her left hand and said: "It is the only way to express love for a woman! If Michelle doesn't get it, she will doubt, does Heath Ledger really love her? Then there was a quarrel Even more powerful! Even if they really had love, like you and Helen, they no longer love each other!" At the end of the sentence, she gritted her teeth and increased her voice. Wang Yang stuck out his tongue happily: "You're right. "Jessica came to a conclusion: "So it's better to get married!"

Wang Yang nodded silently and smiled helplessly: "We can't control other people's problems. We can only do our best as good friends to help them. I hope Heath's heart knot can be untied soon!" He looked towards She: "Heath did say he wanted to have a baby just now."

"I know it! I hate him a little bit, I hate him a little bit." Jessica said it several times, shaking her head: "Such a family is too unstable, does he want his children to experience him too? Such a childhood? What on earth is this kind of person thinking!" Wang Yang raised his eyebrows and boasted: "You just said it, not every man is as good as me. Some men are dominated by desire, and some are dominated by desire. Men are indecisive, and some men are too naive..." Many times when the evil thoughts and desires are released, they will think, "Oops, it's over! What's wrong with me?" He doesn't want this.

There are also some men who have many good sisters! Jessica rolled her eyes at him again, amused by his arrogant look, but they were just good sisters!

The North American box office for the week from December to 16th continued the momentum of the weekend. "Ocean's Twelve" with a box office of 10,000 won the championship. Although it only had 55% freshness and 67% likes, it defeated the 110 million studio Warner Bros. Brothers seems to have no need for three consecutive bad years; "Mr. Hughes 2" ranked second in 10,000. Four Golden Globe Award nominations and high critical praise have made its box office go higher and higher. The average box office of 50,000 per theater is only higher than that of commercial blockbusters. "Ocean's Twelve" has a low multi-dollar price tag, which is enough to make it and Fire Movies proud, enough to make Fire Movies, which has been nominated for awards and grossed both at the box office, the envy of everyone.

"Blade Runner 3" received 380,000 in 2,912 theaters; the weekly box office trend of "Polar Express" only fell by 0.7%, and after receiving another 14.78 million, the total box office has reached 115 million; fifth place is 12.48 million "National Treasure"...

The time has come to a new weekend, and the bell of Christmas is getting closer and closer. The dark horse of the awards season "Crash" has also been released in 1855 North American theaters, but its opening reputation is not so impeccable (per user), with a Rotten Tomatoes freshness score of 76 %/77%, the audience likes it 89%.

"Americans from completely different backgrounds come together in Paul Haggis's depressing directorial work," commented Cotter of the New York Times, which hit Rotten Tomatoes. "Stephanie, the film critic of Salon who also hit Rotten Tomatoes, said: zre can better express the views of this group: "Watching "Crash" led me to a question: If racial discrimination is so common in our society, why do we need to express it in such a carefully planned and connected story? If you drive You will meet several racists when you go home. In other words, how many of the racists here are real?" Y-Burr of the "Stonton Globe" agreed: "This is from an assembly line. Script characters often don’t behave in ways that are real human beings.”…

But there are more compliments that are completely opposite. "Crash" is not a documentary but a drama film. Film and television have always gathered together, enlarged and listed all the typical themes and types, such as "Desperate Host" and so on. This is the artistic quality of film and television.

Film critic Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun" gave him full marks: "Haggis wrote almost all of the character dialogues in everyday language and a few relatively believable speeches. This kind of creation is real and powerful, and it also makes The actors avoid clichés and make their characters special." Eric Harrison of the Houston Chronicle said: "An ambitious and admirable film, this restless, noisy "The story of city life is filled with wit and insightful writing." Rick Gren of The Globe and Mail said: "Paul Haggis spent a whole day unraveling the process that led to Crash, and instead Come on, this messy product also proves that it is a diverse and multilingual existence.”…

Fans of Flame Movies are also very concerned about the box office performance of the final game in four years while watching the movie. Can it keep its reputation as a flame movie? a.