The Best Entertainment Era

Also from Relativity Entertainment, The Twilight Saga: New Moon is a stark contrast to Slumdog Millionaire.

Just before the Oscars ceremony, the former imdb averaged 4.2 points, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes dropped to 24%, which can be said to be rotten to a certain level.

The latter has an average score of 8.5 on imdb, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes has always been above 95%.

But the market performance of the two is exactly the opposite of word of mouth.

Needless to say, the box office of New Moon, Slumdog Millionaire was released for ten weeks, even after a round of expansion after the announcement of the Oscar nominations, the North American box office is only 48.62 million US dollars.

Without the support of heavyweight Oscar awards, it would be difficult for this film to recover its cost at the box office alone.

Throughout awards season, Embassy Pictures' main focus has been on best picture.

With the writers' strike subsiding, the 80th Academy Awards are on time for February 24.

The sunny Los Angeles has been raining continuously since the 22nd, which is quite fatal for the red carpet. An awards ceremony without a red carpet is simply killing the female stars.

Therefore, the academy showed the speed of the Oscars. In just two days, a large white ceiling was temporarily built in the small square at the entrance of the Kodak Theater, and the red carpet extending to the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard was also covered by a white ceiling. covered up.

The light rain can no longer affect the interest of the stars on the red carpet, but the rain is accompanied by a strong wind, and the wind blows the raindrops on the body. Even if Los Angeles is not cold, it is not very comfortable in this season.

But for Hollywood, which has just experienced a screenwriter strike, this storm is really nothing.

The bleachers and streets around the Kodak Theater were packed with thousands of moviegoers, and the first stars to step on the red carpet included George C. Rooney, as well as German supermodel Heidi Klum and her black singer husband Hill.

Rachel McAdams elicited screams from fans as soon as she appeared in a backless evening gown; Cate Blanchett ambled down the red carpet in a huge, dazzling necklace; Penelope Cruz and Tom Claire Stars such as Ruth also stepped on the red carpet and entered the Kodak Theater.

The two-month-long Hollywood screenwriter strike once made people worry whether the 80th Academy Awards ceremony could be held as scheduled. Now that the strike is over,

The suspense was eliminated, the Oscars ceremony was a blessing in disguise, people's interest in watching the live broadcast was high, and the advertising prices of the awards ceremony reached new highs.

As the broadcaster, abc television has surpassed 100 million US dollars in Oscar advertising revenue for the first time. It seems that the scriptwriters' strike has increased everyone's interest in this year's Oscars.

At all major awards ceremonies, most of the male stars are black and old-fashioned, with nothing new or interesting.

Therefore, the important task of attracting attention on the red carpet naturally falls on the shoulders of female stars. Just like male stars, black has always been the safe choice for female stars at award ceremonies. The calm temperament exuded by black can be interpreted as mysterious and deduced Being sexy can also be noble and rarely go wrong.

Even Penelope Cruise, who was holding Tom Cruise's arm, also chose a black dress.

The two joined hands on the red carpet, which is undoubtedly a sign of reunion.

Petunia, you look so pretty tonight.

In the foyer of the Kodak Theater, Ronan looked at Tom Cruise and Penelope Cruz and said, Definitely the focus of tonight.

Penelope Cruz smiled and said, Thank you. She turned to Tom Cruise and said, Tom picked it for me.

Ronan winked at Tom Cruise and said, Tom has always had a good eye.

Of course. Tom Cruise did his part, and then asked curiously, Why are you alone? Where's Jesse?

Ronan shrugged slightly: I took the new crew to Boston for location shooting.

Jessica Felton is in charge of the project of Hot Cops which has been prepared and is going to Boston for on-site shooting.

Tom Cruise said: She still works so hard.

Ronan said solemnly: Jessie said that she is a producer first and then my girlfriend.

As soon as these words came out, all three of them laughed.

Then they entered the main hall of the Kodak Theater together. The three crews of Sunshine Girl, Ratatouille and Slumdog Millionaire under Relativity Entertainment occupied a large area on the left side of the front row.

However, most of the people came from Slumdog Millionaire. The crew of Sunshine Girl only came to Rachel McAdams and Lindsay Beal. Director David Fincher did not win the best director The nomination, never came.

As for Ratatouille, only director and producer Brad Bird was present.

Ronan is not familiar with the people of Slumdog Millionaire, and the seat is next to Lindsay Beal.

David is busy with the final post-production of House of Cards, so he can't make it through. Lindsay Bill pushed his glasses and said, He called me specifically and asked me to convey his apologies.

Ronan waved his hand: It's a small matter, it doesn't matter. He turned to ask: How is the filming of Eclipse going? We will try to release it next year.

Most commercial films are fast food consumer goods. The Twilight Saga series is fast food among fast food. Not only the popularity rises and falls quickly, but the shooting and production speed is also fast.

In the past, Lionsgate Films basically released one film a year.

Relativity Entertainment is also at this speed. Before New Moon is released, preparations for Eclipse have already begun.

Lindsay-Bill replied: The filming is going smoothly, and the filming can be completed before May, which will not delay the release of next year's Valentine's Day schedule.

She mentioned another problem: Due to the huge success of New Moon exceeding expectations, the actors and directors are now a little restless, and their agents have all asked for a salary increase, which is still relatively large.

Ronan also knows this. For example, the lead actor Robert Pattinson’s salary in the first film was only 500,000 US dollars, but it rose to 3 million US dollars in the second film. The film “Eclipse” paid 5 million US dollars. This time, his agent proposed a salary increase of US$10 million plus 5% of the North American box office share.

The salary increase is inevitable. Ronan is very clear about this: The remuneration of the male and female protagonists can be increased to 10 million US dollars, but the post-production share cannot be compromised.

There is a long-term contract, even if it is a sequel movie, Relativity Entertainment still takes the initiative, Lindsay Bill nodded slightly: I understand.

The music sounded, and the awards ceremony officially kicked off.

After a short prefix tidbit, Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, stepped onto the stage and started by talking about the just-concluded Hollywood screenwriter strike.

He said in a joking tone: The past two months have been difficult. The bitter screenwriter strike has divided Hollywood. I am very happy that this struggle is over.

The awards ceremony still starts with the Best Supporting Actress award, and it seems to be the practice of the Oscars to start with the Best Supporting Actor or Best Supporting Actress.

The female supporting role is in the hands of the former Supreme Master, and George Clooney's Michael Clayton comes out on top.

Then, the award ceremony continued the drowsy rhythm of the previous session.

As Oscar's 80th birthday, the awards ceremony will naturally have some commemorations and retrospectives. The large segment of tribute caused the ratings to plummet from the peak at the beginning.

Fortunately, with the lessons of last year, the producer has somewhat changed in the tribute link.

Before each important award is awarded, montage clips of past winners will be played, and clips of many famous winners, especially those Oscar couples, will be interspersed.

This at least gives the audience a little motivation to insist on not changing channels.

Let's be honest, the ratings for the Oscars are terrible today, and they're only going to get worse.

The reason is very simple. The old men who control the core of the academy must think that their era is the best. How can they prove this? Of course frequent miss and tribute.

When Ronan and his group get old, it may not be the case.

Just like football in the past, in the era of peerless double arrogance, many fans who witnessed the 1990s believed that peerless double pride was not only inferior to strikers such as Ronaldo and Batty in that era, they even thought their The level of strength is far inferior to those people, even if both of them have much more individual and collective honors than their predecessors.

Which era is the best? It is estimated that neither of the two generations can convince anyone.

This is a fundamentally unsolvable question.

I can only say that what I have experienced is the best, and everyone is like this.

When these people get old and experience a new era, this group of people will also become part of the Ancient Blow.

Technology awards came out one after the other, and Relativity Entertainment also got something. With Rachel McAdams' attractive look, Sunshine Girl took home the statuette of the best makeup award.

Sunshine Girl was the first to win a consolation prize.

Then, without the slightest bit of suspense, Brad Bird from Pixar Studios took the stage and took over the statuette representing the best animated feature film from Anne Hathaway, who was the guest of honor.

Similarly, as one of the biggest hits of this year's Oscars, Slumdog Millionaire has also begun to gain some ground.

The first to get the best sound effects, then the best soundtrack, and several awards closely related to the best picture, Slumdog Millionaire won the best adapted screenplay and best editing, but No Country for Old Men won Without the best photography, it seems that there is no specific tendency in a short period of time.

However, there were also surprises. Lindsay Beal won the best original screenplay statuette for Sunshine Girl.

This is Lindsay Beal's first Oscar in her many years of film career. She couldn't hide her excitement and stuttered in her acceptance speech.

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