Chapter 229 228. Difficult Award

The 76th Academy Awards ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Catherine Zeta-Jones walked out in a red carp evening dress, with long black hair and a beautiful smile, and she really looked a bit like a mermaid in the sea.

"For an actor, the moment the white envelope reveals the moment is the most important moment in his life, and the next actor will enjoy the honor of this moment."

"The nominees for Best Supporting Actor are Tim Robbins for Mystic River, Alec Baldwin for The Cooler, Benicio del Toro for 21 Grams, Djimon Hounsou for The New American Dream, and Ken Watanabe for The Last Samurai."

The camera is focused on everyone, except for Ken Watanabe, who has yellow skin and is almost the leading Japanese actor in Hollywood movies.

He is always the first choice for any role that resembles a high-ranking Japanese official, a wealthy businessman, a daimyo, or someone who has a sense of nobility and power. He is a bit like a special actor.

Catherine Ze Jones opened the white envelope: "The winner is Tim Robbins' Mystic River."

The answer was the same as for the Golden Globe Award, and cheers and applause suddenly broke out in the stadium.

Tim Robbins hugged and kissed the crew and then excitedly walked up to the podium. At this time, his hair was already white and he had matured a lot compared to the time when he was filming "The Shawshank Redemption".

After expressing his gratitude, he also made special mention of director Clint Eastwood, saying that the old man looked very handsome today.

He also mentioned his girlfriend Susan Sarandon. The camera was turned to this woman who is famous for her acting skills. Her face was also filled with smiles, and she was happy for her boyfriend's award.

Hiss. Eric was looking at the stage, scenes from Shawshank flashing through his mind, when he suddenly felt a stinging pain on the back of his hand.

Although Ashley and Gadot looked straight ahead, their men were pinching him at the same time, seemingly complaining.

Why can't you speak out? Why are you hiding it? Can't you just be a responsible man?

Eric could only smile bitterly at this, thinking, why can't you put yourself in their shoes?

Am I irresponsible? I am worried that you will fight after I make it public. If it weren’t for protecting you, would I have endured this injustice? Oh! It’s hard to be a man! It’s hard to be a celebrity! It’s hard to be a famous man with money and power!

"Finally, I want to say that I am a victim of bullying and violence in the movie. If you suffer the same pain, please remember to seek help."

"I also urge everyone to take this matter seriously. This is what each of us can do to prevent tragedy from happening."

“Thank you, thank you everyone!”

The very positive point of view won the applause of the whole audience, and Tim Robbins walked off the stage amid the applause of the audience.

The camera turned to Crystal, who said seriously, "The first award went smoothly. That's good. I'm finally not nervous anymore."

"You know I haven't hosted the Oscars in four years. Thank you to the Academy for letting me come and go as I please, like I'm joining the Texas Rangers."

Hahahaha There was a burst of applause from the audience, because this joke was a naked mockery of Bush Jr.

Bush Jr. joined the Guard back then, but everyone knew about his family's power, so military discipline was meaningless to him. He could come and go as he pleased.

George W. Bush is a Republican, and Hollywood is a big Democratic vote bank, so almost all political jokes in recent years have been directed at him.

After laughing, Crystal returned to the topic: "Let us welcome the next award presenter, he is Maia from Middle-earth, the leader of the mutants, welcome Ian McKellen."

The old man, with his neat short hair, walked out gracefully from the backstage, speaking with an English accent that sounded very stylish.

I don’t know if it’s a professional habit, but when Eric listens to him talk, even if it’s just a normal chat, he always feels like he’s listening to a drama.

“The art director’s job is to design and outline everything on the big screen so that you can believe you are in a hobbit’s house, an artist’s studio, a Japanese samurai village, a racetrack from the last century, or a car that transforms.”

"The nominees for Best Art Direction are: Grant Major, Dan Hannah, Alan Lee for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King; Ben van Oss, Cecil Haldeman for Girl with a Pearl Earring; and Jeanne Opois, Leslie Pope for Seaborn."

"Lily Kilvert and Gretchen Lowe from The Last Samurai; William Sandel and Robert Gould from Transformers."

"It's our turn! It's our turn!" Gadot said excitedly. It was her first time attending an Oscars and she still had fantasies.

But then Gandalf broke her fantasy: "Congratulations to the winners of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Grant Major, Dan Hannah, and Alan Lee!"

The whole audience burst into warm applause instantly. This was an undisputed result.

Eric patted Gadot's thigh gently to comfort her. Tonight was the main show of "The Lord of the Rings" and no one else could help.

Three artistic directors took to the stage, two of whom were bald, giving an idea of ​​how difficult the job was.

Then the Best Animated Feature Film was won by "Finding Nemo", the Best Animated Short Film was given to "Harvey Goes Naked" and the Best Documentary Short Film was awarded to "Heart of Chernobyl".

Eric admitted that the animated film was indeed excellent, but he did not agree with the documentary "Heart of Chernobyl".

In his opinion, documentaries should restore reality as much as possible, without adding the director's subjective lens and judgment, and should not be influenced by one's own values, otherwise the documentary will be unfair.

However, "Heart of Chernobyl" did not do well in this aspect. The director had too many subjective factors and even some condescending sympathy.

Compared to the 2019 HBO TV series "Chernobyl", it is inferior in all aspects, and the fact that it won the award is somewhat due to its political correctness.

Immediately afterwards, the two technical awards for Best Costume Design and Best Makeup were won by "The Lord of the Rings 3" without any controversy.

With music playing in the background, Val Kilmer walked onto the stage to present the Best Supporting Actress award. For some reason, he seemed to be in a bad mood. His face was expressionless and he didn't even smile. He recited his lines as if he was in a hurry to get off work.

In the end, the Best Supporting Actress award was won by Renée Zellweger for her role in Cold Mountain.

On the podium, Zellweger held a prepared manuscript and read it while giving her acceptance speech. It was obvious that she was really excited.

After Zellweger walked off the stage with the trophy, the ceremony began with its usual song and dance performance.

Eric looked back and saw that Theron was looking straight ahead expressionlessly. When she noticed him, she immediately showed her dimples.

Behind her, Jude Law was not bald yet, and was in the period known as Jude Flower. He glanced at the two of them, then nodded slightly, as if he realized something.

After more than ten minutes of singing and dancing, Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett walked onto the stage hand in hand to present the Best Visual Effects award.

There are so many scandals about this couple in later generations, and they often dominate the hot searches.

What's the point of everyone having their own fun? Will Smith gave his wife to another black man to play with because his brother was too young and couldn't satisfy his wife.

Jada Pinkett has her own boyfriend, and Will Smith also has his own girlfriend. The media also exposed photos, but it is difficult to tell whether they are true or false.

Just when the scandal was flying around, Will Smith angrily slapped the award presenter Rock at the Oscars and gave him a big fight for his insulted wife.

All the stars at the scene were shocked, and Nicole in the front row was so frightened that she made an emoji.

Although it was later confirmed that the emoticon was not caused by this incident, it still became a hot topic.

This big fight not only made himself a global hot search, but also doubled the ratings of the Oscars, with outstanding contributions.

Then everyone started to wonder whether their love was true or just a marriage in name only.

I don't understand, I really don't understand! But now they are still a model couple in everyone's eyes.

The two men, who were a head taller than each other, walked to the microphone together and said, "Some fantastic movies cannot appear in reality, such as a cursed skeleton ship, a black-robed man riding a dragon flying in the sky, and a car and plane that can transform."

“When these things that don’t exist in reality are brought to the big screen, the people who make outstanding contributions must be the special effects experts behind the scenes.”

"Nominated for Best Visual Effects, it feels really good to present the award with my wife, let's talk about it together."

"OK!"

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"The films nominated for Best Visual Effects are: Jim Rygiel and Randall William Cook for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King; John Knoll and Hal Sickle for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl; Charles Gibson and Terry Frazee for Transformers;"

Unlike other awards that have a minimum of five or even six nominees, awards such as Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, and Best Documentary often have fewer than five nominees.

The reason is very simple. There are not many blockbuster movies released every year, especially in this era.

Even if there are more than five this year, we have to select nominations of similar quality. There are also many movies with large investments but poor special effects, so there will be situations where there is dissatisfaction with the nominations.

Gadot pinched the back of Eric's hand again, pursed her lips, and looked at the white envelope nervously, but the result undoubtedly disappointed her again.

"The winner of the Best Visual Effects Award is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Congratulations!"

The majestic and grand music of Middle-earth resounded throughout the venue, and Gadot fell on her seat like a deflated ball.

Eric patted her gently: "Pay attention to your demeanor and don't look so ugly, otherwise you will be in the newspaper tomorrow."

“But I can’t be happy.”

"I'm not happy either, but we must have the basic qualities of an actor. Do you think the nominees are happy?"

"Okay, but the camera didn't capture me."

At this time, comedy master Jim Carrey walked onto the stage and began to show off his rubber face and jokes.

"I like to play pranks on others. I have been doing this since I was a child. The one I remember most vividly was when I played pranks on my sister."

"I was hiding under the bed while she and her boyfriend were having sex on the bed. I suddenly appeared and scared them, and they started flailing around and drooling."

"Although she was angry and thought she was violated, she became particularly sensitive afterwards, which was a blessing in disguise."

"OK! I don't know why I told such a joke, let's open the prize quickly."

"The nominees for Best Actor are: Sean Penn (Mystic River), Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean), Jude Law (Cold Mountain), Bill Murray (Lost in Translation) and Anthony Mackie (Get Out)."

In the crew of Get Out, no one dared to breathe. Even though Anthony Mackian was not the favorite, what if?

"The winner is Sean Penn for Mystic River. Congratulations!"

Unfortunately, the result is the same as the Golden Globe Awards. Anthony Mackian is still too young, and in terms of acting skills alone, he does not have a clear advantage.

He let out a long sigh, his tense mood relaxed, and he smiled and applauded.

As a well-known bad boy in Hollywood, Sean Penn did not dare to act like a troublemaker at the Oscars no matter how brave he was, and he just gave his acceptance speech honestly.

After he stepped down, a beautiful figure walked out, Scarlett Johansson in a dark green evening gown.

Her look today was much better than at the Golden Globe Awards. Eric just thought she was beautiful, but Ashley and Mary both focused their eyes on the color of her lipstick. Women always notice things that men can't.

"Dear guests, today I want to share a piece of knowledge with you. Do you know what the first talking movie was?"

"Haha. I knew that many people couldn't answer it, so let me tell you, it's The Jazz Singer by Alan Crosland in 1927."

"From then on, movies had sound, becoming more vivid and more emotional."

"The nominees for Best Sound Editing are Richard King for Master and Commander: Far From the Stars, Christopher Boyce and George Waters II for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, and Gary Rydstrom and Michael Silvers for Transformers."

With the same three nominees, this is also the award that "Transformers" is most likely to win, as the other awards overlap with "The Lord of the Rings 3".

Black Widow took out the white list of winners and said, "Let me see who brought good luck to us. The winner is Transformers. Congratulations to both of you!"

Yeah!

The two editors stood up excitedly, and the other crew members also stood up and hugged them. Eric patted their shoulders and said, "Go quickly, don't let the beauties wait anxiously."

Ouch!

He looked down and saw an extra mark on his shoe. He looked around at Gadot, Ashley and Mary's faces. They were the only three people who were suspicious and could touch him.

However, the three of them all smiled and clapped, and no one could tell anything was wrong. Their acting skills were much better than when they were filming.

"Thank you, thank you to the Academy for giving us the award. To be honest, the process of filming Transformers was both happy and difficult because the time was really tight and the director was urging us to make progress every day."

Hahahaha. The camera turned to Eric, and he applauded sincerely.

“But without his urging and direction, we wouldn’t be able to produce such a good work, so we must thank everyone in the crew and Mr. Cooper. I also hope you can get more good results today!”

(End of this chapter)