Chapter 884

On the blue sky, you can't see a cloud, clear to the bottom; Tall palm trees support the whole sky. Golden sunlight falls down in large areas, outlining the continuous ups and downs of the city horizon. Bright and jumping colors surge in the humid and lazy air, and the whole world is stained with a layer of delicious cream. Involuntarily, the mood became cheerful.

The clock has just crossed the mark of three o'clock, and it is still a long time before night falls. The afternoon in California is always immersive, even in the middle of winter and February; Today, even more so, the upcoming Oscars ceremony ignited the enthusiasm and madness of the city, and countless fans and tourists poured into the city of angels to join the Carnival Party.

Posters of the best picture nominations can be seen in every street, and the official Oscar posters can be seen in every bar on the street. Even on buses and taxis, pictures of the little golden man can be captured everywhere.

The crowds in all directions are moving towards the Kodak Theater on Hollywood Avenue. Even if the traffic control has been implemented in the six blocks nearby, the vast traffic still extends in different directions, just like the pulse of the city, surging and beating violently. I really feel the enthusiasm of the award season.

At this time, the East-West Hollywood Avenue was completely blocked, the dazzling red carpet was laid out, and the bustling reporters and staff filled all the gaps on both sides; Gaodi North Street, which is located in the north-south direction of the East, has been fenced and completely blocked. The width of the double lane is left in the middle, and the two sides are crowded with fans.

Looking around, at least 1500 spectators crowded the space on both sides of the street, making it noisy and full of people; Not only that, the surging crowd continued to extend in the north and south directions, and the crowd seemed to have no end.

More than 500 journalists, more than 3000 spectators, more than half of the city's vehicles, all of Hollywood mobilized, belonging to Los Angeles "Christmas", finally arrived!

Tonight, the 84th Academy Awards is coming.

The award season, which has lasted for more than four months, will come to an end tonight. This is not only a season full of chaos and turbulence, but also a season full of confusion and topics, as well as a season full of suspense and challenges.

There is no doubt that this is a small year. Even in the past ten years, it is still a rare one.

Among the nine best picture nominations, only the one "helped" the box office in North America exceeded 100 million yuan, and the only one lost the important nominations of best director, best adapted screenplay, best film editing, etc., which almost declared that it was not destined for the final prize in advance.

For the remaining eight nominations, the box office in North America is less than 80 million; Moreover, half of them failed to cross the bottom line of 40 million, and the lowest box office figure was "tree of life", only 13 million dollars.

In terms of horizontal comparison, in last year's award season, there were 10 nominations and five North American box office hits 100 million - two of them reached 290 million, and two of them reached 90 million. The overall market feedback and audience response are much higher, and the topic and attention should not be underestimated.

This year is the coldest, calmest and most low-key year in the box office market since "crash" beat "Brokeback Mountain" to win the best picture in 2005.

Lack of real blockbusters, lack of real topics, but also lack of real resonance, the whole award season showed a clear style of being too high and too few.

However, if it was the duel of "crash", "Brokeback Mountain", "good night, good luck", "Munich massacre" and "Capote" in 2005, the depth and breadth of the five works were generally affirmed, especially the turbulent waves created by "Brokeback Mountain" in that year, which triggered numerous discussions.

At least, the artistry of the best picture nominations has become a major symbol.

This year, however, even this symbol has been criticized. The average level of the nominated works in terms of work pattern, theme depth, artistic discussion and story level is obviously inferior.

Therefore, the whole award season presents a mixed pattern of letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend. It is not that there are too many excellent works, but that the level of works is too close. The winning and rising of any work can not be said to be an accident

Hugo, midnight Paris, posterity and artist constitute the first group“ Penalty kicks, tree of life and help ranked second in the group, waiting for the opportunity; Finally, the "war horse" and the "special sound, very close" company run the third group.

In such a small age, it's really frustrating. Compared with Grammy's stars not long ago, Oscar really makes people less interested; But in fact, on the contrary, the weakness of the works makes the artists strong.

Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Alexander Penn, David Finch, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Kenneth Brana, Meryl Streep, Michelle Williams, Rooney Mara, Gary Oldman, Ryan Gosling, and Jennifer Laurence all have their own aura and are full of numerous topics.

Also, Langley hall.

As a result, more than 3000 spectators arrived at the scene, hoping to stand beside the red carpet and see the famous artists on the stage with their own eyes; As a result, more than 500 journalists attended the banquet, creating a new record for the number of reporters covering the previous Oscars - the highest number in previous years was only 400; As a result, before 3 p.m., the Hollywood avenue where Kodak Theater is located is already congested.

Standing in the turbulent crowd, hope Bates's thin body has been almost completely engulfed, and the breathing in and out is full of hot air, feeling that the lungs have been burning up; Fortunately, all of the 500 people standing around were their own. They were in order, orderly and well-organized.

Even so, it is still a very difficult thing to walk through the crowd. From the front row to the back end, and then back to the front row, 45 minutes later. Hope's face flushed and his hair burned as if he had just come out of the sauna.

"All confirmed?" William Taylor handed over the mineral water bottle in his hand, and hope took two big mouthfuls of it. Then he nodded his head and said yes, with a big smile on his face! What about Graham? Hasn't he come back yet? That big banner, didn't we confirm it before we started? As long as Tyrone and Timothy support in time

"Just now, the staff of the main committee came out and said that some of our banners are too big and may cause danger, so they are discussing." William explained simply.

"What "How could it be too big? We repeated so many e-mails and confirmed them again and again. All of them came according to the size regulations. How can it be With that, hope couldn't stand any longer and turned his head to start again.

William held hope in time. "Chanel and Tessa followed Graham. We expected this situation before. All the communication emails have been printed out, and the backup solution is ready. Don't worry, it will be OK. " Looking at Hope's worried face, William was dumbfounded and said, "believe me, they can solve it. If you can't, you can't even add one. "

Having said that, hope stamped his foot impatiently. "The organization of the college is terrible. We started to communicate so long in advance. We considered all aspects. They have a lot of things to do."

Take a deep breath, take a deep breath again, force yourself to calm down, hope close to the iron railing, poke his head out, left and right look, "no matter, those things are left to Graham. Let's continue to spread the word now. We must not be crowded or confused; Be sure to keep the scene in order. Otherwise, those media are going to pick things up and pour all the dirty water on the young master, a group of madmen! "

Three weeks ago, the "hype door" broke out, and the curse and ridicule of the Internet spread all over the world were endless. Those ferocious and ugly faces really pushed Lan Li into a desperate situation; But for William, hope, Graham and others, anger, disappointment, sadness, pain, countless emotions are surging.

They are eager to tell lanli what they want to say: even if the whole world stands on the other side of lanli, they still firmly believe and support lanli; Because they really understand the "Don Quixote" album, they also really understand the dream of Langley. This road full of thorns, they will accompany lanli to the end.

Turning grief and anger into strength, they united as never before. Not only the fans, but also the fans. Through the Facebook activity group, all the friends I met at Lincoln Center gathered together to make concerted efforts and give advice.

Oscar ceremony, this is the stage they choose!

In this starry night, don Quixotes will really step on the stage of history for the first time, show their enthusiasm and worship to blue rite, and show their support and firmness to the world. In their way, in Don Quixote's way, they will solemnly announce their existence

Not all people believe in the nonsense of entertainment weekly, not all people easily break their faith, not all people blindly follow the trend like weeds on the wall. In the Internet age of fast food culture, there are still a group of people who have beliefs, beliefs, pursuits and dreams; Although this is a very small group of people, but they are real and tenacious.

Each of them is Don Quixote.

This is the night of Langley, and don Quixotes will be the loyal audience of this grand performance!

"Now, the only question is," William clenched his fist and showed a big smile, "when will Langley show up?"