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"There are no surprises at the 70th Oscars!"

This is the title of the entertainment section of the Los Angeles Times. As the authoritative media with the highest circulation in North America, this evaluation almost represents a generalization of this Oscar.

"At this year's 70th Academy Awards, there were no surprises in the Academy's selection results, and of course, no surprises. "Titanic" was nominated for a record 14 awards, long before the start of this year's Academy Awards. , the film is predicted to be the biggest winner, including the heavyweight awards for best director and best picture.

James Cameron's "Titanic" has grossed nearly $1.3 billion at the global box office so far. In the face of such unprecedented results, I believe that most of the academy judges have been conquered. 14 nominations and 11 statuettes are destined to belong to the "Titanic" crew and director James Cameron last night. "

Not only the local Los Angeles Times, but basically all newspapers on the market are reporting on the Oscars that ended last night.

"Titanic went a record 11-for-14 at last night's Academy Awards, making the 70th Academy Awards the 'Titanic' solo stage. The Oscars that ended last night The award, without any unpopular surprises, swept the audience of "Titanic", which was basically in line with the outside predictions before the awards ceremony.

Perhaps the only surprise to the audience last night was Nicolas Cage, who won the Golden Man for Best Supporting Actor for his superb performance in "Batman: The Dark Knight". This is the first time in the 70 years since the Academy Awards ceremony that someone has appeared in a non-realistic film, and someone has won a performance statuette.

The best supporting actor statuette and the best makeup design statuette can be regarded as the only two figurines for "Batman: The Dark Knight" at this Oscars ceremony. Since the Academy announced the nomination results at the nomination luncheon, it seems that "Batman: The Dark Knight" will miss the Oscars this year.

No one can tell why the academy treats a film that has influenced the trend of the world film market in this way. Batman: The Dark Knight deserves better recognition in every way, and Wayne Greenberg deserves better recognition. The Academy's neglect of Batman: The Dark Knight is destined to be a disgrace for the 70th Academy Awards years later..."

-----"New York Times"

"At the same time that "Titanic" swept the 70th Academy Awards, there is one point that must attract everyone's attention. The great "Batman: The Dark Knight" actually won only two awards at this Oscars ceremony. An insignificant statuette, obviously, these two statues are completely unable to show the greatness of this movie!

On March 23, 1998, at 7:00 pm North American time, the 70th Academy Awards officially opened at the Temple Theater in Los Angeles. The host of this award ceremony is still a familiar old friend, talk show star Billy G. risto. As everyone is familiar with, there were no surprises at this Oscars ceremony.

"Titanic" won 11 statuettes out of 14 nominations, as predicted by several previous forecasting agencies. If the biggest accident, it is probably the Oscar organizer, the neglect of "Batman: The Dark Knight" and the great Wayne Greenberg, this is a kind of tens of millions of fans intolerable. way of doing.

"Batman: The Dark Knight", which swept the summer of 1997, and "Batman: The Dark Knight" with a global box office of more than 1.2 billion US dollars, actually only won two golden statues at this Oscars ceremony, one Best Makeup Design, Best Supporting Actor, Wayne Greenberg has been clearly mistreated..."

----- "The Hollywood Reporter"

The voices of the mainstream media are full of praise for "Titanic". It is no surprise that any film that has won 14 Oscar nominations and won 11 golden statuettes is worthy of being sung by the media all over North America.

What is more surprising is that almost all the mainstream entertainment media, while praising "Titanic", have not forgotten their traditional repertoire, that is, after the Oscars, they complained about those films that did not receive recognition.

It's just that the situation this year seems to be out of control. Although the same situation happened in previous years, at most, it was just taking advantage of the popularity of the Oscars that just ended, causing a while of public discussion and regret.

But this year's situation is completely different. In the eyes of most people, the greatness of "Batman: The Dark Knight" is not inferior to "Titanic" at all. Although the former's top box office throne in film history was overtaken by the latter, in the hearts of countless people, this is the most perfect combination of commercial and artistic films in Hollywood history, no one.

The general reports in the newspapers seemed to detonate the public's emotions at once. The media's keen sense of smell also noticed that this year was different from previous years. Therefore, after only two days, not only the reports in the newspapers, but also on various TV programs. , and discussions about Batman: The Dark Knight and Oscar have also begun.

"There's no question that Titanic deserves 11 awards, but the Academy shouldn't ignore Batman: The Dark Knight like that."

Kenneth Turan, a well-known local film critic in Los Angeles, is discussing his views with the host in the studio of the famous morning program "Good Morning America" ​​on abc television.

As one of the representatives of the younger generation of film critics, he fully understands that the era of movie fans watching movies through the recommendations of film critics has long since ended, and now if he wants to continue to expand his influence, he must change the decades-old The old way, take the initiative to cater to more young fans.

So when "Good Morning America" ​​invited him to be a guest on a hot show, he agreed without hesitation. Being a guest on this show is a win-win for him. The TV station uses popularity to increase the ratings, and he gains a better reputation among more young fans.

"Hey, Kenny, you are known to be a staunch Greenberg movie fan."

If there is agreement, there will be opposition. This is no exception in free Hollywood. Another invited film critic of "Hollywood Daily Entertainment", Sam Snyder, faced the camera and published his own opinion for the first time. view.

"In my opinion, the Academy didn't deliberately ignore Batman: The Dark Knight, Wayne Greenberg had already won all the heavyweight awards the year before, and if he wanted to win those little guys again, he would obviously have to. Do better results..."

"What?!"

Hearing Sam Snyder's rebuttal reason, Kenneth Turan immediately interrupted the other party sharply, as if he heard something incredible, and asked loudly: "The results of "Batman: The Dark Knight" are not great Better? If Batman: The Dark Knight isn't good enough, what counts as a better result?

Does this have anything to do with me being a Wayne fan? Yes, I'm a die-hard Greenberg movie fan, and to put it mildly, I'm the most common member of the Wayne Fan Association, but so what? Influence the objective greatness of the film "Batman: The Dark Knight"? "

Asking two critics with different opinions to express their opinions to each other on a talk show is one of the most common tactics used by TV stations.

Seeing that the two film critics became more and more emotional today, the director who had been standing behind the scenes waved his hand, and the host immediately understood, raised the microphone in his hand, and interrupted the quarrel that was about to break out between the two sides.

"Kenny, we all have to admit that "Batman: The Dark Knight" is a great work, there's no doubt about it." While speaking, the host spoke to the speechless Sam S. Ned blinked and continued:

"Sam doesn't mean what you think it means, and he also agrees on whether Batman: The Dark Knight is great or not."

"Yes, I have never denied the greatness of Batman: The Dark Knight."

Sam Snyder nodded immediately, but in his heart he already regretted coming to participate in this show. If UU Reading made himself hated by Wayne's massive fans for the reward given by the TV station, it would be completely Not worth the loss.

"You misunderstood me, I mean, James Cameron and Titanic are clearly more eligible for the Academy's recognition this year than Mr. Greenberg, who had all the accolades the year before. …”

"Hey, that's not an excuse for the Academy to only give Batman: The Dark Knight 8 nominations."

Obviously, Kenneth Turan didn't let him off so easily, he knew his purpose better than anyone. What does the TV station pay for that money? As long as the countless Wayne fans can become fans of his newspaper column, the film company will have ten times and a hundred times more "guidance funds" waiting for him in the future.

"In my opinion, no matter what excuses the Academy makes, they should give Batman: The Dark Knight a fair chance. The truth is they didn't, and this great film was lost from the end of the nomination luncheon. A chance to compete for the heavyweight grand prize! Isn't that neglect?"

Speaking of this, he deliberately glanced at the camera out of the corner of his eye and found that the red light was flashing on it, and he knew that he was taking a close-up of himself. After a short pause, he immediately said angrily, "In my opinion, Wayne Greenberg was treated unfairly by the college!"

There have been quite a few similar TV shows. Since the end of this year's Oscars at the end of March, it seems that the entire North American media is complaining about Wayne. Film critics, film critics, so-called veterans in the circle, print media, and TV stations all seem to have discovered huge business opportunities here, and the national discussion on this year's Oscars has continued until mid-to-late April.