Compared to Seth McFarlane's explosive opening last year, Ellen DeGeneres' opening this year was a lot more lukewarm, even flat.
But this is Allen's style, and there is always a little humor in the warmth that brings the audience a little smile.
However, as the morning show "The Ellen Show", Ellen can still win the support and love of the audience; but it seems to be too light for such a highly anticipated focus program as the Oscars, especially in seven years. , the Internet has changed too many things, and today's teenagers are not satisfied with this.
Fortunately, Allen got a little help from Renly, and the three interactions before and after, the chemical reaction that collided inadvertently always made people smile, like seasoning, adding a little spark to the opening, everything. becomes interesting. It's not just the star effect, but also the humor that goes through it. For young people, it is definitely an important topic to talk about.
On social networks, buzzing discussions have begun to swirl, whether it's Jennifer Lawrence, Renly Hall, or other topics. Obviously, more and more young people are paying attention to this awards ceremony. purpose has been achieved.
"Am I the only one who thinks today's joke is a bit of a joke? I just saw Christian peeking at his watch." Ellen, who was standing on the stage, was still at ease. Her self-deprecating self-mockery successfully made the audience laugh. Christian Bale, who was named, was also innocent. "I guess my next hosting invitation may have to wait another seven years."
Clap and laugh! A real clap and laugh!
Sure enough, self-joking and official rants are always the funniest part.
"Jonah Hill, who won a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance in 'The Wolf of Wall Street'," Allen continued with his opening remarks, "I have to be honest, what you did in the movie The 'stuff' shown, I haven't seen in a long, long time..."
Group laughs!
This is a joke that needs to be turned. Ellen has come out publicly, and she likes women; and many of the pictures shown in the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street" are not suitable for children. So what she hasn't seen for a long, long time is...
Most of the guests at the scene understood in seconds, and the laughter and applause could not stop at all.
Ellen was also very proud of the joke, and nodded lightly with a smile on his face, "Have you caught the laugh?" The footsteps finally stopped in the central area, "Huh, it's time to watch the watch for the second time in Christian. Before, let's get started, it's been an exciting night where anything is possible and all sorts of different conjectures come up."
"Conjecture 1, 'Twelve Years a Slave' won the Best Picture." Allen said it directly, and many guests at the scene blew their whistle, which could clearly feel, "Twelve Years a Slave" The high support rate of this work.
But that's not all.
Allen said immediately, "Conjecture number two, all the people here are racial/ethnic/discriminatory/discriminatory elements."
Even Renly applauded in awe, which is definitely the most important and fun part of the opening.
reason
After entering the second stage of the awards season, it can definitely be called "you will sing and I will appear", "American Hustle" is known as a way of making fun of the American dream to tell the American dream, and some people even shouted "this is the "The best crime comedy of the new century" and implicitly saying that the Oscars haven't picked a comedy as the best picture for a long, long time, which is definitely a major mistake for an academy that prides itself on being authoritative.
"Treading the Stars"
Then, a voice emerged in Hollywood: "Oscars lack attention to racial equality." In short, since "Driving for Miss Daisy" won the Best Picture at the 62nd Academy Awards, an instant has passed. For 24 years, the only thing about race/ethnicity in the Oscar-winning works is "Crash", and the core meaning of "Crash" is not about racial equality, but about the city of Los Angeles.
Times are progressing and society is progressing. Now is the time to usher in a work that is truly about racial/racial equality, and this year's awards season "just happened" to emerge such a work, it is excellent enough to deserve all the awards, It is also thick enough to withstand the test of time, and it is really suitable for the best picture at the Oscars.
That is "Twelve Years a Slave".
In fact, this kind of statement has been around since the Toronto Film Festival, and it has won a lot of support in the Hollywood industry, and has become an important bargaining chip for the "12 Years a Slave" award season; after the Oscar nominations were released, this statement has been It was circulated in the industry, and gradually won more support on the Internet, winning unimaginable public opinion support for "Twelve Years a Slave".
Just like the year Meryl Streep reached the top with "Iron Lady", a similar slogan became the biggest bargaining chip of "12 Years a Slave":
"It's time to have a Best Picture Oscar that really cares about racial equality".
Then things got so out of hand that things started to get out of hand, and it ended up being what Allen just said: If you don't choose "12 years a slave", you're racial/racial/discriminatory/discriminatory molecular.
This is a moral kidnapping, indeed.
But the facts have proved that if you want to fight for more rights, you must speak out boldly and loudly, just like "a crying child has / milk / drink", unless you bravely stand up and pass the individual situation Change to leverage the change of the entire group, black people are changing their status quo in North American society step by step.
As for whether the award has significance, and what significance will be left in the long history of society and art, it will be left to time to slowly prove.
Allen dared to use this joke at the opening stage of the awards ceremony. It must be said that she was courageous. Her meaning is very simple and straightforward. It seems that the best film tonight is "Twelve Years a Slave", and there is no other possibility. Otherwise, all the judges of the academy will bear the infamy of racial/ethnic/discriminatory/discriminatory elements.
Of course, her tone and tone were not too aggressive, it was just a joke, more of which she kicked off tonight's awards ceremony with a relaxed and mocking gesture. Is this hinting at something? Or is it pure coincidence
In the second stage of the awards season, the "American Hoax" with its ferocity and the "Twelve Years a Slave" which occupies the moral high ground with race cards, the iron triangle of the nomination stage has been broken. In the opening stage tonight, the nomination stage leads the way. "Gravity" has never even been mentioned, and in a trance, it seems to have been forgotten by people.
So, what will happen to the awards
In the applause of the audience, Ellen took a half step back, "Now, let's invite the first white award presenter, Anne Hathaway."
The opening session is over.
Next will officially enter the awarding session. The first to appear is the winner of last year's Best Supporting Actress, Anne Hathaway. She will be responsible for announcing the winner of tonight's first award for Best Supporting Actor.
Every year, the Best Supporting Actor Award is called a home for the elderly, dedicated to honoring and paying tribute to those male actors who struggled in the front line but never got attention. The average age of winning the award is 46 years old. This is the whole history. Changhe's statistics are mainly due to the fact that the age of a few young male actors has lowered the average line. In fact, in the past 30 years, there have only been eight Best Supporting Actors before the age of 40, and after the age of 45 The winning Best Supporting Actor is as high as 60%.
However, in the past few years, George Clooney, Heath Ledger, Christian Bale, and Javier Bardem have all won the best supporting actor. They are all relatively young, which also means that the Academy For the Best Supporting Actor award, I am still willing to open my arms to accept young people.
The same is true this year.
Jared Leto of Dallas Buyers Club, Michael Fassbender of 12 Years a Slave, Jonah Hill of The Wolf of Wall Street, Bradley of American Hustle - Cooper, Bahad Abdi of "Captain Phillips", Jared Leto, the oldest of the five nominees, is 42 and Jonah Hill the youngest just turned thirty.
This also means that there will be another young man who won the award tonight, at least relatively young.
Although it is only a Best Supporting Actor Award, it is the first observation point of the entire awards ceremony pattern:
Jonah and Bahader, who are nominated and won, are basically running with each other, and the core focus is still on the top three of Jared, Michael and Bradley. The works of the latter two actors are the best films. The first group member of the battle, this is also the first head-to-head confrontation of the Troika.
In terms of strength and status, Michael Fassbender has the highest call for the award. Unfortunately, he missed the entire awards season's academy PR activities because he thought "it doesn't make sense" and he simply ran away Went to Australia to shoot new work, just like Renly has been for the past two years.
As a result, Jared and Bradley became the biggest favorites to win the award, especially the sudden emergence of "American Hustle" in the second stage has set off a powerful momentum. Although it is said that PR resources are mainly concentrated on the best supporting actress department, and all efforts are made to win the second Golden Man trophy for Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley can also profit from the overall advantages of "American Hustle", which also Makes the competition even more intense.
In addition, the imposing race card of "Twelve Years a Slave" almost swept away thousands of troops, which also made Michael still an opponent not to be underestimated.
Therefore, the best supporting actor can also be seen as a microcosm of the head-to-head confrontation between "American Hustle" and "12 Years a Slave" in the second phase of the academy PR, and Jared, who has always been at the forefront of the award, must face It is also unknown whether he can continue the winning momentum of the first half of the awards season against the attack of wolves in front and tigers in the back.
It's now to see who can stand out in the first prize.