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During every awards season, there are always many films attacking each other, especially the big hits, which often become the focus of criticism.

"Gravity" was a big hit this year, but it also became a thorn in the side and was attacked crazily.

"Gravity is just a short-lived, self-entertaining, and shallow fast-food film by director Gilbert Jr. to promote Anne Hathaway."

This article is particularly eye-catching in the latest issue of Variety magazine.

You know, Variety magazine had spoken well of Gravity before, so why did it give it a bad review now?
The reason is simple. It is not only Gilbert Jr. and Disney who can afford this money, but others can also afford it.

Spending money to buy a page in a relatively influential media like Variety magazine, thereby having a huge impact on competitors, is a very cost-effective deal.

After Variety magazine opened fire, the internet was flooded with negative reviews of Gravity.

Some said the film’s 3D effect wasn’t as good as Avatar’s, some said the story was poor, and some said Anne Hathaway’s performance wasn’t that good.

“You said the film has a good story, but in my opinion, this film is like a child walking, falling down and getting up, falling down again and getting up again, and finally learning to walk.

Boring process, extremely boring. "

The first half of this comment is correct. In fact, the story of any movie is about falling down and getting up again. Besides, if it was boring, the movie would not have sold more than 800 million US dollars worldwide.

“The special effects in Avatar are so detailed and high-quality that every blade of grass and tree on Pandora looks so real.

But in Gravity, apart from the Earth, everything else is pitch black, and the director used a lot of long shots to show his skill, but he didn’t consider the possibility of the audience getting dizzy at all.”

The response to this negative review was very humorous: "A little-known fact is that Gilbert Jr. was the producer and co-producer of Avatar.

In addition, 3D technology was invented by Gilbert Jr. and James Cameron. "

After negative reviews about the story and pictures, the criticism finally shifted to Anne Hathaway.

"Anne Hathaway's performance was a disaster, she was just acting for the sake of acting, her eyes were empty and she was just gasping for air.

The artificial and disgusting performance, especially the ugly big mouth when laughing, is enough to scare the audience to death on the screen.

Why do audiences feel scared? It's not because of the depth of space, but because of Anne Hathaway's big mouth. "

Objectively speaking, the shortcomings mentioned by these media do exist.

But just like there is no perfect person, there is no movie that is completely flawless. Sometimes we are just looking for a less bad movie among many bad movies.

Someone once angrily accused Gilbert Jr. of making mediocre films: "If you don't believe me, I'll take the lenses apart and show them to you."

But in fact, every excellent movie is mediocre when its shots are taken separately. This is like looking at it through a microscope and coming to the conclusion that it has shortcomings.

Media reports always influence the choices of some judges, especially some judges who rarely watch movies.

Therefore, when newspapers and media were filled with negative reviews of "Gravity", these judges would inevitably be affected and give their votes to other movies.

In addition, competitors have also done a lot of work on whether "Gravity" is a realistic film.

The Oscars have never liked non-realistic films, and that has never changed.

Unless the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy has the thunderous momentum to impact the Oscars and force the Academy to recognize it, it is impossible for a film with a non-realistic theme to win an award.

After all, great film series like "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy are rare, and it is impossible for Gilbert Jr. to repeat the same feat.

A former astronaut with spacewalk experience stood up and pointed out all the unreasonable aspects of the film.

Everything from costumes and props to the layout of the space station and spacewalks, as well as the unreasonableness of the earth and space underfoot, was criticized. Finally, the astronaut concluded: "This is a science fiction movie. It is understandable that there are fantasy elements, but it cannot be viewed with a professional eye."

The intention of this paragraph is quite obvious. It is obvious that it is to classify "Gravity" into the level of ordinary science fiction films by questioning the authenticity of the film.

As we all know, it is impossible for the Oscars to recognize "Star Wars", even though "Star Wars" almost represents Hollywood and even the entire United States.

Remarks like these will not affect the film's box office market. After all, the film's global box office has reached 8 million US dollars, and it is too late to make a move now.

What really matters is professional reputation and the choice of the Academy, which is related to success or failure at the Oscars.

This is evidenced by the fact that Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain lost the Best Picture award because it did not respond strongly to negative criticism despite a promising film.

Faced with negative media reports, Gilbert Jr. arranged for Disney and its media to hedge, and at the same time asked Roger Ebert to take action.

Film critics still have influence during awards season, especially critics like Roger Ebert who have extraordinary influence.

Roger Ebert quickly posted an article on his social media to refute the negative comments.

"I've noticed some unfair comments about Gravity in the media recently, so I have to speak out."

Roger Ebert then discussed from various aspects why Gravity was so good and worthy of an Oscar.

Also, those feminists got involved, surprisingly enough Jodie Foster.

This actress, who represents feminism in Hollywood today, clearly supports Anne Hathaway.

“I don’t know why there is so much criticism against a film starring a woman.

Is it true that actresses can only survive in Hollywood by relying on male actors, playing the role of a kind and fragile wife and serving as a vase?

Anne Hathaway’s strong performance in the film proves that the film doesn’t need the male actors to get the recognition they deserve.”

This statement not only accurately captures the current hot topic of feminism, but also does not involve the Oscar judges, but only talks about the critics.

Influenced by Jodie Foster, several feminists have come forward to express their influence on the film.

Just as ZZ correctness can influence Hollywood, feminism can influence the Oscars.

Although most of the judges are conservative old white men, they have to compromise in the face of the general trend.

This combination of skills instantly reversed the unfavorable public opinion situation.

The next step is to display professionalism and refute the remarks of the former astronaut.

There is no need to worry about this aspect, because NASA is very strong in terms of professionalism.

NASA experts quickly came out to say that all the details of the film were designed correctly, such as the position of the earth and the lighting.

From the psychological pressure faced by astronauts to the design and improvement of space suits, etc.

"Over the years, we have made great progress in space exploration," NASA Administrator Michael Simpson said.

It is understandable that retired astronauts are not aware of the current situation.”

(End of this chapter)