In fact, The Fifth Element could not be said to be a flop, because it still had a global box office of 270 million USD. It was just that The Fifth Element was a complete flop in terms of reputation. Almost all the film critics called it an incomprehensible movie that made them want to sleep.
Although it was a sci-fi movie with a high budget and great special effects, it was also a tribute to Star Wars.
In short, The Fifth Element had a terrible reputation. During the Academy Awards selection, it was only nominated for the Best Sound Editing Award. It had only won a few awards internationally.
The audience did not expect to see The Fifth Element win an award here.
"Everyone may have doubts about this movie's award. I also think it's a little unbelievable. However, according to our voting statistics, the final result is indeed so. Later, I asked some of the voting audience, and they suggested that we listen to this piece of music! " Boss Jia snapped his fingers, and the screen behind him began to play the video clip of The Fifth Element.
It was the first half of the movie. The protagonist was watching an alien concert on a ship. The singer was a blue alien that looked like a jellyfish.
In fact, she was singing for everyone with the most pure bel canto!
"This song is nothing special!" In the first three minutes of the clip, the whole singing process could be said to be ordinary. Although the bel canto was quite good, it was only at a standard level.
However, at the 3 minute and 18 second mark, with a loud and clear dolphin sound, the atmosphere of the entire auditorium was completely changed at this moment.
[PS: If you haven't heard this piece of music, you can go to Bilibili and search for The Fifth Element. You will be able to find the original soundtrack in an instant. This is really a god-like soundtrack.]
After this piece of music was played, the auditorium was very quiet. No one questioned anything anymore.
Even many of the guests felt very strange. Why did they complain when they watched the movie? They did not notice such excellent music at all!
In fact, only the guests at the auditorium did not notice this piece of music. Because most of them were filmmakers, they watched the movie with different purposes. Of course, they would not pay attention to the inconspicuous soundtrack in the movie.
On the other hand, the audiences who were there to watch the movie were shocked when they heard the music.
In fact, the average score for "The Fifth Element" was 9.34 points, but after removing 45% of the high scores and low scores, this was the only score left.
"Congratulations to 'The Fifth Element' for winning the Golden Dragon Award for Best Original Movie Music!" Boss Jia announced loudly, "Let's welcome the crew of 'The Fifth Element' to the stage!"
"Good heavens!" Luc Besson, who was sitting in front of the TV, could only cover his head and shout when he heard Boss Jia asking him to go on stage to receive the award.
With his dream of an Oscar, Luc Besson gave up the Golden Dragon Award without hesitation.
However, the fact was that he had become a joke at the Oscars. He had only won one nomination. This made Luc Besson, who was full of confidence and thought that he had created another monument in the history of science fiction movies, fall into endless pain. He finally understood how Boss Jia felt last year.
In history, Luc Besson's mentality was much better, because in 1997, "Titanic" had defeated him in all aspects. Luc Besson was convinced that he had lost to this movie.
But now, what the hell had defeated him at the Oscars? Luc Besson thought that no one could replace him in the Best Director and Best Original Music categories.
However, he did not get anything, which made Luc Besson very uncomfortable for nearly a month. He stayed at home all the time and did not even go out.
Originally, Luc Besson had not planned to watch the Golden Dragon Award ceremony, because he had never cared about it. He had even forgotten about its existence.
Luc Besson knew that several of his friends in the circle were urging him to watch the live broadcast of the Golden Dragon Awards. They said that it was the most exciting and interesting award ceremony in the history of the circle. Luc Besson turned on the TV out of curiosity and happened to see the two guys leaving with a cart worth five million each.
"It's just a tacky thing to spend money on!" That was Luc Besson's evaluation at first. But as Boss Jia introduced the voting rules and how to calculate the average score of the votes, Luc Besson unconsciously sat up straight. Luc Besson suddenly realized that if Boss Jia really scored the votes as he said, then this was probably the fairest award in the world!
This was especially so when Luc Besson heard that his film had been nominated for the Best Original Film Music Award and had even won the award directly. When the soundtrack that he had meticulously composed played on the stage, Luc Besson finally could not take it anymore and started to cry for God.
At this moment, Luc Besson wanted to rush to the stage immediately and take the award from Boss Jia. Even if he didn't get a penny, Luc Besson felt that it was a great honor, because it was the recognition of the audience.
It was a pity that Luc Besson was not on the stage, nor were any other members of the crew. Therefore, he could only watch as Boss Jia placed his Golden Dragon Award trophy on the table behind him, in front of his seat of honor, side by side with "Independence Day."
"Book a plane ticket for me. I'll go to Hua Xia tomorrow!" Luc Besson made a prompt decision and said to his secretary.
Therefore, Luc Besson arrived at Hua Xia the next day. On the third day, he met Boss Jia and solemnly received his trophy from Boss Jia.
Unfortunately, Luc Besson didn't get the prize money. However, Luc Besson still felt very lucky, because later on, when he accepted an invitation from Hua Xia Capital to shoot a Hua Xia movie, he fully understood what the so-called "honor" was.
If he knew that his Golden Dragon Award trophy had been placed in front of his movie's memorial tablet for years, or even decades, like some movies, he would have gone crazy.
Back to the topic at hand. Looking back at the award ceremony, no one from the crew of The Fifth Element came to the stage. Boss Jia could only shake his head regretfully and then said, "Then I can only congratulate the movie Independence Day, which ranked second with an average score of 8.12, for coming to the stage to receive the award … Oh, sorry, this crew did not come!"
"Hahaha!" The audience burst into laughter.
"Then, congratulations to the third-place movie," Starship Troopers, "with an average score of 8.10 points, please come to the stage to receive your award!"
… 20 seconds later …
"Ahem, may I ask, is the crew of" Life is Beautiful, "with an average score of 8.05 points?"
… Another 20 seconds passed …
"Alright, then let's continue to congratulate the movie," Men in Black, "with an average score of 7.92 points, they won the Golden Dragon Award for Best Original Movie Music … The prize money is … a total of 10 million US dollars!" Boss Jia said with a smile.
"Wow, another 10 million US dollars!" Although everyone had guessed this possibility, when they heard the amount, they were all stunned.
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