Defeating Chow Yun-fat and Zhang Yi, Huang Xiaoming won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor. Did he deserve it?

The 35th Hundred Flowers Film Awards came to an end, and Huang Xiaoming won the Best Actor for "Heroes of Fire". This is the second time he has won this award. The last time was in 2014 for his role as "Cheng Dongqing" in "Chinese Partners".

In this year's Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor, there were many strong competitors. In the end, it was Huang Xiaoming who won. Is such a result well-deserved?

In fact, whoever gets it deserves it.

Why do you say that? The following is from three aspects: movies, actors’ acting skills, and Hundred Flowers Award selection rules.

Movie: Main theme, adapted from prototype, high box office

"Heroes of Fire" is adapted from the long reportage "The Deepest Water Is Tears", the story is based on "Dalian 7.16 Oil Explosion Fire" ” as a prototype. The film tells the story of a fire in a coastal oil tank farm. The superiors and subordinates of the fire brigade unite to fight to the death and protect the property and safety of the country and the people with their lives.

After this movie, the public has more understanding and attention to the group of "firefighters". Especially in March 2019, after the devastating fire in Daliang Mountain, everyone had a lot more emotional admiration for these firefighters who kept most people safe.

The top three votes, "My Motherland and Me" by Zhang Yi and "The Captain of China" by Zhang Hanyu, are both main theme movies.

However, these main theme movies are obviously very different from what we have known before. Whether it is the watchability of the film itself, the popularity of discussions after its release, or the box office it received, it is no less than a commercial film.

In the total box office rankings of mainland movies in 2019, "My Motherland and Me" received 3.146 billion, ranking fourth; "Captain of China" received 2.884 billion, ranking fifth; "Heroes of Fire" received 1.676 billion, ranking eighth.

If we talk about acting skills, look at the other candidates: Needless to say, Chow Yun-fat has been an actor for decades and has many more heavy-hitting works behind him. Xiao Yang gave an actor-level performance in "Manslaughter".

In "My Motherland and Me", Zhang Yi wore a mask and had no lines for a long period. He purely relied on his eyes to express his inner activities, which was very impressive. Before that, he also had works such as "Chicken Feathers Flying to the Sky" in the TV series, and in the early days, there were also "My Captain, My Group" and so on. Regardless of the works or acting skills, there are constant complaints.

Zhang Hanyu has also won several heavy awards, including Gu Zidi in "Assembly", Wu Zhigang in "The Wind", Yang Zirong in "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom", and "Operation Mekong". Gao Gang. There are not many works, but there is always one weighty movie every year.

As for Huang Xiaoming, what has accompanied him in these years is mostly "greasy acting skills." No wonder, even he himself felt that he was here to run with him this time, and it would be a surprise to win the prize.

But as an actor, he has always hoped to be recognized for his acting skills. Huang Xiaoming also ridiculed himself, saying that he won the Hundred Flowers Award twice just after he had experienced a low point.

Before, he was laughed at and said he was not good at English because of his "too much trouble". He was not convinced, so he acted as an English teacher in "Partners in China", and that was how he got the crying scene and the In the venting scene, Chen Kexin was very satisfied with his acting skills.

When I acted in "Heroes of Fire" this time, I was in a very depressed mood after experiencing some bad things. This was very similar to the mood of the frustrated firefighter in the movie. When shaping the character, many details were designed. For example, because he was exposed to smoke at firefighting sites for many years, his speech is always hoarse, and his hands often shake unconsciously.

So, although he is also a heroic figure, Jiang Liwei in the movie is more down-to-earth. Firefighters are also ordinary people who want to see their wives and children alive; but the responsibilities on their shoulders also determine that they are always ready to sacrifice and protect the lives of others.

When Huang Xiaoming controls himself well, his acting skills come out.

Selection rules: The "Hundred Flowers Film Award" comes from the masses' selection

Finally, let's talk about the nature of this award.

Each Hundred Flowers Award is voted for by the main theater managers of the Film Exhibition Association, and then sent to the Federation of Literary and Art Circles for review. In the end, 10 films are selected as candidates.

These films were then voted on by moviegoers, resulting in five film nominations each and five individual award nominations. Voting ends 50 days before the awards ceremony. According to the statistical results, the top five votes in each category will be the nominated films or nominees for each award.

At the same time as the nomination list is generated, 101 audience judges will be randomly selected from among the audiences who participated in the voting to form the final judging panel of the Hundred Flowers Awards, which will vote on the spot at the award ceremony to determine the winner of each award. .

So, after clarifying the process, everyone found that no, the voting process was all voted by the audience, and there was no professional review involved. what does that mean? This means that in candidate films, the performance of actors during the voting period is likely to affect the voting effect.

For example, Huang Xiaoming, at the beginning of this year, the movie "The Sideburns Are Not Begonia Red" made him stand out in his acting skills, and he was called "dish-gent-like acting"; "Sister Overcoming Troubles" became very popular. After a summer, Rang, a first-time producer and host, won the audience's favor; followed closely by "Chinese Restaurant", which continued to maintain its popularity. It can be said that from this year to now, Huang Xiaoming has received positive reviews both in terms of his acting skills and his popularity with the audience. This is a plus for this vote.

So, whoever wins the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Actor, among the five candidates, deserves it. But this award has always represented the audience more. In fact, there is no need to feel sorry for the actors who did not win the award. Since there is also a Golden Rooster Award, this is the opinion of the professional judges.