As the comedy king of the Chinese film world, Stephen Chow has given us too many well-known masterpieces. Since the early 1990s, due to the strong box office appeal and movie watchability, he and Chow Yun Fat, Jackie Chan was called "Double Week Cheng" by the Hong Kong media, representing the strongest force in the Hong Kong film industry at that time, Chow Xingchi film in the golden period of the Hong Kong entertainment industry has broken the Hong Kong film box office record 6 times, 8 times won the annual box office championship of Hong Kong films, both of which are the first in the history of Chinese films.
And Stephen Chow's nonsense performance style has become an indispensable part of Chinese comedy, and Stephen Chow's comedy has truly endured, no matter how many years have passed. However, Stephen Chow's acting skills have not been treated fairly, and the Academy Awards judges believe that nonsense comedy is not enough to reflect his acting skills, and have turned him away several times. Today, we will take stock of the Golden Statue Emperor that Zhou Xingchi missed in those years.
The first one: 1991 "Gamble Saint"
The Golden Statue Emperor of the Year: Zhang Guorong's "The True Biography of Ah Fei"
Stephen Chow's "Gamble Saint" broke the box office record of Hong Kong films, let the Chinese-speaking circles see his comedic talent and talent, and also laid the development direction of Hong Kong comedy in the next two decades. But that year, Zhou Xingchi only got the nomination, and finally lost to Zhang Guorong of "Ah Fei Zheng Biography", in fact, both of them performed well that year, and the film emperor was fair to anyone.
The second: 1992 "Truant Veyron"
The Golden Statue Of the Year: Zeng Zhiwei's Tale of Two Cities
Stephen Chow was nominated for the Academy Awards for the second consecutive year and, more importantly, broke the Hong Kong film box office record for the second consecutive year. Stephen Chow's "Truant Veyron" is too classic, not only gave birth to too many sub-lines that are still circulating to this day, but also the subsequent sequel remake imitation of this movie adds up to dozens of imitations. That year, Zeng Zhiwei's film emperor was more like a commendation for his previous achievements, and Zhou Xingchi in "Truant Weilong" and Lu Liangwei in "Lame Hao" were more worthy of this film emperor.
The third: 1993 "Death Judge"
The Golden Statue of the Year: Leung Ka Fai,"92 Black Roses vs. Black Roses"
This is Stephen Chow's most unjust year, "The Inquisitor" once again broke the Hong Kong film box office record, Stephen Chow's performance is top-notch, and then continue to play nonsense performance while adding black humor, the film is full of jokes. And Liang Jiahui's "92 Black Roses to Black Roses" comedy effect is not obvious, the box office is not prominent, this movie emperor is not worthy of the name.
The Fourth: The King of Comedy in 2000
The Golden Statue Of the Year: Andy Lau's "Dark War"
In 2000, "Dark War" was also a milestone work of Andy Lau, and the award was not too controversial, but the annual box office champion "The King of Comedy" was a bit surprised that it was not even nominated, and in the eyes of many people, Stephen Chow contributed the best acting skills of his career in this movie. This "King of Comedy" can be called Stephen Chow's autobiographical film, but also his favorite film, he performed the heartache and laughter of small people with tears to the extreme, which is also one of the biggest unjust cases in the history of the Academy Awards.
Fifth: Kung Fu 2005
The Golden Statue of the Year: Liang Chaowei's "2046"
You can see his obvious changes in Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu", he added a lot of structural comedy and black humor to the nonsense comedy, and he paid more attention to the inner experience of the characters and the display of details. "Kung Fu" is also a collection of Chow's acting talent and directorial talent, breaking the box office record of Hong Kong Chinese films, and is also the box office champion of mainland china that year, which can be described as a fire in Asia. And that year Liang Chaowei's performance in "2046" was excellent, but the performance style was the same as "Fancy Years", there was no breakthrough, even Liang Chaowei was surprised when he heard the award guest read his name, he frankly thought that the film emperor would be "Kung Fu" Zhou Xingchi.