In any field, it is difficult to create a peak, but it is even more difficult to continue the peak. Compared to conquering the world, defending the world is the most difficult. The same is true in the film industry. There are countless meteors that have made a splash, but few can become stars.

In the history of the Oscars, there were six directors who won the Best Director Award for their debut work. Kevin Costner was born for "Dancing with Wolves", but after that, he burst into pieces and never gave enough work. Sam Mendes' "American Beauty" still had far-reaching influence ten years later, but his works have not been able to surpass this peak, and they have not even won the Oscar nomination again.

Among the 78th Academy Awards so far, William Wheeler is the only one who won the Best Director nomination for seven consecutive years between the years, ranking first in film history, and won three Little Golden Man trophys.

With the emergence of "City of God", Lance made his debut in the Oscars' final five list and became a genius of a generation. However, almost no one could have thought that three years later, Lance relied on "killing people with a knife" and "fruit hard candy" to compete for the best directors of the Oscars, and has since completed the feat of winning nominations for three consecutive years. This achievement is really shocking!

If it is just an Oscar, it can be explained that the college's public relations can be played; but the fact is that Lance has also won nominations for three consecutive years in the most authoritative American Directors' Union Award, which confirms that Lance's strong strength has been unanimously recognized.

Interestingly, people are now involuntarily comparing Lance with William Wheeler. Because William was not able to win the Oscar for Best Director nomination for the first four times, until the fifth time - and the fourth consecutive time, he won the Best Director nomination for the World War II theme work "House of Loyalty and Braves"; now Lance seems to be facing such a situation, with both nominations before, and this time, it is difficult for "fruit hard candy" to gain an advantage in front of "Brokeback Mountain". Will Lance return empty-handed again? If this is true, does that mean that Lance will follow William's path and open up his era...

In any case, winning the best director nomination for three consecutive years has really put Lance to a new peak. After experiencing the ups and downs of 2005, Lance still relied on his absolute strength to continue his advantage in the Hollywood battle, which is incredible.

In addition to the best film and the best director, the battle for the best actor and actress queen, which is the focus of the topic, has once again continued the pattern of strong men and weak women.

On the list of nominations for Best Actor, "Capport" Philip Seymer Hoffman, who was the first in the awards season, and Joaquin Phoenix, who "Walk with Songs" ranked among the top five without any suspense; Terrence Howard, who has always been in the leading position in the "buzzing river" and Heath Ledger, who joined hands to break through the siege and win the nomination. Among them, Heath won the nomination for the best actor at the age of 25, which once again caused a burst of exclamation; the last seat was Jeff Daniels of "Squids and Whale" who broke through the bloody path. This backbone actor who has been in Hollywood for more than 20 years finally won the first Oscar nomination for his actor career.

It can be said that although Philip is currently in full swing among the top five and has won many awards from major cities, the other four actors have their own advantages, such as Jeff's vote for credit, Terrence's black vote, Joaquin's resume vote, and even the youngest Heath has the advantage of "Brokeback Mountain" - the top five contestants, he is the only male lead who is nominated for the best film. Therefore, the battle for the best actor is still sparking, which is worth looking forward to.

The list of nominations for Best Actress has become much more dull. Felicity-huffman, who "travels through the United States", and Reese Witherspoon, who "walking with songs" are the main themes of the current showdown. The former is absolutely strong/sexy/super-gentle, while the latter has the advantage of public relations and work quality; in addition, "Northern Storm" won Charlize Theron's second Oscar nomination, and "Madam Henderson's Reveal" has allowed Judy Dench to join the competition; among them, Keira Knightley is the biggest surprise, continuing the rapid upward momentum in the past two years, putting down the idol baggage of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "I Love Beckham", and successfully impressed the college judges with "pride and prejudice", and won his first Oscar nomination for Best Actress when he was under 21 years old.

In the list of nominations for the film queen, it was almost a duo run by Felicity and Reese. The other three competitors were more just running, which could almost be said to be a result without surprise. The five best film nominees collectively missed the competition in the department. The most surprising thing was undoubtedly Judy's finalist. The overall quality of "Mrs. Henderson's Dedication" was very ordinary. Although the heroine shining with the glory of human nature was not as good as other competitors under Judy's interpretation, she was far inferior to other competitors, such as Laura Linni of "Squid and Whale", and Alan Paige of "Fruit Hard Candy".

Especially Alan, many people think that this little girl has a great hope to gain a place in the awards season with her first cry that shocked everyone, but in the end she lost to Kaila, who has been incredible for the past two years.

The same is true for the supporting role department, which once again continues the similar pattern of the protagonist department.

There was a small accident in the supporting actress department, but it was not a surprise. Rachel Weisz of the "immortal gardener", Michel Williams of the "Brokeback Mountain", Francis McDormond of the "Northern Storm", Amy Adams of the "Beetle", and Catherine Keena of the "Capport" were shortlisted for the final competition.

This competitive lineup basically depends on the showdown between Rachel and Michelle. Amy has the potential to be a dark horse, but overall it is still stable. If nothing unexpected happens, Rachel will be the biggest favorite.

The supporting actor department underwent earth-shaking changes at the last moment. After careful consideration, Focus Pictures signed up Jack Gyllenhaal of "Brokeback Mountain" to the supporting actor department, which also became the biggest variable in the supporting actor awards. Jack's performance has the ability to impact the leading actor, but came to the supporting actor department to compete for it. In addition, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awarded the Best Supporting Actor to Jack not long ago. This dark horse, who is not a dark horse, will inevitably become the biggest disruptor.

Not only that, Matt Dillon, who "collided", and Paul Giamatti, who "iron fist man", will also be a favorable contender. The former has been in Hollywood for more than 20 years like Jeff Daniels, and has a solid reputation. Even in the stage when "collision" is not valued, Matt has steadily received a nomination at major awards ceremonies; the latter is a highly respected licorice-type supporting role, especially the nomination for the male lead of "Glass of Wine Life" last year was dismissed at the last moment, and this year's compensation tickets and seniority tickets will flock.

However, the core competition for supporting actors is still concentrated in the last two seats, George Clooney of "Sinrina" and Lancelot Strello of "Fruit Hard Candy".

In terms of strength alone, Lance's performance skills are amazing and have been recorded in history. Even in the leading actor department, it is absolutely not inferior. Many people compared Lance with Philip Seymer Hoffman, believing that the two of them contributed the best performances of the year in 2005, so Lance should be the dominant player in the supporting actor department. But, George ended up laughing at the Golden Globes, which made the awards season full of suspense. Before the list of Little Golden Man awards was announced, no one could assert that the final winner was the winner.

There is no doubt that the topicality, drama and suspense of the Best Supporting Actor Department are ranked the highest in the Oscars this year, even surpassing the question of Best Picture, becoming the topic of discussion that people are most keen on - after all, compared to homosexuality creating history, the showdown between the two major topics always makes gossip excited.

Relatively speaking, the script department lacked some surprises, continuing the tone of the entire awards season, without any accidents. The best original script, "Crash", "Fruit Hard Candy", "Squid and Whale", "Last Point", and "Shinrina" were shortlisted for the competition. Among them, the quality of the script of "Squid and Whale" is the most recognized, and it is very hopeful to continue the trajectory of "Glass of Wine Life".

The best adapted scripts, "Brokeback Mountain", "Capote", "Immortal Gardener", "History of Violence", and "Munich Massacre" ranked among the top five.

Overall, the nominations for Best Picture and Best Director all coincide, and all the five films were shortlisted for the script award department. It can be said that the overall momentum of the five works is comparable, which also added bargaining chips to the suspense of the award ceremony on the night of the award ceremony.

However, in the Best Film Editing Department, some accidents still occurred.

"Crash", "Fruit Hard Candy", and "Munich Tragedy" successfully won the nomination seats, but the remaining two seats were occupied by "Walking with Songs" and "Immortal Gardener". In other words, "Capote" and "Brokeback Mountain" were eliminated. If "Capote" is understandable, then "Brokeback Mountain"'s absence in the department brought a shadow, as if the fatal shackles of homosexual themes are dragging their backs, covering the ultimate suspense with an irresponsible mysterious unknown.

But even so, in terms of overall strength of the work, "Brokeback Mountain" still leads the way, and tops the nomination stage with eight titles, which also proves that this work is still the biggest hit in this year's awards season; unexpectedly but reasonable, "Fruit Hard Candy" followed closely with seven nominations, setting a new personal high for Lance, surpassing a series of competitors, and becoming "Brokeback Mountain"'s biggest competitor on the night of the awards ceremony.

Could it be that "fruit hard candy" really create miracles, overturning the "Brokeback Mountain" and "Munich Tragedy" and reaching the highest podium of the Oscars? If this is true, this year's Oscars can definitely be called a good show! Just imagining this possibility makes people excited and impatient.
Chapter completed!