824 The Fierce Winter
Compared to the best supporting actor, this year's best actor contender is really unreasonable. It's not that his strength is too weak, but that his strength is too clear. "Capport"'s Philip Seymer Hoffman won a lot of praise since the beginning of the awards season, which is similar to "Fruit Hard Candy"'s Lance. The difference is that Philip has almost never encountered many challenges and led the entire long awards season.
Heath of "Brokeback Mountain" is not only subject to the homosexual themes of the work, but was at the forefront of controversy throughout the awards season. He was only twenty-five years old and his first nomination. In addition, the extra points of homosexual characters also collided head-on with "Capport", which means he was unable to turn the tables; "Squids and Whale" Jeff Daniels was first in a comedy performance, and the nomination for the college was already a blue eye. Secondly, the work did not receive the treatment of "Glass of Drink Life" last year, and was highly praised by the college, and the chance of winning the award was the last seat.
Joaquin Phoenix, who is "walking with the song", is undoubtedly Philip's strongest challenger. However, Joaquin is arrogant and does not obviously compete with the academy, but the academy's public relations rarely participates. In addition, the overall strength of the work itself is not as good as the "Soul King" of last year. Even Jamie Fox failed to dominate last year, so Joaquin's possibility this year is naturally lower.
Terrence Howard, who is "buzzing in the river", unexpectedly has the capital to become a dark horse. Although the overall quality of his work cannot be comparable to "Soul King" and "Walking with Songs", Terrence's performance has indeed received many praises. In addition, he is the only black man nominated among the four major acting departments this year, and black votes have undoubtedly become the biggest bargaining chip. At the same time, don't forget that he also starred in "Crash". The reputation of the two works has added a lot of bargaining chips.
But the Oscars still lack surprises tonight, and Terrence failed to overtake. After ten years of polishing the supporting role, Philip won the Oscar winner with a stunning attitude.
Compared to Philip's absolute leading position in the best actor, this year's best actress is more interesting. All the focus is on Felicity Hoffman who "travels through the United States" and Reese Witherspoon who "walking with the song".
Objectively speaking, although Reese's performance in "Walking with Songs" is worthy of recognition and delicately interprets the taste of country singer June-carter, her style is almost completely suppressed by Joaquin who acts on the same stage. Joaquin's performance is not only full of tension, but also profound and complex. Relatively speaking, Reese lacks inner digging, let alone delicate thinking of psychological changes.
Felicity's performance in "Traveling America" is undoubtedly shocking. She truly figured out the image of a "male transformed into a female transgender person". This is a character who bursts out with enough strength from soul to appearance. She delivered a perfect answer in details such as body movements to language habits. More importantly, Felicity's psychological speculation of transgender persons is commendable, and truly interprets a persuasive character and supports the entire story.
From the perspective of strength alone, Felicity is undoubtedly the biggest hit this year. "Imperial" magazine selected the top ten most outstanding performances in 2005, Lance of "Fruit Hard Candy", Philip of "Capport" and Felicity of "Traveling America" ranked among the top three. This is enough to show people's recognition of Felicity's acting skills.
However, Felicity's disadvantages are undoubtedly very obvious. First, the topic of homosexuality has become a hot potato this year. "Traveling through the United States" has discussed the psychology of transgender people one step closer, which is undoubtedly challenging the college's patience limit. Even if the college is willing to commend "Brokeback Mountain", the meal has to be eaten at a bite and the road has to be taken step by step. They are definitely unwilling to award both actors and actresses to the lgbt group; second, the work of "Traveling through the United States"
The completion and core depth are both unsatisfactory, the overall quality of the work is mediocre, and the lack of details in the script restricts the sublimation of the film's theme, which is one level worse than "walking with songs". Third, Reese can be said to be the sweetheart of the United States, loved by everyone, while Felicity seems much more honest. She has been rolling in Hollywood for more than 30 years before she can make it through. She became famous with the TV series "Desperate Housewife", but she is very low-key and her social life is not active.
So people always say that in the competition for Oscars, nominations depend on strength and winning awards depend on luck. In addition to strength, the right time, place and people are indispensable.
Amid the applause, Tom Cruise, who was the guest of the award, revealed the final answer. Reese defeated Felicity and successfully won the most important trophy in his acting career, ushering in a turning point in his career.
Although the relationship between the best actor and the best actor is basically the result expected before the award ceremony, the situation at this time is still a bit ridiculous. The work nominated for Best Picture, "Fruit Hard Candy", "Brokeback Mountain", "Crash" and "Capole" each won a trophy. The "Munich Tragedy" has not been collected yet, but no one in the Best Director Awards Department can ignore the existence of Steven Spielberg. Could it be that this year, the predicament of the winners of Best Picture is only two Little Golden Man?
At the movie awards ceremony, the Best Picture is undoubtedly the gem on the crown. Winning the Best Picture undoubtedly means that this work is the best completed work that year. The so-called completion often means the cooperation of different departments, so generally speaking, the winner of the Best Picture will win multiple trophies, such as "Ben Hu", "Titanic", and "Lord of the Rings 3", which swept the Little Golden Man. Even in the years of extremely fierce competition, the final winner can win three or even more trophies, including the Best Picture.
In the long 78-year history of the Oscars, in addition to the incomplete setting of the ceremony awards in the first decade, which led to limited winning awards for the Best Picture of that year, after that, the winners of each Best Picture had more than three trophies. Strictly speaking, there were only eight best movies that won only three in the long river of history.
Last time, the Oscar won only two Little Golden Man Best Picture, which appeared in the 13th Oscar in 1941. Alfred Hitchcock's "Butterfly Dream" won two awards: Best Picture and Best Black and White Photography. At that award ceremony, John Ford defeated Alfred for winning the Best Director Award with "The Grapes of Angry", which made Alfred the Oscars uncrowned.
Three or even more trophys are a recognition of the Best Picture - this work has also shown commendable highlights in other links, and after being combined, it forms a masterpiece with the highest completion rate. But if even three trophys cannot be won, it seems a bit unreasonable. Does the Best Picture have only one name and other links not worthy of its name? Why can other works win more trophys, but the Best Picture cannot? The Best Picture is not as good as other works in other links, so how do you win the "best"?
Of course, it is also possible that the technical department chose a work, the performance department chose a work, and the comprehensive performance of another work, which makes sense. But is the best film really the best? Or is this just a stable work that lacks highlights but is better than the theme? Such an best, even if you get it, seems to be unreasonable.
Now, after sixty-five years, are you facing such a dilemma again?
Tonight's award ceremony is no longer just lacking surprises, boring and powerless, but now it is like a cold winter, in danger on the edge of the cliff of disappointment. Especially when recalling the bloody dramas that have just passed in this award ceremony season, it is ridiculous, apologetic, hateful, and ridiculous, and it makes people feel disappointed with the Oscars - the paranoid and conservative judges refuse to admit that the excellence of a work is just because of the rejection and fear of homosexuality, and even refuse to watch "Brokeback Mountain"; the college's public relations process is unscrupulous, and even
Turn a blind eye to the act of "crashing" to privately distribute video tapes, blatantly exclude "Brokeback Mountain"; the plagiarism door was completely forgotten. Compared with the copyright protection of artistic creation, connections and interests began to gain the upper hand, making people truly see the cruelty and coldness of society; the persistence in face and the despair of interests made the judges like fences, constantly changing votes, and the art awards ceremony really became a game on Wall Street, making a joke... All of this is like a funny performance of a circus.
If this year's Best Picture really only won two trophies - even more sad, with only one Best Picture trophy, then this year's awards season will really become a farce.
The more terrifying problem is that the voting results have ended and the winning results have been sealed. Even if the senior officials of the college realize the possibility of such a embarrassment, they are now helpless and it is too late to make up for the loss.
This is not a rude statement. With only the best original script, best adapted script, best director, and best film not yet issued, the possibility is expanding step by step - or, just like last year, "Million Dollar Baby" made continuous efforts at the last moment, winning two heavyweight trophysical actors and best directors, surpassing the "Flyer" with a sweeping attitude and finally winning the Best Picture. This is also a possibility, but who has the ability to stand out at the last moment?
The best adapted script is the first to appear!
Dustin Hoffman walked onto the stage as an awards presenter. The tension in the air began to slowly spread. The invisible and intangible atmosphere slowly spread along the skin. His heart suddenly contracted, as if there was an invisible hand behind him, constantly pushing the situation forward. That irresistible force was pushing the 78th Oscar into an unknown situation.
Chapter completed!