Chapter 1459 1459 Topic Effect

Just like last year's "Forrest Gump," "Pulp Fiction," and "The Shawshank Redemption," this year's rivalry also makes it difficult to choose, especially the showdown between Hugo and Nicolas Cage, from "A Walk on Death Row" When it was released, it became a topic, and it continued to the major awards ceremonies, and then it reached a white-hot level because of the Golden Globe Awards. The Berlin Film Festival pushed the debate value of the topic to the peak!

The academy's move to double-nominate Hugo for acting further complicates the issue, and answers that were previously indeterminate are now even more elusive and unpredictable.

Not to mention ordinary audiences, even the entertainment reporters in the circle are arguing endlessly. Almost everyone has their own answers. It is conceivable that the inner struggle and pain of the academy judges when voting, which also makes Ming Ming The awards ceremony in the evening was even more interesting.

Nicholas looked at the reporters who were arguing more and more fiercely in front of him, laughed dumbly, and turned to look at James, "Even if they fight hard, so what? It's not us who voted."

James also laughed, "It shows that the topic effect this time is strong enough."

Generally speaking, entertainment reporters will not feel so involved, because they clearly know how the industry works, and the Oscar statuette cannot be controlled by the mouths of media reporters. It has more than 5,000 members. It's hard to say what choice the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will make, and this is one of the biggest charms of the Oscars. It seems that the "reason and emotion" that was unexpectedly left behind in the nomination stage is really beyond the expectations of many people. So journalists generally look at it objectively -- not as an honor, it's just a feast, a party, a news topic.

This time, however, something was different.

Hugo won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Schindler's List" at the 66th Academy Awards, becoming the second-youngest winner in film history after Timothy Hutton. ; The following year, Hugo relied on the admirable and delicate humorous performance in "Pulp Fiction" to win the applause of the public opinion circle, and even many people thought that he could become emperor at one stroke, but it turned out to be the creation of Tom Hanks. The foil of history; this year, Hugo ushered in a great explosion of acting skills, and almost everyone thinks that this is the year that belongs to Hugo.

But the Golden Globes said "no" to this, which instantly made the whole award ceremony interesting, and the topic effect with Hugo as the core quickly swept the entire North American continent: what is the choice of "seven" Sin" Anonymous or Matthew who chose "Death Ramble"? Where will Hugo and Brad Pitt's head-to-head duel go? Will Hugo's rivalry with Nicolas Cage have unexpected results? Can Hugo win Best Original Screenplay?

The most important thing is to win three nominations - Hugo, who has two nominations for his acting skills, can win the golden man again after "Schindler's List", and push the powerful momentum of the past few years to the peak; Is it too late, and finally returned empty-handed?

If he missed such a wonderful year, can Hugo replicate such a miracle again? If you don't win this year, does that mean Hugo will never have another chance? Will it flourish and decline, and it will begin to decline from then on, repeating the road after the "Dead Poets Society"?

Countless suspense and countless question marks have completely affected people's sense of expectation.

At this time, although the concept of awards season has not yet been formed, the results of previous major awards ceremonies have become a reference for people. Hugo won the National Critics Association Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, Chicago Film Critics Association Award, and Chicago Film Critics Association Award. Film Critics Association Awards and the Best Actor title at the Berlin Film Festival, while Nicolas Cage has won the National Film Critics Association Awards, the New York Film Critics Association Awards, the San Francisco Film Critics Association Awards, the Boston Film Critics Association Awards and the Golden Globe Awards, can It is said that the two people are going hand in hand, regardless of the level, and it is difficult to distinguish the winner.

Strictly speaking, Nicolas Cage also had a slight upper hand, as Hugo won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival.

Although it is said that after Hugo returned from Berlin, the situation of the Golden Globes has become extremely embarrassing, but in fact, everyone knows that Berlin and Oscar have completely different tastes. On the contrary, the taste of the Golden Globes is It's the closest thing to an Oscar.

As of 1996, all the winners of the best actor and best actress in the history of the Berlin Film Festival, there are only three actors who finally won the Oscar successfully, namely Sidney Poitier in 1963. (Sidney. Poitier), Lee. Marvin in 1965 and Tom Hanks in 1994.

It can be seen that Oscar does not agree with the aesthetic concept of the Berlin Film Festival, and many people even joked that the winner of the Best Actor and Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival in February can directly declare that he has missed the Oscar, although this is just a joke , but it can be seen that the orientation of the two associations is completely different.

The Golden Globe Award is a different aspect. Their list of winners has a very high overlap rate with that of the Oscars. In the past five years, the Golden Globe Award and the Oscar winner have been the same four times, and the actress has maintained a succession of five consecutive times. secondary sync.

This is also an important reason for the uproar after the Golden Globe Awards. Everyone thinks that Hugo has the upper hand this year, which is definitely a good opportunity to win the award, but it turned out that Nicholas suddenly emerged and dominated the Golden Globe Award. The other five departments of the Ball Award were also in chaos, which created the chaos that thousands of people refer to.

Later, with Hugo winning the Silver Bear Award for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival - although the aesthetic fit is not high, it still brings back the suspense. Can Hugo create a miracle again?

It can be said that such a huge suspense has aroused curiosity even among the media reporters who are participants. They are the witnesses, participants and founders of Hugo's brilliant career in the past few years, so they are more than Everyone is more enthusiastic, more excited and more excited, which makes them also join the hot discussion.

However, as the last voice just said, the nominees have a chance, not just Hugo and Cage.

At present, Massimo Trossi of "The Postman" and Anthony Hopkins of "Nixon Biography" are temporarily behind, but Richard Dreyfuss has also shown that he is not inferior to Hugo. , Cage's hard power was only submerged because of the weak topicality.

Richard, 49, is also an important figure in Hollywood, best known for his "American Graffiti" directed by George Lucas, and later as Steven Spielberg's "Big White" Shark" and "Close. Encounters. Of. The. Third. Kind" actor, and upset over Woody Allen and John Traver at the 50th Academy Awards Ta Yong won the Best Actor Award and became the youngest Best Actor in Oscar history - he was only 30 years and 156 days old when he won the award. This record has been preserved until this year's Oscars are about to kick off today.

As we all know, the Oscars always pay more attention to the qualifications of the actors in the best actor department. Most of the golden age for actors to win awards is after the age of 40. Above the 68 Oscars so far, the age of 35 The following award-winning actors are only six.

Clark Gable made his debut at age 34 with "One Night. Flow", James Stewart at age 33 with "The. Philadelphia" and Marlon Brando was about to turn 31 At the age of 31, Maximilian Schell won the golden man with "The Judgment of Nuremberg", and Daniel Day-Lewis won the gold medal with "My Left Foot". "He was only thirty-two years old when he was appointed emperor. Then there is Richard who broke the record for the youngest winner.

And, as we entered the mid-1960s, the judges began to turn their noses up at the handsome, handsome guys like Clark Gable, Marlon Brando, James Stewart who could win prizes in their thirties are almost extinct unless they Getting old -- say Paul Newman.

This year, Richard gave a wonderful performance in "Life is Beautiful for You", ushering in another peak of his acting career. Although the momentum is not as good as Hugo and Cage, no one can deny his absolute strength. It can be said that if Richard breaks the shackles this year and wins an upset award, this will also be a new record. He joins Marlon Brando, Tom Hanks and others to become the seventh person in film history to win twice. Actor.

Of course, if Hugo or Nicholas wins the award, this will even create a historical record. They can all join the ranks of winning the best actor under the age of 35, and Hugo will break the film history record and become the first "two" character. The winners at the beginning.

Especially considering that Hugo is only twenty-eight years old, and he is still a handsome guy, which also puts a layer of fog on the whole picture. You know, only less than 10% of the actors who were nominated for the best actor for the first time were younger than 30 years old. After the 1980s, a premise was added: he cannot be a handsome guy.

But under all these unfavorable conditions, the qualifications that Oscar values ​​most, Hugo has fully met, the achievements of historical works, the contribution of acting skills over the years, etc., have absolutely met the requirements, and the strong momentum of last year's three works It cannot be ignored, it also opens up all possibilities and is full of countless unknowns.

Hugo's record-challenging journey can be said to be a process of "impacting the impossible". Coupled with factors such as the Golden Globe Awards and the Berlin Film Festival, not to mention journalists, even the management of major production companies, top directors and producers, and behind-the-scenes staff are full of enthusiasm for this year's Oscars. In anticipation, everyone is waiting for a result. Maybe it's time to witness a miracle.

"It doesn't matter who wins, it's a night of making history, isn't it?" Nicholas McKenna said with a smile, looking at James Larter, then turned away from the crowd and headed for the Los Angeles Times. to the workplace.

But the other reporters were still huddled around and arguing fiercely: Where will this year's Oscar winners list go?