Seven Hundred and Thirty-Eight Acting Double Mention

Another year of awards season, another year of Golden Globes, and another year of Oscars, it seems that in just the blink of an eye, the sleeping beast wakes up again, attracting attention from all over the world.

For the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, authority is clearly not the focus of their attention, entertainment to death is. In order to create explosive points, to attract attention, and to star effect, they can make "compromises and concessions", for example, nomination for such terrible works as "Deadly Companion"; another example, awarding the best film in the musical comedy category Great popcorn like "The Hangover"; or, say, six nominations for an award, or double yolks running all over the place.

This year is no exception. Same recipe, same taste.

Among the best films in the drama category, six works have won nominations, "Descendants", "War Horse", "Help", "The President Kills the Game", "Moneyball" and "Hugo".

In addition to relying on the "help" of the overall comprehensive strength to fight a bloody road, behind each work there is a top star sitting and joining: George Clooney and Alexander-Payne (Alexander-Payne) "Descendants" , Steven Spielberg's "War Horse", George Clooney and Ryan Gosling's "Presidential Kill", Brad Pitt's "Moneyball", Martin Scorsese's "Hugo".

This is an inexorable problem. As a result, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association gave up the choice and generously gave six nomination seats, sweeping them all. Typical Ballon d'Or practice.

However, on the whole, in the awards season so far, these six works are indeed temporarily ranked in the first group, plus a few other works that unfortunately failed to be selected, "Crazy Love", "Life "Tree", "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", "Girl with Dragon Tattoo", these works are bound to have a lot of competition in the second half of the awards season.

As always, the competition for best picture in a musical comedy has always been relatively weak, and this year's five nominees are no exception: "The Artist," "My Cancer-fighting Me," "Midnight in Paris," and "Me and Monroe." One Week", "Bridesmaids".

Among them, the most noteworthy is Woody Allen. As for other works, the topicality and attention are slightly inferior. However, the two small-budget comedies of "Anti-Cancer Me" and "Bridesmaids" have become the representative works of this year, which is undoubtedly a major attraction.

It is worth mentioning that the work "Artist", after receiving praise at this year's Cannes Film Festival, the actor Jean-Dujardin successfully won the Cannes Best Actor, and then the Weinstein Brothers bought the release. Copyright, and then embarked on a unique journey of awards season.

They fly all over the world to attend various film festivals, big and small, Moscow, Montreal, Toronto, Athens, Zurich, New York, Austin, Amsterdam, etc.; but the quality of the finished film has not been recognized enough.

Major film festivals such as Telluride, Venice, Oslo, London, and Rome have rejected applications for the work.

Despite this, the Weinstein brothers still used the sign of "reminiscing the golden age of Hollywood" to reawaken the self-indulgence and self-affirmation of the academy judges. Before the end of the show, it was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and sounded the horn of counterattack.

It is rumored that George Clooney, who has two works of "Descendants" and "President Killing Bureau" this year, personally endorsed Jean-Jardin and led Jean into Hollywood's academy public relations circle - even if it is "President". "The Killing Game" actor Ryan Gosling was not treated this way. This work is also known as the first work truly tailored to Hollywood's academy aesthetics and preferences since the concept of the awards season was officially born in 1998. This is a love letter to Oscar.

Therefore, this year's best film in the musical comedy category also adds to the suspense. Is it that Mr. Woody remains strong, or is the "artist" holding high the banner of counterattack, or is the "bridesmaid" replicating the miracle of the "hangover"? To a certain extent, the topicality is more interesting than the average drama department.

In addition to the best picture, the five seats for the best director are Martin Scorsese of "Hugo", Alexander Payne of "Descendants", George Clooney of "President Killing Bureau", Midnight in Paris' Woody Allen and 'The Artist'' Michel-Hazanavicius team up to share.

Among them, the little-known Michelle is undoubtedly the biggest bright spot in this year's nomination list.

However, compared to the star-studded cast and endless conversations, the director's nomination list seems calm. Among the actors in this year's Golden Globe nominations list, it can definitely be said to be exciting.

The first is the actress department.

Best Actress in a Drama Series, Meryl Streep for "Iron Lady", Viola Davis for "The Help", Felicity Jones for "Crazy", Glenn-Colse of "Androgyny" and Rooney Mara of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" made it to the final five nominations.

The new generation of Felicity and Rooney became the biggest gains in 2011, and the rise of the Y generation continued last year; Viola of the Mesozoic, Meryl and Glenn of the older generation, these three They are all well-known old actors in the industry, and their absolute strength makes their nomination no suspense.

Overall, the list of nominees isn't much of a controversy, except for "We Need to Talk About Kevin"'s Tilda-Sinton and "The Melancholy"'s Krysten Duns. Kristen-Dunst, "A Separation"'s Layla Hatami (-Hatami) did not make the finalist, but it was not too much of a surprise.

Best Actress in a Comedy Musical, Michelle Williams for "My Week with Monroe," Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster for "The Killing," Charlize Seyle for "Teen" Long, Kristen Wiig of "Bridesmaids," was nominated.

This year, the musical comedy department was generally quiet. Kristin won the nomination with the box office dark horse "Bridesmaids", which is a windfall, while Berenice-Bejo of "The Artist" did not declare the heroine, but chose With a supporting actress, it's no surprise to be absent from the division's scramble.

Best Supporting Actress, Berenice Bejo for "The Artist," Octavia-Spencer for "The Help" and Jessica Chastain for "Androgyny" Jenny - McTeer (-McTeer), "crazy in love" Jennifer - Lawrence, impressively on the list.

On the whole, this year is another typical Hollywood year - the most popular movies are mainly male actors, and the competition for actresses is still weaker. "All three works have received multiple nominations for actress's acting skills, and they have become the brightest works of this year.

Among them, the up-and-coming Jessica Chastain, Rooney Mara, and Felicity Jones undoubtedly attracted everyone's attention.

Next is the male actor department.

Best Actor in a Drama Series, George Clooney for "Descendants", Ryan Gosling for "President Kills", Michael Fassbender for "Shame", Brad - for "Moneyball" Pete, and "Crazy" Renly Hall, managed to hold five seats.

In this list, Leonardo DiCaprio teamed up with Clint Eastwood to create the "Hoover", which has encountered an avalanche of word-of-mouth waterloo, two top Oscar-level superstars, each other The cooperation failed to create the effect of "one plus one is greater than two". This work has become the worst finished product of the two superstars in the past ten years, which has aroused repeated amazement.

Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy, Jean Jardin for "The Artist", Renly Hall for "My Cancer Me", Owen Wilson for "Midnight in Paris", Brendan Gerhard for "Bad Guard" Lisson, Ryan Gosling of "Crazy Stupid Love," will go head-to-head.

On the whole, the five nominees are not surprised at all, and there are not too many surprises among the actors who are not selected. It can be said that it is a quite satisfactory nomination list.

The musical comedy awards of the Golden Globes seem to have become tasteless, and the attention is derailed every year-people are obviously more curious, whether spoof comedies such as "Bridesmaids" and "Hangover" can be used in art The purpose of awards season is what to expect, not how well comedians perform.

Jim Carrey is so well-recognized because he is the last "artistically recognized master of comedy" of the twenty-first century. After him, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Will - The Pharrell-led comedian was virtually invisible during awards season, until Steve-Carell's 2014 crackdown ended the comedian's annual decline.

This year's five nominees are a testament to that, except for Owen Wilson, who is a true comedian, and none of the other four nominees are strictly comedians.

Finally, in the Best Supporting Actor category, Christopher-Plummer for "Beginner", Jonah Hill for "Moneyball", Viggo Mortensen for "Dangerous Methods," Albert-Brooks of "Driving" and Kenneth Branagh of "My Week with Monroe" are nominated.

Compared to the female supporting roles, the male supporting role department is a little quieter, the weight of the entire nomination is weak, the overall quality of "Dangerous Methods" is limited, and Albert's performance in "Desperate Driving" can only be said to be average, Jonah Being nominated for "Moneyball" as a new generation of comedians, it is better to say that he is dipped in the light of producer Brad Pitt.

The only thing worthy of recognition is the old actor Christopher, a golden actor who has become famous in the 1960s. For the second year in a row, he delivered an award-winning performance, which made people shine.

The entire male actor department has received a lot of positive and positive "warriors", without a single nomination, this is undoubtedly the biggest upset, Joel-Edgerton (Joel-Edgerton, Tom-Hardy) ), Nick-Nolte and other actors have been completely ignored, and it is embarrassing that they have not been able to replicate the feat of last year's "Fighters".

In addition, the failure of works such as "Killing", "Girl with Dragon Tattoo", "Ultimate to the Sea of ​​Commerce", "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" can be regarded as a minor accident, but it is not enough to spark discussion.

So what exactly is worth discussing? Or, who is worth discussing? Not Meryl, who was nominated for the 17th Golden Globe, or the Gen Y actors who once again dominated the eye, but three gentlemen - George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, and Renly Hall !