770 Collective scuffle
The two trophies of "Posterity" and the two trophies of "Artist", the two works led the drama category and the musical comedy category respectively, becoming the biggest winners of the 69th Golden Globe Awards, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Michelle Williams and other high-profile stars, each of which won their own awards, and the last award for Best Screenplay was awarded to Woody Allen of "Midnight in Paris".
Another year of the Golden Globe Awards has come to an end, as one of the three major weather vanes of the Oscars, in recent years, this title has become more and more unreliable, and it can almost be said that it exists in name only. The Hollywood Foreign Press Club has been tirelessly pursuing entertainment to the death, and the skill of dividing the cake has become more and more sophisticated.
Looking at the entire list of winners, Lan Li and Ryan are undoubtedly the biggest regrets.
These two representatives of the new generation of actors are not only double lifts and drops this year, but also double and four mentions. So far, Ryan has been nominated for four Golden Globe Awards for "Inflatable Doll Love", "Blue Valentine", "Crazy Stupid Love", and "Presidential Killing", while Lan Li has also received a total of four Golden Globe nominations for "Pacific War", "Buried Alive", "Love is Crazy", and "I Fight Cancer", but neither actor has been able to make a breakthrough, and both have been ignored by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.
For Ryan, this year is an explosive year of breakthroughs, in addition to the two works, there is also a "dead driving" for director Nicolas Wending Refn (Nicolas-inding-Refn) won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival, it can be said that the spring breeze is proud, the industry generally believes that the excellent performance of the two works "Death Driving" and "Presidential Killing" is enough for him to fight his way out of the awards season.
For Lan Li, there is no need to say that last year's TV series and one movie, this year's two independent films, and one commercial film, the upward momentum is simply unstoppable. The outstanding performances of the two works of art this year have made him the most formidable opponent in this year's race for the best actor, comparable to Leonardo DiCaprio in 2006.
At that time, Leonardo relied on "Blood Diamond" and "The Departed", two works, throughout the awards season, with fierce momentum, but unfortunately met the more powerful Forrest Whitaker, who successfully sniped Leonardo with his soul-shaking performance of "The Last Dictator".
This year, the overall momentum of the Blue Rite is one size smaller, and the two works naturally cannot be compared with Leonardo's two works, but the overall pattern, posture and battle of this year's awards season are also a size smaller, which also makes the chances of the Blue Rite skyrocket, and it is very likely to create miracles.
The reality is regrettable, whether it is Ryan or Lan Li, the two actors both lost the Golden Globe Awards, and the Oscar nominations were suddenly overshadowed.
After the list of winners was released, some people couldn't help but maliciously speculate whether Lan Li knew in advance that he had no hope of winning the award, so he was absent from the award ceremony and expressed his strong dissatisfaction with the Golden Globe Awards.
The reason is very simple, this year's awards season is a scuffle, with small-budget and small-format films competing against each other. Even Meryl Streep of "Iron Lady", she can't be said to be unbeatable, because the quality of the finished product of the movie is really too bad, and it seriously drags its feet, and the media comprehensive evaluation is only 54 points, which can be called completely terrible, which also makes the suspense of the battle for the queen of the movie increase sharply. This is especially true in other sectors, where everyone has an opportunity, and everyone has a possibility.
He was the favourite in both of Lan Li's nominations, against Michael Fassbender in the drama category and Jean Dujardin in the musical comedy category, and if done right, it is not impossible that the double nominations will win double trophies – Kate Winslet achieved this feat in 2008, with both "Revolutionary Road" and "The Reader" being nominated for both the award.
Even if Lan Li did not win the award, in the chaotic situation this year, attending the Golden Globe Awards will further drive the college's public relations and increase the bargaining chips in the third stage, which is also harmless.
It can even be said that this year may be the best time for Lanli to win the award.
In the collective melee, there is no absolutely strong leader, and the excellent performances of the two works "Love Crazy" and "Me Against Cancer" provide double bargaining chips, which is enough for people to ignore the fact that he is only 22 years old and vote for Lan Li to become the best actor. Even, in hand-to-hand combat with close strength, Lan Li may still be slightly ahead - last year's "Buried Alive" has accumulated a lot of character, as well as all kinds of things during the filming of "Anti-Cancer Me", which are all plus options.
Therefore, if it were not a last resort, it would be impossible for Lan Li to be absent from this year's awards season.
Despite this, the empty-handed return above the Golden Globe Awards still made the media sigh. However, the media cannot condemn the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, because it is just the case:
This awards season is the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend!
In the competition for Best Picture, "Hugo", "War Horse", "Descendants", "Help", "Moneyball", "Outlaw Driving", "Presidential Killing", "Midnight in Paris", "The Artist", "Love Crazy", "Fighting Cancer", "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", "A Farewell" and other works all ranked in the first group.
The strength of the works of the first group is very close, and the average level is almost the same, among them, it is almost impossible to pick any of the leading figures, each work has advantages and disadvantages, and each work has strengths and weaknesses, even the "descendants" and "artists" who stand out above the Golden Globe Awards.
What's more, after the first group, there is also the second group that is in hot pursuit, "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", "The Tree of Life", "Very Loud, Very Close", "Male and Female", "Bridesmaids", "We Need to Talk About Kevin", "Bad Guard" and other works, the reason why it falls in the second group, on the one hand, the shortcomings are slightly more obvious, on the other hand, the college public relations in the first half of the awards season is slightly weaker, but the average level is still not too far behind, if you can complete the reversal at the final sprint moment of the nomination stage, then the third stage of the dragon fight is the real bayonet.
There are 20 works before and after, there are no absolutely strong works, no absolutely weak works, no absolutely outstanding works, and no absolutely unpopular works, this year's awards season is really a scuffle. Even after the Golden Globe winners are released, people still can't predict which works will be shortlisted for the Oscars.
After the Oscars last year, the college was actually controversial.
In 2009, public opinion has been harsh on the academy's refusal to be flexible, with only five Oscars for Best Picture each year. It's not 80 years ago now, the film industry is gradually becoming mature, the number of works produced every year is gradually increasing, and the number of excellent works is also increasing. So, driven by public opinion, the academy decided to expand the number of seats for the best picture to ten.
However, after only two years of implementation, the question arises again: Is there any suspicion of indiscriminate filling of the number of nominated seats in order to fill the 10 nominated places? Taking last year as an example, the shortlisted works such as "Toy Story 3", "Winter Bones", "127 Hours", and "Inception" are eye-catching and worthy of encouragement; however, these works have been completely reduced to spectators at the award ceremony, and have not been accepted, so does the point of increasing the number of nominated seats really exist? Or is this just a chicken rib?
After deliberations, the academy made a slight change to the policy: there are a minimum of five and a maximum of ten seats for the best film each year, and there is no hard and fast rule on how many works to nominate in the end.
In other words, if there are a lot of outstanding works, then all ten seats are filled, and if there are not enough works that meet the standards, and the vote count does not meet the minimum standard, then it is not forced, five is five, and six is six.
This year is the first year of the implementation of the new policy, and it just happened to encounter the melee pattern of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, twenty works, ten works may be full, but only five may be selected. This rollercoaster of open competition is really exciting.
It's not just Best Picture, it's the other departments as well. It's the same scuffle, but it's a scuffle of the strong-
George Clooney with "Posterity" and "Killing the President", Brad Pitt with "Moneyball" and "The Tree of Life", Michael Fassbender with "Shame" and "Dangerous Methods", plus Blue Rite with two works and Ryan with three works.
In addition to these five actors, there are also strong contenders such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Jean Dujardin, Gary Oldman, Owen Wilson, etc., waiting for an opportunity.
And among the actresses, Meryl Streep, Viola Davis, Glenn Close, Tilda Swinton, Kate Winslet, Charlize Theron, Jodie Foster, Rooney Mara, Michelle Williams, Felicity Jones, Jessica Chastain, Bejenice Bejoy, Judi Dench, Carey Mulligan, ......
These are all contenders for Best Actress, each of them has at least one up-and-coming work, and a certain foundation has been achieved in the early part of the awards season, relatively speaking, the general situation of actresses this year is: outstanding strength, the work itself is relatively weak, except for "helping" this actress group play, the overall momentum of other works is weak, which also means that the next competition is a hard-fought competition between actors.
This is just a list of actor competitions for the protagonist.
From the works to the actors, from the directors to the screenwriters, this year's entire awards season has presented a dazzling scuffle.
What's even more gratifying is that the rise of Generation Y actors last year continued again, but unfortunately, the thunder was loud and the rain was small. Just like last year, it was bustling and boiling, and as a result, there were not a few names on the Oscar nomination list, but fortunately, Natalie Portman managed to take the position.
So what about this year? In the Golden Globe Awards, Gen Y actors have been wiped out again, does this mean that after entering the Oscars, even the list of nominees will be purged? This is not good news, and it has also become the main focus of major media attacks after the Golden Globe Awards ended:
The rise of Generation Y is unstoppable, and the academy still has to rest on its laurels and refuse to keep up with the times?