Chapter 349 Oscar warms up
The second biggest Oscar award is Best Director, Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain", Bennett Miller's "Capote", Paul Haggis's "Crash", George Clooney's "Good Night, Good Luck", Steven Spielberg's "Munich", which continues the battle for Best Picture.
The highest of these five is Spielberg, as the director of "Munich", this film, he did not play his directing skills, the overall film is a little dull, the actors are not well controlled, and the political issues of the subject matter are not successfully handled, it is difficult to win the best director this year.
Ang Lee's contribution to "Back to Broken Mountain" is huge, he brought his own emotional delicacy, Oriental Weimei into the film, and some subtlety, so that the film is supported by all parties in the United States, Ang Lee received a bachelor's degree in theater at UIUC, and a master's degree from New York University's film school, it is very interesting that two excellent directors of New York University with the surname "Lee", Lee Spike is older, and has worked in Spike's student films.
Bennett Miller, the director of "Capote", is a newcomer, his "Capote" is his second film, and he is fortunate to be nominated for Best Director, which is somewhat comforting, but as a newcomer, the Oscar Academy has always insisted on honing and honing and honing, George Clooney, as a popular actor and cutting-edge director in today's Hollywood, is no longer the mentality of playing tickets before, in order to take the little golden man is hollowing out, this time he filmed "Good Night, Good Luck" can be called "Citizen Kane" Second, it is very difficult to get the little golden man in this way, not to mention the film, just based on his overall personal impression, it is difficult to gain the favor of the Oscar Academy judges, it seems that many judges let actors serve this year, I don't know if those good buddies of Clooney will vote for him.
Judging from the current trend of sentinel battles, Ang Lee's hopes of winning the best director are ranked first, Paul Haggis is also quite high, and the other three basically have little hope.
In terms of actors, Philip Seymour Hoffman's "Capote", Terrence Howard's "The River", Heath Ledger's "Brokeback Mountain", Joe Quinn Phoenix's "Unstoppable", David Strather's "Good Night, Good Luck", three of which are continuing the competition for the most biographical film and best director.
This year's Best Actor is basically a second-tier star, and his qualifications are mediocre, (except for Heath) Hoffman after studying at New York University's School of the Arts, he began to play some small roles, but earlier he won the LA Film Critics Award for Best Actor for his performance in this film, and he performed well in the sentinel battle.
David Straitzern has been engaged in film and television acting since the eighties, but he has always been unknown, Heath can be regarded as the leader of the new generation, this time his performance in "Brokeback Mountain" is remarkable, he played a small role in the film of the director Gibson, and now he has been nominated for Best Actor, and his status will be more and more consolidated in the future, in the entire nominated team, Joe Quinn Phoenix's fame is the largest, because their family's name is still very influential in the United States, this year's "Unstoppable" Howard's nomination is a little cold, and his previous acting experience came from television, where he studied chemical engineering at Pratt.
Basically, for "newcomers", the odds of winning are the same, with Hoffman, Phoenix, and Heath having the highest chance of winning.
Different from Best Actor, Best Actress This is a super luxury lineup, basically an excellent actress in the first line of the United States, Judi Dench is a veteran actor who has acted in many excellent films and stage plays, and has won the TONY Award (drama), for the consistent style of the Academy of Oscars, it is likely that she will be awarded a golden man this year, and in "Mrs. Henderson's Gift" Her performance is impeccable, Hoffman was upset at the Golden Globes earlier, and I don't know if she can still be upset at the Academy Awards, she is also from New York University.
Keira Knightley was born in a terrible future, when she entered Hollywood with a Beckham film, she reached today's high point in just a few years, and was nominated at the age of twenty, the third youngest age in the history of the Academy of Oscars, it seems that it is only a matter of time before she wins in the future, her performance is not mature enough, which is also what she needs to hone, but this year's performance in "Domino" is eye-catching.
Reese Witherspoon is an A-list actress with constant entertainment films, her performance in this independent film has been praised, and she has a lot of hope of winning awards, and she majored in English literature at university.
The big beauty Charlize Theron performed quite unsuccessfully in "Never Give In", and still insisted that the self-destructive image does not mean that he can still get the little golden man, which is a bit old.
In fact, this award is the most difficult to choose, and in theory everyone has hope, but Judi Dench and Witherspoon are the most favored.
In terms of Best Supporting Actress, Amy Adams "June Bug", Catherine Keener "Capote", Francis McDurmond, "Never Give In", Rachel Weisz "The Immortal Gardener", Michelle Williams "Brokeback Mountain".
Amy Adams has won the Christmas Award for "June Bugs", and it is likely to continue in the Academy of Oscars; Vichy's performance in "The Immortal Gardener" is remarkable, and she is still pregnant, with a big belly, and it is not easy for a pot-bellied woman, but it is easy to get sympathy and impression points; and the Heaths are in the limelight, the husband is nominated for Best Actor, the wife is nominated for Best Actress, Michelle's performance is also good, the nomination is a chance, and the hope is equal, the key depends on the judges' preferences and the strength of public relations.
In addition to being late, this year's Oscars are missing the highlight compared with previous years, and there are many nominations for Broken Arm Mountain, which does not mean that it can be successful, thinking about the pain of old Martin last year, it can be seen, but no matter who wins this year, NYU must be the happiest laughing, because 50% of the nominees this year are alumni of New York University, and some people shout that the New York University era is coming.
Mark knows the results of these important awards, "Capote" only got one of the five nominations, but it is a very important actor, and it can be regarded as a cake, and the other four, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Screenplay, all failed, but if Mark orders to save resources and no longer public relations, not only "Capote" The crew can't forgive him, even Columbia Pictures' Layton and Pascal will be puzzled, so they know that they are spending money to do stupid things, but they still have to grit their teeth and continue to do it, otherwise they are afraid that even Martin Scorsese will change his opinion of them.
Martin Scorsese is here for the Academy Oscars, and if MM refuses to spend money in this regard, he will not be able to win the favor of these big directors, and Mark's plan to win them over will be in vain.
Mark waited for the Oscar nomination to pass and immediately began to promote his movie "Iron Man" Columbia Pictures is one of the earliest film companies to enter the Chinese market, and there are deep network resources in this regard, since the drastic changes in Soni, after the division of the entertainment business department to MM, the MM in power is a Chinese family, and pro-Huaxia, one of the heads of the Mark has grown up in China since childhood, and has made a world in the United States in just a few years, which has become a favorable factor for Colombia to enter the Chinese market.
Because of Soni's problem, the world's second largest film market, Dongying people hate MM, many people think that MM colluded with Davis, killed Soni, and snatched their life, which is infuriating, so MM's full range of products are cold in Japan, a bit of a resistance to the invasion of imperialist powers, after the board of directors studied and decided, MM withdrew from the Dongying market, sold all assets and properties, obtained nearly 400 million US dollars, and transferred to China, and MM's films were subcontracted to Time Warner.
MM's withdrawal from the world's second largest film market and the first major box office town is generally considered by analysts to be a stupid move, which makes Columbia Pictures stock drop slightly, of course, this does not mean that MM movies are not released in Dongying, but subcontracted to Warner, making less money.
This is no way, Dongying people will not be willing to forgive MM, unless it is returned to Columbia Pictures, MM The four giants all understand this, rather than spending here, it is better to make a decision, withdraw more funds, and switch to Huaxia, where the market prospects are broader, there are more than a billion people, GDP is rising, people's living standards are constantly improving, once the demographic dividend breaks out, it is not a joke.
Only Mark of the four giants of MM really quit Dongying, and the idea of the other three is to wait for the rumors to pass, and hatred will become a memory and enter the Dongying market again.
Now the Ellison brothers and sisters flew to China, is in contact with Wanda Group, Dalian Wanda Group was founded in 1988, Wang Jianlin as chairman, has formed commercial real estate, high-end hotels, tourism investment, cultural industry, chain department stores five major industries, Wanda Group began to invest in the cultural industry in 2005, has entered the large-scale stage performance, film projection production, chain culture and entertainment, MM is planning to join forces with this snake, to create the first cinema in China.
After MM gains a firm foothold, it is certain to develop overseas, investing in Wanda will be the first step, which is also an important layout of Mark, he covets Wanda's amazing profits and the cinema chain that will spread all over the world in the future, Columbia Pictures has its own cinema chain, but it is not very strong, and it is not enough to increase investment in this area compared with Warner, National Entertainment, AMC, etc., and it is necessary to control the cinema chain in order to better integrate its industries.
Wanda, which is groping forward, is also willing to cooperate with a world-class media company like MM to develop its influence overseas, and the two sides almost hit it off and are in the process of cooperating.