In early February, the Academy Award nominees were announced, with "Bomb Disposal Unit" and "Avatar" tied for first place with nine nominations each.

"Inglourious Basterds" followed with eight nominations, while "Cherish" and "Straight to the Clouds" each received six nominations.

Five items of "Flying House", four items of "District 9" and "Star Trek", three items of "Growth Education", "Crazy Heart", "Princess and Frog",

In addition, 11 films, including "The Great Scout Sherlock Holmes", received two nominations.

In terms of companies, MM is still the big winner, with 20 nominations for "Bomb Disposal Unit", "District 9", "Flying House", "Sherlock Holmes", etc., followed by "Avatar" by Twentieth Century Fox with nine and Paramount's "Inglourious Basterds" with eight.

Although "Bomb Disposal Unit" is niche, it has received 9 nominations, including film, actor, director, script, cinematography, editing, sound effects, etc., and even a soundtrack, indicating that this film is quite favored

"Inglourious Basterds" won eight nominations, which should not be underestimated, as the so-called "sandpiper and clam compete, fisherman profit".

Meryl Streep has been nominated for an Oscar for the 16th time, far ahead of other actors.

"Straight to the Clouds" was not nominated for Best Editing, and according to legend, if it doesn't get the Best Editing nomination, it won't win Best Picture, and it's destined to run along.

"Weakness" was nominated for Best Picture, but it only received two nominations. Nominated for "Best Picture", but the total number of nominations is very small, as well as "Serious People", "Growth Education", and "District 9".

Best Animated Feature, the Irish animated film "The Secret of Kells Abbey" was unexpectedly selected as a "dark horse" (the Animation Annie Award was nominated).

Another "dark horse" is Maggie Gyllenhaal, who was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for "Crazy Heart".

Best Animated Short Film, Pixar's "Clouds of Violence" was unsuccessful.

In terms of visual effects, "2012" and "Transformers 2" were not selected, and "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was nominated.

Before "Avatar" and "District 9", only two sci-fi films "Star Wars" in 1977 and "ET the Extra-Terrestrial" in 1982 were nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture, but they both lost in the end.

Before "Flying House", only one animated film of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" in 1991 had been nominated for Best Picture (there were only 5 nominations at that time), which is a rare honor in the animation industry, especially in the computer animation industry.

Lee Daniels is the second Black director to be nominated for an Academy Award, the first being the director of the 1991 film "Neighborhood Boys."

Kathryn Bigelow is the fourth female director to be nominated for an Academy Award, following "Seven Beauties" in 1976, Jane Campin in 1993 "The Piano Lesson" and Sofia Coppola's "Lost in Translation" in 2003. If Kathryn Bigelow wins, she will be the first female director to win an Oscar, and she will compete with her ex-husband James Cameron.

This Cameron has sharpened his sword for ten years, and "Avatar" has swept the world, once again letting people see the king of the world, the power of the world, will the academy make an exception for him once, and let him be crowned king again? Bi Jing, it has been ten years since he was last crowned king at the Oscars.

However, since "The Lord of the Rings 3", the theater is not very popular with box office blockbusters, like "The Dark Knight", which is extremely good at the box office and beer, they have not brought it up, the box office of "Avatar" is excellent, and the special effects are also extremely amazing, but he can't compare with "The Dark Knight".

Avatar is undoubtedly a technological revolution in the history of cinema. With an investment of 500 million US dollars, it has now exceeded 2 billion US dollars at the global box office, making this film surpass "Titanic" (1.8 billion) to become the box office king in film history. Although it shined at the previous Golden Globe Awards, winning two awards for Best Picture and Best Director, this does not mean that the film will be favored by the Oscar judges.

Most of the films that have won the Oscar for Best Picture over the years are feature films, but the script is precisely the biggest flaw of "Avatar", so if this Oscar insists on its academic style, this film may not win much, unless the Academy gives up his insistence and treats Mark as he did, making him the youngest best director in history.

Cameron is not so much a good director as a good technician. However, given his contribution to the film industry, the possibility of a consolation prize cannot be ruled out.

"District 9" is undoubtedly the best sci-fi movie of '09 in terms of script. Transcending the rigidity of hard science fiction, for the first time, science fiction movies were elevated to the height of human nature. However, the hand-held shooting technique in the first half of the film is too niche and may not be recognized by all the judges. But it is indeed a movie that gets better and better the more you watch it, and the ending is very touching.

But its problem is the same as "Avatar", the science fiction classics "Star Wars" and "Alien ET" could not win the best picture, and even "Avatar" was not favored, how can this "District 9" make the academy bend over? This nomination is already the greatest praise for it, which is enough for the emerging director Neil Blomkamp to make him famous and have a bright future.

This time the Oscars, the biggest attraction is not the acting department, the popularity of the actor and actress is far less than the previous ones, so that there is a saying that the Oscar is young.

Jeff Bridges "Crazy Heart", Colin Firth "Single Man", George Clooney "In the Clouds", Jeremy Renner "Bomb Disposal Unit", Morgan Freeman "Invincible", are all unpopular niche art films, except for Joe Leng Clooney, who is a little popular and appealing, the others are gold medal supporting actors.

The best actress is Sandra Bullock's "Weakness", Meryl Streep's "Julie and Julia", Carey Mulligan's "Growing Education", Gaby Sideby's "Cherished", Helen Mirren's "The Last Stop", Streep and Mirren are at the top of the game, and it is so difficult to go further, if they can, the academy would love to give them the best actress every time, but in this way, the others will never come out, and the academy will not need to be opened.

After Brock was silent for a few years, his career improved greatly, but the sweetheart is aging, and it is natural that his popularity and appeal are declining, and the best actor and actress are not strong, resulting in a lack of appeal at the Oscars.

The biggest attraction is whether "Avatar" can be crowned king, the dispute between Cameron and his ex-wife Birog, and the dispute between Clooney and the Governor.

At first, Clooney and the Governor were inseparable in this link, but in the end, when it came to the Golden Globe and then to the Screen Actors Guild, the good personnel still lost to the real force, not that Clooney was not strong, but the advantages of the Governor's biography were obvious, Jason Reitman's three masterpieces were all accompanied, and it was a pity that the two excellent actresses could not get rid of the shadow of Monique and win a city and two percent, of which the most regrettable is Clooney, who let the focus of next year's film advance to this year's competition, and then let Clooney meet the uncrowned king Governor, it can only be said that the time has not yet come, this uncle is not small, and the producer and director perform everything, It's a pity that the little golden man who has only one Best Supporting Actor is still not powerful enough, do you really have to wait until you are like the old cowboy Eastwood, seventy or eighty years old to shine?

It is precisely because the suspense is not big, but there are not many highlights, which also brings the problem of lack of attraction, the governor's qualifications are enough, and the pressure on others is huge, but his fame is not so great that he is expected to return, and his appeal is not enough, and he is not as popular as Scorsese, and the audience is worried that Scorsese will hang up without winning the award, causing a big regret.

Moreover, this time, Mark declined the invitation of the college on the grounds that he was busy with official business, and neither attended the awards party nor served as the guest of honor, which was the only time that Mark did not participate in the past few years.

Many people are so disappointed that they also want Mark to have another conversation with a certain actress at the MM Theater, so that everyone can talk about it and the media will have sales.

Mark also understands this, last year's reputation was too bad, he had to talk about it, and many people in the academy at that time threatened to deprive Mark of all honors, but they finally had people who understood, and they knew that there was no benefit in fighting with a tycoon like Mark, so they pretended to be fine.

Many old diehards and pedants think that Mark is unforgivable for desecrating the sacred Oscars, and that they should move out of the dirty place of MM Theater, but Mark is too powerful in the circle and is still part of Hollywood, so they give up.

However, many media know that Mark and the academy are now inseparable, and everyone's opportunity has come.

The Academy has always admired director Quentin Tarantino.

"Inglourious Basterds," although not as cultistic as "Vulgar," is closer to the appetite of the Oscar judges than the latter. However, given that the cult film has never won an Oscar, the hope of winning the film is not very good. However, there is also the possibility of an upset. The Oscars may not be able to accept alternative films, but they may try to accept alternative directors first.

In general, "Avatar" may have won the most awards, but it should all be technical awards. "Bomb Disposal Unit" If the people of the United States are not partial, it is not impossible to return empty-handed. In addition, the quality of this year's best foreign language film is definitely higher than that of the best film. The list of best pictures lacks movies that can shock the heart like "Crash" and "A Beautiful Mind", and perhaps only "White Ribbon" can make up for this regret.

Therefore, the media is coaxing that Cameron, the king of the world, may be defeated by his ex-wife, for this, Cameron admitted in an interview: "Catherine is a formidable opponent, but Avatar is not weak, and the audience has voted for him." ”