Objectively speaking, an excellent movie generally has an excellent script, but an excellent script may not make an excellent film, after all, the movie as a whole has too many influencing factors. In the past 10 years at the Oscars, there have been four times that the Best Picture has missed out on the screenplay award, which shows that this is not a thing to make a fuss about.

However, in the past ten years, only "Titanic" has not been shortlisted for the screenplay award, from this point of view, the script department is crucial to the best picture, in addition to the best director, the direct link between the best film and the script is undoubtedly the closest, even more than the four major acting awards and the best editing award. The Academy has always believed that a good script is the cornerstone of a good film.

This year is the same, the five shortlisted works for Best Picture, except for "Soul Singer", all entered the competition in the script department; The five nominees for Best Director all won the screenplay nominations without exception, making the competition in the script department white-hot, and at the same time, the "soul singer" was the first to fall behind in the queue for the best film.

The first to be awarded is the best adapted screenplay, "A Glass of Life", "Before Sunset", "Motorcycle Diaries", "Finding Neverland", "Million Dollar Baby" became the final contenders, among them, "A Glass of Wine Life" can be said to be a unique ride, Alexander Payne and Jim-Taylor (Jim-Taylor) wrote a script that shows the power of the lines, full of life wisdom, and is worth savoring, and the script has received countless praises since the movie landed on the big screen, The prestige of the film has been rising, and it has eventually become a big hit during the awards season.

It can be said that "A Cup of Wine Life" is the absolute favorite to win the award, and perhaps this work is trapped in the limitations of the sketch format and cannot win the Best Picture Award, but the best adapted screenplay is widely considered to be in his pocket.

But it should not be overlooked that "Million Dollar Baby" was shortlisted in the competition for the division, and this production burst onto the scene in the second half of the awards season, allowing "Old Cowboy" Clint Eastwood to receive numerous accolades, and has become the most formidable opponent for the title of "Aviator". If "A Cup of Wine Life" may fail, the script of "Million Dollar Baby" is undoubtedly the biggest favorite to win the award.

Comparatively speaking, the other three works are limited in height.

"Before Sunset" inherits the characteristics of the sketch "Before Sunrise" nine years ago, and takes it a step further, discussing love, life, marriage, and even life, this love sketch has received a lot of praise and won a place in the best adapted screenplay, but compared with "A Cup of Life", the combination of ideological depth and storyline is still too little, and the overall height is not as good as the latter; The two biopics "Motorcycle Diaries" and "Searching for Neverland" have similar problems, with neat layout and outstanding quality, but the afterglow is relatively shallow, and the excavation of the ideological core is also limited, especially in the comparison of the majestic biographical film "The Aviator", which is slightly insufficient.

Therefore, the final award should be born between "A Cup of Wine Life" and "Million Dollar Baby". If "Million Dollar Baby" can win the Golden Man, then this will completely change the whole landscape, and "The Aviator" will face the most powerful challenge, and the balance of victory and defeat will return to a starting line - the two weighty trophies of Best Supporting Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay will be enough to erase the disadvantage of the four Golden Figures of "The Aviator".

All of this made the atmosphere tense again,

However, there were no surprises, and the suspense was ended by a strong victory for "A Cup of Wine Life", which has received numerous accolades during the awards season, and finally won the first Golden Man of the night, and the most requested award after missing out on Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.

Lance stood up and gave Alexander a hug, congratulating him. Alexander seems very calm, a person like him who is wholeheartedly focused on movies, although he can't be said to be indifferent to fame and fortune, at least he can't be completely out of the way like Woody Allen, but he will not suffer from gains and losses, and his mentality is very good.

As soon as Alexander and Jim left the stage, the award of the best original screenplay was seamless.

Similar to the Best Adapted Screenplay, the Best Original Screenplay also presents a division between the two groups, with the difference that in the first group, "Eternal Sunshine of a Beautiful Mind", "Vera Drake" and "Murder by the Knife" are triumphant, while "The Aviator" and "The Incredibles" are slightly inferior.

Although "The Aviator" has been calling for wind and rain throughout the awards season, this work does not occupy any advantage when it comes to the script department. The script with a magnificent pattern, distinct characters, and tight rhythm is indeed good, and it can be called an excellent biographical script, but in the face of this year's strong original department, "The Flyer" can only be regarded as stable and without merit, especially the portrayal of the character image completely relies on the performance of the actors, and the contribution of the script itself is really limited.

As an animated film, "The Incredibles" is congenitally deficient, and the excellent story is eye-catching, but it is difficult to occupy an advantage in the competition for the original script. There is always a fixed pattern among the judges of the Academy: for animation, the Best Animated Feature Film award is the best award, and the other departments ...... Leave it to the movies. The same is true for foreign-language films, so it is even more difficult for animated films and foreign-language films to achieve breakthroughs in major awards.

Throughout the awards season, "The Eternal Sunshine of a Beautiful Mind" is undoubtedly the most praised work, with whimsical and brain-opening scripts but humanistic care, discussions on love, sacrifice, memory, humanity, etc., even if you watch and read it repeatedly, you will not lose the charm of the script, on the contrary, it will make people gain more. This work is not only in the original department, but even in the entire script department, and is a leading seed player!

"Vera Drake" and "Murder by the Knife" are award-season works that have received numerous praises, the former calmly and profoundly exploring the conflict and entanglement between religious belief and abortion/abortion, the entanglement between morality and law is presented from an almost indifferent perspective, and a sigh is followed by a cold bite; The latter vividly and vividly presents social indifference in front of the audience, and then creates a crime city that is detached between reality and fantasy, following the spirit of the "City of God" and going further.

Someone once joked that "The Eternal Sunshine of a Beautiful Mind" is a script that is more innovative than everything else, and "Vera Drake" and "Murder by the Knife" are scripts that are better than everything else. It may not be a comprehensive evaluation, but it does accurately grasp the essence of the three works.

"Eternal Sunshine of a Beautiful Mind" is undoubtedly the favorite to win the award, but "Vera Drake" and "Murder by the Knife" both have what it takes to be spoilers. In particular, "Killing with a Knife" is noteworthy, not because of its outstanding strength, but because this script is written by Lance.

Last year, Lance won the best adapted screenplay for "City of God"; This year, it has come strongly again, showing the talent of the fresh forces, which is eye-catching. If Lance can achieve two consecutive wins in the script department, it will undoubtedly be another feat, and after Woody Allen, another new screenwriter star is born.

However, this time Lance is facing the screenwriter genius Charlie Kaufman, who has created "Puppet Life", "Adapted Script", and "Confessions of Dangerous Thoughts", and the genius of the works that have been launched so far. Previously, Charlie had won two Oscar nominations, but failed to reap the affirmation, and this time, it was inevitable.

Interestingly, "The Aviator" is not a seeded contestant in the Best Original Screenplay category, which is similar to the situation of "Million Dollar Baby". On the road to competing for the best picture, if "The Aviator" can win this little golden man, it will basically kill the suspense and announce in advance that the ultimate suspense of tonight will be broken, especially when "Million Dollar Baby" misses the best adapted screenplay; But if the "flyer" also missed...... This drama will continue.

Therefore, when the Best Original Screenplay was announced, the audience also held their breath.

As a party to Lance, he relaxed, because he clearly knew that the possibility of winning the little gold man in the screenwriting department for two consecutive years was too low, on the one hand, the college judges were bound to consider the difficulty of "winning consecutive awards", and "killing people with a knife" had not yet reached such a height, so that the judges were willing to make up their minds to give Lance such high praise; On the one hand, the competitors are strong, even if Lance himself chooses "the eternal sunshine of a beautiful mind" in the voting stage, rather than "killing people with a knife".

The final result once again met everyone's expectations, and without any surprise, Charlie Kaufman's name came out of Samuel's mouth, and the Oscars finally gave the geek screenwriter the recognition he deserved, and also announced that the best picture melee would continue, and the two most promising works competing for the award would continue to fight, and the one who had the last laugh was the real winner.

Lance stood up, Martin stood up, and all the audience stood up, unlike the joy of Morgan's award just now, at this time people are more giving Charlie the highest honor, in the past five years, the screenwriter has not missed a beat, five works have been hit, as if he has become the most recognized screenwriter in the industry, this little golden man can be said to be belated.

Lance's gaze and Martin's touch in the air, and both of them smiled helplessly, as if the bitterness of the loser was known only to himself. The similar curvature of the corners of the mouth made a tacit smile flash in the eyes of both of them, and then they looked away and looked at the stage again, everything was silent.

After missing Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay, the third nomination of "Killing with a Knife" followed, the Best Editing Award, but obviously, tonight's protagonist is not "Killing with a Knife", and the first strong collision between "Million Dollar Baby" and "Aviator" is! (To be continued.) )