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It's been almost the main theme of the awards season, but are things really that simple? Apparently not.

On June 10, 2004, a generation of legendary musician Ray Charles died at home at the age of 73, because the day after Ray's death, it happened to be the day of the burial of former US President Ronald Reagan, who had just died five days earlier, so on the day of the funeral, many radio stations broadcast Ray at the inauguration of Reagan in 1985 with his memorable performance of "America the Beautiful", which brought tears to the eyes of countless fans.

On October 29, 2004, "Soul Singer" was released, which was originally just a tribute to Ray Charles's film work, but it unexpectedly became a work to commemorate a generation of singers.

This is what the times mean to create heroes, it was originally just an ordinary biographical film, but because of the particularity of the time, it has unexpectedly become a carrier for people to express their memories and commemorations, in fact, Universal Pictures, its production and distribution company, did not expect such a situation. What's more, Jamie's outstanding performance was unanimously recognized, so Universal Pictures went along with the boat and launched a strong and targeted college PR.

In the past two years, the vigorous and flourishing of the black racial movement has added to the bricks. Originally, Jamie's excellent acting skills have been highly praised, and now it is the right time and place and the right energy has burst out at the right time, which makes Jamie the biggest favorite for the best actor in the entire awards season!

Even putting aside all subjective factors, Jamie is not left behind in the contest with Leonardo and Tom, not to mention, genius biographical works, which have always been the favorite of the old scholars of the academy.

Leonardo's performance in "The Aviator" is indeed full of tension, especially the scene where he is trapped in the screening room and almost schizophrenic, Martin's lens gives Leonardo all his trust, the pain and struggle that goes deep into the bone marrow are shocking under Leonardo's interpretation, but on the whole, it seems to lack a sense of layering, not delicate enough and also explodes excessively, but it seems that the performance is a little too much, compared to Jamie's performance in "The King of Soul Singers", you can still feel the difference.

In the same biographical film, Jamie gave Ray Charles a soul, but Leonardo gave Howard Hughes more of his imprint.

This is the gap.

"Murder with a knife" is known as the best performance of Tom's career, not only because he challenged the villain's acting skills, but also because his performance is really outstanding, with clear layers, clear roles, delicate portrayals, and relaxation.

However, the shortcomings of Tom's performance are suffocating, the moment he lacks the last explosive power, the chemical reaction has been generated, but there is no way to completely detonate, especially in the confrontation of the last few scenes, the lack of instantaneous explosive power makes Tom not be able to go to the next level, and the afterglow of the last scene is far-reaching and lacks the finishing touch.

Of course, Jamie is not perfect, and the script and completion of the "Soul Singer" are still lacking, especially the script story has not been able to further promote the shadow of childhood nightmares, which makes the fullness and completion of the character have shortcomings, especially the source of Ray becoming a "bastard" is vague, the director Jamie's performance lacks a foothold, and the whole work does not produce a "beautiful mind"-like chemical reaction. This is also really regrettable.

Throughout the awards season, in terms of topics, the duel between Tom and Leonardo is unparalleled for a while, which is also for the sake of ratings, and the TV station has been promoting and building momentum to make people have more expectations for the Oscars, and the inseparability between the two does make the battle for the actor full of highlights.

However, in terms of the award division, the table presents a different situation.

Leonardo won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in the Drama category, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award and the San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award were also selected for his performance in "The Aviator", Tom won the North American Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, the Boston Film Critics Circle Award, the New York Film Critics Circle Award, and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award for his best career performance.

In addition to winning the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Musical Comedy, Jamie also won the Screen Actors Guild Award, which is also the most important award of the entire season, as nearly half of the 6,000 judges at the Academy are actors, which seems to indicate that Jamie will probably have the last laugh at the Oscars.

It can be called a three-legged stand, and because of the importance of the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Jamie has come from behind and has become the biggest favorite for actors!

Of course, the Oscars are never such a simple contest of strength.

It's as if Jamie's black vote, Ray Charles's memorial vote, Leonardo's network ticket, Martin's sympathy vote, Tom's accumulation and precipitation in Hollywood will undoubtedly become the biggest weapon.

Tom has been in Hollywood for more than 20 years, it can be said that he has worked hard, and three Oscar nominations before and after have been ignored, including the stunned passing of "Magnolia", compared to Leonardo, Tom's mental journey is obviously more difficult, and his career is more twists and turns, maybe if he misses this time, Tom's fate with the Oscars will really end. So, many people have the idea that this is the year, this year is Tom's year, and this is also the situation that Paramount painstakingly created in the college's public relations process.

As a result of these three alternates, the other two nominees for Best Actor Don and Clint, were all but ignored.

The real highlight of "Million Dollar Baby" is in the overall completion of the movie, from shallow to deep, with a small and big expression Xiàn tells the choice and respect of life, as the actor, Clint's demeanor is completely covered up by Morgan, winning the nomination is a victory, even if "Million Dollar Baby" and "Aviator" are direct competitors, but it is undeniable that in this award, Clint cannot compete with Leonardo at all.

"Hotel Rwanda" is a suffocating tragedy, even Diorama Pictures itself is clearly aware of this, the black card is completely useless because of the existence of the "soul singer", and the Rwandan topic that has been silent for ten years is not as good as Ray Charles's just death Take a step back From the perspective of acting skills, although Don's performance is good, the weakness of the script and the thinness of the role limit his further excavation, and it cannot be compared with Jamie in all aspects, Leonardo and Tom are also skilled.

So, while the nominees are five, it's a three-legged battle once the awards season begins and before the Oscar nominees are announced. Clint understands this, Don understands this, and Diorama Pictures, which is standing behind it, understands this.

Tom and Leonardo's crane clam battle, will it decide a winner in the end? And will Jamie be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman? Who will have the last laugh in the three-legged pattern? And can Don and Clint, who seem to be running together, fight their way out? This qiē and qiē all make the competition for best actor the biggest attraction tonight.

Needless to say, Lance hopes that Tom can win, not only because Tom's performance this year is really wonderful, he almost pushed Tom to the extreme, several times from the fragmented dazed and collapsed back again, but there is no breathing room, must be put into the show again, Tom's potential has been fully exploited and because this is likely to be Tom's last chance, compared to Leonardo, who is only thirty years old, Tom is forty-two years old this year, and after more than 20 years of carrying the burden of idols, he missed this opportunity, It is very likely that the idol burden will never be able to be taken off again, and he will not have the strength to launch a new round of attacks again.

So, for Tom's sake, and for "borrowing a knife to kill", Lance crossed his fingers and prayed silently.

In the 77th Oscars in history, Lance clearly remembers the final ending: Jamie Foxx successfully became the emperor, which was the only year of nomination in his career as an actor, and it was also the only golden man in his career as an actor. No one questioned Jamie's strength, his performance in "Soul Singer" was really wonderful, Leonardo was convinced, but people ridiculed more that Jamie chose a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to complete the incredible explosion of his career as an actor, and since then he has never been able to replicate it, but he has achieved his own glory, but unfortunately, Leonardo started a long journey of chasing the little golden man.

Will the wheel of history change again? Can "Murder with a Knife" reproduce a miracle again? Unknown, all qiē full of uncertainty.

In a trance, Lance felt that his breathing began to gradually lighten, even more nervous than when he was competing for Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay, and the suffocation feeling of the constant tightening of the clockwork in his heart rose little by little, until he drowned himself, and he could not even feel the slightest gap.

Charlize Theron, who was standing on the stage, was graceful and luxurious, and opened the envelope in his hand with a smile on his face, "The winner of the 77th Academy Award for Best Actor is" The atmosphere became more and more tense, the envelope seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, Charlize made a careless force, and actually tore the envelope, which made the scene let out a low chuckle, Charlize also pursed his lips in embarrassment, but after this short relaxation, he became more and more nervous in a blink of an eye, as if even the air had reached a boiling point.

Charlize glanced down at the card in the envelope, his pupils flashed slightly, is it Leonardo, or Tom, or Jamie? It was as if the weight of tens of millions of eyes and decades of years poured down in an instant, and everyone held their breath, "Tom Cruise, borrow a knife to kill." ”

Rumble! Tonight's biggest suspense is revealed, and at the same time, the biggest upset is born! History, changing the trajectory! To be continued