After the Oscar nominations were released, the discussion couldn't stop at all, and the awards season finally got back to its due excitement, and the competition for Best Picture focused countless eyes, but the focus was not inferior to anything else, among which the hottest discussion was not the battle for the best actor and actress, but the ownership of the best director. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The list of nominees for this year's Best Director is really interesting, Martin Scorsese of "The Departed", Clint Eastwood of "Letter from Iwo Jima", Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu of "Babel", Stephen Frey of "Queen", Lancelot Strello of "Fury Road", five directors made it to the finals and competed.

When the list of nominees came out, what people noticed the most was not the defeat of the two directors of "Little Sunshine Beauty", but the reversal of "Old Cowboy" Clint at the last moment, breaking the nomination blockade of the Directors Guild of America and winning the nomination; It's a second duel between Martin and Clint.

Prior to this, the momentum of "The Departed" had been rising steadily and methodically, and the main praise was all focused on Martin's directing ability, unlike the "Aviator" who was burdened with a heavy Oscar burden two years ago, this time Martin let go of his hands and feet, and unloaded the pressure, but achieved unexpected results.

The sword-free, ingenious use of the camera and the composition of the picture silently reveal a powerful scheduling ability, and the rhythm control, emotional brewing and connotation mining are closely intertwined with the plot, which is indeed amazing. Perhaps, this is not Martin's best work, but it does epitomize Martin's talent and ability. After a long 30-year career as a director and a number of masterpieces that have gone down in history, "The Departed" has become the best opportunity for Martin to reach the Oscars.

Credit, guilt, compensation, dedication, respect for the elderly, and even sympathy will all become Martin's biggest bargaining chips for the Golden Man, and whether Martin can win the Oscar has also become the biggest suspense after Best Picture.

This time, though, Martin will once again have to face his old rival Clint. Clint is known as the darling of the Oscars, and it is not without reason that the three works of "Mystic River", "Million Dollar Baby" and this time "Letter from Iwo Jima" all completed the counterattack at the last moment and entered the Oscar final stage when the call for the awards season fell behind.

Two years ago, "Million Dollar Baby" completely defeated the popular "Aviator" as a dark horse, and at that time, "Million Dollar Baby" received seven nominations, far behind the eleven nominations of "Aviator" in the nomination stage, but who would have thought that the ending would be different.

The miracle of this year's "Letter from Iwo Jima" is even more astonishing, and people can't help but wonder, is the situation of two years ago going to be repeated? If Martin really did put Clint under him again, it would really be an ancient Greek tragedy of fate.

But this year, in addition to Clint, Martin will face another formidable opponent: Lance. After winning four consecutive Best Director nominations, Lance has surpassed Clint as the most successful director of the new century, but here's the interesting part, Lance is far from being an "Oscar darling", and even though he won two screenwriters' statuettes, even if he also won a Best Foreign Language Film and a Best Supporting Actor trophy, he is still a long way from the academy's darling - but he has been nominated for four years in a row, and such a contradictory attitude is indeed quite absurd.

Now, the question is, when will Lance win his first Best Director statuette? This is Lance's fourth nomination, Martin's sixth nomination, and this is Clint's fourth nomination. So, will "Fury Road" be the moment when Reims breaks through for the first time? Judging from the momentum of the current awards season, Lance seems to have replaced Clint as Martin's strongest rival, and this good show has just begun.

Of course, Alessandro and Stephen are not completely accompanied, the former is the most high-profile Mexican director at the moment, and there are many excellent works; The latter won the Oscar nomination for Best Director as early as 16 years ago for "Liar", and the three major European film festivals have received awards. What's more, of the five nominees, "The Queen" is the most in line with the Academy's preferences, while "Babel" is the one that has consistently led the way this year's awards season.

Leaving aside the trend of the entire awards season, the bayonet battle between the five directors is really exciting, and it is certain that no matter who wins the award, everyone will witness the birth of a new legend.

Compared with the competition for the director department, this year's acting awards are also comparable, and there are still a lot of gimmicks.

In the Best Actor category, Forrest Whitaker for "The Last Dictator", Peter Otto for "The Last Eros", Leonardo DiCaprio for "Blood Diamond", Ryan Gosling for "Half a Nelson" and Lancelot Strello for "Fury Road" were shortlisted.

Among them, the biggest surprise is that Will Smith, who won the Golden Globe Best Actor with "When Happiness Knocks on the Door", was upset and replaced by Lance and Ryan. Lance, who won the acting nomination for the third consecutive year with "Fury Road", unknowingly, his influence among actors has reached an incredible height - the Screen Actors Guild gave Lance a nomination, which is really a strange phenomenon.

But if you think about it deeply, as a director, Lance's promotion, guidance and polishing of actors can be said to be unique in Hollywood, whether it is Clint, Martin, or Steven Spielberg, these directors are not the type that is good at mining actors' performance skills. There are fewer and fewer directors like William Wheeler who are good at manipulating actors, and the actors under his direction have been nominated for a total of 35 Academy Awards for acting, 13 of which have won awards, a record that no one has been able to break. But now Lance has shown this ability and touch, especially his understanding from the perspective of an actor, which is almost impossible to replicate - the reason why Clint was able to win the nomination for the acting award is more due to his own understanding and interpretation of the temperament of a tough guy, which is not directly related to acting skills, acting aura, etc.

Looking at it this way, it is not surprising that Lance was able to win such prestige in the Screen Actors Guild.

Leonardo was undoubtedly disappointing to enter the competition with "Blood Diamond". On the eve of the Golden Globe Awards, the call for "The Departed" to hit the supporting actor award for Leonardo began to rise, and it seems that Warner Bros. released the wind in order to avoid Leonardo's vote distribution crisis, which is also directly reflected in the list of nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards - Leonardo was nominated for Best Actor with "Blood Diamond" and Best Supporting Actor with "The Departed", which is really a wrong PR tactic, because "The Departed" Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg is a strong contender in both the supporting role department, which not only plays with a left hand and a right hand, but also weakens Leonardo's ability to focus on fire in the male lead.

It is foreseeable that in the battle for the actor department, Forest and Peter will have a dragon fight, as for Leonardo, it depends on whether he can successfully disrupt the situation.

There were also surprises in the Best Actress category, with Helen Mirren for "The Queen", Judi Dench for "Chronicle of Scandals", Kate Winslet for "Motherhood", Penelope Cruz for "The Return" and Charlize Theron for "Fury Road" successfully winning nominations.

The biggest surprise was the surprise of Meryl Streep in "The Queen of Prada", and Penelope and Charlize completed a counterattack breakthrough, the former was shortlisted for the performance of foreign language films, and the latter was shortlisted for the performance of commercial works. In addition to Helen and Judy, Kate has unknowingly won her fifth Oscar nomination, and like Martin in the directing department and Peter in the male lead department, Kate's strength is undoubted, the question is, when will she realize her dream?

The highlights of the supporting actor department are really amazing, the biggest surprise for the supporting actor is Alan Arkin of "Little Sunshine Beauty" and Djimon Hounsou (Djimon-Hounsou) of "Blood Diamond" squeezed out Jack Nicholson of "The Departed" and Brad Pitt of "Babel" to win the nomination, and Michael Fassbender of "Fury Road" received the first acting nomination of his career; The supporting actresses were Abiggill Bryslin of "Little Sunshine Beauty" and Gisele Bundchen of "Fury Road" won the nomination for the first time, squeezing out Emily Blunt for "The Queen Wears Prada" and Cate Blanchett for "Scandal Chronicle".

Especially in the supporting actress department, Twelve-year-old Abi-Gill, Jennifer Hudson from a reality talent show, Giselle a professional model, plus the two foreign actors of "Babel", it can be said that the five candidates are not the type that the academy likes, and their shortcomings are very obvious.

It is worth mentioning that Giselle entered the eyes of the Oscar judges as a model for the first time, which is not only the third "model" actor to be shortlisted for the Oscars after Kim Basinger and Charlize Theron, but also the first full-time professional model.

Although Giselle's performance has received numerous praises throughout the awards season, and even the demand has been high, it is no surprise that he received the nomination; But as we all know, the Academy rejects the idol vase the most, and actors such as Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, and others have all suffered perennial disregard from the Academy, let alone actresses. At the same time, it should also be taken into account that this is Giselle's first official big-screen performance, which is a point-deducting option in the eyes of the judges!

So, even though Giselle is well received, all the headwinds are weighing on her awards season prospects, and few expect her to be in the competition — even though the supporting actress department likes to honor the new generation of actors every year. What's more, the commercial film attribute of "Fury Road" is a fatal injury, it can be said that it has cut off the potential for more development from the source, just look at the previous list of nominees for the Golden Globe Awards, Giselle in the supporting actress and Michael in the supporting actor almost did not get too many opportunities, of course, even Lance is difficult to get ahead in the leading role, only Charlize has received the most recognition.

After the list of nominations for this year's Screen Actors Guild Awards came out, the "Fury Road", which swept all the nominations in the four major departments, was naturally the top priority, but still no one dared to assert that Gisele would win the Oscar nomination. So far, this is undoubtedly the biggest turning point in Giselle's career, and it is also the most daring attempt in this year's Oscar nomination list.

It is conceivable that the chaos of five dark horses going all out to attack the best supporting actress is occupied, and anyone who wins is an underdog, and at the same time, anyone who wins is also a matter of course, and every candidate is refuting the inertia and routine of the academy. Such a situation is even more exciting than the best director, which makes people laugh and cry at the same time.

The script department brought a small surprise in the stability, and the best original screenplay department, "Little Sunshine Beauty", "Babel", "Pan's Labyrinth", "Letter from Iwo Jima", and "Queen" were successfully shortlisted; In the Best Adapted Screenplay category, "The Departed", "Borat", "Son of Man", "Being a Mother", and "Chronicle of a Scandal" were nominated.

Comparing the entire nomination, the biggest difference with the Writers Guild of America is that the two foreign language works "Letter from Iwo Jima" and "Pan's Labyrinth" are among the top five in the original department; "Son of Men" upset the "Queen Wears Prada" in the adaptation department.

It can be clearly seen that the work "Letter from Iwo Jima" is on the rise, and "The Queen Wears Prada" is in full decline.

In addition, in the Best Film Editing category, "The Departed", "Babel" and "Fury Road" were nominated, and two seats went to "Children of Men" and "Blood Diamond" respectively. Not only did "Queen" and "Little Sunshine Beauty" fail to make the cut, but "Dream Girl" also failed to make the cut, a far cry from the Editors Guild of America's nominee list, once again giving a glimpse of the chaotic landscape of this year's awards season.

It is precisely because of this chaos that the trend of all awards is full of uncertainty, even if "Fury Road" leads with an absolute advantage of fourteen nominations, but specific to each individual event, the suspense still cannot be easily speculated, especially after a weird Oscar like last year, all normal laws do not apply. This also means that this year's Oscars will be extremely intense, but also extremely exciting.