There is no doubt that "City of God" is the biggest dark horse of this Oscar, and in the absence of a name, it was proudly born and received six nominations, tied with popular works such as "Mystic River", "Cold Mountain" and "Galloping Age", ranking third in the nomination stage. Even if it is described as stunning, it is not enough, and the number of nominations even exceeds the four of "Lost in Tokyo", and it is truly among the top Oscar favorites.

This can't help but remind people of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" three years ago, which received ten nominations and captured four statuettes.

In fact, the "City of God" is indeed continuing the glory of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". In addition to Best Picture and Best Director, "City of God" also managed to occupy a place in the competition for Best Foreign Language Film, winning the most intense, hottest, difficult, anxious and most important nominations for Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film in the entire Oscars.

In the long history of the Oscars, there are only three works that have been nominated for Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film at the same time, "Noteworthy News" in 1968, "Life is Beautiful" in 1997, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2000. Now, on top of this historical record, one more seat can be added: the "City of God" in 2003!

It is no exaggeration to say that just two nominations for Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film are enough to make "City of God" truly go hand in hand with "Mystic River" and "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Return of the King" as the biggest winner in the nomination stage.

But that's not the end of it.

"City of God" also gave it three nominations: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Cinematography, which is undoubtedly another victory. Needless to say, the importance of Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing, the former being one of the core nominations in the main department, the latter being the heaviest nomination in the technical department, and together with the most talked, discussed and competitive individual award in the technical department, the Best Cinematography, it is no exaggeration to say that the "City of God" has achieved the most incredible results in a limited space.

In the absence of a real protagonist, with an area of the city as the protagonist, "City of God" was destined to be unsuccessful among the four nominations in the actor department. However, in such an unfavorable situation, the work did not show weakness, and was praised by the academy judges, and won six nominations. Breathtaking; What's more, in the absence of almost the entire awards season for the college's PR, and the constant promotion of the best foreign language film, the victory of the work is even more commendable, and it is not a social victory. It's a eulogy of strength!

This "ocean biscuit", no one can underestimate.

Looking at the entire list of nominees, in addition to Best Picture and Best Director, there are only two nominations in the screenwriting department - Best Original Screenplay or Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Editing: "The Return of the King" and "City of God".

Just! Only! "Return of the King" and "City of God"!

"Brawl of the Sea" missed the script nomination, "Mystic River" missed the editing nomination, and as for "Lost in Translation", it also missed the editing nomination.

"Lost in Heaven" above the Golden Globe Awards. Continuing its strong stance to the Oscars, four nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor are enough to prove that the Academy attaches great importance to it. The four nominations are full of weight, just slightly inferior to "Mystic River", especially Sofia Coppola alone received three nominations, and no one can ignore the name of a talented woman.

However, against the backdrop of the "City of God", "Lost in Tokyo" really seems a little lost, and a day ago it was the favorite of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, as if it was one step away from the altar; But a day later. The aura is still there, but he suddenly finds that he has fallen behind his competitors, and he gets carried away without knowing it.

As a small-scale literary film, it is very difficult for "Lost in Translation" to make a breakthrough. The four nominations won were all expected, and it is no surprise that Scarlett Johansson was not nominated for Best Actress, and it is even more reasonable that she missed out on Best Film Editing. In other words, the four nominations for "Lost in Nature" are basically in line with expectations, so what went wrong?

It's not that I'm not doing it well. It's the competitors who do it too well.

The Jedi counterattack of the "City of God" only makes "Lost in Tokyo" look like a small jasper, and the middle-aged people are lost on the streets of the city, like muttering to themselves in a midnight dream, trapped in their own small world for a long time and unable to find an exit; However, the "City of God" rushed left and right in a vast and magnificent world, trying to touch the dawn of tomorrow with the sharp blade of despair, and the heaviness, the atmosphere, and the profundity completely conquered the judges of the academy.

In the Best Film Editing department, "City of God" competes with "Return of the King", "Galloping Age", "Angry Sea Battle", and "Cold Mountain", each work condenses the traces of the times and years, revealing the director's wisdom and precipitation in a calm atmosphere. It can be seen that "City of God" has replaced the original position of the top five "Mystic River" in the awards season, which can be seen in the admiration of the college judges for this work.

In the script department, "Lost in Translation", "Savage Invasion", "Advance to Paradise", "Finding Nemo" and "Dirty and Sweet Things" gather in the original department, and even "Finding Nemo" has a place in this small year of scarcity of original scripts, and "Lost in Translation" and "Savage Invasion" will undoubtedly be the biggest favorites to win awards.

The adapted screenplay gathered five strong players such as "Return of the King", "City of God", "Mystic River", "Pentium Age" and "Glorious America", "Mystic River" and "Galloping Age" The strength of the entire awards season is clearly visible, "City of God" and "Shining America" have collided head-on again since Sundance, and "King's Return" Although it was absent from the Golden Globe Award screenwriter nomination, it was magnificent and had the tendency to sweep.

In addition, the best foreign language film, which has been hailed as a fiercely competitive Cheng dù or even surpassed Best Picture, ushered in a completely different and new list of nominees, with Canada's "Savage Invasion", Brazil's "City of God", Sweden's "Evil", the Netherlands' "Twin Tears", and the Czech Republic's "Herrera" among the final five!

The result is undoubtedly shocking, except for "Savage Invasion" and "City of God", the other three films are all new faces, and the newly won Golden Globe "Girl Osama" actually failed to be nominated for the Oscar - which proves once again that the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film is just a chicken decoration, and does not receive much attention at all. Compared with the defeat of the "Girl Osama", what shocked people even more was the fall of "Goodbye Lenin" and "Return", which caused an exclamation.

Even in the Best Foreign Language Film category, where the competition is so fierce, "City of God" still conquered the discerning and demanding judges, achieving another breakthrough after Best Picture, and its absolute strength was further affirmed.

From here, it can be seen that the "City of God" is facing more fierce competition and more powerful opponents, but it is still not lagging behind; On the contrary, the powerful spirit of breaking the kettle and forging ahead has created a world of its own, and the recognition of the six nominations easily left "Lost in Tokyo" behind, and even showed a posture that surpassed "Mystic River" and "Angry Sea Battle", becoming the strongest competitor for "Return of the King" for best picture.

In addition to "Lost in Translation", there are also four nominations for "The Last Samurai", a nomination for Best Supporting Actor, plus three technical nominations for Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, and Best Mixing.

As for the individual awards, the biggest surprise is Johnny Depp in the Best Actor category, who relied on the excellent performance of "Pirates of the Caribbean" to surprisingly enter the battle for the best actor, and will attack Sean Penn of "Mystic River" and Ben-Kingsley (Ben-Kingsley) of "Dust Home", which is undoubtedly a major attraction.

Charlize-Theron and Keisha-Castle-Hughes in the Best Actress category were the biggest highlights, with the former relying on the "Witch Devil" to completely reverse people's stereotypes of vases; The latter won the actress nomination at the age of thirteen, and is also the youngest actress nominee to date - her work "Whale Rider" also shines on Sundance.

This year's Sundance Film Festival, "City of God", "Whale Rider", "Shining America", "Thirteen" and other works have won a place at the Oscars, which is also a thing to talk about.

At this point, the list of nominees for the 76th Oscars has been completely announced, and "Return of the King" and "Battle of the Angry Sea" have led the list; "Mystic River" and "City of God" have shown a strong ability to resist, even enough to threaten the dominance of "Return of the King"; "Lost in Translation" once again amazed the college judges; The "Cold Mountain" and the "Pentium Age" poured out the hot stove, and the hard work of an awards season was put to waste.

There are surprises and surprises in this way, but more than that, there is excitement, which makes people look forward to the upcoming award ceremony on February 29.

When Michelle Pfeiffer announced all the nominations, some were happy and some were worried, some were fanatical, some were crazy, some were angry and some were depressed...... Especially for Diorama, they are even more stunned than the Weinstein brothers - the "cold mountain" promoted by the Weinstein brothers failed at the nomination stage.

"City of God", six nominations, bright and glaring, even if you want to ignore it, you can't do it, even if you want to deceive yourself, you can't do it, even if you want to find a reasonable explanation...... What's even more ridiculous is that you can't do it even if you want to be angry. Ryan Kavalaug and Tucker Toure just stood there, dumbfounded.

What happened in one day? (To be continued.) )

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