"Leo." Hugo took his eyes off the stage and patted Leonardo's arm.

Leonardo looked up, his azure eyes were full of confusion and confusion, and it was not clear whether it was nervous or fearful, but Hugo vaguely guessed. Leonardo has been in bad form recently, and he was already a little afraid of the crowd because of "Titanic", and now he has become a candidate for actor because of "Titanic" - although he will not be the biggest favorite to win the award, but as long as he is nominated, he will have a chance to win, right?

On the one hand, Leonardo's heart is resistant, and he becomes more and more anxious on this occasion, if it weren't for the successive victories of the two works of "Perfect" and "L.A. Confidential", which made Leonardo really happy for Hugo, his state would have been even worse at this time; But on the other hand, Leonardo also has some desires for the little golden man, especially during the filming of "Titanic", he and Hugo discussed many questions about acting, he always hoped that he could stand on that stage to be recognized, and the inner tension was inevitable.

This kind of contradictory and tangled emotions is estimated that even Leonardo himself can't distinguish clearly. Hugo, as a bystander, had mixed tastes and didn't know what to say.

Leonardo only saw the amber eyes in front of him, so familiar and completely trustworthy, and then he heard the warm voice speak, "That's why you should keep going, keep fighting." The voice was like a warm current, slowly flowing into the bottom of his heart, making his anxiety unbelievably calm down little by little.

There is a faint voice echoing in Leonardo's head: performance, this is the reason why he chose the "Titanic", and it is also the reason why he continues to want to persevere and struggle. A little golden figure is the goal of his unremitting efforts, and it is also a bridge for him to get rid of the shackles of "vase".

Suddenly, Leonardo turned around and saw Charlize sitting diagonally behind - Charlize achieved her goal tonight, didn't he? Then he flashed a big smile at Charlize, who raised an eyebrow in some confusion, then pointed to the stage and chuckled. Leonardo quickly turned his head to look at the stage at this time.

Francis McDormand, who was standing on the stage, did not hesitate for too long, and quickly opened the envelope in his hand, the tense atmosphere was about to erupt, but there was an unusually calm among the five candidates, Jack was an old fritter, Hugo was not yet calm, Leonardo was absent-minded, Dustin was calm, and even Matt knew that he had little chance and seemed very calm, such a peaceful atmosphere instead bred a ridiculous black humor.

The result was a surprise, but it was not a surprise.

Last year's actress winner Frances revealed the answer, "The winner of the 70th Academy Award for Best Actor is 'Perfect' Jack Nicholson!" ”

In the end, it was the best actor who had the last laugh, Jack defeated Hugo, and won strongly by relying on the perfect performance in "Perfect", and successfully won his second actor and third acting statuette; But it can also be said that Hugo lost to Hugo himself, and the work he starred in lost to the work of his screenwriter, and for Hugo, this is also a duel without failure.

"Perfect" defeated "L.A. Confidential", screenwriter Hugo's work defeated actor Hugo's work, and finally the old and strong Jack Nicholson won the actor trophy, not only becoming the seventh actor in film history to win two actor statuettes, but also leading the actor list with three actor statuettes and becoming the actor with the most awards in film history.

It's a logical ending, and Jack is indeed the biggest hit this year, both in terms of the quality of the performance and the thickness of the work; This is also an ending that lacks surprises, Hugo was not able to make history further, and unfortunately passed by his second actor Little Golden Man; But at the same time, it is an ending full of surprises, not only because Hugo is only thirty years old, and there are still infinite possibilities in his career as an actor, but also because the huge success of "perfect" has allowed people to witness Hugo's screenwriting ability!

"Hey, man, don't be too sad, we're in this group." Jack shouted at Hugo at the bottom of the stage, implying that both men had won the award for "perfection", which caused everyone in the audience to clap and laugh.

Hugo smiled, turned his head to look at Leonardo beside him, and found that the smile on the corner of Leonardo's mouth was also outlined, and the two exchanged a line of sight, Hugo found firmness again in those azure eyes, which made the curvature of his mouth rise more and more.

But with Jack's award, tonight's most important awards have been settled, "Perfect" won three gold statuettes in a row, and in one fell swoop tied the "Los Angeles Confidential", the two went hand in hand, both of them launched an impact on the "Titanic", which also made the next award ceremony more elusive!

Now, only the last two trophies are left in the entire Oscars, but the overall award trend is still unpredictable.

"The Six Heroes of Light Pigs" only won the Best Musical Comedy Score Award, and "Soul Catcher" only won the Best Supporting Actor Award, and both works have already taken the lead in withdrawing from the competition for the final showdown. In particular, the "Soul Catcher", when high hopes were placed, was only awarded a small gold figure by Robin Williams, which is undoubtedly a huge pity. However, this result is not surprising given the strength of the competition.

Now, the top five have become a three-legged stand!

"Titanic" swept thousands of troops in the technical awards department, leading the way with eight trophies alone, but missed such an important award as Best Film Editing, and did not receive the particles in the main department, which also became a fatal wound; On the contrary, the two works of "Perfect" and "L.A. Confidential" came from behind, both won three heavyweight trophies, and went hand in hand to launch an attack on the "Titanic".

"Perfect" won the Best Original Screenplay Award, Best Actor, and Best Actress, any of which can be said to be full of weight. Hugo's award for Best Original Screenplay, in particular, again clashed with the choice of the Golden Globes, which seemed to drift apart on different paths.

"L.A. Confidential" won the Best Adapted Screenplay Award, Best Supporting Actress Award, Best Film Editing Award, and three heavyweight trophies also make this work a strong challenger. However, it is a huge pity that he was swept by the "Titanic" in the technical department and was not able to launch an impact in the best sound editing, best sound, and best photography departments. People are expecting "L.A. Confidential" to be the iceberg that overturns the Big Mac, but the three trophies, although they are good, are still lacking in terms of quantity.

If "Perfect" or "L.A. Confidential" neutralizes it, and five golden figures are harvested from one work, then the ending is really unpredictable. In the current situation, although the important awards in the main departments have been swept by "Perfect" and "Los Angeles Confidential" - only one Best Supporting Actor award has been missed, but it is still a little bit hot to hit the "Titanic".

The next Best Director Award will become the final maintainer of suspense, if "Titanic" wins, then the ending is already doomed; If it is "perfect" or "L.A. confidential" wins, then the suspense will be maintained until the end, even if the "Titanic" still has a slight advantage, but the outcome is complete suspense.

Among the five nominees for Best Director, Gus Van Sant of "Soul Catcher" and Peter Catanneux of "Six Heroes of Light Pigs" have basically dropped out of the competition, and James L. Brooks of "Perfection" has little hope - this film has been criticized from the release period to the awards ceremony, what has been criticized is that James has not been able to give more depth and soul to the script, and has not been able to really play Hugo's wonderful script to the extreme, which is also the biggest regret of the whole work.

Just look at tonight's "perfect" awards - none of the three trophies have anything to do with the director, which also shows the inclination of the academy. In fact, in the nomination stage, James did not have an advantage, and although the final finalist did not cause much controversy, it still made many people choke, and many people thought that "The. Sweet。 Hereafter)" Atom (Atom. Egoyan) is even more worthy of a nomination.

Therefore, at this stage of competition, although "Perfect" still maintains the hope of winning the award, it is indeed a huge shortcoming.

Relatively speaking, James Cameron and Curtis Hansen are very close in strength, and almost every award show has been entangled in this award for a long time. James represents the reformists, and his use of computer special effects, the control of magnificent scenes, and the control of the overall rhythm are absolutely perfect and eye-catching; Curtis, on the other hand, represents the traditionalism, showing the meticulous thinking, multi-line progress and ideological excavation of Hollywood's golden age classics, which makes people marvel at the case and devote themselves to it, truly interpreting the charm of the position of "director".

In the Directors Guild of America Awards, although James won in the end, it is said that the internal vote was only a difference of three votes, and the slight difference is almost negligible, and the debate among professional directors is almost indistinguishable. Now at the Oscars, all the house members still have to face the same situation, is it James or Curtis? Is it the "Titanic" or the "L.A. Secret"?

All the suspense is condensed at this moment, it seems that even the weight of the historical process is pressed at this moment, and the suffocating tension makes the audience fall into silence, and even the nearly 60 million viewers in front of the TV are completely still, staring with bated breath!