All the audience turned their eyes to the stage, Hugo stood backstage, and also watched the scene through the big screen, the camera can see a slightly nervous Tim and Susan, perhaps before the award ceremony, no one expected that it was actually "Death Row Walk" and "Brave Heart" that persevered to the end, which made the originally slightly boring award ceremony have a sense of antiquity.

After the Oscar nominations came out, "Braveheart" replaced the "Sense and Emotion" that had previously led the major award ceremonies and became the biggest winner in the nomination stage, and some people predicted that "Braveheart" would win the final victory at the Oscars, just like "Dances with Wolves" five years ago, and Mel Gibson was like Kevin Costner back then, all the same.

Directors who act and direct are always in the spotlight at the Academy, not only because they have a strong network base in the Screen Actors Guild, but also because such directors are often considered by the Academy judges to be a symbol of "talent" and easily win the favor of most of the judges.

That's true of Kevin Costner, and so is Mel Gibson.

But is the director who acts and directs better really better than other directors? Obviously not, and it is definitely not an easy task to reach the heights of Clint Eastwood. Kevin Costner is a prime example of this, after winning the Oscar for Best Director and Best Picture for his debut film "Dances with Wolves", he also directed several other films, including "Future Waterworld", but all of them can be described as terrible, "Dances with Wolves" is the only masterpiece of his directorial career.

In fact, "Brave Heart" and "Dances with Wolves" have many similarities, telling real historical events, expounding in a story-based and cinematic way, the core of the movie is the human yearning for freedom, and the war scenes and human nature portrayal have become an important highlight of the movie.

Similarly, Mel and Kevin share many similarities, and Mel also showed a certain talent in the director's position, being a director above the calibre, and he later filmed "The Passion of the Christ." passion。 of。 the。 christ", "apocalypto" and other extremely controversial works, but he is still a long way from being excellent.

"Braveheart" is a good work, that's a fact; But is it a work good enough to overcome "Sense and Sensibility", "Apollo 13", "Baby Pig"? Hugo didn't think so.

The whole movie is stable, the advancement of the main line is slightly scattered and procrastinated, and the twists and stacks of character creation are not delicate enough, the excitement and excitement of the sentence "freedom" left a deep impression, but that's all, the spiritual core is greater than the plot narrative, and the heroism is greater than the character building, but the overall theme still succeeds in making people's blood boil!

Such a work won the Oscar for Best Picture Xiaojinjin, not that it can't be done, on the contrary, it still embodies the aesthetic style and value orientation of the academy, which can only be said to be a slightly boring result without any surprises or highlights.

Therefore, the winners of the Oscars are not necessarily the best, the real winners need luck and timing, and the winners reflect the college's grasp of the pulse of the Hollywood industry and the trend of the year. However, there is no doubt that the top five nominees are the top in the industry. This is also the reason why almost every Oscar will leave a regret to a greater or lesser extent.

In fact, the most talented work in this year's Oscar nominees should be "Pig Baby", which has won the unanimous love of audiences and critics for its ingenious perspective and interesting and in-depth theme. However, the Oscars have never been averse to comedy, and it is extremely difficult to win the final best picture like "Annie Hall".

This has also been proven to be the case, "Pig Baby", "Sense and Sensibility", and "Apollo 13" have all fallen behind, and "Braveheart" has steadily gained momentum, and before the announcement of Best Picture, it has undoubtedly become the biggest favorite. But now, "Death Row Walk" has replaced the expected rival "Apollo 13" and launched a strong attack on the best picture, which is really a surprise.

According to the value orientation of the college, the pattern of "Death Row Prisoners" is too small, the art is too strong, and the aura is too weak, and it has not reached the height of controlling the whole audience at all, just like last year's "vulgarity", which is applauded and applauded, but it may not be able to get the corresponding recognition in the academy.

But it is undeniable that "Death Row Walk" and "Brave Heart" are two completely different types of works, "Death Row Walk" delicately outlines every link in a small pattern, and tells a simple story slowly, every character in the story is lifelike, even the simplest supporting role can see the vitality given by the director. This is also the reason why "Death Row Walk" was nominated for Best Director and Best Picture at the same time.

"Death Row Prisoner's Walk" and "Away from the Las Vegas City" and "The Postman" are all the same kind of works, including "Reason and Emotion", "Dream of the Covered Bridge", etc., which are the biggest highlights of these works. Such a work is actually a great test of the director's skills, and it also relies heavily on the performances of the actors. These works reflect another model of art cinema in the film industry.

However, these works, like "Pig Baby", also belong to the "Annie Hall" category, and it is really difficult to win the Oscars.

This year, "Death Row Walk" relied on the outstanding performances of Hugo and Susan, which raised the overall quality of the film by several steps, and after winning the two little golden figures of the actor and the actress, it persevered until the final battle, retaining the suspense to the last moment, which is undoubtedly the biggest surprise.

Although Hugo knew what the final result of the historical trajectory would be, and although Hugo knew that there was little hope for the "Death Row Walk" against the "brave heart", deep down, Hugo still had some faint expectations: What if the historical trajectory changed again?

It's a pity that this time Hugo's expectations were disappointed, Sidney Poitier announced the last award of the 68th Oscars, the Golden Man trophy for Best Picture still belongs to "Braveheart", "Death Row Walk" was not able to complete the counterattack, "Apollo 13" was not able to fight back, the academy still did not take the step of change after all, and "Braveheart" still followed the historical trajectory and topped the 68th Oscars.

The audience at the scene looked a little disappointed, not because of the disappointment of the winner, but because of the lack of surprise for the Oscars again, and the "Braveheart" award was almost the best guess of the result, so that everyone was a little bored - no one likes to know the outcome of the competition. So, the audience with a standing ovation at the beginning was not even half, and it wasn't until Mel walked on stage that everyone realized that their behavior was rude, and they quickly stood up one after another, giving a round of applause for the best picture.

Hugo also withdrew his gaze and patted his hands politely, but then let it go, and the look of disappointment in his eyes was not concealed.

In fact, not only Hugo, not only the audience who is looking forward to the Oscar upset, but even the major media have a lot of complaints about this result.

The Chicago Tribune, which has always been sharp-tongued, did not let go of this opportunity, "It is really a sad thing that the Oscars are dominated by 'Brave Heart', such a work without any surprises has become the biggest winner of the Oscars tonight, not only let us see the degradation and weakening of the film industry in the past year, but also let us see the continued aging and conservatism of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences." Whether it is the enterprising 'Pig Baby' or the 'Reason and Emotion' that shows the artistic value, they are all more worthy of this little golden man trophy. It's a pity that the Academy has given up the opportunity to show people their 'unique tastes'. ”

The Chicago Tribune's view was echoed by many media outlets, who generally believed that the victory of Braveheart largely reflected Hollywood's regression over the past year, as well as the Academy's stubbornness and conservatism, which was not conducive to the long-term development of the film industry.

In addition, the Chicago Tribune quipped, "Whoopi Goldberg's watch is prosaic, like David Letterman's unpredictable ramblings last year, making the boring awards show even longer." The practice of opening the show with the performance of the Costume Design Award nominees is the following practice of Rob Lowe at the 61st Academy Awards. Lowe) sings with Snow White 'Proud Mary. Mary)'s the stupidest choice to make in the opening scene. ”

However, everyone has their own opinions on this point, and the New York Times upheld the objection, "This year's awards ceremony has been purposefully turned into a showcase of Hollywood's rising stars, which is undoubtedly a very wise choice." Whoopi Goldberg's opening monologue sets the bar for sharp gags this year. “

And the Los Angeles Times applauded Whoopy, "Her confident performance symbolizes the amazing progress she made since the 1994 awards ceremony." The most egregious crime of tonight's Oscars is – oh God – the never-ending elegance and good taste, the highest laughing stock. ”

But these topics can only be said to be embellishments, when the ending of the Oscars is announced, the curtain is announced, even the "brave heart" that won the five little golden men can only be reduced to a foil, all the focus, all the topics, all the attention is aimed at Hugo, the competition for best actor is not only the biggest suspense before the awards ceremony, but also the biggest surprise after the award ceremony.

Hugo, who has been rising to the ranks of superstars, won his second gold man in three years, although not as good as Tom Hanks last year's feat, but still set an unattainable record, after the award ceremony, Hugo undoubtedly went to the next level, blooming with a superstar, becoming the first person in Hollywood today!