Films made specifically to impact major film award ceremonies, films to maximize business to impact the Oscars, films born to impact the praise and affirmation of professionals, and films made specifically to impact the company's brand, reputation and personal image...... The reaction was brought together to create a "season of screenings of works for award ceremonies", called "Awards Season".

At the end of 1998, the name of the awards season spread far and wide, and it officially appeared on the stage of history for the first time.

Historically, the work that made the opening of the awards season was "Shakespeare's Love History", and this time there has been no change in history, and Hugo's little butterfly has not been able to change this history. "Shakespeare's Love History" has once again become a landmark work of historical nodes.

After the intensive publicity in the first three weeks, the discussion of "Shakespeare's Love History" has quietly caught up with "Truman's World" and "Saving Private Ryan" released in the summer; In the last week of the year, "Shakespeare's Love History" held its first expansion, which was reflected in 300 theaters.

However, this time, what made "Shakespeare's Love History" the focus of public relations was not the expansion of the scale, but the "female." The Adversary".

"Female. The movie "The Adversary" did not cause much discussion before its release, although this is a film starring Charlize Theron, the winner of the new Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, but the influence is still limited after all, and more discussions are focused on Erin Enos. The story of the woman serial killer, who has been called the most terrifying in American history, was brought to the big screen and attracted the attention of many from the very beginning.

However, after the release of the film, it sparked an unimaginable and far-reaching discussion, and Roger Ebert expressed his excitement in the most concise language in the review of the Chicago Sun, "This is one of the greatest performances in the history of cinema!" ”

Just such a simple sentence is enough to show Roger's praise, and a 100-point evaluation can be said to be full of praise. In the review, Roger's point is clear: "It's not a perfect movie, it's technically too much to improve, but it's a very real movie!" Charlize Theron gave the best performance of her career, and arguably one of the greatest performances in film history! ”

"Delicate, complex, deep, profound, soft, sharp...... It's Charlize Theron that brings Alan Ainos to life; Fear, shock, sympathy, sadness, bitterness, struggle...... This is the movie-watching experience that Charlize Theron brings to the audience. Almost every picture is so beautiful that it's completely mesmerizing. ”

Roger praised Charlize in a variety of words, and even Hugo's performance in "Death Row Walk" failed to win such praise from Roger, and it can be seen that he was truly conquered by Charlize.

Not only Roger, but in the first thirteen reviews of the movie, in addition to the perfect score of the "Chicago Sun", the highest score was 88 points for the "Hollywood Reporter", and the lowest score was 75 points for the "Chicago Tribune", which brought the film's media review to 79 points.

But whether it is the "Hollywood Reporter" or the "Chicago Tribune", the praise for Charlize is the same.

The Hollywood Reporter commented, "Challenging the limits of the audience's tolerance and the nerves of self-questioning, Theron used her performance to keep the most murderous female serial killer in American history forever in the mind"; The Chicago Tribune commented, "It's not a great work – but Theron put on a performance that's close to perfection!" ”

The praise for Charlize poured down like a tidal wave, and more than 80 percent of the media considered her to be the best performance of her career to go down in history. Even in the background that "L.A. Confidential" has just won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her, many media still believe that Charlize is definitely the best candidate for the Oscar this year.

Later, "female." When the Adversary was fully released, Hugo also went into the cinema to watch the work.

Although Charlize is only twenty-three years old this year, the situation that Hugo feared did not appear, Charlize did not look young on the big screen at all, on the contrary, her whole person seemed to be enchanted and the performance showed through the screen with a powerful force. The shock is actually difficult to describe in words, and Hugo deeply felt the power of the performance, as if through Charlize's eyes, he could see the soul of Erin Ainos.

Hugo couldn't help but recall the hardships and struggles of Charlize during the filming of this film, and he knew that she performed the work almost in a life-burning way, releasing all her energy throughout the performance like a shooting star, and then falling quickly.

Actually, "female." After the filming of "The Adversary" ended, Carl Earle still had a lot of script invitations on hand, but Charlize didn't read them at all, and all of them refused. In the past two months, even seeing the script that Hugo is adapting, Charlize has uncontrollably begun to feel dizzy, and the kind of exhaustion and overdraft of acting skills has penetrated into the soul, and even makes the stomach tumble. It can be seen that Charlize is in order to be a "woman." Adversary: "How much did he pay?"

Now through the big screen, Hugo really saw Charlize's performance, and he sincerely sent his awe: at the end of the movie, he stood up silently alone, never left, but quietly waited for all the subtitles to play, and after the cleaner kept urging, he slowly left. The tears that never slipped in his eyes contained all his intricacies and profundity.

Hugo had to agree with Roger's comment: it wasn't just Charlize's best performance, but it was also one that deserved to go down in history.

Historically, Charlize has relied on the "female." The Adversary "got her own Oscar, and many people thought it was compensation from the academy for Charlize to play the ugly role, but those who have really watched this movie with their hearts know that she definitely deserves it; So, this time, can Charlize rely on this work to win the Oscar?

In "Female. After the screening of "The Devil", many media believed that Charlize had become the first favorite to win the championship after the current actress, which is also everyone's recognition of Charlize's strength. But in the midst of this wave, another kind of rhetoric began to emerge - Gwyneth Paltrow's performance in "Shakespeare in Love" was comparable to Charlize's.

When this kind of remark first came out, many people scoffed. Not disrespect to Gwyneth, but the truth. "Shakespeare in Love" is a romantic film, with spectacular sets, magnificent court costumes, and a natural soundtrack that qualifies as an "excellent" work, and the actors' brilliant performances have been praised for their performances - but Gwyneth is definitely not included.

Judi Dench, who played Queen Elizabeth in the movie, only had eight minutes of scenes before and after, but her aura was enough to shock everyone, not only her eyes were compelling, but her gestures were also enough to make people feel frightened, but the strong language hides the loneliness and sadness of being a queen.

In it, Colin Firth, who played the upper-class aristocratic Di, continued the solid skills of the British actor, but his gentle appearance outlined the obsceneness, cowardice, and meanness of the role, and the delicate details of the performance left a deep impression; And the former Oscar winner Jeffrey Rush inadvertently showed his edge, and his solid acting skills injected great charm into the role.

Surrounded by a group of outstanding actors, the heroine's role is emotional, thoughtful, sometimes elegant, sometimes affectionate, sometimes witty, sometimes sad, and if you think about it carefully, this role is undoubtedly very challenging. In particular, this character became the inspiration for Shakespeare to write "Romeo and Juliet", which undoubtedly bears the core of the film's spirituality, but Gwyneth's performance is rigid and rigid, and in the large paragraphs of poetic lines, her performance seems pale and emotional, not to mention the characterization, it just seems single and weak, but the whole story loses its soul - the love between the hero and heroine is almost unconvincing, and it makes Shakespeare's creation lose its core.

Objectively speaking, Gwyneth's performance can only be regarded as barely passing, especially in the backdrop of a group of old actors, it is becoming more and more pale.

In one of the film's first reviews, the Chicago Tribune even quipped, "The film is reminiscent of the 'Seven Deadly Sins.'" At first, many people didn't understand the meaning of the joke, and it didn't take long for them to react: Brad Pitt almost became a puppet who couldn't act in "The Seven Deadly Sins", and Gwyneth, Brad's ex-lover who had broken up, went through the same thing.

However, now some people actually say that Gwyneth's performance is comparable to Charlize? This is simply the most ridiculous joke of the end of the century. But with the advancement of time, the trend of speech in the circle is quietly changing.

Didn't you notice that Gwyneth infused the character with a lot of charm? Don't you notice Gwyneth's sly and touching gaze? Haven't you noticed the touching spark between Gwyneth and the male protagonist Joseph Fiennes - and there have even been rumors that the two are dating? Don't you notice that even in front of Judy, Gwyneth is not inferior in the slightest?

At the same time, there were countless year-end parties, and Gwyneth, accompanied by the Weinstein brothers, frequently appeared at various parties, mingling and chatting with professionals in the circle, showing the excellent interpersonal skills of an elegant woman - no one should forget that Gwyneth's godfather was the famous Steven Spielberg.