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The list of Oscar nominations is officially released, and the number of nominations can give a rough glimpse of the pattern of the second phase of the entire awards season..
“"Birdman" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" both lead the entire list with nine nominations, including overlap in the five categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Cinematography. A head-on confrontation is about to begin; and the remaining four parts are the dislocation of technical awards..
In addition to the above five awards, "Birdman" also received nominations for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Sound Effects and Best Sound Editing. Although it was not nominated for the Best Editing Award, it was nominated in the acting department. Won three nominations, which also keeps the overall momentum of "Birdman" at the forefront.
“"The Grand Budapest Hotel" was also shortlisted for Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Original Score, and Best Makeup and Styling, continuing the momentum throughout the awards season. From the perspective of the film's artistic effect, this is The most "watchable" work during this year's awards season.
In addition to them, "Crackling Drummer" and "Boyhood" followed closely with seven and six nominations respectively, forming the biggest winner lineup in the nomination list. There is a high probability that the best film should be these four. works of war.
“"Boyhood", "The Grand Budapest Hotel", "Birdman", and "Crunch", these four works are the only candidates to be nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay (Original/Adapted). , if you deduct "Birdman", you can also add a nomination for best editing.
It can be seen from all aspects that the overall momentum of these four works is easily ahead of other competitors, both from the perspective of the quality and quantity of nominations..
In addition to the above four nominations, "Boyhood" also received two important nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress. Although it lacks competitiveness in the technical department, the weight of the six nominations is no less than that of "Budapest" Grand Hotel” and “Birdman” have nine nominations, always neck and neck.
“The same is true for "Blast Drummer". The three nominations for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Sound Effects are also very important. Even in the face of strong competitors, it still has a competitiveness that cannot be underestimated. ——Sony Classics is gearing up for a big fight.
So, what about the other Best Picture contenders?？
“"The Imitation Game" also received seven nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Original Score, and Best Editing..
If it hadn't lost out on the Best Director nomination, it would still be a strong contender - which is why people are confused about the Weinstein Films' PR strategy.
“"American Sniper" was nominated for six categories, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Editing, Best Sound Effects and Best Sound Editing..
Although Clint Eastwood was not nominated for Best Director, his appeal in the Academy is still as strong as ever. Despite a mediocre reputation and completely ignored by the Golden Globe Awards, he still made a counterattack and entered the Oscars, and It has also gained something in the major awards department, and its power has not diminished..
“"The Theory of Everything" received five nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Original Score..
“"Selma Parade" was nominated for two awards, Best Picture and Best Original Song..
From the number of nominations, nomination departments and other details, we can clearly see the overall pattern of the first stage of the awards season, which is more concise and powerful than any analysis - in the battle for best picture, on the one hand, "Selma Parade" " has basically been declared completely eliminated, while "American Sniper" has successfully been nominated; on the other hand, the absent nomination of "Foxcatcher" is definitely an unsolved matter.
“"Foxcatcher" won a total of five nominations, including Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling, including two nominations for Best Supporting Actor. So, why not Best Picture? In all aspects, this work is comparable to "The Imitation Game", "American Sniper", and "The Theory of Everything". It is highly competitive from every angle, and it is really puzzling that it fell behind in the end..
The only possible explanation is that after the strong impact of the hacking incident, Sony Classics had to make a choice. They chose to abandon "Foxcatcher" and focus on "Explosion Drummer". The school's public relations strategy has quietly changed, just like the Weinstein movie. The industry is the same. But even with this explanation, it cannot provide complete coverage of the first stage of college public relations. It can only be a guess in an unsolved dilemma..
In this way, Weinstein Pictures abandoned "The Imitation Game" and Sony Classics abandoned "Foxcatcher", which also completely changed the awards season landscape. The second phase, which was already unpredictable, is now full of more. So much suspense, a little change may lead to a completely different development.
Of course, the performance of the work itself also affects the actors' gains to a certain extent - in the second stage of the academy's public relations battle, the overall strength of the work will inevitably have a supporting role in the competition of the acting department. With such an impact, you can now It is clearly visible among the nominations for the four major awards in the acting department.
The first is the lack of suspense in the supporting roles..
Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette in "Boyhood", Emma Stone in "Birdman", Keira Knightley in "The Imitation Game", Meryl in "The Jungle Book" Earl Streep and Laura Dern of "Walking into the Wild" are among the final five.
The biggest upsets are undoubtedly Laura Dern in "Into the Wild", Jessica Chastain in "The Most Violent Year", Imelda Staunton in "The Proud", and "Nightcrawler" "Rene-Russo" and "Saint Vincent"'s Naomi Watts all fell behind, while Laura Dern, who had always been unremarkable during the previous awards season, completed a comeback at the last moment. , one has to admire the public relations ability of Fox Searchlight, the distribution company that "wanders into the wilderness".
Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons for "Crackpot", Ethan Hawke for "Boyhood", Edward Norton for "Birdman", Steve Carell for "Foxcatcher" and Mark - Ruffalo, successfully earned an Oscar nomination.
The only surprise should be Steve Carell who signed up for the Best Supporting Actor category.
Since the entire awards season, the competition for the Best Supporting Actor department has been relatively stable. There are not many surprises and no disturbances. This is the case in all aspects. Even the calls for winning the award are all focused on JK Simmons. This is different from the competition. The fierce competition in the Best Actor category was in stark contrast, so Sony Classics made a shocking decision to sign up Steve Carell for the Supporting Actor category..
Steve Carell, a former comedian, has shown his comedy talents with the American TV series "The Office", but he has been nominated for the Emmy Award for six consecutive years but has been a runner-up for six consecutive years. This shows his dilemma; In terms of movies, works such as "Crazy Stupid Love", "The 40-Year-Old Virgin", "Little Miss Sunshine", and "Fake God 2" have all achieved good results, but they have never been able to open up opportunities for him..
Until the appearance of "Foxcatcher".
Carell, who has never been noticed by people, seems to have enlightened himself overnight. His acting skills are delicate and layered, and the depth of his eyes is the finishing touch, just like Matthew McConaughey last year, which made him win the award. It has received a lot of attention during the season. If it were placed in other years, it would not be difficult to win a Best Actor nomination, but this year it has encountered a rare "crowding", and Sony Classics itself has made a trade-off. This is how we are now.
Of course, "Foxcatcher" is an ensemble show, and there is no absolute protagonist to support the show. Channing Tatum's role is also very important, but he has not been able to win recognition. Every character can be said to be a protagonist or a supporting role, so There is not much controversy about signing up..
Before the Golden Globe Awards, Sony Classics had been applying for Best Supporting Actor for Steve Carell. Later, they realized that the clamor for Steve Carell was rapidly increasing, so they tried to push him out. Towards Best Actor, but as a result, there were deviations in the process of advancing the Golden Globe Award, and the whole situation changed again. So Sony Classics weighed it again and again, and still signed up for Carell for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor..
Sure enough, there was an unexpected surprise in the battle for the Best Actor at the Golden Globe Awards, and the competition has become fierce. Now, "Foxcatcher" has successfully snatched two seats in the Best Supporting Actor department, which also makes Sony Classics win the Best Supporting Actor category. In the competition, one company is the dominant one, with three seats. It must be said that Sony Classics made a good move..
Secondly, the leading role department is more competitive..
Best Actress: Julianne Moore ("Still Alice"), Felicity Jones ("The Theory of Everything"), Reese Witherspoon ("Into the Wild"), Rosa Mander ("Gone Girl") - Parker and Marion Cotillard of "Two Days and One Night" have joined forces to become candidates for the Best Actress competition..
There are basically no doubts about the first four seats, but the fifth nomination seat has a shocking upset, Amy Adams from "Big Eyes", Jennifer Aniston from "Cake", and Amy from "Into the Woods" Millie Blunt, three strong candidates were eliminated one after another, but Marion Cotillard, who had no movement at all before, quietly completed the counterattack, triggering a cry of exclamation.
Judging from the nomination list of the Screen Actors Guild, Jennifer Aniston has completed a counterattack with "Cake" and is very, very hopeful to be nominated for an Oscar for the first time in her career..
The actress, who has gained a foothold with "Friends", performed perfectly in the academy's public relations during the awards season. Her proactive and humorous performance showed that she has been in Hollywood for many years. All signs indicate that, She was about to achieve a breakthrough in her career, but in the end something unexpected happened. The entire industry was filled with exclamations, not understanding what was happening..
However, this is the voting result of the academy judges. Even if the judges themselves don’t know what happened, they can no longer change the result..
A similar situation also occurred in the Best Actor department. The nominees for the Screen Actors Guild Awards had stragglers and successfully caused a cry of exclamation..
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