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It’s awards season again, it’s the Golden Globe Awards, and it’s the Oscars. It seems that in just a blink of an eye, the sleeping beast wakes up again, attracting attention from all over the world..
For the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, authority is obviously not the focus they need to pay attention to. Entertainment to death is. In order to create explosive points, attract attention, and star effect, they can make "compromises and concessions", for example, nominations An abysmal film like "The Road Trip"; another example, awarding the Best Picture Musical Comedy category to a wonderful popcorn movie like "The Hangover"; another example, one award with six nominations, or two Egg yolks running all over the floor.
This year, it’s no exception. Same recipe, same taste.
Among the best films in the drama category, six works have won nominations, "The Descendants", "War Horse", "The Help", "The President", "Moneyball", "Hugo"”.
In addition to the "help" that relies on the overall comprehensive strength to fight a bloody road, behind each work there is a top star to sit and join: the "descendant" of George Clooney and Alexander Payne (Alexander-Payne) , Steven Spielberg's "War Horse", George Clooney and Ryan Gosling's "The President", Brad Pitt's "Moneyball", Martin Scorsese's "Hugo”.
This is a difficult problem that cannot be chosen. So the Hollywood Foreign Press Association gave up the choice and generously gave six nomination seats, catching them all in one go. A typical Golden Globe Award approach.
However, overall, in the awards season so far, these six works are indeed temporarily ranked in the first group, plus several other works that unfortunately were not selected, "Crazy Love", "Life" "Tree", "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", these works are bound to have a lot of competition in the second half of the subsequent awards season..
As always, the competition for best picture in the musical comedy category is always relatively weak, and this year's five nominations are no exception, namely "The Artist", "Me and Me", "Midnight in Paris", "Me and Marilyn" One Week", "Bridesmaids"”.
Among them, the most noteworthy one is Woody Allen. As for other works, they are slightly less topical and less popular. However, two small-budget comedies, "Fighting Cancer" and "Bridesmaids", were shortlisted. , has become this year’s masterpiece, which is undoubtedly a highlight.
It is worth mentioning that the work "The Artist" received good reviews at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The leading actor Jean-Dujardin successfully won the Cannes Best Actor. Subsequently, the Weinstein Brothers bought and distributed it. copyright, and then embarked on a unique awards season journey.
They flew all over the world to attend various film festivals, including Moscow, Montreal, Toronto, Athens, Zurich, New York, Austin, Amsterdam, etc. However, the quality of the finished film has not received enough recognition. Te Liu Major film festivals such as Ryde, Venice, Oslo, London, and Rome all rejected this work's application.
Despite this, the Weinstein brothers still used the slogan of "remembering the golden age of Hollywood" to reawaken the narcissism and self-affirmation of the Academy judges. After being ignored by multiple film critics associations, they successfully won the first stage of the awards season. Before the show was about to end, it received a Golden Globe nomination and sounded the clarion call for counterattack..
It is rumored that George Clooney, who has two works in "The Descendants" and "The Presidency" this year, personally endorsed Jean-Jardin and led Jean into the Hollywood academy public relations circle-even "President" Ryan Gosling, the leading actor of "The Killing", did not receive such treatment. This work is also known as the first film that is truly tailored to the aesthetics and preferences of Hollywood's academy since the concept of the awards season was officially born in 1998. This is a love letter to Oscar.
Therefore, this year's best film in the musical comedy category has also added suspense. Will Mr. Woody remain strong, or will the "artist" hold high the banner of counterattack, or will "Bridesmaids" replicate the miracle of "The Hangover"? To a certain extent, the topic is more interesting than the average drama department..
In addition to the best picture, the five best director seats are respectively held by Martin Scorsese of "Hugo", Alexander Payne of "Descendants", George Clooney of "The President", "Midnight in Paris"'s Woody Allen and "The Artist's" Michel-Hazanavicius team up to carve up.
Among them, the little-known Michelle is undoubtedly the biggest highlight in this year’s nomination list..
However, compared to the star-studded cast and the endless buzz, the list of director nominations seems to be uneventful. Among the actors in this year’s Golden Globe nomination list, it can definitely be said that there are many exciting ones..
First is the actress department.
Best Actress in a Drama Series: Meryl Streep ("The Iron Lady"), Vio-Davis ("The Help"), Felicity Jones ("Crazy Love") , Glenn-Colse of "The Indistinguishable" and Rooney Mara of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" successfully ranked among the top five nominees.
Felicity and Rooney, the new generation, became the biggest gains in 2011. The rise of Generation Y last year continued again; Viola, the Mesozoic generation, and Meryl and Glenn, the older generation, these three They are all veteran drama stars who are well-known in the industry. Their absolute strength makes their nominations without any suspense..
Overall, there are not many controversies in this nomination list. The only ones who are upset are Tilda Swinton ("We need to talk about Kevin") and Kristen Duns ("Melancholia"). Special (Kristen-Dunst), Lei-Hatami ("A Separation") was not shortlisted, but it is not a big surprise.
Best Actress in a Musical Comedy: Michelle Williams for "My Week with Marilyn", Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster for "The Killing", Charlize Seychelles for "Teenage" Long, Kristen Wiig of "Bridesmaids," receives nomination.
This year's musical comedy department was generally uneventful. Kristen won a nomination for her box office dark horse "Bridesmaids", which was an unexpected bonus. Berenice-Bejo of "The Artist" did not apply for the leading actress, but chose Supporting Actress, it’s no surprise that she’s absent from contention in the department.
Best Supporting Actress: Bérénice Bejo for "The Artist," Octavia Spencer and Jessica Chastain for "The Help," and "The Ingenious" Ja-McTeer, the "crazy" Jennifer Lawrence, is on the list.
Overall, this year is another typical Hollywood year - all the popular movies are made by male actors, and the competition for female actors is still a bit weak overall. "The three works have received multiple nominations for actresses' acting skills, making them the highlight of this year..
Among them, the up-and-coming Jessica Chastain, Rooney Mara, and Felicity Jones undoubtedly attracted everyone's attention.
Next is the actor department.
Best Actor in a Drama Series: George Clooney for "Descendants", Ryan Gosling for "The President", Michael Fassbender for "Shame", and Brad for "Moneyball" - Peter, and the "crazy" Renly Hall, successfully occupied five seats.
Among this list, "Hoover" created by Leonardo DiCaprio and Clint Eastwood encountered an avalanche of reputation. The collaboration failed to create the effect of "one plus one is greater than two". This work became the worst finished product of the two superstars in the past ten years, triggering continuous exclamations..
Best Actor in a Musical Comedy: Jean Jardine for "The Artist", Renly Hall for "The Last Day", Owen Wilson for "Midnight in Paris", Brendan Gerard for "Bad Boys" Leeson and Ryan Gosling of "Crazy, Stupid Love" will compete head-on.
Overall, there are no surprises among the five nominees, and there are not many surprises among the unsuccessful actors. It can be said to be a satisfactory nomination list..
The Golden Globe Awards' musical comedy awards seem to have become useless, and the attention is getting off track every year. People are obviously more curious about how spoof comedies such as "Bridesmaids" and "The Hangover" can be used in the field of art. What achievements are achieved in the awards season for the purpose, rather than how outstanding the comedian's performance is.
The reason why Jim Carrey is so recognized is because he is the last "artistically recognized comedy master" in the 21st century. After him, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, Will - Comedians led by Farrell were almost invisible during the awards season. It was not until Steve-Carell's sudden enlightenment in 2014 that it ended the trend of comedians' decline year by year..
This year's five nominations prove this to some extent. Except for Owen Wilson, who is an authentic comedian, the other four nominees cannot be regarded as comedians in the strict sense..
Finally, in the Best Supporting Actor category, Christopher Plummer for "Beginners", Jonah Hill for "Moneyball", Viggo Mortensen for "A Dangerous Method", "Desperado" Albert Brooks of "Drive" and Kenneth Branagh of "My Week with Monroe" received nominations.
Compared with the supporting actress, the supporting actor department is a little quiet. The weight of the entire nomination is weak. The overall quality of "A Dangerous Method" is limited. Albert's performance in "Drive" can only be said to be average. Jonah's performance is only average. As a new generation comedian who was nominated for "Moneyball", it is better to say that he got the favor of producer Brad Pitt..
The only thing worthy of recognition is veteran actor Christopher, a golden actor who became famous in the 1960s. He delivered an award-winning performance for the second consecutive year, which is eye-catching..
The entire male actor department has received many "warriors" who have received positive recognition. There was not a single nomination. This is undoubtedly the biggest upset. Joel-Edgerton (Joel-Edgerton), Tom-Hardy (Tom-Hardy) ), Nick Nolte (Niolte) and other male actors were completely ignored and failed to replicate the feat of last year's "The Fighter", which is disappointing.
In addition, the works such as "The Killing", "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", "Shanghai Ultimatum", "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" have not been collected, which can be regarded as a minor surprise, but not enough to trigger discussion..
So, what exactly is worth discussing? In other words, who is worth discussing? Not Meryl, who was nominated for the 17th Golden Globe Award, nor the Generation Y actors who once again occupied the spotlight, but three gentlemen - George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, and Renly Hall！
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