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769 Missing the Ballon d'Or

In January, the cold winter in the northern hemisphere, London is gloomy and rainy, but Los Angeles is still sunny and warm as spring. Without Renly Hall's presence, the Hollywood Hilton Hotel is still bustling with stars.——

In the TV series department, this year is undoubtedly a good year, with "Homeland", "Game of Thrones", "American Horror Story", "Boardwalk Empire", "Breaking Bad", "The Good Wife", "Downton Abbey" Wait for popular works to appear in full glory, and compete for various awards..

And Kate Winslet, Diane Lane, Zoey Desel, Alec Baldwin, Matt LeBron ), Bryan-ston and other popular actors will also attend the ceremony.

The film department is a relatively small year. There are no high-profile box office giants to enter the competition during the awards season, and there are no majestic epics or masterpieces to enter the competition during the awards season. Most of them are small-budget. , small structure, small story, and small life mainly, to some extent, weaken the attraction of the ultimate showdown during the awards season. However, this year’s top superstars are countless.

Steven Spielberg, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster, Charlie Z-Theron, Aaron Sorkin, David Fincher, Christian Bale...these names are all the backbone of Hollywood. Each name represents a story, a piece of history, and the following. attention that comes from.

Rooney Mara, Ryan Gosling, Natalie Portman, Michelle Williams, Shailene Woodley, Jonah Hill, Michael Fassbender De, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy...these names represent the future of Hollywood. Some are new generation actors, and some are new names that have suddenly emerged in the past year..

There were nearly 200 guests, more than 400 reporters, as many as 600 spectators, and more than 600 onlookers. The Golden Globe Awards ceremony was still noisy; Renly's absence, in the eyes of many people, was Lan Li's absence. Renly's regret - after all, at this year's awards ceremony, Renly should be the well-deserved center of attention, even compared with George, Ryan, and Brad, he is not inferior in any way..

However, after the four-hour awards ceremony came to an end, many people's views seemed to have wavered. Now it seems that Renly's absence may not be such a bad choice..

I don’t know whether it was because he accepted the lessons and warnings from last year, or because this year’s gossip and gossip were not very good, but Ricky Gervais’ performance at the award ceremony that night was much more restrained. People are drowsy, but not to the point of continuous laughter, which also affects the ratings to a greater or lesser extent..

The number of viewers of the 69th Golden Globe Awards was 16 million, and the ratings were 5.0. Compared with last year, it dropped by 15 percentage points. The decline was not large and was within an acceptable range. , but considering this year’s star-studded All-Star lineup, such a performance is inevitably a bit disappointing..

Ironically, even if the overall performance has declined, the Golden Globe Awards is still the most watched non-sports live program on NBC. This can’t help but remind people of the joke in Ricky Gervais’s opening remarks, “The first host Hosting the second largest award show in the world, broadcast by the third largest...sorry, fourth largest television network in the United States”.

Just as the ratings have declined and the popularity of the topic has cooled down, the list of winners of this year’s Golden Globe Awards is also really lackluster..

In the competition for the best film in the drama category, "The Help", which received rave reviews, failed to win. "Hugo", which definitely exceeded expectations in the industry, failed to pursue the victory and instead focused on the "after-effects" of mid-life crisis. "People" had the last laugh.

But in fact, the overall reputation of this work is far inferior to Alexander Payne's two previous works, "Sideways" and "About Schmidt", even compared to the early "School" On the other hand, the advantages of "Help" and "Hugo" are not as obvious as imagined. The trend of the awards cannot be regarded as disappointing or disappointing, just calm..

In the competition for Best Picture in the Musical Comedy category, "The Artist" pulled off a moderate upset, defeating the dark horse "Bridesmaids" at the box office, the overwhelmingly popular "The Fight", and Woody. - Allen's best performance in the past 20 years, "Midnight in Paris", is really jaw-dropping.

Throughout this year’s awards season, drama films and musical comedy films are two completely different aspects..

The average level of drama films is very good, and the overall quality of a series of works is very similar. There is no particularly bad work, and there is no particularly outstanding work. This also makes the choice more and more difficult. The Golden Globe Award simply goes to six nominated seats.

On the other hand, musical comedy movies have clear strengths and weaknesses. The four works "Midnight in Paris", "The Fight Against Cancer", "The Artist" and "Bridesmaid" have obvious advantages. The quality of other works has a big gap. Among them, except for "Bridesmaids" as a pure low-brow comedy, similar to the status of "The Hangover" back then, the other three works are comparable..

But who would have thought that "Midnight in Paris", which was supported by Woody, would have a higher reputation than "Midnight in Paris" and "Midnight in Barcelona". The industry generally believed that the old man was back in youth again; and "I Fight Cancer", which was supported by Renly, the overall work The reputation of quality has been strong during the awards season, and it has been highly praised from performances to scripts to themes. As a result, both works lost to "artists". There are no big-name directors, no big-name actors, and no big-name producers. It’s even a work produced in France that commemorates the golden age of Hollywood and blazes a trail..

This is not a shock, but it is not a surprise either, it just makes people...hard to describe..

In stark contrast, the awarding of Best Director, Martin Scorsese stood out with "Hugo" and won his third Golden Globe trophy..

This is Martin's year.

Since "Casino" in 1995, Martin has been obsessed with chasing Oscars. After that, his works have all fallen into the mold of the Oscar winner, such as "Gangs of New York", "The Aviator" and "The Departed" The same is true for other works, the skills are more and more neatly matched, but the atmosphere and sharpness in the early "Taxi Driver", "Raging Bull" and "Goodfellas" have completely disappeared. "The Departed" was able to win the award that year, and more Thanks to the old man’s merit vote, all the hard work has been rewarded and the merits have been fulfilled..

However, after winning the Oscar, Martin let go of his hands and feet. First, "Shutter Island" amazed loyal fans, and then this year's "Hugo", which is full of childlike and whimsical lens language. It has reawakened the deep love for movies in every audience. This 70-year-old man still shows his enthusiasm and has received unanimous praise from the public opinion circles..

Defeating his old rival Woody Allen, defeating Mesozoic directors Alexander Payne and George Clooney, and defeating the unknown Michel Hazanavicius, Martin once again became the winner of this year's awards season The big hit.

Objectively speaking, if the best picture in the drama category is awarded to "Hugo", corresponding to the best director, then the Golden Globe Awards will be much more interesting, and the third stage of the following awards season will also be much more interesting. It is a pity. Unfortunately, the Golden Globe Awards chose to divide the cake as usual, which made the list of winners become boring..

Compared with Best Picture and Best Director, this year the competition for the Actors Department is more suspenseful and topical..

For Best Actress in a Drama Series, Meryl Streep led the way and was easily crowned for her role in "The Iron Lady"; for Best Actress in a Musical Comedy, Michelle Williams won the title for her role in "Me and Marilyn" Challenged Marilyn Monroe in "The Week" and was well received. She powerfully defeated a competitor and successfully won the award; for Best Supporting Actress, Octavia Spencer from "The Help" had the last laugh..

Among them, both actors played real characters in history. In addition to their lifelike performances, they also challenged their own limits. It is foreseeable that Meryl and Michelle will compete for the Oscar this year. It is bound to enter a fever pitch.

Best Actor in a Drama Series, George Clooney for "The Descendants" won his third Golden Globe; Best Actor in a Musical Comedy, Jean-Dujardin stood out for "The Artist"; "Beginners" "Christopher Plummer finally got his long-cherished wish.

The list of winning actors once again continues the consistent style of Hollywood - respecting the elderly but not the young, with 28-year-old Jonah Hill, 32-year-old Ryan Gosling, 22-year-old Renly -Hall and thirty-five-year-old Michael Fassbender were all ignored; and of the three winners, Jean, the youngest, is already forty years old this year. Among them, Ryan and Renly are two super rising stars. , raised and dropped twice, he was the most disappointed person at the award ceremony.

Objectively speaking, in this year's competition for Best Actor in a Drama Series, the industry is generally optimistic about the duo of Renly and Michael..

The former gave the most eye-catching love movie performance since "Annie Hall" in 1977 with "Crazy Love" - ​​"Brokeback Mountain" and "Blue Valentine" are closer to dramas, many Film critics have compared Renly to Heath Ledger, who died young; the latter's restrained and delicate, skillful and explosive performance in "Shame" fully demonstrated the depth and inner strength of European actors. , almost broke into the entire Hollywood field of vision like a comet, and its momentum was even more fierce than Ryan's five years ago..

However, both of them lost to George.

The competition for Best Actor in a Musical Comedy is originally a duel between Jean Dujardin and Renly Hall. Whether it is the performance itself or the overall work, the two actors have obvious advantages. In North America In the local area, Renly's voice was slightly higher. Age was his biggest disadvantage, but his performance in being nominated four times in two years impressed countless people; unfortunately, Renly still lost to Jean in the end..

It is generally believed that it is probably the result of splitting votes: some people voted for "Crazy Love" and some people voted for "I Fight Cancer", so after the votes were dispersed, they returned empty-handed..

So, can the twin stars of Renly and Ryan continue to shine in the coming Oscars? After the Golden Globe Awards ended, not only were the questions unanswered, but they became even more confused..