The 52nd Golden Globe Awards were originally stolen the limelight by the Sundance Film Festival, and the list of winners also received a lot of criticism, including Best Actor in a Musical Comedy Jim Carrey lost to Hugh Grant, Best Actor in a Drama Hugo Lancaster lost to Tom Hanks, and the Best Foreign Language Film "Blue-White-Red Trilogy Red" lost to "The Peerless Enchantress", among which there is undoubtedly the most controversy about the drama actor.

It's not that Tom Hanks's performance in "Forrest Gump" is not good enough, it's just that relatively speaking, Hugo's "pulp fiction" is more worthy of praise. This also makes the competition for the Oscar one of the biggest highlights.

The list of nominees for the Oscar for Best Actor replicates the four seats on the Golden Globe list for Best Actor in a Drama Series, Tom Hanks for Forrest Gump, Morgan Freeman for The Shawshank Redemption, Paul Newman for No One is a Fool, and Hugo Lancaster for Pulp Fiction.

The competition between these four actors is undoubtedly one of the biggest highlights, and the fierce competition is undoubtedly the focus of everyone's attention.

Tom, who was crowned the actor last year, is menacing again this year, and the coronation of the Golden Globe Awards has also become his biggest bargaining chip; Veteran actor Paul once again gave a wonderful performance, and not long ago he won the title of Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival, adding to the Oscar journey; Morgan, who was nominated for acting in 1987 and 1989, is now also in full swing, and his calm and restrained yet rhythmic performance style has won numerous applause.

Then there is Hugo, the representative of the new generation, the delicate and humorous, exaggerated but not out of control performance in "Pulp Fiction" won a round of applause, and the Cannes actor is the best proof, although Hugo relied on "Schindler's List" to win the best supporting actor last year, but compared with Tom, who won the best actor last year, Hugo who once again relied on a wonderful performance to prove himself this year, still has a relatively obvious advantage.

It can be said that the competition between Tom and Hugo is the main theme, but Morgan's impact should not be underestimated, even if Morgan wins, it is not an upset, and Paul, who has entered the Hall of Fame at this time, is slightly inferior, but he is definitely not a companion. The competition between these four actors was a mystery until the moment the awards were announced, and even the academy judges could not know.

In addition to these four actors, another seat nominated for the Oscar is "The Crazy King George. madness。 of。 king。 gee)", this British work, which did not receive a single nomination at the Golden Globe Awards, achieved a big reversal at the Oscars, winning three important nominations for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Actor Nigel Hawthorne Hawthorne) replaces Brad Pitt, who was nominated for Best Actor in a Drama at the Golden Globes.

This is undoubtedly an interesting situation, when the Golden Globe Award nominations came out, many critics thought that Aidan Quinn, who performed more brilliantly in "The Burning Years" than Brad, should be shortlisted, and Brad reluctantly got nominated by relying on the super popularity of "Night Vampire".

Now, the Oscars have also proved this point with a list of nominees.

Originally, people were looking forward to another showdown between Hugo and Brad, but now it seems that Brad still has some way to go before Brad can challenge Hugo head-on.

In addition to the Best Actor category, the competition in the other three acting categories is significantly inferior, and some highlights are generally missing. "Crazy King George" and "Bullets over Broadway", two works that were snubbed at the Golden Globe Awards, shined in the Oscar acting department, which also became the only bright spot in the acting department in addition to the best actor competition.

Comparatively speaking, the director department and the script department are much more lively.

The directorial skills of "The Shawshank Redemption" have not received any recognition, which has been largely affirmed even after twenty years, and the highlight of this work has never been with director Frank Darabont. Robert Zemeckis of Forrest Gump. zemeckis) and Quentin Tarantino of "Pulp Fiction" joined Robert Redford of "Behind the Scenes" in the competition.

Although the number of nominations for "Behind the Scenes Lies" is not as high as that for "The Shawshank Redemption", the quality of all four nominations is very high, which is one of the reasons why the competition for Best Picture is fierce.

The other two spots for Best Director went to Woody Allen for "Bullets Over Broadway" and Krzysztof Kieślowski for "The Red of the Blue-White-Red Trilogy." Although these two works both failed to be selected for Best Picture and were counterattacked at the last moment by "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Four Weddings and a Funeral", the quality of the two works is undoubted, especially Woody Allen, who has never disdained the Oscars but has never been stingy with his admiration for the Academy, and "Bullets Over Broadway" also received seven nominations, including three acting nominations, one director nomination and one script nomination, which is absolutely heavyweight.

The competition between the five top directors is no less than that of Best Picture, especially the two directors who are absent from the Best Picture competition, and the strength is strong enough to be on an equal footing with the other three nominees. From this point of view, the competition for Best Director is even fiercer than Best Picture and Best Actor.

The scorching popularity of the screenwriting department is reflected in the two departments of adaptation and originality, and nine of the ten nominated works are all big favorites at this year's Oscars, and they are also classics in 1994.

The five nominees for Best Original Screenplay belonged to "Pulp Fiction," "Bullets Over Broadway," "Four Weddings and a Funeral," "The Red of the Blue-White-Red Trilogy," and "Angel of Sin." creatures）”。 With the exception of "Angel of Sin", the scripts of the other four works have received numerous praises, and they are also a solid foundation for the film's great success, which can definitely be called a bayonet competition.

Even if it is the "Angel of Sin", this work has a lot of origin. This is Peter Jackson, who will become famous all over the world with the "Lord of the Rings" series. JA) self-written and directed works, and Kate Winslet can be seen in the starring cast.

The five best adapted screenplays are "Forrest Gump", "Mad George", "No One Is a Fool", "Behind the Scenes" and "The Shawshank Redemption". The nominated works are all works that have received important recognition at the Oscars, and although there are only two nominations in hand for the fewest nominations, "No One is a Fool" - one is Paul Newman's Best Actor, but the strength cannot be ignored.

The most incredible thing in this department is Hugo.

Just like the Golden Globe Awards not long ago, Frank still reported Hugo's name when he signed up, so Hugo appeared as a screenwriter in the staff list of "The Shawshank Redemption". This caused a lively discussion among many people.

In the past, when the Golden Globe nominations were announced, people were at most just watching the excitement, but now it's different. "Before Sunrise" was enthusiastically sought after at Sundance, and after its release, it won the hearts of countless audiences, among which Hugo was unanimously praised as a screenwriter. This qiē proves that Hugo has a talent for screenwriting.

Then Hugo's appearance in the Oscar nomination list as a member of the screenwriting team of "The Shawshank Redemption" is not only lively, but also an affirmation of strength. People can't help but wonder if "before sunrise", which missed this year's competition, will be on the list of nominees for next year's Oscars.

Compared with last year's "Schindler's List" and "Farewell to Lovers", this year's competition pattern obviously has more surprises, and it also makes people more curious about the trend of the results.

It is worth mentioning that "Night Interview with Vampire" and "Burning Years", which have been hyped countless times before, are obviously even less comparable to "Pulp Fiction" at the Oscars. "The Burning Years" is not bad, and has been nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, and Best Sound; "Interview with the Vampire" was nominated for Best Art Direction and Best Score, but they also won a Golden Plum trophy - Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise's Worst Pairing Award.

This also triggered another round of ridicule from the Chicago Tribune, "Well, Brad, Tom and Hugo are on the same track again." But alas, they don't have Hugo's courage. ”

Both Brad and Tom were absent from the Golden Raspberry Awards - to be exact, except for Hugo's shocking acceptance of the award, and no one wanted to attend the Golden Raspberry Awards for the next three years.

From this level, it once again proves that there is still a huge gap between Brad and Hugo now. A single "pulp novel" has almost blown up all competitors. However, Hugo's accurate vision for film selection is also reflected in another work, "The Speed of Life and Death".

Although this simple popcorn commercial film did not compete for the main Oscar awards, it has been universally recognized at the technical level, not only with two technical nominations for best sound and best sound editing, but also for the nomination of the important department of best editing, which is the best affirmation of "life and death".

The Los Angeles Times had this to say about the list of nominees, "Following last year's Steven Spielberg, this year Hugo Lancaster has proved his strong sense of existence in his way. ”

Last year, Steven Spielberg had "Schindler's List" and Wu had "Jurassic Park"; This year, Hugo has "pulp fiction" and "speed of life and death", which is really interesting. It's just that Steven achieved a big victory last year, so can Hugo replicate this result this year?

Under such anticipation, the Oscars kicked off!