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2301 Two Dark Horses

In the Best Actress Department, Jennifer Aniston of "Cake" fell behind at the last moment, and Marion Cotillard, who "two days and one night", made a counterattack.

There is no doubt that this is one of the major upsets on the Oscar nomination list. The Academy's PR performance was perfect throughout the awards season. Jennifer Aniston won consecutive Golden Globes and American Actors' Union nominations. Almost everyone thought that her Oscar nomination would be a foregone conclusion; but it eventually dropped.

What is more worth discussing is that "Two Days and One Night" is a French film that is a competition for the best actors and actresses with its foreign language performances. It is relatively difficult. Max Mickelson's "hunting" back then was like this. At the same time, Marion Cotillard actually did not participate in the academy's public relations this year. There were not many follow-ups after the movie was screened in Cannes. All major directional signs in the awards season ignored this work, but they completed the uproar at the last moment.

In fact, dark horses appear every few days, that is, works that almost no one noticed during the awards season have emerged, the "Beast of the South" in 2012, the "Uninvited Guest" in 2008, the "Maria of Blessed in 2004, the "Night Before Night Falls" in 2000, the "Postman" in 1995... and so on, especially in the performance department of the male and female protagonists, there seems to be no academic public relations or publicity channels. It just relies on its strong strength to counterattack without warning, making the monk confused.

Including the "detachment" in 2012, it also belongs to a similar situation.

Such frequent occurrences also put forward an illusion: in addition to the public relations of the college, outstanding works can still be recognized.

In the final analysis, the college judges also understand that the so-called "academic public relations" competes with soft power, and does not have much direct relationship with strength, and is more of a push-and-blocking and pulling in social occasions. This has also led the Oscars to evolve from "award recognition" to "public relations games", or even exchange of interests. Obviously, this is not the original intention of the award ceremony, and Oscars do not want to become the Golden Globe; deep down, they still hope to commend those real and powerful actors, so that the entire film industry can continue to operate, and the authority of the Oscars can continue to maintain.

Of course, it is not that Jennifer Aniston of the "cake" is not outstanding enough, but just like actors from "idol" origins such as Matthew McConaughey, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise, and Brad Pitt, the academy is always more demanding and often refuses to recognize their efforts at critical moments. The same is true for Aniston now. quietly, many judges voted for Marion who "two days and one night".

The number of people who voted for Marion may even be more than they thought. Then, an accident happened.

Although Marion did not appear frequently in the academy's public relations scenes, the French distribution company, which "two days and one night", has always been actively promoting its works, which has also created an accident on the final nomination list.

So, does the same situation apply to Renley?

At least, a similar situation also happened when the dark horse in the Best Actor Department appeared. However, it was not a dark horse like Marion, but another nominee from the American Actors Union fell behind.

Best Actor, Eddie Redmayne of "Theory of Everything", Michael Keaton of "Birdman", Renly Hall of "Explosive Drummer", and Jack Gyllenhaal of "Night Walker", form the stable No. 1 Group; there is another seat belonging to Bradley Cooper of "American Sniper", and they form the final lineup of players in the battle for the best actors.

Take a breath!

Take a breath of coldness in the true sense!

In the nomination of the American Actors Union Award, the last seat was Benedict Cumberbatch, who belonged to the "imitation game", and the choice was replaced by Bradley Cooper's counterattack. This is undoubtedly the biggest upset on the Oscar list, completely changing the entire competitive landscape of the Best Actor.

It is not Joaquin Phoenix, who is "evil in nature", it is not David Oiro of the "Selma Parade", it is not Bill Murray of the "Saint Vincent", it is not Ralph Fiennes of the "Budapest Hotel", but Bradley Cooper who has never won any outpost nomination before!

Judging from the outpost situation, the nomination seats of the British Academy Awards, Golden Globes, American Actors' Union Awards and other film critics associations are relatively clear and clear. All the first four actors have successfully won the nominations. Among them, Jack Gyllenhaal firmly occupies a place with his "Night Walker" performance, which has also become the biggest surprise of the Oscar this year; but there are always questions about the remaining seat.

People can predict that in the end someone will inevitably fall behind, but they did not expect that Bradley would be the one who took the lead in the last moment!

Previously, everyone was discussing the feat of Lanley's nomination for the Oscar for four consecutive years at a young age, and then he couldn't help but complain that Lanley was the "academic darling", but now people realize that Bradley is the real "academic darling", "happiness line behind the dark clouds", "American scam", and "American sniper". He also won the Oscar nomination for three consecutive years without realizing it.

The point is that Bradley's acting skills seem to have never been truly proven. Among the three works, his performance is not the most excellent and outstanding one, but it has been rising steadily with the popularity of the awards season of the work itself. Nominations that others cannot win in their entire lives, Bradley easily completed the "three consecutive games"?

This...what is going on?

If Renly needs to be "questioned", then should Bradley be criticized or even cursed?

The social network gave their response, and all the doubts swarmed towards Bradley, condemning, complaining and dissatisfaction. A few of them stood up for Jack Gyllenhaal and Renly Hall. Their outstanding performances were repeatedly unable to get corresponding affirmation, while Bradley was nominated for three consecutive years in a row. What's more, isn't Benedict Cumberbatch worthy of a nomination seat?

There was a lot of controversy surrounding Bradley's nomination, so bustling that other nominees were temporarily ignored.

Renli made history and was shortlisted for the best actor for five consecutive years, surpassing Malone Brando and Al Pacino and becoming a unique existence in film history. The young Renli was only twenty-five years old. Even people who had long been numb had to be amazed at Renli's glory.

In fact, Bradley Cooper is innocent. He just completed his performance conscientiously, and then participated in the college's public relations, hoping to open up the situation for his career. His affinity, humor, generous, loyalty and other qualities really gave him more powerful connections. As the producer of the "American Sniper", he has put in more effort and is now rewarded. This has also become a turning point for him to completely change the situation at the top of the Hollywood pyramid, and later he succeeded in "the birth of a star".

In terms of actor power alone, Bradley can now be compared with Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, George Clooney and others. It may be slightly better than Renly, who doesn't like socializing and public relations. After all, business still needs cooperation negotiations.

The reason why social networks treat Bradley so harshly and even inhumane is more of arguing for other nominees and other losers.

Perhaps, there is a trace of jealousy deep in my heart.

On this nomination list, Jack Gyllenhaal of "Night Walker" finally made his way. Since winning the nomination for Best Supporting Actor for "Brokeback Mountain" in 2005, he has been "sent to the cold palace" by the academy. On the one hand, because of the controversial subject of "Brokeback Mountain", and on the other hand, because the young and handsome Jack is also considered an "idol student". No matter how hard he works or performs, the judges of the academy always ignore his breakthrough at the performance level.

This year's "Night Walker" made people truly see a completely different Jack Gyllenhaal. His performance was reborn and infatuated and received unanimous praise; but when it came to the Oscar stage, the sincere actor still did not receive much support, and the judges of the college were still punishing him for his choice, which also cast a shadow on Jack's Oscar prospects.

It's like Jennifer Aniston.

Although Jack has been nominated for major cities such as the British Academy Award, the Golden Globe Award, and the American Actors' Union Award, the Oscar nomination still has to be a question mark.

In the end, Jack was nominated for the top five, which caused a lot of praise and praise, and many people were even more excited than Jack himself.

In fact, according to rumors in the college, Jack Gyllenhaal almost lost to Benedict Cumberbatch. The final vote gap was very, very weak. Jack almost stepped on the passing line and barely entered the shortlist. In other words, it was not Bradley who replaced Benedict, but Jack.

In other words, Bradley was completely ignored in many important towns and could hardly see nominations, and he was still easily shortlisted in the academy voting; while Jack swept the nominations for other important awards ceremony, and his reputation was strong, but the old scholarly judges still refused to recognize them.

This makes people laugh and cry, but it also makes people angry.

A little surprised is that it was not Sony Classics that turned the situation around in the end, but Sisyphus Films. Andre Hamilton played a vital role. He knew deeply how to deal with stubborn old guys, which also became the key key.

Regardless, Jack Gyllenhaal finally won his second Oscar nomination in his career, which is a gratifying feat.

On the one hand, people cheered and cheered for Jack's breakthrough and also gave applause for Renley's creative history; but on the other hand, behind Bradley, there are many outstanding actors who are ignored, which is undoubtedly a great regret.
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