Getty ImagesWith this year’s Oscars less than two weeks away, most results have reached a boring, predictable stage. The awards season will progress through the Golden Globe Awards season, which took place on January 5th this year. In the following weeks, by the time Oscar himself rolls there will be plenty of prizes thrown by so many guilds and critics’ associations. It seems to be anti-climax. By then, everyone knows that Oppenheimer is about to win a stack of trophies, or that the best photo award is a coin flip between some favorites – La La Land Moon Light, the power of the Coda v Dog – remains to get excited? Sometimes, the Oscars can feel like a summation of all previous awards ceremonies rather than in themselves a ceremony.
Not this year. This is one of the closest and most thrilling Oscar races to date, as some horses still have their necks and necks stretched home. The odds continue to change, different awards organizations continue to move in different directions, and critics continue to struggle with confidence saying who the big winner will be. Baftas sums up the glorious confusion. The most glamorous gala in the British film industry took place in London on Sunday evenings, but the event, considered an important indicator of where Oscars are heading, did not clever commentators.
Conclave won prizes for the best films, best British films, best adapted scripts and best editing. . However, film star Ralph Fiennes did not win the best actor Buffta, the award he had widespread leaning. Instead, this trophy went to Adrian Brody for the Brutalist. This is a film that also won Bufftus for its editing, scores and director (Brady Corbett). Hmm. If British voters were more willing to honor Brody than Fiennes, the much-loved pillar of British film, we should be saying that Oscar Frontrunners are actually brutal people. mosquito?
Well, maybe. But what about Anora? Sean Baker’s dynamic anti-romantic comedy nodded ahead of the competition in the last week or two weeks as he won Best Picture at the DGA, PGA, WGA and Critics’ Choice Awards. At BAFTAS, she won the best casting and best actress prizes, with the latter award that made Mikey Madison particularly important. Before Sunday, most commentators assumed that BAFTA would go to Demi Moore for the substance. This is Marian Jean Baptist, the British star of Mike Lee’s Hard Truth, who hasn’t even been nominated for an Oscar. But if 25-year-old Madison can defeat both, does that mean she can defeat Moore to Oscar, despite Moore being the current actress favorite? What’s more, does that mean that now, Anora itself has the momentum to carry it to the best photography award? It’s a story that seems almost convincing, until Baker remembers the number of people who are hoping to win the best original script Bafta for Anora.
One or two categories are not so mysterious. Kieran Culkin has already won the Golden Globe among other awards, and has earned the best support actor Buffta who has truly been in pain, so he has already cleared up the shelf space for Oscars It must have been. Meanwhile, Emilia Perez won BAFTA for her best film not in English and her co-star Zoe Saldanya was chosen as the best supporter actress, so Jack’s Gang Grand Musical was violently badly promoted during the awards season Despite that, it’s still a decent chance to win in these categories at Oscars. It’s probably not in the running anymore for the best picture, but James Man Gold’s Biography of Bob Dylan is completely unknown and has enough good intentions behind it . Meanwhile, the complete unknown person didn’t win the BAFTA at all, so… well, that goes on.
Why is the race so tight? The main reason is that the list of best picture candidates is very strong this year and there are amazing kinds of great movies. The only lineup these days was last year, and that gives us two reasons. Oppenheimer and Barbie were both commercial and important smashes, but the films of the past 12 months have not reached the level of all conquest charm. They all have fans, but they all have detractors. The only sure winners are those who create the Academy Awards and those who tune to see them. Don’t worry about speeches, gaffes, songs and dance numbers. Once, it would be a result that Oscars would be worth seeing.
