Overview of the 87th Academy Awards

The 87th Academy Awards were announced on the morning of February 23, 2015, Beijing time. "Birdman", which had previously led with 9 nominations, became the biggest winner of this year's Oscars, winning the Best Picture in one fell swoop. , Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Screenplay. Its competitor "Boyhood" only won one award for Best Supporting Actress out of 6 nominations. Although the results of this year's Oscars were unexpected, they were a bit lackluster. However, the selection of best actor and best actress made a good story: Eddie Redmayne, the "little freckle" who starred in "The Theory of Everything", became the first post-80s generation in film history. The Best Actor; and Julianne Moore successfully won the Best Actress Award for her performance in "Still Alice", which also made her the first Best Actress in film history to win the Best Actress at the three major European film festivals (Cannes, Venice, and Berlin) and the Best Actress Oscar 4 Xiang's actress became the first actress to achieve the four major awards in the three major European film festivals and the Oscar. .

(*The first actor to achieve the four majors of the three major European film festivals and the Oscar winner is Jack Lemmon)

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How boring this year’s Oscars are can be understood just by looking at how similar everyone’s predictions for the winners are and how high the hit rate is. Every year before and after the awards, film critics and senior movie fans inevitably have to complain about the conservative and affectionate Oscar statuette. Directors tend to be more "ascetic" than "naughty". Even if David Fincher is praised by everyone, it is difficult to win the favor of the Oscar winner, while Linklater, with 12 years of hard work, is enough to show up at the Oscars as a "newcomer"; Actors have to "sacrifice" their image for art. Eddie Redmayne won the Best Actor for playing Hawking, who suffers from Lou Gehrig's disease. Julianne Moore played the role of a patient with Alzheimer's disease, showing his transformation from high-spirited to haggard and decadent. ’s mental journey.

Someone has listed the five hidden rules and seven laws of the Oscars, which proves how easy it is to figure out the tastes of these judges. No wonder film critic John Green criticized: "Country clubs are more diverse than this."

"Gone Girl"'s "lack" at the Oscars really made many people feel frustrated. This film reflects on middle-class marriage, life, and the media in the United States. It has David Fincher's usual cold style. The IMDB user score is as high as 8.5, but it was only nominated for "Best Actress". Although "Interstellar" directed by Nolan had a box office of 550 million US dollars and triggered a big scientific discussion, it only won the best visual effects award.

Reflects a deep reflection on the Hollywood entertainment industry

In "Birdman", which became the big winner this time, it has more than 2 hours of "pseudo-long shots" and scenes within the scene. The similar life experiences of the foreign and leading actors have long been a hot topic among movie fans. In addition, it also has a more touching spiritual core, which is a deep reflection on the Hollywood and Broadway entertainment industries. In the movie, a former superhero actor encounters a mid-life crisis and attempts to make a comeback with a "literary" drama, but fails. When his career is in dire straits, a video of him getting lost on the street with his shirtless body unexpectedly becomes popular. Nowadays, when artistic standards are no longer the decisive factor in movies and dramas, more and more tidbits and commercial hype have attracted people's attention. The Oscars gave both "Best Director" and "Best Picture" to "Birdman" , it can be said that it is well-intentioned - "Birdman" and the Oscar reviewers have the same views on the definition of art and the reflection on today's film industry.

Although the award failed, the 6 nominations of "Boyhood", which took 12 years to film, are enough to prove the Oscar's respect for it. After director Richard Linklater's "Love" trilogy, he uses a longer span to show the trivial life of ordinary American families, which makes people sigh: Where has the time gone? In this era where technology can achieve anything, there are still a group of filmmakers who insist on the most original movie dream. However, "The Exploding Drummer", a work directed by a post-85s generation, has an "exploding" scene that is frightening. If you investigate it carefully, it uses a very orthodox technique. Therefore, compared to the "innovation" of the film, Mo Ruo said that the judges valued the maintenance of the dignity of "traditional films" more.

The same aesthetic interest is also reflected in the winner of the best foreign language film "Sister Ida". In the film, Sister Ida gradually uncovers the tragedy of her family during her journey to find her relatives. The first Polish film to win an Oscar, the film inherits the traditional aesthetics of European films and takes "elegance" to the extreme. "Citizen 4", which tells the true story of Snowden, the protagonist of the "Prism Gate", won the Best Documentary Award. The film highly restored the whole incident. Shooting such a documentary is more like personally experiencing a historic event, and it will inevitably encounter controversy. However, the Oscars still professionally affirmed the bravery of female director Laura Poitras - the birth of "Citizen Four" was originally a kind of declaration.