Why this is ‘one of the closest and most thrilling Oscar races ever’

With this year’s Oscars less than two weeks away, most results have reached a boring, predictable stage. The award season continues Golden Gloves – It was held on January 5th this year, and in the following weeks there were so many prizes thrown out by so many guilds and critic associations, and by the time Oscar himself rolled, they were anti-climax It may look like this. By then everyone knows it Oppenheimer Win a stack of trophies or win the best photo award being a coin flip between some favorites – La La Land v moonlightcoda v The power of a dog – So, what remains to be 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 Edward Berger’s exquisite, clever and crafted Vatican set thriller was Robert Harris, as he won the best films, best British films, best adapted scripts and prizes for best editing. It may have been adapted from the novel Academy Awards. However, film star Ralph Fiennes did not win the best actor Buffta, the award he had widespread leaning. Instead, the trophy went to Adrien Brody A brutal person – A film that also won BAFTAS 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 materialor Marian Jean Baptist, Mike Lee’s British star The difficult truthnot being 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 films rather than English, and her co-star Zoe Saldaña was chosen as the best supporting actress, Awfully bad advertising What Jacques Audiard’s Gangland Musical had during the awards season is that there is still a decent chance to win in these categories at the Oscars. It’s probably not on the run anymore for the best picture, but James Man Gold’s Bob Dylan biopic The complete unknownBehind it was well-intentioned enough to be a competitor, and Timothy Chalamett managed to beat Brody to Best Actor. 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 that fits it recently was last year, but that gives us two reasons: Oppenheimer and Barbie It was both commercial and critical smash, but the films in the last 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.