When was the last time you went to the cinema to see a Hollywood blockbuster?
If this question had been placed 3 years ago, the answer might have been: last weekend, a few days ago, half a month ago.
But when asked now, it is estimated that many people can't answer, because it seems that it has been a long time since I watched a Hollywood blockbuster in the cinema.
This is not an illusion, in recent years, the cinema has almost become the world of domestic films.
On the one hand, because of the rise of domestic films, our own films are narrowing the gap with imported products; on the other hand, the reason is that the epidemic situation abroad is serious, and the shooting progress of many crews has been affected, which is not as prolific as in the past.
In such a big environment, when seeing the list of Oscar nominations in 2022, Tomato Jun can't help but be stunned: so many movies, I have never heard of it!
However, this year's Oscar nominations are like "fairy fights", and many of them have been nominated after the film emperor film, even the supporting role nominations are also very high in gold content, and many people have won the throne of the film emperor of the international A-category film festival.
What are the films in 2022, and who are competing for the Oscars, let's see.
Of the first and ten best films, only one has been released in China
The shortlisted works of the film festivals over the years have debuted, but there are also films that have already been released, so it will not be too strange, but the ten films shortlisted for the Oscar for Best Picture this year are really eye-catching.
After carefully watching, Tomato Jun found that among the 10 movies, only "Dune" had been released in China, but it did not seem to meet the tastes of domestic audiences, and the film only had a box office of 253 million in China.
What is this concept? Of the 8 films in this year's Lunar New Year slot, 6 of them exceeded this box office! It seems that the words "Hollywood blockbuster" are really not popular.
Looking at the evaluation of these films by domestic netizens, there are only two Douban scores of more than 8 points, one is "Listening Girl" (8.6 points) and the other is "Driving My Car" (8.0 points).
"Hearing Girl" is a warm-hearted film about Ruby, the only girl in a deaf-mute family with sound hearing.
Ruby pursues her dream of singing while helping her deaf father and brother run the family business, but one day, she needs to choose between her dream and her family.
Many people may think that foreigners lack heart and eyes, but in fact, they also love to watch this kind of warm story.
Although the film is not well-known in China, Apple bought its rights for $25 million and released it on APPLETV.
"Driving My Car" is the only Asian-American director among the ten nominated films.
The film tells the story of the stage actor Jiafu accidentally bumping into his wife's cheating scene, but until the other party died, he did not break it.
This became a hurdle in his heart, until he met the female driver Duli, and he had the opportunity to open his heart.
This film can be said to be the dark horse at the major awards in 2021, and has won many heavyweight awards such as the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the Best Film of the New York Film Critics Association.
If there is any other movie worth paying attention to in these 10 movies, it should be "The Power of Dogs".
The film tells the story of the farmer's brother Phil, after his brother married, in order to regain his brother's love, he tried to make things difficult for his wife and stepson.
The film received a total of 12 nominations at this year's Oscars. Many people feel that it will also be the biggest winner at the awards ceremony, because at the Golden Globe Awards, known as the "Oscar Guide", the film has already won a number of middleweight awards including best picture, best director, best supporting actress and so on.
In addition to the above four films, the shortlisted films are "Belfast" (Douban 6.8), "Don't Look Up" (Douban 7.6), "King Richard" (Douban 7.3), "Licorice Pizza" (Douban 7.3), "Jade Face Love Devil" (Douban 6.7), "West End Story" (Douban 6.5).
Second, the best director awards fell into the pockets of female directors
There are 5 finalists for Best Director.
Of course, everyone is more familiar with "Jurassic Park" and "Ready Player One" director Steven Spielberg.
But the loudest voice this year is not the titan figure, but the director of "Canine Power" Jane Campion.
With this film, she has won the Golden Globe Award, the Venice Film Festival, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the Washington Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, and it can be said that most of the director awards in 2021 will fall into her pocket.
It is worth mentioning that Jane Campion won the Academy Award for Best Director in 1994 for "Piano Lessons", and if she can win this year, she will become the first female director in history to win the award twice.
Third, there are many familiar faces in the nomination of the film queen, and it is difficult to distinguish between them, such as the fight of the gods
This year's list of post-film nominations can be said to have made the audience fall into the difficulty of choosing.
Olivia Coleman and Nicole Kidman are already Oscar queens;
Penelope Cruz and Jessica Chastain are both nominated for the Oscar for Best Actress for the second time, and the former has also lifted the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.
Twilight Woman Kristen Stewart must be no stranger to everyone.
After these five actresses came to compete for the film, it can be said that the gods fought, and for a while it was really impossible to see who was better, and could only be handed over to time to reveal the answer.
Fourth, the battle of the film emperor: each one is the Oscar "old drama bone"
The nomination list of movie emperors is also a strong lineup.
Roll Benedict Cumberbatch hit the Oscars for the second time with "The Power of Dogs";
Will Smith needless to say, this is his third Oscar nomination, but also the outside world has been optimistic about the new golden man. The American media have predicted that he will bring the little golden man home this time.
Spanish actor Javier Baden may not be familiar to everyone, but he has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Actor once and won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor once.
Denzel Washington is also a regular oscarist, this is his 9th oscar for the Actor Award, the 7th time to impact the Oscar emperor throne, but unfortunately this time it seems to be lost with the film emperor.
Does Andrew Garfield also feel familiar? You must have seen his "Blood Battle Of Steel Ridge" and "The Amazing Spider-Man".
Fifth, the supporting role award is also fiercely competitive
Although the awards for the best supporting actor and actress are not as dazzling as the best male and female protagonists, the gold content is also leveraged.
The five actors shortlisted for Best Supporting Actor were Seren Sid (Belfast), Troy Cortsur (The Hearing Girl), Jesse Plemont (The Power of The Dog), and J. Lee. K. Simmons (The Ricardo Family, Curtie Smit-McPhee (The Power of Dogs).
Although these five finalists are the best supporting actors, they all have the strength of the best actor, and each of them has won the throne of the film emperor of the international A-category film festival.
The same thing happened in the Award for Best Supporting Actress. Jesse Buckley (Daughter in the Shadows), Ariane Debos (West End Story), Judy Dench (Belfast), Kirsten Dunst (Power of Dogs), and Angelieus Iris (King Richard) are competing for Best Supporting Actress.
Among them, Judy Dench has the highest call for the award, the 88-year-old actress, who is nominated for the Oscar for the 8th time this year, and in 1999, she also won an Oscar for best supporting actress, I don't know if she can create glory this year.
Although several of this year's best films are relatively unfamiliar to Chinese audiences, the finalists of the film emperor are familiar to everyone, and this year's award ceremony is still very interesting.
The awards ceremony will take place on March 27, when all the awards will be unveiled, let's look forward to it together.
(Rotten Tomatoes Movie Editorial Office: Yang Jing)