This year, is Golden Horse choosing the actor or the celestial dish?
Do you pay attention to the 60th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards, which just ended last weekend?
I feel that this year's discussion is still stronger than the previous two years, at least on mainland social media, there are still many netizens who are paying attention to the dynamics of this film award, and they are also curious about which films and filmmakers will become the new dark horses.
For people like Nanfeng, it is natural that they will not miss this melon field event.
After all, there are many familiar names in the nomination list, such as the previously popular "The Thing About Me and the Ghost Becoming Family" (hereinafter referred to as "The Ghost Family"), which was very popular before, and mentioned eight nominations, including Best Actor, Best Original Song, Best Director, Best Feature Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Action Design.
You are not wrong, it was shortlisted for seven awards, but the Best Actor was nominated twice, and the groom No. 1 and the groom No. 0 (groom bad news) were both shortlisted, and they were also nominated for the long-lost "double yolk egg" of the Golden Horse Awards.
As a commercial film, "Ghost Family" has a good reputation and box office, but many fans did not expect it to become a big hit at the Golden Horse Awards.
Many netizens are actually not very optimistic about this one, saying that the story itself is good, but it is just a fun film with theme dividends, it is okay to go to the Golden Horse Awards to make up the number, it is too exaggerated to really nominate so much, and it can be seen that Taiwan Entertainment is not in a good mood this year.
Especially seeing that there are no familiar faces in the list of actresses this year, the competition for the actor has become the focus of netizens who eat melons.
Who are the finalists for this year's Best Actor?
In addition to Xu Guanghan and Lin Bohong in "Ghost Family", there are also Wang Baijie in "The Epidemic", Ruan Jingtian in "Eliminating the Three Evils in the Week" and Wu Kangren in "Fudu Youth", everyone is in good shape (netizens: The most beautiful actor nomination group in history has appeared, so is this choosing the actor or choosing the celestial vegetables?).
Ahem... To get back to the point, this year's actor candidates are indeed basically old acquaintances, and they have more or less cooperated or related to each other.
Let's talk about Wang Baijie first~
may be the most unfamiliar one among the five candidate actors, but he has actually played many roles out of the circle.
For example, he collaborated with Ruan Jingtian in the military movie "Paradise in the Army", and Xu Guanghan in the suspense drama "The Dreamer", and this time he was shortlisted for "The Epidemic" with Zeng Jinghua.
But I'm ashamed to say that Nanfeng is not too familiar with his screen image, and one of the most impressive memories of him is that he is Ke Jiayan's ex-boyfriend (one).
I think Ke Jiayan said that "I won't break up with Wang Baijie before the end of the world", and the two of them were cruel, but in the end they lost to time.
However, life is full of catching horses, and the Taiwan entertainment circle is small, and there will always be a chance for them to meet each other when they go around and around.
For example, when Ke Jiayan won the Golden Bell Award in 2020 with "I Want to See You", one of the award presenters was Wang Baijie.
Ruan Jingtian must be no stranger to everyone, "Fated I Love You" still occupies a place in the childhood memories of post-90s netizens.
However, although he has made many movies over the years, this year is actually the second time he has been nominated for the Golden Horse Best Actor, and the last time was 13 years ago in "Monga", and he has not been shortlisted all these years.
This time, he starred in "Removing the Three Evils Around the Week", which was not only nominated for Best Actor, but also nominated for Best Director and Best Action Design, and it is also one of the popular films at this Golden Horse Awards.
Wu Kangren, as a Taiwanese drama ratings guarantee that has been broadcast almost every year in recent years, is the most popular contestant in this Golden Horse actor, and his acting skills are indeed obvious to all.
From Guo Zhen, the captain of the first detachment of the Air Force who earned the tears of countless audiences in "A Handful of Green", to Wang Yu, who served as a defense lawyer for the perpetrator in "The Distance Between Us and Evil", and Chen Jinqing, the uncle of the Chen family who was a hanger in "The Raising of a Vulgar Girl".
and then to the mother, Sang Liu Baobao, the mother of the women's clothing boss in "The Beginning of the Lights", the domestic violence and lewd man Du Junru in "She and Her Her", and the prosecutor Guo Xiaoqi in "Imitation Criminal"... The drama is really wide ↓↓
Whether it is the wide range of themes or the large span of roles, it often makes the audience sigh while chasing the drama. In recent years, he has successfully jumped out of the limitations of his appearance, so that the audience's attention is attracted by his acting skills, and he can play the light of justice and the crazy villain, which can be said to be the face of the play.
This time, he starred in the feature film "Fudu Youth", which tells the story of his brother Abang, who is naturally dumb and hard-working, and his younger brother who is unwilling to bow to fate in the old community of Fudu where mixed foreign workers live
Lin Bohong, who was shortlisted with Xu Guanghan, is actually a frequent visitor to the Golden Horse Awards, won the Best Supporting Actor in 2016 with "Six Alleys Cafe", and was nominated for Best Actor with "Freak" in 2020.
This time, he played the groom No. 1 in "Ghost Family", that is, Mao Bangyu, a "bent ghost" who died unexpectedly due to emotional disputes, and was forcibly married by his family and Wu Minghan (played by Xu Guanghan), a straight male policeman who happened to pick up a red envelope.
Two people who had nothing to do with each other were matched by their heads, and they resisted each other at first, but after slowly getting along, these two interesting souls also triggered a funny and crying redemption literature on the spot ↓↓
And "The Groom's Bad News" Xu Guanghan also relied on his upright ass in this movie... Ah no, his acting skills and dancing have contributed to several high-energy famous scenes, and once became the Internet story of the year ↓↓ (I won't let go of the specifics, let's search for it yourself, it's really generous hhh.)
Because his ass terrier is too out of the circle, this year's Golden Horse Forum has been passionately discussed by everyone, not only the host cue him, but also the other four actors.
Xu Guanghan, who was scolded by a group of people: I didn't expect my ass to appear on the Golden Horse Performance Forum, sweating my family! (You Bay Entertainment is really good at chatting hahaha.)
Wu Kangren, who may not have been paid much attention in this link, is actually very funny in this chat, and the main one is a person who wants to laugh and is helpless ↓↓
Some netizens commented: I don't know, I thought Xu Guanghan's ass was shortlisted for an award alone, is it the "Golden Horse Ass Forum"?
Although the two male protagonists in "Ghost Family" actually have no love line, and focus on a friendship CP, it doesn't prevent everyone from snorting at all.
The hosts of the Golden Horse Awards all swallowed in front of them, and they also gave a red hydrangea (not), telling them that this symbolizes good luck ↓↓
In addition to this pair of cantasies, what many netizens never expected was that they also witnessed a mouthful of ancient sugar in the footage of the Golden Horse Awards - Xu Guanghan and Peng Qianyou actually interacted in the same frame ↓↓ (I can't believe it~
Do you think the two of them only have such a short frame together?nonono, the same frame under the fan's lens is better, a few glances are enough for everyone's brain to make up a lot ↓↓
Give a brief science popularization to netizens who don't know their stories, they have played male CP in "The Dreamer", although there are not many scenes, but the tension is full, and they are fake orthopedic real lovers. In the end, Lin Jizi played by Xu Guanghan personally cut the throat of Lin Benchuan played by Peng Qianyou, which can be called the ultimate BE aesthetics.
And Peng Qianyou was acting for the first time at the time, and Xu Guanghan was also acting for the first time (the kind of bisexuality in "Hijra" is not counted first), and netizens have always regarded them as "first marriage cp".
Later, Xu Guanghan's drama road opened widely, swept the BG and BL markets, both men and women eat, and Peng Qianyou also participated in this year's hit drama "Bad Obsession Eliminator", with a new cp Zeng Jinghua, Xu Peng and the two basically have no intersection in real life.
But compared to the generous business model between them and others, they were somewhat avoidant of suspicion at the time, CP fans took sadomasochism from the play to the outside of the play, and Xu Guanghan also mentioned the nickname of "Drawer Layman" for this, saying that he repeatedly jumped between straight and bend.
(Netizens who are interested in this story can search for the keywords #drawer literature# and #dreamercut# on their own, and a new world can be unlocked in situ.)
A casual search, there are many netizens who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement every day, hoping that several pairs in the Taiwan rot universe will form a closed loop (questioning Ran Dong's understanding of Ran Dong hahaha.)
However, netizens are playing stalks, and the Golden Horse Awards themselves are still on the right track, and the overall is in line with expectations.
It can also be seen that the organizers are using crews with their own topics such as "Ghost Family" to bring a wave of popularity, which is also a very clever arrangement and transformation of this year's Golden Horse Awards, which not only gives enough affirmation to commercial films, but also does not play off.
Take the Best Actor Award as an example, the fact that the Best Actor Award was awarded to Wu Kangren in the end can be said to be the result of everyone's expectations, and everyone's congratulations and recognition are very real ↓↓
Wu Kangren, who was shortlisted for the Golden Horse Best Actor for the first time and won the award, was also quite excited, saying that his mood at that time was to go to dinner and take a photo with Ang Lee.
Do you think Director Ang Lee's reaction will be: I people cramped 2.0? ↓↓
In fact, director Ang Lee was happy that day, and he was dancing with the young people on stage ↓↓ (This scene is really fresh and cute, who knows~.)
Wu Kangren naturally hugged Director Ang Lee smoothly backstage, and also received the director's affirmation and incentives such as "I'd rather make mistakes than boring" ↓↓
Wu Kangren's award-winning essay after returning was also written very sincerely, thanking many people, and there was also a lot of self-reflection and self-encouragement, and I have begun to look forward to his future works ↓↓
And the best actress is the biggest upset this year, and the 12-year-old actor Lin Pintong has become the youngest actress in the history of the Golden Horse Awards with "Xiaoxiao".
If I'm not mistaken, the record holder of the youngest actress in the Golden Horse before was Li Xiaolu, who was 17 years old at the time (I still feel a little embarrassed when I think about it.)
For netizens who have not seen this movie, they may not have any intuitive feelings about the performance of this little actress, but judging from the advice given to her by director Ang Lee, her acting skills are still very optimistic.
Some netizens found that this little actress also has a good background, and can only say that if she is talented and willing to work hard, she should not worry about not having good resources in the future.
Other awards are basically within the prediction range of netizens, such as "Stone Gate" won the Best Feature Film Award, "Old Fox" won 4 awards including "Best Director" to become the biggest winner of this year, and the documentary "Youth" directed by Wang Bing won the Best Documentary Award.
The popular contestant "Ghost Family" was not without results, and won the Best Adapted Screenplay Award.
The scene where Ang Lee presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Brigitte Lin is still quite emotional, I feel that many classic movies are emerging in front of me, and we can be regarded as witnesses to the process of film history in the past few decades.
Thinking of the opening short film of this Golden Horse Awards ceremony, it took the 60th anniversary of the Golden Horse as the timeline, strung together many classic characters and classic shots, and even combined the years and present of some actors into one picture, such as Zhang Zhen and him in "Guling Street Boy".
The short film ends with Ang Lee's "action", saying that this is a film that has been made for 60 years and they will continue to make it.
Seriously, it's still quite tearful to see these movies and filmmakers appear in the form of this inheritance, and it's hard not to sigh.
Even if the global film environment is not as good as before, and the Golden Horse Awards or various film awards are declining every year, I have to admit that at least there are still some people who insist on making movies seriously, and human civilization cannot do without movies, which is probably the meaning of the existence of movies.
Just like Hikaru Mitsushima said in this year's Golden Horse Master Class, the people who make movies are like people who have fallen countless raindrops, I don't know when these raindrops will fall on whom, I don't know when they will move whom, but I hope that these rainmakers can maintain their enthusiasm and persist in creating, and I hope that everyone will not give up on feeling the world.
I don't know if I will be able to see the same movie scene as in the previous 60 years in the future, but I still look forward to those who are passionate about film creation to create their own raindrops and infect more people with their own expression.
In short, I hope that the film industry will roll a good volume, so that the audience will be happy.