That romantic content of La La Land probably reminds many audiences of The Artist - the work that won the Oscar for Best Feature Film in 2011. Similar to director Michel Hazanavicius' film, La La Land is currently the leading candidate for the prestigious award at the 89th Oscar event.
In the eyes of critics, according to the score summary on Rotten Tomatoes, it was Moonlight that had the highest score in their assessment compared to the group of 8 other works competing for the award when receiving a score of 9/10. Manchester by the Sea is slightly behind with a score of 8.9, while the score for La La Land is 8.7.
Similarly, Damien Chazelle of La La Land has almost won the Oscar for Best Director, even though this year his opponents are all formidable names such as Denis Villeneuve, Mel Gibson, Kenneth Lonergan and Barry Jenkins.
Potential surprises in acting categoriesHowever, the defeat at the American Actors Association (SAG) awards against Denzel Washington with Fences caused casein Affleck's chances to be seriously affected. Currently, some articles are reminiscing about Affleck's old sex scandal, so they should dominate at the last minute in the category of Outstanding Actor - a worthy color star.
While Ryan Gosling has almost no chance in the strong category, on the contrary, his co-star Emma Stone in La La Land is having the opportunity to touch the first Oscar golden statue of his career. In the Best Actress category, she competed with emerging face Ruth Negga (Loving), veteran actor Isabelle Huppert (Elle), legend Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins) and star Natalie Portman ( jackie).
However, like the case of Alicia Vikander with The Danish Girl in early 2016, Viola Davis received a lot of criticism for the " Category fraud" (scraping the category). In fact, her acting career in Fences is not much better than Denzel Washington, and it would be more reasonable if the colorful star competed for Best Actress.
In a year when documentaries were not really available, O.J.: made in America by director Ezra Edelman told the story of the controversial name O.J. Simpson who is likely to win awards. In the animation category, the chance of victory is leaning towards a film with a revenue of more than 1 billion USD from Disney, Zootopia, although many people are still waiting for a surprise from Kubo and the Two Strings.
(According to zing)
