The Greatest Showman - Chapter 171

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As one of the most famous and authoritative film critics in North America, Roger-Ebert underwent surgery for thyroid cancer in 2oo8, and since then, the number of film reviews he has written has increased significantly. The three major film festivals in Europe have no way to travel because of the long-distance flight. More often, they wait for the film to be released in North America before writing film reviews. ??

However, Toronto is located in the nearest neighbor of North America, and it is now ranked the fourth largest international film festival. The influence has faintly surpassed Venice. Therefore, Roger arrived in Toronto on time and joined the film festival as soon as possible. in the celebration.

It’s natural to see Roger’s comments in the official journal, but Roger’s comments actually appeared in the two works “The Thief in the City” and “Buried Alive” at the same time, which made countless people fall short of the eye as

everyone knows , yesterday’s screening of “The Thief in the City” attracted countless firepower, and almost all the big-name film critics who arrived in Toronto attended the red carpet, but the screening of “Buried Alive” was very shabby, and there was no comparison at all, but from the current situation Look, after Roger finished watching “The Thief in the City”, he made a special trip to watch “Buried Alive” at night, and it was still under the premise of physical discomfort.

What does this mean? Perhaps some reasons can be seen from Roger’s film review.

“A near-impossible challenge, a near-perfect answer.” That’s the title of Roger’s film review, making his point clearly.

“The secret room movie has always been short of excellent works. How to complete the scheduling of shots and perspectives in a limited space is the first problem; and how to complete the shaping of characters and the elaboration of the theme in a limited performance space, this is the first problem. Two problems.

In ‘Buried Alive’, this problem reaches the extreme, the whole story is born in a coffin, and only one actor appears on the scene, which brings the genre movie to the extreme.

Under such an extreme framework, Cortez’s control of the audience’s emotions is undoubtedly successful. He not only showed his excellent rhythm control ability, but the ups and downs of the plot firmly caught the audience’s attention; Demonstrated great talent in creating atmosphere, reminiscent of the stunning performance of m-night-shyamalan (ght-shyama1an) in ‘The Sixth Sense of Supernatural’, holding on tightly in horror and suspense A rope of hope that keeps the suspense until the very end. In particular, the director adopted a ‘2:35’ lens ratio, which maximized the realistic effect of room phobia.

I definitely don’t like being buried alive.

With such limited resources, acting is undoubtedly a daunting challenge, but Hall is an extremely good actor. He is not only competent but also completes the task, showing his talent and skills to the fullest. In many shots, there are thousands of words in his eyes, all the jumbled and turbulent emotions bring the most profound experience in the most minimal way; watching Hall’s performance, it is a pleasure, in his Under the interpretation of , the film is not only persuasive, but also not only arouses the audience’s emotions, but more importantly, sublimates the theme

in front of the state apparatus and large companies, as an independent individual’s fragility and sadness. A ‘sorry’, but can not support the weight of life!

Purely from the perspective of the script, this is not a successful work. The lack of details and the limitations of the pattern restrict the in-depth excavation; but it is a work with a successful performance, and the amplification and excavation of emotions allows the audience to experience the real experience. The ups and downs of a roller coaster, the fear and happiness after watching the movie, are the signs of the success of the movie.

A wooden box, an actor, and a suffocating masterpiece was a near-impossible challenge, but Cortez delivered a near-perfect answer. More importantly, it gave the audience their first glimpse of Renly Hall. ”

Roger is currently the most influential film critic in North America. He is not only the first film critic to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism, but also has his own TV show and his own film festival. It can be said that his Film criticism has become a literary form that is universally recognized.

In Roger’s system of comments, everything is “relative, not absolute”. He thinks that when someone asks if Hellboy is good, they’re not asking if it’s good compared to Mystic River, they’re asking if it’s good compared to Punisher, so Roger gives His judgment is that “people” is four points, “Hellboy” is three points, and “punisher” is two points.

Therefore, Roger usually gives two ratings when relying on movies, one is the rating of the movie itself, and the other is the recommendation rating. To put it simply, some works are excellent in their own right, but maybe because they are too heavy, too obscure, or too popcorn to recommend to the audience. He insisted, “The movie is excellent if it achieves its original purpose, but admitting it does not mean that the movie itself is worth recommending.”

Therefore, when evaluating “Buried Alive”, Roger also said that this is a movie that tests the audience’s nerves. Viewing is not recommended. In the case of a four-star perfect score, he gave a two-star recommendation, and said, “Danny Ball’s ‘127 Hours’ will be released tomorrow, and it also tells the story of a loner surviving in a desperate situation. At that time, the two films may be discussed together.”

Compared with “The Thief in the City”, Roger showed greater interest in the work “Buried Alive”, especially his respect for Renly was more attractive. Countless attention.

Unlike “War in the Pacific” and the Emmy Awards, this is the Toronto Film Festival, where the world’s top filmmakers gather. Even a little-known independent film like “Buried Alive” can win the attention of everyone as long as it is brilliant enough. Obviously, “Buried Alive” ushered in such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Following “Variety” and “Chicago Sun” written by Roger, the other seven film critics have also attracted more attention.

“New York Times” film critic Elizabeth Weitzman (e1izabeth-eitz is an authoritative representative of North America, can serve in the nation’s first newspaper, her views are undoubtedly worth learning from. This time, she also joined the ranks of her colleagues to contribute to the film Sent a voice of praise and said in the comments:

“Rough yet delicate, simple yet profound, the film shows the big world under a small pattern, and faithfully presents the beginnings and turns of all emotions, pushing the self-help in confined spaces to the limit, but it truly reflects What came out was the complexity and fragility of human nature. When the cast list appeared, every audience was immersed in darkness and could not extricate themselves. This is the success of the director and the success of the actors. Undoubtedly, this is Toronto this year. One of the funniest films since the opening.”

The Vanity Fair review was written by 1aude-puig, a freelance film critic who, like Roger, runs his own film review site, his Film reviews can appear in any magazine or newspaper, but since he signed with Vanity Fair last year, his reviews have found a permanent platform.

Being favored by “Vanity Fair” itself shows Claudy’s excellence, and more importantly, Claudy is highly sought after among young people with the influence of online platforms. This is also his greatest strength.

“Hall’s performance is undoubtedly exciting. The new actor was still an unknown actor half a year ago, but first gave an Emmy-level performance in ‘The Pacific War’, and then in ‘Buried Alive’ ‘ , which gave an Oscar-level performance and accomplished a blockbuster feat in an instant!

The movie is very clever, it doesn’t have as many resources as ‘127 Hours’, which will be released tomorrow, and its cost is 3 million, which is only 6 points of the latter One of them, but it relies on the wonderful performance of the actors, which resonates perfectly with real life, and shows the great ambition of the script. Carrying such a rich theme, while being confined to a narrow space, the film undoubtedly faces With a formidable challenge, any slight deviation can turn the work into a sleepy lullaby. Fortunately, it has Hall.”

Claudio’s review weighed almost all the weight on the blue On Li, he emphasized, “Hall is undoubtedly the biggest show in 2o1o so far! It’s full of surprises.” Obviously, “Vanity Fair” also agreed.

Meanwhile, Michael Phillips (e1-phi1ips) wrote a review for The Hollywood Reporter: “Should Oscar judges cast their votes for the never-before-heard ‘Buried Alive’? Maybe Well, they should vote for Renly Hall.”

First Venice, then Toronto, the annual awards season has begun slowly, although it will not really ignite the war until October, but obviously, as an outpost , Toronto film critics can’t wait to bring up the Oscars as the ultimate goal. Among them, it is the most authoritative and professional magazine in Hollywood, “The Hollywood Reporter”, along with “Variety”.

“This is a work where the viewing effect is paramount. The ups and downs and twists and turns of the plot bring simple and pure enjoyment to the audience, thrilling and exciting; Hall’s talent is full, he makes full use of the narrow space to show the performance The explosive force of the one-man show, the stage of the one-man show vividly shows the essence of emotions, which affects the emotions of the audience and enters a real world of burial. Hollywood judges, it is time to turn their attention to this 20-year-old rookie actor God, this is only the second work of his career.”

From the “Hollywood Reporter” film review, you can get a glimpse of the industry’s internal exhibition, in the Oscar race, Toronto has emerged the first batch of seed players, It now appears that Renly has won at least one supporter.

The surging compliments pushed “Buried Alive” to the public after the screening, as if it had already gone hand in hand with last night’s “Robbers in the City”, which was really unexpected; however, in the movie Among the nine film reviews in the festival’s official magazine, not all of them were praises, and three of them expressed negative views. This was also the first dissonance that appeared after the “Buried Alive” screening ended. 8

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