Just a year ago, "Buried Alive" landed at the Toronto Film Festival and emerged as a dark horse. Even in the face of two topics, "The Social Network" and "The King's Speech", it still occupied a place and caused countless discussions; one Now, a year later, "Crazy Love" landed at the Toronto Film Festival, and the name Renly Hall has become the focus of attention.
The 300 million North American box office of "Fast and Furious 5" is still vivid in my mind, and "Crazy Love" also carries the momentum of the Sundance Awards. The Presidential Killing Bureau" and the soft-hearted "Farewell" in Berlin cannot be compared; Renly's super popularity can even be compared with George Clooney and Brad Pitt, and has been enthusiastically sought after by local Canadian audiences .
One year, earth-shaking!
Before the premiere of "Crazy Love", the mighty long queue easily surpassed the record for this year's queue created by "The President's Killing Bureau". After the opening, the slightly dull and festive atmosphere finally broke free and erupted like a volcano. And then on the red carpet of the premiere, it was even more crowded, shoulder to shoulder, proudly showing the world the grand occasion of Renly's attention.
With an interview lineup of up to 300 reporters, plus more than 1,500 onlookers, there is no doubt that "Crazy Love", a work with no stars, no cost, and no gimmicks, has replaced the "President Killing Bureau". ", has become the hottest premiere ceremony since the opening of this year's film festival, and the enthusiasm ignited by George Clooney last night has once again reached a new level.
It is worth mentioning that this "unknown" film has ushered in a star-studded red carpet, with Ryan Gosling and Paul Walker in attendance, which is to be expected; Seth Rowe The appearance of Root, Rami Malek, Gal Gadot, and Rose Byrne is not surprising; the attendance of George Clooney and Gary Oldman has triggered one after another. The restlessness of the reporters; finally, when Scarlett Johansson appeared, the audience caused a tsunami-like reaction!
Everyone is speculating about the relationship between Scarlett and Renly. George and Gary both expressed their interest in the movie "Crazy Love" in the interview, so they paid a special visit, but what about Scarlett? In the face of the long-shot question, Scarlett said, "Renly and I are friends. He has offered me a helping hand before. Since then, we have become friends." The reporters are in a frenzy.
The reason is simple: Jennifer? Or Scarlett
Before "Crazy Love" landed in Toronto, reporters were constantly hyping Renly and Jennifer, the golden boy and girl. The two new generation acting representatives are about the same age and have a similar rise time. Before the Oscars, some people ridiculed, It was said that the two could go on the red carpet together, but unfortunately, Renly regretted his absence in the end. Now, "Crazy in Love" starring two people is about to be released, and it's still a love movie - the reporters don't care that the heroine is actually Felicity, and directly focus on these two people.
Gossip does not need hype, it is already lively.
But now, kill a Scarlett? Now there's a good show to watch. When Renly and Jennifer showed up on the red carpet later, reporters couldn't wait to throw the question over, and they both laughed heartily.
Jennifer said, "Renly warned me before that this problem will definitely arise. I heard that you also reported the scandal between Renly and Ryan Gosling last year?" When answering the question, Jennifer always laughed, "So, are you asking me to take Ryan's place now?" The way of rebuttal, full of humor and ridicule, sideways vetoed the reporters' speculation.
As for Renly, he was even more serious and expressionless, "Jennifer and I are not even friends." Such an answer sounded ruthless, but after savouring it carefully, he noticed Renly's sarcasm and banter. It is to keep reporters elusive. But what is certain is that Renly and Jennifer's personal relationship is really good, but is it a scandal? This is a huge question mark.
"Scarlett?" The reporters were chasing after him, making Renly show a meaningful expression, "I should check with my agent first, can I tell you the news?"
So, is this an admission or a denial? The reporters were all confused by Renly, and after asking for a long time, there was no ambiguous answer. Instead, it was like a guessing game. What is this? Homework
It is a pity that the reporters were not able to continue to ask questions, because the audience at the scene heard the cheers of the mountains and tsunamis. The earth-shattering roars, thunderous shouts, and the shattering crowds not only showed the enthusiasm of the Canadian people, It shows the fanaticism beyond George Clooney.
The "Young Master" that was said again and again was hoarse, affectionate, and powerful. This made everyone look surprised. Renly's rise is indeed fast, but a "Fast and Furious 5" is simply not enough. If you want to surpass George Clooney and Brad Pitt, This is not such an easy task. What happened in a time and space that they did not know
Even Renly himself looked surprised.
In this regard, the official publication of the Toronto Film Festival stated, "Renly, who started in Toronto, has a second home outside London."
A simple sentence, but it tells the truth. "Buried Alive", as Renly's debut film, made its debut in Toronto. Renly also went to the world from this film festival. Local media and local audiences regarded Renly as "an actor who went out from here". It seems that they are the superstars who are famous in one hand. Now that they have returned to their hometown, the treatment they give is naturally different. This is also a special treatment that George, Brad and others cannot enjoy.
Invisibly, people's expectations for "crazy in love" have risen to a higher level. The reputation accumulated from Sundance is just around the corner, waiting to explode.
Expectations are getting higher and higher. This is a double-edged sword, which can be a good thing or a bad thing. On the one hand, people's judgment will be more severe, just being good is not enough to meet such high standards of expectations, it must be excellent; on the other hand, under such high expectations, the work is still satisfactory , then praise and praise will double, five times, ten times the increase.
This is the same as the fact that people are popular. Standing under the spotlight and enjoying praise and pursuit, they naturally have to shoulder responsibilities and burdens. However, it turns out that "Crazy Love" definitely lived up to its reputation, successfully continuing the media heat wave ushered in at Sundance.
After its Toronto premiere, "Crazy in Love" has had an acclaim spree.
Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun" missed Sundance but did not miss Toronto. He not only gave a pertinent evaluation of 88 points, but also gave a four-star recommendation. A masterpiece "not to be missed".
In a short comment, Roger said, "Once again, Renly Hall has proven himself to be the most powerful and promising performer of Generation Y."
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Abandoning the popular expression of "actor", Roger chose "performer", which is full of artistic and supreme evaluation, which is equivalent to distinguishing Renly from other actors. Such treatment, even Natalie Portman was not able to get it. It can be seen that Roger respects Renly.
"There is a delicate and tenacious, surging and restrained power in Hall's performance, that kind of temperament from the inside out, which gives 'Love Crazy' a fragile and deep, moving and beautiful temperament .
Different from the rough, raw, powerful and vivid performances in 'Buried Alive', Hall's performance this time has been drawing in and pressing inward, seemingly doing nothing, but invisibly bringing everyone down. Emotions deep in the mind and deep in memory are awakened, handed over to the story, and to the audience, resulting in different reflections.
The best scene in the movie is the one between Hall and Lawrence. He said goodbye to his girlfriend in London and returned to Los Angeles, but moved in with another woman. In the movie, the director did not use any lines, shots and ink to explain the cause and effect. He just relied on Hall's performance, but told the whole story: he and his girlfriend had broken up, and he started life again, but, His memory has always stayed in the past. When he truly realized that parting has become a reality, the dazedness and fragility of the tsunami of mountains and tsunamis are momentary, but profound.
With this scene alone, Hall once again declared his unshakable status as a newcomer in acting!
Apart from the commercial performance of 'Fast and Furious 5', Hall has shown different faces, different ways, different touches, understanding, reflection and interpretation of the characters in the two independent films. It is unique among the new generation. "
In the subsequent long commentary of the column, Roger did not hesitate to praise himself, and spent more than half of his pen and ink complimenting Renly.
At the end of the review, Roger added, "'Crazy in Love' is an excellent film and a personal one. He shows Jacob and Anna's heartbreaking and obsessive love, sigh The emotion of regret but helplessness is undoubtedly the biggest highlight. However, Renly Hall's performance has made this excellent work possible to become a masterpiece and classic."
"Possibly", it is only possible, as can be seen from Roger's score, 88 points, indicating that it is not a masterpiece. Nonetheless, the positive review in the Chicago Sun-Times was a good start for "Love Crazy".
In fact, this wasn't the only positive one. After the Toronto premiere, a total of 14 outlets rated "Love Crazy"—a modest number, but not including those who had already rated it at Sundance , calculated in this way, it is not just "not much", but "very much".
It is unbelievable that 14 media outlets have all received positive reviews! When I was at Sundance, there were three media outlets who gave bad reviews and sharp and cold criticism of "Love Crazy", but this time in Toronto, it was 100% positive, even if the media was kind and friendly. In Toronto, such an achievement still caused an exclamation.
Everyone really felt: Renly Hall, once again created his own craze!