Just a year ago, "Buried Alive" landed at the Toronto Film Festival as a dark horse, even in the face of "social networks" and "The King's speech", the two topics still occupy a place and spark countless discussions;

The North American box office of "Fast and/Furious 5" is still vivid, and "Love Crazy" carries the momentum of the Sundance Awards, and under the high expectations, it has come to Toronto, even the "Presidential Killing" with infinite scenery in Venice and the "A Farewell" that won the award in Berlin cannot be compared;

One year, turning the world upside down!

Before the premiere of "Love Crazy", the mighty queue easily surpassed the queue record set by "Presidential Killing" this year, and the slightly dull and dreary festive atmosphere after the opening finally broke free from the shackles and erupted like a volcano;

With a lineup of as many as 300 reporters and more than 1,500 onlookers, there is no doubt that "Love Crazy", a work with no stars, no cost, and no gimmicks, replaced "Presidential Killing" as the hottest premiere since the opening of this year's film festival.

It is worth mentioning that this "little-known" film ushered in a star-studded red carpet, with the presence of Ryan Gosling and Paul Walker, which was expected, the appearance of Seth Rogen, Rami Malek, Gal Gadot, and Rose Byrne, which was not unexpected, the presence of George Clooney and Gary Oldman caused a restless reaction among reporters one after another, and finally, when Scarlett Johansson appeared, the audience triggered a tsunami reaction!

Everyone is speculating about the relationship between Scarlett and Lan Li, George and Gary both expressed their interest in the movie "Love is Crazy" in the interview, so they paid a special visit, but what about Scarlett......? He reached out to me, and we've been friends ever since. The far-reaching answer made all the reporters fry.

The reason is simple: Jennifer or Scarlett?

Before "Love Crazy" landed in Toronto, reporters were constantly hyping Lan Li and Jennifer, the golden boy and girl, the two new generation acting representatives are of the same age and rise at the same time. Now, "Love is Crazy", which the two co-starred in, is about to be released, and it is also a romantic movie, and the reporters don't care that the heroine is actually Felicity, and directly focuses on these two people.

Scandals, without hype, are already lively.

But now, there's a Scarlett? Later, when Lan Li and Jennifer appeared on the red carpet, the reporters couldn't wait to throw the questions over, and both of them laughed heartily.

Jennifer said, "Lan Li warned me before that this problem would definitely arise. I heard that you also reported on the affair between Lan Li and Ryan Gosling last year?" Jennifer laughed all the time when answering the question, "So, are you asking me to take Ryan's place now?"

As for Lan Li, he was even more serious and expressionless, "Jennifer and I are not even friends. This answer sounds cold and ruthless, but after savoring it, he perceives Lan Li's ridicule and banter, which makes reporters unpredictable. But what is certain is that Lan Li and Jennifer's personal relationship is indeed good, but is it a scandal? This is a huge question mark.

"Scarlett?" The reporters chased after each other, making Lan Li show a meaningful expression, "I should confirm with my agent first, can I say this news." ”

So, is this an admission or a denial? The reporters were confused by Lan Li, and asked questions for a long time, but there was no ambiguous answer, but it was like a guessing game. What is it? Homework

It is a pity that the reporters were not able to continue the questioning, because the audience at the scene heard the sound of support from the mountains and tsunamis, the earth-shattering roar, the thunderous shouts, and the crowding of the sky and the earth, which not only showed the enthusiasm of the Canadian people, but also showed the fanaticism that surpassed George Clooney.

The "young master" who spoke one after another, his voice was hoarse, his feelings were deep, and his momentum was shocking. This made everyone look surprised, Lan Li's rise is indeed fast, but a "Speed and Excitement/Emotion 5" is not enough at all, if you want to surpass George Clooney and Brad Pitt, this is not such an easy task, in time and space they don't know, what happened?

Even Lan Li himself was surprised.

In this regard, the official venue catalogue of the Toronto Film Festival said, "Blue Rite, which started in Toronto, has a second home outside of London. ”

is a simple sentence, but it tells the truth. "Buried Alive" as Lan Li's film debut, in Toronto's first try, Lan Li also went to the world from this film festival, local media and local audiences regard Lan Li as "actors who go out from here", as if they are a superstar who is popular in one hand, and now they are returning to their hometown, and 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 "love is crazy" have reached a higher level, and the word-of-mouth accumulated since Sundance is ready to move, waiting to explode.

Expectations are getting higher and higher, and it's a double-edged sword that can be both good and bad. On the one hand, people's judgments will be more severe, and mere excellence will not be enough to meet such high expectations, and excellence must be achieved, and on the other hand, if the work is still satisfactory under such high expectations, then the admiration and praise will multiply, fivefold, and tenfold.

This is the same as the right and wrong of people, standing in the spotlight and enjoying praise and popularity, naturally they also have to bear responsibilities and burdens. However, it turned out that "Love Crazy" definitely lived up to its name, and it successfully continued the media fever that Sundance ushered in.

After the premiere in Toronto, "Love Crazy" ushered in a frenzy of acclaim.

Chicago Sun-Times' Roger Ebert, who was absent from Sundance but didn't miss Toronto, not only gave a pertinent rating of 88 but also gave a perfect four-star recommendation, deeming it a "not to be missed" masterpiece.

In the short review, Roger said, "Once again, Lane Hall has proved that he is the most powerful and potential performer of Generation Y. ”

Abandoning the popular means of expression of "actor", Roger chose the artistic supreme evaluation of "performer", which is equivalent to distinguishing Lan Li from other actors. Even Natalie Portman was not able to get such a treatment. It can be seen that Roger admires Lan Li.

"There is a delicate and tenacious, turbulent and restrained force in Hall's performance, and that kind of inside-out, natural temperament gives 'Love Crazy' a fragile and profound, moving and beautiful temperament.

Different from the rough, primitive, strong and ruthless, vivid and realistic performance when 'buried alive', Hall's performance this time has been retracting and pressing inward, seemingly doing nothing, but invisibly awakening the emotions in the depths of everyone's mind and memory, handing them over to the story and the audience, deriving different reflections.

One of the best scenes in the movie is the rivalry between Hall and Lawrence. He said goodbye to his girlfriend in London and returned to Los Angeles, but lived with another woman. In the movie, the director did not use any lines, shots and pen and ink to explain the cause and effect, just relying on Hall's performance, but telling the whole story: he and his girlfriend have broken up, and he has started his life again, but his memory has always stayed in the past, and when he really realized that parting had become a reality, the dazed and fragile feeling of the mountain and tsunami was momentary but profound.

With just this scene, Hall once again declared his unshakable status as a newcomer in acting!

Aside from the commercial performance of 'Fast & Thrill 5', Hall shows different looks, different ways, and different touches in the two independent films, and his understanding, reflection and interpretation of the characters are unique among the new generation. ”

In the subsequent long column commentary, Roger did not hesitate to praise himself, and spent more than half of his pen and ink praising Lan Li.

At the end of the review, Roger added, "'Love Crazy' is an excellent film, but also a private one. He shows the heartbreaking and obsessive love between Jacob and Anna, and the regretful but helpless emotions are undoubtedly the biggest highlight. However, Lan Li-Hall's performance makes this excellent work have the possibility of becoming a masterpiece classic. ”

"Maybe", just in just maybe, it can be seen from Roger's score, eighty-eight points, indicating that it is not a masterpiece yet. Still, the positive comments of the Chicago Sun-Times made a good start to "love is crazy."

In fact, this is not the only positive one, after the premiere in Toronto, a total of 14 media outlets rated "Love Crazy", which is not a lot, but not including those that have already scored at Sundance, so the calculation is not just "not much", but "very much".

It's unbelievable that 14 media outlets have all praised it! When I was at Sundance, three media outlets gave bad reviews and made sharp and cold criticisms of "love is crazy", but this time in Toronto, it was 100% praised, even though it was a kind and friendly Toronto by the media, such an achievement still caused an exclamation.

Everyone really felt: Lan Li Hall, once again created his own craze!