In the blink of an eye, two-thirds of the 35th Toronto Film Festival has passed, and there are only three days left, and the annual event is about to come to an end. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 After entering the second half of the info, the festival finally ushered in the long-awaited high/tide!

First, "burying alive" unexpectedly became a hot topic, and the "thieves in the city" became the focus of attention, and then it also triggered an increase in the call for additional performances, and the organizing committee of the Toronto Film Festival also responded immediately, giving an additional treatment to meet the viewing needs of more audiences as much as possible. Although it is only one game, it is a breakthrough, which is especially valuable.

Then "127 Hours" attracted the attention of the whole of North America - some viewers had adverse reactions of vomiting and even fainting due to the bloody picture of the male protagonist amputating his leg with a knife during the movie, and there were not only one or two people, which not only caused heated discussions in the movie, but also attracted more attention and curiosity from the audience. Of course, more importantly, the film itself has also received unanimous praise from critics, who believe that Danny Ball has once again dedicated an Oscar-level work after "Slumdog Millionaire".

Immediately afterwards, the world premiere of the Danish film "A Better World" detonated a frenzy of media pursuit, and together with the previously released "Scorched Earth City", it formed a foreign language film alliance, and instantly became the top two seeds for the best foreign language film in this year's awards season, attracting much attention.

It seems that every day you can feel the emergence of new hot spots, step by step to push the atmosphere of the Toronto Film Festival to the peak, today, the "Black Swan" is about to premiere, and people are collectively mobilized.

The film is an absolute blockbuster from the director to the actors, and it has attracted a lot of firepower in the preparation stage, and it has been unanimously affirmed at the Venice Film Festival before, and the crew members have just arrived in Toronto, and they have received the highest level of welcome. The audience waited and waited, and finally waited for the moment when this work premiered in North America, how could they not be excited?

Hidden under the brilliance of the premiere ceremony of "Black Swan" was the discussion of the two works "Buried Alive" and "127 Hours", which detonated the audience's enthusiasm for discussion.

There are a lot of similarities between the two films, both are independent films, both are desperate survival stories, both are the stage of one-man shows, and both are the works of directors and male protagonists to shine.

Although on the whole, "127 hours" is one size larger, the role of the one-man show is almost two-thirds, and there are really a lot of other actors who appear on the scene; the investment cost is not at the same level at all, "127 hours" is almost six times that of "buried alive"; the fame and prestige of the director and the leading actor are also several steps higher...... However, when the two works premiered one after the other, people still couldn't help but discuss the two works together.

Especially after praise for James Franco's acting skills began to raise their heads.

In the official house magazine review of "127 Hours", ten media gave seven positive reviews, two medium reviews and one negative review, and the overall reputation was slightly better than "buried alive". In line with Lan Li's opinion, film critics have praised Danny Ball, who believes that the director has once again delivered an excellent answer and put a story that is almost impossible to adapt to the big screen, and there are many affirmations for James's performance, but he has been diverted by the director and the script.

The Hollywood Reporter argues that "the talents of Ball and Franco guaranteed the success of the film." ”

The Wall Street Journal said, "It certainly took a lot of courage for Franco to play this role, but the results were gratifying." ”

Of these, the Los Angeles Times affirmed that "this is the best performance of Franco's career as an actor!" Every expression gives life to the character on his face full of joy. ”

Although Danny stole a lot of limelight, James also gained a lot of affirmation, and even some local media in Toronto began to exclaim, "Franco rushed all the way to the Oscars!"

Naturally, Lan Li and James are put on a par with each other:

Both of them are young people, although James is thirty-one years old this year, but in the Oscar selection system, both of them are small characters; both of them are the only protagonists in the movie, taking the lead, showing extraordinary courage and delicate performances under the camera, not to mention, the performances of both of them have received unanimous praise from the media, and the Oscars are mentioned at the same time...... This also means that there is a good chance that the two will be direct competitors for this year's awards season.

In the selection process of the Oscars, the judges' inner restrictions on youth are self-evident, especially the competition for Best Actor, although every few years, a newcomer or young man will appear in the list of nominees for Best Actor, expressing the Academy's commendation to the younger generation, but the nomination is already a victory, and a seat is the limit, and it is very rare for two young people to be nominated together.

In other words, there is a high probability that between Lane and James, there is a "life or death" situation, and only one person will be nominated - of course, both are more likely to be defeated.

In addition, the selection of the Oscar acting award is not a mathematical problem, there is a fixed formula, and it is more often a combination of professional judgment and psychological bias. For example, last year's Jeff Bridges, under the dual factors of merit votes and guilt votes, coupled with the affirmation of many film critics, maybe the academy members didn't even watch "Crazy Heart" and voted for Jeff directly. This is not unusual, when "Brokeback Mountain" lost to "Crash", many judges openly admitted that they had never watched "Brokeback Mountain".

Generally speaking, if you want to win the nomination, you must either have excellent acting skills, and it is very likely that the performance of the work itself is mediocre, but the acting skills of the actors are really shocking, which makes people ignore the mediocrity of the work and marvel at the wonderful performance, such as Meryl Streep of "The Iron Lady".

Either the work is outstanding, the actor's performance may not necessarily be groundbreaking, just doing his job in a decent way, but the work has a big reputation, even the best picture hit, people check the best picture, and people also check the relevant actors, such as the "focused" Mark Ruffalo (Mark-Ruffalo) and Rachel McAdams (Rachel-McAdams).

It is really rare to want to meet both conditions at the same time, and in the entire history of the Oscars, works that meet such standards are within the range of a few.

This is the case for these two young men, the work "Buried Alive" is slightly less cohesive, but Lan Li's performance is more appreciated, and "127 Hours" is reversed, James has been stolen a lot of light by Danny, but the overall quality of the work has received higher praise.

This leads to the same result, and the judges will most likely need to choose between Lan Li and James.

What's more, the awards season hasn't kicked off yet, and the real powerhouses haven't appeared yet, maybe after entering October, the voices of the two young people are fleeting, and no one remembers that there was such a period at the Toronto Film Festival. So, who should you choose one of the two?

"I haven't watched '127 Hours' yet, and I believe James is a great actor. But personally, I was blown away by Lan Li's performance in 'Buried Alive'. That's Ryan Gosling's point of view in an interview. When the reporter mentioned the opportunity of "Blue Valentine's Day" in this year's awards season, Ryan laughed heartily, "Thank you for someone who remembers me as an outdated actor." However, between me and Lan Li, I am willing to choose Lan Li. ”

Joe-Hamm likewise expressed his opinion, "Needless to say, James Franco is a good actor, whether it's 'Pineapple Express' or 'Milk', you can see how good he is. This time, Danny Ball gave him a stage, and then, he shook everyone like that. And, of course, we can't forget this year's 'howl'. ”

Inadvertently, more and more people are starting to join the discussion on the topic, and the stars who are at the Toronto Film Festival have become the object of inquiry, and it is clear that James, who has been rolling in Hollywood for a decade, has won most of the support, and only a few people have mentioned the recent Emmy Awards, and they are looking forward to Lan Li's performance. Of course, no one takes it seriously, everyone just uses it as an after-dinner conversation to add some interesting facts to the festival.

However, as everyone talked about it, the topic heated up much faster than expected. After the end of the additional screening of "Buried Alive", it added a fire to the discussion.

The audience's response to this work far exceeded expectations, and most viewers said that the excitement and excitement of the movie were above expectations, especially when the official house magazine gave more praise to "127 hours", and the rollercoaster-like viewing process of "buried alive" won the audience's love - "127 hours" because it took a lot of time to flashback and build characters, purely from the perspective of viewing fluency, it is naturally not as good as "buried alive". This has also won a lot of reputation for "burying alive".

At the same time, thanks to the existence of hot topics, Lan Li has also become the core of everyone's discussion, "Excellent! really excellent!" "It's hard to imagine that he is still a newcomer. "In fact, I feel like he's the only reason for the success of the whole work. ”……

Among them, many viewers took the initiative to mention the competition between Lan Li and James, "I personally think Lan Li is better, and the whole performance is more layered." "I love Lan Li's performance, his performance has a kind of shock. "I actually like James a lot, but Lan Li really surprised me this time. ”……

From the perspective of visual impact and the framework structure of the script, Lan Li, who is completely a one-man show, does have a slight upper hand. But more importantly, what was originally just a small talk and anecdote spread at the Toronto Film Festival, and the twin stars of Lan Li and James eclipsed even Ryan.

With the blessing of this trend, "Buried Alive" has once again succeeded in attracting the attention of the public, how wonderful is Lan Li's performance? Can the movie be compared with "127 Hours"? Is the discussion triggered by the movie pure hype or real material? However, these questions are destined to go unanswered.

Because, the Toronto Film Festival has no film schedule.