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In addition to Italy's "Daily Facts", two media outlets, Germany's "Times" and Britain's "Screen", both gave two stars.

Germany's "Times Weekly", "The film firmly grasps the audience's attention with a strange opening in a cold tone. It is very attractive from the setting to the concept, and the performance of the cold machine is the icing on the cake. Lost began to appear, the director did not seem to be able to 100% determine his narrative focus, not only missing the biggest core of black humor: 'human transformation into animals'; but also on the themes of love and family, relationship and class. The wobbly deflection caused all the energy accumulated in the first half to vanish."

You can deeply feel the German media's "hate iron is not steel" between the lines. Later, this magazine also specially wrote an in-depth film review to analyze, from the entire story framework to the main clues to the branch layout, and then in-depth analysis of the plot. They expressed deep regret for the "chaos" of the final product, and they believed that "Yorgos Lanthimos has the opportunity to shoot a classic masterpiece that will go down in history".

At the same time, the article also emphasizes the excellence of the entire cast, not just Renly, but Ben Whishaw, Rachel Weisz and John C-Riley all gave wonderful performances. The seemingly dull but ingenious way of performing gives the characters more connotations worth exploring, which is why the article believes that "movies have countless possibilities".

"The only character in the entire script -- or in the whole movie -- that has a clear, three-dimensional character is Renly Hall's David.

The rise and fall of emotions and the advancement of thoughts are complete and vivid, delicate and profound, Renly-Hall endows the character with infinite possibilities within a limited space; unfortunately, this is the only complete character, and the details of other characters are The lack leaves the actors with no more room to play, and also limits the further progress of the film.

The final result is that David and other characters, David and the main line of the plot are also slightly separated, because the real core idea intertwined between the characters and the plot has not been clearly established, and the condensed power will also show a state of collapse. This in turn affects the audience's sympathy. "

Later, this article entered the sight of the "Lobster" crew, and Renly even took the initiative to share the article's views with Oggs, and the two sides exchanged opinions with each other.

During the film's promotion period, Oggs also publicly expressed his gratitude, not only thanking the reporters of the German "Times", and learning a lot from it, but also mentioning the discussion between him and Renly before the filming of the film, obviously they are aware of it the problem and try to adjust it.

"As they say, Renly's character is definitely the most complete and clearest, because Renly knows what he's doing and where he should be heading, and this film can get to where it is now, Renly's character. It is far bigger than expected; unfortunately, we did not spend enough time to polish all the other characters, and the core ideas of the plot in the second half were not able to be condensed. The final product does have room for improvement.

I think that's why we need to keep learning and keep growing. "

Oggs not only accepted the opinion humbly and completed the review; but also sincerely explained the episode that was so critical of Renly at the beginning, which made him truly realize that a good actor is irreplaceable to the whole film. sex.

Such a gesture has won a lot of applause in North America and Europe. People not only did not complain about "lobster" because of this, but also generated more interest.

It also gave "The Lobster" a good spot during awards season -- of course, that's all for another day.

Back to the Cannes Film Festival.

The last media outlet to give a two-star rating was British Screen.

"Indeed, 'The Lobster' is a unique and deafening piece of work, a mirror-like filming technique that presents the current situation of our lives and makes us start to reflect on our marital relationships and social class, like a scalpel. The icy lines of the film outline the frame of the entire era. The mastery skills of Ogus Lanthimos showed through the film, and he initially showed a master style, but the gap between him and Stanley Kubrick lies in his humanistic care. superior--

The film's thematic core is cold and alienating, even a little smug, like the New York intellectuals mocking other poets for pretending to care about the world. It's arrogant and arrogant and fails to resonate with the audience.

But we still can't deny that Lanthimos did boldly challenge the sensitive nerves of some people; also, we can't deny that the performance of Renly Hall and Rachel Weisz has a keen sense And the delicate touch gives the movie something more profound.

It's just that we're also not sure what 'some content' is. "

The above are the ten media reviews of the official Cannes magazine.

It is difficult to spy on too many clues simply from the score of the field magazine. No one can predict the prospects of "Lobster" in Cannes this year. Judging from the current mainstream trend, the French media generally expressed a positive attitude, which is precisely in line with the Coen Brothers aesthetic. The works of style are indeed very promising to win awards.

But the wind is just the wind, and the media cannot accurately predict the jury's preferences, which is nothing new in Europe's three major film festivals.

In the end, the official publication was hotly released, with two five-stars, four three-stars, three two-stars, and one one-star. In the end, "Lobster" got 2.7 points out of the four-point evaluation.

If you look closely, you can find that firstly, the reviews are relatively average; secondly, positive reviews outnumber negative reviews, with five-star ratings higher than one-star ratings, and three-star ratings higher than two-star ratings. In other words, on the whole, the comments of "lobster" are still in a positive trend amid debate and heated discussions.

The average score of 2.7 points is the most direct reflection.

For the Cannes Film Festival, only works with more than three points can be called "classic masterpieces", such as "Drunken Country Ballad" two years ago; but in history, works that can win more than three points at the Cannes Film Festival There are only a mere twenty or so, and the number is very rare.

At 2:70, this is already a very good evaluation. Then, where exactly is the "lobster" in the main competition unit - the official journal can be seen at a glance.

Today is the sixth day of the Cannes Film Festival. The annual event is just over halfway through. The screening plans of the main competition, the director's fortnight, a kind of concern and other units are steadily unfolding, and the most high-profile main competition unit has already been screened. Eight works, all ratings are publicly presented:

"Sea Street Diary", 2.5.

"Stories of Stories", 2.0.

"Son of Thor", 2.8.

"My Mother", 2.7.

"Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees", 0.6.

"My King", 1.4.

"Market Law", 2.3.

"Lobster", 2.7.

No analysis is required at all, the overall pattern of the main competition unit is very clear.

Gus Van Sant's "Aokihara Tree Sea" landed in Cannes with much anticipation, but encountered an unprecedented full-scale smash on the street. This work starring Matthew McConaughey faced a lot of criticism. It is particularly tragic to create the lowest magazine score in Cannes since the 21st century.

Hungarian director Laszlo-Nemes' feature debut "Son of Sol" was rejected by the Berlin Film Festival in competition at the beginning of the year. Although it could be screened out of competition, the creative team decided to give up Berlin. Came to Cannes, and finally ushered in a huge success, currently leading the highest score in the magazine with 2.8 points, and also won a full house at the premiere, the Coen brothers and Sienna Miller were both in tears.

Then... Italian director Nanni-Moretti's new work "My Mother" and Yorgos Lanthimos' "The Lobster" also temporarily tied for second place with 2.7 points, ahead of The Japanese director is Hirokazu Kore-eda's topical work "The Diary of the Sea Street", and the evaluation is even better.

So what exactly does this mean?

The answer is: it doesn't mean anything.

The journal is the journal, the rating is the rating, and the award is another matter. The aesthetics of media reporters cannot represent the opinions and viewpoints of the jury.

But one thing is certain: "Lobster" is far from hitting the streets, and it's not even as severe and harsh as the verbal criticism that "Separate" faced at the beginning; Renly, who once again challenged comedy performances after "Anti-Cancer Me", unexpectedly refreshed The public impression once again brought a novel performance.

It can be said with certainty that Renly, who just won the second Oscar statue not long ago, still maintains his usual high level.

That's enough.

What's more, Renly was still able to set off the reporter's discussion, even if he was on the street; so, it had no effect on the reporter.

"So, how does it feel?" Bradley threw an introduction after waiting for Renly to finish reading the journal.

Renly pursed the corners of his mouth, "I really want to see 'Son of Sol' and 'Aokigahara Tree Sea'." One of the highest scores and one of the lowest scores.

Bradley couldn't help laughing.

Gavin asked curiously, "Why? Just because of the positive and negative reviews?"

"Part of it. I have to admit, what kind of work did Gus shoot to get the media to give it such a low score." Renly glanced at the field magazine again: six one star, four media refused to comment, which is really "If I remember correctly, when 'The Elephant' premiered in Cannes, there were too many controversies, and there were even journalists fighting at the media conference. I guess, whether this work is also So what?"

In the last life, Renly never watched the work "Aokigahara Tree Sea" because he felt it was unnecessary, but now that his perspective and ideas have changed, he did have some curiosity.

"Christopher Nolan personally confirmed that the number one choice for 'Interstellar' was Matthew McConaughey, but he chose you in the end. After missing this work, Matthew's work in the two years seems to be the same. It failed to meet expectations and is generally considered to be the curse of the little golden man, and this time the 'Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees' faced such an encounter, what do you think?"

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