Chapter 2152: 2152 The Pinnacle Work

Among its first reviews, The Hollywood Reporter focused on Hugo's stellar performance.

"John Nash is an excellent challenge for any actor. Just seeing the character's biography can indicate that this will be a role that will hopefully show his abilities. Genius or madman , which is always the best role for an actor to play, from 'Mozart' to 'Silence of the Lambs', from 'Silence of the Lambs' to 'Taxi Driver', from 'Schindler's List' to 'Seven Deadly Sins'... In these classic masterpieces, we can always see actors fully displaying their acting talents and talents in the roles of geniuses or lunatics.

John Nash was both a genius and a lunatic.

So, when this story came into view, everyone knew it was going to be a big acting frenzy. But one thing people overlook is that when there are too many opportunities to show off, it is easy to lose the rhythm. The performance is injected with too much energy or interpreted too hard, and the result is that the movie becomes a stage play, and the exaggerated effect is disappointing.

For a genius and lunatic, how to accurately grasp the rhythm and proportion is a difficult challenge for any actor. Even Dustin Hoffman in 'Rain Man', even Geoffrey Rush in 'Shining Presence', they're hard to get right. But Hugo Lancaster did it.

Turning down every opportunity to take his character too far, Hugo demonstrates powerful and precise control, and with his extraordinary focus, shows us a man who lives almost entirely within himself, who The dramatization of the character's psychology is perfectly handled: a vague smile hangs on the lips, stiff and awkward hand movements from time to time, erratic voices during speeches, vague tones with southern accents, flickering but bright Concentrated eyes, clumsy staggering footsteps... With Hugo's performance, you will not think that this is intentional by the actor, and you will not feel the power of performance or carving at all, but you will think that this is after the in-depth absorption of the character's character It emanates naturally.

The most impressive scene is that after John Nash learned the truth, he collapsed in disbelief, and then cut his left hand with his nails, trying to find the implanted chip inside, but he failed. When he raised his head, the shock, despair, astonishment and collapse in his pupils shocked his soul!

Eyes, facial expressions, gestures, postures, talking, walking... Even a movement of bowing the head can feel the shock that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Hugo's understanding and interpretation of the characters are so perfect that any language of praise loses its color . Needless to say, Hugo gave one of the best performances of his career - even after he's already given several jaw-dropping performances.

If Hugo hadn't just won his second Oscar for Best Actor in "The Truman Show" in March this year, making history again, we can almost declare that the next Oscar for Best Actor has no suspense. But even so, the almost historical performance in "A Beautiful Mind" still gave Hugo the opportunity to continue to make history at the Oscars, which made Hugo stand on the side of Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Jack Lemmon's height and lead by half a body.

Driven by Hugo's wonderful performance, Charlize Theron has given an award-winning performance for the third consecutive year. Alicia's temperament ranges from cunning and agile to heavy and difficult, and then to perseverance and maturity. The whole transformation process is delicately and movingly performed by Charlize, especially the consistent chemical reaction between her and Hugo, which is the key to the success of the whole movie.

William Pacher, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, has seen the spirituality of this young actor again after a long absence. He is calm and domineering, complex and cunning, strong and sinister, and has a glib tongue. After that, Leonardo showed the charming charm of the performance, using the subtle changes in the eyes to take the character to a whole new level.

There are also Charles played by Heath Ledger, Rosen played by Christopher Plummer, Hansen played by Josh Lucas...all of them have contributed performances that cannot be ignored, making the whole film The movie becomes complete. This is undoubtedly a wonderful work, and the excellent performances of the actors make the work among the classics. "

The "Hollywood Reporter" point of view is undoubtedly very novel, and they regard this work as the pinnacle of Hugo, which is really beyond the expectations of many people-everyone knows that Hugo has already He has dedicated many wonderful performances, otherwise he will not surpass Tom Hanks and other two statuette winners, and is tied with Jack Nicholson as the actor with the most Oscar acting trophies.

As the most authoritative professional magazine on the West Coast, the opinion of "The Hollywood Reporter" is very important. They once again gave a full score of 100 points, which undoubtedly pushed the praise of "A Beautiful Mind" to a new peak.

In fact, in addition to the "Los Angeles Times", "The New Yorker" and "The Hollywood Reporter", there are two other media that gave a full score of 100, namely the "Chicago Sun" and "Rolling Stone".

The "Chicago Sun" where Roger Ebert worked not only gave a 100-point score, but also gave a four-star recommendation, "Hugo Lancaster pushes the character's emotions one by one. To the extreme, he built the personality of the character with one behavioral detail after another. He awakened the vitality of the character and once again brought a breath-taking performance, allowing the entire movie-watching process to follow the ups and downs of the character. Sorrow and joy overlap."

The full score of "Rolling Stone" is beyond everyone's expectations. This magazine, which has never been too cold about Hugo, did not hesitate to praise its words this time. A love story like a fairy tale, conveying the courage that goes deep into the bone marrow!"

Five full marks undoubtedly brought the praise of "A Beautiful Mind" to its peak. What's even more inconceivable is that several media outlets thought this work was the pinnacle of Hugo. Neither expected, especially now that Hugo had just won his second Best Actor Oscar.

It can be seen from Roger Ebert's film review that he gave 100 points to Hugo's performance.

Otherwise, "USA Today" gave it a score of 88, "This is an inspiring film that perfectly digests an extremely difficult subject -- more so than 'Shining Presence'." Brilliant, perhaps the most powerful of all the cinematic triumphs over spiritual demons."

The "Daily News" rated 95 points, "Unfortunately, Howard sticks to the rules in the last third of the film, using old-fashioned structure and tear-jerking techniques to ruin a true and chewy story. .But until then, you'll be staring."

It can be seen that these works that were once at odds with Hugo all gave praise to the film one after another, even far exceeding expectations. Only the New York Post gave it a score of 65, "There has always been more praise and admiration for 'A Beautiful Mind' than you might have guessed, but none more than its creators believed when the film When you do succeed, even though it may not be great in itself, people always do it."

The score given by the New York Post was also the lowest score among the first batch of reviews, and otherwise, there was a lot of applause.

The Wall Street Journal gave it a score of 93, "Ron Howard and Hugo Lancaster breathe new life into the original novel and add a touch of Hollywood sadness, but there's no denying Lancaster's brilliant performance Lights up the whole piece.”

"Chicago Tribune" once again gave an interesting comment behind the evaluation of 88 points, "For a man who just won an Oscar for "The Truman Show" and is the third Oscar in five years For an actor, 'A Beautiful Mind' is undoubtedly the toughest, deepest, and most difficult challenge. He does not need to prove his own strength, but he needs to prove that he deserves the award. There is no doubt that he has done Arrived, and far exceeded expectations, he can almost be said to have blown this test, handed over the peak performance of his career, nothing to say!"

At the end of the review, the "Chicago Tribune" also teased, "Maybe not the pinnacle work-because we all know that the best work is always the next one."

I have to say that the ridicule of the "Chicago Tribune" is always the best condiment for people after dinner.

Among the first batch of reviews of "A Beautiful Mind", 33 media gathered, among which the voice of praise occupied an absolute advantage. In the end, the comprehensive media review reached an excellent 89 points, far exceeding the word-of-mouth not long ago The most famous work "The Sixth Sense of Spirituality" was born at the end of the year with an absolutely powerful attitude.

However, even such an excellent result has long been taken for granted by Hugo - and some even think that this score is lower than expected. Eighty-nine points? Lower than expected? It has to be said that people's super high standards for Hugo have reached a perverted level. But what is even more frightening is that even so, Hugo can still amaze people every time!

Although "A Beautiful Mind" was only screened in eleven theaters in a low-key manner, without much publicity, it can be seen from the first batch of film reviews as many as 33, the works starring Hugo are still all object of attention. The same is true of the media, and so is the audience. Even though the movie is only on demand, people still have a strong enthusiasm for this work. They walked into the movie theater on weekends to watch this work. "Stuart. Little", which was screened in 1,900 theaters, is no less impressive.

This made everyone naturally look towards the single-house box office. Could it be that Hugo is going to break the record again?