Entertainment: God-level director

the next day.

At around seven o’clock in the morning, Lin Ran woke up. After pulling away Elle Fanning’s little hand from her body and finding her cell phone, Lin Ran logged into major news websites and flipped through the news about yesterday’s premiere of”The Return of the Clown.” report

“Although the film has minor flaws, it is difficult to deny that this is an extremely successful masterpiece. The craftsmanship is flawless, the actors’ performance is impeccable, and it is very powerful. There is no doubt that this is the best thriller in recent years.”

The-Playlist website commented:

“《”The Return of the Clown” is a very interesting and great film. Although it cannot be called outstanding, it has a more mature scary plot and well creates a team bond between children.”

The Arizona Republic commented on”Return of the Clown”.

Chicago Sun News:”When the film chooses a group of young people to be the protagonists, the performance of the actors has a decisive impact on the overall quality of the film. This film does not make any mistakes.”

“There is no scene in the film that makes the audience want to stop and think about how creepy it is. Instead, these scenes fully illustrate the fear and tension of the protagonists. The overall rhythm, visual appearance, and soundtrack are so beautiful and exquisite.”

Variety, a very authoritative entertainment media in Hollywood, commented so

“《”The Return of the Clown” tells the story of a series of disappearances of children in the small town of Derry, Maine. In order to protect the children in the town, a team of seven united to fight against the clown.

In this movie, the main actors are all teenagers. What is surprising is that their performances are very mature and full of aura, which did not make me feel uncomfortable at all.

Of course, as a thriller and suspense film, the most important thing is that it is not really scary. I must say that it does that. Under the director’s horror atmosphere, it is really creepy!

However, this movie not only makes you feel scary from beginning to end, it also has some comedy elements in the middle. Horror and comedy seem to be contradictory, but in”The Return of the Clown”, a perfect balance is achieved, so that the entire The viewing process is extremely enjoyable.

Finally, if I want to give a score, I would give it 9 points and recommend watching it.”

Well-known film critic Andrews also commented in his column in the New Moon Times

“The response has been pretty good.”

After Lin Ran turned around, he couldn’t help but smiled with satisfaction.

“Lin, what are you laughing at?”

At this moment, Elle Fanning woke up and saw Lin Ran laughing alone, and asked with some confusion.

“I was reading the media reports of”The Return of the Clown” and the media reviews were very good.”

“congratulations. Elle

Fanning smiled and congratulated, and then looked at Lin Ran with admiration in her eyes:”Lin, your first movie in Hollywood was so successful. You are really great!””

“I’m great in other ways too, right? Lin

Ran laughed.

“Yes, strong oriental men.”

Elle Fanning thought about the craziness last night and nodded without any hesitation. On

May 30, two days before its release, the critic reviews of”The Return of the Clown” were finally lifted.

On Rotten Tomatoes, 24 In the evaluation of film critics, the freshness was as high as 100%, and all of them gave it good reviews.

On Metacritic, the comprehensive evaluation also reached 71!

It can be said that”The Return of the Clown” has a very good reputation.

Seeing this, Universal Pictures, which is responsible for the promotion, The industry immediately used media resources to report it.

At 18:00 on the 31st,”The Return of the Clown” opened in advance.

Mike is a fan of Andrews. After seeing the recommendation of his idol, as a horror film lover, he decided to watch it for the first time. He bought the ticket right away.

When he arrived at the cinema, he found that the occupancy rate was about 70%. After finding his seat and sitting down, the movie started showing within a few minutes.

Mike immediately closed the screen of his phone and started watching carefully.

“hiss~~~”

Soon, gasps of air could be heard from time to time in the theater, and Mike was so frightened that his heart pounded several times, and he subconsciously grabbed the armrests of his seat.

In a blink of an eye, 135 minutes passed and the movie was finished. bang bang bang~~~

Immediately, the audience stood up and applauded, which lasted for three minutes.

In the United States, this has become a movie-watching custom. If you encounter a particularly good movie, the audience will spontaneously stand up and applaud after watching the movie.

“It is indeed a movie with a 100% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It’s so exciting!”

“This is definitely the best thriller I’ve seen in the last five years!”

“It’s great, I’m going to watch it again tomorrow!”

“……”

As the audience left the show, they had a heated discussion with their friends who had come to watch the movie.

“Andrews’ recommendation is indeed correct!”

Mike also felt that the trip was worthwhile. After leaving the cinema, he immediately searched for information about the film’s main creator.

“watt? The director of this movie is actually from China?”

When he saw Lin Ran’s information, Mike was shocked.

There has been a lot of news about”The Return of the Clown” recently, but with Universal Pictures deliberately downplaying Lin Ran, the media rarely reported news about the director.

So for ordinary people As for the audience, if they hadn’t made special inquiries, they would not have known that the director was actually from China.

At this moment, not only Mike, but also many viewers who watched the advance screening and especially liked”The Return of the Clown” are searching for the director and They also discovered the information about the starring role.

They immediately searched Lin Ran on Google and saw Lin Ran’s more detailed information. They knew that this Chinese native was actually the most successful commercial film director in China. So

Lin Ran also took advantage of this opportunity to attract Lin Ran. He gained some American fans, and his Instagram followers continued to increase.

Some viewers who particularly liked”The Return of the Clown” even went to see”The Wandering Earth” because of it.

Even those viewers who were not interested in Lin Ran, a Chinese director, after returning home He promoted”The Return of the Clown” on his social media.

Six hours later,”The Return of the Clown” took in a box office of 13.5 million U.S. dollars in advance, and actually won the box office championship of the day.

Moreover, It is still far ahead of the second-place”Star Wars Story: Solo”. This movie only received a box office of US$4.42 million today, and the total box office in its first week of release was only US$119 million.

Compared with the super IP of”Star Wars”, In other words, there is no doubt that this result is overwhelming.

You know, Americans’ feelings about Star Wars are almost equivalent to China’s feelings about Journey to the West!