As a Hollywood action superstar, Tom Cruise is not the rigid type of "poker face" like Stallone, Schwarzenegger and Jason Statham, but his screen image is basically an honest, brave, fearless and determined Hollywood The standard male No. 1, the role is more serious, I am afraid that few people will think that he is suitable for comedy roles. It wasn't until Oprah Winfrey's talk show that "jumping the sofa" was unexpectedly performed. While becoming a laughing stock in the United States, it also allowed people to see the other side of such a crazy and funny side, so the comedy drama was also launched. out of hand. The most eye-breaking thing is that he guest starred in "Tropic Thunder" as a middle-aged producer with a big belly, bald head, and irritable. The exaggerated performance and the large-scale body language brought out no sense of joy. As the protagonists, Ben Stiller, Jack Black and others have become a major highlight of the film. In the end subtitles, a rather stinky dance show was specially arranged for him, allowing him to play tricks and be funny. This role is so impressive that at this year's MTV Movie Awards, Tom was invited to play the middle-aged Jewish man again in a series of funny promotional films with the popular Robert Pattinson and other stars.
Tom Tom's talent for comedy was so timely that it blazed a trail for his declining career. Since the "Couch Jumping" incident has seriously damaged his image, the box office of "Mission Impossible 3" and "The Sheep in the Lion's Mouth" have not been as expected, which has caused his box office appeal to decline. The termination of the contract by the personal production company is tantamount to casting a vote of no confidence in his future. The success or failure of the box office and the quality of "Dangerous Spy" are of critical significance to his superstar status and future development. Fortunately, Tommy handed it over. An excellent answer sheet. In addition to maintaining the characteristics familiar to the audience, such as his outstanding skills, calmness and wisdom, and charming demeanor, the special agent he plays also makes all the characters' words and deeds run through a unique sense of off-line joy-talking and neurotic language style. , exaggerated body movements, the crazy behavior of the hippie smiling face without a formal face between the hail of bullets and danger It is extremely precise, and the interpretation of this off-line agent is so familiar that it feels both familiar and subversive. And Cameron Diaz is still the familiar image of a silly big sister, exaggerated ignorance and panic, just in contrast to Tom Cruise's exaggerated calm and fearlessness, Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz's The rivalry plays a central role in the film. The vindictive enemies are "endless", the slapstick is "inseparable and inseparable", sparks are scattered, and there are many laughs. However, the silly big sister played by Diaz is not blindly pretending to be a silly little woman, but a soft and steely, character gradually becoming brave and persevering, and the relationship of protection and being protected between Tom and her was finally completely eliminated. The reversal makes the image of this silly eldest sister even more flavorful.
In addition to Tom's off-line joy, director James Mangold's creation and control of the film's overall joy is also excellent, showing the "advanced humor" that is not common in Hollywood. . The reason why it is called "advanced humor" is because he is not the kind of actor who is usually funny in Hollywood blockbusters represented by Michael Bay, with one or two supporting characters who are outstanding in appearance and speech. For example, "Transformers". "The black fat man and the uncle agent in District 7, but through carefully designed dialogues, situations, role relationships, action scenes and montages, they form an inner comedy tension, wrap the audience in a comedy atmosphere, and mobilize the audience themselves. To discover the charm of comedy, so that the characters do not need to show deliberately spoofed words and deeds, and still make the audience laugh. For example, after the fight on the plane, Tom continued to tell Diaz what happened in a calm tone like nothing happened. Diaz thought he was joking and didn't believe it at all. The more they talked about Tom's "seriousness" and Diaz's "unbelief" creates a more hilarious contrast, and even the small details of the cockpit door opening and closing add humor. This "believe or not" joy continues to ferment in the subsequent plot. When Diaz tells her firefighter friend about her bizarre encounter, the more serious she tells, the more unbelievable the firefighter is. When Brother Tom appeared to join the chat between the two, the sense of joy caused by the collision of different emotions was even stronger. The three people just repeated "I'm the guy" several times, which would make the audience feel extremely humorous and interesting.
The interaction between the male and female protagonists is also full of joy from beginning to end, especially Diaz can only be manipulated arbitrarily by Tom at the beginning. The eldest sister's temperament is brought to the extreme. But at the end, Diaz began to manipulate Tom's fate, but instead he drugged him unconscious. Whether it's Diaz or Tom, the montage after being drugged and fainted is quite interesting. The scene is constantly changing in the subjective perspective of flickering and darkening. When you wake up, you are already thousands of miles away. This kind of transition The way the design looks ingenious in action movies.
In addition, action scenes are also included in the scope of serving the sense of joy, and a deliberately exaggerated expression method is used to create a comic effect, but this exaggeration is not the pure nonsense, It's a spoof-focused style, but slightly tweaked in standard Hollywood action scenes without exaggeration. For example, in the scene where Tom was "airborne", Diaz watched Tom ride a motorcycle onto the bridge, and then the motorcycle flew off the bridge and fell into the water, but Tom disappeared, and then "bang" A sound landed on Diaz's hood, and she waved with a smile, no matter how dangerous it was for her to drive her by blocking Diaz's view. Since the action scenes are mainly hilarious, the overly exciting big scenes that are not in line with the hilarious style are discarded by the director, and the director pursues a small and delicate action scene with comedy elements in every detail, although the audio-visual stimulation is not as good as it is. Many blockbusters are so strong, but with a high degree of integration with the plot, these action scenes still look wonderful and not tarnished. (Text / Levin)
——The abridged version of the film review was published in Beijing Youth Daily
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