If it is only considered as a comedy, most of this "Crazy Treasure" is undoubtedly quite successful. The whole story can be roughly divided into two main lines, light and dark. The open line narrates the process of how six people bet on the two hundred dollars crazy toss. The dark line is the casino owner using these six people as a bet to make a bigger gamble in secret. Among them, the bright line is divided into six branches, and the six magical stories are independent of each other and intersect with each other. I have to admire the director's ability to control the narrative, methodical and full of jokes. Presumably, the only place that many viewers feel at odds is the ending of the main theme that turns to promote "humanitarianism" and is full of moralistic meaning, right? In contrast to the black humor that permeated before, the person who had previously shown inferior character suddenly took on the aura of an angel, which may appear artificial.
Let's talk about the basic tone of this movie first, comedies drifting from the West-in the gap between McDonald's and rock music, a group of small people are always happy to satisfy low-level desires. Among them are the timid bank staff who have been mocked, the mother who has just found her long-lost daughter, the brothers who look like a scornful look, and the head of the family full of fat intestines... these People are everywhere in our daily lives. The scary thing is that in such a modern society that advocates material civilization, capitalists who occupy a large amount of material materials have the right to manipulate these little people driven by desire as puppets. The owner of the casino gave six ordinary people in their lives a key to each, stipulating that whoever arrives in Silver City first can get the two million dollars "enough to take a Turkish bath every day in this life." and a group of people who don’t worry about eating and drinking. The rich man waited to see "what kind of good show human nature will perform for money." Sure enough, the human nature's fox tail was exposed from the beginning. They agreed to cooperate and share the money together, but they turned into ghosts in their hearts. push. The little guy is busy for two million, but the big guy is smug behind the scenes. As a result, the direction of the ending changed.
The whole movie is connected with countless absurd and bizarre storylines, which is full of funny, relaxed and witty comedy spirit. When we frowned, we sighed solemnly: "Ah, powerful destiny! Ah, sad humanity!" People with a comedy spirit will jump out and laugh: in fact, it's all you. What is rare is that we can observe human nature in this comedy, which distinguishes this film from "Cat and Mouse" and "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" and other slapstick insults to IQ. The humanity that the director spent a lot of space in this movie to show clearly has nothing to do with "the essence of the universe, the primate of all things". I joked more about the desire-driven part of the person. Those extremely stupid qualities in human beings: selfishness, aggressiveness, possessiveness, the bestiality of doing everything possible to satisfy desires. This is an era of disenchantment, especially in the United States, where pragmatism is advocating. It seems that there are no sacred and solid things that can make people worship, and beautiful, noble, tragic and generous things are no longer favored by people. In the director's filming, everyone can be ugly and don't regard it as ugly. The purely awe-inspiring person collapsed as an idol. A typical example is the bank worker, what a gentleman, and the only person among the six who seems to be a gentleman. While waiting at the airport, his eyes firmly threw the key to two million into the trash can, and his eyes firmly despised material civilization and regarded money as dung. But when he heard that he could take a ride directly to Yincheng, he jumped up frantically and went to the trash can to search frantically. The contrast between before and after can be described as strong, and it also shows the diversity of people.
This kind of diversity of people can also be seen in the whole movie. In addition to the witty, ridicule and slightly black humorous irony, this comedy also has an important element in these humanity " After the phase was broken, the hope of holding an American-style optimistic torch was "standing". Look carefully, this optimism still runs through the film, so the theme of this film is obviously not a serious flogging of the dark side of human nature, "Take it easy." Americans who play chanting report everything. Haha smiled: That's all you! At the beginning of the film, the black mother’s miss for her long-lost daughter can be said to be sincere. The bank staff was confused by the girl’s sudden kiss... And no matter how unfortunate things they went through, they end up stubbornly with their vitality. Way out of danger. Working so desperately for a two million dollar is like a child who has no basic ability to judge the desire for colorful candies. From it, we can still feel something innocent and innocent, a desire that is purely perceptual. We have seen low-level animals that do not have wisdom and reason and cannot think twice. It is also said that they are controlled by others most of the time. "Little people". This kind of small people everywhere is not enough to make people panic in many cases, because the desire to be dominated by sensibility without rational liquidation is limited.
The terrible thing is the acceptability control, the desire of the "senior animals" who can control the situation. They can set up the game, delay gratification, but in the end have a great probability of surpassing everyone. In the film, it appears as rich people hiding in the dark, headed by casino owners. Others are gamblers, they are gamblers. Obviously the result is a very small number outside of the vast majority of cases. The casino owner failed completely, lost his wife and broke down. I think this is not against the tone of the whole movie.
Regarding the ending that the teacher asked us to revise, many people think that this movie is unappetizing because in the end it returns to the main theme, instead of loyally following the dark side of flogging humanity, it puts an ethical judgment into it. Personally, I still like the ending of this movie. If I were a director, I would definitely have my own values involved when shooting the movie. I wonder if I can graft with this American director. Perhaps it's just a personal understanding. I think one very important thing that can be seen from this movie is the black hole of value behind the spirit of comedy. In this: There is only one rule, there is no rule of the game. In modern society, people lose themselves in a state of emptiness and boredom, and are dominated by low-level material desires. The little people are struggling with the triviality, fragmentation and crowding full of human flesh and sourness in life. When we think about it carefully, we will also find that there is a vague bitterness while making us laugh. For example, the failed sports referee always feels "loser" written on his face everywhere, such as the bloated and insignificant family... and the rich people who occupy most of the wealth of the society are also the same? Bored to the point that I can only rely on gambling to make choices for life, hoping to add more possibilities and happiness. The result can only be to completely go to the ruins of the spirit in the pain of not getting and the boredom of getting.
What the film did in the first half was to laugh at morality, and at the end it chose to return to believing in morality. I have seen some film critics who wrote: "If the film does not have a wonderful ending, it can only be regarded as a farce with a slight irony and exaggeration. To reach this level. And because of the abrupt and magical touch at the end, the overall quality of this comedy has been improved, turning corruption into magic, and showing the brilliance of humanity. "I think this is the same as the American optimism in the previous film. It is consistent. After tearing the person’s role mask to disenchantment, it re-enchants, presents the altruistic divinity of the person, and saves the individual from the humble and ordinary abyss, so that everyone can be at a higher level. I felt the value and meaning of my own survival at the level. And the ironic spirit acts on those rich people who think they are smart and can control others, and the outcome is sad.
In fact, after reading it, I once thought about a question, that is, will the donations of those people be a situational immediate response, and will they regret after returning to the trivialities of real life. A few million yuan and the meaning of being a human being is at both ends of the balance, which one would you choose? In fact, human nature has always been a complex mixture of animality, god, sex, rationality. Kierkegaard said: Man is a complex of finite and infinite, short and eternal, freedom and inevitability. Only by making choices autonomously and taking responsibility for them can we feel the value of living. What is the meaning of "ethics" in a society that is permeated with exquisite egoism and has lost the value judgment standards? I think we need something to "educate", just like a movie shouldn't just be a farce of "Cat and Mouse", people should also make themselves live like a real person through ethical judgments and choices, eating and drinking. Find his own existence value and coordinates above Lazar. If I were the director, I would arrange an ending like this, just like the light of hope emanating from the torch held high.
This work full of modernity chooses to return to value. But in terms of transition processing, it is inevitable that people will feel a sense of disobedience, which can be regarded as some of the flaws of this movie. For example, in order to introduce the ending and increase the smile point, there are too many branches arranged, which interferes with what I want to express. For example, the plot of the prostitute and the cow... I think it can be deleted, and a plot that caused a small mistake by Mr. Bean will be arranged directly to lead everyone to the final stage. Then it directly erupts to produce a sense of impact, and the natural and dramatic effects coexist. For another example, regarding the issue of "interests" and "value", if I were the director, I might emphasize the contradictions and connections more bluntly and clearly. One of the interesting things in the film is that everyone was doing it for money at the beginning. Together, and then to their respective actions, they finally agree with each other by different paths and the same end. There is a bit of "the world is full of benefits, and the world's hustle and bustle are all benefits", but after the end of the film, people have similar doubts to me before, it Where is the center point? Therefore, we can add a few more shots to describe the empty and sad state of the six protagonists, which can be described in a comic style. The third point is the handling of personality differences. In this movie, the six characters are described as the same type of person, and the differences between each individual are highlighted. I think that when donating money, you can add more different ones for each person. Respond to the difference, something more personalized. The contrast can be more obvious. The preaching is dilute. Finally, for the disposal of the casino owner, he can arrange a plot in which he is also infected by all this even after he is extremely upset, and join them in their dance together, so that optimism can overcome irony and hope can overcome despair. The final victory of the comedy.
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