At the heart of comedy is tragedy, and anything that makes you laugh makes you cry when it's over. That's why I rarely watch comedies! A "Swiss Army Knife Man" that made me willing to reconcile with myself and accept my imperfections.
Hank (Paul Dano), a man who was trapped on a desert island, had no love for life. When he was about to hang himself in desperation, the rope on the desert island was not very strong. At this time, he found a With the corpse (Daniel Radcliffe) who came along the water, his courage to die was interrupted, and the extreme loneliness made him start talking with the corpse. Loneliness overcomes fear, Hank can't let go of the corpse, and walks around the island with "him" on his back, the corpse shows amazing functions - the violent "fart" can become a jet boat and take him away from the desert island . The corpse also began to speak, learn human expressions, ignite a fire with the snap of a finger, act as a compass, and launch various objects at high speed, like an omnipotent Swiss Army knife, saving people from distress.
After watching the whole movie, I found that the tone of the movie is very grounded. Just like the title of my article, the lines are filled with a lot of language about "shit, pee and fart", which is very vulgar, but very kind. Hank, who failed to commit suicide, met Manny, who was known as the panacea. He found that the fart released by Manny's body could form a large airflow, which could even be used as a kayak. For the first time, Hank had The idea of escaping from this island, he did not want to commit suicide. A very absurd scene, which refreshed my understanding of corpses. It turns out that a corpse can still play like this.
It stands to reason that if Hank left the island with Manny's fart, he would have left him. But Hank didn't do this, but kept carrying him on the journey home. Here are a few analyses of taking Manny with him: 1. Manny saved Hank's life, and Hank wanted to repay him. Taking Manny back home could help Manny go to the ground; 2. Hank He is a very lonely person, which is why he wants to commit suicide. Lonely, cowardly, cowardly, and lacking in love, he brought Manny's body with him, as if there was a feeling of dispelling loneliness. Even though it seemed very cumbersome to carry Manny on his back, he didn't want to set foot on the journey home alone.
Along the way, Hank keeps unlocking Manny's new skills, even bringing Manny back to life and talking to Hank. This reminds me of the domestic movie "Falling Leaves Returning to Roots", played by Zhao Benshan. He took the corpse of his fellow villager and tried his best to return to his hometown, so that the fallen leaves of his fellow villager could return to their roots. In the movie, Zhao Benshan plays a very simple and honest character. He just wants his fellow countryman to return to his hometown. He is kind and simple, and it also reflects an essence of Chinese rural people. What is completely different from "Falling Leaves" is that the corpse man Manny in the movie is a bond that inspires Hank to find himself. Manny makes Hank learn to accept his imperfections and makes Hank gradually aware of the outside world. There is no one else, only yourself.
In order to restore Manny's sense of human beings, Hank built a bus in a forest, played the role of Sarah, the object of his secret love, and led Manny to regain his sense of being a man step by step. What we know is that the mobile phone belongs to Hank, and the photo of the mobile phone desktop was taken secretly by Hank. Manny thought that he liked that girl, but it was just a tool arranged by the director. He hoped that with the help of Manny gradually falling in love with the fantasy girl Sarah, Hank would be honest with his feelings and dare to speak out loudly, Instead of hiding behind the back all the time, not even daring to look straight.
The part where Hank plays Sarah seems a bit hilarious, but it's actually quite sad. You know, Sarah had no idea that there was such a boy who secretly liked her.
After a series of adventures, the two finally re-entered the crowd. Coincidentally, the first place to arrive was Sarah's backyard. At that moment, Hank was cowardly, not as full of subjective initiative as he was in the forest before: lighting a fire, hunting, having a party... Hank desperately He wanted to run away, but was beaten by Manny, who said to Hank, "But everyone has an ugly side, and maybe we're all just ugly, useless shit. Maybe all we need is, If there is one person who doesn't care about these things, then the world will become more tolerant, we can sing, dance, and even fart together, and everyone will not feel so lonely." A passage full of shit and farts is so soothing to listen to. people's hearts.
In fact, many people have social phobia, and I have that too. I am always thinking about being recognized by others, but what I need most is not the recognition of others, but my liking for myself! Looking at Hank in the movie, I seem to see my own shadow. I always feel a lack of love. I feel that one day I suddenly disappear from this world, and no one will cry! In fact, lonely people are everywhere, the most important thing is to be able to enjoy this loneliness from the heart. Don't care too much about what the outside world thinks, live yourself is the best.
The film has a very clear absurdity, like a clear and deformed dirty fairy tale in the wasteland wilderness. The "abandoned sons" of the two worlds found their lives on the edge of the world and in all kinds of garbage. The various losses and injuries that Hank encountered in the real society bloomed green and charming flowers in this jungle world. Hank and The Walking Dead are losers in the normal world. They are cut off by the scissors of society. The parts that don't fit the same rhyme are connected with bones. This abandoned world has become a new paradise, where people, together with garbage, forests and wild springs, can confirm and comfort each other. What moves people's hearts is the kind of loneliness that can only be felt when two people are together. The soundtrack of the film is pure human voice, with a few chords of the guitar, ethereal and indifferent, like a white feather that does not fall to the ground, floating in the air and dispersing in the dense forest.
A comedy movie full of foul language, I laughed when I watched it, but I was very moved. In reality, a corpse is a corpse. It cannot speak, spray water, and cannot be used as a means of transportation. This is also a part of the film that is incompatible with reality! All the lonely and loveless children in the world don't have this lovely Manny to help them find themselves again, but the director uses Manny's words to tell us: no one is perfect, everyone is doing something in a place we don't know It's not a very good thing, it's just that we don't know it, what we can do is not to blame ourselves and give up on ourselves, but to find ourselves cute, because we are also loved by someone.
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