As a purely entertaining comedy action film, the structure of the whole film is still quite satisfactory, which is in line with the Hollywood-style plot of such family movie standards: the opening introduces the protagonist's identity and the problems faced, and the gradual development of the plot begins to set off Depp "Personal Charm", and then found a solution, ending with a small reversal as expected, and the villain was punished accordingly. From the previous good preview, we can see that the whole character of Mortdecai is similar to Captain Jack in Pirates of the Caribbean, so it seems that there will be a very good viewing experience before watching it. But the whole film ended up just being pieced together with a bunch of unrelated pieces.
Depp's beard became a clue to the entire film. Everyone was talking about beards, and Depp was basically in a state of trying to make his wife like beards and envy others' beards. From beginning to end, the butler like a dog Hachiko basically showed no character from beginning to end. Basically, he has been engaging in women, saving Depu, women, Depu, wife, and Depu. The sheriff played by Ewan McGregor appeared as a nymphomaniac male second character. He has been chasing the heroine. He occasionally takes care of the case in his spare time. The opening emphasizes that he loves the heroine deeply, but in the end he also intuitively feels Pure sexual attraction rather than true love. The only character in the film that is slightly brilliant is the heroine Johanna played by Gwyneth Paltrow. The role is basically to cooperate with Depp, but it still shows the image of a new generation of women who have to wipe their ass because of her husband's unwillingness.
Maybe it was because of the time of the show or the translation was lazy. There were many subtitles that didn't understand what they wanted to express, so they didn't convey a sense of comedy. The addition of a British accent made it even more confusing. For example, there is a scene in the opening scene of Depp’s female master’s bedroom, in which Johanna mentioned that Depp’s beard is like a vagina on his mouth (meaning you can understand it immediately..........), And Depp even replied that you mean the pubic hair on a vagina I assume (同度娘........), this pornography is quite interesting, but the audience will not notice that they are talking too much. what. In addition, if Depp was to be sent to LA later, his first reaction was to say to Ivan: why do you send me to the colony? This paragraph is actually a very good expression of the British aristocracy's mentality, but only It is difficult to understand the subtitles.
The film is funny because many of the settings in the film are actually quite interesting. For example, Depp, the housekeeper and the villain are fighting back and forth in the car, or the scene where Depp and the villain are at the auction house. And so on, they all make good use of the special characters expressed by Depp. But the reason for in a stupid way is because the highlight of the whole film is fragmented and scattered in different parts, which cannot help and contrast the main line, so it will cause the audience to deliberately create a sense of laughter and not distracted. From The Tourist to Dark Shadow to The Lone Ranger, Depp has more or less brought the characters of Pirates of the Caribbean into different movies. I personally have never felt that there is a problem with this. When performing comedies Each actor has his own unique method, but these films have never been able to create a character as distinctive as Captain Jack. It is really disappointing. This is not Depp’s performance problem alone, but the script, the director. Coordination with actors. Still looking forward to the future Depp can bring a more profound role.
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