Putting aside the mixed praise and criticism of this April new film by the Western media, Tom Hanks has added a work with a reputation of 6 points or more to the rare film that Tom Hanks starred and produced for him. From the point of view of an ordinary audience, Xiao Xuan'er sat in the movie theater with fans who were also looking forward to Tom's new film. In 1 hour and 38 minutes, he did not feel bored. If you have to deal with the mid-life crisis, romantic love, and the innuendo of Sino-American love as a vulgar plot, then this movie does contain a variety of elements and a changeable style. The film comes from the director of "Perfume", "Lola Run" and "Cloud Picture": Tom Tykway, who loves the original novel, so he called his old friend: Tom Hanks and invited him to make it together this movie. At the beginning of the movie, you can clearly feel the self-confidence of the lecture story. A TV commercial-like dream scene, concisely and powerfully describes the protagonist: Alan Clay, who is in middle age, in fact, is close to old age, 50 In his many years of age, he was faced with huge bills, a disappearing big house, an angry wife, and an embarrassment of not knowing why he was in a dilemma. This hard advertisement ends with a roar, bringing out the protagonist who was awakened on the plane: Alan Clay. The nightmare has just ended, and the reality version of the nightmare has just begun. With the director’s replay, he explained why Alan Clay was given this special job. This unlikely-sounding deal is exactly the situation that salesmen often face. The rich material of the original novel itself makes the movie full of wisdom and narration. Such as Allen. According to Clay, the sales staff made a plan and arrived at the scene. Everything changed, but they still had to complete the sales task. This is how salesmen work, even if they return to traditional door-to-door sales. Even if the job is to go to Saudi Arabia to sell the holographic projection conference system to the king, the salesperson will have to face the difficulties. When you think that the film is about to puncture the American economic bubble or tell a legendary business negotiation, the film begins with the protagonist: Allen's second night in the hotel, and it turns to the plight of family and life. The director replies to the E-mails of Ellen, his wife and daughter, and presents them like the magic letters of the "Harry Potter" series, with each other's emotions and expressiveness. The wife's steadily pressing on the remaining matters of the divorce, and the daughter's college tuition and expectations, all made Allen's difficult travel even worse. Among them, the plain interpretation of a night spent by a lonely man in a hotel, his lonely and helpless sentiment, reminds people of the 2015 "Aberration", the lonely soul is always the same. Do you really know what you are doing all the time? Because of the protagonist's career as a salesman, this movie will naturally be compared with "Death of a Salesman" in 1951, saying that it is a contemporary version of "Death of a Salesman", and part of it is similar: The character's struggle and powerlessness in the general environment, but the other part: the ending part of the novel, it seems that there is no playwright: Arthur Miller is so obsessed with awakening Americans in dreams with tragedy, but a more romantic treatment The protagonist: Allen's life turning point. At the same time, the story uses most of the pen and ink to describe the salesman: Allen, encountered complicated interpersonal relationships in Saudi Arabia, "making things difficult" from locals, "showing good" from international friends, "friendship" with the driver, etc. Wait. For several days, Allen couldn't know when the kingdom would come, and he couldn't improve the working condition of the team without internet, food and water. He was more helpless than not knowing where he was or even. What's more interesting is that in the story, Allen has been unable to sit on a chair since he came to Saudi Arabia. In the tent, on the roof, and the driver's friends, he fell three times in a row. Even if he showed no confidence, the chair under his buttocks would never pretend to be strong, and would collapse when he said it. Allen kept recalling the doubts of his father, the embarrassing speeches in his life, and the puss behind him that he would check every night. Each of these will have problems in their hearts and bodies, but they are concretized in Allen. It's like the daughter repeating the ex-wife's ridicule: "No matter where he is, his problems are here." While Allen is trapped in difficult marriage and family relationships, facing her own professional crisis and her daughter's responsibilities. He may not be like the protagonist of "Death of a Salesman", going to the tragedy of suicide, but his body began to be overwhelmed, and under his severe alcoholism, he went on strike. The so-called “lost first and then find himself”, Allen also went through this process. In the 30th minute of the film, he "raised a knife to let blood," and in the following dozens of minutes, he even suffered a heart attack. However, he got a rest time, got acquainted with the driver, and started a brand new relationship with the doctor, which inevitably includes the international relations and cultural differences between the United States and Saudi Arabia. In addition to the dialogue in the comedy, the film also has serious topic discussions. Allen was asked whether he would support the US government as an American or would he support the driver as a friend. The help and directness of the female doctor made Allen grateful and relaxed. The fast pace of the film not only started from the beginning, but for the next seven days, Allen encountered different conditions during the day and plunged into different abysses at night. It was a nightmare again and again, and all of this no longer troubled his heart after he received the operation to remove the pustules behind him. As a result, the king suddenly arrived, and the holographic projection proposal went on smoothly, and his sincerity also won the favor of female doctors. How to prove that you are right, others are wrong. Who will control his life steadily throughout his life. In the complex plot, the film shows us that life never stops, but how can you take care of the future and the way ahead? The answer may not be stubborn insistence, but natural letting go. Director: Tom Tykway, following "Lola Run" and "Perfume", showed his rich expression skills, whether it is Alan's drunkenness or nightmares, it seems so magical and pleasing. And Tom. After "Captain Philip" and "Bridge of Spy", Hanks showed us his charm as a small person. In the film, you will see him more nervous and cramped, smiling and screaming in shock, which is refreshing and impressive. If more than 3 points were deducted from the film, it might be the soft ending, the return of love, and the old-fashioned China threat theory. Too many movie themes revolve around men’s midlife crisis: including complex economic crises, work crises and marital crises, as well as a wide range of family crises and life crises. Especially when their physical condition is not under control at first, men will really start to worry about themselves. Rather than external work, wives, children and the future, focus more on the present and yourself. It is always said that this is a patriarchal society, and men's right to speak is dominant, but when they step down from this position, they are indeed at a loss. Reminiscent of another Japanese director Kurosawa's work "Tokyo Sonata" in the early morning. Are you sweeping sand in the desert for useless work, or are you warming each other with your family in a tent? This movie makes us seem to see Tom Hanks in "Leaves of a Deserted Island" again. Fortunately, this time, even though he is in the desert, he can still be lonely by the toilet and write emails to people he likes. Finally, Xiaoben played a holographic projection display character in it, appearing in a virtual form. (Don’t think it’s so small and vague, we won’t recognize it) Toronto, May 3, 2016 Little Xuaner's Story———————————— If more than 3 points were deducted from the film, it may be the soft ending, the return of love, and the old-fashioned China threat theory. Too many movie themes revolve around men’s midlife crisis: including complex economic crises, work crises and marital crises, as well as a wide range of family crises and life crises. Especially when their physical condition is not under control at first, men will really start to worry about themselves. Rather than external work, wives, children and the future, focus more on the present and yourself. It is always said that this is a patriarchal society, and men's right to speak is dominant, but when they step down from this position, they are indeed at a loss. Reminiscent of another Japanese director Kurosawa's work "Tokyo Sonata" in the early morning. Are you sweeping sand in the desert for useless work, or are you warming each other with your family in a tent? This movie makes us seem to see Tom Hanks in "Leaves of a Deserted Island" again. Fortunately, this time, even though he is in the desert, he can still be lonely by the toilet and write emails to people he likes. Finally, Xiaoben played a holographic projection display character in it, appearing in a virtual form. (Don’t think it’s so small and vague, we won’t recognize it) Toronto, May 3, 2016 Little Xuaner's Story———————————— If more than 3 points were deducted from the film, it may be the soft ending, the return of love, and the old-fashioned China threat theory. Too many movie themes revolve around men’s midlife crisis: including complex economic crises, work crises and marital crises, as well as a wide range of family crises and life crises. Especially when their physical condition is not under control at first, men will really start to worry about themselves. Rather than external work, wives, children and the future, focus more on the present and yourself. It is always said that this is a patriarchal society, and men's right to speak is dominant, but when they step down from this position, they are indeed at a loss. Reminiscent of another Japanese director Kurosawa's work "Tokyo Sonata" in the early morning. Are you sweeping sand in the desert for useless work, or are you warming each other with your family in a tent? This movie makes us seem to see Tom Hanks in "Leaves of a Deserted Island" again. Fortunately, this time, even though he is in the desert, he can still be lonely by the toilet and write emails to people he likes. Finally, Xiaoben played a holographic projection display character in it, appearing in a virtual form. (Don’t think it’s so small and vague, we won’t recognize it) Toronto, May 3, 2016 Little Xuaner's Story————————————
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