I just came back from watching the midnight show. I love this movie so much that I can’t help but want to write something. Let’s start with the movie’s name "American Animals". I think it’s not appropriate to translate “American animals” literally, or it doesn’t express the original meaning, because the film clearly tells the story of four young Americans, rather than animals. I think it’s more appropriate to translate it into “American madness”. Reasons As follows: The fourth definition of Animal in the most authoritative Webster dictionary in the United States is a person with a particular interest or aptitude, such as a political animal politician, a party animal party mad; Urban dictionary in the city dictionary is interpreted as A group of close friends and family. They are also a bunch of crazy naaiers that will rock up and fock whrere ever they go This explanation is very clear, contact the plot of the movie, it really is like this.
The film tells the story of four American college students Spencer, Warren, Eric and Chas trying to steal a book from the university library. The story is extremely simple and absurd, but very attractive. The reason is that the director uses a semi-documentary to find out the prototypes of the characters for interviews. It is a bit like the feeling that the current TV reality show lets the parties tell the story of their minds on the second scene. Just like Deadpool in the Marvel movie breaks the fourth wall and talks directly with the audience. The four young people are stupid and cute, and their personalities are quite obvious. It is worth mentioning that, in my opinion, real people are much better-looking than actors. This is the same feeling as when I first arrived in the United States. Many passersby are really better-looking than Hollywood stars. Let’s talk about these four silly, unlucky bear kids:
1. Spencer, an art student with a talent for drawing and a younger sister, has a happy family, but lost himself and didn't even know how to introduce himself during a job interview. When he visited the special collection library of Transylvania University , he saw a rare book that was priceless, and it was also an animal picture album. As an art student, he had a special feeling for this book, especially the bird in the picture album. Crane, he had seen one exactly the same on the road. It is incredible that such a precious book is only taken care of by an old librarian, and it feels like it is very easy to steal. Spencer told all this to his good friend Warren, which aroused Warren's great interest. In fact, he initiated the theft, but then he was the first to back down. Facing the warmth of the family, he once wanted to withdraw, but under Warren's strong persuasion, he still participated in the theft, but in the end he changed from charging into battle to holding a telescope on the top of the building to control the wind.
2. Warren, a sports student with a sports scholarship, his parents divorced without warning. His father's weak and crying character made him very broken. He likes stealing, but also likes things with Joe. He has a unique sense of existence. The mastermind of this theft. He knew some social people in black and white. He thought he was also a social person. He planned to steal and sell the book. He went to New York to meet with a contact with Spencer, just to get an email address, and he went as far as the Netherlands to talk to potential people. The buyer met, but according to his own statement, he did not actually go to the Netherlands. He did not board the plane on the day Spencer sent him to the airport. He made up the later story. He just showed up at the airport the next day to let Spencer. Came to pick him up, pretending to go to Holland.
3. Eric, a schoolmaster. The function is to move huge books out of the library with Warren. The purpose of joining the group is to prove himself and at the same time want to maintain the friendship with Warren. The scenes are relatively small. She is more kind and timid, afraid of hurting innocent librarians during the robbery. She stepped aside in times of crisis and advocated compromise and concession. His sense of existence was relatively weak.
4. Chas, a muscular man. The last one was pulled in and took everyone away as the driver. The main purpose of admission is for money. The scenes are also relatively small. The personality is reckless and impulsive, but there are details in the rough, serious in doing things, and repeated practice of escape routes. After they succeeded, when contacting the buyer in New York, he found that the signs were wrong. He had a premonition that he would be implicated and imprisoned, so he took out anxiously and pointed at Warren's head. According to the director, in real life, he finally parted ways with three other people and was no longer friends.
It’s really funny when planning an action, stepping on points, drawing maps, and designing the course of action. It’s like playing a room escape game and the feeling of a child driving a cart. I also refer to the old-school police and gangster movies, if it’s the American dream, This may be the dream planted by the American media and Hollywood for these four young people. The first action of the four people failed, because suddenly a group of people in the library were in a meeting, and the action was forced to stop. The second time they made up their minds to finish, Warren electrocuted the librarian with an electric stun but did not stun her. The cry of the librarian made them panic, and they were escaping in the elevator with two large books. At the time, Eric accidentally pressed the elevator buttons on each floor. As a result, one of the floors was the student study room. Finally, they reached the last floor but there was no exit. In a hurry, they had to pass through the study room. Scalp up the stairs, of course, he also attracted the attention of a librarian and was called to the police. I accidentally slipped on the stairs and finally gave up the two books and ran away. Fortunately, they also stole two small books, so they went to New York to find a seller according to the original plan. I don’t understand why they finally went to a seemingly formal organization to find someone to do verification, but the person who hosted them immediately discovered that these were two very rare books, which did not seem to be from the right way. After prevaricating them, they obviously called the police. . The final outcome was obvious. The four people were remorseful and panic all day long. They were finally arrested by the FBI and sentenced to 7 years in prison.
The prototype finally recalled the arrested period, and all were silent, some even weeping silently, pitiful. The prototype of the librarian finally appeared, indicating that she could forgive the four young people after watching the movie. It is worth mentioning that the actor of the administrator is the weird woman Joan in the now popular horror film "Hereditary Genetic Doom", and her eyes are hairy when I look at her. In the end, the four young people all have a good home. Spencer became an artist, specializing in painting small animals, Warren became a filmmaker, Eric became a writer, and Chas became a fitness trainer as he wished. Many young people in the United States are affected by various distorted values or American dreams in the media. Unlike our roots, they have at least a correct outlook on life and values, basic judgments of right and wrong, and at least shame and shame. Nausea. Ironically, the other movie Ocean's 8 that was screened together is exactly a movie about the successful theft of jewellery. The heroine’s call to her accomplices before the action is particularly classic: It’s not for me, nor for you, but For the eight-year-old girl lying in bed dreaming of becoming a big thief. There is no sense of contradiction between these two films. Everyone made mistakes when they were young and vigorous. Fortunately, they did not hurt the librarian in a panic. Fortunately, the two books were finally returned to the original owner and were still guarded by the manager; Fortunately, They are all converted.
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