Watch "Friends" when you are happy, and watch "Friends" even more when you are unhappy.
Except for the jokes that you can never get tired of, the friendship between them, like the poster hanging on the wall of Chandler and Joey's apartment, touched me a lot.
This poster left a deep impression on me, because the two actors above also liked it very much. They were "Skinny" Stan Laurel and "Fatty" Oliver Hardy (Oliver Hardy).
Laurel and Hardy were mainly active in the 1920s and 50s. The poster was taken from the movie "Leave'em Laughing" starring in them.
In the nearly 30 years of their combined career, the two have appeared in 107 movies and brought a lot of laughter to the audience. They are not only good friends on the screen, they are also imprinted in each other's lives.
The reason why "Friends" used this photo is probably because it can represent the theme that "Friends" wants to express, and it can also show the friendship between Chandler and Joey.
Recently, a movie "Stan and Ollie" based on Laurel and Hardy is about to be released. The film mainly focuses on their partner's trip to the UK late in their career. This film about the friendship between the two was also highly rated on the Rotten Tomatoes website.
In the film "Stan and Olly", Steve Coogan plays the role of "Skinny" Lawry, and John C. Reilly plays the role of "Fatty" Hardy. Judging from the exposed shots, the morphology and movements are very similar, especially some of the dance fragments.
"Skinny" Lawley is okay. Because Hardy is tall and fat, John C. Reilly, who plays him, has to wear a heavy special effects suit. In addition to the triangle area of the face and the palm of his hand, he has to rely on special effects for makeup. .
However, people are still more interested in the friendship between the two in private than copying the film works of Laurel and Hardy in their early years. John C. Reilly also said in an interview that the movie will mainly make some behind-the-screen stories.
In fact, Laurel and Hardy are quite different from themselves on the screen.
Laurel is British and was born in a family that loves drama. He began performing on stage at the age of 16. In the following years, he followed a variety show troupe to perform in various parts of the United States, and imitating Chaplin was one of his main tasks.
Hardy came from an ordinary family. In order to run a movie theater, he gave up his studies. But he also worked very hard, taking care of all the work in the cinema, from selling tickets to cleaning. In the end, he followed his dream and became an actor.
In 1921, Laurel and Hardy appeared together for the first time in a movie called "Lucky Dog". But at that time the two hadn't been partners together and could not be counted as friends.
It was not until "45 Minutes from Hollywood" in 1926 that the two people had cooperated in a real sense, and it continued for decades until their last "Utopia" (1951).
During this period, the two people gradually became a pair, inseparable from each other's comedy combination. Laura's stupid eyes, Hardy fiddling with his tie... Those innocent sections always make people laugh.
In fact, the reason why the audience likes them so much may be precisely because they are such close friends in their lives. Like every movie, there is always a compulsory lesson about friendship. Even if the quarrel is fierce, there will always be a reconciliation at the end.
When Hardy uttered the famous saying "Okay, you messed me up again", he had already forgave the sabotage Lauley from the bottom of his heart. Friends is friends!
What's interesting is that Laurel is the smarter of the two, and he is also the editor, director, and performer. And Hardy is always the one who sits and reaps the rewards. In his own words, "It is already very difficult to complete the performance. How can I have the energy to take care of other things".
After Hardy's death, Laurel was very depressed and never appeared on the big screen again. In the last eight years of his life, Laurel gave all his energy to fans who liked him, personally replying to every letter.
To commemorate the joy they brought to everyone, fans named their fan clubs around the world with the names of their works.
Thinking of a scene in "Friends", Monica asked Chandler what kind of life he wanted. Chandler said he wanted to buy a house, have a few children, have two pets, and so on.
Finally, I don’t forget to build a house on the garage so that Joey can take care of him.
The true friendship is probably like this.
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