The poster of the movie attracted me. Three big guys wearing zebra stripes ran in the fields. They wanted to come to a movie with a sense of joy, similar to "Three Fools in Bollywood". After watching it, I didn't feel very funny. The reason why I think it’s not funny is because I don’t understand the background of the movie, and I didn’t get a good laugh. This movie must be a good movie, so I learned a little about it after watching it.
The plot of the movie comes from "The Odyssey", which is collectively referred to as "Homer's Epic" with "Iliad". They are the two most important epics of ancient Greece and the oldest surviving Western literary works. According to legend, they were written by the blind poet Homer. "Odyssey" continues the story of "Iliad", telling a series of thrilling stories encountered by Odysseus on the way back to his hometown led by the fleet after the Trojan War. It contains many ancient myths and fantasy natural phenomena. . The story structure of the movie comes from this story, and there are some similarities in the details, except that the subject has become three people, and the background has become Mississippi in the early 1930s. In the epic, Odysseus first encountered an attack by the Kakonius, was imprisoned by the cannibal Cyclops on the island, was helped by the wind god, drifted to the island of Giants, and encountered the witch Khark's companion and was killed by Khark. Become a pig, traveled to the Hades to predict the future, passed through the tempting Monster Bird Island, slaughtered the sacred cow on the Sun God Island, angered Zeus, etc. Finally, Odysseus returned to the palace and defeated his wife’s suitor, a family Reunion. In the movie, Everett, Dema, and Pete escaped from prison and first met their cousin's betrayal, and then met a black man playing guitar, a bank robber with mania and depression, a washer girl by the river, and a dog stolen on the road. As a Bible salesman, Everett returned home and defeated his wife’s fiance and won back his wife and daughter.
The first thing that impressed me with this movie is the keynote of the movie-a nostalgia and bluegrass music. The wild field scenery of the American West is full of warm yellow tones under the wide view. A winding road runs through the fields, and cars pass by leaving dust in the sky. The hard and fast bluegrass music is more nostalgic, full of masculinity and sunshine, which is very in line with the tone of this movie. The bluegrass music, the western country, the absurd plot, and the perfect combination of religious beliefs have made this movie a lot of style.
At the beginning of the movie, the three people met the blind old man walking on the railway cart. The old man predicted their future: you will eventually find the treasure, although it is not the treasure you originally sought. The image of the blind old man here coincides with the original Blind Homer, giving me the feeling that this old man is actually the original Homer. The author appears in the plot, he knows everyone’s stories, or he created these stories, and at the same time he also exists in the stories he created, no one else in the story knows his existence, he is like time Keep moving forward on the established track, like an old-timer. Just like the old man in "The Secret of the House of Cards", he plays a role in the world he created. No one but himself knows that this world was created by him.
In the original book, there is a witch who meets the laundry by the river. In the movie, it is adapted as three women laundry by the river. They kidnapped Pete and left his clothes. After Dema found out, he thought the witch turned Pete into a frog. Carrying the frog was like carrying Pete. Later, the frog was pinched to death by the cruel one-eyed man, and Dema was also beaten. The plot is absurd and humorous, which shows De Ma's simplicity and kindness. In fact, these three fugitives are pure people. Compared with other religious believers who betray their relatives, do not break their hands, and kill people of color and infidels in order to govern, they are much more lovely. Good people are hunted down and evil people do evil in society. It is precisely because of this contrast that the film has the meaning of satirizing social reality.
Regarding religion, before the film, Dema and Pete were baptized by the priest to wash away their faults, thinking that they were redeemed. They were ridiculed by Everett, who has no religious beliefs. Although the priest said that you are innocent, the American police are not so. Talkative. At the back end of the plot, the governor declared that they were not guilty, but the sheriff said that he represented the law, regardless of whether the governor pardoned them. At the time of life and death, Everett prayed for God's blessing, it can be seen that God's blessing is the comfort when there is no way to go. Finally, the miracle manifested, the reservoir collapsed, everyone was rushed into the water, the music sounded, and the camera stayed underwater. It was here that they performed the real baptism ceremony and were redeemed. Belief is not only a form, but also a rebirth after suffering.
The old man said that although you will not find a treasure, you will find another treasure. The old man did not say what treasure is, but the answer is given at the end of the movie, that is freedom and salvation, which is also the theme of this movie.
You seek a great fortune.
You three who are now in chains.
You will find a fortune.
Though it will not be the fortune you seek.
But first...First you must travel a long and difficult road...a road fraught with peril...
You shall see the things.
Wonderful to tell... You shall see a...A cow ...on the roof of a cotton house.
And ,oh,so many startlements. (Very many accidents).
I cannot tell you how long this road shall be.
But fear not the obstacles in your path.
For fate has vouchsafed your reward (because you are destined to be rewarded).
Through the road may wind. (Although the road may be rough).
Yea ,you hearts grow weary (worst and exhausted).
Still shall ye follow them (but you have to persevere).
Ever onto you salvation (until you are redeemed).
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