The God of Cookery Movie Critic-The most delicious but a bowl of char siu rice

Shaun 2022-01-21 08:03:05

In Stephen Chow's movies, there will always be a heroine who represents truth, kindness and beauty, who is truly sincere, kindness is kindness, and beauty is spiritual beauty. As for the appearance, it is not the indispensable thing of beauty, or the earth-shattering of ugliness, but regardless of beauty or ugliness, it will definitely be the sustenance of innocence.

The role played by Xing Ye himself is usually a ridiculous and sad male image. He often jokes about himself in movies, and his extremely off-line, extremely exaggerated performances and lines have created a lot of jokes.

However, no matter how funny and off-line Xingye's movies are, there is one good point, that is, it never demonizes the image of women. Either they are beautiful and beautiful, or they can earn money to support their families, they are affectionate and righteous, and they are firm-willed. Moreover, what Star Master satirizes in the movie is always a certain type of person, a certain social phenomenon, and never involves any low-level personal attacks. In this way, no matter how many nonsensical jokes, no matter how far away from the so-called elegance of the lines and pictures, the comedy movies of Xing Ye will not be tacky while being down-to-earth.

In the God of Cookery, Star Master deconstructed the worrisome status quo of the catering industry, profitable operators, flashy marketing methods, and the merchants’ vulgarity circle money scheming with the ups and downs of the magical plot and other extreme characters. And in this movie that takes "I can get back what I lost" as the inspirational direction and uses food as the carrier, the most delicious thing is a bowl of ordinary char siu rice.

This bowl of char siu rice is the only concern for Stephen Zhou, who is on the street and has no family or friends. From the prestigious God of Cookery to the little gangster who was thrown on the street and ate for nothing, Stephen Zhou experienced a huge setback from the peak to the bottom.
Even though Star Master likes to express the most tragic and desolate situation in a comical way, it seems that the most bitter medicine is coated with sugar, but after savoring it, it is still bitter and bitter that is difficult to swallow.

At the beginning of despair, the kindness given by others is very annoying; despair is approaching to the extreme, and any bit of true feelings is nothing more beautiful.
The bowl of char siu rice was delivered by the hand of the chicken woman, carrying a deep infatuation, but it implied the best true feelings and compassion from the heart in the world. Even if the one who fell here is a worthless bastard who has just found you, you can't be as indifferent as the world and let him fend for himself hungry.

Xingye’s movies never over-exaggerate bitterness, without tears and regret at the beginning, without the right background music evokes the sourness of your heart like snow and loneliness, the most desperate moments are only a few shots and a back figure lying motionless on the ground.

Without this bowl of char siu rice, would this person be as if he fell on the ground, could never turn over and accept all the humiliation?
But fortunately, there is this bowl of char siew rice, which is not contemptuous or indifferent, which gives warmth to those in desperate situation and light to those in the dark. It not only fills the stomach, but also fills the empty heart. Those who are icing on the cake are like clouds, and those who give charcoal in the snow are like the moon. However, this little moonlight is enough to illuminate you bravely at night.

There is also a love scene in the God of Cookery. The contribution of the chicken woman involves a great sacrifice, which is not in line with the equality of love that we are now advocating. The story seems to have to be a woman who loves to the extreme and is willing to give everything, in order to use her heart to save a seemingly hopeless delinquent. However, I believe that Stephen Zhou’s final rise was due to some kind of power beyond love.

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Extended Reading
  • Chaim 2022-04-23 07:04:11

    Stephen Chow's movies are always so happy, they're pretty good

  • Meredith 2022-04-24 07:01:23

    Bursting jelly beef balls, 18 bronze figures of Shaolin Temple, super invincible sea view Buddha jumping over the wall, sadly ecstatic BBQ pork rice. Shaolin martial arts is integrated into cooking, and the China Culinary Training Academy is the kitchen of the Shaolin Temple. The film draws on Tsui Hark's "Jin Yu Man Tang" creativity, and further combines Shaolin Kung Fu and food. Zhou Xingchi's characters have changed greatly from doing evil things and falling to the bottom of the valley to learning martial arts and penetrating Zen. Karen Mok's double-knife turkey appearance and style are too individual, and may be the most tolerant appearance in the history of Hong Kong movies. Li Zhaoji, Liu Yida and Xue Jiayan are also very funny. A group of people stood in a row and said, "What are you fighting for, let's mix together to make a set of beef balls, idiot", which is as joyous as the classic plot of a suspected repeat offender. The soundtrack is too saturated, overexposed, and too much shit, which seriously affects the look and feel

The God of Cookery quotes

  • Stephen Chow, The God of Cookery: Suck these cigarette butts and say, 'Very Delicious.'