Jeff Bridge is one of the worst bad guys in Los Angeles, because he shares the same name with a rich man, Leboski, but he gets a gangster who wants to blackmail him. He is impoverished with all his valuables except for his valuables. Outside the bowling ball, there is only a carpet that matches his room! The gangster is peeing on his beloved carpet instead of asking for money! So the more he thought about it, the more angry he got, and he went to find Mr. Lebosky, who had the same surname as him, and asked him to pay for this pee-smelling carpet.
Less than a day later, the young wife of the rich man was kidnapped! Believing that it was the two gangsters who came to Jeff Bridge, he asked him to send a ransom of 1 million yuan to the gangster at the price of 20,000 U.S. dollars, and Jeff Bridge’s anti-war My friend asked him to take the one million, regardless of whether the hostages live or die... Unexpectedly, at this moment there was another group of people coveting the money, and it was the daughter of a tycoon. She also wanted to borrow Jeff Bridge. Zhili, besides retrieving that batch of money, he also wanted to "borrow seeds" from him! When things were out of control, another group of kidnappers came to the door...
From the beginning to the end of the film, I watched and laughed so badly. It's been a long time since I watched a movie and laughed so happily.
Since Jeffrey Leboski (Jeff Bridge), who likes to be called his master, was mistakenly identified as a rich mob with the same name peeing on the carpet, he choked "This place is like a fucking married man." Live? The toilet lid is up!", the mirror on the cover of Millionaire Times magazine, Walter (John Goodman) also suspected that it might have been towed away when parked in the disabled parking space (Master: You know it was stolen) ), watching the landlord perform an embarrassing one-person stage play, and at the end, buy coffee cans in the supermarket and sprinkle the ashes of the ashes on the Pacific. Because of the headwind, all flew to the face of the governor and so on.
Although I think the Coen brothers are very powerful, not only in the hilarious plot and dialogue, but in the character design, with the attention and detail that I admire. Although "Murder Green Toe" is an out-and-out comedy, the character design is even more in-depth than art movies. Not only is it vivid, but everyone's strengths and weaknesses can even be felt from it.
Take the three-person group with the protagonist as the axis in the film.
Let's talk about the protagonist Duye first. The Coen brothers have always used the word "nihilist" to joke in this movie. When the Governor saw a young man in the swimming pool when he first saw Bonnie the spice young wife and wanted to flirt, he asked, "You Are you sure he won’t mind?” Bonnie’s wife’s response was: “He doesn’t mind anything. He is a nihilist.” In the other paragraph, the German trio burned the car. Duny asked, “They Was it the Nazis?" Walter replied: "They are just nihilists, and there is nothing to be afraid of."
At first I thought it was a simple joke, and laughed happily, but after watching the film, I suddenly thought that the film most resembles nihilism. Who is it? It's Master Governor! Master Du is like the "I" in Haruki Murakami's early novels. Although he also has emotions, he is submissive, and "anything is possible anyway. If it happens, it will happen!" is his core attitude in life. Someone broke into his home, oh it has happened, otherwise what can be done. The car was smashed, oh it has happened, otherwise what can be done. He won't let any emotions bind him for a long time and go with the flow. He is like a bystander in his life. It's just that this governor is a lovely nihilist.
Walter is a veteran who has fought in the Vietnam War. On the surface, he seems to have bipolar disorder. His speech is urged from normal volume to loud screaming volume, arbitrarily furious. What's more, all things in life can be related to the Vietnam War. Whether it's introducing yourself or even spreading the ashes for Donny, you also have to help your comrades calm down. The most exaggerated thing is that when he was stopped speaking at a roaring volume in a family restaurant, he actually responded: "I have seen people who die in the mud, so I can eat here."
But he also has a gentle side to him . , His ex-wife went abroad with a new man. He helped take care of the puppy, cooperated with his wife's religion (Catholic to Christian), and even opened his eyes and said nonsense and shouted "I'm a Jew!". But Lord Du couldn't help but pierce him, and he finally admitted: "You are right, I am still alive in the past." The
Coen brothers not only portrayed him as a harlequin, he is also an affectionate and tragic character. Thinking back about the dialogue in the restaurant, the purpose of the design is not purely to amuse the audience, but to highlight the bitterness of the character.
On the other hand, Duny (Steve Buschmi), who has obviously low scores, is more like a small follower of the two, but the Coen brothers still did not let this role become blurred and marginalized. In the end, the Coen brothers thought that the character was shot by a gun, and it turned out to be the cause of death from a heart attack. Was it for the abrupt design of Xiaoguo? Not at all. Although Duny has less information about the incident, Duny's insecure character, the Coen brothers have long let more attentive audiences know about it. In what way? Duny often interjected behind him and asked questions when the two of them were discussing things, "How do you participate in the Sabbath ritual if you can't drive?" and "Who takes your dirty underwear?", originally just like strengthening the comic setting of Tuti. But in fact, this has already laid the groundwork for "rationalization" for the subsequent plot.
And even if it is a laughter movie, the Coen brothers' script is still rigorous, paying great attention to the echo between the beginning and the end, which is simply "embedded". For example, let’s say that the landlord who looks like a good husband and seems a little embarrassed about asking for rent, mentioned to the governor that he had a stage performance recently, hoping that the governor would join him, but the governor actually ran away afterwards. Looked. This kind of comedic presentation is very powerful, because the previous invitation is too understatement, the audience can easily forget that there is such a thing, so when you see the stage play is actually performed, it will be very disappointing. The "smiley fruit" of a fan. There is also a paragraph in which Duny, one of the Governor’s friends, had a burger restaurant near the place where Joe said he was going, and he wanted to eat it. As a result, due to the accident of smashing the wrong car, the governor's car was smashed. Not only was it not as good as Joe, but it was also more difficult. But after getting in the car, except for the governor who drove, Walt and Duny had a hamburger, and because the previous incident was already very stupid and funny, at this time, even the hamburger became full of joy. . These are all small details, but as the saying goes, seeing the micro-knowledge, it is obvious that you can feel the Coen brothers' attitude of pursuing perfection.
Even the dazzling skills of the images in the film have considerable points. One is to "roll the ball and see the world" from the angle of the ball hole. After the master was drugged in the wine, he also staged a short fantasy drama. , The title is a ball bottle and two bowling balls to perform back and up and down movements, although A and nasty, but it also makes me smile.
The last thing I want to mention is the performance of the character. Jeff Bridges, who won the 2010 Oscar for Best Actor with "Crazy Heart", is dressed in pajamas, winter knitted jackets, and sports shoes. , With a beard, long hair, and a beer belly, interprets the "pleasing nihilist" Governor. If there is a comedy Oscar, he can enter the Lifetime Achievement Award in this film! In the film, he completely sacrificed his image, and made false voice bifurcation calls (the private house was broken, smoked, or numb, and fell near his lower body). When the car was smashed, his hands were raised and his body was raised. Moving forward and backward, and moaning sounds, is even more amazing. I laughed so much that the corners of my mouth almost fell to the floor.
Another hilarious performance was when the rich man’s wishful thinking was discovered, he went to the rich man’s house.
Faced with confrontation: "You just want a hands-on fool. You scumbag! You want a loser, a guy that nobody cares about!"
"Aren't you?"
"I am." It
may not be so funny just by looking at the dialogue, but the film still paused for a second before returning, almost laughing.
John Goodman (John Goodman) who plays Walter also referred to this silly big man, who is slightly depressed and often speaks louder and louder. The interpretation is almost perfect. Don’t forget, he is actually in this work. The most "sad and tragic" role, the reason why this film is so funny, beautiful and memorable is not only attributed to the Coen brothers and Jeff Bridge, but also to him.
American Emmy Award-winning actress, four-time Oscar nomination (two best actresses, two best supporting actresses), Julianne Moore, also "goes to the sea" to play the daughter of the rich , Weird avant-garde artist Modi, but to be honest, a bit of her sharpness was robbed by a video artist who had very few scenes in the film and was only responsible for making super-white laughter while reading magazines.
Tara Reid (Tara Reid) plays Bonnie the rich and young wife, and she has few roles, but her slightly lazy temperament and misty eyes make me feel very sexy. Unforgettable and shocking appearance.
Bonnie: "If you ask me to perform oral sex for you, I will give you a thousand dollars" (to the governor),
rich assistant Brandt: "Amazing woman! We all like her. Very free."
"Bran You can't watch it, otherwise he will give one hundred."
Judging from my current time point, the cast of this film is terrible, and there are two Oscar winners participating in the performance. In addition to the actor Jeff Bridges, Philip Simon Hoffman, who got the actor earlier than Jeff Bridges (won the award for "Koboldi: Cold Blood Confession"), also performed in this film. assistant.
When the rich young wife said that she wanted to help the governor with oral sex, she laughed at the stunt of flapping her nose like two wings. Although it was a small supporting role, it showed a "nose" enough to impress the audience.
The final scene of the movie returns to the bowling alley, and the bartender tells the governor that Donny is sorry. Master Du maintains his style: "The world is unpredictable." The cowboy who sat next to the Governor and had a conversation with the Governor once asked the Governor, "What happened recently?
"It's still the same, with ups and downs. "
Yes, before death, no matter what good things or bird things happen, life will continue.
Finally, the cowboy broke the fourth wall and said to the audience, "This is the way comedies are passed down from generation to generation. I hope you like them."
I don't just like it, I love it to death. Thanks to the Coen brothers for being able to shoot a super high-level comedy with no cold spots and two hours of laughter.
The bigger you grow, the harder it is to laugh in reality, but in the process of watching this movie, some good memories in life seem to come up one by one.
8.5 points.
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