. A selfish, self-extremely selfish person will certainly not be very successful, but can be very happy. The "fake god" played by Jim Carrey exemplifies the process of a powerful selfish personality destroying self and the environment.
The psychoanalytic school advocates that people have a "superego" differentiated self, which can also be called the perfect self in the eyes of others. The gods in the traditional sense are often a collection of human fantasy about the superego. The gods have all the perfect personality that humans cannot do. They are a super-individual that satisfies the social desires (collective desires) as the main life creed, and can handle selfish desires well.
The translation of the film's title is a little misleading to the audience. According to the English translation, the film should be called "Almighty Bruce." Although Bruce does have the power of God in the film, what the title wants to convey is obviously the story of a super individual with only selfish desires. God is just a background board in the film. (Of course, from the point of view of the box office, there is no doubt that the term "fake god" is more attractive.)
The film used to show the almighty Bruce this super individual angle is also very interesting. Bruce, who was maverick at work and disregarded the feelings of others, took the place of the gods and did the work of gods. In addition, Bruce’s life model in reality and the work model of the gods in fantasy also form an interesting interaction, that is, both are centered on an individual (insurmountable and irreplaceable), and the other is in absolute begging.者status. The only difference is that the gods are selfless and altruistic, while Bruce is selfish and self-interested.
In addition, Jim Carrey's special deductive style also forms a mutual blessing effect with the character Bruce. Jim Carrey’s extremely exaggerated facial expressions and distorted body movements that seem to be distorted, rendered an atmosphere of ignoring the external environment and wantonly publicizing the internal state. Perhaps many people have secretly performed or fantasized about these actions, expressions, and thoughts when there is no one, or in the bedroom, but Jin Carey’s interpretation seems to have really caused the moon to revolve around him. This kind of performance narrows the distance between the image and the characters, and also allows the audience to follow the ups and downs of the plot and mix their joys and sorrows, so that when they see him showing off his superpower to Grace the kind of triumph, Will show a knowing smile.
But the opposite of comedy is tragedy. In other words, the core of every good comedy is tragedy. To show people the sad things happily will make those who understand more sad.
For more than 90% of the time in the film, Bruce is like a clown dancing alone on stage. At work, because of his weird and detached thoughts, no one can understand him, and even get into trouble. Although the comedicized interpretation has made this sadness dispelled to a certain extent, the core is still there. In life, his girlfriend Grace's concern for him is more like a kind mother watching a small child who is constantly messing around. She could not see that the success he wanted was actually to prove that he "grew up"; she didn't know, he felt that only a mature and successful adult man was worthy of her; she would not have thought that he did not want to just create beautiful things Memories, but want a better future.
Bruce's exaggerated expressions and voices appeared from time to time, in fact, to conceal his inferiority complex brought by his years of failures and frustrations again and again. Grace said that he has a talent for funny, in fact, this sentence is the thorn that stabbed him in his weakness.
The turning point of the film is sudden, but not abrupt. Bruce had to ask the real God for help when the 57th block was made a mess by the mischievous "God". The "absolute" self-centered field of the counterfeit gods was thus destroyed. Bruce discovered that even the almighty gods sometimes ask people for help, and the competent gods are not capable of satisfying everyone's begging. At this time, the personality dominated by the "superego" (the self in the eyes of others) begins to abdicate, and the true self emerges.
At the end of the movie, Bruce frankly said that if he wanted to be famous, he just wanted to be the one who could be worthy of her. He sincerely faced his own shortcomings and lack of effort, instead of covering up with exaggerated expressions and a few tricks.
In the book "Heroes with a Thousand Faces" written by the mythologist Joseph Campbell, a theory of the birth of a hero was described: a hero bravely entered a supernatural and magical area from the daily world, where he encountered legendary power and achieved After a decisive victory, the hero returned from a mysterious adventure with this power to bless his people. —— This mysterious power is the power of awakening within the individual.
It is a process that every hero must go through for a secular individual to transition from the desire for the physical ability of the super individual to the spiritual power of pursuing self-awakening and self-transcendence, thereby completing sublimation. The size of the physical ability determines whether it can swing a big stick, and the wisdom of the spirit determines where to swing the big stick.
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