After watching "Ace Bodyguard", I feel average, not particularly funny or particularly enjoyable, the action scenes are just average, there are too many racing scenes but not many highlights. (I heard that Ryan Reynolds did the speeding stunt himself, which is unexpectedly dedicated. When I saw the motorcycle rider wearing a helmet, I thought it must be a stand-in)
Why do I say it doesn't feel particularly funny?
Starting from my film reading experience, there are usually two types of Hollywood classic comedy duo partners:
The first is the cold-faced power faction and the funny rap faction, representing the screen images of Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker of "Rush Hour", K and J of "Men in Black", and Simon Pegg of "Blood Detective" and Nick Frost, among others. The former is Zhuang, practical and reliable, the latter is harmonious, frizzy, and sometimes the role positioning can be reversed. people love
The second is that both of them are rappers, always hurting each other and telling jokes, and they have the upper hand in the battle of mouth guns. The representative screen images are Will Smith and Martin Lawrence of "Jedi Men", "Curry Pepper". "The Jacky Cheung and Zhou Xingchi, etc., but even in this type, the styles of the two will not completely overlap, and there will still be a harmonious contrast. The relatively serious one is more reliable, and the relatively active one is more reliable. Play the clown more.
Here is a special mention of the two big mouth gun warriors of Marvel comics: Spider-Man and Deadpool. Although the two of them are both talkative, but when they act together, the former seems to be rude and the latter is harmonious. Deadpool is more cheap and more tricky, while Spider-Man is usually one of the best in action, and will be killed. Annoyed. Their roles do not overlap.
Ace's Bodyguard is unique in subverting both of these duo genres: Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds' characters are both goofy guys, but Samuel L. Jackson is hilarious. Cursing, playing life, always superior, skillful, and often the upper hand, and Ryan Reynolds' character did not have Deadpool's complacent style when facing Samuel L. Jackson, who was stronger than him. Serious and hard-working, he has always been at a disadvantage in the mouth gun. In this way, the whole film is basically Samuel L. Jackson madly mocking Ryan Reynolds, and the latter always looks like a dumb eater. Only when he is alone or facing other people can he make a joke or two. sentence.
In layman's terms, it's always Samuel L. Jackson who plays cheap, and Samuel L. Jackson who pretends to be coercive. Ryan Reynolds is the one who's serious and tough. There's no such thing as a cold-faced, strong-minded person. The contrasting hilarity of the hilarious rap group is also lacking in the hilarious, back-and-forth of two rap partners. In this way, the question arises: Since Ryan Reynolds' character has always been inferior to Samuel L. Jackson, how much is his mouthpiece worth? Although he said a lot of pretending and then deflated, and sometimes called it funny, Ryan Reynolds's mouth can be dull and uninteresting if he has been stealing the limelight by Samuel L. Jackson's strong mouth. .
All in all, in a two-person partnership, the two attributes of "being more cheap and funny" and "more able to pretend to be more powerful" are not suitable for one character, otherwise the other character will be too dwarfed and lacking in charm. At the same time, these two attributes are incompatible to some extent, and placing them on the same role may affect his audience, because a comedy role should not be omnipotent, he should have his own flaws, otherwise, on the one hand, the audience The inability to obtain the superiority necessary to appreciate comedy from this character, on the other hand, weakens the appeal of character conflict.
For example, in the sketches of Zhu Shimao and Chen Peisi, Zhu Shimao is a serious joker and usually plays a person with a higher social status. Chen Peisi is a funny joke and usually plays the role of a low-level person. Compared with Chen Peisi, Zhu Shimao is often more powerful, powerful, and more powerful. The superior existence suppresses Chen Peisi, who has a lower social status, but Chen Peisi is often able to use his crooked brains and tease the serious Zhu Shimao. The advantages of the two sides are different, so there is a conflict - if Chen Peisi is both an upstream figure and a comical pride, and Zhu Shimao If he is at the bottom and is serious, then Chen Peisi will suppress and bully Zhu Shimao from two aspects, and it is difficult to say that there is any laughing fruit.
Although it can't be said that Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds are not funny at all, but I think the most funny thing is that in the second half of the film, Ryan Reynolds was knocked out of the car window, Samuel ·Jackson complained with a dazed expression, you usually have so many rules, where is the rule of wearing seat belts today. At this time, Ryan Reynolds, who flew out without wearing a seat belt, became the one who was off-line and funny, and Samuel L. Jackson was like a cold-faced comedian, reminding me of his role in Pulp Fiction. Killer with John Trawalt.
It is worth mentioning that Samuel L. Jackson's classic image of the mouth full of Motherfucker probably came from this movie. In the movie, he went to the robber to get his wallet back, which is the one with Bad Motherfucker written on it.
It might have been a little more fun (and, of course, more cliché and formulaic) if Ace Bodyguard made some adjustments to its character positioning, say, turning the two main characters into characters like Men in Black's K and J. However, after all, Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds are powerful actors with excellent acting skills. Even if the role positioning is not ideal, they still perform a lot of laughing fruit. If your expectations are not too high, you can still watch it, but don't Just take the standard of "Deadpool" and ask for this film.
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