Woody sued his longtime partner, Sweetland Films, for fraud, so he found a new owner, DreamWorks Studios, and signed them to make the next four movies. While Woody still has the same say in the movies as before, the four movies have to be comedies. Hence "Amateur Thief," "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion," "Hollywood Is the End," and "All the Best." By word of mouth, 2000's "Amateur Thief" is the best of the four, but unfortunately it's an anticlimactic comedy.
The last time Woody made such a silly comedy was back in 1975's "Love and Death", 25 years later, due to emotional scandals and contract conflicts, Woody had to come out and make this silly movie again Solved the box office problem. "Amateur Thieves" tells the story of a group of stupid thieves who rent a pizzeria next door to the bank to dig a tunnel to rob the bank while pretending to sell cookies. As a result, the biscuits were sold to national chains, and the bank robbery was a complete failure. This contrast of expectations creates a strong comedic effect. 2018's "Lobster Detective" (selling lobster) and 2019's "Extreme Profession" (selling fried chicken) are the story templates. Woody used to steal the plot of the movie master. Now that he is old, Woody becomes After the legendary master, it was his turn to be paid tribute by the juniors. It can be seen from this that when you can be honored, your day as a film master is not far away.
Going back to "Amateur Thief," a concept story in Woody's "inspiration drawer" that has been preserved for more than a decade. Woody had a good idea, but he couldn't use it for a while, so he wrote it down and put it in a drawer to save. When the inspiration was missing, he came to the drawer. "Amateur Thief" is a very inspirational and ironic drama, but unfortunately its expansion is too shallow and there is no room for digging, so Woody can only take advantage of the trend to discuss the poor couple trying to integrate into the upper class after they became rich. Class embarrassment. Honestly, it's really not much fun, and there's not much to dig into. Unfortunately, in most cases, among the tens of thousands of inspirations, there are only a handful of stories that can stand up to scrutiny and be continuously mined. "Amateur Thief" is such a movie with a flash of inspiration, and the anticlimactic story is inevitable.
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