Personal score: 7.0/10
Classic lines: North Korea, South Korea, stop the war, because you are basically Chinese.
Making a fool is often a laborious and thankless, but very awesome job. Looking at Hollywood, who is willing to plunge into the role of a fool and enjoy it? Even the diamond king George Clooney, who was hailed by the Coen brothers as "born to be a fool," couldn't bear to continue to be stupid, and returned to the mainstream sight with "Straight to the Sky"; Jim Carey was even more upset. Unusually, "Film Life" and "Number 23" have failed to transform one after another, just because the audience has already remembered his rubber face. However, there are exceptions to everything. In recent years, the United States has a freak named "Shacha Barong Cohen", who not only makes a living by acting stupid, but also goes further and further on this road of no return.
For the first time Shacha Baron Cohen ruined the big screen, he started with "Borat" in 2006. Porat, a fictitious character in the famous HBO talk show "Da Ali G Show" by Shacha Barong Cohen, is also the ace reporter of Kazakhstan. This gentleman has curly hair on his head, holding the American flag in his hand, and his family is "excellent" (his younger sister is the fourth-ranked prostitute in Kazakhstan, a great achievement), and he is very bad. As soon as he set foot on the land of the United States, he made it restless, an evil hillbilly. The essence is undoubtedly revealed. Shacha Baron Cohen used Porat's hand to slap racism and patriarchy. In 2009, "Bruno" fought again, and it was also a virtual character in the talk show. The difference is that Bruno has become an Austrian fashion anchor, and his ideals are even more ambitious: after Hitler, the most ambitious in Austria. Famous people. "Borat" has greatly expanded the expression range and expression methods of comedy, and pushed the moral bottom line to an unprecedented height; "Bruno" inherited the "Borat"'s shameless style, gag, and do no evil, and both The most common point is: you can’t laugh to death, but you must also be scared to death.
With the lessons learned from "Borat", I was fully psychologically prepared before watching "Bruno", but the excitement of the film was still beyond imagination, and I was dumbfounded when I watched it. Once I suspected that the American Motion Picture Association had lost the ability to discern in the face of such a bold scale and such a slutty shooting? They actually only gave the film R grade, which is also NC-17 grade! Later, I learned that it was because Shacha Baron Cohen re-edited the movie and abandoned some more flavorful scenes. This is how MPAA raised its hands and opened up the net. In "Angels and Demons", I have lost to the Vatican English, and now I am again defeated to the Austrian English of Bruno. The German accent that Shacha Baron Cohen studied specially is vivid and joyful. It is perfectly matched with his grotesque behavior. It is not uncommon for actors to change their accents. Back then, Leonardo DiCaprio learned the African accent for "Blood Diamond", and Renee Zellweger used the American pronunciation to star in "BJ Single Diary". It has become a standard London sound, and such sacrifice is worth fighting for.
Documentary is a good thing. It saves money and is suitable for everyone. It does not require a high threshold. A DV can produce decent works. This is its advantage. Relatively, the disadvantages are quite obvious. , The pursuit of truthfulness of the pictures and details of the story and appreciation can only be the second best. Therefore, the market for documentaries has never been optimistic (except for "That's it"), and few theaters are willing to show it. The documentary god Mike Moore's documentaries (such as "China Normal University 9/11" and "Capitalism: A Love Story") can exclude all risks and become unique, relying to a large extent on his own political sensitivity and popular support. In other words, As long as the audience buys it, everything is fine. Looking at it this way, the advantages of pseudo-documentaries are very obvious. On the one hand, they can borrow the form of documentaries to improve the film’s sense of reality, without losing ground; on the other hand, they can continue to tell their own stories without being restricted by the documentary framework, free and appropriate. Such as the Spanish horror film "Death Video", the sci-fi dark horse "District Nine", Shacha Baron Cohen's Virgo "Borat" and this film.
I have to admit that watching "Bruno" is a very enjoyable thing, the ultimate irony, the ultimate ridicule. There is actually only one main line of the film: Bruno's love. But after the label of "homosexuality", everything is not so similar, and then the theme naturally rises to the noble question of "how homosexuals should survive in the United States and even the world", during which there are endless tidbits, together with religious views , Values, views on love, and views on race, together came a subversive interpretation:
1. The prevalence of individualism. Individualism is rampant. Everyone is taking care of themselves. It doesn’t matter how prevalent oneself is or how prevalent they are. This can be seen from the fact that "Mental Strategies" has become a workplace guide. As for the reasons, the answer given by "Bruno" is also very " Self-centered": Because it is interesting.
2. In addition to gold and jade, it is defeated. Some industries seem very glamorous, but in fact they are extremely difficult and dangerous. If you want to climb up, you must be famous, the lighter must be broken, and the heavy must be "hidden." The model industry and fashion week shown in the film are just the tip of the iceberg.
3. The American Dream. Lao Mei is an optimistic nation. Sometimes I don’t understand where this confidence comes from, but I still admire it no matter what. It should be noted that everything has two sides. Taking Hollywood as an example, there is no shortage of overnight fame here. There is never a lack of darkness, and every corner of success may be inseparable from drugs and sex. If you don’t believe me, look at Judy Garland, look at Revan Phoenix.
4. Religious beliefs. Some people say that not having faith is terrible, but I say that having faith may be even more terrifying. Religion makes people free, but also makes people not free. There is spiritual sustenance, everything in the world is doomed to cause and effect, we don’t need to worry about it, it’s for freedom; when the end is coming (as the 2012 end of the world said), people panicked and sought religious blessings, but their hearts remained Noisy, what's more, it's not freedom. So is it better to have a religious belief or not to have a religious belief? There is still no agreement. But one thing is certain. Some people who claim to be religious believers can do some blasphemous things behind their backs.
5. The Middle East issue. The conflict between Arab countries and Israel has a long history. It is a product of a national problem, and it is also a product of the powers competing for the world. It is fair and reasonable, and the mother-in-law is rational, and each insists on each other. For a while, I don’t understand. of. Poor Bruno, even singing the song of harmony can't melt the ice between the two, even if he wants to become a hostage of a terrorist organization, people think he is too ostentatious.
6. African refugees. Whether it’s Avril Lavigne’s "Knocking On Heaven' s Door" or Michael Jackson’s "Heal The World", these kind of public welfare songs have unanimously set their sights on Africa, especially African children. When they think of this, they are as thin as wood. The body is always the first to form an impression, and Bruno can exchange for a living African boy with just an IPod, which is so embarrassing.
7. Wife swap party. Note that this is not a big family party. It is a veritable sex party. Most of the participants are people with higher education. They have spare money and more time. Regarding this phenomenon, some people call them shameless, some people sing sexual liberation, and the person involved also defended: "We are, what do you do?" Please, although the name of the "wife swap party" is elegant enough, it is not. Group P, what is it!
8. The rights of homosexuals. Love is regardless of gender. I am afraid that anyone can say two things, but the fact is that homosexuals still suffer from discrimination by many people. Bruno also hesitated, only to complete his self-identification through joking reincarnation. This is also the biggest problem for the majority of homosexuals, from hesitating to knowing what to do to bravely accepting reality. When Bruno kissed his assistant Luz in the straight men's wrestling ring, he severely posed with ignorant people who discriminated against homosexuals (he likened himself to the white "Obama"). If you want to frustrate others, there is nothing better than squatting on his head and shit.
It is worth mentioning that this movie does not have a complete script (the loose structure of the film and the dullness of the individual plots are attributed to this), and Shacha Barong Cohen only formulated a general framework for the story, as to how to make it. The filming depends entirely on individual performance, and although "Bruno" is packaged in a pseudo documentary, the authenticity of the film is beyond doubt, because no one knows himself except for Bruno played by Shacha Baron Cohen. Being filmed in the movie, no one knows who this monster walking on the street is. Everything is freshly presented to you with its original and true appearance.
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