Today's Nicolas Cage is really a love-hate relationship! I love that his acting skills are still superb, and I hate that his bad movies are constantly being played.
At the age of 32, he defeated four strong opponents including Anthony Hopkins and Sean Penn, and won the Oscar in one fell swoop.
It's just that the highlights of the past are all in the past. Since the bankruptcy, he has been struggling completely in the "bad movie" pile. Even if he is working hard on filming, he is also working hard to challenge more types of films, but In the eyes of the majority of moviegoers, he is drifting away from mainstream movies.
Nicolas Cage, 57, has begun to try to find his lost self in movies. In the film "The Unbearable Weight of Genius", which is expected to be released in April 2022, he will play himself, it should be more like him personally of an autobiography.
Before this autobiography is released, let's take a look at another new work of his in 2021: "Pig". In fact, I prefer another translation of the film: "Journey to Hunt the Pig".
I believe many friends are familiar with the jokes circulating on the Internet: in Hollywood, you can't mess with Liam Neeson's family, you can't mess with Keanu Reeves' dog, and you can't mess with Jason Statham's girlfriend.
Now Nicolas Cage's pet pig is also not to be messed with.
Different from the previous characters with extraordinary skills, in the film "Piggy Journey", although Robin played by Nicolas Cage looks like a master of the world, the master is actually a chef.
The film begins with Robin and his pet pig happily going to the big forest to find a precious ingredient: truffles. It is only through popular science that truffles are known as three rare delicacies in Europe, along with caviar and foie gras. They are particularly precious because they have strict requirements on the growing environment and cannot be cultivated artificially.
According to the exploration and research of countless ancestors, it is found that sows have a keen sense of smell for searching for truffles, so it is not surprising why Robin the "truffle hunter" specially keeps a pet pig.
By analyzing the plot of the film and various clues, it can be inferred that Robin has a lofty position in the highlights of his life. He hated that he didn't cherish the beautiful and happy life, but deliberately pursued fame and fortune, and once lost himself, so he lived alone in the forest, also to reflect on himself, and the pet pig became his closest partner, and more. Can be seen as the incarnation of his wife.
When his pet pig was snatched away, he was furious and vowed to find the pet pig.
When many people thought that when he found the boss who robbed his pet pig at the end of the film, he would start killing him, but he did the opposite, completely conquering the boss with a delicious dish, and the boss stayed without eating two There were indescribable tears. Unfortunately, in the end, Robin did not find his pet pig, because his pet pig's fate was already bad luck. When he returned to the hut in the forest, he was tired and looked The little bed with the pet pig looks even more lonely, and the autumn wind here is very bleak.
The whole film is of standard length, but it adopts a three-stage structure, and each section is titled with food. It is such a slow-paced film, but it contains Nicolas Cage's personal complex emotions. He may often think of the happy and happy life in the past, and the second is his deep self-reflection.
Although the fans did not see the hurricane action scenes he expected, but his hurricane acting was also wonderful enough. 【END】
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