"Brain Powder" is a story between a slightly out-of-date superstar, Ariane, and his crazy fan, Gao Ruifu. Gao Ruifu has been a fan of Arrian since he was a child. When he was a child, his classmates laughed at him as an idol. He was able to instantly fill up with blood and his anger increased sharply when the disparity between the enemy and the enemy was very obvious. There are photos of Arian on the items, and posters of Arian are densely pasted in the house where he lives. After growing up, he miraculously grew a face slightly similar to Arian, and his greatest achievement was to imitate Arian, winning the championship in the star imitation show every year.
By coincidence, Aryan's birthday was approaching when he won the parody for the third time. He was full of joy to give his trophy to the idol as a birthday present. After all the hardships, he finally met the idol, but he didn't expect that there would be no chance to be alone at all.
Frustrated and lost, Gao Ruifu was resting in the hotel when he saw the idol's biggest rival on TV, the new movie star was talking nonsense. As a result, the same scene as a child was repeated, and Gao Rui's anger value surged again. This time, the opponent was the new actor. He went to the place where he was a new actor, deceived the other party's trust, then dragged him into the small black room and beat him up, and forced him to record an apology video and upload it to the Internet, causing the entertainment industry and the media to go crazy .
Gao Ruifu, who completed this proud work, finally found an opportunity to meet his idol. He sent Arian the video of himself beating the new actor. Unexpectedly, the idol didn't appreciate it. He didn't change his tears and sent affectionate hugs. Instead, he handed him over to the police, and the police even beat him up. After the beating, Arian went to the detention center. He originally planned to teach and educate Gao Ruifu, but he underestimated the degree of paranoia of the brainless fans.
Gao Ruifu cried and said: The Lun family did everything for you, for you, but you didn't even want to give me five minutes, you didn't even give me a hug, are you worthy of my heart, you Are you worthy of your fans? Are you worthy of my blood and sweat for so many years?
And Ariane's response was: This is my life, and I don't even want you to give it for five minutes! How can you take me!
This sentence shattered Gao Ruifu's dream of the past 25 years, and it shattered him with a single hammer. He is like a child who wants to get the attention of his parents. After he thinks that his "positive efforts" have not achieved the desired results, he begins to seek attention in the form of destruction.
After Gao Ruifu came out of the detention center, the first thing he did was to smash the idol's portrait, burn down all the posters, and start a process of paranoid revenge and attention.
Because he is somewhat similar to Arian, and he is also Arian's stubborn fan, his imitation skills are already perfect. Gao Ruifu first went to the wax museum in London and pretended to be Arian to make trouble. As a result, Arian was chased by the police, and his popularity declined sharply. He went to the wedding of Arian's friend's daughter again, and harassed the bride with his hands, which discredited the idol.
Arian, who knew the inside story, strengthened all kinds of precautions, but he was still unable to prevent it;
after meeting at the wedding, he was chased all the way, but he still let him slip;
Unexpectedly, Gao Ruifu didn't plan to stop there, but ran to Alan. Li An's home, threatened his wife and children, and smashed Arian's study.
Anxious, Arian sought help from the police to no avail, so he had to resort to hooliganism to find Gao Ruifu's parents, and got the understanding and support of Gao Ruifu's favorite girl. Look.
At this time, Arian still hopes to teach Gao Ruifu. But Gaurif only felt threatened.
The paranoid Gao Ruif appeared, so the two staged another thrilling chase scene.
After a dangerous chase, Gao Ruifu, who had nowhere to go, was finally caught on the rooftop of a building. Arian is still trying to persuade him, showing that he can let go of the past, and hope that Gao Ruifu will return to the shore, everyone will live independently, not interfere with each other, and the well water will not violate the river water.
It's a pity that he underestimated the level of paranoia of a love-hate paranoid;
in order to make Arian feel guilty for life, in order to make his name always associated with idols, Gao Ruifu leaned back, fell from the roof, and used his own life as the price, in exchange for the results you want.
The film came to an abrupt end.
I think I can give it an 8.
Actors: There is no sense of disobedience between one person and two roles, and the actor's skill is outstanding.
Before the film was released, the biggest publicity point was that Shahrukh Khan played two roles. This kind of setting is not uncommon in film and television works, but generally speaking, two roles played by the same actor are either twins, or mother-daughter or father-son. For example, Li Ruotong played Wang Yuyan and Wang at the same time. Madam; such roles have a lot in common. To play the twins, you only need to put yourself in different scenes and it's done. To play the mother and daughter, the younger ones are a little more lively, and the older ones are a little more mature and stable, and the play is complete.
But Shah Rukh Khan played two completely different people. One is a big star who has become famous and has his own pomp and temperament, which is similar to his own situation, and his age is also similar, so this one feels very easy to control, while the other role is a 25-year-old young boy. Thorn, ruffian, paranoid, violent, inhumane, no matter which aspect, it is far from the actor's own experience.
There are even a few cross-play scenes. The first is Gao Ruifu imitating Ariane to go to London, the second is Gao Ruifu imitating Ariane to make trouble at the wedding scene, and the third scene is Arian imitating Gao Ruifu to imitate himself; such a cross-section, To match the personality, age, and life experience of the parties involved, it is very important to test school skills, but after watching the whole film, Shahrukh Khan played the two characters vividly, not only in appearance and clothing, but also in age, The verve of the character, there is no sense of disobedience.
Screenwriter: Unexpectedly, the story comes naturally
. The story of the film is actually very simple. It is a story of a brainless fan seeking attention, and it actually shapes a paranoid tragic life.
Also speaking of paranoia, let's take a look at domestic movies (no comparison, no harm). The hottest paranoid in 2016 should be "I'm not Pan Jinlian", in order to stir up the heat, Feng Xiaogang also touched Wang Jianlin. However, the paranoia of "I'm not Pan Jinlian" is unreasonable. Her (Li Xuelian) behavior is "unreasonable", but she can still appeal layer by layer, and it is successful; a lot of officials are circling her ass, He had to beg to coax her, for fear that she would make trouble.
Many people say, hey, people are just satirical movies, they are originally black humor.
But the film is not satirical, or satirized for the sake of satire, and under the guise of satire, the core still sings the praises of certain institutions.
Because the script itself is detached from life, it is unreasonable, so the film is against the harmony, just like when you watch Lin Daiyu dance Latin dance, you feel uncomfortable when you hit all over the body.
But the paranoia in "Brain Fans" is reasonable. A person has a strong personality cult from childhood to adulthood, and YY's worship can be rewarded. He makes all kinds of efforts for this, but in the end, he is fooled by the cold water of reality. Instead, do things that hurt idols to get revenge, this setting is a matter of course. And this kind of thing has never happened in reality. Yang Lijuan chased star Andy Lau, forcing her father to sell her kidney and finally commit suicide. Isn't it a bloody reality?
The most important thing is that "Brain Powder" did not forcefully pour chicken soup. His source material is real. Celebrities have the lives and personalities of celebrities, and they will not be as approachable as we see on the screen and in public relations articles. After fans lose their rationality, they did not have an epiphany because of a sermon. Buddha changed his face and became a new man. In the end, the tragedy became a tragedy. There was no happy and happy ending, but the deceased was restless and left regrets to the widow.
Connotation: To advocate a rational life against worship.
If it's just a good story and a good actor, then I can't give so many 8 points. But behind this movie, there is actually something more profound - against the cult of personality.
The cult of personality has a long history in India. This ethos can be traced back to religious worship. As we all know, India, a magical land with a strong religious atmosphere, has surpassed the vast majority of countries in the world. In the concept of generations of people in India, God is above everything else, and God can be incarnated in various images to save the people at the bottom of the water and fire. Blessings, then such an idol is also related to the supreme divine power. Therefore, after gradually transitioning to a modern life, many people's worship of gods gradually transformed into personal worship of idols.
Gao Ruifu in the story is a typical character who is irrational because of his personality cult. His story is very representative. The director's ambition is to make more people aware of the hidden dangers of blind worship by portraying such a character, so as to reflect on themselves and return to a rational life. In order to achieve his ambitions, he even drastically modified the rhythm of Indian films, abandoning the singing and dancing of "queue-cutting", and without the main theme of the Great Perfection.
However, the singing and dancing in the movie is the heart and soul of the Indians; the great happy ending is the spiritual opium of the Indian audience; and the fanatical admirers are the audience themselves. All the things in it are not liked by the Indian people, of course the box office is not good!
It is not the first time for Indians who have sobered up in advance to dig on the subject of anti-worship. At the end of the year in 2014, India released "My God", and the main theme was anti-religious worship; The box office is still relatively good, but "Brain Fans" is obviously ahead of its time. Most Indians who don't have this awareness don't buy it, so at the box office, it's normal for the results to be unsatisfactory.
The predecessors planted trees, and the later generations enjoyed the shade. How difficult it is to correct the universal values of a society. We do one thing not to give ourselves a place on the wall of meritoriousness in history, but through individual efforts, we will continue to make the trickle into a river, and eventually become a surging river on the road of social change. What the director of "Brain Powder" did is to become the first trickle on the ground.
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