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The theaters in November were extremely popular, with blockbusters from Europe and the United States being released one after another, and domestic films are also not short of dark horse masterpieces.
Compared with the theaters that are in full swing, this month's American dramas are a little deserted, and there are only a handful of high-quality dramas worth watching.
However, the almighty little detective still found one for you!
Whether it's the plot, actors, team , or ratings and word of mouth , it's an absolute safe-to-eat series.
True fragrance warning-
"The Kominsky Theory"
The Kominsky Method
stop! Xiao Tan begged everyone not to turn around and run after seeing the title and cover of this "frigid" !
Anyone who has been in the American drama circle all the year round should know that the success or failure of an American drama is never defined by its title and cover.
Even, sometimes the more abstinent title and cover, the more unexpected surprises it can bring you.
For example, the [newspaper], [start-up company] that Amway has given you before...
This American drama under the appearance of abstinence is actually very bad!
It will not only pull you into the pit, secretly hit your heart, and earn enough of your tears.
More importantly, it will also take you to experience an old-age life in advance...
Getting older has always been a topic of concern to everyone.
This is a problem that no one wants to face, but cannot escape.
Because getting old means getting old, losing face, losing body... This series of terrible facts.
But this is only the most superficial problem of getting old, with the disease, death, loneliness, fear, social isolation...
All of this is the truly terrifying and inescapable old age crisis!
And this [Kominsky Theory] of Amway's book today by Xiao Detective discusses exactly this issue.
Since it is about the crisis of old age, naturally there will be no handsome boys or girls in the play.
but! Its lineup is also not to be underestimated!
The writer is Chuck Lowry , writer and producer of The Big Bang Theory and Little Sheldon .
The two main characters Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin are also Oscar winners!
Douglas should not be unfamiliar to everyone. After all , who did not know the first generation of Ant-Man, Ant-Man's father-in-law, and Wasp Girl's father .
In the past, he was also a powerful figure in Hollywood, and won the best actor of the 60th Oscar with the movie [Wall Street] .
Although he is old and full of gray hair now, his energy is still undiminished.
And Ah Jin is also recognized as an old actor in the industry. He has been nominated for the Oscar many times, and won the best supporting actor of the 79th Oscar for his movie "Little Miss Sunshine" .
What kind of sparks will a gold medal screenwriter ➕ two Hollywood bigwigs rub against each other?
Let's take a look together……
Douglas plays Sandy Kominsky, a former Hollywood star.
Now he can only make a living by opening studios and teaching acting classes.
And Arkin in the play is a retired agent Norman.
A star and an agent, these two best partners at work have become each other's best and only friends in reality.
In fact, this drama does not have any main line, and the story is relatively trivial. It is about the old life and the daily life of these two poisonous tongue old men, which is funny, depressing and tearful.
On the surface, these two old men seem to have passed the age of anxiety, and it is a good time to take care of their lives.
But the clutches of life seem unwilling to let them go, and the crises of old age are staged one after another.
As Norman said in the play: Born as a human being, destined to suffer!
First of all, Sandy, who used to be brilliant in Hollywood, is now so depressed that he has no chance to perform at all.
Even the most unscrupulous commercials that he sneered at began to be filmed.
Married three times, but ended in failure, lived most of his life, and is still alone.
The most important thing is that his prostate has recently had a problem. It's really a leak that happens overnight.
Norman did not get much better . His wife , Erin , whom he had loved all his life, died of cancer.
My daughter is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and is proficient in drinking and taking drugs.
After my mother got sick, she never visited her, and even made a fool of herself at the funeral.
Norman, who lost his soulmate, also lost his enthusiasm for life, and even had thoughts of suicide.
Seeing that the lives of the two of them seem to have reached the bottom, but it turns out that it is not the end...
Their family business is already a mess, and they are slowly being abandoned by this society.
Going to a bar will be disliked because of age↓
Walking in the park will be regarded as a pedophile↓
Paying for a payment will be rejected by the cashier because I don't understand the credit card machine↓
Even after returning to work, I couldn't understand what the employees said at the meeting, and I had to rely on the secretary to explain to myself afterward↓
To be honest, seeing these old-age experiences, the scouts in their early twenties have already begun to worry about my old-age life...
But fortunately, the film did not continue this frustration.
Moreover, it does not overplay the crisis of aging, but uses a clever way to bring these problems to light in the form of comedy.
For example, when talking about health issues, the two people who were still worried about body parts at first began to compare with "leaking farts" in a blink of an eye↓
As for Irene's funeral, I thought it would be very sad, but I didn't expect it to be turned into a concert of reunion of old friends.
And, aside from the depressing old age crisis, there is a happy side to their old age.
For example Sandy, not only has a good daughter of filial piety↓
And occasionally hook up with his female students.
No, recently he has harvested the next spring in his life , his acting student Lisa↓
The story of these two people is quite bizarre.
On the first date, Sandy took Lisa to meet the late Erin.
On the second date, the location turned directly into Erin's funeral!
But despite the strange process, Sandy still got his wish to the final step.
It seems that his prostate has also healed on its own~
As for Norman, his luckiest thing should be to have a friend like Sandy, and this friendship is equally precious to Sandy.
The two brothers started pinching each other as soon as they met every day, but they both put each other on the top of their hearts.
After Erin's death, Sandy has been taking care of Norman in every possible way, for fear that Norman can't think about it, even if his own life is a mess.
What impressed Xiao Tan was that on the night Irene died in the hospital, Norman was reluctant to leave in Irene's ward, and no one persuaded him to do so.
It was only in the end that Sandy came out and finally persuaded Norman.
And the reason why Sandy can persuade Norman is not because of his good friend status, but because he really understands Norman.
The back of the last two people walking out of the hospital together is really heart-warming and heart-wrenching.
And after Norman had suicidal thoughts, Sandy woke up in the middle of the night and found that Norman was not around. He was worried and ran out to find him without even putting on his shoes.
Although he complains about each other all day long, his actions are more honest than anyone else...
And what Sandy said to Norman later made the Detective cry like a dog.
"Who else am I?"
"Me, you old fool"
Life is bitter, but fortunately there is someone who understands you...
And having this person is actually enough...
Just like the phrase "SOME FRIENDSHIPS NEVER GET OLD" on the poster .
Some friendships never grow old!
[Kominsky Theory] This drama does not have any ups and downs in the plot, dazzling special effects, super large scale...
What it has is only the noise and dullness of the elderly, the fear and anxiety of the elderly crisis, and the attitude of the elderly towards life.
But interestingly, the protagonists of the story are two wise old men.
They are vicious, they are sharp, and they live tenaciously under the enormous pressure of the old age crisis.
They were also discouraged and thought about giving up, but after everything was over, they still continued to find the meaning of life.
Everyone will grow old one day,
I hope that when you and I grow old, you can be as wise and humorous as them,
At that time, you and I could have a friend like them by my side.
Such a life is enough...
Text/Small Investigator
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