"The Bean Agent" series, well, it's barely a series, because it's been too long to release one episode, it's actually another series of works by the famous British comedy and performance artist Rowan Atkinson Johnny English , Chinese Let's call it Agent English (also translated as Bean Special Agent). Because the character of Mr. Bean is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, after being introduced to China, he is still called "Bean".
Bean and Mr. Bean were originally TV episodes. This kind of short-length comedy sketch, each episode is a short story, without dubbing and lines, relying entirely on actors' performances, and achieving humorous effects through expressions and body movements. Sometimes the characters are very clumsy, making mistakes and embarrassment everywhere, and sometimes they are absurd and comical, and they can't help but shake their heads and laugh.
He is also very good at the form of performance called deadpan (also called dry humor, dry wit) in comedy, which is different from verbal comedy (such as stand-up performance), which is mainly formed by the expression of words and the content of speech without expression. Strong contrasts are used to convey a comic effect, creating a sense of a lack of understanding and a sense of sophistication that the characters inadvertently and unknowingly reveal, creating contrast. Interested readers can look for snippets of Mr. Bean's work as a priest or clergyman, there are many such distinct styles.
Mr. Bean made 2 movies in the 1990s. I still remember that the professor showed us the first movie in college. The plot was that Bean received a job assignment and wanted to escort a world famous painting to a museum in New York, but all the way went wrong. Constantly, all kinds of jokes were made, and absurd scenes appeared frequently, which made people almost unbearable to watch it... At that time, I couldn't understand this form of comedy at all, and I didn't understand why the plot was funny, and I never liked it. Bean character. Until one year later, on the winter night of New Year's Eve , I was looking for videos on the Internet while turning on the heater . He was still the same naive look, clumsily celebrating the New Year's Eve with the people around him, almost like a silent film, still no dialogue. When the clock struck zero, there was an old song, "Auld Lang Syne", we Chinese call friendship lasts forever.
Maybe at that moment, a string in my heart was gently plucked, watching Mr. Bean's funny and absurd performance, not only did not feel bored, but felt very happy, very cute, very festive.
Later, I gradually understood his comedy art and how to appreciate his wonderful performance. He seems to be a person who is out of tune with the world, completely ignorant of worldly views, expressing and presenting himself by his own will. The sometimes unreasonable behavior of children feels both amusing and a little hopeless. This contrast made me, whose empathy deepened as I got older, gradually understood the roots of his comedy.
The best rendition of Mr Bean's scene was at the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics. Chinese audiences must still remember it fresh. The moment I saw him appear on TV, I couldn't believe my eyes, and immediately had an "ominous" premonition... Sure enough, he was boringly fiddling with this world event. The piano keys strike a key note for the London Symphony Orchestra that is performing, and that movement is the famous sports movie Chariots of Fire in the 1980s. This performance can now be found and watched on station B. It is a helpless and speechless high-level humor. Others only smile bitterly, which is amazing! The most touching thing is that the barrage screen is full of confessions of his love for understanding his art, and the audience's eyes are sharp! (bilibili: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av5822882/ )
The character of Johnny English is actually an alternative comedy portrayal of 007 that is very familiar to everyone. The two main screenwriters of the first film are the co-screenwriters who created six 007 movie scripts. The positioning is clear at a glance.
In the second part, the two actresses are Gillian Anderson and Rosamund Pike (also known as Pike Chunhua), the latter is the Bond girl who died in 2002 by Pierce Brosnan on another day, and the heroine of the third part is Olga Kurylenko ( Olga Kurylenko), the Bond girl in Quantum of Solace 2008 . I will never forget the irony Daniel Craig striding side by side in the smoky desert behind her after a successful conspiracy to destroy the enemy, and she later played Tom Cruise's Leftovers , very beautiful. Therefore, once I saw them appear in the movie, the sense of espionage and crisis naturally emerged, and the feeling was very familiar and very flavorful.
The supporting actor Bowf in this film is a sidekick who also appeared in the first film. He is the British actor Ben Miller, who starred in the detective drama Paradise Island Suspect , and was born in Cambridge Physics Ph.D. Similar to Rowan Atkinson, Sir Atkinson is known to be from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Oxford. Many well-known British film and television figures have a very strong educational background, and their knowledge and cultural connotations are amazing.
British BBC TV productions often feature a lot of extras, or come with actors and behind-the-scenes interviews when they are published on DVD. Atkinson is a person with deep conversation outside the role. When promoting the second part, there was an interview with the protagonist. Without looking at the screen, there is no way to know that it was him speaking? (IMDb: https:// www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi2549063193?ref_=ttvi_vi_imdb_4 ).
The plot of Agent Bean 3 is actually very compact, the plot is concise and refined, the fluency is very high, and the picture is very clean and beautiful. Every section is full of real jokes, especially compared to the previous content, in addition to the strong performance, the pursuit of the comic effect of the absurdity of the characters has been significantly weakened, and there is more elegant atmosphere, and there is no lack of elements of the times.
Zhang Youyou of Shanghai Film Studio is very good at Chinese. Reading the Chinese subtitles she translated when watching the movie adds an extra point to the perfection of this movie.
Some people say "Bean" or "Agent Bean" is old school, but in my opinion, it's actually a condensed presentation of the essence. Who says old school is sentimental, nostalgic, outdated? Many things will show their pure and pure nature over time, and it requires a discerning eye and a discerning heart to experience it carefully. The third episode of a work, just like some viewers commented, there are old jokes that have been polished and used again. Although I have not watched the previous ones completely, but this one is like flowing clouds and flowing water, which shows the creation's love for this theme It is also that they are doing better and better and pursuing higher sincerity.
There are many things in life to be sad about, and there are few things to laugh at. No matter whether it is a lively festival season or an ordinary relaxing day, whether it is spring, autumn, winter or summer, if you like it and just want to have a good laugh or a knowing smile, it is better to find the old-fashioned bean and follow him all over the world. Hit by mistake, complete a task full of jokes, watch the beautiful woman be amused by his bizarre behavior, her hair is smoking, and in that short 90 minutes, warm and meaningful time, wander freely.
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