"I always think that comedy is the most difficult to shoot, because it is all the experience and the most essential part of life reflected in a particularly intelligent and optimistic way, which is impossible to do with simple tricks." above
No longer remember who said a word. Many people think that comedy is not nutritious, and it will be over with a smile, and many comedies currently stop here. But expressing profound themes in a comic style has always been the thing I want to see most. The movie "Don't mess with Zuohan" made me smile while also seeing something different.
Zohan is an outstanding Israeli counter-terrorism expert. He usually fights terrorists, and is happy with beautiful women in his free time, but he has the little dream of being a barber. During an anti-terrorism operation, he pretended to be dead and went to New York to find his dream. When he first arrived, he made a lot of jokes and gradually became familiar with him. He entered a Palestinian salon to work. With his superb skills and special skills, he quickly became popular. Later, he also found that he gradually fell in love with the boss of the salon, but slowly, as his identity was exposed, the real estate developer's plan to renovate the residential area caused him to get into a lot of trouble...
The creative poster of "Ranging Zuohan"
is the biggest selling point:
As for why I wrote this film review, first of all, because of its creative construction. The film portrays a "superman" image at the beginning of the story. The protagonist Zuohan has done all the things that are impossible in reality, such as being invulnerable, catching bullets with nostrils, flying to avoid missiles, and playing hand thunders as table tennis balls. As a hair stylist, Zuohan's agile movements for customers are also amazing. In addition, Zohan’s Israeli accent throughout the film adds to the spoof of the film. The most impressive shot of
was when Zohan used his special skills to serve old ladies. Some people say that these are manifestations of vulgarity. Indeed, but what we have to admit is that sex is a topic that most people are interested in and laugh at. When you see the gratified expressions of a group of old American ladies after being served by Johan, and the stereotyped images of disheveled clothes, you will feel that occasionally this contrast is more prominent. The director used these original ideas to make the whole film very creative.
tells serious topics in a nonsensical way
"For that inaccessible sensitive topic, I believe that only comedy is the only suitable way to deal with it-it is because of laughter that all people of all kinds have something in common. Zohan There is a very, very absurd and ridiculous character setting. Our original intention is very simple. We hope that every audience who walks into the cinema can put their emotions in a vacuum, and use laughter to dilute fear, anxiety and hostility. ."-Schneider who plays the Palestinian taxi driver in the film.
"Don't mess with Zuohan" This is a trivial film, with a strong market flavor and spoofing style, full of sexual meaning everywhere, there is no doubt that this kind of film is also difficult to be elegant in the United States. What's more, it even touched on a series of difficult contradictions such as the Middle East issue and racial issues. It is hard to imagine that it will not be criticized by showing this serious theme in a joking way. In fact, this is also true. In fact, the script of the film was completed as early as 2000, but because it involved terrorist content, it coincided with the "9.11" terrorist attack in the United States, and the film was postponed until 2007. Shoot. But there are some issues that no one dares to mention, why can't we discuss them in another way? And the courage of the director lies in this, he dares to talk about topics that others dare not talk about in ways that others dare not use. Although his attempts may not be so successful, not all viewers will buy it. The entangled clues of
make the empty story more interesting.
"Don't mess with Zohan" is a spoof under a simple story frame, using a narrative mode of one main line and two sub-lines, the main line of course is The process by which Zohan realizes his haircut dream. One of the secondary lines is the relationship between Palestinian and Israeli residents in the United States, and the other is the reconstruction plan of residential areas. These three clues are entangled, but they are actually related to each other. What hinders Zohan’s love is the grievances between Palestine and Israel, and the redevelopment plan of the residential area has worsened the relationship between the two parties. But after Zuohan thwarted the instigation plan, it also promoted the improvement of the relationship between the two sides, allowing him to achieve his love and dreams.
Many people do not understand why this tough guy actually has a "comrade" dream (sorry not what I said, it is a movie line)-to be a barber. But this small dream is a big step that Zuohan has been unable to take. I think dreams don’t matter how big or small, the key is to dare to give up everything you already have for your dream.
Finally, Zuohan’s parents came to the barbershop run by their husband and wife, and Zuohan’s father said the sentence: congratulation. Not only did he approve of his son’s choice, he also expressed the director’s kind of peaceful coexistence for people in the Middle East. expect. Probably the meaning of watching comedy lies in this, it can achieve a happy ending that is rare in life. Although
has a lot of loopholes from the beginning to the end, it still gives people a relaxing entertainment, allowing you to ignore those flaws and really laugh out loud.
