If you can do anything, what can you do? This topic has already been discussed in the fake gods, and it is really nothing new to turn it over in this film.
Please don't be misled by the Chinese translation of this film, which is probably the worst translation among the films imported from the mainland. This movie is not a "where is the magical teacher" like a magician's apprentice, and there is no fantasy magic or extraordinary magic. The protagonist just has the super power of the Scarlet Witch to change the reality, quite like Jin Kai who obtained the divine power in the fake gods Rui. The original title of the film, absolutely anything, is very pointy, but the Chinese translation makes people feel that it only shows the appearance without grasping the core of the film.
Strictly speaking, this movie is a British humorous version of fake gods, all British fun and grooves. The plot development of the two films is almost the same as the plot direction, but the background is different. In the fake Jim Carrey, the serious child has become the acting god, while this film is a high-level alien creature who wants to destroy human beings to choose one person to give the ability to test good and evil. In particular, there is also a real God in the counterfeit. It seems that the life mentor is guiding Jim Carrey's thoughts and behaviors. Well, this film is really the most real reaction of a mortal after obtaining superpowers. Therefore, the reason why the film's comedy sections can make people laugh is that it shows the true mentality of ordinary people, and by the way, it shows the British people's skills and hobbies.
Due to the lack of mentors to assist the protagonist, in order to bring out the topic of omnipotence, we had to arrange for basic friends to raise the topic through one thing. From this point of view, this kind of setting is still very practical. After all, when everyone is out of reach in reality, they often imagine how good it would be if they were like this, and the good friends around them always complain about the pouring out of their lives. object. But because there is no mentor, the protagonist in this film is satisfying his own desires almost from beginning to end, showing the side of human nature for himself. It was only after the events at the end subsided that the film remembered that asking the protagonist to exercise the responsibility of God to change the reality for the well-being of the earth was self-defeating and came to the conclusion that omnipotence may not be omnipotent, so the protagonist should just be himself, but this is not the same as the film. Most of the time, what is shown and the alien background set up at the beginning don't match.
The main reason is that in the film the protagonist's troublesome class, secret crush on the girl downstairs, annoying renter, dream of publishing a book, etc., have not formed a very strong crisis, and the audience cannot feel the protagonist's special powerlessness, even his basic friends. The willingness to do whatever it takes to attract the attention of the female teacher is stronger than that of the protagonist. Looking at the fake god, Jim Carrey's emotional crisis and career crisis can clearly make the audience understand why he wants to be omnipotent like God, and everything he does after gaining the ability is basically related to these two points. But the male protagonist of this film has done a lot of trivial and messy things, and even the most enthusiastic is to show off to others how omnipotent he is, rather than making a fortune in silence and making himself rise to the top. A particularly ironic point is that the male protagonist thought that it was his ability to make the girl he had a crush on fall in love with him, but he didn't expect it to be out of someone else's own will. It can be said that the only time he wanted to use his powers for his dreams happened without relying on power. Fake gods and gods are not omnipotent, not to mention that the contrast of people just shows the growth and maturity of the protagonist, and this film is only unconvincing.
Simon Pegg is a talented comedian, relying on contrasting behaviors and cold humorous lines to create a full black irony atmosphere. His most classic blood and ice cream trilogy is exactly the same, every seemingly ordinary behavior is extraordinary. , behind the step-by-step life hides the grotesque. But even he can't save the film's mediocrity, not to mention his performance in this film has long been used in that trilogy.
(Produced by Shige, original article, no reprint without authorization)
Text: Shige
September 6, 2016
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