Okay, I’m spitting it out seriously. I’m wrong, but when I saw a good subject with a good idea, I just fell into the mediocre kimchi jar and waited to cover the smell and mold, even if it’s irritated for a while, what's the matter with you? Can be totally blamed on me.
Ben Stiller is a strange person. His parents are a smash hit comedy duo. He was born into a cynical but intensified world of Jewish humor. He grew up in the upper social circle of New York. I have met countless celebrities through my parents, and started working hard in Hollywood in his early twenties. He has been promoted by seniors all the way. He is already one of the indispensable leaders of the "Rotten Boys Gang" when he is less than 30 years old. Although it is comedy to break into the world, the spiritual pursuit of the upper middle class in New York has undoubtedly planted a deeper foundation in Stiller's heart. He obviously has not forgotten the good time spent on Broadway outside of Hollywood feasting (twenty-five years later) The re-enactment of The House of Blue Leaves is the best proof), and I have not forgotten the literary youth style with the label of "Middle Class Prudent Charm". So in 1994, after a few years in the TV industry, Stiller couldn't wait to hold the film guide and released this debut.
The production process of the film was not smooth. Such a film reflecting the life of Generation X was considered a money-loser with no market prospects at the time, so major studios closed the door to Stiller and screenwriter Helen Childress one after another. It wasn't until Winona Ryder, who was so popular at the time, that the spokesperson of the girl expressed her willingness to star in the film before Universal reluctantly agreed to take over. After finally starting work, the filming process was not smooth. Various dramas continued. If you are interested in gossip, you can go to IMDB or WIKI to check it out. Gwyneth Paltrow is involved in it. Ex-girlfriend and aunty, you really have a bloody physique... No, Wait a minute, it was not an ex-girlfriend at that time! ! ! Not an ex-girlfriend, hey! ! ! At that time she was still hooking up with the handsome young RSL! ! ! …Hey, I’m swollen and dizzy. What am I talking about? After a series of hook-ups and anti-hooks, Ryder brought her idiot, Ethan Hawke, and Hawke brought her good friend Steve. Zahn, plus a Janeane Garofalo who Stiller doesn’t want to see but can’t drive away (she went to SNL for a season later, and the little cook’s girlfriend in Ratatouille was still her voice), the team finally made up .
In all fairness, most of the cast’s performances are pretty good. Both the uncle and the lady are in their early twenties. They are both young, beautiful and experienced. Coupled with Ryder’s trust in her uncle’s “no me without him”, the relationship between the two The chemical reaction is so full that any lens is so full of electricity that it can crackle and burst into sparks. The mother-in-law is really suitable to play this kind of boring and forbearing literary and artistic man. Even if he doesn't speak, his aggrieved and affectionate blue eyes are enough to make a seven-to-eight-point play; at that time, Ryder acted as a classical beauty who attracted attention all the way. And because The Age of Innocent has just received an Oscar nomination for a female supporting role, it is definitely easy to play an innocent and ideal girl who knows nothing about the world; Zahn and Gerofalo are all over 25 years old and are no longer the ages of the characters in the film, but anyway, they The character of, there is no real role, so there is no sense of disobedience; the director and supporting role of Stiller is quite regular in performance, that is, he is a good person in the usual comedy, and to be honest, his character... is not fundamental. importance.
So this leads to the plot. With a good cast and a good theme, it must be bad at the key error. Originally a good movie about growing pains, the cruel youth inexplicably provided the background to the vulgar love story, which is really confusing. Since the title clearly wants to tell the audience Reality Bites, where did the last reality go? All I can see is the so-called unspeakable love between good girls and bad boys: they were just good friends who were ambiguous at first. She took him to dinner with her parents, and he moved into her apartment temporarily, and she failed. , He encouraged her, she found her boyfriend, he was jealous and disappeared from her life, she found him back in despair, after a pseudo-literary ups and downs, there were escapes and hesitations, but in the end it was a sunny comedy ending, even The distressing questions about whether they could adapt to the real world for an hour and a half were all in vain in the kisses and kisses of the two. Oh my god, this is simpler than a romance novel. Even if I still believe in love, I always understand that love is not a panacea for everything. The pain of reality can only be solved by facing reality, and the pink bubbles can be avoided. For a while, but can you really hide it for a lifetime? There is also the problem of throwing out the more interesting supporting roles because of the emotional drama of the two protagonists too much: Zahn’s character was kicked out of the house after coming out of the closet to his parents, and Gerofalo did not dare to promise but was afraid of loneliness. Isn't it worth the extra pen and ink? Especially the characters of Zahn could have drawn a very meaningful line, but the plot about him is inexplicably fragmented, which is really a pity.
But I still have to affirm Ben Stiller’s debut, at least to get a score of C or higher-within the framework of the script (or more likely under the constraints of the studio), his actors gave a good performance, the whole film The progress of the plot is also fairly smooth (although there is the problem of incomplete side plots just mentioned), the film is neither overrun nor overrun, which is regarded as a successful completion of the task. In particular, Stiller doesn't have much experience with dramas, which is pretty good. A few years later, my uncle will also give his directorial debut Chelsea Walls, but it must be mentioned that Chelsea Walls may not be clear in narrative and not excellent in grasping the rhythm, but when it comes to style... it is still much more obvious than this one. . When an actor is a director, don't we just be an improper craftsman?
In short, it is not how much I hate romantic comedies. I am just dissatisfied with the simplification and mental retardation of the plot under the guise of a serious movie; this is a film with potential but lacks development, but if you like uncles or ladies, it is still worth it. Take a look.
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