Comedy is not a popular genre in recent years. However, I recently watched a comedy that did not play by the rules, and I was very surprised. It is just the right balance between jittering and pretending to be stupid, full of laughter, and with a little sense of luxury.
Moreover, as a comedy, the number of reversals in its plot is comparable to that of a brain-burning film, except that each reversal is not amazing, but hilarious.
It's the comedy I want to talk to you about today—
Game Night
Game Night is a novel by John Francis Daly, Jonathan M. M. Goldstein's R-rated comedy, the two of them together have written for Spider-Man: Homecoming and The Evil Boss, so if you like the laugh style of those two films, you'll love their new work too.
Game Night tells the story of a special game night in which board-addicted protagonists accidentally confuse role-playing reasoning games with real gangster events, staging a thrilling and funny drama.
From the very beginning, the film points out the protagonists' identities as "board game fans" and shoots their slightly naïve but very interesting game life.
The protagonists Max and Annie met because of the game, and the two are equally serious about the game, and their preferences for popular culture are full of commonalities, and they have confirmed that they are the right people.
The life of a board game fan is really fun—
The wedding of the two simply turned out to be a grand game night, and the two played a game of audition on the high stage.
Even the marriage proposal was accomplished through a word puzzle game, "fake drama and really do".
The couple and their friends also hold regular "game nights" where they prepare snacks and drinks and play a variety of board games for the night. Ordinary life, but also full of fun, enviable.
The protagonists are not only board game fans, but also love movies, making Game Night full of tributes and complaints about popular movies. Although it is incomparable to the clever methods of burying the stalks in Ready Player One, Game Night still manages to cram some incredibly funny movie memes.
The glass table that is often broken in action movies has been met with a wave of complaints. In "Game Night", the glass table that looks elegant and thin seems to be made of bulletproof glass, and no matter how many two hundred pounds of strong men fall on it, they are intact, which is simply a blatant anti-routine.
Audiences who are accustomed to watching the action movie broken glass table must be very uncomfortable to see here, but fortunately, the protagonist helped to say an official complaint: "Tonight's glass table performance is really strange!" ”
Game Nights also features homages to Pulp Fiction and Hurricane Rescue 3. Don't worry about not being able to see it, there are already characters who clearly explain in their lines which movie they are paying tribute to.
The classic dialogue in "Pulp Fiction" and the action scenes in "Hurricane Rescue 3" were all used as a spoof, and the originally serious movie immediately became unable to look at it directly.
The biggest feature of this movie is that one reversal after another, so that the audience can never guess whether the director has reversed enough. Is it a role-playing reasoning game, or a dangerous gang kidnapping incident? Moreover, it doesn't matter whether the guess is true or false, even if you guess whether each part of the story is true or false, you will still be amused by this ridiculous plot.
However, this reversal, or sense of contrast, is not only reflected in the plot. Every aspect of Game Night is full of contrasts that make you laugh.
For example, the soundtrack. "Game Night" uses the electronic music soundtrack used by cold crime movies in some funny and exciting car chase plots, and the contrast is immediately bursting.
Obviously it is a stupid and cute unreliable plot, but suddenly "Good Time" and "Outlaw Driving" musical style upper body, is there some misunderstanding of the seriousness of their plot?
And there is also a long scene in the movie that tests the scheduling of the scene. This long shot takes place in the plot of grabbing a priceless Easter egg, the egg is thrown around, and the camera always follows.
Although this is likely to be a patchwork of fake long shots, but at first glance it is really stunned, and it is very funny, is the comedy so strict with itself now?
The cast of this movie is also surprising. Although Rachel McAdams is over forty years old, she is still so sweet that people can't help but feel good about the movie. She plays this kind of role that looks silly and is actually quite reliable, and she is completely familiar with it.
But what stands out from the crowd and crushes everyone is Jesse Plemmon, who plays the neighborhood cop, who contributes at least half of the laughs in the film.
Jesse Plemont always seems to be dubbed "the low-end Matt Damon" by fans, but I think this actor is very recognizable.
In the movie, he played a divorced and solitary little policeman, who was silently isolated by the protagonists because of his strange behavior in the world. Jesse Plemont played the awkwardness of the character so well that the audience could feel the embarrassment of freezing the air across the screen.
And you'll never guess what's going on in the heart of a bad-talker, the little cop he plays who reacts unexpectedly many times. Inversion, and then reversal.
There is also a special actor who performs wonderfully, which I admire immensely. There is a character in the film who recalls the story of his date with a well-known actor, and the specific well-known actor will not be revealed. However, the actor who plays him is magical.
This man's name is Malcolm X. Hughes's actor, because he looks very similar to a well-known actor, has become a special actor who specializes in playing fake celebrities. This may be the legendary face-to-face eating bar, it is really god-like!
However, don't look at "Game Night" so unorthodox, it still has a complete story line and character growth process.
The amazing thing is that in this story full of chaos and misunderstanding, stupidity and danger, the protagonists have actually experienced their own growth and change, orderly, and not missed.
The story itself even echoes from beginning to end, completely complete. The theme of the story is also unexpectedly clear, and the discussion of games and life, pleasure and responsibility, has not been left behind.
All I can say is: there are hobbies, and no one is amazing.
By the way, you may not believe it, but this movie also has an ender egg, and you need to wait until the subtitles are all rolled out, and you will miss it if you lack patience.
Overall, Game Night is a comedy film with a very unique temperament, and you can never guess whether the director is really intentional or making a huge joke.
If you've lost some faith in comedy, look at it, comedy has a lot of potential to explore!