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Published at 3rd of November 2021 10:20:55 AM


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Last year, the "Hangover" became the most shining dark horse of the year. First, with an ultra-low cost of 35 million, it won an outstanding box office of 270 million in North America and 460 million in the world. , So that Warner Bros. made a lot of money; and then Bradley Cooper floated up and down in the ranks of third-line actors for many years, soaring to the sky, his career achieved a big comeback; finally he was awarded the Golden Globes at the beginning of this year. On the upset, he won the best film in the category of musical comedy, and walked his dark horse to the end.

"Hangover" is a typical spoof comedy. First of all, the twists and turns of the plot make people shine, and it takes the lead from a creative point of view. Then there are all kinds of unexpected jokes. Kind of incredible inspirational lines. This created this miraculous work.

After that, many producers have begun to try to imitate this model, hoping to create a dark horse again. After all, the investment in comedy has always been low, most of which are less than 50 million yuan. In addition, publicity and distribution do not require too much effort. As long as you can get a box office of more than 100 million in North America, you can make a steady profit. For calculating overseas box office, the low risk is undoubtedly a big plus.

"Evil Boss" is a project born under this trend.

In fact, New Line Pictures bought the script written by Michael Markwitz in 2005. The director in talks was Frank Oz. However, New Line Pictures did not have enough confidence in this style of comedy. Could not start shooting.

The huge success of "The Hangover" allowed New Line Films to dig out the long-suffering project again, and found John Francis Dali and Jonathan M-Goldstein to jointly write the script, both of them were thorough and thorough. A novice screenwriter, he has only written the script of the American drama "Bone Search" before that, and knows nothing about movies. But the styles of the two of them are very obvious. John is a twenty-four-year-old young man, while Jonathan is a thirty-nine-year-old middle-aged man. Both of them are ups and downs in Hollywood. After turning around for a while, I have a completely different experience in the industry, but I didn't accept the brainwashing of Hollywood's fixed routines, and maintained enough fresh creative power.

So, the script of "Evil Boss" was finally born!

The movie tells about three hapless ordinary employees. Nick’s boss is a **** who writes shame on his forehead. He is arrogant and narcissistic. At the same time, he takes pleasure in torturing his subordinates and refuses to be promoted; Kurt The boss of Dale is a middle-aged bald neuropathy. He is slowly embezzling company property but ruining Kurt’s reputation. His career is in jeopardy; Dell’s boss is a sexual/sensual single female doctor, but this woman However, he has a serious tendency to lust/emotion/crazy, and he provocatively teases male subordinates almost regardless of occasion, which makes Dell miserable.

The three employees are good friends with each other. Under bad economic conditions, resignation is obviously not the best choice. On one night, under the stimulation of alcohol, there is a nervous black man who makes suggestions. They decide: kill Own boss! Thus, the story begins.

The idea of ​​"Evil Boss" is very novel, but it is very close to reality. In real life, almost everyone has experienced troubles in the workplace, and bad bosses make daily life a disaster. Everyone is eager to teach the boss some lessons, but they have to swallow their anger in order to make a living.

This movie appeared under such a background. It uses an absurd and unruly method to vent the pain of the employees. However, the brilliance of the movie lies not in this creativity, but in shaping the boss into a lively and interesting one. The character, bastard, but not disgusting.

John is responsible for writing the role of the little staff, while Jonathan is responsible for writing the role of the boss. The spark collision and whimsy between the two people are all shown in the six characters, and finally a funny but real thing is achieved. The script of the letter.

The jokes of "evil boss" come from many aspects. One part comes from the oppression and aggrievedness between the boss and the staff. This witty humor supports the first half of the movie; the other part comes from the staff trying to murder the boss in the second half. The stupidity and accidents in the process, the laughter of the plot itself and the humor created by the lines, coupled with the simple but stunned performances of the actors, truly carry forward the charm of comedy.

Undoubtedly, "The Evil Boss" is an ingenious but dumbfounding comedy.

Objectively speaking, the quality of "Evil Boss" is still a bit worse than that of "The Hangover". Both screenwriters are too immature, and the making of the laugh point is slightly deliberate and lazy, while the two screenwriters of "The Hangover" were previously I have worked together on three works, and the thinking is obviously more mature and unified; and there is a huge gap in the direction of directors. Todd Phillips has a good reputation before the "Hangover." "Hala on the Road", "Single Boys Club", and "Police Duo" have all achieved good box office results, and Seth Gordon is in charge of the movie director for the second time.

The difference in experience has led to a gap in the completion of the two works. The reputation of film critics can be seen. The media review of "The Hangover" is 73 points, while the media review of "Evil Boss" is 73 points. Only fifty-seven points-although this score is considered a pass in the comedy works.

Despite this, "Evil Boss" was still enthusiastically sought after by the audience after it was released. Like the "Hangover", it was an investment of 35 million yuan. In the end, it earned a box office of 117 million yuan in North America, and the global box office also reached 209 million yuan, which really made New Line Films a small profit. It's a fortune—New Line Pictures has been acquired by Warner Bros., a label owned by Warner Bros. In other words, Warner Bros. has succeeded in two works, "The Hangover" and "Evil Boss".

"The Hangover" was later made into a trilogy, and the sequel of "Evil Boss" was naturally put on the agenda. However, the second part of "The Hangover" was really unsatisfactory. It can be said that it earned the box office and lost the word of mouth, so that the box office and word of mouth of the third part have fallen off a cliff; the same is true for the "evil boss". , There was a complete collapse of the second part, and naturally there was no plan for the third part.

Despite this, "Evil Boss" can still be said to be a successful comedy, which is impressive.

When Lan Li saw that the script in his hand was actually the "evil boss", he had to admire Andy's boldness and decisiveness. From the first 20 pages of the script, this is indeed an impressive script, but the character The difficulty of the challenge is also very severe.

In Lan Li’s age, he is naturally impossible to play the role of the boss, he can only play the role of a staff member, and the three staff members have their own difficulties.

Nick is a tortured character. In the first half of the story, his performance is relatively low. It mainly shows the hardship and torture of the overtime people. Just follow the script. Personal space is limited, but his reaction in the second half. The transfer will be more obvious, from well-organized to chaotic, from wise elite to stunned.

Kurt is a tangled character. Under the enthusiastic image of an old good man, he has to endure the greed and disgust of the boss. This character is quite interesting. On the surface, it looks like a typical upright gentleman, but after taking off his guard, he will become stupid. The contrast is really cute.

Dell is the character being violated. Simply put, he needs to be like Liu Xiahui, facing all kinds of temptations/confusions, all kinds of seductions/seduces, but not chaos. The point is that he is directly attacked on the key parts of the man occasionally. , His shyness and panic is even more uncontrollable. But he wasn't the kind of hormonal man like Dawn Johnson, he was more like... the one who suffered from the good friends.

It can be said that the three roles each have their own characteristics and excitement, and the difficulty of the performance is naturally different.

If selected by Lan Lilai, he personally believes that Nick’s performance is the least difficult, and the gap and connotation of the role itself are relatively limited. It is more like a fake and serious existence in the whole movie, so as to avoid the movie’s wastefulness. It's a circus, but the challenge is the most mediocre.

Kurt and Dell have their own merits. Kurt is a stupid guy. The feeling of swinging back and forth between honesty and stupidity must be very interesting to perform; and Dell is a suffocating bag who suffers from the trouble of the boss's salty pigs~ www.novelhall.com~ but I can’t resist, just to fill my head with the performance is enough to make people laugh.

No matter which one of these two roles are played, it will be a subversive performance, especially Dell. However, compared to the three employees, Lan Li felt that the role of the three bosses was more challenging, and that was the real extraordinary performance. Unfortunately, his age is too young to fit. Even if his soul is old enough at this time.

This is really a pity.

Lan Li didn't have much research on comedy scripts, but he knew that the big regret of "Evil Boss" was that the script's positioning of the three boss roles was very clear and accurate, like a scalpel, which gave the actors. With a larger performance space, the characters are easy to shine, and they also give the movie more laughter; but the three staff roles are not clear enough, but somewhat confused, the same stupid, the same aggrieved, and the same confusion, which leads to The laughter will be a little repetitive, but it is not easy to burst into sparks.

If the screenwriter can give the three roles a clearer development theme, corresponding to the three bosses, then the overall quality of the work will increase by one section. It’s not about the depth of the character or the thickness of the performance, but about the laughter that the character bursts out, including the character’s character setting, funny style, etc.—comedy, the core point is to make the audience laugh, which is also the most important thing for actors. Task, isn't it?

But taking a step back, challenging comedy performance, no matter which role of the three employees, is extremely difficult for Renly, because the performance method and rhythm of comedy are different from the main drama, even if it is stupid. It's not just casual to make the audience laugh. In other words, comedy requires true "comedy talent."




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