The Mask” is a classic comedy fantasy comedy film directed by director Chuck Russell and released in the United States in 1994, which brought the audience into a new world of comedy through the highly creative intention of the mask. And the film Kim Carey, Cameron Diaz and other film stars of the wonderful interpretation, but also make the film has become an excellent comedy film.
In the film, Kim Carey as a bank clerk Stanley is an honest person, and therefore often reprimanded by his boss, by colleagues taunting. One day he received a blonde called Tina, can not help but have a crush on her, did not realize that Tina’s real purpose is to scout the terrain for the mob boss Dorian robbing banks. Stanley and his friends in the nightclub was rejected, in front of Tina lost face, and the car fell apart, had to walk home Stanley picked up a strange mask, the mask can turn him into a green monster with divine powers, after a night of painful venting, Stanley changed back to the original clerk.
Can not bear to miss Tina, Stanley again put on the mask, robbed the Dorian bank money, and then went to the nightclub and Tina crazy dance together. At this time, the angry Dorian found the masked monster with his girlfriend, Dorian revenge instead of attracting the contract, and Stanley left evidence when he escaped, at this time the police and gangsters are looking for the monster with a green face, which led to a series of ludicrous stories.
It can be said that “The Mask” is entirely a one-man show, his crazy interpretation in the film makes this originally slightly ordinary story seems to be vibrant and dynamic and interesting. The original has a variety of facial expressions of Kim Carey in the wearing of that weird mask, more like a tiger, so that his face completely become the focus of the audience watching the film. In addition, the movie let real people to portray cartoon characters, this way of expression in the year can also be said to be a sensation.
What the director wants to convey to us through the comedic portrayal is the profound connotation that not only the main character wears a mask, but in fact everyone wears a mask, because everyone has desires in their hearts. The mask brings the superpower itself is not good or evil, the difference is whether the person using the mask is driven by the desire to be good.
In other words, the mask is the embodiment of desire in people’s hearts. On the surface, a mask conceals a person’s true appearance and gives a person a new identity. Deep down, a mask is the source of one’s desires. When the heart has good intentions, the person wearing this mask can do good deeds; when the heart has evil intentions, the person wearing the mask will do destructive actions, bringing disaster to others, and will eventually bring punishment for himself.
I have to say, “The Mask” is a classic film that you can never get tired of watching. While satisfying the visual beauty, making you laugh and relax, it can also make you get a moral uplift and understand that greed and wrongdoing in the world will not end well. At the same time, by watching this film, you can see the greatest skills of King Carey, that is, the amazing body language, in-depth and unobtrusive American humor and full of sensory stimulation of singing and dancing performance. No matter what, this film is one of the best films of King Carey’s acting career, and is also a creative masterpiece in the fantasy comedy genre that cannot be ignored.