岳父大人

看到就满脸是“笑料”的Ben Stiller（看过他的Duplex/双层公寓）饰演男主角 Gaylord/Greg Focker，搞笑天分发挥的淋漓尽致； Robert De Niro（出租车司机、美国往事、Ronin/浪人[和让·雷诺Jean Reno和演]以及还没看过的《教父》）饰演名为花匠却实则刚刚退休的CIA岳父，他的转变，才给了他的女儿幸福，也给了他的老婆的。哦也。

第二部又有Dustin Hoffman（Rain Man/雨人）和Barbra Streisand的出演，一对在孩子教育上、生活方式上和Jack Byrnes有着截然不同的观念和主张的夫妇。再加上一个Ass------Hole的小baby，使得PART II比第一部精彩很多。看了都会很开心大。而且又都是喜欢的演员。棒。

"2 love birds", quoted radomly somewhere popular, has fooled me that marriage is, all as well as just, about the 2 persons. However, in and after the movie, things don't quite work that way, practically.

Marriage is not about accepting the 1 person, but every person or even everything related to that 1 person. Even if that means a hell 100 in a row...i

Hmmm, what if, what if you are great with that 1 person, but just don't fit in that "whole circle"?
Will you give the possible ONE up over the inadequate uncomfort?
Or, does that mean he/she is not the ONE, if they are not the ONES?

是给没有拜见岳父母的经历的可怜人们的最好教科书
除了名字噱头有点过分 电影带来的共鸣 联系着每个观者都有的类似经历

The comic movie “Meet the Parents” is also a thought-provoking one. Instead of just keeping laughing and laughing, I think more about the main characters (Greg and Jack), prejudice, bias, the relations between children and parents, etc. Without a doubt, the comedy tries to tell us something serious in an easy way.

1. About Plot
This movie tells us a dramatic story of a couple of lovers and a visiting to the woman’s parents’ house in a humorous tone. The man whose name is Gaylord Greg Focker fell in love with the woman Pam Byrnes and he made up his mind to marry her. By listening to Pam and her sister’s phone call unintentionally, Greg realized that he should ask for her parents’ (especially her father’s) permission if he wants to marry her. So he prepared a lot for the visiting to her parents’ house.
However, Rome was not built in one day. Greg lost his parking which contained the rings for the propose to Pam during the flight to Pam’s parents’ home which led to the following series of bad consequences. It was clear that Pam’s father Jack didn’t like Greg at all. Greg’s profession is nurse, which lead to Jack’s prejudice; Greg did not like cats, which make Jack unhappy because he was fond of them; Jack even suspected that Greg took drugs just because he said something like ‘puff the magic dragon’ carelessly.
Fortunately, to meet viewers’ expectation, the film has a happy ending. At the end of the film, when Greg finally gave up and decided to leave, Pam’s father Jack was convinced and changed his attitude towards the lover of his daughter. Greg came to the family again and make the offer of marriage to Pam successfully.

2. About Gaylord Greg Focker
I share the same opinion with most of audiences that I like Greg very much. Although he seems to be a little bit stupid and slow in response, he is a truly reliable young guy as a husband as well as a son-in-law. This conclusion can be drawn from the scene in the movie that when Pam’s father made him promise to obey the rules so that he could be maintained in the trust circle, he just kept it in mind and followed it carefully.
What is the most important thing is that he loves Pam deeply, for he sacrificed a lot to try to gain appreciation from his future father-in-law. For instance, he got along as well as possible with the cat which he used to hate and received Jack’s polygraph test tamely (although it is unreasonable and impolite). Jack was very rude to Greg which we can observe from Jack’s behavior, like, he even did not allow Jack to use the toilet bowl. But Jack didn’t complain a word about these things because of his true love to Pam. What a frank and lovely man he is!

3. About Jack Byrnes
Besides Greg, I also have affection on the other main character Jack, the father of Pam. It is true that he is very rigid when judging his daughter’s boyfriend. However, I can tell that these were all resulted from his endless love towards his daughter. He fully prepared for a surprise for another daughter Deborah Byrnes’s wedding ceremony and cared a lot for Pam’s future life. He is like a mirror which reflects the depth of fathers’ love in the whole world. Jack also makes me think of my own father Simon who loves me very much. I am sure when I bring my boyfriend home one day in the future, he must be very picky too. Thinking about my father, I consider Jack a good father. I even feel pity for Jack for he would have to let his sweet daughter live with others in the future.

4. About Prejudice and Bias
In the movie, I am deeply impressed by the prejudice and bias in U.S. The social classes are divided clearly in U.S., which are the upper classes, the middle classes and the lower classes. The higher-class people have a prejudice against the lower-class people, which can be seen in many American films, novels and news reports. The only thing I dislike in the comedy is the obvious prejudice Jack showed to Greg. He thought that Greg was not a successful and industrious man because he was only a nurse; he invited Pam’s ex Kevin Rawley to home deliberately to make Jack embarrassed; he even investigated Jack’s background through CIA. I feel very sorry for this kind of bias which commonly exists all over the world, not only in China. I just wonder that why a person who earn money to make a living is prejudiced against just because his/her occupation is not ‘good’ enough ?

5. About Children and Parents
When talking about my opinion about the relationship between parents and their children, I’d like to talk about more my own experience and ideas. When I was living together with my parents, I always complain that they nearly controlled every aspect of my life and their rules almost extended to every corner of my own personal affairs. I was impatient about their suggestions or comments on my behaviors. However, as time goes by, as I grew up and apart my parents to attend the university, I miss them so much, even their strong controlling and rules. It is sort of weird, isn’t it? I finally know that it was a kind of true happiness when you have someone be around with you and care about you. So it is the love that combines our parents and us together firmly. Whatever they do and say is aimed to make us happy. Keep this in mind and cherish the time you are spending with your parents instead of regretting after losing them.

       男主角法克确实很爱女友才能忍受他家人一次次的羞辱。本身他就到了一个陌生的环境里，不断去适应不断去迎合他们。只是为了在岳丈面前留下好印象的话，他本身就没必要撒谎。虽然只是善意的谎言，不是一个人精就问不出他岳丈那样的问题。嗯嗯，美国电影里面真是什么都能调侃。drug、sex、government，一点点的敏感大陆不早就pia飞了。法克内心还是够强大，一个男护士的职业就引起大部分人的嘲讽，不是说三百六十行都出状元嘛，这也不是一样的，医生看不起护士，护士看不起护工。可见有些世俗，不管国籍到处都一样...

我是Robert de Nero的影迷，也很喜歡Ben Stiller，雖然他的經典搞笑方式有點定型了。這部電影搞笑是沒有到瘋癲的程度，但是無論是Jack還是可憐的Gaylord Focker都凝聚了太多的笑點，讓人無法不大笑。

最精彩的部分是相見後的晚飯。從Gｒｅｇ（Gaylord）的餐前禱告，到Jack的祭母詩都是金句，尤其是Greg評論說，Jack的詩是　"ｓｏ　ｔｏｕｃｈｉｎｇ　ａｎｄ　ｓｏ　ｍｕｃｈ　ｉｎｆｏｒｍａｔｉｏｎ．"

之後祖母的骨灰瓶摔碎，Jinx跳上去刨骨灰，後面就要應Pam媽媽說的，可憐的小貓還是喜歡刨貓砂小解。無論大臉貓Pam怎麼吹鬍子瞪眼，Jinx都堅持尿到骨灰上面，拋回一個堅忍且帶幾分挑釁的表情，也許這個表情都是Jack一手訓練出來的。

有趣的是，Jack認定Jinx不能按馬桶的水閥，理由是它沒有拇指。後面大姐的未來公公又強調了一次這個理論。沒有拇指，所以不可能按沖水閥。

遺憾的是，後面慘劇發生越來越劇烈幽默性反倒變小了，到收尾的時候就有點大勢已去的意思。不過好戲都要收場的，淡隱的結束方式也是合理的。