bombersflyup The Gods Must Be Crazy is a fun film for all, lighthearted and has a wonderful premise.I am little surprised that this is rated higher than the second film, which I feel is more of a complete film from start to finish, but I can certainly agree that the premise here is unrivaled. Someone dropping a coke bottle from the sky, making tasks easier but causing conflict among the bush people which they have never experienced and looking to rid the cause from the earth. The opening monologue about the civilized world is also so on point. I didn't care for any of the terrorist/military stuff and there is quite a bit of it, so that hurt, but I liked all the main characters. Unlike the second film, some of the comedy is a bit over the top and repetitive, with the jeep and being clumsy. The main highlights for me are all at the start with Xi and his people, though I really love Andrew & Mpudi's interaction throughout.Narrator: Only 600 miles to the south, there's a vast city. And here you find civilized man. Civilized man refused to adapt himself to his environment; instead, he adapted his environment to suit him. So he built cities, roads, vehicles, machinery, and he put up power lines to run his labour-saving devices. But somehow he didn't know where to stop. The more he improved his surroundings to make life easier, the more complicated he made it. So now his children are sentenced to 10-15 years of school, just to learn how to survive in this complex and hazardous habitat they were born into. And civilized man, who refused to adapt to his surroundings, now finds he has to adapt and re-adapt every hour of the day to his self-created environment. For instance, if it's Monday and 7:30 comes up, you have to dis-adapt from your domestic surroundings and re-adapt yourself to an entirely different environment. 8:00 means everybody has to look busy. 10:30 means you can stop looking busy for 15 minutes. And then you have to look busy again. And so your day is chopped into pieces, and in each segment of time you adapt to a new set circumstances. No wonder some people go off the rails a bit...

zzzorf Probably one of the most famous movies to come out of Africa, I had only heard of this movie, never seen it. What I expected from this was a silent era-esque performance from the main actor in a full on slapstick comedy with barely any story. Man was I wrong.The story behind this movie is as relevant now as it was back then and it still packs a punch with what it set out to do, make us realise the immoral things we have done to this world. This was my favourite part of the movie.My least favourite part was the comedy, it just didn't seem to live up to my expectations or today's standards. Maybe another watch will see me enjoy the humour a bit more but I think that the 80's was where it belonged.

yildirimbusra The film sets in South Africa and the Kalahari Desert. There is a tribe named as Bushmen and they live very primitive and uncivilized life there. They have no knowledge of the world beyond. Besides they actually learn how to adapt and live in nature and rules of the law of the jungle becomes their culture. The main character is Xi. He is actually very kind and smart man when you examine him in his culture because he apologizes when he kills an animal also he and the member of the tribe are like this; they are so respectful to Mother Nature. They think that everything is given them as a gift from Gods. In this sense, life is simple to live; without law, violence, or turmoil. This quiet, uncomplicated life is better than the fast- paced, complicated world of technology. The climax of the film is when the Coke bottle falls from the plane. It was nothing for a pilot yet this bottle will be a really big problem for the tribe because they have never seen something like that before. At the beginning they very like it and discover its usage in many fields. For instance, they start using it to play music, flay the snakeskin, make headbands and beat things. It becomes a tool that everybody wants because no one has seen it before. They quickly discover emotions: ownership, jealousy, anger, hate, and it takes away their innocence. Xi's people have never known greed, anger, or aggression. Those are sins of a world that allows its members to "own" things. This is the very big problem here. Thus, Xi finally decides that the bottle is an "Evil thing", and it should be thrown the edge of the world. Then he starts his long trip. In the meantime, there is a woman who is a teacher. Kate comes from civilized city and tries to help kids in South Africa. Also, we have a clumsy biologist. During the film, he tries to express his feelings to Kate but due to his clumsiness, unlucky events find them. Life of those characters is so boring for me after seeing Xi's because he is very isolated and pure in terms of the rat race that others do all the time. For instance, people fight for having more foods, guns, money on the other hand Xi doesn't. First encounter is really dramatic because everything around him comes so strange. Xi thinks that Kate and biologist man are Gods because they are so different from him in terms of their color of skin, clothes, and hair. He tries to give Coke bottle to them but they don't accept because it means nothing more than a trash for them. After that Xi gets angry because he cannot understand why they don't take the thing they give and he thinks 'gods must be crazy'. I think the name of the film refers two things first thing can be this. Second thing is that Gods are crazy because they send an evil bottle to his tribe but according to him Gods do an only good thing for humankind that's why he can call them a crazy. Apart from that, the reaction of those people to Xi is so weird for me. For example, a kid shepherding reacts so mean but the kid is also right because Xi tries to kill his sheep but because of the cultural difference and language they misunderstood each other. Actually, only thing that Xi wants is to eat and he thinks that sheep herd belongs to nature and Gods that's why he kills. Also, he says to the kid that they could eat together if the kid was hungry like him. I can refer that technology has bad effects on culture because we forget our values and humanity sometimes. After staying a week in jail because of killing a sheep of community biologist and local man want to get out of Xi because he is not accustomed to staying closed place in his culture. They rescue him and start to travel with Xi. At the end of the film, they all have to rescue Kate and kids from theorists. This part of the film is the most enjoyable and interesting part because these three men from very different cultures start to find solutions in their ways. Also, they get to benefit from the culture they lie in to rescue people for example biologist is aware of the hunting skills of Xi and he knows that Xi can easily camouflage. They rescue Kate and kids in cooperation and Xi finally find the edge of the world (he thinks a cliff), he throws 'evil bottle' to the Gods back.

Sandeep Gupta The Gods Must Be Crazy. Very apt title for a movie which is a crazy mix of slapstick and subtle humor. There is whole array of sweet crazy characters put under crazy situations. Movie's first few minutes are classic, giving you a commentary on civilizations behavior. In fact, this running commentary is the most lovely part of the movie. Movie hops from satire to slapstick to subtle to cute and never misses to impress you. Shot into the heart of African wildlife, there are some exquisite shots of wild life creatures and their strange habits. This movie deserves to be watched because it is so unique, imaginative and full of purpose. All conversations are so delightful and delicious. Don't miss it if you like your movies to surprise you again and again.