The Gods Must Be Crazy (1984)

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

This is How Movies Should Be Made

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

This movie is one gem of World cinema. While some phone popping PC policed Millennials might find it too slow and even boring or insulting, that is deficit of their attention spans and no fault of this masterpiece. Genuine, heartwarming, authentic, this movie is one gift to humanity. A must watch for anyone who loves the art of original film making.

This is the highest grossing film ever made from the entire continent of Africa. Now that I think about it, this is probably the most popular work of fiction ever produced from the entire continent of Africa. I rarely see African films or other works, so this was a real treat. This movie tells the story of a tribesman who tries to get rid of a Coca-Cola bottle. The best part is easily the beginning of the film. It features an isolated tribe finding something as simple as a bottle and then realizing that they've just discovered the concept of property.There's a great message in this film about materialism, easily its strongest point. There's several other characters who appear who are all charming in their own ways. There's this nice bumbling scientist who tries to get with this woman. They eventually meet up but it's fun to just see them develop independently of their own adventures at first. It even has a very satisfying ending that perfectly concludes everything. It might work better as a serious movie seeing as how it has such a strong message about society. ***1/2

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.

"The Gods must be crazy" is a whimsical satire of human nature set in Africa where a tribe leader, Xi(Nlxau) is enjoying a relatively happy life when a Coke bottle is thrown from a passing plane and is thought to be a great gift from the gods. Soon the people find many uses for the magical object and begin to fight over it.Xi takes the bottle to stop the fighting among his people who previously did not argue over property ownership, but shared everything in a communal society setting. Xi starts out on a journey to find the end of the earth in order to throw the evil a Coca Cola bottle into the abyss. Xi wanders into civilization for the first time in his life and encounters warring factions and all other forms of modern day man. This is a beautiful film with a positive message and will definitely bring a smile to your face.