The story takes place in the 1920s and 1930s. The sparkling Adriatic Sea, the sunny and handsome Jude Law, the sexy and charming Gwensney Paltrow, and the scheming Matt Damon . The story begins. Ripley, played by Matt Damon, is entrusted by someone to travel thousands of miles from the United States to Italy to persuade Dick, a wealthy boy played by Jude Law, to return to the United States. Dick did not obey Ripley's persuasion. , but continue to play with him. In a quarrel, Ripley accidentally killed Dick. In order to cover up his crimes, he stole Dick's identity and made the one who once won Ripley disappear into the blue waves of the Adriatic Sea. Later, he was almost seen through many times, but in the end he was saved...
After watching the movie, I had to be amazed by Ripley's wisdom. The well-planned game, the well-meaning disguise, the resoluteness in handling things, and the brutality of the means... let people admire his cleverness on the one hand, and tremble for his ferocity on the other hand.
The background of the story is the last century. At that time, there was no such rapid development of technology, and the communication of consultation was not developed enough. So, Ripley could use his ingenuity to conceal his identity. Today, in the age of the information society, no matter how brilliant Ripley is, I don't think he will be able to accomplish such a complicated trick.
Sometimes I think about it, Ripley is genius, but also lonely and painful. Ryoji Kirihara in "Walking in the White Night", at least Tang Zexuesui, and at least one hope of walking hand in hand in the sun. In "Genius Ripley", at the end of the film, after Mike was killed by Ripley himself, no one in the world could have a normal relationship with Ripley, no one could listen to his songs, and no one could listen to his songs. No one can know the real Ripley. The former teenager was abandoned in the Adriatic Sea, and went away with the corpse. And now this Ripley who has stolen someone else's identity, he will bear the sin in the future, there is no sunshine in his world, only the long dark night.
Once a person tells a lie once, he needs to use more lies to make up his lie. Therefore, people who are good at lying are smart and talented, but at the same time they should be miserable. Ripley built his life on one lie after another, and put on a mask every day to perform in front of everyone. He never dared to take off his disguise, for fear that others would see through him and recognize his true face. .
We are all Ripleys in some way. Envy someone else's life and dream of being someone else. We have grown up in comparisons since we were young, and our parents have been instilling a certain idea of comparison for us. How do other children's children behave, we should do the same. So, if someone learns the piano, we should learn it too. Some people learn calligraphy, we also go to learn. Someone entered the Mathematical Olympiad, and we signed up immediately. We are never satisfied, and the pursuit of money, power, fame, status, beauty... runs through the entire history of human social development. The poor envy the rich, the little people envy the big, the common people envy the stars, the commoners envy the upper class, the ugly envy the beautiful... So there is a market for speculation, a market for corruption, a market for star-making, and a market for luxury goods , Plastic surgery has a market... This is the tragedy of the whole society. In a society where people's desires are overflowing, we have become almost unable to recognize our faces and forget our names.
In this film, we always follow in Matt Damon's footsteps, to feel a person's desire for something. At first, his imitations were vivid. Later, his intelligence was admirable. In the end, his loneliness was indescribable.
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