The big bitter and the little sweet, the loser's wine

Marlee 2022-04-23 07:01:30

This movie is like wine for losers, some people hate it, some people love it.

What's the point of the loser's wine? It is not for the loser to indulge in it and feel sorry for himself, but for the loser to still see hope in the despair of trying and fail, and have some sustenance to maintain the final dignity of human beings. The protagonist's experience is that he has been working hard until he is 40 years old. In the half of his life, he has no initial success. He has every reason to be disheartened, frustrated and desperate, because most people give up halfway and accept a mediocre life. When you steal your mother's money, friends ask about their books, and your ex-wife finds a good husband and is still pregnant, it is undoubtedly bitter, but when tasting wine with friends and chatting about wine with good beauties, this There is indeed a secret sweetness, and it also maintains the final dignity of human beings, and maintains the final attachment of human beings to the world. Although there is a suspense in the ending, whether the male and female protagonists have worked out, but no matter what, he has harvested the best period of time. friendship. The movie is a good example of the role of the loser's wine.

Those who hate only taste the big bitterness, or simply avoid it; those who like it, accept the bitterness of life, only to find that the little sweetness hidden in it is extraordinarily sweet, so it also increases the courage to move on.

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Sideways quotes

  • Jack: Bet ya that chick's two tons of fun. You know, the grateful type?

  • Jack: Fucking chick's married, man.

    Miles Raymond: What?

    Jack: Her husband works a night shift or something, and he comes home and catches me on the floor with my cock in his wife's ass.

    Miles Raymond: Oh, Jesus Christ.