A very touching movie

Jose 2022-04-22 07:01:09

Just finished watching this movie First of all, the time span of this movie is very large. From the Seven Years War to the late reign of George III; secondly, the director paid great attention to the setting of costumes and background music. It is said that the costumes are completely copied from history, and some costumes are borrowed from museums: let’s talk about emotions. First of all, the protagonist of the title is a simple teenager who is always there at the beginning of a person. He is an infatuated kind who loves his cousin deeply. Then the arrival of the British recruiting officer made him see the truth of the matter: it turned out that the person he loved the most was actually a very realistic person who abandoned him for money and went to Gao Fushuai. It turns out that the so-called love simply cannot stand any test. He no longer believed in love, and he became a very realistic person, which also paved the way for his subsequent neglect and betrayal of his wife. He was very sad and angry, so he duel with the officer, and he killed the other side and became a murderer. In order to resist his fate, he started a life of desperation. But who knows that this is a situation that others have already set up!
Fate made him join the army by accident. After several twists and turns in the war, he was forced to become a Prussian soldier and became a tool used by others. However, he is very good at picking girls. He easily attracted a single woman during the war, and he had a lot of ambiguities with other women after marriage; and fate gave him a chance to use his skills to catch Lived in the heart of a noble woman. Since then, his life has changed 180 degrees.
But in this part, he's reduced to a playboy with nothing to do. The plot of this paragraph is also extremely slow, giving people a sense of the slow atmosphere of truly experiencing the life of the nobles at that time. Of course, he did not continue such an eternal happy life. In middle age, his son died unexpectedly and the family was deeply in debt, which made him extremely sad and lost. The final twist of fate began in a duel with his wife's ex-husband and son. At this moment, he was fortunate to have the perfect opportunity to solve the big trouble. Maybe he is more realistic, but he is not a ruthless person; maybe it was the death of his son that made him feel lost, he didn't hate this "son", but made him not want to cause more tragedies, even if he sacrificed himself. But this decision made him lose all the glitz!
He lost a leg, lost his social identity and left the UK. He became an outlaw again, it turned out that he did not successfully resist the god of fate; it turned out that all this was just a dream...

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Barry Lyndon quotes

  • Barry's Mother: [to Barry] I shall not rest until I see you as Lord Lyndon. You have important friends. They can tell you how these things are done. For money, well-timed and properly applied can accomplish anything.

  • Redmond Barry: If ever I should meet him again you will find out who is the best man of the two. I'll fight him sword or pistol, captain as he is.