Before watching "The Game of Jasmine", I didn't do any preparatory work. I just glanced at the plot introduction and thought it was a story about a female poker player making a big killing at the poker table.
After watching it for two minutes and twenty-four seconds, I went to read the page of the film carefully.
Sure enough, the man from The Social Network.
The fast and sharp editing, the rapid speed of the lines, and the unintentional mockery and natural superiority in the protagonist's tone.
Inheritance.
It's just that this time Alan Sorkin has changed from a screenwriter to a director, and the protagonist of the story has also changed from IT geek Mark Zuckerberg to Zanju mother San Moli Bloom.
The same biopic, the same legendary life.
Different ups and downs and flavors.
Destroyer: The Devil of the High
Player X is one of the important characters in the first half of the story. As a Hollywood superstar, he has money, status, fame, works... and has everything that ordinary people envy.
There is even a god-given smart mind, and an innate ruthless ambition.
He is also the core of the poker game. The purpose of many tycoons playing poker is to compete with him, to have a few words and gossip.
So why does such a person who lacks everything come to play cards?
Out of interest?
But he said he didn't like playing cards.
"Then why are you playing cards?" Jasmine was as curious as we were.
"I love destroying other people's lives."
After that, it is the only scene of a card table match in the entire movie. But even with Jasmine's commentary, I couldn't understand what was going on at the poker table, but what I understood was that after this scene, Harlan's life, who was careful and always won, was completely destroyed. .
Of course, we can say that Harlan ruined his own life. In the end, as a gambler, he joined a game that he couldn't afford to play. Sooner or later, it may come to this day.
But later we know that Player X is an important black hand who pushed Harlan into the abyss.
Pushing into the abyss is not enough, he also has to firmly control the life of the losers, so that they will be attached to them all their lives, and they will not be able to survive.
And when Molly understands all of this and protests, X fumbles a little and kicks her out, destroying her "career" in Los Angeles.
Those who obey me live, and those who oppose me perish.
Jasmine's father in the movie is also a destroyer.
Although the appearance in the movie does not necessarily last for more than ten minutes, we know that the father not only made a mistake and destroyed Jasmine's relatively happy family, but also destroyed Jasmine's self-identity and self-confidence through superficial harshness.
And we can't quantify the impact of this destruction. It's just that before reconciliation with her father and after Jasmine's life, every choice, more or less, has this layer of shadow.
I've been fighting, but I can't get out.
In fact, think about it, the so-called nature of education, parents to children, is nothing more than shaping or destroying.
That's it.
Is Jasmine a destroyer? this is a problem.
She is careful, strictly guards the bottom line, clearly knows what she is doing, and guards the three-point land of the poker game without going beyond the thunderous pool.
If you get kicked out of Los Angeles, you can only go to New York obediently. If you get beaten up by the Mafia, you can only knock out your teeth and swallow blood, and you don’t even dare to go to the hospital.
The film more shows her self-improvement, independence, unyielding, resistance, and even integrity. Let us see how difficult it is for her to reach today.
Don't forget, however, that someone lost to suicide in her game, and someone lost everything in her game.
But you don't seem to blame her? Are they all self-inflicted?
Perhaps as a superior, no matter what their original intentions are, they will inevitably destroy the lives of one or two people. This has nothing to do with virtue, but only about the order of the world.
It's just that you're not strong enough to play dangerous games.
Masters: Out of Control Joke
Jasmine wants to be in control of her life, but fate always loves to joke with her.
On the ski resort, if you go further, you can reach the peak of life, but it is only because of a weed that everything is vanished.
In Los Angeles, although she presides over the game on the surface, she has never been in control. Even if she gets rid of the boss, the real player resources are always firmly in X's hands.
In New York, she finally reached the pinnacle of her career, but the poker game gradually got out of control. The increasingly intensive poker game made her addicted to drugs, and the bigger and bigger gambling game forced her to start playing tricks. The increasingly mixed poker players even put her life at risk.
This is a dangerous game in itself, always teetering on the edge of losing control, and slipping into the abyss of doom if you are not careful.
In the film, Jasmine's motives are not explained very much. The narration of the narration is all about "how I do it", and almost no talk about "why I do it".
Through the poker game, Jasmine had made a lot of money, which was of course an important reason.
But obviously, the money is only the superficial reason, and more importantly, the struggle.
Create your own business from the control of your former boss and major clients;
Get rid of his father's shadow and inferiority complex, make more risky choices than a peaceful life, and enjoy the thrill of controlling others as the master of the game.
Even if fate blocks the way of skiing, he still refuses to admit defeat.
But Jasmine's struggle, Jasmine's control, were not based on self-consciousness, but on the basis of "proving to others". From beginning to end, she was under the shadow, not out of the shadow, which made these women in her The label of ism has greatly lost its luster.
"You all say that the old lady can't do it, but the old lady will do it for you!"
"I don't care what you say or think, I just want to play like this!"
In the final analysis, the former Jasmine still lacked such confidence and freedom. And with the control of the knot, it often becomes out of control in the end.
Embarrassment: Jasmine
I haven't read Jasmine's autobiography, just from the movie, the character of Jasmine is a bit embarrassing.
From the above, I always feel that Jasmine is still a bit unqualified, whether it is the career she has accomplished, the legendary character of the characters, or even just how much money she makes intuitively, Jasmine is a little worse. The poker game is nothing more than a game of a group of rich people, and Jasmine is nothing more than a game of accumulation, without core resources and technology, even if the book is published, everyone pays more attention to celebrity secrets and Hollywood gossip. The film tries to focus everyone's attention. When it comes to the ups and downs of Jasmine's life, the ups and downs of the poker queen's life are high and awesome, but it seems... that is, Xiao Jiujiu, who is a little frustrated by her father, is not that awesome.
From the bottom of it, Jasmine is obviously not down to earth. She came from an elite family, and everything she does is insulated from ordinary people. The film itself is not a biography for ordinary people, and with the director's consistent elitism, it is also a dream to want to fall to the ground.
So when you see that the main character is just a few pounds and a few taels, you will feel that this 140-minute movie can't hold up a bit.
However, as a director's debut, there is nothing to blame for this quality.
- The lines in the second half of the movie seem to be slower than the first half, I don't know if it is an illusion;
- In the end, I didn't understand whether her game was legal or not;
- What is even more puzzling is how the game can be maintained without violence;
- Maybe everyone is a humble gentleman who admits defeat, but what about Jasmine's debt of more than 2 million?
- So this should be an unsustainable business, and if it continues, I am afraid that Jasmine will really go bankrupt;
- So it's better to get out early, write books, sell copyrights, and make money easily.
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