Even if he comes back, the cool old man still chooses the cool life

Alex 2022-04-20 09:01:41

Eastwood, who is approaching 90 years old, is too emotional.

On the one hand, the beauty that can kill people in youth has been washed away by time, leaving no trace. On the screen is a tall, scrawny old man, and I suspect that I have seen exactly the same person in the community yard two days ago. Sentences spewed out of his mouth, becoming slurred and vibrato. The thin old man casually wore baggy clothes and walked slowly and tremblingly. How can time be so cruel, a sturdy and beautiful man will become most of the people you can see in the early morning vegetable market;

On the other hand, at the age of almost 90, he is still clear-headed, able to fully present the insights of a stage of life, and tell it in a way that is unique to a person who has been cool all his life, not in a hurry or slow, and interestingly .

Earl, another Eastwood, didn't have the glittering title of Hollywood movie star, but he became a big star in his own field. By spending too much time maintaining his status in the circle, Earl neglected his family and was ostracized by his family in his later years. This kind of neglect can't be avoided by being "busy". If he didn't even attend his daughter's wedding, then it can only show that in Earl's eyes, these things are insignificant.

Earl was a gardener who fought in the war as a young man, and in his old age maintained all the habits of the era he occupied, including calling the black "Niger", spurning the Internet, and continuing to neglect family.

Earl is a person who is so unrestrained to death. After discovering that he was transporting drugs, he scolded himself and continued to do it with alertness. Morality can't hold him, and neither can his family.

Because the transportation work was so well done, I was personally seen by the leader of the drug dealers, flew to Mexico, met the big man who was taboo for everyone, and asked without hesitation in front of the vast and boundless mansion: "How many people have you killed in exchange for these? ?"

Afterwards, accompanied by two beauties with the best figure, a spring supper all night.

Cool people enjoy all the fun things in life, fun is the first consideration in all decisions, morality, non-existent.

Earl advised the small drug dealer to wash his hands in a golden basin, because he "doesn't count for anything" here, and the small drug dealer immediately became emotional.

Cool people don't teach.

Before his wife's death, Earl turned back home halfway through the drug delivery, and chose the last companionship and atonement. This is the only way to prove his old age. After doing this, he was accepted by his family. Rather, he felt that he had completed the task.

At the end of the film, Earl insists on standing up straight when he is beaten, and insists on going to jail. It's not about morals, it's about his own rules of life. Just like how he thinks that drug dealers should deal with him after he slackens work, although he thinks that drug dealers are the biggest but just scolding God a few times, but for himself, his principle is steel discipline.

In prison, Earl did what he loved most in his life again, planting flowers.

Eastwood had eight children in his life, most of them illegitimate. He failed to give them a normal family life, and now at 90, it is difficult to repay in any way. Therefore, he can only make one movie and regret the family he didn't care about. Then, all he will do is continue to make movies. In his heart, this movie may have all the apologies. Just like Earl, he can get the forgiveness of the whole family after the last ride with his wife who has been neglected for a lifetime. After passing this level, he comforted himself, and since then, he can continue to grow flowers alone.

Earl, Eastwood, all so cool. Family is an accident of life, and planting flowers and movies are also accidents of life. Only they are the most important.

Cool people can't criticize, they can only praise.

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The Mule quotes

  • Earl Stone: The only people who want to live to 100 are 99 year olds.

  • Earl Stone: [walking up to him] What? I thought you were dead. No such luck, I guess.

    Tim Kennedy: Let me tell you something. Did anyone ever tell you you're a bit of an asshole, Earl?

    Earl Stone: All the time. Even in Spanish. All the time.