When I saw the three grandfathers of Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, and Alan Arkin, I knew that the quality of the film was guaranteed.
After reading it, I feel that this is a fairy tale written for reality. Just like in an idol drama, a girl who is not smart enough and beautiful will eventually get a happy love, the three grandfathers in trouble received extraordinary planning and help, successfully completed the bank robbery, and lived in peace. It is impossible in reality, but subconsciously it is our wish.
Some details are very deliberate satire, such as the first time Grandpa Michael Caine went to the bank with a yellow warning, and heard a lot of shirk that had nothing to do with him, the bank was justifying its own scam. When it was time for a fight, the robbers who robbed the bank came and made everyone lie on their backs and started to rob. Grandpa Kane handed the robbers his wallet and the yellow warning letter. But the robber said something to be kind to the old man.
After this robbery, thinking of relying on his daughter and excellent granddaughter, grandpa began to think of robbing a bank.
As soon as the picture changed, the factory made capital transfers, and there were no physical enterprises in the United States, so the pension contract with the workers for many years would be voided immediately, the bank was in sympathy with it, and the workers were discovered that the factory actually used their pensions to pay electricity bills. The three grandfathers all fell into bankruptcy, from decent retired workers on the verge of being reduced to "dirty old men". A lifetime of hard work, in exchange for such an end.
Even robbers and children know to be kind to the elderly, but the powerful capital takes advantage of the law and is committed to standing on the opposite side of moral conscience.
The film did not overly exaggerate the anger of the desperate old people, but after Grandpa Kane proposed, the two grandfathers joined one after another, which is actually the best portrayal of despair. Being a lawful and orderly citizen for a lifetime, being able to rob a bank is definitely not for the purpose of being so relaxed and fun. I am afraid that the second half is deliberately trying to show such an atmosphere, with various mechanisms, funny and warm, to dilute the shocking truth. .
The first half is actually very realistic, and the second half begins to magically open.
Sometimes I wonder if this is and is about to be our old age. When you are useless, you become a burden to the society, thrown away like garbage, and the contract becomes a dead letter. In this century, the capital, which has become more flexible, has absorbed all the light and heat, and has easily moved to the next place where it can suck blood.
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