Knowing such a gambler, you also know. He is called Nobel. He gambled to win an invention called explosives. He is addicted to gambling, almost crazy. Once, he lost his own brother's life. People advised him to stop, he didn't. After that, he lost again and again. The more I lose, the worse I am, and I almost lose all of my life. But in the end he won, and then the nitroglycerin explosive was born. Then, the Nobel Prize was born.
This is not a movie about gambling. Gambling is a reflection of attitude, the shadow of life, and the prop of narrative.
The male protagonist said that he sees things as either black or white, or wrong or right. You win or lose in doing things. In other words, he has an extreme personality. It can also be said that he is the kind of person who is unwilling to compromise a compromise.
In the film, the fat lender said he was suicide gambling. I feel wrong. He did not gamble to commit suicide. He wants to win! Don't care about losing, the cost of losing. It is this kind of carelessness that creates calmness after losing money. Because he tried his best without reservation for the goal he wanted to win. For this effort, he himself has a kind of praise for himself, because he tried his best so he was calm.
The male protagonist took the money from his mother, why didn't he pay it back, but went to gamble again and lost everything. Because if you pay back the money, you will never gamble. In the end, he still lost money in general. This is a compromise stop loss option, and he doesn't like it. What he wants is to win! Only win! Losing less is never the result he wants. In real life, he is in a life of compromise and stop loss. He likes to write but is an ordinary teacher. He is estranged from his mother, and he dare not touch the love. He yearns for himself, he yearns for winning! This is not what he wants. This is the source of his pain! But he lingered, he was painful and he questioned. Having fallen into such a situation, can you still have the dream of a famous writer? Can there still be warm family and hot love? he does not know! It's like he doesn't know if he can successfully turn over from a gambler with debts.
At the end of the film, he won. He won back all the money he lost! He has completed the salvation of his own soul! The moment it appeared from the black. One possibility was confirmed. Yes! Even if his dreams of the writer are drifting away, even if his relationship with his mother is frosty. But everything is coming in a hurry! Yes, there is still a chance for everything! Everything is hopeful. Everything will gradually get better! Just like this bet.
He ran wildly, toward a new self, a new life, and a new possibility. He ran towards all good things, including love.
Sometimes life is like a ball starting from point A. Your goal is point B. But halfway, because of your own reasons, because of environmental reasons. You deviated from the direction of AB. The farther and farther you go, you find that point C is very close to you. Point C is also very good, although not as good as Point B. You see, many people leave in the direction of AB, and the gap between you is getting bigger and bigger. At this moment, are you willing to stay at point C, or continue to rush in the direction of point B? In the face of your dreams, if you have to give up the comfort in front of you, are you still willing to fight desperately?
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