I found that the writing at that time was more "soul" than it is now. - -
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After the fire of Cuan Fu and Tang Lao Shi, the magical low-cost literary film "Rewind Life" was turned over by countless fans . About this movie, people have made various comments for a long time, and I won't mention Tang Laoshui's hurricane acting skills here. Talking with phlegm, and the clichés blablabla of "warm healing films that reveal the truth about the difficult lives of ordinary British citizens in a fresh and humorous style". I only write some subtle feelings.
First of all, let’s introduce this movie. It’s very simple. Alexander (Benedict Cumberbatch), a dead-middle-class book writer, became interested in Stuart (Tom Hardy), a vagrant who walks like a zombie, and wrote a biography. The highlight is that Writing backwards, looking for an answer, how did Stuart evolve into what it is today, and what factors made Stuart today. In the process of finding this ultimate "fucking answer", the relationship between the two gradually warmed up, which is such a small story.
Let me talk about my favorite scene first. When Stuart is waiting for his trial, Alexander takes Stuart to visit some of his middle-class friends in the countryside. The journey is always sunny, as if all troubles can be blown away by the country breeze. Put aside the main contradictions in life for a while, go to the country farm to visit a few old friends, drink tea, chat, and cook curry chicken. This kind of middle-class lifestyle may be yearning for everyone. The scene that touched me the most was Stuart driving the lawnmower in a dignified manner, like a teenage kid driving a bumper car in a playground, mowing the grass lap after lap, Alexander shyly beside him. The pursed smile gradually turned into a smile under the 100% sunshine. Inexplicably, I was moved by these images, maybe because of the childish air of the prodigal son, or the warm and dependable temperament of Benedict Cumberbatch, or because I just liked the big, clean farms of the middle class.
The combination of neuroticism and stillbirth in Stuart and Alexander seems to have always worked well. It is said that it was Conan Doyle who first created the model of the protagonist of the mystery novel by Sherlock Holmes and Watson, a genius-level character with a brilliant personality but always a little flawed, accompanied by an ordinary and loyal uncle next door. Promote to all kinds of literary and artistic works, whether it is Gatsby and "I" in "The Great Gatsby", Andy and Red in "The Shawshank Redemption", or Sheldon in "The Big Bang Theory" And Lay nerds, both are in this pattern. This combination is stable and harmonious, with complementary personalities, opposites attract, narrator and listener. In "Rewind Life", most people focus on Tang Laoshi's divine acting skills. Of course, his acting skills are impeccable, and his inarticulate speech is very touching. But I want to talk more about Alexander. He is a clean young man. He is influenced by his family's genetic code to make a living. It seems that he has no pursuit, and he has no enthusiasm for facing the burning of life. It is enough to have a cup of afternoon tea in the small house every day. She has no worries about food and clothing, has a stable job, attends various social gatherings, and tells jokes that are appropriate for the occasion. But as a typical middle-class, in these trivial life trivial matters, I guess he is really itchy subconsciously, and one day it is possible to run naked on the street and make foul language, so he needs Stuart's tickle, Poke the soft swamp in your heart with his cruel life story. What sets the film apart most is that although Stuart is a "street, alcoholic, addict, sociopath, street minstrel," he doesn't have a gloomy and hopelessly depressed feeling about him. Lovely, never drive faster than 30 miles per hour, scream and spit at Wassedor City Hall as Buckingham Palace, buy a carved mushroom on the way, want his son to go to business school, and him Amazing cooking. If Stuart's life experience as the bottom of society initially attracted Alexander, then it is these simple qualities in Stuart's character that have not yet disappeared, and finally touched the "emotional" part of Alexander's heart. Alexander's reddish eye circles at the beginning and end of the film Probably the best proof.
To go into more detail, when Alexander led a group protesting the jailing of the winter shelter administrator, the London police came and demanded that they be fenced off to prevent them from rolling onto the road or being stepped on by passers-by while they slept at night. Also, when Stuart was hospitalized, he asked Alexander, who came to visit: Do you still want to speak for the system? It's all their fault. Alexander said: It's this broken system that keeps her alive, and it's this system that just installed a 5,000-pound pacemaker for you for free. Stuart was later acquitted of attempted homicide, additional charges, and fines. When I saw this, I felt a sense of powerlessness: we really can't compare. In China, movies that promote the main theme are blooming everywhere, and a little bit of anti-system and anti-social jokes can make angry and educated youth applaud. In this magical country, the anti-system, anti-social, anti-government, and anti-human thinking has become the main theme. Instead, a sentence or two defending the damned system becomes the highlight of the film.
Finally, let's talk about the theme, what made Stuart what he is today, and what the "fucking answer" is. Stuart did not blame his older brother for the sexual assault on him, nor for the bullying he received at the children's home. The answer is not muscular dystrophy, not various addictions, but his willingness to fall. Stuart said it all started from the moment he discovered the violence. He said he let the devil live in his heart, and once he got in, he didn't want to go out anymore. Why did he go out, the devil didn't want to be homeless. It's so easy to blame someone else for everything, and if you can, there are countless reasons, but it's not the real reason. Some people have a hissing black snake in their hearts. One day, a little stimulation from the outside world will be able to seduce the snake, secrete venom to hurt the people around them, and eventually hurt themselves. Most people don't have this snake in their hearts, and creation can't help these people. As for Stuart, there were too many fatal factors in his life, and he always lived a shaky life, and the ending could be imagined. Alexander's existence could not subdue the snake in his heart, but the time the two spent together must have blown through the grassland in Stuart's heart like a spring breeze.
In short, this is a very subtle and restrained movie. Everything is pointed to the point, without being overly emotional, and Alexander did not shed tears in the end. After all, it's a story based on the real story. There aren't too many dramatic conflicts. It's just like our life. Officials bring their own products.
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