Hope and change

Ivory 2022-01-22 08:04:17

PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN is of course very good, but he is more attracted by the role of his friend Clyde. I have never seen this actor before, but he naturally acted an aggrieved man: just a driver driving limoges, but he was dressed neatly, always in suits and leather shoes, and his hair was not messy. Some old school kids beard. He speaks and acts like a gentleman, but all this is just an empty shell. In fact, his heart is weak and he escapes reality. Even after Lucy broke out and told him the vicious reality: You're fucking NOTHING! His defense seemed so weak, even ridiculous.

This role is quite original. In fact, there are quite a lot of movies like Jack. You can find this kind of "genre", but Clyde. . I don't know if it is the charm of the actor or the character design itself, there is a very special sense of sadness.


From the beginning Jack was single, Clyde and his girlfriend Lucy helped him and Connie, to the end Jack and Connie finally got married and Clyde and Lucy finally broke up, Jack repeated to Connie twice: I' am for you, he learned to swim in order to be able to row a boat with Connie, because Connie said that no one had ever done cooking for her, and the effort paid off. They finally walked together. On the other hand, Clyde was just talking, but he had never worked hard to save their love. This should be the reason why Clyde looked at Connie and Jack in the distance with complicated eyes at the end.

I particularly like the scene where Jack is standing on the sky bridge, where the traffic underneath turns into a swimming pool, where he swims freely and unrestrainedly.

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Jack Goes Boating quotes

  • Clyde: Let's smoke a toast.

  • Jack: This always happens.

    Clyde: What?

    Jack: Whenever there's anything good, it fucks up.

    Clyde: It fucked up, but it fucked up because *we* forgot.

    Jack: No, you fucked it up because you made a fucking toast!

    Clyde: Because I love you. We all love you. We forgot the food because you were being loved. That's the important thing to remember.