There is a thousand Hamlet in the eyes of a thousand people. Let me record the "House of Cards" I saw in my eyes at this time. For several impressive fragments, the lines in the memory only express one meaning, and the specific expressions are different.
1. The protagonist Frank’s dog was dying after being hit by a car. Frank came over and said to the camera: “There are two kinds of pain, one can make a person stronger, and the other is worthless. Torture, I have no patience with worthless things.” Then quietly strangled the dog to death. The neighbor came over and thought the dog was hit by a car. Frank expressed condolences to the neighbor.
This shot can be understood as Frank's despicable shame. But what I saw was Frank's thorough belief in his own laws, and it was completely cold in the eyes of others! There are many such scenes in this film, as well as others. The reporter went to bed with Frank for the news, and Frank’s wife, Claire, did not hesitate to ruin the bill that Frank had worked hard for several months for the cause of her charity. The employees of Frank’s wife did not hesitate to give up their high annual salary and went to the third world to do public welfare for their own ideals of public welfare. , And at the end confrontation with Claire who helped her; whether the characters in the film are Frank's wife Claire, reporters, or employees of Claire, they take for granted what they believe in, and are not shaken by others. So Yu Qi said that these things are cold, betrayal, and shameless. In my opinion, they all have the power to hold on to their beliefs. This power is strong and powerful enough to disregard the coldness, betrayal, and shamelessness in the eyes of others. I think the most common example may be Jobs, but everyone can accept a successful Jobs, but they cannot accept ordinary employees such as Claire or journalist Zoe. It is precisely because of this that I am even more attracted by ordinary people who are ordinary and powerful, who have the power to believe in their beliefs, even though this is only an American drama.
2. State Assemblyman Pete, he turned out to be lustful and alcoholic, but also taking drugs. But he is kind and loves his two children and his girlfriend. Originally, when he was participating in the governor election, he had quit drinking, and had reconciled with his girlfriend, and got rid of Frank's control. But it was at this time that the temptation of a prostitute, and the depravity of just one night of wine, completely ruined everything about him. After that night, he abandoned himself even more, drank alcohol, and saw no one. Then he was ready to go to the police station and go to jail for relief. Finally, Frank ended his life.
This tragic character. Is the most depressing character I have ever seen. It is also a character opposite to the many characters mentioned above. He is a good person, but he has no power and no conviction. While being tempted and threatened by Frank to do what he doesn't want to do, he blames himself in pain and is always in a state of vacillation. I really hate such people. Either you can completely be a bad person in the eyes of others like Frank, and pursue your power! Either you just be a good person like Claire's employee and don't be swayed by temptation and threats. I have been vacillating, being led by others, my own life cannot be controlled by myself, and it can only end in tragedy. I think about the depravity, Frank cannot say that he is depravity, he was originally the incarnation of Satan. Only a good person like Pete can speak of the so-called depravity. He should have been the pride of the people of his hometown, but because he did not have his own convictions and strength, he was finally depraved by Frank's threats and temptations. He was a complete tragedy!
3. About the marriage of Frank and Claire. Their marriage is slightly alienated. Firstly, they have no children; secondly, they watched each other physically cheating but behaved indifferently rather than excited; thirdly, whether they are like each other, whether they are similar or like-minded, in short, the two of them know each other and love each other. During Claire's fundraising dinner, Frank helped him arrange everything and even barbecued himself to help her seek donations. When Frank was working, Claire often accompanied him to support him. Claire bought a rowing machine for Frank to exercise. Frank disliked it very much at first, but accepted his kindness to exercise every day. When the rowing machine broke down, Claire invited Frank to run with him every day. Frank also accepted...all These little details can tell that they love each other and know each other tolerantly.
Frank and Claire have too many roles for the duo, so they can't think of too many special scenes. But at least I think their marriage is a happy one. The two knew each other and loved each other, quarreling as much as possible, physical derailment, and even Claire's betrayal. But as Claire and his old lover Adam said, "You don't know everything that Frank and I went through." A marriage is a long journey, and marriage is both sacred and faith. Although each of us prays for a holy and pure marriage, then in the decades of time, there will definitely be various accidents. So put aside the fairy tales and return to reality. When the two people encounter setbacks in their marriage, should they ride the storm together or just abandon the marriage? Maybe the latter is easier, but I think it's really good to be able to live together and go through the long journey of life together after truly "experiencing everything" like Claire and Frank. It's very simple and natural for two people to walk together because they are fresh, because they go to bed, because they are getting married, and so on. But two people can truly experience poverty, wealth, love, indifference, disease, beauty, quarrel, and be able to be together. I think this is very rare and very valuable. Some marriages may be dull and don't have to go through too many hardships, but some marriages, such as Frank and Clay's, have to face these. Maybe it's really like what Tong Dawei said, only if two people regard marriage as a belief, it can be done.
4. A little bit about politics and society. More than 50 congressmen went to the restaurant to eat, and the restaurant owner refused to let the congressmen come in for dinner because of fear of employees' strike. The chief secretary of the president can't help his son get into a prestigious university. The wife of the prospective vice president, apologized for dismissing the employee and going to the employee's house. The politician Frank went to the homes of ordinary people and asked them not to prosecute, and was almost driven out of the house. When Frank went to meet the executives of Sanko Industrial, the executives said: You came here to have a record of Congress’s itinerary, and I happened to leave here in the middle of the meeting. I don’t want to like this coincidence...
These scenes are too many to count. What has given me as always is that the three power divisions of the United States, executive, legislative, and judicial independence are really great. In addition, in conjunction with the media freedom of the fourth pole of power as supervision, and the ultra-high transparency of government actions, the space for power corruption to breed is quite narrow. A politician like Frank, who has been in the White House for more than two decades, has nothing to do with his wife’s 200,000 US dollars goods being detained abroad. Generally speaking, I will ask someone to buy you a box and it will be over. Only $200,000 worth of goods is worthy of Claire's betrayal of Frank. It seems that they really don't have much money. In addition, Frank’s right-hand man, Doug, must have a grade 3 or 4 in China anyway. When arranging accommodation for the prostitute, he couldn’t go to ask for Nancy. Generally speaking, rent a house for him, see. He was too poor to come. In fact, if you talk about politics too much, it will be controversial. What I concluded is that there is no such thing as socialism and capitalism. My own company management experience, work transparency is really beneficial without any harm! I don't yearn for how well our country can do, because it is a question of technology and time, a question of ability, not a question of whether we want to or not.
Stop writing, I can't write anymore. There are so many things in this show, so watch it a second time if you have time! !
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