Chris, the protagonist of the film, is a poor boy, but he is not reconciled to this status, so he wants to reach the upper class by becoming a tennis coach. He was well prepared, and in addition to beautiful letters of recommendation and great tennis skills, he planned to arm himself mentally, so he let himself watch Shakespeare and Dostoevsky. From the series of scenes at the beginning of the film, you can see that this man not only wants to reach the upper class, he also wants to be one of them, and his goal is to change his identity and gain a position.
In order to achieve this goal, in the face of the invitation from the rich and handsome Tom from the upper class, of course Chris will not refuse, he said "I love opera", but the ghost knows if he really loves opera. Anyway, by watching the opera, he met Gao Fushuai's family, and accidentally captured the heart of Tom's sister Chloe.
Chloe, a wealthy girl who likes to shrug her shoulders, has never taken her eyes off Chris since she saw him. After shopping together and watching a movie, the two had sex in Chris's rented apartment. However, if you look closely, Chris's eyes hardly ever fall on Chloe, especially after he meets Nola, Tom's fiancée at the time, and you'll notice that he looks at Nola with lust, as if he Anytime you can throw Nola down and have a hard sex. But Chloe, the silly girl, never noticed this from beginning to end. It makes me think that if Chloe hadn't been born into an extremely wealthy family, she might have been just an ordinary silly big sister. As a woman, she couldn't feel at all whether the person beside her loved her. The only time Chris was suspicious was when Chris almost confessed to her about his extramarital affair with Nola, but she was quickly convinced by Chris's words, and even went to comfort Chris that she gave him it because she was trying to conceive. a lot of pressure.
As you can see from Chris's eloquent words, he is a person who is very good at observing and manipulating others. He's smart, he sees his place, and if he wants to get into the upper class, he has to please them, as Nola puts it, "beautiful." He's also clever at courting, always being modest and grateful without being overly humble, for example, he'll say "I'll pay my share", or "Next time I'll pay Bar". After marriage, when facing Chloe and saying, "Dad will be very willing to help us", he always behaves calmly without any emotional reaction. In short, he saw this clearly and acquiesced to this. He knew very well that everything he had was because he was Chloe's husband. If this relationship didn't exist, he would have to go back to being a poor boy again. Efforts are in vain.
Chris's manipulation of others is also reflected in the later encounter with Nola, he greets his wife without changing his face, and whispers "say your phone number" to Nola until Nola says it softly. You see, he just quietly observes the other party, feeling whether the other party may reject him, as long as he feels a possibility of being accepted, he will never let it go, no wonder Nola said that he was "aggressive" when he first saw him ".
However, Chris is still hesitating, of course he doesn't realize that he is hesitating, I think the reason why he and Chloe have been trying for a long time and still can't have a child, in addition to the lack of love between them, is more important because of Chris's Hesitating, that is, his swaying in identity: of course it is good to be a rich man. If you have more money, you can live in a big house, you can have a driver to pick you up, and you live a peaceful and happy life, but it is also too conservative and lacks passion. Unable to succumb to freedom; to return to the identity of ordinary people, and to be restricted everywhere, one must work extremely hard to achieve the ideal life. In any case, neither of these two identities is very free for Chris, so he is hesitant and confused. For him, the ideal is to have a secret world out of the sight of the rich, where he is the master, and he can violently tear open the tops of sexy girls and get full in intense sex. Show his power. However, he almost screwed up, he actually made Nola pregnant, and Nola obviously didn't gain any useful experience after going through the last failed relationship with Gao Fushuai Tom, she only saw Chris's exquisite and handsome Aggressive, but did not see that Chris lacked the ability to love people, she actually used children and public relations between the two to demand and threaten Chris!
Under Nola's not-so-smart persecution, it didn't take long for Chris to make up his mind to get rid of Nola. At the same time, he also wanted to get rid of his own child who was still in Nola's womb and an innocent old woman who lived alone. So, actually what Chris wants to get rid of is the people who know the secret of his true identity, and killing them symbolically kills his identity as a poor boy. At this point, Chris was no longer swaying.
By the end of the film, Chris is lucky that his flawed murder, while raising suspicions, was hastily let go by accident. After this, he finally had a child with Chloe. At the end of the film, Chloe's family gathers around the newborn, excitedly and excitedly thinking about the baby's future, while Chris leans against the wall with indifference.
Now we all know that Chris is a giant in action, an emotional dwarf, he has no ability to love, and he can't fall in love with anyone, in his concept, there is no good and evil, no beauty And ugly, some are just cravings and desires. When his cravings and desires align with the needs of someone at the time, they can get along temporarily; as soon as one of them changes inside, conflict and drama begins. For example, we see in the film that the three relationships of Tom and Nola, Chris and Chloe, and Chris and Nola all start and end with the inner needs of both parties. In Tom and Nola, Nola is a sexy girl who just came to London to try to develop her acting career, and Tom is a handsome and considerate big boy. The former urgently needs a foothold, and the latter needs something different. The stimulating element of high society. If you watch the movie carefully, you'll notice that Tom doesn't shy away from mentioning Nola's sexiness and her seduction to men before Chris. But generally speaking, men are less likely to deliberately show their partner's temptation to the opposite sex in front of another man. Let's look at Chris and Chloe again, Chris is a poor boy who came to London to work hard, he desperately needs to quickly enter the upper class, and Chloe is a young girl who is very close to her parents, she lacks independence, she is dependent on her father. , what she needs is a beautiful, sexy and steady man, so why not do such a combination?
Chris and Nola's relationship is at the heart of the film. Both Chris and Nola came from poor families, they both came to London to work hard, and they both wanted to have their own identity and position in this famous place, and they were both beautiful and sexy (Actually, I think Chris is a strange actor), and they both understand Their attraction to the opposite sex, and when they met for the first time, they both saw the most core characteristics of each other. Writing here, I feel that it is more appropriate to describe this relationship with "Nie Yuan". The relationship between the two is inevitable, and the relationship is also inevitable. When they are attracted to each other, the fire of dry wood will ignite; when the needs are upgraded and the other party is unable to meet them, they will speak ill of each other, and even start killing people. It seems that Nola is also a stupid big sister. In her relationship with Tom, she wants to maintain her dignity and is unwilling to compromise with her family; in her relationship with Chris, she also fails to see clearly a cheating affair that is attached to her father-in-law and wife. A man cannot give her and her child an identity. In this way, there is no love at first sight, but they are all like each other. The most frightening thing is that people's tastes may change. If you are smarter, you may be able to find another way; but if you are caught in an emotional whirlpool and only know that you are in love with me, then it is really over.
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