The angel is here, the devil is there, I am in the middle of the river

Kole 2022-01-25 08:02:16

When I first learned that this movie was from Teacher Luo Xiang, he was deeply shocked when he mentioned that "what humans have to fight against is vanity and emptiness", so he turned it over and watched it. It was so pleasant to discover that Keanu Reeves and Al Pacino actually starred.

I want to express the touch I have received, but I know this touch is too shallow. People are very interesting and realize that their vanity is not enough to make people change it. If I did not experience Lomax, would I choose the righteous side at the beginning? I may not be.

Before being taken away by the devil (unexpectedly that this economic concept can be used, which means the price paid for something), we will never stop absorbing the sweetness it provides.

Young people always think this way: What is wrong with my pursuit of a higher social status and a better life? Perhaps a thinking young man will question morality and ask: Why should I consider others? Why should I obey ethics? He can bring out a lot of truth, say how morality is a tool of the ruling class, and say that God is unprovable and unfalsifiable. He even put forward a completely feasible plan, saying that it is only necessary to trust these man-made guidelines-economic laws, legal restrictions, and the exchange of benefits.

For joining the WTO, I also think there is nothing wrong with it. Because you can get the admiration and licking of others through social status and wealth, and then the previous nasty will eventually become a glorious medal. People are too able to give meaning. When someone tells you that interest can measure everything, and law can do nothing, the so-called ill-gotten gains and the law can be given positive meaning to them. Perhaps it is to practice precise leak detection in order to make this system more perfect. For example, a long article discusses Bao Yuming on the protection of young women from harassment.

This is your freedom. You put your hand on the Holy Bible and swear, and then unscrupulously lied; you sweetly talked about loving your wife, and turned your head to flirt with a woman who seemed to match you better. As long as you don't care about the world, or avoid the world-a voice is tempting you, saying that all of this is at your fingertips. "I provoke all the potential desires of human nature, and I meet human needs without criticizing him. Even the most stubborn person I will not reject him. I am a humanitarian." The devil said. Freedom, how many sins are in your name.

But what are you pursuing like this?

Appetite, lust, power. How free is it to be driven by desire than to be kidnapped by morals? Wealth, currency, and status are all imaginary creations. They are the great creations of mankind and bind themselves. They are the real nothingness and the rootless tree inhabited by human desires. How many people are their believers and are rushing for it. The devil's words were shocking: "My time has come, and I am close to the top. Everything in the glitzy world is reasonable and reasonable." I am ashamed, and I am only one of the followers of Satan. We have long stopped pursuing nobility, perhaps because the former nobility is another kind of vanity. We jumped from one web of meaning to another.

Milton frantically talked about his magnificent blueprint, so many law students, all under his command, because law is the new bible! It does not care about the heart, it is above all beings, and it has blind spots. Play with the law and step on God. But before his victory, he was a real moisturizer silently. He said "people don't see me coming, i'm small." The fall is not a sudden fall, the fall is a swamp bit by bit.

I am lost. I am not a loyal supporter of the devil, I cannot sleep at night to hurt others; I am also not a follower of angels. The movie did not tell me why the results of doing bad things are so unbearable, or how precious it is to choose the right reward. I am so pessimistic about emotions and others. Is there such a kind of love that I would give up the good future of shortcuts in exchange for love? Is there really such an irreplaceable person?

My choice is also right now-where is the value of life reflected? Is it how high can I climb in the financial industry, or can I be more dedicated to be with my parents? Will I give up some opportunities or others for my lover? Will I keep on going as usual regardless of the situation of my friends?

There is no answer or reference to all of this. There is no other way but courage and courage to move forward in your life.

The so-called wisdom is often just an attempt to explain the world, and it is always in vain.

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The Devil's Advocate quotes

  • John Milton: Now with this? Now that you're down? I'd get ready for one of those, Class-A, New York-style pigfucks.

  • John Milton: Eddie Barzoon, Eddie Barzoon. Hah! Oh, I nursed him through two divorces, a cocaine rehab, and a pregnant receptionist. Heh. God's creature, right? God's special creature? Hah! And I've warned him Kevin, I've warned him every step of the way. Watching him bounce around like a fucking game, like a windup toy! Like 250 pounds of self serving greed on wheels. The next thousand years is right around the corner, Kevin, and Eddie Barzoon-take a good look, because he's the poster child for the next millennium! These people, it's no mystery where they come from. You sharpen the human appetite to the point where it can split atoms with its desire, you build egos the size of cathedrals, fiber-optically connect the world to every eager impulse, grease even the dullest dreams with these dollar-green, gold plated fantasies until every human becomes an aspiring emperor, becomes his own god, and where can you go from there? And as we're scrambling from one deal to the next, who's got his eye on the planet? As the air thickens, the water sours, and even the bees honey takes on the metallic taste of radioactivity. And it just keeps coming, faster and faster. There's no chance to think, to prepare. It's buy futures, sell futures, when there is no future! We got a runaway train boy, we got a billion Eddie Barzoons all jogging into the future. Every one of 'em getting ready to fist-fuck god's ex-planet, lick their fingers clean as they reach out toward their pristine, cybernetic keyboards to total up their billable hours. And then it hits home! You gotta pay your own way, Eddie. It's a little late in the game to buy out now! Your belly's too full, your dick is sore, your eyes are bloodshot, and you're screaming for someone to help! But guess what? There's no one there! You're all alone, Eddie. You're god's special little creature. Maybe it's true, maybe god threw the dice once too often. Maybe he let us all down.