I used to go to the cinema with my friends to watch a movie and come out after watching the movie.
"What do you think of this movie?"
I was desperate to recall the content of the movie, and I had no idea. I wanted to continue talking about the topic of the movie. The fatigue level was comparable to a brainstorming session.
This happens frequently.
As a movie audience, I think that if a movie has the desire to express his opinion after watching it, the movie is considered a good movie.
Uncut Diamond is exactly that kind of movie.
Even though my viewing experience with this movie was not that good.
A few days ago, I watched "Rough Diamond", which was highly recommended by major film critics of the previous year.
Two hours, noisy and noisy, made me very tired.
The incongruity of the opening soundtrack fills the viewer with a sense of unease that runs through the entire film.
It can be said that the entire viewing experience is uneasy.
Just a brief introduction to the plot:
The following content is full of spoilers, please read carefully
New York jewelry store owner Howard (Sandler) is addicted to drugs and owes a lot of money.
It took a few months of energy to buy a big diamond that I thought was priceless.
He wanted to turn over with this diamond.
At the beginning of the movie, there is a creditor looking for a thug to collect the debt from the protagonist.
By chance, NBA player Garnett saw this diamond and thought it was auspicious, so he borrowed it from Howard for a few days to get it back to play for good luck.
And pledged with his championship ring.
After Howard got the championship ring, he immediately took the mortgage and used the money to gamble.
Of course the bet was lost.
Later, Howard took the diamond to the auction. He felt that the auction estimate was too low, but he thought that Garnett would definitely buy it, so he called an insider to raise the auction price.
How do you know that Garnett didn't buy it in the end, and this inner should buy this diamond at a dumb loss. It is equivalent to Howard buying his own diamonds.
This time the gamble is lost.
Howard quickly went to Garnett to let Garnett buy it.
Garnett finally agreed to buy the diamond for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Howard got hundreds of thousands of dollars, which was completely enough to pay off his previous debts.
I thought it was over, how do I know Howard took all the money to bet on Garnett's team to win.
The creditor and the thug came to the door, and Howard just trapped the creditor and the thug in the security door of his store, and asked them to accompany him to watch this big game.
Don't tell me, this game was actually won.
Howard won $2 million.
Howard happily opened the security door and said to the creditors and thugs, "Look, I'll just say this game will be won."
The thug picked up the pistol, banged, and shot Howard to death...
The movie comes to an end.
This movie tells how crazy gambling addicts are. The protagonist is betting every time he chooses. He wants to bet back his previous losses, but he loses every time.
In the end, win money and lose yourself.
I saw film critics say that the protagonist Sandler played well, but when I watched the movie, I didn't have the energy to pay attention to his acting skills, and I kept complaining in my heart, your acting is really noisy.
At the beginning of the article, I said that this movie is full of unease.
Here's why the director needs us to look so uneasy.
Since I don't like gambling, I can't get into it at all.
The reason I don't like gambling is that I have a small stake, and even if I win, I don't think I have much money.
It doesn't make much sense.
For example, my entire capital is only 1,000 yuan. If I press it all down, if I win twice, it will be 2,000 yuan.
Just two thousand dollars?
Can't get excited at all.
Gambling requires a large amount of money. If you continue to gamble, if you win, you will be covered with a golden chain. If you lose, you will be bankrupt and buried in debt. Only then will you become addicted.
Gambling, what you want is to pursue the kind of itchy stomach, the whole body is excited to sweat cold, and there must be a sense of uncertainty and unease.
You gamble, if you know that you lose nothing and win nothing, you will definitely not be addicted.
As the protagonist of drug addiction, his life is the pursuit of anxiety.
The unease we feel when we watch this movie is the unease of the protagonist.
The director conveyed the protagonist's gambling addiction feeling to the audience with the inconsistent dubbing and noisy scenes.
The protagonist of the movie Uncut Diamonds is betting on everything he does. For example, there is a scene in the movie, he ran to his own affair apartment and hid, her mistress entered the house, he hid in the closet, while texting and talking to her mistress, while peeping at her mistress's behavior, he Instructing his mistress to undress and pose, taking selfies for him.
I didn't understand what this behavior was doing at first.
Later I thought it was the protagonist who wanted to bet on whether his mistress would lie to him behind his back.
Bet on whether the mistress was honest with him.
There are still many details in the whole movie that highlight the late stage of the male protagonist's gambling addiction.
The male protagonist gambles more than money, but every step of his life.
Gambling, you may win once or twice, but you will lose if you gamble too long.
You can't win by gambling with the bookmaker of life.
Everyone says that small gambling is fun, but small gambling is not gambling at all for gamblers.
"Small gambling can't make me turn over, can't make me rich, what's the point."
"I'm going to make a big bet, and I'll put down my entire net worth. If not, I'll put down my friends and relatives with all their net worth. Don't be afraid, I will definitely win this. If I win, I will give it back to you. You will definitely win, you believe me, believe me this time, you will win!"
No, don't think about it, you will lose.
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