What would the world think of this outrageous idea? Neighbors and colleagues will say mavelous on the surface, but behind the scenes they will only think that you are either a lunatic or a fool, keeping their eyes open and waiting to see when your marriage train on the road of change derails and when it crashes.
Secular people can survive in the secular world, and naturally master the folk wisdom. Folk wisdom tells us that unless you're a genius, keep your head down and don't fantasize about being an extraordinary artist. The movie has a tragic ending, and the audience naturally wants to investigate who made marriage and life such a mess. If you ask a little, April Wheeler, played by Kate Winslet, is to blame. Yes, she has harmed people, and she has to take the greatest responsibility. Then I think about it, Leonardo DiCaprio's Frank Wheeler is not much better, he is just a big mouth pretending to be a good man, but he is actually a mediocre, obviously a coachman who can follow the same mistakes, but he is playing the role of a sparrow without feet. , deserved it.
If that's what we think, if we think we can so easily criticize other people's love and family affairs, we're not the same as Helen, played by Kathy Bates, appreciating or denying a person based on the outcome or the situation at the time. Helen can, of course, have her wives' opinions, and Kathryn Hahn's neighbor, Milly, has her verdict, but their husbands don't. Helen's husband quietly turned off his hearing aids and couldn't bear to hear it. I can even imagine why Helen's math genius son became a lunatic. Milly's husband was not deaf, and he walked away not wanting to hear any more. Although he was ashamed of Milly, he still had to show her the bottom line and asked her to stop making irresponsible remarks.
Because this kind of "speaking irresponsible remarks" by the worldly people is a very cruel self-comfort, and it is enough to drive people who don't want to keep their own thoughts on the road of lunatics. Whether in the United States in the 1950s or in Hong Kong today, they cannot tolerate any unrealistic ideas. People who are married, have children, have a stable job and have a real estate mortgage, if they still have unrealistic thoughts, it is even more sinful.
Why did April have the idea of immigrating to Paris? Why would Frank, the husband, agree? Because they both understand what kind of person the other is, because they both want to save their marriage in jeopardy.
April has been an actor for many years, and can only perform in a third-rate troupe, and then his unhappiness forced his considerate husband to park his car on the side of the road and punch the body in grief and indignation. After calming down, April felt guilty and apologetic. She felt that her emotions were the reason. She felt that her husband who had sacrificed over the years was really fed up, and she couldn't be too selfish. Her husband didn't even think about it, so she thought of the wonderful Paris that her husband had mentioned. She may have even thought that when she first met her husband who was a little unrealistic, he was the most charming, and then he became annoying when life forced others. April probably thought that when she went to Paris, she and her husband would return to their former cuteness, and their marriage would be saved.
Frank was hesitant about Paris, but he also felt the risk was worth taking, at least until his wife got pregnant again. He did not hesitate to book the cruise ticket immediately, ready to "You jump, I jump." Before the pregnancy incident, Frank took the initiative to announce to his colleagues and neighbors to move, and refused the company's heavy money to keep him. He was definitely more excited and expected than Kate. Kate's Paris Revolutionary Motion, in the final analysis, was made for Frank. If Kate didn't ask, Frank wouldn't have the courage either.
Then Kate's unplanned pregnancy disrupts their plans for an uprising. Although Frank is handsome and handsome and the sweetheart of secretaries, he obviously has the usual shortcomings of ordinary little men: he loves face, speaks better than actions at work, and treats himself as casual. He's actually a great salesman, but lacks the determination and guts of an artist, so Kate's unplanned pregnancy gives the Cancellation Revolution a decent step down.
There is a madman (John Givings played by Michael Shannon) in the movie. His remarks made the audience applaud, but his irresponsible words didn't choose his words, although what he said was The truth, but without (and will not) consider how damaging the truth at the time would be to a marriage that was on the brink of collapse. The madman's truth indirectly makes Kate decide to take the child away, which eventually leads to tragedy. What a shame, April thought, if the revolution fell through because of a lump in his belly. Up to now, her husband's extramarital affairs have all been confessed, and her one-night sex should be well collected. If you pretend that nothing happens, the marriage will eventually end in a dead end, or it is just a false peace, revolution is the only way out, and the success of revolution always requires sacrifices, not to mention the truth of the madman, even the madman does not want to. be her baby.
The truth of the madman needs to be understood by the person concerned, and it seems that it is harmful and unhelpful. As a lunatic mother, instead of feeling sad, she can talk freely.
The marriage revolution ended in failure, and husbands and wives (especially wives) became the object of condemnation and ridicule, but is this kind of criticism of success or failure the original intention of the work? I don't know, but I don't care about the success or failure of the revolution, and I don't care how foolish the idea of immigrating to Paris is. I respect that they have tried their best to conceive for each other, and they have tried their best to tolerate each other's shortcomings, and even hope that they can do their best. Make up for the opponent's lack. They may not have the talent as an artist, but to become an artist, they have to take countless risks and endure incomparable loneliness. If on the one hand admire the extraordinary artist, on the other hand deny all the unrealistic ideas in reality, it is self-contradictory. The mouth, which is no different from Helen, is a portrayal of the character of a typical broker.
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