[Movie·Notes] Lord of War

Vaughn 2022-03-21 09:01:19

When the curtain is opened, the truth is always terrifying. This era of pervasive media has woven countless lies and uncovered countless truths, so you must be prepared to face the best of times and also the worst of times. Don’t stubbornly believe in anything. Guard against being torn apart by this world.

"The King of War" is such a movie. There is not much conflict, not too much blood, not too much deliberate sensation. The whole story seems to be the arms smuggler played by Nicholas Cage sitting in a bar while drinking alone. I accidentally told the secret, but I believe that everyone will be shocked after watching the movie. Why? The truth, and it's not just the jaw-dropping smuggling methods and the tragedy created by Kalashnikov.

White being legal. Black being illegal. My personal favorites color gray. When

Yu Rui stood on the bridge and said this, he seemed to describe himself, but also seemed to describe everyone. Absolute justice is disgusting, absolute evil is terrifying, and people always live in the gray zone in the middle. No matter how many rules there are, we are always loyal to ourselves. Gray represents desire, various forms, various purposes. I must admit that I quickly forgot the moral code I should hold, because the film is not too inclined, but it is an objective description of what is happening and what is ending. The most emotional place is nothing but Uremo’s. A tear. This dullness made me numb, no, it should be said that it was ups and downs with Yuri, let me participate in his adventure according to the law.

You think I just sell guns, don't you?

I don't. I take sides

Yu Rui, who was first involved in the arms trade, was planning to find Jeff, a veteran arms dealer, to be a backer, so he felt ashamed. Jeff represents order and maintains the world's self-destructive order. Selling arms is just a means; Yuri only represents himself. He sold arms because "He was born as an arm dealer." In his opinion, killing and Food is also human nature. He is destined to meet this need. There is no order or political interest. The cold war ended and the enemy was gone. Jeff looked at a loss. He muttered "The state of chaos won't last forever. There must be order." in front of Yuri. But the world has indeed changed, and his game is over. Selling laundry detergent will also pollute the environment. The arms dealer may be an ordinary businessman, just buying things and selling things.

You do want him dead.. You just don't want to have to do it yourself.

There are no angels in this world, but there are no demons either. You may not care what he does, but he also knows that he cannot face the hell on earth caused by his own bullets and his own guns. In order to survive, one must stay away from war; no matter how many weapons he sells, he never gets involved in conflict, and everything has nothing to do with him after receiving the payment. He wanted to stay out of the matter, with countless reasons, countless rhetoric, and live amidst the lies he had woven. It's a pity that God didn't believe in the fairy tale of the butcher, so that his intolerable African "soldier" saw through his humble tricks with more vicious eyes, held his hand and beat Jeff to death, and said softly in his ear: " It is a sense of aillance.."

If I took them, I was lost. If I took them, I was lost too.
Uri’s younger brother Vitali died in the hands of an African “army chief” who broke the rules of the arms trade and tried to prevent a massacre. We all thought that Yuri would terminate the transaction, take the grenade in his brother's hand and blow up that car of munitions, and accomplish some kind of nirvana in death. He didn't, he just sat back quietly at the trading table and took the remaining diamonds. This is destiny. A story with a strong fatalistic color always makes people unconvinced, but everyone has their own track, but there is a difference between the ordinary and the extraordinary. The ordinary trajectory disappears in a noise. , It is unusual to attract everyone's surprised eyes, but it is essentially the same, no matter how many choices there are, there is one that will accompany for life, and this is also very common.






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  • Shyanne 2022-03-24 09:01:20

    How did this film pass the review in the United States? ...Cage's rare boutique, one of Andrew's masterpieces, his lines are always thought-provoking! But since then, the commercial flavor has become stronger and stronger, but even so, it still makes people think! This is why he is godly, right? ...Look forward to his "Host" next year...

  • Glennie 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    A three-and-a-half star, arms dealer stand-up comedian, and an educational mainstream actor.

Lord of War quotes

  • Yuri Orlov: I miss your Borscht, mom and dad say you're clean

    Vitaly Orlov: Yeah that's right, you've gone legit? That's hard to believe

    Yuri Orlov: Because it's not true I'm leaving tonight on a job

    Vitaly Orlov: I can't, I have a girlfriend and I think she might be the one plus I'm thinking of opening my own place

    Yuri Orlov: Maybe this will trip will help, its good money

    Vitaly Orlov: I've given my word

    Yuri Orlov: Nobody has to know, we'll tell everyone we're going for a little R and R

    Vitaly Orlov: What do you need me for all of a sudden?

    Yuri Orlov: Everything's fucked up more than usual. I can't trust anybody, I need you to watch my back

  • Yuri Orlov: [Narrating] I was so caught up in the deal, I never realized what was going on in Vitaly's head. Come to think about it, maybe I never really understood what was going on inside his head. One thing I do understand for certain is that Vitaly broke the cardinal rule of gun running: never pick up a gun and join the customers. Only half the guns and ammunition was gone so I was still entitled to half the diamonds ,if I took them I was lost, if I left them I was still lost. The massacre played out exactly how Vitaly predicted but then half a dozen massacres happened Sierra Leone that week you can't stop them all, in my experience you can't stop any of them