"Revolutionary Road": I am not writing a review, but loneliness.

Alford 2022-03-22 09:01:28

The 9.5/10

kitchen sex scene, Winslet's voice of Frank reminded me of "Army Field Hospital" when I played, and now I think about the translation of "Field" is really expressive. But this does not affect the aesthetic feeling that "Revolutionary Road" drives in my heart. There are always so many impetuous people on this planet. They scoff at the everyday and life-like lines of the common people. They think it is boring, a waste of time, can't make money, can't find fun, and want to be high every time they make movies and watch movies. , If you want to pretend to be forceful, if you want to be strong, if you don't shoot, you don't have visual effects, and you don't get ten fake endings. This movie is one of the most powerful weapons to counter that assertion.

We are like Mendes, with a screenwriter to write a script, and an old photographer to make a movie, isn't it very good? But this is precisely a contradiction. This movie is not ordinary and down-to-earth at all. The writers and directors have turned the rotten into the magical. They have discovered the drama in the daily dialogue, just like Bergman's "Marriage Life" and Yang Dechang's "Yi Yi", the foundation of the story. Unattractive, there is nothing special about the characters' personalities, Mendez squeezes them together, letting the actors follow the appropriate rhythm and intensity to act out the story, making a story that people can't stop watching at the beginning Movie. But what about us? Life itself is ordinary, ordinary enough to make people boring. At work, I was scolded by my boss, pressed by indicators, and compared by my colleagues; when I got home, I was too tired to do other things. Otherwise, you will be late the next day; on Saturday, thinking that I can finally have a good rest, I found that the backlog of clothes for a week should be washed, the bills should be settled, and the food for the next week should be bought; Ri finally made up his mind to drive out for a walk. The brief relaxation caused a greater psychological gap after returning home. He washed and slept exhausted. The next morning, he still did not recover, and went to work sleepy. The lawn in the courtyard used to be lush, but after a long time it became monotonous; the life in the room used to be quiet, but after getting used to it, it became deserted; so many families on the street used to be happy, but after a long time it became a lack of communication. Human indifference. If we are all like the original author and screenwriter who put the problems of life in front of us and think carefully, then we can't see the bravery of the "Revolutionary Road" writers and directors so clearly, they are brave , they dare to open their eyes to take a look and write about the things that are related to everyone's life. These things may be the part of life that everyone is reluctant to see but does exist. Sadly, we don't even know what's wrong with our lives and where the problem is.

I think the first sentence in the movie is the following dialogue: You just wanted out? I wanted in. A man with an annual salary of $100,000, a woman who takes care of her family, two children, a two-story house, a car , this is not a reason for anyone to say that they are unhappy, it is a trap that keeps anyone away from a happy life. Are you tired of living inside? Will life be better outside? The people inside laugh at your idea? Do people out there think the same way you do? Maybe I shouldn't even want to go outside. Maybe I simply don't know how to better live in it. Maybe I don't know how to be out. Maybe I was never in.

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Extended Reading
  • Larissa 2022-04-24 07:01:04

    As we all know, a harmonious world of the sexes is not easy to maintain. The greatest misfortune in married life is that one person has already embarked on the "Revolutionary Road" while the other is walking in the same place unconsciously. But what really constitutes tragedy is that when the latter is ready to make a change, the former chooses to stay where it is. Mendez's dramatic insight into the nature of the so-called midlife crisis proves that every happy family is happy in its own way, and unhappy families are alike.

  • Jayce 2022-03-23 09:01:33

    The acting is good and the characters are full. Hearts that can't communicate seem to make people feel very cold.

Revolutionary Road quotes

  • Shep Campbell: You just... wanted out, huh?

    April Wheeler: I wanted *in*. I just... I just wanted us to live again. For years I thought we've shared this secret... that we would be wonderful in the world. I didn't exactly know how, but just... just the possibility kept me hoping.

    [takes a cigarette cush]

    April Wheeler: How pathetic is that? So stupid. To put all your hopes in... in a promise that was never made. See, Frank knows. He knows what he wants. He's found his place. He's just fine. Married, two kids. It should be enough.

    [takes a sip of martini]

    April Wheeler: It is for him. And he's right. We were never special or destined or anything at all.

  • April Wheeler: I saw a whole other future. I can't stop seeing it.