"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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Revolutionary Road quotes

  • Frank Wheeler: Sweetheart, what are you talking about? Where are we going to live?

    April Wheeler: Paris!

    Frank Wheeler: What?

    April Wheeler: You always said it was the only place you'd ever been that you wanted to go back to. The only place that was worth living. So, why don't we go there?

    Frank Wheeler: You're serious?

    April Wheeler: Yes! What's stopping us?

    Frank Wheeler: What's stopping us? Well, I can think of a number of different things.

  • April Wheeler: When I first met you, there was nothing in the world you couldn't do or be.

    Frank Wheeler: When you first met me, I was a little wise guy with a big mouth.

    April Wheeler: You were not! How can you even say that?