The age of no regrets

Marjolaine 2022-03-22 09:01:18

Just finished watching "The Wrestler", in my opinion, it is a story of self-salvation of an outdated wrestler, Randy used to be an all-powerful wrestler, but the fierce confrontation from game to game made his heart unbearable heavy burden. Finally, after a classic wrestling fight, Randy fell to the ground in the lounge and woke up and the doctor told him that his career could come to an end. The declining Randy accepted the reality and began to pick up an ordinary life, but he was ridiculed at work, emotionally disapproved, and failed to repair the father-daughter relationship. Many disappointments, many setbacks and blows followed , and finally he discovered that the arena that everyone focused on, the venue covered with blood and sweat, was the source of his motivation and the attribution of his life.

Just by looking at the storyline, it is as simple as reading the beginning to understand the progress of the story. But the film's layout is not pretentious at all. It truly restores the character's mental journey at every step. Mickey Rourke plays the wrestler Randy very sincerely, because Randy is himself. The handsome young boy Mickey Rourke resolutely devoted himself to the boxing career from Hollywood. After experiencing the lowest point of his life, he has experienced the transformation from a much-anticipated movie star to a down-and-out street bum. The accumulation of life in these years has long since been smoothed out. His violent character made him calm and relieved, and it was almost the same experience that allowed Randy, played in the film, to be so sincere that sometimes he couldn't tell whether it was an autobiography or an interpretation. Every wry smile in the film, every look in the eyes of setbacks, and every indescribable loneliness is the accumulation of his experience over the years. Randy's speech when he returned to the ring is his inner monologue. In this film, Mickey Rourke performed himself in the most sincere performance.

Don't mention the courage of the past, no longer the spirit of the past. The flowing long hair 20 years ago has long been messy and invisible in countless tempering, and it is casually coiled up. What was 20 years ago has become a procrastination. The aura that once ruled the world turned into life the moment he stepped down from the ring, and he forced himself to be happy in order to survive. The wrinkles on the face and the scary scars that marked the blood of those years have long since become symbols of history, which can only be mentioned and recalled in topics and conversations. Leaving the world in his dreams, he can only confide in the same lost dancer in the loneliness of displacement, but he has no choice but to listen to his heart.

Finally, the beloved woman understood all of this. When she gave up the same helpless life and came to explain and dissuade her, she heard the cry from the bottom of Randy's heart. He made up his mind to live for himself again and refuse the suppressed life. Refuse to live in indifference and compromise. Even if it is brilliant for the last time, even if it suddenly falls to the ground after the brilliant bloom, it will not hesitate. "Have you heard their voices? This is where I belong!" Randy put aside his failures in life and forgot his incompatibility with reality. Grey-hearted, after experiencing self-deprecating destruction, he finally understands that the world he really belongs to exists in the arena that he dreams of, and in the cheers that are like waves and waves, and it exists. For every beautiful blow and every bloody scar. So, with the cheers of the audience, he took a firm step and moved towards the peak of his life again. With every step he took, he smashed the warning that his body was overloaded, the ruthless mottles of the years, the bitterness and loss of the last door closed in his life, without a trace of regret, even with long-lost longing and excitement . At that moment, he became the invincible king on the wrestling arena again; at that moment, he lived for himself; at that moment, he was crowned and enthroned on the ring that had bid farewell to many days!

Life can be so persistent, to set aside the so-called dullness to reset oneself, and to live with perseverance is for the sake of not regretting in the heart. If 20 years later, my passion also fades away, and I will look back on the days and things I have experienced. The most heartbreaking thing is "If I could make up my mind at that time", "If I could live my life according to my own wishes" ' various assumptions. Therefore, even if I am down and down, I do not want to live under the aura defined by others and live to get by. I would rather let others mourn and lament for me, but also live my own wonderful life. Therefore, it is better to take advantage of the present, while still remembering who and what you are living for and working hard for, while you still have this passion and motivation, take out the remaining courage in your heart, and set it up. To plan, for those unrepentant years.

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The Wrestler quotes

  • Necro Butcher: Are you cool with the staples?

    Randy 'The Ram' Robinson: Staples?

    Necro Butcher: Staple gun... Not so bad on the way in, except it's a little scary, you know - you got this metal thing pressed up against you. Gonna leave some marks, have to deal with a little blood loss.

  • Randy 'The Ram' Robinson: Give this to your son, it's an authentic Randy "the Ram" action figure. Tell him not to lose it, it's a $300 collectors item.

    Cassidy: Really?

    Randy 'The Ram' Robinson: No.