Thoughts on Max and Noodles

Daniela 2022-03-21 09:01:14

Max and Noodles are two kinds of people. Max works, Noodles works.
When Max appeared on the stage, he was sitting in a carriage and deliberately scammed a business of the noodles group. He was very skillful, but he was very serious. This kind of enthusiasm was never heard by noodles. This can be regarded as a pretty typical arrangement for not playing or getting acquainted with each other. Next, Max lost a pocket watch to cover the noodles in front of the sheriff, and jokingly called noodles an uncle. I wonder if the Americans are ethical. So far, the two male protagonists of the film have gone from not knowing each other to knowing each other. The two short passages have already made people feel the power of the young Max. A person who knows what he wants to do and will do it by all means is undoubtedly powerful. Later, Max gradually replaced noodles as the boss of their small group. Noodles seemed a little unhappy about this, but accepted it. After all, Max negotiated with the sheriff when he was eager to have sex with Peggy. Max led everyone to dig the first pot of gold. You can imagine how many decisions Max has made to make their group more and more prosperous. The scary thing about Max is that he doesn't care about people and people. All people are just tools for him. He never cares about the nature of people as human beings. So he drove women at will, and even tempted him to expose himself to noodles. In the end, noodles are just a gun that clearly understands his unhappiness. As for whether this unhappiness comes from Guilt, I personally can't think so. Max makes the movie full of reason, leaving aside the emotional masculinity, if only this is the case, it will inevitably be cold, so noodles are needed. Noodles are warm and sensitive. In the film, if max is a representative of rationality, noodles are undoubtedly a symbol of sensibility. From beginning to end, noodles only loves a woman in my heart (too little portrayal of eva, it is difficult to judge, or this understatement itself is an explanation), this kind of like, my understanding is that whenever it flashes in my mind The thoughts about her make you want to be with her madly. So you have to talk about the girl he likes, debra. Debra is a... terrible girl. Noodles once said to debra that you two are too similar, so they hate each other. Although it is hard to say whether they really hate each other, noodles has a very precise vision on the similarity between the two of them. Debra, like Max, is a very sensible person. It seems that from a very young age, debra It is clear that she is going to be the most dazzling star in Hollywood in the future. When her brother followed the house to take care of the things in the store, she always talked and danced in the warehouse full of apples and flour. Although she is Moe’s younger sister, in the whole film she almost never sees her having a little close relationship with her brother, let alone other people (noodles are at the other end of the emotional line, and more are just entanglements. ). I think this is a girl who obviously puts her emotions behind her career or personal ambition. As a woman who should be more tender by nature, the coldness of debra and max makes people feel more chilly. But debra still has her soft side after all, and there is probably a soft place in everyone's heart. This is the most moving thing. No matter how strong it is, it just protects this place more tightly. For such a girl, if she can walk into this soft place, she has won all her love. I think noodles should have been living in debra's heart. The way debra and noodles sat on their knees and recite the sentences of the Bible to him was a rare scene that fascinated me. It's a pity that noodles and debra are so different. Noodles chose a brother, and debra chose a career. Their life was just like a divorce. They left Debra and saw Max when they left the noodles, but encountered a local bully who was beaten with blood. Debra looked through the glass but prevented him from entering the shop. The moment the child came, it had already been decided. Debra has a similar ending with Max, which is similar to him. The difference is that Max has never cared about anyone, and finally chose a way of suicide that makes me creepy, while debra, the person who has loved all his life, can’t go together. , She suffered a deeper torture. Probably there is still a soft place in the middle, this is the most moving part. No matter how strong it is, it just protects this place more tightly. For such a girl, if she can walk into this soft place, she has won all her love. I think noodles should have been living in debra's heart. The way debra and noodles sat on their knees and recite the sentences of the Bible to him was a rare scene that fascinated me. It's a pity that noodles and debra are so different. Noodles chose a brother, and debra chose a career. Their life was just like a divorce. They left Debra and saw Max when they left the noodles, but encountered a local bully who was beaten with blood. Debra looked through the glass but prevented him from entering the shop. The moment the child came, it had already been decided. Debra has a similar ending with Max, which is similar to him. The difference is that Max has never cared about anyone, and finally chose a way of suicide that makes me creepy, while debra, the person who has loved all his life, can’t go together. , She suffered a deeper torture. Probably there is still a soft place in the middle, this is the most moving part. No matter how strong it is, it just protects this place more tightly. For such a girl, if she can walk into this soft place, she has won all her love. I think noodles should have been living in debra's heart. The way debra and noodles sat on their knees and recite the sentences of the Bible to him was a rare scene that fascinated me. It's a pity that noodles and debra are so different. Noodles chose a brother, and debra chose a career. Their life was just like a divorce. They left Debra and saw Max when they left the noodles, but encountered a local bully who was beaten with blood. Debra looked through the glass but prevented him from entering the shop. The moment the child came, it had already been decided. Debra has a similar ending with Max, which is similar to him. The difference is that Max has never cared about anyone, and finally chose a way of suicide that makes me creepy, while debra, the person who has loved all his life, can’t go together. , She suffered a deeper torture.
Keep talking about noodles. The sensibility of noodles is very obvious. For example, after his little friend was shot and killed, he struggling to stabbing Busgy forward, unable to withstand the stimulation of the hostess and forcibly inserting during the robbery, and finally after the phone exposed Max, a full thirty-five I feel guilty all year long. In order to reflect the influence of this phone on noodles, the director kept the phone ringing for a certain five minutes or so at the beginning of the film, so that I took off the headset several times to confirm that it was not my own phone. It seems that the ringtone will never stop getting upset, worrying about whether the whole movie will be like this. Later, I realized that this was probably how noodles felt about this matter: I can't get rid of it, hovering in my mind forever, it seems that the rest of my life will always be tortured by this nightmare. If this is the case, the director is too good. In general, noodles is a soft person, a real person, he is completely instinct and desire, he rarely controls his inner chase, these are exactly what max and debra do not have. Max has been unable to be safe, unable to...stop, but noodles has never been very satisfied with the status quo. I think that although it is soft, this kind of acceptance of softness is powerful, and this kind of acceptance and satisfaction of the heart is very powerful. Relatively speaking, Max needs the stimulation of the external world to produce satisfaction, and noodles seem to be satisfied from the bottom of their hearts. It's like Max needs to wear a lot of big clothes to keep warm, but he can always find thick clothes for himself, and for noodles, he doesn't feel cold when he is naked, although he seems to have nothing. I think this is why Max has always been jealous and disliked noodles.
Soft people are not as pitiful as they seem, their strength is in their hearts; strong people are also cowardly, they dare not face their true self.
In the end, secretary Bailey jumped into the garbage smasher in despair. He has experienced happiness in his life of chasing success. The same is true for debra, and for noodles, he has always been very happy.

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  • Krystal 2022-03-21 09:01:14

    Women are like clothes, and morals are like waste paper. Only "righteousness" is the most important thing, and patriarchal values ​​are offensive. The overall impression is dull. The only image of women in the patriarchal worldview is a tool, which functions as a container of sex and a carrier of love, not a "person". Therefore, the male protagonist can rape the female protagonist violently, and the plot has to be portrayed as a proof of a certain "valuable man feeling" and a declaration of the top status of the male protagonist's hegemony.

  • Nella 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    Six brushes completed... A group of men's ups and downs and devastated life, the most poetic life epic! That scene of déjà vu, joys and sorrows, love and hate intertwined, that heart-wrenching true love can’t be continued in this life forever; In whose dream? "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​left me with long-lasting amazement and unforgettable feelings! time, go slow...

Once Upon a Time in America quotes

  • Frankie Minaldi: Hey, Joe, tell these guys the story about the pussy being insured. What is it? Tell these guys how you stumbled on this whole thing. Tell them the story. Come on. Pussy insurance, the insurance pussies. Tell them that story.

    Joe Minaldi: Life is stranger than shit, that's all. It's a pisser. No big story. I got this insurance agent, this Jew kid named David. He conned me into every policy in the world. Every policy, name it, dogs, house, wife, life, anything. I'm drinking with the boys one night. He comes in with his wife, a brunette with a nice ass who works for a jeweller. And he's still on the hustle, this guy. So I wink at the guys, I say, "Look... the most serious policy, you don't have me covered for." He goes, "What's that, Joe?" "Cock insurance. You make me a policy that when it don't work, I get a payment. I'll write out a check now." He thinks, and he says, "I don't know if the actuality gauges govern this... but we can make a policy. But you gotta guarantee you're in good health now." I says, "Look, leave her with me. Come back and see if it stands up. If it stands up, you know I'm in good health." The jerk leaves her. I screw her. Not only that, she likes it. And she tells me when her boss, the jeweller is shipping stones to Holland, where he keeps his stash - in a drawer in the safe - everything! Can't ask for more, right? Except, one better. I never paid the first premium on the new cock policy.

    Max: [laughing] Cock insurance...

    Joe Minaldi: Life is funnier than shit. But... be easy with the girl. I mean that. Be easy with the girl.

  • Dominic: Bugsy's coming! Run!