It's about a fictional former movie star, Vic, who is as famous as Eastwood and De Niro. After getting old, living in a huge mansion is boring. I received an invitation to a film festival by chance and came here with joy. Unexpectedly, the plane landed, there was no luxury car transfer, and there was no presidential suite accommodation. The so-called film festival is just a few silly kids entertaining themselves in a small bar. Fortunately, the location was not far from Vic's birthplace, so he sent Lear, the "professional driver" arranged by the film festival, to his hometown. I saw the old house, the football field that once was brilliant, and the first love who lived in the old people's home. Along the way, he and Lear exchanged what they had seen and heard, and gradually bridged the generation gap between them.
The entire film is narrated from Vic's point of view. He started as a stuntman and became a popular star. After retiring, he gradually grew old, and only the old dog accompanied him. That's where the film begins: He takes his beloved old dog into the pet hospital, only to come out with the dog's collar. In the mansion where he was alone, it was large and luxurious, with posters of his performances hanging on the walls. On the picture, he was once handsome looking at a few pills and a bottle of leftover wine on the coffee table. At this time, he was the same as those old men who were sitting in sympathy, his eyes were dull and his thinking was slow. The difference is that he has experienced dazzling lights and gorgeous red carpets, and these add to his loss and melancholy. Even if there are still a lot of people waiting for the housekeeper, nanny, maid, and bodyguard, so what? Talk to the driver about "how is your family's harvest this year"? Talking to the agent about "the weather today is hehehe" still can't alleviate the loneliness in front of me. So as soon as he received the invitation, he was looking forward to a new chance to show his face, just like those out-of-date stars.
In Vic's solitary recollections, it is not his time as a star that impresses him most, but his first love. He recalled the scene to Lear by the familiar river: "I proposed to my first wife, and then something went wrong. I took out a small ring box, and when I opened it, I was so excited that the ring flew out. She went out and fell into the water. Of course I jumped down too, but I couldn't find it. So I found a piece of seaweed and made a ring out of it. I got down on one knee and put it on her finger, She thought it was great! Then we heard music from the pier and we danced here." Don't we think this is more cherished than the old man's stardom? Don't we think it's more romantic than those cookie-cutter wedding routines?
In Vic's memory, it is not all full of happiness, but more of the confession of those absurd things in the past. He persuaded Lear to leave her promiscuous boyfriend, and Lear asked him why he knew her boyfriend was a scumbag? "I've been a big jerk pretty much all the time," Vic said. He told Lear, "You know what depression is? Getting older is the most frustrating thing. Do you know what your problem is? You need to relax. , cherish what you have, because soon it will disappear from you." This is really the heartfelt words of an old man who has experienced vicissitudes of life to his younger generation. When people get old, in addition to loneliness, memories and repentance, they also accumulate rich life experience and many painful lessons. After inverting the thinking and screening of the past, almost all the elderly can come to the same conclusion: Cherish the feelings and cherish the time.
There is only one life, and a hundred years in the blink of an eye, and in your entire life, perhaps you will only encounter one truly pure and innocent relationship. And when you get this feeling, you still don't feel its preciousness, its fragility. Because of your youth, ignorance, and indiscretion, you gently give it up inadvertently. As Vic put it: "I did all the wrong things with all the wrong people. I thought I knew everything, I thought I had so much time to make up for it, I thought I just had to move my finger and get things done It's done." But God will not give you this chance lightly. It will only leave you with endless regrets. When you are old, you will secretly beat your chest, bow your head and cry, and feel pain alone.
The so-called "bad years" refers not to Vic's material life, nor to his loneliness, but that he could not find emotional solace and could not recover his lost past. He said: "I look in the mirror now and I don't know who is staring at me? Time is like a river, no matter what you do or don't do, no matter how many times you think you can beat it, It flows in such a hurry. You can't beat it, you can't beat the river. Yes, you can't beat it." Facing the great river of time, such as the dead, what we can do is to pay attention to every moment in the drifting, hide Cross the rapids, take in the riverside views, discover beautiful flowers, and enjoy a moment of delightful enjoyment.
Unfortunately, I am also starting to be down and out.
My rating: 7.0.
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