I watched a lot of movies recently, and "SmartPeople" is one of them. Its poster made me misunderstand that the director of the film is the same person as "About Schmidt" and "Sideway". Later I found out that the Producer is the same person, but the director is the same person. Noam Murro. "Smart People" is a good movie. It tells about the transformation of the characters. People with high IQ sometimes only have low EQ. What exactly is "Smart"? I believe that it is difficult to define accurately. In life, it depends on the angle and position and the needs of the beliefs you choose, but the film also tells us that sometimes poverty changes! But "SmartPeople" is not as good as "About Schmidt" and "Sideway" directed by Alexander Payne. I prefer "About Schmidt", which tells the story of a retired old man. I can't understand the inexplicable sense of substitution. Maybe my mentality is too old. (Haha, let's watch more happy movies such as "Kung Fu Panda" and "Yangtze River No. 7"!)! When I watched "About Schmidt", I was still studying in the UK. I watched it twice in my memory, and I still kept the old theater tickets. I remember that I usually watched the movie alone at that time. The film made me quite emotional, maybe it was because of the harassment of loneliness. ? ! The first scene of the movie is already very deep to me, an old man with a briefcase waiting for the second hand of the clock to point to the time to leave work, the reason is that it was his last time to leave work. In the retirement feast, he seemed to be out of place, and I often had that feeling, and to this day I clearly remember the succession of small plots in the film: the sudden departure of the old lady; the adoption of African children; driving alone; for the dead The wife buys the villain and so on. Saud said: "Others are hell!", It is quite difficult to try to get rid of constraints and achieve self as advocated by existentialists, especially in Chinese society with all kinds of intricate relationships, although others are thinking of you, sometimes others are hell, but society teaches us must face it! "About Schmidt" reveals that life not only has to face others, but also has to face all kinds of helplessness: death, aging, time, past and future, etc. If we escape passively, we may only be like the middle-aged and elderly people in the film whose wife dies and daughter gets married Life is chaotic, even the home is messy, it is better to jump in the car and have a spiritual journey. The African children in the movie tell the city people who are fussing about their illnesses, but they are not blessed with happiness, and how many people in the world have not been able to get enough food and clothing. Of course, it is not entirely to blame the urban people because the environment in which they were born cannot be selected. We can only make comparisons. We can also make comparisons with others. Families with elderly daughters who seem to know how to enjoy the moment is a good comparison. These two comparisons can at least tell us that sometimes we need to know that it is a kind of happiness to have the basic survival and simple happiness that African children yearn for, and sometimes we need to learn to be as happy as that family, because the helplessness of life tells us that the more persistent you are, the more helpless you will be. It's as helpless as the old man groaning overwhelmed after reading the thank-you letter sent to him by the African child at the end of the film... Maybe for personal reasons I prefer "About Schmidt", but the story structure and fluency of "Sideway" are better than "About Schmidt". "About Schmidt" is good, this film uses red wine as a symbol to illustrate life by comparing the different performances of a persistent teacher and a dissolute actor on belief, love, sex, etc. I have also watched this film twice, the dialogue Profound, lively plot, what I remember most is the plot of the protagonist who found out that his wife was bigamed, opened a bottle of red and rushed to the vineyard, while running and drinking! I think poor guy, it turns out the wine is for poor guy! Why! It was rare for these three films to appear at a time when special effects films were proliferating. The depth of "About Schmidt" and "Sideway" not forgetting to humor the audience when talking about life are even more rare! The thank-you letter that the child sent him and the helpless groaning at a loss... Maybe I prefer "AboutSchmidt" for personal reasons, but the story structure and flow of "Sideway" are better than "AboutSchmidt", the film is more With red wine as a symbol, life is illustrated by comparing the different expressions of faith, love, sex, etc. between a persistent teacher and a dissolute actor. I also watched the film twice. The dialogue is profound and the plot is lively. What is unforgettable is that the protagonist opened a bottle of red wine and rushed to the vineyard after knowing that his wife was bigamed, drinking wildly while running! I think poor guy, it turns out the wine is for poor guy! Why! It was rare for these three films to appear at a time when special effects films were proliferating. The depth of "About Schmidt" and "Sideway" not forgetting to humor the audience when talking about life are even more rare! The thank-you letter that the child sent him and the helpless groaning at a loss... Maybe I prefer "AboutSchmidt" for personal reasons, but the story structure and flow of "Sideway" are better than "AboutSchmidt", the film is more With red wine as a symbol, life is illustrated by comparing the different expressions of faith, love, sex, etc. between a persistent teacher and a dissolute actor. I also watched the film twice. The dialogue is profound and the plot is lively. What is unforgettable is that the protagonist opened a bottle of red wine and rushed to the vineyard after knowing that his wife was bigamed, drinking wildly while running! I think poor guy, it turns out the wine is for poor guy! Why! It was rare for these three films to appear at a time when special effects films were proliferating. The depth of "About Schmidt" and "Sideway" not forgetting to humor the audience when talking about life are even more rare!
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