This is our greatest fortune

Elouise 2021-11-11 08:01:14

I watched "Road to Revolution" two days ago. Before watching it, I had high expectations for the film. After watching it, I was a little disappointed. I suddenly remembered that after watching "Road of Destruction" directed by Sam Mendes many years ago, I basically It’s the same feeling in Shanghai—these two films should be considered good films, but they are still far behind his debut film "American Beauty".
When Kate Winterlet appeared on the stage, I secretly sighed in my heart: time is cruel, time is cruel, it turns out that this is a charming sexy girl, once girlish charming, and that plump good meat, After only ten years, it was almost gone.
Speaking of going back to the film "Road to Revolution", one of the most important reasons why I am disappointed with this film is that many of its plots and details are too blunt, and it feels that it is constantly creating conflicts for the sake of conflict. , So although the hero and heroine's Biao drama looks very enjoyable, but if you look back, you still feel that the characters they have created are a little pale and a little weak.
If there is anything in this film that I deeply agree with, it is that this film reveals that when the mediocre life is killing an ordinary person’s dream, it is really unrelenting, and the most unbearable thing is, When it is strangling, it will definitely not be as happy as a knife in the hand and a head falling to the ground, but a process of saying whether it is long or short, like a dull knife cutting meat.
So we can always see things like this happen constantly: those glorious boys slowly turn into gray-headed chicken thieves, and those with smart eyes slowly turn into dull eyes...

I often think Such a question: Is it more painful to be a dream chaser, or to be a chicken thief or to push?
Many people may say that chasing dreams is too painful, but if you think about it, have they really taken the first step in chasing dreams? Not at all-and this reminds me of what I saw in Chai Jing’s blog that she quoted Zhang Yue’s comment on the male protagonist in "Forrest Gump": "Forrest Gump just saw a goal and walked over. , Other people see a target, first make a plan of battle, then crawl forward, dodge to the left, hide to the right, and then make a cover...the whole life will see him flicker and live so that it’s a fancy, and it’s nowhere in the end. Did not arrive."

The reason why I always remember this passage is because I found that sometimes I also "snip and live so fancy that it is called a fancy", but in the end I really didn't get there. At other times, I decided to give it a go and do something, and I thought that no matter how difficult it is, I must get it done-it was really difficult when I did it, but I gritted my teeth and insisted on it. This thing is settled.
I chatted with my brother a few days ago. I told him my above thoughts, and said to him what Napoleon said: "Go into battle first, and then think about a solution." After listening, my brother said that after working, he found out. It’s really like this. It’s useless to think more before you do it. Only when you start to do it can you solve the problems one by one.

At this point, I remembered another famous sentence, which basically means the same thing as Napoleon's, that is, "learning about war in war." I think the reason why the heroes and heroines of "Road to Revolution" dreams are still dying is that they think too much about the difficulty of chasing dreams. In addition, they have too much control over ordinary life, which makes them Before we could really take the first step in pursuing the dream, the tragedy happened. If they really go to Paris together desperately, start to take a "revolutionary road" that belongs to both of them, and learn the revolution in the revolution, then no matter what the outcome is, they will definitely have a beautiful time that is worthy of recollection in the future. Of course, talking about such "what if" now is meaningless to them. But for us, everything is still too late, because we are still very young. If we are willing to take the first step, then we may have a life that chicken thieves and bullies can’t even think of. This is Our greatest luck.

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Extended Reading
  • Elenor 2022-03-25 09:01:06

    The way it's presented is interesting, and Mendes has the potential to be a great leader, but it's still a bit too aggressive. "Living elsewhere" is always the incentive and reason to live and not live.

  • Brice 2022-03-24 09:01:31

    But there was a moment when you only belonged to me, I belonged to you, and I and you were equal to us.

Revolutionary Road quotes

  • Shep Campbell: You just... wanted out, huh?

    April Wheeler: I wanted *in*. I just... I just wanted us to live again. For years I thought we've shared this secret... that we would be wonderful in the world. I didn't exactly know how, but just... just the possibility kept me hoping.

    [takes a cigarette cush]

    April Wheeler: How pathetic is that? So stupid. To put all your hopes in... in a promise that was never made. See, Frank knows. He knows what he wants. He's found his place. He's just fine. Married, two kids. It should be enough.

    [takes a sip of martini]

    April Wheeler: It is for him. And he's right. We were never special or destined or anything at all.

  • April Wheeler: I saw a whole other future. I can't stop seeing it.