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The 88-year-old classic car Clint Eastwood's latest work "The Mule" tells the story of a man who loves flowers more than his wife and children in his life, and accidentally becomes a mule of a drug gang. It's too late to regret it s story.
From a young age, he liked to be the center of attention in society, keen to display a self-consciously charming wit and humor, revel in it, enjoy it, and everyone really liked and joked with him.
The daylily he grows always wins the annual gold medal of the Daylily Alliance. The reason is nothing more than his dedication, willingness to spend money and time. His ex-wife never understood why he was willing to spend so much money and time growing flowers. When his daughter got married, he generously invited everyone present to drink at the celebration of the Daylily Alliance, including the one at the wedding next door. The momentary hesitation and loss when the camera fell on his face, I really don't know that his heart flashed at that time. What kind of thoughts and feelings? The ex-wife comforted her daughter and said: He didn't know how many of their wedding anniversaries he missed, but the daughter couldn't understand that her father didn't want to hold her hand and hand her over to her husband. She felt very sad, and she couldn't let it go after that. Therefore, for twelve years, he did not speak a word to him.
There is a detail that the daughter is also alone with the child, indicating that there is a man who, like him, is evading his responsibilities as a husband.
Later, under the impact of the Internet, his farm became depressed and had to be sold. This day happened to be the engagement party of his granddaughter. He keeps all his belongings in his old Ford pickup, which he's proud to have traveled with him in forty-one of fifty states without ever getting a single ticket. When his ex-wife saw his car, she said that he did not come to attend the engagement party of his granddaughter, but that he had nowhere to go again, which made him extremely embarrassed and parted ways with his ex-wife and daughter.
The drug gangs valued him as their mule because he had no criminal record, was a reliable driver and didn't get a single ticket. He originally just wanted to do it once, but when he used the money to pay for the drinks for his granddaughter's wedding, he felt that the money would come quickly, so he helped them deliver again and again. More and more goods were delivered and more and more money was given. He used the money to redeem the farm and sponsor the reopening of the Veterans Club. It seemed that he was once again a social focus, and everyone still loved him so much.
Although there were some short-lived episodes along the way, he was still very happy to enjoy the leisurely alone time, humming those good old songs while driving, and enjoying the scenery along the way. He was not in a hurry to deliver the goods. , stop from time to time to enjoy the food, where is the best pork sandwich, he knows a lot, and occasionally calls two young ladies to spend a lonely night with him in the motel, it seems that it is the second spring and Laolaile, He fought in the Vietnam War, and felt that there was nothing to fear compared to the war, and no one would suspect that an old man with no criminal record and a ticket would be transporting drugs, so every time it was fine, I just don't know which one is the end.
Once he passed by a drug cop who was worried about missing his wedding anniversary in a restaurant, he told the drug cop: Remember the happy time with your family is always the most important, they have a good conversation. The anti-narcotics policeman said that it is good to talk to people of his generation sometimes. He seems to be a good man who takes care of his family. Although he is willing to help others, he often complains that the younger generation always holds their mobile phones. Without the Internet, there is no fruit. The box won't open either.
The granddaughter called and said that the grandmother might die at any time. He originally replied that he had no time to go back to see it. The granddaughter hung up the phone angrily, saying that it was wrong to support and defend him like that. Although he was on his way to transport drugs, he did not hesitate to offend the vicious drug dealer, but he still rushed back. Seeing his wife lying on the bed with tubes all over her body, he began to regret the old days, always thinking of going outside and making a name for himself, feeling ashamed of her. The wife was happy that he could see her at the last moment. When she was dying, she said to him: You are the love of my life and the fate of my life. Now you don't have to use money to prove that we need you. The daughter also forgives him and invites him to Thanksgiving. But then he was arrested. It was the narcotics police who arrested him. He pleaded guilty and served his sentence, and continued to grow his flowers in prison.
Some people think there are problems with the motives of the characters in the film and how the drug dealer would hire such an old man. But does it all matter? These are not the main points of the film. Now my concept of watching movies is different from before. As long as the performances and emotions of the movie are real and move me, it is enough. Movies are not mathematical formulas. I don’t need to care too much about whether they are impeccable or not. Watching movies is not a serious matter. Just a very emotional emotional interaction.
At this age, Eastwood no longer pursues any form of novelty. He just wants to briefly talk about his own life insights. Of course, it is not necessarily a great philosophy. He is just like an ordinary elderly man, saying It's nothing more than a common warning: you can buy everything with money, but you can't buy time, so work is second, family is the most important, and spending more time with your family is the business.
Everything in the film is not clear--that's what life means, it's hard to explain and understand--the most obvious feeling to me is the inexplicable melancholy, life, life, love, hurt, mutual incomprehension, miss, All kinds of messing around, and in the end, I found that nothing was accomplished. I took good care of flowers, but I couldn’t take care of my family and myself. How can it be considered to love the right person or the wrong person? Go... Life is just like that, what can you do, how many choices are there, who can't make mistakes, after all, life is not planned... It's just that every time I think about the past In the days, I will always feel incomparably disappointed. Life is to move forward passively in the alternation of loss and regret. I want to say that the short time spent with his wife at the end is worth cherishing. Those free and comfortable days on the road It is indeed joyful.
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