Time is like a whirlpool. The difference between the young and the old in the face of time probably lies in the different consciousnesses when they are far away from the vortex and when they are near. The former is numb because there is still a lot of time in hand to squander. The latter gradually became alert, so his heart and eyes were like a silent house, suddenly brightened by the moonlight in the middle of the night at a certain moment.
They also have similarities. The similarity is that no matter how fast or slow, it will one day be swallowed up by the vortex of time.
In the film, the old man Earl faces time, which is different from young people who do not have enough awareness of time, and is also different from more of his peers. Faced with the little time left, fear, anxiety, or simply let go and wait for death to come. . So his life became a legend.
His legend is that he neither escaped time nor deliberately conquered it. It is because he is not humble or arrogant about time. He lives with time at ease, without fear or attempt to stifle it. It's like dancing a gorgeous dance with the god of death. In dancing, what he gets is a kind of willing satisfaction.
Of course, Earl wasn't born good at this art of dealing with time. He paid the price.
Perhaps it was because he still had a childlike inquisitive and lively nature into his old age. The type that tends to follow a butterfly and get lost unknowingly. So he was almost engulfed by the vortex of time. Because people are not aware of time when they are really chasing their love. It's easy to lose sight of one another. Earl's gardening was rewarding, but his wife and children were left with long periods of loneliness. If it really ends like that, he will not be able to save his family's love until his death, and will be impoverished due to the impact of e-commerce and the bankruptcy of gardening.
And when he was finally able to reflect and readjust his way of dealing with time because of an accidental opportunity, he did not regard time as an enemy, tried to hold time by the throat, and did not deliberately stay away from the time vortex that was about to engulf him. His way was not refusal, nor did he deny it. He lost time at one point, and now he starts to find time and respect time. He was ready to enter that vortex of time gently and calmly, for it was not a death sentence, but an embrace.
Suspense, thriller, crime, love can all be the labels of this film. But for me, the most emotional part is that it tells a story about time. How an old man perceives time and deals with time in his later years.
The most impressive part is when the wife asks him, I never understand why you spend more time with your flowers than with your family. He said that because every flower is unique, its life is extremely short, and the moment it blooms, it almost reaches the end of its life, and it is worth treating with care.
Obviously the answer is as clear and pure as a child's eyes. Human life is no different from a flower. From a certain dimension, it is short-lived like a dream. In what way is it considered to treat life with heart? Is it to ignore time, or to seize time tightly? Perhaps not, ignoring time may slip into that vortex without knowing it in the mediocrity of a lifetime. If you hold on to time, your whole life may become a landscape passing by quickly, and you will inevitably be in a hurry. So calmness is a kind of true wisdom. Just like Earl, his life won't stop him from sitting down and enjoying a good pork burger.
Man is thrown into the ocean of time from the very beginning of his life. Some people are imprisoned at the bottom of the sea all their lives, and some people find the fun on land and never want to return. Earl neither abandoned time nor surrendered to it. He is an innocent child riding the waves on the shore.
The appearance and texture of time vary from person to person. Especially for the elderly, time is of great significance. Regardless of whether the 89-year-old Mr. Dongmu takes this curtain call, his expression of life and time has been fulfilled. Probably only a person who has entered the old realm, an old soul will truly understand the secrets of time.
View more about The Mule reviews
