Continue poverty or fight back? This is a problem

Clay 2022-11-19 14:58:01

All the content below except the plot of the movie is only my personal opinion.

"Three Veterans", also known as money-robbing veterans, has a relatively relaxed beginning and end. The atmosphere of the whole film is not very heavy. It mainly tells about two parts:

First, the friendship of the three old people, the revolutionary friendship cultivated by co-workers for decades, watching movies together, losing jobs and robbing together, organ transplants and fixed "dates". Maybe their feelings for each other are "you and I are in this world, what a precious gift this is".

Second, the social status quo reflected behind it, in a humorous way, satirizes capitalists with deducting workers’ endowment insurance, and at the same time uses this expense to save themselves in the bank to buy insurance and finance for welfare. A group of elderly people regard endowment insurance as their only one. while facing the impending loss of this only income. And banks cannot be trusted. In real life, if your bank loan is about to expire, what do you want the bank to do? How should banks choose in the face of human nature and rules and regulations? Do you choose the rules and regulations to confiscate your mortgaged house when the loan expires without any sympathy, or to defer your loan application with good intentions regardless of the rules and regulations? In the film, the bank's practice is to firmly give a "red card" (the red card means that the loan has expired and the house must be recovered). This practice even arouses the dissatisfaction of the elderly when they are unemployed and have no pension insurance. When you are forced by life and there is no way out, do you choose to continue to be poor or fight back? So one of the old men thought of robbing a bank, and began to ask his ex-son-in-law to see if he knew someone with relevant experience. Finally, he planned a bank robbery incident, and part of the money from the robbery was given to his family, and the other part was given to Zeng help Those who have passed them, the three elderly people at the end of the film were not arrested and sentenced. It is an open ending. No one knows whether they surrendered themselves or whether the police continued to investigate further or abandoned the investigation.

The entire film, friendship, family, and social morality are integrated. Although each aspect is not interpreted in detail, sometimes this hidden content is more likely to resonate with people, isn't it? I personally expect that there will be more films that reflect the current situation of society in many aspects and can cause reflection. If the regulatory authorities can be stricter, some enterprises and businesses can be more just and rationalized. While there are laws and regulations, there are also discretionary measures (for similar The three veterans in the film), can it reduce the probability of crime on the side?

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Going in Style quotes

  • Mitzi: You seein' anybody?

    Agent Cooper: I'm married with two kids.

    Mitzi: Take my number. Things happen.

  • [last lines]

    Joe: Cheers. Your glass is officially full.