2. [Title]: The title "Rounders" was translated into "The King of Gambling", vulgar! Vulgar! The Hong Kong-style gambling movie represented by Wang Jing has long instilled a gambling pattern into us: the big era, the rich, the big game, the big scene, the big beauty, the life-and-death gambling game, the dangerous plot, the dazzling card shape , The magical cheating, the movie's name is either king or sage. At the end of the bet, the protagonist will win something-if not all. In fact, there is not a single gambler in "Rounder". The protagonists are all low-level gamblers. They can only play poker for 20 yuan, and the maximum bet is no more than a thousand. The protagonist Xiao Ma went bankrupt and was born to death. The subject matter of the struggle was only 30,000 US dollars.
3. [Name translated]: The small bet of twenty dollars is definitely not the work of the gambling kings. "The King of Gambling" does not live up to its name, so what is the translation? Rounder has three main meanings, cycle, boxing, and prodigal. These three meanings can be relevant to what the movie wants to express. I prefer to translate it into a simple but accurate and profound translation into "The Prodigal Son" or "The Gambler." Because the name of the movie is Rounders, there is an s for the plural. It refers to not only the male number one Pony Brother, but also the pure casino prodigal Norton, even the big villain KGB, Pony Brother’s casino mentor, and even the Jewish justice. They each chose their own destiny, and once they started, they never looked back.
4. [The King of Gambling]: It is not entirely correct to say that there is no king of gambling in "The King of Gambling". There is at least one legendary Jonny Chan (the Chinese god of gambling), the world champion of the poker tournament, and the super idol of this group of little gamblers. But this only "Gambling King" level figure, actually lost to the fledgling Xiao Ma at the beginning of the year. It was the victory of this sneak attack on the gambling king that made the young and energetic Xiao Ma so confident, determined to make a desperate bet, play a big ticket, and then rush to the holy land of gamblers-Las Vegas.
5. [Gambler]: Is gambling skills important, or is it important? Xiao Ma believes in gambling skills, while Norton prefers old people. Of course, it is always dangerous to be a laoqian and be caught sooner or later. Xiao Ma seems to be taking the "right path" of the casino, not believing in luck, only advocating technology. If you lose, it's not that you are out of luck, but that you are not as skilled as others. In this sense, Xiao Ma is more in line with the definition of "gambler" than Norton. He is not betting on luck, but his own skills.
6. [Bet]: Xiao Ma's spiritual mentor has been working in a casino and has unpredictable skills, but has never been willing to take a gamble for many years. His reason is that there are wives and children to support, to pay rent, water and electricity, and can't fight for life and wealth. This is what Xiao Ma and Norton can't understand, they think he lacks courage. But it turns out that the mentor is correct-although he hasn't won anything, at least he hasn't lost anything.
7. [Cycle]: What did Xiao Ma win and lose? Although he finally defeated the big villain KGB, he not only paid off his debts for his friends, but also avenged his revenge. But when he came out of the casino, he found that he still had the 30,000 yuan gambling book in his hand, but his studies, work, friends, and wife were all lost. This is a cruel cycle. After turning around, it is not the origin, but below the origin. But this is just our ordinary view. For Xiao Ma, perhaps the things he has lost do not belong to him in the first place. They are burdens rather than wealth.
8. [Ending]: Xiao Ma finally resolutely set foot on the plane to Las Vegas to become a professional gambler. Encouraging him to make this choice, there is Norton's sorrow, the judge's story, and the victory over KGB. Of course, perhaps the more important reason is that, apart from the 30,000 yuan lost and recovered, he has nothing here, and there is nothing to miss. That's the end of the movie. Is the director encouraging us to be gamblers? If so, this subject is too radical and tough. In fact, the director is telling us with Xiao Ma's story: Be yourself. There is no essential difference between Xiao Ma's giving up a lawyer to be a professional gambler, and the judge giving up being a Jewish rabbi and studying the law. When you can't convince yourself to believe and like a profession, you can leave it honestly and find your dreams!
9. [Subject]: From this point of view, "The King of Gambling" is not a gambling film, but an inspirational film. In fact, it is not an inspirational film, it is a philosophical film. Life has infinite possibilities and infinite choices, but you can only take one of them, and you can’t go back and start again, right?
10. [Score]: Four stars. The theme of the film is different, novel, and profound. The performances of several leading actors are impeccable and can almost score full marks. However, as a movie, there are obviously some shortcomings in the plot setting and editing, such as the heroine’s gambling skills and the change of attitude towards gambling. The story behind the five-year refusal to gamble, Norton’s mysterious disappearance to the end and no account of his whereabouts, etc., gave people a baffling feeling. It must be the "injury" in the director's cut that caused the "jump" of the plot. Reluctant to deduct one star from the director, what a pity, what a pity!
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