Life is like a life sentence. You will always be in it, and you will encounter one problem after another and you need to solve it. "Locke" extracts from countless life problems, the three most core issues that a man cannot escape all his life: family, woman, and career, and put these three issues in the same space and time, one One to solve. A movie of less than ninety minutes seems to have finished most of your life.
This is a film from a male perspective, no, it should be said to be a film from a male perspective. When a woman finishes watching, she will feel that this is just a movie where a man who has made a mistake fantasizes about making a good harvest of family, woman and career through his own efforts. Eighteen or nineteen-year-old boys, they are not yet old enough to face these three problems. A monotonous movie of a man and a car must be boring. In addition to the selection of questions, the cars, roads, forks, etc. in the movie are more metaphors associated with men. This is a heavy movie, if you just want to relax, pick "Captain America". But when you have free time, as a man, you should still watch this movie carefully. The problem that Tom Hardy faces, you can't escape after all.
Woman: One or more
When a man has two or more women at the same time, there is no other possibility except to hide it. Maybe it was born like this. Men don't think that having multiple women is such an unforgivable thing. On the contrary, it is the best manifestation of a man's charm. But in the eyes of a woman, mistakes made are always wrong, especially when it comes to women, it is an unforgivable thing. As Katrina said, "And the different between once and never is everything. So, that is it. And it never is once away." Woman, that is because of love. Locke tried to tell Katrina that he loved her, not Susan. He went to the hospital to see him only to fulfill his responsibilities as a father, not as a lover, and hoped to go home after handling her childbirth. Have a good talk and try to make everything the same. This is usually a man's ideal rational fantasy, thinking that as long as the reason is clear, the matter is still possible to be resolved. But from the moment Locke told him that he had another woman, Katrina could not hear any explanation. What she wanted, perhaps, was that Locke hurried back to her, leaving work and everything else aside, because there was only This kind of uniqueness and exclusivity is true love in the eyes of women. But Locke is like most men, it is impossible to give everything to a woman, career and responsibility are equally important to him. When Katrina asked him if he wanted a phone call, Locke didn't even hesitate to make a decision. Women are greedy, they need to monopolize all love, men are also greedy, they want to occupy as many women and careers as possible. In the end Katrina chose to leave. In this movie, the conflict between women has been minimized as much as possible, always emphasizing that Locke loves Katrina, and Susan is just a one-night stand. Even so, he still lost his beloved Katrina. In reality, men usually say that they are in love with two women at the same time. If you don't hide it, the consequences are too beautiful for me to watch.
Career: It has nothing to do with money and fame
Locke tells us that career is the best embodiment of a man's real self-worth, and he has nothing to do with money and fame. There is no doubt that career is as important to Locke as family and women. For Locke, if there is no business for Susan, after tomorrow, he will successfully complete the pouring work of the largest civil building in Europe, which is the pinnacle of his life and career. From the phone call between him and Donnel, it can be seen that the civil engineering supervisor is a high-tech job. He needs strong professional skills, good interpersonal relationships and comprehensive coordination skills. Locke undoubtedly has these things, and they can turn from blueprints into reality only when the sun rises tomorrow. So even if he is dismissed, he still does not give up this opportunity to realize his own value, so he will never let the new supervisor arranged by Gareth take over his job. Because that is his career, it has nothing to do with money. "I want the pour to go okay, not because of the money. I want it go right, for myself and for the building." Compared with Locke, Gareth is a master chasing money and fame and fortune. He chattered on the phone. Locke’s censure and subsequent shirking of responsibilities annoyed Locke. What Locke was thinking about was how to complete this work without him," I know I don`t have a job anymore, but I will do this away, as a favor to the building and to the concrete." There is no doubt that he cares about career, not work, not money. Just judging from the trend of judging a person’s success or failure, Locke is undoubtedly not that successful. After more than ten years of hard work, he is only a purely executive technical implementer, but what about it," Fuck Chicago. "
Family: The Last Harbor Forever
Family has never been an option, he is a transcendent existence. Since Katrina is attributed to the ranks of women, the family is more about children. Although we are now always emphasizing the independence of children from their parents and criticizing the view of "children as privately owned by parents", we can never deny the ancient motto that children are the continuation of their parents' lives. The most touching thing in the movie is the section where Eddie called Locke while hiding in the quilt, "so you have to come home and watch it, okay? You have to come home, and I have a idea, okay? We will pretend wo don`t know the score and pretend it`s happening and it`s live.And me and Sean will go mad all the same,and you can have your beer,and mum can make the sausages,so that what we will do." A man, success or failure, the home is there waiting for him to come back. When the bustling is gone, the flashing neon lights will go out, and there will still be a light on for you, waiting for you to go home.
Although the result was not what he expected, no matter how he faced the problem, Locke did not escape, but faced life directly, even if it was a life sentence. Locke's father undoubtedly chose another way-escape. Life is difficult. We all want to enjoy the joy and beauty that life brings, and avoid the responsibilities and difficulties that are the price. At the first traffic light, whether to go straight or turn right, Locke considered it for a long time. In the end, he chose to turn right and chose to take on and shoulder the responsibility of a man. Although there were thorns along the way, the future was uncertain.
"It will work it out, I will make sure of it. you will see, you will see. you see, you take things in your own hand, and you push against it and you push against it until it`s upright.and you stick to the plan."
"You see?life.yes,life sentence.so what?i will do what needs to be done,even if they hate me or love me.you have to be solid.so that it makes no different what they think."
"I drove in this direction,and there will be a new person when I get there.yes,because of that night,constructed out of two bottles of wine and somebody feeling longly.how could you ever beat that for a construction?"
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