At the beginning of the film, the male protagonist introduces his 168 size and a house worth 30 million. It feels ironic that this is the story of a foreign martial artist who married a wife who he felt unworthy and exhausted himself all day long.
The more a person cares about something, the more inferior he is. The more inferior he is, the more he needs to gain self-confidence through material and superficial success. The male protagonist relies on stealing famous paintings, borrowing and overdrafting credit cards to fund his wife to open a gallery and buy expensive Jewelry, masquerading as a successful person by slapping a swollen face and making a fat man, but there is always a sense of crisis, because his wife is too beautiful, so he is worried all day long, and he finds that the thing he is most worried about happened as he wished,——wife Stealing people behind his back, he is still a rich and handsome man who makes him feel pressured, which causes the male protagonist's mentality to collapse, and the job that he promised to introduce to others with an annual salary of one million is also ruined, attracting the other party's frantic pursuit.
I feel that the male protagonist's appearance is quite pitiful, sympathetic, the rival in love is too strong, and the plot of being forced to jump into the cesspool is really funny.
The sad and pitiful thing about him is that all his madness is to get love, to maintain his image as a successful person, and he thinks that without money, he can't get love, and he can't meet the expectations of the other party. This is also the common concept of people in reality. , in fact, when he told the truth and proved that his wife still loved him, he was always tormented by his own inferiority complex, so he pretended to be successful.
People are crazy about grabbing money. It has to be said that this is a common topic. Does it mean that a person who does a normal and legitimate job is not successful? Can't live without buying those useless jewelry without a house of 30 million? Not worthy of love? Can't you get love and happiness? How much does it cost to make the male lead feel safe and satisfied? In fact, he has a more guilty conscience than anyone else, the bullshit is getting bigger and bigger, the hole he has dug for himself is getting bigger and bigger, and he can no longer stop.
A house with 30 million yuan, a gallery, jewelry, and a car. When his desire gradually expands, and the actual ability to realize it is not enough to fill the big hole of desire that he has dug, the crazy mode starts.
What exactly caused it? Insatiable desire? Or will the insecurities in your heart never go away? In fact, the male protagonist is worried all day long, worrying that he will be caught sooner or later for stealing famous paintings. Once his deception is uncovered, will his wife still love him? This is the reason for his unease, because people acquiesce to the reality that there is no love without money, so the more money the better, life becomes an endless adventure and gamble with money for the purpose, when he meets someone more When you are a crazy money gambler, let alone fight back, you don't even have the ability to parry.
After all this, he has become an ordinary person, who can no longer rely on loans and theft of famous paintings to maintain his rich and beautiful life, and be the real self. Can his wife still love him?
Rather than saying that those thrilling escapes are nonsense in the film, it is better to say that the hero has experienced a desperate struggle in his heart. In this struggle, it is how his real ordinary fights against the charm of his rival, the successful person he pretends to be. Whether the image can go on, what he is most afraid of is facing the real self, an ordinary person.
Let outsiders take the blame and two people reunite. This is the routine of many movies. The deepest contradiction comes from the male protagonist's lack of self-confidence. He feels that without the support of money, he cannot win the love of the other party, so he lives Tired, those experiences were nightmares come true from his insecurities.
A series of stinky chess caused by inferiority complex and insecurities, taking away those thrilling escapes, is he pushing himself on the desperate road of being hunted down, or is the plot too exaggerated, the headhunter's introduction job is not successful, and the other party is angry Kill yourself, the true reproduction of money making people crazy.
The trust and suspicion between husband and wife in the film is common in Western films, and it is also a topic that is often discussed between husband and wife. Because the male protagonist has a great sense of insecurity, he does not want children, and his wife turns to a lover. The male protagonist is like a frightened bird. When no one can trust him, should he reflect on it? Why did he push himself to this point? It's like finding a wife who makes you feel unconfident. You're exhausted by pretending to be a successful person every day, saying that women are vain. In fact, isn't that the case with men? How hard it is to be yourself.
If, in Maupassant's novel "The Necklace", Madame Loiseau borrowed a fake diamond necklace because of her vanity and paid the price of her life to repay the debt, then the male protagonist has paid a great deal in order to maintain his own face. It's a big spiritual price, because he has to pretend for a lifetime and never dare to let his wife see the real him.
Only by being honest with yourself can you get the real life, instead of living in the unease of lies all your life. The price the male protagonist paid for this is high enough, and people in reality may be performing the same absurd drama.
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