Many people say that this movie is about the redemption of people and that people should pay attention to family, but I didn't see it at all. On the contrary, I think this film feels very cold-blooded and very cold-blooded. Eastwood wraps a knife that will sting everyone if you say it, and that's what this movie is about - family, to me, nothing. To illustrate this point, let's first take a look at what kind of person Mr. Dongmu plays. This person is a veteran of World War II. After retiring, he concentrates on his career and is addicted to raising flowers. He takes his own flowers to participate in various competitions regardless of his family. Weddings can be missed. Later, with the rise of the Internet, the traditional flower growing market declined (Eastwood complained about the Internet whenever he had a chance in the movie), the old man was introduced to the territory of the Mexican drug lord, so he drove his old pickup truck on the highway Those who do this kind of work are called mules. With a big heart, the old man acts in a dashing manner. He listens to music and sings songs on the road of drug trafficking, tastes delicious food from all over the world, and plays with countless chicks. It is precisely because of this unusual path that he has not been caught for so many years, but has become a The best among the mules were even met by the top drug lords, and they chatted and laughed with the drug boss at the party. At the end of the story, the old man learned that his wife was critically ill during a drug sale. In spite of the threat of the drug lord, he gave up his mission and rushed home to see his wife. Unexpectedly, the wife who hated him all his life revealed that he loved him from the beginning to the end, and he couldn't forget it. He, and he accompanied his wife through the last moments of her life, attended her funeral, and even forgave him his daughter, who never spoke to him. However, the old man was finally caught by the police and imprisoned. With such a touching ending, isn't this movie a call to us to return to our families and not to wait until we are old to feel regretful? Not at all. Please see the details below: At the granddaughter's wedding, the old man and his ex-wife had the following conversation: Ex-wife: "I have never understood why you spend so much time and money on planting flowers" Old man: "I love flowers, and every flower is Unique. They bloom one day and then come to the end of life. They are worth so much time and energy." Ex-Wife: "The same goes for your family." A very sharp and piercing sentence, like torture. Looking at the micro-reaction of the old man's expression, it is very interesting and worth watching again and again. He didn't say a word, first put away his smile, and looked away from the person he was talking to, with a look of embarrassment on his face, his eyes rolled around twice, and finally fell back to the speaker. This is a few seconds without lines. It's so long: "Unfortunately, you are not worth it." Looking at the old man's motive for being a mule, it is also the most puzzling part of the audience: what is he for? ?With his identity and ability, he doesn't need to do these illegal things at all. The answer is simple, what he does has nothing to do with family, he just wants to do what he wants to do, make money, get a luxury car, exchange money for respect in the comrade club, eat the best pulled pork in the world sandwich. Looking at the ending of the story, the old man went to court. The lawyer was very good. He defended him from the perspectives of "World War II veteran" and "his age". Unexpectedly, the old man said directly: "Guilty, I am guilty". Accepting all charges, he was sentenced to jail by a judge on the spot. Please note that at this time, he has reconciled with the family, and the daughter who has cut ties even invited him to the Thanksgiving family gathering. If he really changed his mind and returned to the family, would he reject the lawyer's efforts to reduce his sentence? He is very old, why should he choose to spend his later years in prison, don't tell me that he is doing moral self-punishment. Because next, the most crucial scene appeared. This is also the most telling scene, and that is the last shot of the film. This shot shows all the "bad" thoughts of the director - the old man who was in prison planted flowers again in prison. What a lucky bastard, I even envy him a little bit. Flowers are his beliefs, and he is still free in his heart when he is in prison. From the beginning, he abandoned his family, regarded his hobby as a profession, and became a celebrity in the flower industry. Later, he sold drugs, tried his best to be happy, and enjoyed the freedom to walk outside the social rules. Later, he rejected the lawyer's defense in court. Judge for yourself. All he's been doing is keeping others out of the way and taking control of his own destiny from start to finish, a total libertarian, to be honest, I don't see a hint of redemption, I just see his family throughout the process - like They have the same proportion in this film, small and insignificant. Flowers can be seen as the ideal of liberals, a symbol of their realization of freedom, just as the film is to the director himself. Liberals spend their whole lives chasing ideals, and the price is to cut off the dispensable feelings with others. The people here can be close relatives. Real, cruel, cold-blooded. It makes us start to reflect on the relationship between freedom and family, the relationship between relatives, freedom and morality. Is it really the kind of peace in front of us? To be a free person all your life is the ultimate dream that everyone cannot achieve. However, Eastwood gets the man in the film, who is free until his death. Families must make way for idealistic liberals. When the old man was planting flowers in the prison, I was thinking of Mr. Eastwood, an old man in his 80s, sitting behind the monitor, fighting for his movie career. Isn't the person who spends his life planting flowers himself? Many people say that Mr. Dongmu is old and his level is not good. I think he is still very good this time, and even has a feeling of going out and playing. With his old-fashioned expression and excellent acting skills, he has cut a hole in human emotions. And deceived the eyes of the audience with a seemingly warm ending, I have to say that this cunning old man Completed the most dashing curtain call of his film career. Tribute to flower grower Eastwood.
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