From "SmartPeople" to "AboutSchmidt", "Sideway"

Gussie 2022-03-21 09:01:44

I watched "SmartPeople" recently, and its poster made me misunderstand that the director of the film is the same person as "About Schmidt" and "Sideway". Later, I found out that the Producer is the same person, but the director is Noam Murro. "Smart People" is a good movie. It tells about the transformation of the characters. People with high IQ sometimes only have low EQ. What is "Smart"? I believe that it is difficult to define accurately. In life, it depends on the angle and position and the needs of the beliefs you choose, but the film also tells us that sometimes poverty changes! But "SmartPeople" is not as good as "About Schmidt" and "Sideway" directed by Alexander Payne. I prefer "About Schmidt", which tells the story of a retired old man. I can't understand the inexplicable sense of substitution. Maybe my mentality is too old. (Haha, let's watch more happy movies such as "Kung Fu Panda" and "Yangtze River No. 7"!)! When I watched "About Schmidt", I was still studying in the UK. I watched it twice in my memory, and I still kept the old theater tickets. I remember that I usually watched the movie alone at that time. The film made me quite emotional, maybe it was because of the harassment of loneliness. ? ! The first scene of the movie is already very deep to me, an old man with a briefcase waiting for the second hand of the clock to point to the time to leave work, the reason is that it was his last time to leave work. In the retirement feast, he seemed to be out of place, and I often had that feeling, and to this day I clearly remember the succession of small plots in the film: the sudden departure of the old lady; the adoption of African children; driving alone; for the dead The wife buys the villain and so on. Saud said: "Others are hell!", It is quite difficult to try to get rid of constraints and achieve self as advocated by existentialists, especially in Chinese society with all kinds of intricate relationships, although others are thinking of you, sometimes others are hell, but society teaches us must face it! "About Schmidt" reveals that life is not only about facing other people, but also facing all kinds of helplessness: death, aging, time, past and future, etc. If we passively escape, maybe we can only be like the middle-aged and elderly people in the film whose wife died and her daughter got married Life is chaotic, even the home is messy, it is better to jump in the car and have a spiritual journey. The African children in the movie tell the city people who are fussing about their illnesses, but they don’t know their blessings. There are many people in the world who have not had enough food and clothing. Of course, this is not entirely the fault of the city people because the environment in which they were born cannot be selected. We can only make comparisons. We can also make comparisons with other people. Families with elderly daughters who seem to know how to enjoy the moment is a good comparison. These two comparisons can at least tell us that sometimes we need to know that it is a kind of happiness to have the basic survival and simple happiness that African children yearn for, and sometimes we need to learn to be as happy as that family, because the helplessness of life tells us that the more persistent you are, the more helpless you will be. It's as helpless as the old man at the end of the film read the thank-you letter sent to him by the African child and groaned at a loss... Maybe for personal reasons, I prefer "About Schmidt", but the story structure and fluency of "Sideway" are better than "About Schmidt". "About Schmidt" is good, this film uses red wine as a symbol to illustrate life by comparing the different expressions of a persistent teacher and a dissolute actor on belief, love, sex, etc. I also watched this film twice, the dialogue The plot is profound and the plot is lively. The most memorable part to me is the plot where the protagonist opened a bottle of red and rushed to the vineyard after knowing that his wife was bigamed, while running and drinking! I think poor guy, it turns out the wine is for poor guy! Why! It was rare for these three films to appear at a time when special effects films were proliferating. The depth of "About Schmidt" and "Sideway" not forgetting to humor the audience when talking about life are even more rare! And feel helpless like groaning at a loss... Maybe I prefer "About Schmidt" for personal reasons, but the story structure and fluency of "Sideway" are better than "About Schmidt". A persistent teacher and a dissolute actor's different expressions of faith, love, sex, etc. are compared to illustrate life. I also watched the film twice. The dialogue is deep and the plot is lively. The most unforgettable thing for me is that the protagonist knows his wife After the bigamy, he opens a bottle of red and rushes to the vineyard, while running and drinking! I think poor guy, it turns out the wine is for poor guy! Why! It was rare for these three films to appear at a time when special effects films were proliferating. The depth of "About Schmidt" and "Sideway" not forgetting to humor the audience when talking about life are even more rare! And feel helpless like groaning at a loss... Maybe I prefer "About Schmidt" for personal reasons, but the story structure and fluency of "Sideway" are better than "About Schmidt". A persistent teacher and a dissolute actor's different expressions of faith, love, sex, etc. are compared to illustrate life. I also watched the film twice. The dialogue is deep and the plot is lively. The most unforgettable thing for me is that the protagonist knows his wife After the bigamy, he opens a bottle of red and rushes to the vineyard, while running and drinking! I think poor guy, it turns out the wine is for poor guy! Why! It was rare for these three films to appear at a time when special effects films were proliferating. The depth of "About Schmidt" and "Sideway" not forgetting to humor the audience when talking about life are even more rare!

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  • Verlie 2022-03-24 09:01:40

    This old man who was inexplicably sighed, as expected by the woman in the bed carriage, was a guy who was very sad on the inside and looked very optimistic. The acting is very good, especially the few scenes with my daughter, from the high-spiritedness and high-spiritedness when chatting; to the loss of not being responded (childlike); and the nervousness of recalling the dreaming part.

  • Asa 2022-03-27 09:01:05

    I always thought the groom with the weird hairstyle was very familiar, but after checking it, I found out that it was the handsome male protagonist who played against Amanda Peet in Griffin&Phoenix. OMG! Changing the look is completely different. It seems that people really rely on clothes, and the beauty and ugliness are only in the line. There's no need to say much about Nicholson's acting skills, but I just can't relate emotionally to the single life of a retired widower. Compared with pictures, I may be more moved by words.

About Schmidt quotes

  • Warren Schmidt: I'd like a blizzard with vanilla ice cream.

    Dairy Queen Employee: Ok. What would you like on it?

    Warren Schmidt: Uhh... I'll have the Reese's Pieces... and some cookie dough.

    Dairy Queen Employee: And what size?

    Warren Schmidt: ...medium.

  • Warren Schmidt: Relatively soon, I will die. Maybe in 20 years, maybe tomorrow, it doesn't matter. Once I am dead and everyone who knew me dies too, it will be as though I never existed. What difference has my life made to anyone. None that I can think of. None at all.