The description of the drunkard is too realistic.

Krystal 2022-03-25 09:01:14

18 Lost Weekend
The people watching this movie are very depressed. Whether it's the soundtrack of the movie or the shooting of the scene, the whole movie is filled with a desolate, tragic and cold atmosphere, like a ghost movie.
Throughout the whole movie, in terms of how to describe the daily life of an alcoholic and the inner activities of an alcoholic, the director's shooting was quite successful. . Uppercase admiration!
The plot has nothing to tell, just a common story of a talented and pretentious man who, after enjoying the vain glory of his youth, went to New York to work hard but kept failing, so he began to drink heavily. He also tried to quit drinking but kept failing. The movie has been trying to describe this drunkard in a richer and more three-dimensional way. For example, it is mentioned that he is humorous and charismatic. The bar owner, Knight, is his true friend and helped him find his typewriter. The landlord who has a little problem also likes him... Actually Aside from the fact that the male protagonist is an alcoholic, other aspects of the movie properly describe him as a winner in life.
After all, the younger brother raised him, and the female protagonist never gave up on him. The female protagonist was so caring, pampering the male protagonist like a mother who pampered her children unconditionally, just because she saw the talent of the male protagonist? When the male protagonist is talented, he doesn't know you. The setting of the Virgin Mary is a little far-fetched. Give the heroine two wings and she can go to heaven, the proper Virgin Mary. . The screenwriter specially set up the finishing staff for the male protagonist, and paid for the male protagonist without any regrets. What do you want, girl? His own brothers don't care about him. Maybe love is so unreasonable, I don't understand but someone must understand, anyway, I will wax the heroine, I hope she will live well in the future~
The film complex is really lackluster, there is nothing to say. The movie is 101 minutes, and it took more than 90 minutes to describe the male protagonist as a bad alcoholic, the kind that can't be saved at first glance. He has done all kinds of bad things, and then some Mary Sue sets a bad alcoholic. The people around the alcoholic like him very much. He raised his younger brother, took care of his girlfriend without any regrets, etc. After drinking for six years, he did not drink to death... I really have nothing to say about this plot... Then the movie The five-minute ending was like a sudden turn of events. The male protagonist became inspirational, and he didn't want to die. He wanted to cheer up and write a book to help people who were addicted to alcohol like him? What? ? Awesome my brother, I don't even believe you will really quit drinking. . It's also a self-confidence, and I don't know what the real ending will be. The ending is too hasty, forcing a great consummation, too far-fetched... bad review, four points.

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  • Don Birnam: [after buying two bottles of rye whiskey] I'm not a minor, Mr. Brophy, and just to ease your conscience, I'm buying these to refill my cigarette lighter.

  • Helen St. James: We're both trying, Don. You're trying not to drink, and I'm trying not to love you.