First of all, I watched this film without reading the introduction at all, so at first I was silently watching the male protagonist blow water.. Waiting for the story to start. Only later did I find out.. he has been talking about the whole film almost all the time.. But these words are the key to this film..
From their conversation at the beginning, the male protagonist gave me the impression that he works hard every week (of course, with all kinds of pleading, chatting and complaining about white people), usually does not drink because he wants to keep his head clear, and goes home on Friday with a week's salary Turn in my daughter-in-law, drink a bottle of gin and chat with my best friend. The younger son wants to play rugby, and the older son likes to play music, but he can't support himself. housewife, but endure the chauvinism of her husband.
Then the male protagonist's younger brother with mental illness appeared. We know that the reason why their family can have such a big house is because the younger brother was shot in the military and became insane. The government compensated their family for 3,000 yuan. To have the money to buy such a house. The male protagonist also feels guilty for failing to cure his younger brother and not allowing him to live a good life.
In a blink of an eye, it was the conversation between the male protagonist and the male protagonist's younger son. The younger son hoped that his father would allow him to play rugby. The male protagonist did not agree to quarrel with his son. , is a responsibility, as a father, as a husband's responsibility, I hope that my son will learn to be down-to-earth and have a sense of responsibility like him.
Here is a father figure who has a sense of responsibility, but still has a bit of chauvinism.
The next step is that he gets a job as a driver and goes home to share the good news with his wife. However, he doesn't even have a driver's license. During the chat, we learned that the father of the male protagonist is a scumbag. He is not good to his wife and children, and likes to go out and flirt , but he was still responsible to the family and left without patting his butt (you must know that black men were notoriously irresponsible at the time). The male protagonist's sense of responsibility for the family is probably influenced by his father. But when the style of painting changed, we found out that the male protagonist had cheated. While swearing to a good friend that he loved his wife, he turned around and confessed to his wife. Not only did he have a lover, but the lover was pregnant, but he said it was a confession. More is just to inform, because he has not decided to leave his lover, he thinks he is responsible for his lover and children, and also makes a big point, saying that he has sacrificed everything for this family, and the pressure is very high, only with his lover Only when we are together can we relax and hope that his wife will give him private space..
It turned out to be a lot of talk, he is a scumbag. To put it better, he is still a responsible scumbag..
However, the lover died in childbirth later, the male protagonist could only take his illegitimate daughter home when he was sad, and hoped that his wife would take care of him.
Although the wife is angry, the child is indeed innocent, so she decides to take care of the child, but she no longer regards her husband as a lover, only as a breadwinner. Maybe due to religion or other reasons, the wife did not divorce him, and the male lead silently took up his responsibilities and handed in his salary every week.
From here on, the male protagonist's status at home and in the eyes of his friends has changed. He no longer has prestige. The youngest son ignores him, his wife is reluctant to talk to him, and his friends will never come home with him after get off work on Fridays. Blowing water.. Later, under a quarrel with his younger son, he even kicked the younger son out of the house..
The fence is built, but the home is not preserved..
From the beginning to the end of the movie, the image of the male protagonist in our minds ranges from ordinary to tall and then to contempt. Responsibility is true, but he completely disregards the feelings of his family. I came, and finally signed a contract with the hospital to divide up my brother's property. I always advertised my contribution, but I never thought that my wife actually paid a lot, and my wife sacrificed her dreams for this family. He has also been living in the shadow of unease created by his father unintentionally.
In the end, the male protagonist is just an unfortunate ordinary person. He had an unfortunate childhood, grew up in unease, and his dreams were frustrated because of his skin color. Born, have a seemingly happy family but at the same time have heavy pressure, a derailed lover also died in childbirth and left an illegitimate daughter, although he is unwilling, but there is no way..
You say that he is great, but it seems to be nothing more than that. You say that he is selfish, but he is indeed raising his wife and children, and he does not keep a penny of his salary (then he took the money back from the eldest son, he should just be depressed and want to buy drunk) You say he I don't love children, but after the younger son leaves, he will always talk to his daughter. This is my younger son's former room. You call him a scumbag. Well, he is really scumbag..
He wants to be a dignified head of the family, so he is strict with his family. When the eldest son pays him back the money, he doesn't want it, because he thinks the eldest son will come and ask for it again. At that time, he kicked his son out of the house because he wanted the younger son to know that he was right, and that the younger son would only suffer when he was outside.
It's like the male protagonist discussing his father.. The father is so scumbag, but in the end, he still becomes the same person as his father.. The younger son resents his father, but the mother says, you are exactly the same as your father..
In fact, under the siege of the fence, no one has left.
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This is actually an ordinary family, in which you can see the shadow of everyone's home, the father who always talks about it? A hardworking mother? Is it the eldest son who does nothing? A young son with dreams and goals? Are you a friend of your wife's heart? Or the cheating scumbag that thousands of people refer to?
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Because it is ordinary, it becomes a story,
Because it's normal, it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong.
(Purely this idea, no writing, sorry)
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