I had nothing to do the day before yesterday and watched a movie called "15:17, Departure for Paris". But I didn't expect the plot to be so ridiculous and the director to be so stupid. Waste of my time and energy. I don't dare to have a sense of hindsight, and I am worried that the friends who comment are too excited and something will happen. Fortunately, I watched another movie today called "American Animals".
The film is about four college students in the United States. Seeing that there are several out-of-print books in the school library, they plan to steal them.
The leader of the crime team is Warren. He and his friend Spencer launched the operation and found two buddies to cooperate. The preparation process should be relatively thorough. I went to the site many times, monitored every move of the library staff, watched many movies about robbery and theft, and drew the floor plan of the library. Learn and practice makeup in depth. The more preparation is to work hard to overcome the mental confusion. All four of them were hesitant about this matter, and after encouraging each other, they all hit it off and participated in it. This process corresponds to a popular saying today: "People don't think, they only have choices." However, once this kind of unthinking choice is rushed into battle, it will be unprepared, disordered, rough and reckless. When college students steal books, it is like asking a doctor of science and engineering to talk about cross talk. The sure thing that awaits them is failure.
The plot of this movie is very simple, there are few dramatic conflicts, and it just tells the whole process of organizing manpower, ideological struggle, detailed planning, and committing the crime after they became thieves. Bit by bit, eloquently. this is a true story. In order to emphasize the authenticity of the film, the director made such a sentence at the beginning: "This is not based on real events, this is the real events themselves". I even found a few actors who seemed to be the prototypes of the characters, and they talked about their own experiences while the plot was developing. There is a scene where one of the prototype actors is also put together with the characters in the show to show his inner monologue. I think the purpose of the director is not to show off his photography skills, nor to pursue a fascinating plot, but to show the original appearance of the event itself, so that the audience can think and evaluate.
I think we need to think carefully about what is the reason for these college students, who originally had knowledge, abide by the rules and reason, to engage in such criminal activities?
At the end of the film, the once hurt librarian says, "I think they're trying to make things easier, they're not willing to make a solid effort to change their lives, they're not willing to help others to make a difference. Change their own lives. I think they're all selfish, and I think they don't know where the moral line of the individual should be, and they're willing to hurt others to get what they want. I think once you cross the line, It would be dangerous. It made me wonder if they really knew why they were doing it."
What she said was right. In particular, the last sentence deserves our careful consideration. If they came from a family of thieves and kidnappers, they would be familiar with doing this kind of thing, and they might be able to do it more professionally, without any moral concerns. However, both Warren and Spencer have good family backgrounds, have been well educated since childhood, and at least have established non-standard legal concepts and moral codes. Naturally know what to do and what not to do. But deep in their hearts, there are still two desires that are calling them all the time, mobilizing their hidden evil thoughts.
Let's hear what Spencer said to Warren: "Have you ever thought that you were born into this world, the one and only you, not someone else. Do you ever feel like you're waiting for something to happen? , but you don't know what it is, it is something that will make your life meaningful." Most young people have this idea in their youthful rebellious period. They seek thrills and desire to do unique things. Not to declare anything to the world, nor to win glory for his parents, but to prove his extraordinaryness. In American society, people have settled down for many years, and it is really difficult to find greater stimulation. So they racked their brains and searched everywhere, using their wisdom and mediocrity arbitrarily to find the kind of things that they can do but others dare not. Stealing books is the ideal goal. They must know the consequences of doing so, and that makes things more exciting and adventurous.
Another desire is money. That out-of-print book was worth $12 million. If the crime is successful and the stolen goods are sold, they can each get millions of dollars. This will drastically change their lives. In the United States, where money is paramount, although some positive knowledge is also spread in the classroom, under the bombardment of the media and film and television, what people have seen and heard, and under the leadership of countless successful rich people, chasing money can be done by any means. , can disregard morality, can disregard the law. This is also the consensus that Americans cannot speak in private. Here, the role of the law is simply to remind them to be careful. Under the domination of money desire, all kinds of bottom lines no longer exist.
Let's go back and look at the process of their crimes. These four young people, although their IQs are not low, do not have the courage to act. In their planning, the biggest problem they encountered was to subdue the librarian. If the behavior at the beginning also made them secretly consoling themselves that "stealing books is not for stealing", then hurting an old woman has touched the remaining conscience in their hearts. And the failure of the whole operation starts from here. While stealing books and running away, fighting against that strong sense of guilt in my heart. Don't choose the road in a panic, like a lost dog. The final sale of stolen goods also seemed extremely naive. Thinking about it carefully, this crime is very different from the behavior and motive of the habitual offender. But the law doesn't care about this. It doesn't matter whether you are a repeat offender or a first offender, everyone is equal. However, from the final outcome, it is not as we usually imagine, because this case ruined their lives. After being released from prison, what should they do, no one discriminates against them, and there is no political trial at all levels.
The film quotes Darwin's words: "We must assume that the American animals, over generations, have slowly migrated deeper and deeper into the Kentucky caves". Seems to explain why the title of the movie is "American Animals". At the same time, it also makes us feel that the social environment, general trend of thought, greedy desire, and lack of morality will sooner or later lead people who have left the cave to go back to the depths of the cave. progress? Back off?
My rating: 7.0.
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