I still recommend everyone to have a chance to watch this film. Many friends have written comments on the detailed plot, so I won't go into details here. After watching this film, what impressed me the most was the role of Tim Robbins, especially his wife. In the last scene, his wife tried to find his husband in the crowd. The look and the origin reminded me of the Greek mythology. The story of Orpheus...
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This is a painting found on the Internet, a work by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot in 1861 , Depicting Orpheus taking his wife Eurydice away from the underworld. Orpheus went to the underworld in order to save his wife who was bitten by a poisonous snake. Hades, the Hades, could not stop the charm of Orpheus's singing and decided to let his wife go, provided that Orpheus could not look back at his wife before leaving the underworld. When approaching the exit, Orpheus was really worried. He wasn't sure whether his wife had followed, so he turned his head, and of course Eurydice disappeared in the depths of the underworld.
The myth is written here, and I see the power of Orpheus music and the feeling of suspicion and distrust. In fact, the most tormented on this journey is Eurydice. She looked at her husband and prayed in her heart that her husband could not turn back, every step of the way. They are all testing his trust and steadfastness in love, but her husband still hesitated and doubted on this road, and did not believe that his wife had followed.
This painting draws the underworld too green, and if Orpheus is holding Eurydice's hand along the way, he has no reason to turn his head; before leaving the underworld, Orpheus can't feel the presence of his wife, there is no contact or no sound.
Mystic River reminds me of this story. Friends who have watched the movie should be able to appreciate my feelings.
We have always regarded trust as a very important element in love, because mistrust sometimes destroys more than just love; I wonder, is trust too much valued? Are there times when we don’t want to use such a strict ruler to measure love? Love is very important, and the most important things usually make us forget to verify its existence and value, just like air; normally we don’t verify the existence of air, and we don’t really test the effect of air on us. Importance (see if there is no air really will die?).
Love, is it true? Or, in other words, trust is not Orpheus's verification, but Eurydice's eyes waiting...
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