Joe's sadness is that there is no hope

Ebba 2021-12-28 08:01:44

Nicholas Cage has handsome muscles and beard. He laughed at me when he taught the boy to be handsome.

The story is not complicated, and the taste in the ordinary is acceptable. If it weren't for the sadness of the background music, it might be more interesting to be less sensational.

1. The old drunkard G-dog

The old drunkard jumped off the bridge and fell to his death. Did he commit suicide or attempt to escape? I prefer the former. He whispered and asked Nicholas, are you my friend, without panic. Just like he slapped a mental patient to death, and then kissed him on the head, it was like a trivial matter for him to end his life.

The old drunkard did nothing good. He sells his daughter, steals his son's hard money, robs and kills the mentally ill, faces bad guys without fear but embarrassed him. He has no dignity, no bottom line, and lives like an animal.

It's like poisoning a useless tree. Such a person actually died well, but the director is concerned about him. In the camera, he and his son laughed, danced locks full of contemporary sense, and danced alone in the setting sun.

He said that he had also worked hard.

The sun shines down, and the woods that are about to be wiped out are beautiful. Who planted the tree back then? There is no way to blame.

Two, Joe

Joe feels powerless about the decline around him. He expressed justice in the most primitive way, suppressing the wicked by force, treating the poor generously, and teaching young people kindly.

He is cute but not happy.

Some commented that both the woman he loved and the woman who loved him left him, yes, it was miserable. In fact, he can be like a gentleman, go out to dinner with his female companion, and even start a family-if he can ignore the chaos around him, if he doesn't frown because of unrelated incidents, if he can be a little bit more selfish.

He was too pure, too sad, he couldn't walk the way of the old sheriff.

Three, boy

The boy’s life is extremely poor. The weak sister and mother, the bastard father, have nothing and no walls.

What he has is hardworking and kind. The source of this background color is also traceable in the movie. After being beaten up by his father, his mother taught him that his family is the most important thing, to understand his father's difficulties. Women are weak, women are also strong.

The most valuable thing is that boys always laugh. Whether it's joking with Dad, hanging out with Joe to find a dog, or after Joe's death, he walks with Joe's bulldog, his smile is refreshing and clean. Like a newly planted sapling, the boy is full of hope for the future.

If you can't live happily, what's the point of Joe and the villain's death? He was not dragged down by the past, not overthrown by the status quo. He smiled and walked forward step by step.

This is the greatest optimism.

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Extended Reading

Joe quotes

  • Joe: Ah, the dog likes you.

    Gary: She has a lot of scars.

    Joe: Yeah, but all the others... all the others is dead.

  • [last lines]

    Farmer: Then, if everything goes good on that acreage, I'll have you help me supervise the Manea project next summer. Old bastards can be hard to work for sometimes, but, hell, if you worked for Joe, I think you'll do just fine. You got any questions?

    Gary: No, sir. When can I start?

    Farmer: Right now, if you're ready.

    Gary: Yes, sir.

    [extends his hand to shake]

    Gary: So, you knew Joe?

    Farmer: Yeah, sure did. Joe's a good man. Good man to me, anyways.

    Gary: He was a good man to me, too.