This movie is still outdated today, and it can even be said to be more suitable for plastic surgery today. It is very noteworthy that everything that everyone in the story does seems to be related to immortality and eternal youth, but the loss of youth is irreparable everywhere in the story. So is it wrong to pursue immortality? What is really important?
Plunder and betrayal, youth is about to go away
At the beginning of the story, Medellin starred in a musical called "Sweet bird of youth". As she was about to pass her breath, she could only perform while watching the audience in the audience or gradually leave or fall asleep. Nis watched the whole scene attentively. After the performance, the other audience hurriedly left in silence, and only Ennis cheered and applauded.
After the performance, Medlin was distressed by the wrinkles on her face in the makeup mirror. She said to herself that she had undergone cosmetic surgery. Hearing that her girlfriend Helen was visiting, her first reaction was to ask how the maid Helen looked like. The maid's praise of Helen's appearance and temperament made her very unhappy.
Helen's fiancé Ennis is a well-known cosmetic surgeon in the industry and a big fan of Medellin. Facing the talented Doctor Ennis, the coquettish and slut Medellin quickly launched an offensive. He was still assured in the last second. Ennis, who has no interest in Medellin, marries Medellin at the next lens speed.
Resentment and revenge, no one’s youth can be restored
Helen, who had been snatched from several boyfriends by plastic sister Hua Medlin since childhood, completely collapsed this time. Seven years later, Helen became a big fat man at home and would only sit at home and eat junk food every day. Repeatedly watching the clips of Medlin being strangled in the film she starred in, the landlord called the police, and Helen was forced to be taken into custody and treated.
Helen’s treatment did not go well. Her life was full of resentment towards Medellin. During the six months of treatment, she talked about Medellin with people around her every day and forced all her patients to collapse. However, she was scolded by the doctor. , Suddenly realized that he needed to erase Medellin from his life.
Another seven years have passed, and Medellin and Ennis have been married for more than ten years. The ashes of the original iron fan, after the two married for more than ten years, the appearance and sweetness are no longer, Ennis will also be disgusted to not want to be with Medellin shared the same bed and even called her "it".
The couple, who are top cosmetic surgeons and well-known actors, have considerable wealth, but they still can't stop themselves from getting old, and Medlin's paranoia about appearance is even more serious. At the same time, not only his appearance, but Ennis was unable to hold the scalpel tightly because of his old age and long-term alcoholism. He was frustrated with alcohol all day long. He was good at shaping beauty and became a corpse beautifier. He is equally famous. Noisy, if you just participate in an event, there will be a passerby lady who will diligently ask Ennis how he made the body so beautiful.
Helen sent an invitation letter to the Ennis couple for the launch of her new book. On the surface, Medlin, who was very disdainful, ran to the medical aesthetics institution very solemnly to prepare for the next "battle". That's right, even the couple The love is no longer, even if the youth is no longer, as long as she can be beautiful and happy with her girlfriend, she will win. She insisted on performing the most powerful and physically damaging plasmapheresis procedure, but she was rejected by the beautician. Faced with the kind advice of the young and beautiful beautician, Medellin was jealous, angry and panicked. The boss of the medical beauty institution who discovered the business opportunity gave her a witch's business card, who was desperately in need of beauty, but at this time she still dismissed it. Thinking that Helen was still a big fat man, arrogantly planned to go straight to win Helen again.
It’s amazing that the fifty-year-old Helen is even more youthful and glamorous than when she was young. In the story, Helen has been working hard to write books, but in the end it was the book "Forever Young" that made her famous. Of course, this At that time, her beauty and youth were completely the effects of witches' elixir, and the experiences she shared in the book were all nonsense.
In the face of the stars of Pengyue, Helen, who was graciously offered by countless men including Ennis, was hit by Medellin. She ran to the little fresh meat house she raised for comfort, but she ran into little fresh meat and another young man. The girl's affair, the little fresh meat whose lie was exposed was simply broken and sneered at Medlin. Medellin, who was constantly cold due to old age and decay, drove the car on a rampage in the rain. Tears spoiled her makeup, and she was even frightened and screamed by herself in the mirror. Desperate, she could only go to the witch's house on the business card.
What does the youth brought by anti-aging medicine mean?
The witch said:
I follow the spring.
I haven't seen an autumn or winter in years.
We are creatures of the spring, you an I.
The witch's flattery quickly confuses Medellin, and the magical effect of the anti-aging medicine that the witch brought to her made her sign a huge check without hesitation. Medellin regained her youth after taking the antidote. She returned home with great confidence. At the same time, Helen, who was bent on revenge, was tempting Ennis to murder Medellin with her.
Ennis, who had been grieving for a long time, had a fierce quarrel with Medellin at home. Ennis missed and pushed Medellin down the stairs to "fall to death". Who knows that Medellin became immortal because of the effect of the elixir. , But the appearance is no longer able to maintain the appearance of a living person, and can only be repainted as a beauty by the enchanter Ennis with paint. Helen, who thought that Medellin was dead, came to deal with the "corpse" for Ennis, was shot to death by Medellin, and Helen, who had a big hole in his abdomen, also got up, and the two learned that each other had taken it. Anti-aging medicine.
The two men who became the living dead had a big fight, confessing their hearts in the quarrel, and finally they got back together and planned to control Ennis, who knows how to make-up on the corpse, to make up for the two forever. However, Ennis, who has experienced a series of changes, has planned to leave and start a new life. He was stunned by his girlfriends and sent to the witch’s residence to attend a banquet held by the witch.
The witch still said the same thing. Faced with the temptation to live forever, Ennis hesitated. Ennis is a frustrated man who is addicted to alcohol all day long. For the first half of his life he has been empathizing between Medellin and Helen. He didn’t have much courage or courage to help the two girlfriends make-up. He used to be a plastic surgeon who shaped beauty. Later, due to alcoholism, he was unable to make up the corpse. It was his misfortune and luck for him to circulate between the two girlfriends. He witnessed the fights, breaks, and reconciliation between sisters and flowers, without first being deceived by the well-dressed immortal, and witnessed a group of so-called immortal people. His true face, he finally awakened at a critical moment, threw away the potion, left everything behind, and ran for a new life.
Facing Ennis who was gone, Medellin and Helen, who had lost their makeup artist, kept comforting each other, crying and laughing.
However, perhaps most people don’t have the courage of Ennis’s “one fall”, just like Medellin and Helen, who kept breaking their bodies, splicing them together, putting on makeup, and worrying about appearances. They were mediocre. Earth until eternity, no one remembers them.
Really important things
At the end of the story, more than 30 years have passed. Ennis left a whole house of children and grandchildren who died. At the funeral, the first half of his life was lightly taken in the eulogy. Obviously his second half of his life is more exciting than the honor of an excellent plastic surgeon and enchanter. People miss him and cry for him. Ennis found true love in the second half of his life and gave birth to children. With the help of his contribution to society and the continuation of his blood, he truly gained immortality.
In the corner of the church, Medellin and Helen could only laugh at the pastor's nonsense, and then throw into the triviality of where a can of paint was dropped. No one cares whether they behave strangely, whether they are as beautiful as ever.
I saw this film on TV many years ago. Back then, I was very dissatisfied with the happy life of the ending "Scum Man" Ennis, and now it seems very interesting.
Medlin is an actress. Her appearance is the most stressful. The audience abandons him for various reasons. She is even more unacceptable to this kind of gap, and she is most willing to invest in maintaining her appearance.
Helen has always been unknown, and she had career pursuits at the beginning. Her obsession with looks stems more from hatred. Youth is a shortcut to revenge for her, but after taking the medicine, she can also enjoy the bonus of face value, so She was also gradually lost. As her hatred for Medellin gradually diminished, she was more sensitive to the hopeless future than Medellin.
Ennis has been led by the nose in the story and has always been a "tool man". As a male, he obviously has little pressure on his appearance. People pay more attention to his talents, but the side effects of old age are still Let his career be damaged, but he can still be active in another field. But for the first half of his life he was surrounded by two women, but neither Helen nor Medellin cared about him. Helen hoped to use him to avenge Medellin, and Medellin used him to show off to Helen. In the later period, the two only enjoyed his superb makeup skills. There is no love, no hate, only use, and his escape is inevitable.
The absurd plot of the film actually alludes to a lot of reality, whether it stays in spring forever like a witch, or the changing seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. Fairy tales and reality have different answers, and everyone’s pursuit is different. Maybe we still have to learn in the end. Accept that you age gracefully, but the important thing is never this, it's whether you leave a footprint on this road .
Personal humble opinion, I hope everyone can criticize and correct me.
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