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Haylie 2022-04-22 07:01:49

Many people have made the assumption that if I chose B instead of A, I should be living a completely different life now. But in reality, time is one-way and cannot be reversed, so many people fantasize about having a time machine and returning to the moment when they can change their destiny. The protagonist Xi only realized that his previous life was too useless and meaningless and worthless after being beaten to death by Bo Ju. Under the director's arrangement, the protagonist Xi worked hard to return to the world and face life seriously. But when the protagonist was escaping from the pursuit, the game was over again, and God couldn't help but complain: Why did he come back so quickly. But this time God gave him another chance to be born again. Maybe what the director wants to express here is that your choices may not necessarily bring good results, but as long as you work hard and live your life seriously. Many people also live their lives in the same ignorance as Xi, but we are not as lucky as Xi to be able to restart. After West escapes the belly of a whale, the film shows us the possibilities of each character, who lead a different life. And as the opening video reveals, you have to be responsible for yourself no matter what your life is. The beginning and the end both explain the life of the characters in a flashback way, and the end is an expansion of the beginning. Probably everything that I want to express happens for a reason, and I can't change the past. If you take every opportunity to choose carefully, life will still have a turning point.

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Mind Game quotes

  • Nishi: We've gotta leave. It's that or drown.

    Yan: But how?

    Nishi: The boat, of course!

    Myon: The cops'll be looking for us.

    Nishi: So?

    Myon: The Yakuzas'll come after us!

    Nishi: So what! I wanna get out! 'Cos there's so much out there! So many different people, living different lives! Incredibly good guys, bad guys... Folks completely different from us! It's one huge melting pot! See, it's not about success, dying in the streets, who's better, who's not! I just want to be a part of it! I realized that even if I've no connections, no talent, even if I'm one big loser, I want to use my hands and feet to think and move, to shape my own life! We can just die here or we can try, see what we've got!

  • Nishi: This roller-coaster you're trying to stop is a genuine Angel Express. And I can see you moved to tears as you watch that mystic angel spread its wings and disappear into the sky. OK?

    Yakuza boss: The fuck?