Thoughts on "Flying over Longevity"

Gerardo 2021-12-09 08:01:23

Maintaining youth and immortality are the goals that mankind has always pursued extremely. Women care about their beauty gradually aging over time; men are afraid that they will not be able to do their careers when they are aging.

The film is very ironic. The film made in 1992 is a very hot topic even if it is put in the moment.

Meryl, who has no acting skills and beauty, has been loved many times but always carries the inexplicable provocative Helen, a cosmetic surgeon who is bewildered by beauty.

The three of them have very distinctive personalities. Alice loves vanity and never compromises means for the sake of purpose. Helen has been robbed of her boyfriend by Alice many times, and her character is also contemptuous, unyielding, and provocative. The plastic surgeon was confused by beauty and left his girlfriend and married Alice. As a result, he lived a life of weakness and incompetence for 14 years.

Alice and Helen drank the Zhuyan water for their own purposes, and for their own benefit, they wanted to induce the doctor to drink the Zhuyan water. It may be 14 years of incompetent life, so that he could think more about his life. He knew Drinking Zhuyan water, he will be incompatible with the people around him, he will be lonely, he will watch the people around him age and die, and how terrible it is to become an ugly, immortal, immortal monster, he chose to refuse.

After watching this film, the deformed values ​​of the next part of the rapid development of the current era can be found in the three protagonists. The popularity and great interests of the entertainment industry have tempted many young people to leave their homes and flock to Beijing, Shanghai and Guangxi. Nowadays, there are cosmetic and plastic surgery hospitals in various cities. After all, today with such mature makeup techniques, many men and women are still dissatisfied with their looks. I choose to change myself through surgery, so I feel that my life will be different in the future. In the end, everyone who came out of the hospital was like plastic models produced on the assembly line, with no features and stiff faces. Did they really live the life of their dreams? Not at all!

Vanity is haunting and intrigue with others. In an impetuous society, people will lose themselves, but the important thing is that they should know how to reflect on themselves, find their true self, and be who they are. Falsehood will only last for a while, it will not last forever, and will eventually be seen through.

The meaning of life is not in the endless time but in the present. It is much better to live out of yourself rather than what you are in the eyes of others than a life of mediocrity or a life of hypocrisy.

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Death Becomes Her quotes

  • Lisle Von Rhuman: So warm, so full of life. This is life's ultimate cruelty. It offers us the taste of youth and vitality. And then, it makes us witness our own decay.

    Madeleine: Well, it is the natural law.

    Lisle Von Rhuman: Oh, screw the natural law!

    [She opens a box to reveal a vile containing a potion]

    Madeleine: What is that?

    Lisle Von Rhuman: What you came for, a touch of magic in this world obsessed with science. A tonic, a potion.

    Madeleine: What does it do?

    Lisle Von Rhuman: How old would you guess I am?

    Madeleine: I wouldn't.

    [Continues looking at the potion vial]

    Lisle Von Rhuman: Come on, don't try to flatter me.

    Madeleine: 38.

    [Lisle looks insulted]

    Madeleine: Oh, 28. 3... 23.

    Lisle Von Rhuman: I am 71 years old! That's what it does. It stops the aging process dead in its tracks and forces it into retreat. Drink that potion and you'll never grow even one day older. Don't drink it, then continue to watch yourself rot.

    Madeleine: How much is it?

    Lisle Von Rhuman: The sordid topic of coin, I'm afraid, is not so simple. The cost, you see, it's different for everyone.

    Madeleine: Well, for me, how much?

    [She does the arithmetic on a notepad, while Madeline tries to peak; she holds up the paper, showing the price]

    Madeleine: Well, thank you very much. I think I should be going.

    Lisle Von Rhuman: SIT!

    [Madeleine sits]

    Lisle Von Rhuman: Hold out your hand.

    [She stabs Madeline's left index finger with a dagger]

    Madeleine: OWWWW! WHAT ARE YOU, NUTS?

    Lisle Von Rhuman: Watch.

    [She dips the tip of the dagger into the potion, then drips the small drop into Madeline's wound, which takes the age of Madeline's left hand]

    Madeleine: Check okay?

    Lisle Von Rhuman: Fine.

    [as Madeleine takes out her checkbook and begins writing out a check]

    Lisle Von Rhuman: But you must make me a promise. The secret that we share must never become public. You may continue your career for 10 years, 10 years of perfect unchanged beauty. But at the end of that time, before people become suspicious, you have to disappear from public view forever. You can retire. You can stage your own phony death or... as one of my clients simply said, "I want to be alone".

    Lisle Von Rhuman: No! She's not!

    [Lisle nods reaffirmingly]

    Lisle Von Rhuman: Wow!

    [Madeleine hands Lisle the check, as Lisle hands Madeleine the potion vial]

    Madeleine: Bottoms up.

    [She drinks the potion]

    Lisle Von Rhuman: Now a warning.

    Madeleine: *Now* a warning?

    Lisle Von Rhuman: Take care of yourself. You and your body are going to be together a long time, be good to it. Simpre vive: Live forever.

  • Rose: [Rose walks all the upstairs and into Madeline's bedroom, carrying a tray of Madeline's breakfast and a Book Party invitation, as Madeline is still asleep] Good Morning, madam. You look absolutely marvelous.

    [Opening the curtains, waking Madeline]

    Madeline Ashton: Wait. Aren't you forgetting something?

    Rose: But it's only Thursday. You told me I'm supposed-...

    Madeline Ashton: Never mind. I think I need to you say it every morning from now on.

    Rose: Very well. Oh, madam, you look younger everyday.

    Madeline Ashton: Thank you, Rose. Thank you so much, how sweet of you say.

    [Grabbing the envelope]

    Madeline Ashton: What is this?

    Rose: Those are your invitations to Miss Helen Sharp's book party tonight. They just came.

    Madeline Ashton: [Whispering, while opening the envelope] Helen Sharp.

    [She opens the envelope and reads the title of Helen's book]

    Madeline Ashton: "Forever Young"?

    Rose: I like that title.

    Madeline Ashton: [laughs histerically] "Forever Young and Eternally Fat". Oh, clever little witch, she sent seating assignments.

    [Puts the invitations down]

    Madeline Ashton: You know kind of find it hard to believe that he actually got up early and made his side of the bed.

    Rose: Oh, no, madam.

    Madeline Ashton: So, where'd he sleep?

    Rose: [She points her index finger upwards]

    Madeline Ashton: Again?