And guess what? It's true that he can't hide his wet shoes because he often walks by the river, but this punishment is all his own, and this is nothing to a real bastard with such a strong heart. Belfort really interprets it. What do you mean by "still a hero after 18 years." He was imprisoned, quit the financial circle, and his wife and children were separated. For him, it was like the waves that he would always encounter when driving in the waves. What is this, a boat? Can't turn over.
I know a lot of people watching this story will be a little gloating and waiting for him to commit suicide, or how much they want to see Belfona in a crazy and corrupt life. There will always be a moment of boredom, lonely eyes or something. I'm going to be disappointed, because even if this guy is killed at sea, his wealth is not guaranteed, and his wife leaves without a moment's sad expression, he is just hysterical, taking medicine relentlessly, refusing to die soberly, and wanting to be happy until the last second of his life. Seeing this, I really couldn't help laughing out loud, and in fact, in many critical moments, I didn't feel nervous about sweating for him, but I always laughed out loud, see This guy, he has lived a life that most people would envy, and a process that most people dare not take risks and work hard to live. Of course, most people do not have such brains and madness, it is natural . You know, equivalent exchange, you want to be a drunken fan, be a peerless beauty on a bed of dollars, and want to get off the plane and have a big nude party just to say goodbye to being single? Want to humiliate the FBI with money? So what do you have in exchange for the devil? Or can you behead all the way to stand in front of the devil?
Perhaps Belfort himself is a person who subverts universal values but is most in line with universal values, so that this film could not have an ending of "who is bypassed by the sky". The shipwreck didn't kill him, the plane crash didn't catch him, the drug addiction didn't kill him, the FBI couldn't let him go to jail, I don't know if his life was too hard, or the scourge left a thousand years, or in other words, good and evil It doesn't always pay off. If I want to be honest, in fact, after growing up, I no longer superstitiously believe that good and evil will be rewarded in the end. To put it simply, Lei Feng is the good person most recognized by the world, but he died in an accident in the end; every year, countless people who save people but sacrifice themselves are considered good rewards, farmers and snakes, farmers are good rewards? . And tens of thousands, the real villains, the villains who exploit the toiling masses, stand on the commanding heights of interests and continue to satisfy the greed for their selfish desires, still live a fine life, and talk and laugh at every charity party with dignity. So maybe it's just the result of choice and decision rather than the inevitability of retribution. In the speech when Belfort was about to resign, many of his employees were forced into a desperate situation before, unable to pay for their son's tuition, and worked hard to climb the bottom. Belfort didn't say much, just offered an offer. Zhang cheque opened a door, and from then on these people went to the same world that they didn't dare to imagine before. Belfort is a bastard. Why do so many people love him and can't bear him? This can be regarded as a revealing of the truth. After all, who doesn't love wealth, is willing to worry about making a living, and then doesn't want to climb into the upper class? Obviously, for them, Belfort is the greatest good person in the world, Jesus, a ladder away from the bottom and constantly climbing up. When they shouted "Death to the U.S. government," the hardships they once had turned into contempt, they were powerless before, and now Belfort gave them a sword and gave them a life to kill. Can you still say that good and evil are absolute things, not to mention the so-called inevitable retribution, which is only the final price attached to the initial choice.
Just like Li Gouhai, Gu Meimen never believed that either the plaintiff and the defendant were absolutely kind and pitiful, or absolutely sinful. An honest employee who would cry when watching a sad movie would abandon his plastic surgery wife, while the seemingly vain and beautiful plastic surgery wife admired his gentleness and kindness, and fell in love with him who was ugly; The woman would rather be convicted in order to keep a secret; while the seemingly kind and simple villagers will do anything for money. Prejudice is violence, so standing on the moral high ground excessively and judging the good and evil of others is violence.
You can of course say that, at least in this movie, Belfort's family is separated, friends betrayed, and wealth dissipated, but I think this can only be regarded as the price of redeeming everything in front of it. To say such things as God's punishment, it is better to say fate trouble, and Belfort's character determines that he is destined to have such a fate, and he is destined to make a comeback in other places at will.
I think instead of retribution, it is better to say that he is very lucky. Just like what Woody Allen wanted to say in "Match Point", the golden tortoise-in-law who killed the little three escaped because of a small luck. Many things in this world are only about Just luck.
But you must also know that there are too many things, and it is too difficult for us to say goodness and evil. After all, there are too many things that have nothing to do with goodness and evil, but only the most primitive nature of human beings, from the most primitive instinct of human beings to survive and live.
Greed, arrogance, addiction, gullibility, luck, don't you have it?
I'm not defending Belfort, it's just that I think the most successful thing about this movie is that it doesn't have a clear ending, and life goes on like that. Because all of this is true. After all, most of us are not absolutely kind people, nor are we evil people, and life will not be like a movie, there will always be a climax and there will always be results.
On the contrary, I think Belfort is very authentic. If you are short of money, you will work hard to earn it. If you want it, do it. If you are addicted, you will smoke. If you fall in love, you will grab it. The only mistake was when he installed the bug. Since he chose to betray, he wanted to be a bad person, and he would do it to the end. Don't betray there is a little bit of unbearableness and sincerity hidden in it, leaving a deadly note for the betrayed person. I don't want to be grateful, I just want to take revenge. After all, no matter how good you were before, even if you have saved people's lives, you are friends in life, and all of this may not compare to the damage of your wrong choice.
So this is actually a movie that subverts universal values and conforms to the current world. And I think the most important thing is, when the audience can jump out of the time when they have to find the established good and evil in a movie, when they have to distinguish absolute right and wrong in a public event, then human beings will move forward. I don’t think so. It's not to encourage the right and wrong to be divided. When it's time to divide the good and the bad, you still have to divide it. But don't think about these things in everything you do, but think about what the retribution is. If I want to be a good person in the public opinion, I respect you, and I won't say much if I want to compromise with human nature and be a bastard. I just think it's enough to be the person you like. It's enough to choose the way you want to live. Like Belfort, he likes money and all the pleasures that money brings, so he chose to live on the edge of the knife and do it well. The Wolf of Wall Street, who devours profits without spitting out his bones, he never makes excuses or hides the truth. Don't worry about whether it's right or not, at least I want to applaud for this alternative detachment and self (and Xiao Li's superb acting skills.
So Maybe I love Xiao Li here more than "The Great Gatsby", and he is also obsessed with the American dream, but Belfort in this film is loyal to his instincts, not trapped by his sincerity, and not blocked by unnecessary indecision. He won't be pretentious, vulnerable and fear the future, and he won't commit suicide when he has nowhere to go. He just keeps fighting forward, and then he may be a happy bastard until he dies, and he doesn't need to shed a single tear. It's done.
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