Character determines destiny. But no one can play like God.

Alexzander 2022-04-20 09:01:08

Originally this movie can be interpreted as character determines fate. Active and tough Sean Penn will never get fucked like his cowardly childhood friend. The cowardly David threw the ball into the gutter since he was a child, and wrote half of his name on the concrete floor. He was selected and ravaged by a pervert. When he became an adult, he married a wife and had children. avenged. In fact, he can also find a reason to convince himself like Sean Penn, live well and avoid self-blame, but cowardice and cowardice still made him confess to his wife, but his wife and Sean Penn were unconditional A wife who supports her husband can't be the same (fish for fish, shrimp for shrimp!), his suspicious and vulnerable wife is the main reason for his death in the end. When the end-credits shot is cast on David's son, we seem to see another little David's shadow. The character of a father, even determines the character of his son. Character-determined fate seems to continue.

And it seems that the old geniuses are the messengers of fate. The son of the man Sean Penn killed in revenge inadvertently killed his daughter. So no matter how strong and powerful he is, he can't get rid of the fate of being fucked.

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  • Lauriane 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    No matter which one you choose at the fork in your life, it will be ups and downs, so don't regret not choosing another road when you are depressed.

  • Kenton 2022-03-22 09:01:10

    Jimmy’s daughter was murdered and Dave’s return to the night was bloodied. The timing of these two incidents almost coincided. From a purely screenwriter’s point of view, it was a flaw, because it was too coincidental to tell the story without making up the story like this. However, it is classified as the premise of second-rate narrative manipulation: the small town is livable and comfortable, so the coincidence of two extreme homicide incidents seems abrupt and contradictory. From the perspective of the intention and emotional atmosphere of the play, Dongmu seems to have no intention to provide the audience with a feeling of a harmonious community: you see, from the disguised police imprisonment and violence more than 20 years ago, to Jimmy’s imprisonment and rampant connivance by gangs. Volunteer police lynching, wives simply cannot trust their husbands, small-town families discriminate and hate each other, daughters and lovers want to flee, under-age violence factors, and child-prostitution crimes always exist. Negative personalities are gathered together, and negative emotions are permeated. In such a dark and dangerous place, it is inevitable that the murder case will hit the date! ... But I still have one question at the end: Why doesn't Sean Penn play Sean himself?

Mystic River quotes

  • Jimmy Markum: This part... you do alone.

  • Jimmy: You do death alone, but I coulda helped her with the dyin' part.