But for some reason, at the beginning of the movie, when Liam Neeson uttered the line "The blood stays on the blade" in his big-nosed voice, I somehow fell in love with the movie, and Next, just as I already knew and was familiar with, there was a long scene of blood splashing, which I enjoyed with relish. Then, the father died.
Sometimes life can be very simple, what you should do is prescribed, your responsibilities, the boundaries of your behavior, what you should do, what you can do, and what kind of punishment you will get if you cross the boundary, you can learn from it. There is guidance or admonition somewhere, and if this power and guidance is to be concentrated in one image, it is the "father". In this patriarchal society, which has been formed for a long time and has not yet completely disintegrated, the image of the father often means the existing order of the world.
Nietzsche once said that the Father is dead, so everything is ok. When our father disappears, we no longer have to block or protect us, but face the outside world directly, and then really begin our own story of our own life trajectory. Therefore, the departure of my father is often the beginning of many stories. From Hamlet to the Godfather to the Lion King, the story of the prince's revenge naturally begins with the fall of his father. The prince begins to face the world alone, and experiences tempering and growth until he finally realizes that he still has to return to his father. It is no longer to go back to be a son, but to become one with the image of the father, to gain the power of the father, to take up his responsibilities, and to become a father himself to complete the process of maturity. In "The Gadfly", Arthur's "father's departure" just happened in his heart, when he found that his construction of the priest's "father image" was meaningless (because the priest turned out to be his father) , this "father image" collapsed and shattered, Arthur began his own growth, but became a "gadfly" who would always fight fiercely with the patriarchy, so he could never reconcile with the world, and could only inevitably move towards destroy.
In "Gangs of New York", Xiao Weiren (Leonardo DiCaprio, let's call him Xiao Lizi) also started from such a "father's departure", and he began his revenge career, but, Everyone who lacks a father in their life (including active departure) is actually full of desire for an ideal father (in ordinary growth, this desire often drives people to make themselves the ideal type in their minds), right Little Plum, who is full of nostalgia for his father, involuntarily develops feelings for Bill the Butcher (Daniel Day-Lewis). With the development of the plot, Xiao Lizi looks like he is going to take over the career of the famous godfather (...and a woman), he wakes up beside the godfather's ex-woman, and suddenly finds that the godfather is sitting next to him, It was extremely scary but found that the godfather confided his growth thoughts to him, but this sentence is the perfect realistic annotation for "The blood stays on the blade", because this process of the godfather is also inherited from the biological father. of. When Lewis said the sentence "I don't have a son" affectionately, it was a feeling of deep love between father and son.
However, the audience did not allow it, the director did not allow it, and the dead rabbit did not allow Xiao Lizi to complete the return of his father image. His revenge had failed, and he must have failed, because at this moment he wanted to destroy what he wanted. The failure of revenge is not terrible. What is terrible is that the godfather pointed out that Xiao Lizi's behavior was a betrayal of his father, and his father would be ashamed of his behavior. So, Xiao Lizi experienced the departure of his "father" for the second time. He finally began to think about how to obtain his father's maturity and strength, "The blood stays on the blade". At this moment, he thought of this sentence again and realized the meaning of this sentence. (It's true that the film is a little less narrated on this transition.)
And then, balabala...interesting plot point and Monk's death, which means a lot of chaos for Bill the Butcher, because there's really no such thing as an outing. Meaning, for Xiao Lizi, this is the beginning of the curtain call for the fathers (whether they are his supporters or opponents); the policeman who betrayed Xiao Lizi and his father came to deceive Xiao Lizi, the scene of being solved is accompanied by a cross The background revealed, as if the heavenly Father was proclaiming, "Vengeance is mine, and I will repay." …
In the end, it seemed that the story was about to be completed, and Xiao Lizi was about to become those who mastered the world... However, bullets and cannonballs flew discordantly into this final battle place, which was originally promised only cold weapons. It turns out that you try to be a father, but the world is not your father's. Xiao Lizi seems to have succeeded in revenge, killing Bill's godfather, but is Bill really the one who killed him? If so, Bill wouldn't have said "I die a true American". The hard-working little plum still has to rely on the blade with blood to deal with this unknown world for himself (and perhaps his thief daughter-in-law).
This ending is shit.
Xiao Lizi's acting skills are often not strong enough.
There are still women in the film... Quoting Ah Q's famous saying, "Women... Mom's...". It seems to be very important in the plot. First, he killed Xiao Lizi and then saved Xiao Lizi, and promoted the progress of the plot for various strange reasons. But the plot played by Cameron Diaz in this film always has a sense of inconsistency. I don't understand about women.
Like the movie music made by U2.
After watching it, I found out that the director is Scorsese! ! ! While watching it, I was still thinking, Hey, this director is full of ideas, so go back and look for his other movies.
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