mediocre people disturb themselves

Josefa 2022-04-22 07:01:04

Although the names of the leading actors are listed in a long line, it seems that there is no real protagonist after reading it, and everyone seems to have similar roles. Osbourne, an intelligence assessor who is frustrated in her career and love, thinks about Linda, who is worried about money for cosmetic surgery, has an affair with Ox's wife, the Treasury staff who also met Linda on the Internet, and Chad, who has developed motor nerves. , these seemingly unrelated people acted together in a mediocre tragicomedy. The first part was kind of funny, but when it gets to the back, it's hard to laugh. A group of mediocrities are going to perish in this self-inflicted trouble.
The death of the gym manager is the most innocent. Although he was taciturn, he was honest. When he saw the so-called "confidential information", he was very alert. At the same time, he also advised Linda and Chad not to insist, otherwise they would get into trouble. It can be felt that he likes Linda, but he is too inarticulate. In the end, after listening to Linda's words, he decides to help her find out the truth. , I'm afraid he is the poor man who doesn't understand what is going on until he dies!
Chad is the most energetic guy on the show, and I nearly spit out my tea when I see him riding his bike in a suit for an "intelligence deal." He confidently used his shabby brain to imagine how high the level of the owner of this "secret information" was, and was inexplicably pulled into the Russian embassy by Linda to sell information. His overly simple brain made him hide in the closet, and then he was killed in a panic. In the end, he was burned in the wilderness without knowing what to do.
Linda can be said to be the luckiest person. Now, she took Chad to the Russian embassy to sell intelligence, and the result was that Chad died, but she got the CIA to give her money to pay for plastic surgery. God is such a joker, an old woman with loose skin and some nervousness wins the game~
There is also a typical self-inflicted mediocrity, that is the man from the Ministry of Finance. Infidelity, online dating, and making funny toys are not to be mentioned. After the negligent shooting of Chad, the nerves are almost broken, and if there is something wrong, he suspects everyone, making the grass and trees all soldiers, like a paranoid~
Finally, there is Osbourne. This man who is "forced by life" should still be quite good. It is only because of bad luck that he mistakenly recognized the gym manager as his wife's lover. It was cut, and in the end I couldn't speak, and the mediocre life ended like this~
The satire of the CIA in the film is also very funny. They should be considered relatively smart people, and they still solve problems in a mediocre way, but that is Make complicated things simple: just pay ~
saints are a minority after all, and most people are mediocre like them. Don't ask for trouble, this is what I learned in the movie~~

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Burn After Reading quotes

  • Osbourne Cox: Some clown, or two clowns, have gotten a hold of my memoirs.

    Katie Cox: Your what?

    Osbourne Cox: Stolen it, or I don't know...

    Katie Cox: Your what?

    Osbourne Cox: My memoirs, the book I'm writing.

    Katie Cox: Well why in God's name would anyone think that's worth anything?

  • Ted Treffon: Linda, what do you really know about this guy?

    Linda Litzke: I told you, he's in the Treasury Department.

    Ted Treffon: But eh, no, I mean, you know... he could be one of these guys that cruises the Internet.

    Linda Litzke: Yeah, so am I...