film review

Trever 2022-04-19 09:01:20

1. This movie unfolds the story through the confessions made by two elderly people when they are seriously ill and are about to die. They both became famous and betrayed their relatives because of sex. One was incest with his daughter, which led to her daughter having a family. No return, world-weary, drug use, promiscuity....one is infidelity to his wife, disloyalty to family and

The abandonment of the child caused the son to hate women, treat women as playthings, madly revenge women, and spread his concept of conquest and seduction everywhere on TV and magazines. His lectures were full, indicating that there are many people with problems, which is a social phenomenon. The indiscretions of the two fathers have led to the deformed values ​​of the children. The focus of the film here is the temptation and harm of sex. There is no need for coincidences here, what kind of cause has what kind of effect.

2. Two gifted children, one is over 500 years old, he has been used all the time and finally became poor, his IQ is high but emotional quotient is very low, he is a man, he fell in love with another man, he simply thought that a beautiful tooth would be the other way around. would like himself and risk stealing money for it, he's pathetic, popular entertainment

Victim; a growing teenager, in order to please his father on TV, but the most basic urgency is not allowed, and finally broke out after being rejected again and again, and will no longer be your plaything! Dad, you will treat me in the future Good point! He's not going to do it again, that's what the movie is about.

3. The movie mentions two women's names, Rose (ROSE) and Lily (LILY). They both love their husbands deeply and endure their infidelity. These two women are the embodiment of purity, like flowers. beauty

4. The policeman is the embodiment of justice and maintains the normal order of the society. He runs through the entire film, where he appears when there is a problem, he helps the irrational genius find himself, and uses the truth to make the panic-stricken drug addict calm down. Smile.

The tone of the whole film is dull and depressing, but the rhythm and picture are very urgent. Parents' money greed leads to the downfall of geniuses, father's debauchery leads to deformities of children, and the temptation of money and sex makes people lose their nature, but true love needs to be cherished. This manifested as they were dying.

Why is the movie named after a flower? I think this is what the movie wants to express. Although there are various evils in human nature, it is generally good. Life is as beautiful as a flower, and it should not be so cheap.

Due to cultural differences, I can't understand the meaning of 8 and 2 and the specific meaning of the frog rain, but I personally like the shooting techniques of this film, dynamic shots, and Zhang Chi and force.

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  • Leonora 2022-03-21 09:01:17

    The scene of a toad falling from the sky is still weird and funny.

  • Michelle 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    Numbers game. This film is a bit fast-paced, and the amount of information is huge, and it takes a little effort to sort things out.

Magnolia quotes

  • [singing along to Aimee Mann's "Wise Up"]

    Claudia Wilson Gator: It's not / What you thought / When you first began it / You got / What you want / Now you can hardly stand it though / By now you know / It's not going to stop

    Jim Kurring: It's not going to stop / It's not going to stop / 'Til you wise up

    Jimmy Gator: You're sure / There's a cure / And you have finally found it

    Quiz Kid Donnie Smith: You think / One drink / Will shrink you 'til you're underground / And living down / But it's not going to stop

    Phil Parma: It's not going to stop

    Earl Partridge: It's not going to stop / 'Til you wise up

    Linda Partridge: Prepare a list for what you need / Before you sign away the deed / 'Cause it's not going to stop

    Frank T.J. Mackey: It's not going to stop / It's not going to stop / 'Til you wise up / No, it's not going to stop / 'Til you wise up / No, it's not going to stop

    Stanley Spector: So just... give up

  • Narrator: And there is the account of the hanging of three men, and a scuba diver, and a suicide. There are stories of coincidence and chance, of intersections and strange things told, and which is which and who only knows? And we generally say, "Well, if that was in a movie, I wouldn't believe it." Someone's so-and-so met someone else's so-and-so and so on. And it is in the humble opinion of this narrator that strange things happen all the time. And so it goes, and so it goes. And the book says, "We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us."