this is what he wants

Mariela 2022-04-20 09:01:14

"Sledgehammer" Randy Robinson was a pro wrestling superstar in the '80s, and 20 years later, he's still in small bouts, but he's so poor he can't even pay the rent for the trailer room. To make matters worse, the drugs he had been taking for years to strengthen his muscles caused him to suffer a heart attack and doctors warned him he could no longer compete. Like a fighting beast, he finds it difficult to adapt to life in a civilized society. He faced many difficulties, in addition to the pain and poverty all over his body, he also had a daughter who almost cut off his relationship with him. But this time, he's sincerely eager to make up for it all and get his life back "on track." It's just that fate has not been kind to him... In the end, he decided to return to the ring, which is the only thing he is good at, and it will also be his destination and destiny.

Randy is not an unknown person, he has achieved great success in the past, so it is inevitable that he is a bit "self-inflicted" when he is reduced to where he is now. Indeed, it is not difficult for us to find that he is not the kind of person who can "plan his life", and he does not understand and is not interested in things other than wrestling. Like us, he had many flaws: wayward, stubborn, impatient, childish. He never made good use of his success to make himself live a "good life", so as not to fall into the predicament of "spoiled wife" and "poor and poor". He simply likes one thing and tries his best to do it, invest in it and enjoy it. He only sees the present, the present, and sees no future and consequences. He is a born existentialist, someone who dares to embrace his own destiny (desperation). Except for his daughter, no one else has the right to criticize him. He never complains and needs no sympathy from others. He loves his career (wrestling) and has made outstanding achievements. Of course, he also paid a heavy price. For example, the relationship with the daughter broke down.

If Randy's fate was tragic, wouldn't it be even more tragic for those who lived mediocrely all their lives, never pursued what they really liked, or even knew what they liked? As human beings, we inevitably have many responsibilities, but on top of all the mundane responsibilities, there is a higher innate responsibility: to maximize our unique gifts and talents. Destiny will give us some guidance, or through interests, or through specialties, or through special experiences, etc., we will like certain things from the heart, in these things, we will find that we will reach that no one has ever reached before. It is a unique individual achievement, an irreplaceable testament to our existence, of which we are fulfilled, ecstatic, and proud. And this is destiny. Only the fearless dare to pursue it and embrace it at all costs. We don't have to point fingers at Randy, and we don't have to sympathize with him, we just need to remember how glorious and proud he was in the ring.

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Extended Reading
  • Felix 2022-03-23 09:01:21

    The invincible sledgehammer was scarred and fragmented. The king who is no longer glorious, the hero is late, and the demeanor is hard to return. It's hard to recognize your appearance, but you get your name wrong. Take up the courage to find your past, but lose your present. The tears of repentance in the sea breeze are harder to heal than scars. The blank stand at the entrance is more like an end than farewell. If everything will be like this, let the cry cover up the pain and embrace the boiling loneliness. Wang Xiaobo once said that life is a slow process of being hammered. "Sledgehammer" Randy can defeat any opponent, but there is no way to defeat life. Darren Aronowski took his sword slant and replaced the old theme of "salvation" with a bold and tragic "destruction." At the last juncture of life, Micky Locke gave up the salvation from others. The soul that had long been in tatters jumped into the camera in the most bloody and ritual way. It is both self-achievement and self-destruction. Just like Randy's dark face in the spotlight on the movie poster, it was a vacuum in the whirlpool, and there was nothing to hear except for painful struggles and violent breathing.

  • Archibald 2022-04-24 07:01:03

    Only full cheers can fill the final desolation. Mickey Rourke's life experience is probably the best footnote in this film. The hand-held style is so like a documentary PS: I really hate Evan Rachel Wood, and I actually got together with Jamie Bell who played "Billy Elliot". Mickey Rourke also returned to the mainstream with this film

The Wrestler quotes

  • Randy 'The Ram' Robinson: Hey, this is supposed to say 'Randy'.

    Wayne: I guess personnel just got it off your W-4.

    Randy 'The Ram' Robinson: WAYNE!... Do I gotta wear it?

    Wayne: No... you're special.

    Randy 'The Ram' Robinson: WAYNE!... Can they fix it?

    Wayne: Just wear the fucking thing, ok?

  • Randy 'The Ram' Robinson: What can I get for you, good-lookin'?

    Touchdown Man at Deli Counter: Half pound of egg salad.

    Randy 'The Ram' Robinson: HALF POUND OF EGG SALAD, COMIN' UP!

    Touchdown Man at Deli Counter: Is it fresh?

    Randy 'The Ram' Robinson: Fresh? Fresh as monkey's breath, brother!