It's a cliché story.
The protagonist of the film is David Arms, played by Tom Cruise, an heir to a family company with a wealthy family, handsome appearance, and naturally "charismatic". He met Sophia, a girlfriend brought by his good friend at a party. This female companion was the one whom David's good friend fell in love with at first sight, but David was also moved after seeing this female companion, so he exerted his charm to pursue this female companion. David's behavior was discovered by his girlfriend Julie, so Julie drove the car to find the male protagonist. In the car, Julie is hysterical and asks David if he loves himself and what he wants in a relationship. David's answer was ambiguous, and even showed that he wanted to separate, so Julie drove off the bridge, hoping to die with David. Julie died on the spot in a car accident, while David survived, but was completely disfigured. At this time, David went to Sophia, but was rejected.
David stumbles upon a dream production company where he can make things go the way he wants. David bought the company's services and his life started anew after the car accident. Of course, in this dream, she was unscathed, and Julie died in a car accident. What followed, of course, was David's pursuit of Sophia's success, and she became a new couple. And his good friend, showing generosity to his behavior, still maintains a good friend relationship with him, everything seems to be perfect.
But one day, an "accident" suddenly appeared in his beautiful dream. When David woke up one day, he found Sophia beside him turned into Julie and panicked. In the perspective of the director's lens, Sophia is still Sophia, not Julie.
Eventually David had a "nervous breakdown" over the re-emergence of Jolie.
So he went to the after-sales service staff of this beautiful dream production company and told him that it was because his subconscious mind interfered with the dream state, which changed the setting of only beautiful dreams. The service staff told David that he could be given a chance to choose again, enter a new script, and start a new dream.
Of course, David gave up, chose to return to reality, and the whole film ended.
The setting of "Dream Making" is not uncommon in the movie, and the theme of this movie is also very simple: a playboy gets revenge by his girlfriend for cheating, even if he buys "Dream", he still can't get rid of the subconscious part" Nightmare", finally returning to reality.
What is in David's subconscious? It can be understood as fear, it can be understood as self-blame and guilt, and it can also be understood as new love Sophia has a "tiredness" similar to Julie.
Personally, I prefer the last possibility. After all, people like David, who finally choose to give up, should also be tired of being "tired" of the partner they have, and finally accept the punishment from reality.
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