If the bad guys can be bad for a lifetime

Colleen 2022-11-23 21:39:09

If the bad guys can persist for a lifetime: Jia Zhangke has an old movie "Xiao Wu". Xiao Wu is a habitual offender who loves stealing. He went into the city by car, didn't want to buy a ticket and deliberately said that he was a policeman, and the people sitting next to him did not escape. His thief, after entering the city, even the hawker's apples were not let go. The habit of stealing may also be a disease. I used to hear a colleague talk about a person in their village who was accustomed to stealing things, how his parents beat him, how the village head, and how the villagers scolded him. Even after he got out of jail, he still took pleasure in stealing. . There is no difference between stealing and robbing. They are both crimes. They have existed since ancient times. In ancient times, there was a thief. He chose the big rich to start. He would first understand how much money the other party has and know the route of retreat. It can be said that stealing is also good. The "Water Margin" said very clearly that those who had fallen into the trap of insufficient food and grass went down the mountain to grab the government, and the small-scale attacked the past business groups. There were robbing houses and robbing the rich and helping the poor. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a thief who liked to steal money from the officials' houses. There was a Robin Hood in ancient England. The novel was taken from real people. He hated the officials and priests. The officials often oppressed the common people. The priests were the saints in the dark and the devil in secret. Robin Hood, likewise, shared the money and wealth that he got to the poor. In the Republic of China, there was a swallow, Li San, who only targeted the rich and never harassed the poor. Thirty years ago, there was a man in Liaodong who killed someone and left the four characters "Hulan Daxia". I recently watched a movie "The Old Man and the Gun". The protagonist is a criminal maniac. He has been committing crimes since he was a child. He was born for crimes and grew old for crimes. He has been arrested and escaped 18 times. He left his wife and children indifferent and mocked the law all his life. At the age of seventy, he is still full of energy. Every time he approached the bank, he was handsome, like a gentleman. No one thought he was a bad guy. He looked like a good guy. He brought a gun every time, but he had never fired a gun. Maybe it was just a gun. No bullets. Every time he takes action, he can talk and laugh happily and calmly, as if nothing has happened. He easily unbuttoned his clothes to let the other party see the gun, and handed over a note. The other party immediately understood the meaning and cooperated with his performance. , Filled his handbag with money, the action was very successful. He is confident in actions, and two old friends give him some tricks. Actions make him happy and proud. He is also humorous, such as comforting the female bank staff who went to work on the first day. So many banks were robbed by old people, which made the police laugh and laugh, and even alarmed the FBI to assist. Persevering in crime means experiencing happiness. Criminals’ view of life is like this. It seems that there is nothing else you can do in life except crime. Perhaps the protagonist’s passion should be left to the psychological team to interpret. Even if he is released from prison, he has the perfect destination of sunset love, he still chooses to go into the bank again and continue to search for the fun and excitement of his choice. I think the protagonist is probably thinking of making another vote before he died, even though It is death with a smile, and die without regret. If the bad guys can persist for a lifetime, can the good guys persist for a lifetime too? If a person goes to help the old man who fell to the ground, he is falsely accused of pushing down the old man, and finally suffers a loss and is misused, then will he continue to help next time? Most people will definitely choose to escape. If a person does the report and is retaliated against, then he will continue to report next time, and most people will choose to give up. All the good and evil of human beings determine their actions and directions because they have deep-rooted and unbreakable beliefs. As for the consequences of right and wrong, they will not think about it. For example, if Shi Jingtang felt that he was doing the right thing, he would hug the Khitan thighs and use external forces to sit in the world for himself. As for how history criticizes him, no one dared to object in his time. On the contrary, like Wen Tianxiang, he felt that it was right not to surrender, so he refused to surrender. I also want to make myself happy for a lifetime. Of course, I don’t want to commit crimes or harm others. People around me like to hurt things, but they don’t feel that they don’t need to treat innocent people, but they mistakenly think of themselves as pawns of the government. It is a member of the imperial court. When it comes to crime, I don't know. I don't have the guts to go to the bank. The glass is too thick and I can't break it. There are too many probes and I can't get out of three streets. I don't know how to martial arts. I can't fight like Zhang Jin in the movie, so I can't do business with Southeast Asia, Italy, Colombia, and the Golden Triangle. Let me produce waste oil. I don’t have the money to buy equipment. Let me vilify and slander others. I feel sorry for my conscience. Let me abduct and sell children. I can’t do anything. Maybe it's because I don't have a sinful heart or passion for crime, so I've always been impoverished, poor and white, and have been ridiculed and ridiculed. What I want to insist on is literature and art, thinking, such as reading, music, writing, film, and appreciation. They are all my happiness. As long as the will has chosen these, even if the reality is destroyed, these things will always follow and never leave. As my choice, I would rather society commit fewer crimes and be more nerds. The former is because they make society a fright, while the latter is self-deprecating, at least not a criminal.

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  • Forrest Tucker: If I ever wonder what I'm doing or where I'm going, I just think to myself: "Is that little kid I was when I was just about this tall," I say, "well now, would he have been proud of me?" And if the answer is "no", well then I just keep walking on through. But if the answer is "yes", then I know I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.

    Jewel: So is he proud of you? That little boy?

    Forrest Tucker: Oh, he's getting closer every day.

    Jewel: But you're never exactly where you're supposed to be, are you? I mean, 'cause if you are, you're dead. And little ten year-old you, he's... y'know, he might have hopes and dreams, but he doesn't understand time or the world like you do. So, I think you gotta keep on keeping on, just living your life, trying new things, just gotta keep on pushing.

  • John Hunt: I figured out who he is.

    Maureen: And?

    John Hunt: He's a guy... who is old... but used to be young... and he just really loves robbing banks.

    Maureen: That's it?

    John Hunt: That's it.

    Maureen: Just like you're a guy... who's a cop... who's gonna catch him.