fifty percent of the world

Ettie 2022-03-21 09:01:30

Reading every story requires a little patience. If you don't have patience, it's easy to take things out of context and make generalizations.

There is always half of the world who do not understand the pain of the other half.
It was obvious that Wilton was a poor boy from Ireland, and this poor boy had a face full of frustration and embarrassment before entering the high society of London, and some awkward nervousness was written on his face. Fortunately, he quickly won the favor of the rich girl Chloe with his natural handsome face. Whether in movies or in life, there are many stories of poor boys and rich girls like this. There are several possible endings that can be boldly guessed, and the intermediate process of the poor boy's success is an indispensable link.
The combination of Wilton and Chloe undoubtedly laid a good foundation for his advancement in the upper class of London, and also opened the door to a wealthy life for him. However, the fact that he came from the proletariat cannot be concealed, so he Deep down, he still retains a touch of a dying struggle for his dignity. This is reflected in the ideological gap between him and Chloe due to the disparity in economic conditions.
"His voice expresses all the tragic things in life." Wilton's first gift to Chloe was an opera EP.
"Did you say tragic?"
"Yes."
"Okay, let's have dinner at home and listen to the tragedy!" When Chloe said this, she really couldn't understand what Wilton was talking about. This kind of misery is the cruel reality that people from the bottom of life have to face every day, including all the material sources to maintain their existence, of course not including the expensive opera. Therefore, a rich girl like Chloe, who was born with a golden key in her hand, could not fully understand Wilton's feelings from the first time she met Wilton until she got married and had children, nor could she get all of Wilton's warm and passionate feelings. Love.
This is not a tragedy for Chloe, it is a common phenomenon in the whole society. Since she chooses such a combination, she must make corresponding preparations, otherwise she will be like her brother. At the last moment, she changed her original intention and finally married. A girl of the same class as yourself. This is the biggest generation gap in this world. The rich will never understand that the poor will pay for the trivial matter of sesame and mung beans; the poor will never expect to spend a lot of money like the rich.

Don't use so-called sincere love as an excuse for extramarital affairs.
It goes without saying that Wilton has been deeply in love with Nora since the first time Wilton and Nora met. It could be Nora's beautiful blonde hair, it could be her sexy lips, it could be the same proletarian background. In short, on the way to cut his head and march into the upper class, he can meet such a beautiful and sexy girl who is not going well, and Wilton can always find a balance in his heart that is always lacking. This is the skill of the screenwriter and the trick of fate.
It seems that Wilton's feelings for Nora are completely sincere, he is obsessed with her, and has loved her madly, even to death. He goes to private meetings with Nora every day, keeps making love, and has little sex with his wife. He never really loved Chloe from the beginning, because he never showed eager eyes to Chloe, but when he faced Nora, he was longing, eager, seeking, and not getting what he wanted. Loneliness is also the joy of being lost and found. Anyone can see the ferocity of their love. According to this reasoning, they should finally break free from the shackles of the world, and finally both left, and even complained about the obstacles brought to them by the entire upper class. Finally, they abandoned the prosperous life and chose true love, and then all the audience sighed and applauded and cheered. , I wish a lover to be married.
The above is the ending that I randomly guessed when I saw half of it. Such an ending is vulgar and even disgusting. This is the popular routine of most Japanese, Korean, Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas. For example, the boss of the underworld falls in love with an ordinary girl. The girl is forced to combine with the boss of the underworld for various reasons. Who knows that a poor and incompetent boy will be killed halfway, and the two love each other so much In the dark, in the end, the girl abandoned everything and roamed the world with the poor boy. This kind of plot has touched countless crazy men and women over the years, but I am not ashamed. Since you choose a legally valid form of union, you must take the necessary responsibility for everything you do as an adult, and don't use all kinds of true love as an excuse to find high-sounding reasons for extramarital affairs.

Desire, nature, persistence.
As long as people survive in society, there must be different levels and desires for different substances. Such desires can devour the only remaining conscience of people. Fortunately, this world is not always sleepless, the paper can't wrap the fire, and the disdainful things about cheating men and women will also spread one day. Facts have proved that love is not the power that keeps two poor people together, but desire is. The evil lust makes Wilton unable to extricate himself. He wanders between money and lust to make a senseless struggle, trying to have both. Trying to occupy two chairs at the same time results in falling between them.
According to normal speculation, when Nora became pregnant, there was no more passion and nostalgia between them, replaced by complaints and chattering quarrels. On one side is his wife Chloe, who is asking him for a child every day, and on the other is Nora, his mistress who doesn't want a child but has a child. Wilton should have a mental breakdown. In the end, unable to reconcile the relationship between the two sides, it finally broke out and was arrested. The two girls gave up at the same time. But if that's the case, it wouldn't be a Woody Allen movie. In the face of all kinds of difficult choices, Wilton finally chose money. He couldn't give up his hard-won status. He couldn't forget that he came The original intention of going to London, yes, the love of the poor is also cheap.
Some people would say that he was lost because of this. I just think he was very awake. He planned a whole set of assassination steps behind his back, but on the surface he was still a good husband and wife. Other criminals with high IQs are inferior. He adheres to his evil nature and his principles of being a human being.

This is a fifty percent world.
Some people say that profit and luck, I would rather have the latter. This quote is so insightful about life that people are afraid to face the reality that a large part of their lives depends on luck. When things get out of control and don't turn out the way you imagined, it can cause panic. During a game, if the ball hits the edge of the net, at that moment, it may go over the net, or it may bounce back, with a little luck, it passes, so you win, or it may miss the net, so you lose . There is a fifty percent chance of whether the ball crosses the net or not, so the odds of winning and losing are also fifty percent each.
In the same way, facing two women, facing two levels of life, facing persistence or giving up, the world is always full of two possibilities, and the conclusion is always only fifty percent. This is a simple and easy-to-understand philosophical truth, but it is the truth of life.

The above are the different stages of speculation about the ending of the movie after watching the whole "Match Point". It turns out that I have no potential to be an excellent screenwriter and director, and I live in the other fifty percent of this world.

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Extended Reading
  • Dwight 2022-03-25 09:01:06

    The essence of the last three minutes is worth recalling all the previous preparations

  • Eloy 2021-10-22 14:40:17

    Once a woman becomes hysterical and loses her lust, the man's patience is exhausted. All he wants is that sexy and charming, well-behaved, with some wanting to refuse you. For him, high power and money are the enemy. But love, let alone a passion that is quickly exhausted. At least, in the game of luck, he was lucky and cruel.

Match Point quotes

  • Tom Hewett: Chlo-Chlo, do you wanna have a knock with Chris for a bit? It's just that it's 5:00 somewhere, darling, and I've some serious cocktails to start making. Irish! Have you ever had a Cuba libre or a caipirinha?

    Chloe Hewett Wilton: It'd be really boring for Chris to play with me on my own.

    Tom Hewett: It's really boring for him to play with me, but he's a good sport. And anyway, you've got better legs than I've got. Chop-chop.

  • Chloe Hewett Wilton: I'm so bad.

    Christopher "Chris" Wilton: That's how you get better. Playing with a stronger player. Come on.