road to destruction

Consuelo 2022-03-19 09:01:04

Let's talk about one person first. She is an American friend of my mother. She is over 60 years old. She divorced her husband very early. She has no children, no house and no land. She makes a living by teaching English in various training schools and middle schools in Fuzhou. It is said that he was quite famous when he was young. He used to be the host of a talk show, and he believed in some mysterious things. He claimed to have a lot of spiritual experiences, and he also played the role of "spiritual medium". In the end, I was afraid of myself and refused to give prophecies to others.

This person is extremely neurotic, which is manifested in many aspects. For example, when I traveled to Vietnam with my mother, it took four hours to get in the car, and she began to worry about whether the car would squeeze her feet and whether there would be a place to put her feet; Inviting us to Mongolia was ignored by another American and wanted to part ways with us. For example, I promised to make mashed potatoes for my eldest sister's New Year's Day Party because I was in a bad mood and suddenly refused to participate. SMS apology. . . Emotional changes are unstable, often retreating when faced with difficulties, doing things based on one's own likes and dislikes. When we first started dating, everyone felt pretty good. After a while, she might think that since she was familiar to a certain level, she could vent her temper at will—this is true for her friends, not to mention her husband, even for divorce. Unexpected.

Why do I talk about this person, because I think she is very similar to April in the movie, a typical American character: irritable, anxious, neurotic, impatient, easily influenced by the surrounding environment, always eager to change but unable to control herself Feelings of emotion, so the wind and the drizzle and the stormy winds make people feel overwhelmed. In fact, from the movie, what caused the tragic ending of the couple Kate and Leonardo is a big deal. The older generation of Chinese couples hiccup and fart in the eyes and pass: I quit my job and let's go. Let’s look for it again, we won’t go if we can’t make it to Paris. If you’re pregnant, then give birth to the child. Even if the seven-year itch causes some people to be snarky and snarky, they will eventually return to calm— Even if the calm is only superficial. But what can I do? Life is going to go down in the end, it's better than tearing one's skin and getting a fish dead and the net broken and bleak.

The familiar vows from the wedding are still repeated in the mouths of the happy couple: "Love is patient and kind, love does not envy, love does not boast, is not arrogant, does not do shy things, does not ask for itself good, slow to anger, reckless of evil, rejoicing in iniquity, but rejoicing in the truth, bearing all things, believing all things, hoping all things..." But when freshness becomes dull, attachment becomes weariness, The true face that is concealed in front of the lover, intentionally or unintentionally, peels off a little bit, and the married life gradually becomes intolerable. He's mediocre, poor and only a little clever, she's narrow-minded and dissatisfied with anything; he's full of sweet talk and he's not serious about love at all, she's crazy to change but it's not practical at all. . . Seeing the lovers who were dying in "Titanic" 11 years ago on the screen now shout at each other with furious eyes and hoarse voices, one can't help but sigh at the ruthlessness of time; life is so serious and so absurd, "Revolutionary" "The Road" is like writing a sequel to the original Jack and Ruth if they survived. If the icy sea hadn't engulfed Jack's life, would Ruth still miss him so deeply in his later years? If they got married, they would inevitably not be the bittersweet couples like April and Frank in their daily trivial life.

"Revolutionary Road", they say that adventure is also a revolutionary road; and in my opinion, that is not an adventure at all, it is a spur of the moment, doing things without thinking, thinking that life can be revived elsewhere, then life can be There are so many things to escape, how many migrations are enough. At the end of the movie, Frank sits on a park bench and looks at the children playing in the distance, his face is full of tired smiles, and the radiance of eagerness and presumptuousness has been lost in the hope, April used her determination to destroy a family's life Their expectations have also destroyed each other's belief in love. Perhaps from the day they exchanged rings, they have embarked on a road of destruction.

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Revolutionary Road quotes

  • April Wheeler: The truth is, we just need something different. You know, we're not getting any younger and we don't want life to just pass us by.

  • Milly Campbell: We should have a toast or something. To Paris!

    Frank Wheeler: To Paris!

    April Wheeler: To Paris!

    Shep Campbell: To Paris!