To fulfill the dignity of a father... "3:10 to Yuma"

Osvaldo 2022-03-21 09:01:19

Directed by James Mangold, the director who directed "Deadly ID", the two film stars, Russell Crowe and Christian Bale joined forces. Although they are still fried in the 1957 version of the cold rice, they still use their The seemingly irrational ending at the end has attracted countless heated discussions. The film tells the story of a father of two sons, Dan (played by Bell), who risked his life to keep his original promise to send the dangerous Ben (played by Crowe) to the train in Yuma Town, with Ben on him. The story of seeing the long-sought father figure and helping him become a hero.
To understand why there is such an ending at the end, it is necessary to start with many small details at the beginning. Through the dialogue, we know that Ben comes from a broken family, with a father who died prematurely, the father was an alcoholic who died of drunkenness in a tavern, and the mother took a Bible at the station in order to get rid of the burden of young Ben. to Ben, and left him and never came back.
He was always looking for women with green eyes, which I believe was the color of his mother's eyes. His whole life he was looking for something to fill the void in this family.
We noticed that he always likes to express his mood through detailed sketches. The first sketch was hung on a tree. It was a leisurely mountain eagle. It was a portrait of Ben's inner self. It was a bit like a "footless bird", free and lonely. At this time, he was inseparable from each other, and the loyal Prince Charles obviously failed to understand Ben's thoughts, but said something unrelated to the scenery. Ben's best mate couldn't understand him.
The second sketch is of a naked pub girl with green eyes, but he only drew her back, but not her face. It should be the image of his mother in his mind. The tavern girl, would you like to follow him to Mexico to find freedom, in exchange for a "You're crazy!" response. The woman he favored couldn't understand him either.
In the third sketch, Dan is at the window, a little anxious, but his eyes are firm. At this time, Dan decided to win the glorious image that a father should have in his son's heart. Instead of being like those so-called police elites, he immediately chose to retreat when he saw the strong strength of his opponent. He wanted to show his children that a good person should be a good person. With a standpoint, just when everyone, including the boss who promised to pay him $200 to hire him to escort him, gave up this arduous and dangerous task, Dan, who was laughed at and despised, decided to complete the task of escorting Ben to the train. The seemingly impossible task, the kind of pride that "even if there are thousands of people, I will go", is the beginning of letting Ben decide to become a complete Dan. Dan's forbearance and daring pride should be in line with Ben's all imagination of his father. , rather than saying that the sketch was drawn by Dan, it is better to say that Ben depicts the father in his mind, who can sacrifice himself for the family and bear all the dangers alone, just to make the family have a better life. However, he finally learned that Dan was not actually a war hero. He was just retreating and was accidentally injured by a friendly army and lost a leg. The government only compensated him for less than 200 US dollars. , was burned to the cowshed, and in order to survive for his young son who suffered from cough and asthma, he could only endure the humiliation and try to survive in this dry climate, where birds do not shit. He can't stand upright outside, and suffers suspicion from his wife and son at home. This time, he wants to win the dignity of his father and hope to give his family a better life. These words from the heart of a father moved Ben, who lacked fatherly love and family care, and decided to fulfill Dan's father image and escorted him to the train to Yuma Town.
But at the last minute, his subordinates shot Dan, who was standing outside the train, into a sieve. Ben couldn't find his father's abstract return. I think this is the reason why he killed all the subordinates who followed him like he was out of control.
The fire that returned to the cowshed, because the railway company was going to build a railway here, so they asked the Dan family to move out as soon as possible. The already impoverished family was once again worse off. At this point, the eldest son no longer believed that his father said he could handle it well, and his opposition deeply stimulated Dan as a father. In order to continue to survive peacefully in that desolate land, Dan had to obey the power instead of resisting, and he couldn't bear to swallow the life of his youngest son. This is something that Dan's eldest son cannot understand. The father he sees is just a cowardly, bullied, and despised poor farmer. Also unable to understand Dan is his wife, although she never complained, but there is always contempt in her eyes. Dan finally couldn't stand things going like this, so he took the risk of accepting a $200 escort mission. For Dan, it's not just about earning money to make life a little bit easier, but also because he hopes to take this opportunity to reshape his father's image in this family.
So in the end, even if it was $1,000, Dan could not give up the task of escorting. This is his belief and dedication.
He said to his son, "William, I want you to give this to your mother, and you tell her this thing helps me tell the difference between black and white, and I'll catch up with you William in a day, unless it's an accident, of course. I need someone to run the farm and protect my family and I know you can do that. Thought you've become a good man, William. You've become a good man and inherited the best of me, and this place lacks You must remember that your father and I took Ben Wade to the train station when no one could do anything..."
In fact, the dignity of a father is both majestic and fragile. It is the source of our initial sense of security and the beginning of our outlook on life. A good father can prevent a child from going astray. This may be the best thing Ben Wade has ever done in his storied and bloody life. It gives a father dignity, and more importantly, gives a child a right direction.
For me, who grew up watching Hong Kong films, even though I understood Ben Wade's final choice, I was watching the second boss of the gang, fighting bloody battles, traveling thousands of miles to rescue his boss, but was shot and killed by the boss he believed in. The plot of death is still incompetent.
This is probably because in Chinese martial arts culture, the definition of hero has been deeply rooted in my heart. Even if not a hero, mix in rivers and lakes, it should comply with the friendship between the moral, brother, how can you be so being let down?
Time remember this. Wade for the first time to kill the hijacked Tom, it has stirred brothers 's objection. When it comes to rushing back thousands of miles to save the boss, it's most obvious that the other brothers, except Charlie, didn't want to go, only he insisted on going back, and restrained his subordinates to fly back together to save Ben Wade. In this rescue operation, he was always concerned about the comfort of the boss. I believe that Ben is so sure that his subordinates came back to save him, that is, because of the existence of Prince Charles.
If it is said that those subordinates with a betrayal mentality are worthless, the death of Charlie, the second head of the gang, is too wrong! He, who is also loyal like a little brother, has finally become cannon fodder to fulfill his father's imagination.

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3:10 to Yuma quotes

  • Dan Evans: I was best shot in my regiment. I'll come... for two-hundred dollars.

    Butterfield: You fight for the North or the South?

    Dan Evans: North.

    Butterfield: We're Southern in name, but Chicago owned. Fine. Two-hundred dollars.

  • Ben Wade: Byron, what an unpleasant surprise.