so cold

Casper 2022-03-21 08:01:04

Logically speaking, this is not a particularly good movie. In the cold of Christmas, there is no pure white snow, the characters have no warm smiles and love, and there is no white breath that life exhales forcefully in the breath. Even if everything is due to wealth, but there is no joy in having wealth.

But maybe the characters in the movie, from the protagonist Charlie's point of view, are close to the normal state of life. Like this one, there is no plan, that is, the purpose is between existence and non-existence, and it is led by the nose and life of events, as if it is arbitrary but has no clear desire- The desire for money and lust is good, and the coldness of people is like the tasteless taste of wine, which can be regarded as the contrast between the bright hope of Christmas and the normal reality. So maybe it makes sense that the film's setting is Christmas. This is somewhat similar to the intention of the award-winning film "The Murder at Snowflake Heights" many years ago. People are in winter, and their hearts are also in winter.

Unlike many movies, you can envy the killing speed of "Born to Kill", they at least feel a little bit of absurd happiness, and you can agree that the gangsters in the movie who are desperate to rob a bank can enjoy ecstasy after they get gold. But they have all been happy for the protagonist in the movie. Because of the ambiguity in his heart, he has all the money stolen by his accomplices, and there is no obvious "internal energy" expectation under the temptation, which makes people feel powerless, even if Even if you have money, you can't bring your full, specific vision. Where do you live? In the movie, Charlie and the man who married his ex-wife became good friends. The psychological similarity between the two makes the two people seem to have a tacit understanding in a way that the audience can't imagine.

As for Charlie's luck after the incident, he only saw that his heart continued to be cold, even if he kept a life, even if he got a lot of money, and walked out of the town, he was far from the comfort and happiness of the bartender with clear grudges.

It seems that the thing that can make people so cold is just the personality of the person who does not know how to become, not lack of money, not lack of love, not lack of ups and downs and turbulent plot stories, facing the various tastes of life, cold and continuous Cold or for what has been experienced, and what will continue to be experienced, there is always no bright and bright hope to comfort oneself. When people are cold, they may just go away like this.

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  • Cheyenne 2022-03-24 09:03:52

    I should have watched it before graduating from college in 2006. I was worried that people would become lawyers in middle age. . . It's now pretty sure that the characters in the movie represent real life in the real world.

  • Marques 2022-03-24 09:03:52

    Adapted from the novel, starring John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton, and the heroine's retro look is a copy of Kim Basinger in "Los Angeles Confidential". The double ending of one life and one death, one happy and one sad, proves that the director has an idea, but his level is not enough, and the street feeling of the noir film is cheap and tacky, neither thrilling nor humorous.

The Ice Harvest quotes

  • Charlie Arglist: All in all, i think that went well.

  • Pete Van Heuten: Take me with you, man.

    Charlie Arglist: Oh, Fuck. Jesus, Pete.

    Pete Van Heuten: No, I mean it. Take me with you, buddy. I can't do my life, man. I can't do it.

    Charlie Arglist: Just get some rest.

    Pete Van Heuten: I hate myself. I want a new life.

    Charlie Arglist: You don't want mine.

    Pete Van Heuten: I really do.

    Charlie Arglist: I'm in trouble. I'm in big fucking trouble.

    Pete Van Heuten: But that'd be great. Don't you see? We go out in a blaze of glory. Like men. Like men, Charlie No goddamn life left for men anymore. Not here. This country, all that's left for men is money and pussy.