"Serious middle-aged man"

Emanuel 2022-05-05 06:01:02

 This is an inner one-man show of a middle-aged man. It uses some small things and the imagination of the protagonist to give a psychological portrait of a middle-aged man. One has a house and a car, has a good relationship with his wife, and has a smart son, but he always feels dissatisfied, dissatisfied with others being more famous than himself, and dissatisfied with others being richer than himself. Life and time have worn away ideals, leaving only desire and dissatisfaction, without the ability and courage to change life, and can only helplessly look at the world, filling the boring time with memories and imagination.  He wants to give his wife and children a better life, but his son goes to a better university, and he spends sleepless nights thinking about how to inherit the inheritance from his wife's relatives, so that the children can go to school or change to a bigger house or something. I want to give the people around me a better life, but I don't have the courage and strength to fight hard, so I can only put my hope in the sky and don't know if it exists - one of the crises.  During the process of taking my son to the school for the interview, out of vanity in front of my son, I kept holding a useless gold card, expecting advanced security check, and after the upgrade was rejected, I was still reluctant to throw away the useless card and put it in. in the wallet. Life is closed in a fixed circle, rarely go out, and do not understand the rules of the outside world - the second crisis.  Avoid my son at night, go to a bar to chat with young girls alone, describe my own experience, past greatness, and my original ideals and efforts as mistakes of youth, hoping to gain the favor of young girls through this, not necessarily thinking What to do, just to get adoring eyes, and finally be sentenced "Do you still think this time revolves around you". Middle-aged people can only revolve around others, leaders, relatives, or lovers, and need to meet the ideas and needs of various people around them, but few people ask middle-aged people, what do you want to do yourself - the third crisis.  Through the media and hearsay, he knows the current situation of his classmates in college. Some travel the world on private jets, some are often on the media surface, and some retire early to enjoy the sun and the beach. The reunion of classmates, the funeral of the professor, completely unaware, has been abandoned by the circle of the past - the fourth crisis.  These crises only exist in the heart, a person who wants to cross the barriers of the middle class and the upper class, but is unable to cross, accumulates the loss in the heart. It is the pretentiousness of middle-aged people, hoping to get more, but they don't know how to work hard, so they can only sigh or curse. People who are out of touch with society, slowly can not keep up with the rhythm of society, slowly no longer interested in the outside world, occasionally raise their heads, and look around at a loss. There are many such people in reality, who are disliked by young people and sympathized by children.  People always have unfulfilled desires, like I know, I can't own a Maserati. There is no way to satisfy your material desires, at least you can fill your own Soul, envy the lives of others, and walk your own way with peace of mind.  The director's rhythm and perspective are excellent, and I give it two points. The actor's performance is very good, and the middle-aged man's sense of daze is in place, and I give it two points. The whole film was shot of middle-aged people we can see every day around us, and gave one point (obviously, the last point is based on the identification of self-identity).  PS: A friend said that he couldn't help crying when he saw Brad couldn't hold back his crying in the music. When I was drinking at night, I watched this movie with two friends. Seeing it halfway, a friend got up and said it was time to go home. People who used to run together on the football field took three or two minutes to get out of the door.

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  • Brad Sloan: I'm alive...

  • Brad Sloan: [narrating] But Melanie... she's so easily satisfied.

    Melanie Sloan: It's good!

    Brad Sloan: Honestly?

    Melanie Sloan: Yeah, I always love your sauces.

    Brad Sloan: [narrating] Maybe her contentment undermined my ambition.