So whenever I see some people on the Internet saying that a certain movie is the best to watch, I can’t help but sneer. Reading the whole world is wide in love and heart. Watch a few more movies and come back. Huang Rong has weird elves, the little dragon girl is as peach and plum as cold as frost, the ring is fat and thin, each has its own merits. But when a man is old, he will feel tired after watching too much, just like eating too cold, too hot, too sour and too spicy, which is irritating for a while, but it is not a good thing. When he was calm and indifferent, he felt that Cheng Ying was the best. The so-called people are as light as a chrysanthemum, it is best to have no feeling at first sight, and to slowly feel beautiful after seeing it a few times-just as the second tea is the top grade, the good taste should be slowly released.
Pulling away. Back to the movie. Rounders, the Chinese name is translated into the king of gambling, and I humbly thought that the translation was not good. But it is really difficult to translate, because it seems that this is the term of Texas Hold'em. (Like The Matrix, it's not easy to translate, it can only be called The Matrix) Metaphors that life is like a card game, and it is still a circle in the end.
This is not an amazing movie, and many of its charms can only be seen by watching it a second time. Because of this, many people eagerly said after watching: What kind of movie is far worse than Hong Kong gambling movies! ——Rookie's taste is not good, you really can't be anxious with him. Even if you give him a bear paw, he will also say that what kind of meat is not as good as pork.
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about the actors. The production of this film is not impeccable. The starring roles are Matt Damon and Edward Norton. Any one of the two guys is a box office guarantee. What's more, this time is a strong combination, so the box office champion of the premiere week is definitely expected.
Matt Damon is not a handsome guy, he belongs to the kind of guy who feels handsome when he is used to it (who sees Bai Zhantang at first glance and thinks he is handsome? But no one doesn't think he is handsome after watching the Wulin Biography). There is a saying called the big brother next door, let's just say so.
I have played the role of Bourne, a high-IQ agent who has played the role of Bourne, but he is completely different from 007. I can only say that 007 is too fancy. Student Bourne pays more attention to simplicity and practicality. I can't fight with girls. You can't fight. Quasi-relentless, it's not enough to rely on high-tech equipment to eat.
Since then, he has entered the ranks of Hollywood's first-line male stars. "The Whistleblower" plays a middle-aged manager with a mental disorder. The acting skills are proficient and the performance is in place. It is close to Nicholas Cage. It makes people feel like what a smart person does. This kid HARVERD dropped out of school and went to Hollywood.
In this movie, Matt Damon plays Mike, a second-year law student. He fits the image of such a clever and introverted student. Some people on the Internet say that he performed the protagonist's "self-destructive" temperament very well, which is indeed fair. Regarding self-destruction, we will discuss in detail below.
Edward Norton. After watching this man's film, I will never forget him again. He belongs to the kind of actor whose talent is compelling and shining and can't be blocked, and the actor who plays with him is usually automatically relegated to the idol group. The debut is a first-degree fear. It is normal not to remember who the lead actor is after watching it, but this supporting role will never be forgotten. This is an explosive actor. See Zhou Xun for templates of domestic actresses. What is explosive power? It's the kind of performance technique in which you talk and laugh at ease one second before crying and then let out a stern laugh. It's definitely not easy. It's the basic skills of an actor if you don't shed any tears. Those who can do the above are called lunatics. Another film "Fight Club" can be said to be comparable to Brad Pitt's performance, but it is still the part of self-harm and intimidation of the boss who sees the skill. If you turn your face, you will turn your face. The boss is stupid and the audience is stupid. Absolutely impressive, unforgettable at first sight.
This film plays worm, worm. He is a small gangster, but when someone plays a gangster, he is even worse than a real gangster. Please, who can tell me he can see that this guy is actually a top student in the history department of Yale University?
In addition, the supporting roles are uniformly impressive. Mike's friend Knish. Mike's professor. Mike's girlfriend is really pure and beautiful.
In short, in such a movie, every scene can be tasted in detail.
two. Regarding Texas Hold'em,
this is a gambling film. But as an ordinary viewer, I don’t care about how to bet. (Whoever watches the King of Thousand Kings also studies how the protagonist bets, I give him two words: Tired or not!) What we care about is the story. , Is the psychological activity of the characters. When watching this movie, we will be surprised to find that the bet is funny, the biggest is only 30,000 US dollars. On the other hand, when gambling money in Hong Kong movies, two suitcases are opened on the table, and bundles of banknotes pile up in front of the protagonist. The visual effect is quite shocking. What's up, we all saw big scenes when we were young.
Actually it was wrong. In "Bleeding Official Career", Li Si had the following emotion when he saw King Qin Yingzheng: This young man was mature and stable, as if he had not been exiled from Zhao since childhood, but had always grown up in the palace and was used to seeing big scenes. But he woke up, Ying Zheng had never seen a big scene. The reason why he was so calm was because he himself was a big scene.
Therefore, in the Hong Kong movie, the gambler, the god of gambler, the gambler on the holy gambler, just bet on his entire wealth and add his hand, which is not a big scene.
I only love watching the last duel between Mike and KGB in the underground casino: meeting it with God, it's wonderful.
I don’t understand and don’t want to understand the rules of Texas Hold’em. I only know that there was a Chinese, Johnny Chen, who was a two-time champion. He won more than 2 billion money by playing cards in his life. He cheated his opponent in a final and won more prize money. 12 million. It looks a lot like fried golden flower. Luck is very important, but the most important thing is the ability to read cards and the ability to read cards backwards. You have to observe the expression of your opponent while hiding your expression. People who are immediately complacent with a good card will definitely lose even their pants. This is true, not to mention professional players, even the bastards on the street also know it well. The most stimulating thing about Golden Flower is to increase the bet and choose to follow up again and again. Sometimes, a master draws a bad hand, and then immediately increases the bet. At this time, if the opponent is a rookie, he will think: the opponent is a master, forget it, I won't follow. Then he was disguised as a pig and eat a tiger by a master, and missed the opportunity. If the opponent is a veteran, he will choose to follow, and then the master does not change his face and then raises the bet. Generally, the bets on the table after a few come back are unbearable. and? It is possible to win, but once you lose, you will lose everything. Wait, the opponent is a master after all, let's give up... Then the master will show off with two sophomores. Old bird, the tissues are here, you can cry... The
above explanation is purely redundant for students who are familiar with the game. The main purpose is to introduce one point: Texas Hold'em is a sport with high requirements for luck, wisdom and courage, not pure gambling. In contrast, the gambling method of Comrade Ge You in "Alive" is a complete gambling. Those of you who despise the size of your dice and bet the most, you don't have any technical content...
Only by understanding this can you understand why the protagonist gave up his studies and his girlfriend, and why your heart is about to move as the music plays.
Because everyone has the instinct to gamble. "The result of being too cautious is to work hard for a lifetime."
Three. On the subject of "self-destruction",
has anyone told you that you are very smart, but not serious, as long as you are serious, you will be able to succeed?
Anyway, I have heard of it, and I also know that this is the content of a teacher training manual: For the underachievers, we must use encouragement methods, for example, praise him for being smart...
Mike in the movie is a very smart person. He is very good at reading cards, he is young but has outstanding gambling skills (this is not the same as Worm, the kid relies on a thousand dollars, it has nothing to do with gambling skills), and even luckily won Johnny Chen a round. It's like a Go boy who was lucky enough to win Nie Weiping. So Mike felt that he should become a poker player, not a lawyer. The latter is a career, while the former is a dream.
But unfortunately, the movie lost at the beginning, lost to KGB, and bankrupted.
When I was in junior high school, I wanted to drop out and become a drummer because I thought that was what I really wanted to do. Then I was really serious and my mother went to the workers’ road to find a musical instrument to learn drums. The boss started happily introducing: It’s good to learn to play drums. I have an apprentice who joined the city art troupe, performed everywhere, and made a lot of money. Later, he learned that I was a student who wanted to drop out of school to play drums, and he was speechless. It took me a long time to tell me that drumming is actually very hard. I have to practice three-nine-nine-summer training in winter, and the cotton in the ears will make you deaf... Finally, he said painfully that you should go back to school and it is easy to read.
I said this is my dream, no matter how hard it is, I’m not afraid of it (who didn’t have a young age... I sighed for the fact that I didn’t understand it) the
boss was silent for a long time and said indifferently : Go home and use a rolling pin. Drumsticks, if you knock me all the books, I will teach you.
A word blocked me out of the gate of the art hall, and I have to say that boss, you are really a cruel person. Since then, there will be no other person to study and go to university without disasters and disasters.
Since then, I have also understood: dreams, how many self-destroying actions in your name! If you want to chase your dream, you must be aware of the cost. Otherwise it is just a gorgeous self-destruction.
Mike's self-destruction was very thorough, it can be said that he got rid of it to the end. He didn't succeed in school, even though it was easy for him to study with a little bit of diligence; his girlfriend broke up because he couldn't let go of the idea of becoming a poker player; after being poor, he owed him the blessing of a friend and a worm.
He could have been a lawyer, had a beautiful girlfriend, and lived a decent life, which everyone envied. But these are gone, it became the price for him to pursue his dream, and even whether the dream itself is worth pursuing is doubtful.
Regarding self-destruction, there is also a second meaning, that is, Mike will be unlucky when gambling, and will have a lot of fate. There are too many such people. An ordinary librarian next to you is actually a long-distance running genius, but he didn’t get the first place in a few races (was sick that day), and he didn’t have the money to ask the coach for formal training, so His long-distance running talent is destined to be buried in books. A little clerk who is greedy for the dark is actually the legendary king of arcade. He once set a record of 200 unbeaten samurai games in the game room, but he didn’t know that there was such thing as Daigo Umemoto (the king of 2D fighting games) in Japan, so His talent is not recognized and can only be a stubborn little clerk. A salesman who was struggling with his life was actually a high-achieving student at a famous university in China, but he made a mistake that year, and finally became a salted fish.
You must have had this experience. When I was taking the math test, I was full of confidence thinking that I had a burst. As a result, the test paper was sent out and found that I had all the wrong questions. I finally made the last question, and ended up filling in the blanks with 6 wrong questions. Or, when one exam is good, the other fails...In short, you have that ability, but you haven't been able to show it all. This is called self-destruction.
There are too many such people. I guess that when they see Mike's repeated battles and defeats, they will have a feeling of sympathy from their hearts: buddy, your suffering, brother understands, because brother also suffered from it back then...
The real climax comes without surprises at the end, but we all know it will come. Mike defeated KGB and went around in a circle, starting with defeat and ending with victory. The result seemed to be neither losing nor winning, but in fact he had already lost too much. It is worth mentioning that in the final gambling game, Mike's self-destructive temperament was fully demonstrated: When he recovered his capital and prepared to leave, KGB provoked him. Mike suddenly turned around and stopped leaving. He smiled and sat down at the gaming table again.
Place a bet without looking at the cards until one loses.
There is such a kind of person in this world: He lives very happily and happily. He doesn’t lack anything, but he just wants to gamble, and then he loses everything. At this time, he wins a game and finally wins a game. Going back to the old life (although he is not happy and unhappy), but he still has to gamble again.
I will not lose more anyway.
This is self-destruction. The theme of this movie. The place that attracted me deeply and even couldn't get out of it. Because I knew that if it were me, I would hesitate for no more than five seconds, and then smiled and walked back to the gaming table. Fortunately, Mike succeeded in him, but more Mike did not succeed. He only shined once in his life and then became dim. Both kinds of people are equally worthy of respect.
Four about the soundtrack
The soundtrack of this movie is a highlight. The cello suddenly got up and the piano soundtrack really described the gambler's psychology very well. If it weren't for that music, gambling wouldn't seem so romantic. The cello, the king of musical instruments (well, actually this is my own evaluation ==), the sound it makes is the sound of a throbbing heart—dangerous, yet ready to move. The ending song is also great "baby i`ma big star now", a rock that never tires of listening. I specifically checked this band, it is not well-known, the score on QQ Music is pitifully low, only 4 o'clock. Maybe this song is not as amazing as the movie, but it is quite tasteful to listen to it with the movie. Especially the phrase "i don`t wanna give it back now" in the climax part, it fits the gambler's psychology too much.
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