The ultimate meaning of life

Magnolia 2021-11-17 08:01:26

It should be said that Mr. Warren Schmidt is a person without much connotation. He lacks spiritual pursuits, and may never finish reading a book for entertainment in his entire life. When the day of his retirement finally arrived, he realized that he had never really owned anything except for a lot of time in the future. Schmidt is a clerk of the Muman Insurance Company. He has worked hard and worked hard all his life. But when he came to the office to see if the younger generation would ask him for advice, he suddenly realized: In fact, anyone can do his job. He It was replaced silently, no different from before.
Thoreau once said: "The vast majority of people are living a life of despair in peace." Schmidt is one of them. And Schmidt's actor Jack Nicholson is not such a person, he is famous for his passion for life. Now, he wants to hide all his edges, corners and skills. He is not adding something to the character, but trying to subtract something. He transformed his abundance of enthusiasm into a wide range of sorrow, playing this lackluster Schmidt.
The opening scene of the film shows that Schmidt returns home after attending a meaningless retirement dinner, only to find that his old wife who has lived with him for 42 years seems to be a stranger.
"Who is this wife in my house?"
Maybe his wife would ask the same question. They have been living a life of dedication and compliance, and suddenly, they don't know what role they should play in this world. "About Schmidt" is not a "searching for myself" film, because the protagonist really has nothing to look for. If the audience only confines their eyes to Schmidt, then the two-hour movie might smother people to death. Fortunately, Schmidt got in the car and headed to his daughter's house. He wanted to preside over the wedding for his daughter and his son-in-law, whom he disliked. This film is regarded as a comedy, and all the jokes come from the daughter and her mother-in-law. Schmidt's son-in-law is a waterbed salesman. Schmidt came here and had to start fighting with the waterbed. When taking a hot bath, he found his mother-in-law standing naked in front of him.
Compared with the enthusiastic mother-in-law starring Cathy Bates, Schmidt looks much gloomier. The other party's selfishness in turn brings out Schmidt's magnanimity, but what kind of magnanimity is this? Is it because he has no desires, no desires, and nothing that he really cares about? The daughter, Schmidt's only relative in this world, did not bring him comfort and affection, on the contrary, it made him afraid and dissatisfied. By chance, he sponsored a 6-year-old Tanzanian child through the World Charity Organization. He poured his feelings and feelings into the letter to this child, although the other party may not be able to read everything he wrote, but Schmidt only has this window to his soul.
Many people call this film a comedy, but when the audience sees it all the way to the end, they may find that it is actually a tragedy. But it is not a tragedy in the usual sense. "About Schmidt" is about the life of ordinary people. For many people, the ultimate meaning of life is tragedy.

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  • Cesar 2022-04-23 07:01:46

    Deep sympathy and empathy, a total of one hour of tears, do I already have an old man's heart?

  • Deshaun 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    Retired, everything is over. All things don't mean a god damn thing. If you want to create new connections and identities, you can no longer cling to power that no longer exists.

About Schmidt quotes

  • Warren Schmidt: You can't marry him. I mean... Look at these people!

  • Roberta Hertzel: People used to think it was strange 'cause I breast-fed him 'til he was almost five, but I say - hunh, just look at the results!