What is this game? “ whereas once i was blind, now i can see.” (I used to be blind, now I see it.)
This is a line from the 1997 suspense movie "Mental Game", which is also the core of this game, the main theme of the movie, and the present moment of our lives.
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Director: David Finch, who has directed films such as "Rejuvenation", "Seven Deadly Sins", "Social Network", "Disappearing Lover" and so on, each of which is very exciting from the characters to the plot.
Starring: Michael Douglas, as Nicholas, was a producer of "Flying Over the Madhouse" and was awarded an Oscar for the villain of "Wall Street". His voice is magnetic.
Sean Penn, who plays Conrad, although he does not play much in the film, is impressive, he once starred in "I Am Sam" as the mentally handicapped father Sam, and his excellent acting skills make people cry.
Of course, the film also has a very key heroine, but her name is too long, she is a game expert.
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Simply put, it is a birthday gift from his younger brother Conrad to his older brother Nicholas, and this birthday gift is for him to play a game.
The game changed Nicholas's life, pulling him into the abyss and saving him from it.
It's a game that's creepy realistic, but it's also a redemption that unties Nicholas's years of knots and makes him re-examine his life.
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Regarding the plot, I will expand on it here.
First, Nicholas was a gentleman, he did not always speak as domineering as we thought of the rich businessman, and he had a good quality of being able to solve problems calmly.
However, he has always had a knot in his heart, that is, when he was young, he saw his father commit suicide, which he could not face for more than forty years. When there is a scene similar to the suicide in the film, he will feel very uneasy inside.
At the end of the film, after experiencing many difficulties, he is no longer calm, he finds those involved in the game, especially the heroine, and then wants to shoot him, only to kill his brother.
At that moment he completely collapsed. So he jumped from the top floor, and what came to his mind was the picture of his father committing suicide.
When he thought he was dead, it turned out that all this was still part of the game.
Instead of feeling angry, he felt that he was born again, that everything was still there, and he finally understood the words: I was blind before, and now I see.
Second, after watching the film, give a thumbs up, this game can be called a project, it requires manpower, material resources, financial resources are very large.
The heroine said at the end, "Your money can't come back, this is designed for you rich businessmen" sounds like a game line, but it is actually the truth of reality.
This reminds me of "Private Customization" starring Ge You a few years ago, they serve everyone, help them create a dream, let them experience it in the dream. However, the theory is far less profound, far less shocking than this movie.
In the Chinese saying, it is the money that is spent in place, and the spirit can be in place.
Third, the spiritual significance of the film is very great, whether there is money or not, there are difficulties or no difficulties, that is, at any stage, we can go to see this movie.
It tells us:
First, being alive is more important than anything else. In the second half of this game, once the male protagonist got into a taxi, and as a result, the taxi driver locked the door and jumped halfway, and the male owner and the taxi both fell into the water.
The man finally smashed the car window and survived.
And after being deceived by the heroine, he fell unconscious, and when he woke up, he came out of the coffin, and the place was a cemetery.
Both scenes are related to life and death, and both hint at the meaning of being alive.
Second, pay attention to the present and pay attention to the people around you. The male protagonist's calmness actually comes from his indifference, he only pays attention to himself, ignores the wife and daughter around him, ignores his brother, ignores his partners, and so on.
His outlook on life is actually somewhat pessimistic, which is related to the impact of his father's suicide on him. When he was constantly frustrated and tortured in the game, he felt what his loved ones felt when they faced him.
Therefore, after the "rebirth", he felt the beauty of the moment and the peace of mind that everyone around him was there.
Finally, remember the film's central line: I used to be blind, now I see it. We all have this phase, but not everyone will immediately understand and even start to act.
When you feel that the time has come, and this sentence is enough to affect you, it is still too late.
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When you feel that the world is full of malice towards you, please believe that there must be good intentions coming around the corner or somewhere, and at that time, I hope you catch it.