"It's a soft egg era."
Who would dare to diss an entire era like this?
Old cowboy.
Old handsome guy.
An old and strong filmmaker.
Clint Eastwood.
They are both 88 years old, and a new film he has directed and starred in this month will be released.
If he says "soft", you will have to obey if you don't obey.
How hard is Toki?
Three cross-sections for you to learn—
Military-like routines.
Speaking of Eastwood, you immediately think of him smoking a cigarette, cool enough to have no friends, right?
In life, Eastwood actually smells smoke and is disgusted.
Because his father's early death was a big blow to him, he was determined to maintain a healthy life.
He does not smoke, eats a balanced diet, has a regular schedule, and gets up to say that his son is like a "robot with feelings". (No wonder people live a long life)
Unsociable position.
In Leftist Hollywood, Trump has become the norm.
But Eastwood is one of the few filmmakers who openly supports him.
As an established Republican, he complains that it is now a "pussy generation" in which everyone is afraid to speak honestly because of political correctness.
It's tough, like Reagan quoting one of his lines—
Go ahead, make my day.
third.
It's the movie, of course.
When he won his first Oscar at the age of 62 ("Unforgivable"), some people said that his film career reached its peak and was about to decline in the future.
Since then, the old man has continued to direct 21 films, the standard is online, and the best works are frequent.
This glorious deed itself is too incendiary.
And Eastwood's films, there is a consistent theme -
It shows a masculine zeitgeist and reaffirms the confidence in the independence and self-reliance and tenacity of human beings.
In the era of small mourning.
Eastwood is always making the kind of movies that are the hottest, the hardest-core movies.
Look, I'm really embarrassed to continue to be a wasted person.
There is an old Saying in China: It is in people to plot things, and it is in heaven to accomplish things.
Whatever you do, the rest is up to luck.
What about Eastwood? He prefers to believe in "changing his life against the sky."
The title of the film shows the attitude -
"Success in Man".
The film is based on a bloody story that really happened in history.
In this story, there are two names.
One is named Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman).
Father of South Africa.
In 1990, Mandela, who had spent 30 years in prison, was released and successfully became president of South Africa.
He led the way in breaking apartheid and establishing communication between different skin colors in all aspects.
If only I couldn't change myself
How else can I hope someone else will make a change
The other one is called springbok.
South African national rugby team.
Mandela had high hopes for a hearty victory at the Rugby World Cup hosted by South Africa to bridge the gap and inspire people.
But the problem is --
This rugby team is equivalent to the level of national football.
Lack of tactics, weakness and paralysis, lack of fighting spirit.
...... Even qualifying is difficult.
Facing difficult historical legacies, facing a team that is unlikely to win.
Mandela had no doubt that the country's confidence could be reinvigorated.
In order to cheer up the rugby team, Mandela personally visited the training ground.
Improper shelf, does not convey the spirit.
What he did was remember and call out the name of each team member.
The title of the film is actually the name of a poem.
Mandela's long dark years in prison relied on this poem to persevere every time he wanted to give up.
He passed on the poem, and the indomitable spirit of the poem, to the Springboks.
I am the master of my destiny
I am the commander of my soul
The Springbok team on the World Cup field was reborn and invincible until the final.
The opponent is the traditional strong New Zealand "all black team".
The odds are almost zero.
Listen to this frightening score.
Many people comforted Mandela and the team: it was good to get here.
Runner-up is already the best result for this team.
Do you receive it when you see it?
The captain put down the harsh words:
I might break my hands and feet and break my neck
But I definitely wouldn't let that guy rush over
Because failure is not one of their options.
A fierce battle is inevitable.
On the day of the final, the "Big Black Bear" was blocked by a "green springbok" that was desperate to go.
One was thrown off and the other on top.
One person can't stop it, two people can't stop it.
The defense that gave up his life finally won an unexpected victory.
Famous film critic Roger Ebert said of the film:
"Every minute inspires the deepest and greatest emotions of mankind."
The background of this emotion is the blood of "things become successful in people".
Is this blood just chicken blood?
Eastwood explained in an interview where the beliefs he had been rooted in since childhood came from —
(During the Great Depression) Our family left Reding with my father and moved to Carmel so he could get a job as a gasier at Central Station. You're going to have to drive 500 miles, take your family, take all your stuff with you, just because it's the only job that exists.
So I was thinking, what if he said "Oh, I can't do it"?
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Done in heaven?
Only if you persist will you find that God is not so harsh.
The second movie Sir wants to talk about, many people may not have heard.
In Eastwood's work, it is not outstanding, but it is unique.
The Jersey Boys.
Based on the musical of the same name.
The protagonist is based on a pop rock band that led the times, four seasons.
50 songs on the Billboard charts, 46 winning songs, and more than 17.6 million albums sold worldwide.
Even if you haven't heard the band's name.
But one of their famous songs you must have heard —
Can't Take My Eyes off You the Overtones.
Before they became famous, they were just four ordinary boys from working-class New Jersey.
Stolen and abducted, unlearned, frequently in and out of prison.
Clint Eastwood once bluntly called The Four Seasons a "band of juvenile delinquents."
There are only three paths in front of them:
Become a gangster, join the army, and become famous.
They chose the third one.
Formed a band and sang in the bar.
They are talented, but no one appreciates them.
If you want to get ahead, you have to find a record label that is willing to sign them.
But again and again to eat the closed door soup.
In order to maintain life, it is only possible to give various singers and harmonies.
I believe that everyone with a dream has had this kind of resentment.
Sometimes you feel like you have something to share with the world
It turned out that no one cared
"Jersey Boys" tells the story of how several young people climb from the bottom step by step to the peak of their dreams.
But it's not all the way to Vanity Fair.
Instead, it's more of a country tune about dreams.
There is a scene in the movie where Sir is impressed.
The new members of the band wrote a new song and showed it in front of the piano.
Although they had never rehearsed, when the melody flowed out, the tacit understanding of the four people naturally connected.
Lead singer, guitar, and bass joined in turn.
Fame? They have long since forgotten.
At this point they were just four boys purely immersed in music.
At the end of the movie, the four people have achieved fame and success, and at the same time, they have grown old, only to find out:
The meaning of dreams is not just to be realized.
Having a dream in itself is beautiful enough.
Four guys stood under the street lamp
When everything is still unknown
We made that sound for the first time
Our voices
When it's all gone, all that's left is music
That's the most wonderful thing
In the end, of course, I can't get around this one -
Million Dollar Baby.
A must-see classic inspirational movie of your life.
Inside and outside the play, it is all a passion for blood.
The film is based on the short story collection Burning Ropes.
The author of the novel was a staff member who handled injuries for boxers.
It was his first published work. He was 70 years old when the novel came out in 2000, and for the past 40 years his work has been shut down by publishing companies.
Heroine Hilary Swank.
Oscar queen coming out of the trailer.
In order to play the female boxer in the film, she trained like a devil, trained muscles, gained weight, and boxed like a professional boxer.
Eventually she increased her weight from 108 pounds to 129 pounds, of which 19 pounds were pure muscle, and the body's fat content was only 7%.
The first half of the film seems to be a warm and inspirational story.
The elderly boxing coach Frankie (Clint Eastwood) has a strained relationship with her family, especially her daughter.
Maggie (Hillary Swank), a waitress in her 30s, has a difficult life, and the only fun and way out is boxing.
Maggie softens Frankie with determination, and he decides to train Maggie to be a great female boxer.
The two of them joined forces and won one game after another.
According to this trend, it is not surprising that it is a standard Hollywood American dream -
Win the championship, reconcile your family, and embark on the peak of your life.
But the second half was replaced by a runway that caught everyone off guard.
If the key word in "Success in Man" is blood, the key word in "Jersey Boy" is dream...
Then "Million Dollar Baby" is about how people should treat themselves in the game with fate, and you are doomed to lose.
Sir still remembers the conversation between the two old men after Maggie's death.
Heartbroken, but inspired.
When Maggie walked through the door, she had nothing but guts. She had no chance to make her dreams come true. A year and a half later, she was able to compete for the world championship, and that's your credit.
Every day people die, when mopping the floor, when washing the dishes. But do you know what flashed through their minds at the last minute?
"I never had a chance."
Because of you, Maggie got the chance to belong to her. If she dies today, do you know what her last-minute thoughts were?
"I think I'm doing a good job.".
Death is certainly terrible.
But what's even more frightening is that you haven't really lived.
Maggie lived.
Live for yourself.
Life is like a parable, not in length, but in content.
Maggie uses her fist as a pen to carve her own thunderous junk.
Sir has always felt that the top inspirational films are anti-success learning.
It is not a rough demonstration, teaching you how to get to some kind of other shore where everyone wants to go.
Instead, after seeing the cruel truth about life, he still gritted his teeth and insisted.
To live in the present moment, to live out of yourself.
Clint Eastwood loves to create heroes on screen.
This hero can be a Western cowboy, a veteran, or an ordinary person who fights for his dreams.
Also included is Eastwood himself.
Before becoming an actor, Clint Eastwood worked as a lumberjack and gas station attendant, and then went from playing the most insignificant role at Universal Studios to the pinnacle of being an actor.
Later, when he became a director, he was never afraid to break through himself.
Dabbled in various genres such as highways, music, war, history, sports, and more.
Clint Eastwood, now 89, is still desperately making films.
Still trying, still thinking.
What do you have to do with decadence?
Only once in life, take some energy!
Sir particularly liked a passage That Butch, from another Eastwood film, Perfect World, said to the toddler Philip while driving.
This is also what Eastwood said to you in front of the screen:
It's a 21st century time machine
I am the captain and you are the navigator
The front is the future
Behind it is the past
If life is too slow, you want to fly into the future
Just step on the accelerator
If you want to live slow down
Just put on the brakes
This is the present
Enjoy the moment