​Copywriting丨Commentary Film Review Editor丨Da Zhou You want to ask which movie is the best this summer? Different audiences may give different answers; but you have to ask which movie in this summer season is the most controversial? Well, no doubt, definitely....

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You want to ask which movie is the best in this summer season?

Different audiences may give different answers;

But you have to ask which movie in this summer season is the most controversial?

Then, there is no doubt that it must be " retrograde life "!

The movie "Retrograde Life" is directed by Xu Zheng. The movie tells the story of Gao Zhilei, a middle-level executive in a large factory, who was laid off and was forced to run a takeaway due to life constraints. He experienced various setbacks and embarrassments and then regained his confidence and courage.

It is precisely because of this story that the movie encountered widespread boycotts before it was released.

Because, people "don't want to spend money to watch rich people acting poor."

It was not until after the movie was released that everyone discovered that these remarks about the movie could not actually be a reason not to watch the movie.

Because, "I don't want to spend money to watch rich people acting poor." This sentence itself is illogical.

Let me ask you, which movie doesn’t feature a rich person playing a poor person?

Are there really actors poorer than the characters they play?

So, after excluding this illogical reason, you will find that "Retrograde Life" is actually a good movie.

At least, this is a movie above the passing mark.

The movie does not tell everyone about the suffering of consumption as everyone feared, and treats the delivery man as an inspirational story. Rather, it breaks this industry apart, crushes it into pieces, and presents it to the audience intuitively, allowing everyone to have a more comprehensive understanding of this profession.

Of course, for commercial reasons, many commercial elements have been added to the movie.

But it is undeniable that Xu Zheng actually has his own ideas for this movie outside of the commercial category.

It's just that the way he expresses his ideas is relatively obscure.

Careful viewers may find that the soul of this movie that Xu Zheng wants to express is hidden in the last line of "Retrograde Life".

The last line of the movie "Retrograde Life" is:

"Every one of us works hard, we have worked hard enough, so we deserve to be respected, we deserve a better life, right?"

"Right? ?” The key to the line

lies in the last two words: right?

In fact, according to everyone's habitual thinking, this line ends here when it says "We work hard enough, so we deserve to be respected and deserve a better life."

This is the ending of the movie, everyone is happy.

However, Xu Zheng asked the word "right" twice?

So, who is this "right" asking?

Is it like in the movie? Ask the delivery boy sitting below? Or are you asking the executives of the takeaway companies sitting behind him? Maybe he’s asking every audience member sitting in front of the big screen!

Originally, if you work hard, you should be respected and you should have a better life. This is the logic recognized by everyone.

However, Xu Zheng raised questions about such a matter of course, which is the soul of the entire movie.

The reason why Gao Zhilei has such a question is because when Gao Zhilei was working as a delivery boy, he saw some people working very hard, but still not being respected and still not living a better life.

At this point, Xu Zheng did not discuss it in depth.

And the movie "Retrograde Life" can only shoot the two words "right"?

After all, it is unrealistic to directly pose the question "We have worked hard, why are we not doing better?"

Therefore, these two words can be regarded as Xu Zheng’s good intentions.

Here, I would also like to advise everyone that hard work is a good thing, but don’t overdo it, and don’t curl up too much.

Because, if we have worked very hard, but we are still not doing well.

So, the problem may not be ours.