How do you evaluate the Syracuses, a new event in “Ark of Tomorrow”?

Let’s talk about an Easter egg on the radio waves that no one has mentioned yet, but as a movie lover’s favorite :

In this Side Story [Syracuses], a total of five plays that are updated every day are introduced. Except for “Death of Texas” on the first day, which reflects the rise and fall of the Texas family in the plot, in fact, the other four The repertoire also has corresponding tribute movies in the real world. All of them are classic works in the field. The posters of the four plays also have corresponding tribute components , except for the three “Godfather” which are obviously paid tribute to in this plot. Song , I also like these films very much, and I also recommend them to you here:

“Two Old Rapiers” corresponds to the movie: “Two Smoking Guns”

1998 British director Guy Ritchie’s film, Douban score 9.1, IMDB score 8.2

Eddie (Nick Moran) has a quick mind and is a great poker player. With the support of three friends, Eddie took a huge sum of money to participate in the high-stakes gambling game of the underworld, not wanting to fall into the trap and owe a gambling debt of 500,000. In order to pay off their gambling debts, Eddie and his friends racked their brains, eventually counting on a group of drug dealers and buying two old-fashioned smoking guns for the robbery.
I don’t want this group of restless drug dealers, thinking about the money of their drug supplier, and committed a robbery on the same day. After the drug dealers went to great lengths to get the neat money ironed by the drug supplier, Eddie and the others were lucky to enjoy it. But they don’t know that behind this seemingly simple robbery, there are more powerful characters involved. The two smoking guns in their hands also hide a lot of stories.
Can they get away with being caught in the whirlpool of ignorance and recklessness? The poignant humour of the little ones and the big ones is interspersed with the occasional incidents of laughter.

Lock, Stock and Barrel is a popular phrase in the UK and North America that means “all, all, head to toe”. Because the most critical component of a gun consists of three parts:

1) Lock, the ignition device of the gun, 2) stock, butt, 3) barrel, barrel.

These three components are combined into one, and they form a complete gun, so it alludes to “everything is ready and everything is ready”.

Two Barrels refers to old-fashioned double-barreled shotguns, the two priceless antique guns in the film, both of which are double-barreled. Two Smoking Barrels are smoking shotguns that have just been fired or are being fired.

Therefore, the second meaning of using the title is to imply that this is a violent crime in a modern city, and all the perpetrators use firearms.

In addition, the title has a third meaning. Lock has the meaning of “marijuana” in English colloquialism, Stock refers to money, and Barrel still means gun chamber, which constitute the three most critical elements of the film.

Life does feel boring sometimes. But there is always something in this world that makes us feel moving, novel or enjoyable. Some people say that movies are the most fun toys in the world. After watching “Two Smoking Guns”, I believe many people will feel the same.

The story and character relationships throughout the film should be described as “coincidence”, how many coincidences will you encounter in your life? How many coincidental incidents have happened, and you will always ponder and sigh, “How can it be so coincidental?” We always like to attribute the causes of the coincidental events that have happened to the direction of fate, so the coincidences that are a little incredible are even more magical. Of course, “coincidence” has brought us joy and surprise, but it can also bring us sorrow and grief. But no matter what the result is, it cannot hide the powerful attraction brought by the “coincidence” itself.

“Bad Guy” corresponds to the movie “Good Guy”

The classic film “Goodfellas” created by the famous director Martin Scorsese in 1990, scored 8.5 on Douban and 8.7 on IMDB

Adapted from a true story, this film tells the bloody grievances and grievances of the New York Mafia, and restores the so-called “moral justice” to the ugliness and greed of human nature.
Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) has been ignorant since he was a child. He followed the eldest, Pauly, by collecting protection fees, smuggling, and robbery. He married Karen, a beautiful wife, a lovely daughter, a charming mistress, and a famous car. Mansion, good life.
Jimmy Conway (Robert De Niro) and Tommy (Joe Pesci) are good friends of Henry, and the three of them go through and do a lot together: kill Billy Bay, the Italian mafia leader who humiliated Tommy. Hereby; plan the German Airline robbery, kill his accomplices, and embezzle the stolen money; he even sells drugs behind the back of the boss, Poly.
Of course, their lives, in addition to enjoying the power brought by money, are more precarious: Tommy was shot and killed because of Billy Bates’ death; Henry himself was arrested by the police for drug trafficking, others also implicated.
Karen tried her best to bail Henry out. At this time, they had nothing, were isolated, and were in danger. They will try their best to survive, no matter how and at what price…

If Coppola made the gang an opera, Scorsese made the gang a rock: there is no order, only chaos, everyone thinks they can control their destiny, but everyone has to bow their heads in front of it.

A gangster film like a documentary, describing the depraved history of a small gangster. A silent long shot from the back door into the kitchen and into the hall is destined to be a classic.

Among the many works of “sociologist” Martin Scorsese, “Goodfellas” is undoubtedly the most entertaining. First of all, it tells a mythical story: an alternative marginal character, in a sinister world. The second is the fluent camera language, which is fully commensurate with the rhythm and emotions contained in the story , thus bringing an almost evil but hearty violent experience; lastly, because of its documentary, this is the most The wonderful point is that in a sense, it is completely contrary to the myth, but Scorsese can find a delicate balance or combination between the two, which is the genius of the master.

Some people say that this is a story about the shattering of the American dream, but the truth is quite a bit like asking for fish. In this black world, there is no so-called American dream. There is no struggle here, only depravity, violence and profit, and the more depraved, the more violent, the more ruthless you are, the closer you are to success. It’s hard to say that this is a struggle myth about the American dream. What it actually tells is the story of how marginal characters survive in the cracks. There is no social struggle here, and even the rules of the gang don’t apply. Henry, Jimmy, Tommy, they are not only marginal figures in society, but also marginal figures in the underworld. The practical significance of this story is that their struggles will never be recognized, and their destiny is only one from beginning to end. Outcome: Abandoned. The meaning of the myth is that Henry escaped this fate in the end, and the method is exactly the rules he learned in the sinister arena: no rules, no morals.

So the more beautiful it is, the more illusory it is.

“The Sicilian” corresponds to the movie “The Irishman”

In 2019, Martin Scorsese united with the old bigwigs: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci and others made masterpieces, with a score of 8.8 on Douban and a score of 7.8 on IMDB

The Irishman is a saga directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci.
The story of organized crime in postwar America is told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran. Frank Sheeran is a liar and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the 20th century. Spanning decades, the film chronicles one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in American history, the disappearance of legendary union leader Jimmy Hoffa, in a grand narrative journey through the hidden tunnels of organized crime: its inner workings, its foes, and connection with mainstream politics.

It has reshaped the goodfellas-style three heroes, but this time the old horse will undoubtedly go further.

The film uses Frank’s recognition party as a watershed, before the ups and downs of the gangster epic. “Age reduction” technology brings De Niro, Joe Pesci and Pacino back to their prime, making a grand debut, proving that they are still the best of this era. The actor ; and later, after this last carnival, everything was lost, and everyone went to the end in unison.

Everyone except the protagonist comes out with the ending, which is printed in the center of the screen like an epitaph, implying an inevitable fate and full of a predetermined sense of tragedy; and the ending of the last thirty kinds is even more sad, Martin through the physical Aging creates helpless decay. In the blink of an eye, the white hair was gray.

Such a reality is hard to accept, but it has happened both on and off the show. In the last shot, no one listened to the legendary stories of the past, leaving only endless loneliness.

If I were to represent Martin Scorsese in a movie, I would now choose The Irishman, almost removing the usual ruthlessness of gangster films, and instead speaking in a lighthearted and witty way, but as “Age Reduction” “The special effects can’t cover up De Niro’s slow and cumbersome body movements, and the relaxed gesture in the narrative can’t hide the sentimentality that is surging from time to time but gushing out at the last moment.

“Your lawyer is dead.”

“Who did it?”

“cancer.”

Yes, an era has passed, and the ups and downs of the past have long since subsided. People ask, who caused the decline of film, television? stream media? Or Marvel? Maybe it’s just time .

But we can clearly see that in the crack of the door, it is like a glimpse of dying, and how many vicissitudes have been revealed.

“Seven Heroes on Blood” corresponds to the movie “Two Heroes on Blood”

In 1989, Hong Kong director John Woo joined Chow Yun-fat, Li Xiuxian, Ye Qianwen and others to create a work, which can be described as a classic of Hong Kong-style gangsters, with a score of 8.5 on Douban and a score of 7.8 on IMDB.

Killer Ya Zhuang (Chow Yun-fat) accidentally injured singer Jennie (Ye Qianwen) in an assassination operation and nearly blinded her. Since then, feeling guilty, he began to protect and help Jennie secretly, and wanted to take advantage of her complete blindness. A sum of money sent her to go abroad for medical treatment. For this reason, Yazhuang took the risk and became a killer again. He didn’t want to receive the money after the task was completed, but Wang Hai, who hired him to kill, sent someone to hunt him down.
Detective Li Ying (Li Xiuxian), who was instructed to investigate the related murder case, knew that there was another secret during the investigation. Yazhuang was not a cold-blooded killer and began to sympathize with him. In the pursuit of Wang Hai’s forces, the two became even more entangled. A life-and-death relationship. However, Yazhuang’s fate seems to be doomed.

Too classic, although it seems a bit contrived today, it was quite a sensation at the time, and many films with similar themes today have its shadow.

“The world has changed. We are no longer suitable for this arena because we are too nostalgic.”

I just realized that this is undoubtedly an era that should not be nostalgic.

A policeman who was ostracized by his superiors, and a killer who was chased by the underworld, one black, one white, one righteous and one evil, with a clear standpoint, both sides were forced into desperation. Silence, they are a cynical, a chivalrous person, they are God’s opponents, but betray their fate and meet each other frankly and fight side by side with sincerity.

“You’re not a killer at all.”

“You don’t look like a cop either.”

At the end of the story, Xiaozhuang Li Ying joined forces in the church to fight Wang Hai and his men to death. Xiao Zhuang was shot several times in his body and his eyes were also blown out. He and Jennie crawled hard on the ground in front of the burning church, and finally missed it. So Li Ying picked up the gun and ran to Wang Hai, who was surrounded by the police, and fired without hesitation.

The mournful harmonica sounded again.

The color of the film is dignified, from the original atmosphere of the old days to the tragic unfolding of the world. Director John Woo is telling us about a past river and lake, where bullets and bullets are flying, but it is full of warmth , like the words of Zeng Ye who encouraged Li Ying. : Win or lose is not important, sometimes losing is not equal to failure, no one can win the world.

This is an idealistic elegy, a tragic mourning for the heroic feelings of the past . In a society where people are trying to cheat their own interests, whether in the past, now or in the future, does such a pure emotion really exist?

When preaching morality, abiding by principles, and emphasizing affection, these fine qualities were neglected and forgotten again and again by us, and were exhausted by cynicism again and again.

Thank you Ark of Tomorrow, and Side Story [Syracuse], for using this method to awaken the long-standing memory of watching movies in the old days. Such a proper tribute makes me very happy for movie fans who are on the airwaves.

As a player, I resonated with several designers in the game design team who had the same feelings. In a time and space separated by thousands of miles, I smiled knowingly at the screen , which was quite touching.

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