Hey guys what is up welcome back to my blog I’m so thankful that you guys took the time out of your day to read my blog post. Hope you all are safe from the COVID-19. So I watched The Old Guard and man it hit me hard like hard hard. I already had something planned but I changed it to write this that’s how hard it hit me. The US people had an opportunity to win almost a lifetime worth of Netflix subscription by playing a little game. Anyway let’s talk about the different themes of this movie and obviously I recommend it so let’s get into it.
The Old Guard is a superhero movie where 4, centuries old people act as mercenaries and take on contracts to try and help the world and its people. The only specialty about them is that they’re immortal, they can’t die and that may seem like a really good thing but we see in the film how it gets so old. While it may seem like they would be having the time of their lives it’s actually shown that they have to live in hiding so that they’re not discovered. They fear capture because as they cannot be killed their fate would be internal torture because of their immortality. Having seen one of their members go through this before Charlize Theron’s character Andy is shown to have the desire to protect her team from that terrible fate.
So the movie itself isn’t able to give you a lot of backstory in the characters but I guess it’s fair because it got like 2 hours to cram everything in but if you look at the characters you can immediately see what kind of people they are. They are all simple characters like Luca Marinelli as Nicky and Marwan Kenzari as Joe. These 2 are kind to the people of the world and just want to use their immortality to help the people. Matthias Schoenaerts as Booker has a different approach because we see how he saw his family die and couldn’t help them. His family showed great resentment towards him because of that and so his loneliness makes him want to end his immortality. Lastly, Charlize Theron as Andy is the oldest of them all, is the most badass and well she’s lost people but she’s been fighting for the world but in the movie we see her as a character who just wants out because she doesn’t think she’s making a difference in the world. These 4 are shown to be a tight knit group referencing strategies as jobs they did in different times and placing their full trust in each other which ultimately leads to some complications but it’s cool. KiKi Layne as Nile is the newest and tries to learn about her immortality from the others and each of them has something different to teach her. At the end of the movie we see her embrace her immortality and move on with her new role.
So the film begins with Charlize Theron’s character thinking about all the past times she’s experienced near death and each time thinking if that would be it for her. Having lived for too long she and her team are shown to be waiting for their death taking on dangerous jobs and charging into fights with one goal ‘finish the mission without getting captured’. Then comes the twist of recruiting a new member and betrayal. KiKi Layne’s character Niles is the new member who is shown to be the direct opposite of Addy in every possible way shows a new hope to the group. She is firstly shown to be in denial about her newly discovered powers whereas Addy has accepted her immortality fully. One of them doesn’t want the life at all while for the other the immortal life is all she has. One of them is a killing machine while the other is still living with the guilt of their first kill. This shows their contrasting yet similar characteristics. The others of the group are also shown to have grown tired of their immortality as *SPOILERS SKIP TO THE NEXT PARAGRAPH IF YOU DON’T WANT THEM* Addy gets betrayed by her own team mate because he wants to end his immortality.
We see that having been alive for so long just fighting not knowing a why the group has grown tired but at the end of the movie we see how their actions have shaped the world to what it is now and how they need to keep going on. The belief is also put forward that their immortality doesn’t stop working just randomly it happens when their time has come so yes destiny too plays a major role in their lives. So immortality isn’t a curse it’s a tool to be used wisely. Though we see Andy say that she doesn’t believe in a God we can see through her actions that she indeed does. The movie in the end put forward the message that everyone has a purpose and everything happens for a reason so take that and implement it.
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