Small hidden in the wild, big hidden in the city

Maiya 2022-04-19 09:01:30

It turns out that not only Chinese people like to find paradise.
Everyone is like a family, a beautiful community, self-sufficient, not disturbed by the trivialities of the world, and it sounds like a world described in utopia.
But such a world is so fragile. When an accident does happen, people in the community are overwhelmed, they panic, they are angry, they even lose themselves, and they choose to escape to maintain happiness.
Such a world is so small, when outsiders enter, it is disbanded because it is overwhelmed.
The ending seems to tell us that heaven does not exist, because of its fragility and niche, it is destined not to be popularized to all living beings.
But with the appearance of the last photo, the screenwriter gave his thoughts on heaven. The real heaven exists in his heart and is his own feeling.
I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know it's not some place you can look for. Because it's not where you go. It's how you feel for a moment in your life when you're a part of something. And if you find that moment, it lasts forever.
There are too many troubles in our life, and many people hope to escape everything by traveling and find the so-called spiritual liberation. But the joy of traveling is short-lived and unrealistic, just like the paradise in the movie, and finally returns to the real world. The real liberation is not that we let go of everything, but that we can face the hustle and bustle of life and still maintain inner peace. Xiaoyin is hidden outside Taoyuan, and Dayin is hidden in the downtown.

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Extended Reading
  • Geovanni 2022-03-21 09:01:27

    The escapist of modern life, through the construction and collapse of utopia, seems to herald the nowhere for modern people to escape. (The clichéd utopian story)

  • Daron 2022-03-19 09:01:03

    Although the protagonist himself is not popular, Leon also interprets this role as useless, false ideals, false philosophies, contrived and ignorant, and he doesn't know it in the end, and it can be seen that the director does not know, or the director wants to say that this is American. The male French were the only ones who didn't become a rabble. In addition, compared with Total Eclipse of Heart and Titanic, Leon is ugly.

The Beach quotes

  • Richard: [narrating] There was the Weathergirl.

    Weathergirl: I feel a tightness in my pelvis. It's gonna rain.

    [heavy rain begins to fall]

  • Richard: And yes unfortunately, there was the man with the guitar.

    Guitarman: [singing badly] Come as you are, as you were, and as I want you to be.