Think deeper

Rhiannon 2022-04-21 09:01:42

Named like a superhero movie, it's actually a philosophical movie.

The film tells the story of a family who lives in seclusion in the forest, meditating, exercising, hunting, largely self-sufficient, and most importantly, constantly reading, thinking independently, and understanding the nature of the problem.

There are two sentences that particularly impressed me. One is that "it is our behavior, not our language, that defines us." , and what can be said and what can't be said should not be a problem; the second is "innate human rights, to control the power", although the rule of the world is that the strong control the weak, sometimes we will appear powerless, but as long as we live, we have the right to decide their own behavior.

At the end of the film, a "compromise" is made between the ideal country and the real society. It may not be called a "compromise". It can only be said that a complete ideal country is not suitable for the present. The development of civilization has brought safety and convenience to life in some aspects, but we must not forget the more precious things that nature and books have brought us. Knowledge and skills are the most fundamental source of our survival and thinking.

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Extended Reading

Captain Fantastic quotes

  • Ben: It's a beautiful mistake. But a mistake.

  • [first lines]

    Ben: [family gathers around the slain deer] Today, the boy is dead. And in his place... is a man.

    Bo: [rips off a bloody bite of the offered morsel]