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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  • Nyasia 2022-03-22 09:01:33

    Can't agree. A paranoid decides the education of a group of children with self-will as the center, and creates a group of people with social disabilities. It is conceivable that the eldest son will be excluded by everyone in college, unable to integrate into society, and hope that he can continue to live after CAPTAIN dies. in the woods? How will they live by then?

  • Laurie 2022-03-23 09:01:38

    In all fairness, the filming is quite good, the story of hipsters raising children. Yet I was offended to the point of OCD. This is probably the kind of work I can't like the most: a playful dispelling of serious values ​​with human pride and self-righteousness. In other words, cynical. People who are too smart often like to do this to laugh at society and mediocrity, but it will not bring more progress, and it will stop at paddling and gain psychologically high self-satisfaction

Captain Fantastic quotes

  • Nai: [from the back seat] What does rape mean?

    Ben: When a person, usually a man, forces another person, usually a woman, to have sexual intercourse.

    Nai: Oh.

    Ben: Who's hungry?

    Kids: Me! Me!

    Nai: What's sexual intercourse?

    Ben: When a man sticks his penis in a woman's vagina... Everyone keep their eyes peeled for deer.

    Nai: Why would a man stick his penis in a woman's vagina?

    Ben: Because it can give them both pleasure. And because the combination of a man's sperm and a woman's egg can create a baby and continue the human race.

    Nai: But that's where she pees.

    Ben: Pee comes not from the vagina, but from the urethra, which is within the outer labia. But generally speaking, yes, that is where she pees... Everyone keep your eyes open for game of any kind.

  • Ben: [walking to picnic benches after shoplifting] Where else can we improve?

    Bo: Flawed exit strategy. Everyone went out the same doors. No one utilized the loading dock area at all. If it got blocked, we'd all be trapped.

    Ben: Mm-hmm.

    Vespyr: Inadequately planned extraction point. We probably shouldn't have all gone directly to the bus.

    Kielyr: Predetermined pickups would have been much less risky.

    Ben: On the plus side, mission: Free the food accomplished.