The introduction to the story at the beginning tells that the protagonist's family had many neighbors, but they were all wiped out in various accidents... Maybe in the eyes of Chinese people, Europeans and Americans are all the same, but in the eyes of Europeans and Americans, there may be There are many differences, such as ancient Greece and ancient Rome, I am afraid there are only legends... At the beginning, the theme was pointed out-the reason why our family can still survive in the world is entirely because the father obeys the rules, or, in other words, Those conservative to outrageous series of rules. In the eyes of the older generation of conservatives, the real world is extremely dangerous and dark, and fear is the driving force for people to survive, fear of nature, fear of darkness, so that they cannot easily pursue the light, this is an inevitable law of survival—— Look, the rest of the families that do not obey this law have all been wiped out.
However, young people always have curiosity and desire for light and ideals in their hearts. In this modern era, where the frequency and concentration of information is far more frequent than any stage in history, all the "rules" seem to have become plausible - tortoise It can fly, an elephant may be the size of a mouse, a whale may be running on the road, the bright flowers may actually be piranhas, and the seemingly cute and harmless birds are the species that the jungle overlord parrot saber-toothed tiger is deeply afraid of... Although A single bird is actually very powerless, and the little sister of the protagonist can easily handle it. With such a rich variety of real-life information reflected in front of them, young people are of course not happy to listen to the old stories told by their parents that are "alarmist" but nothing new - and that story is obviously made up by themselves, and the only theme of the story is death. The purpose is simply to use the fear to demand that the children and everyone in the family obey the rules--of course, the rules are set (or discovered or recognized) by the father. Once an excellent young man uses the knowledge in his head to continuously show "miracles" to everyone, the whole family will naturally gather around him, which threatens the status of the original core (father). When "common sense" can no longer adapt to new changes, the advantages of "wisdom" and adventurous spirit are almost irresistible, and there is a chance to embrace the sun, and hiding in a conservative cave can only be "waiting to die" - the prophecy that the old world is about to collapse has long been Resounding through the heavens and the earth, the various changes in front of us have exacerbated people's recognition of the old order and the old world "will collapse."
After a funny, dreamy and touching journey, everyone has finally opened up a new world together, and the popular buzzwords such as innovation, adventure, and change have naturally won. People on and off the show can continue to live with confidence in the fantasy and the beauty that is to come.
People in Europe and the United States have always had a deep fear, which makes them generally conservative, but in each era there are always individual adventurers who have opened up new worlds for European and American cultures, so that today's earth is basically the concept of civilization with European and American civilization as the mainstream. . However, their own stagnation and various diseases of civilization have made Europeans and Americans even more terrified. They are entangled in whether they should return to embrace conservatism or strive to achieve change. At present, it seems that the elites are more inclined to embrace change. Qian Mu once commented that the spirit of Europeans and Americans has always been exploring outward, and now their development has encountered a bottleneck (the ideals of interstellar travel and interstellar exploration are blocked by economic stagnation and the pursuit of profits by capital, and European and American civilizations are turning conservative), losing The space and confidence for external expansion is the most fatal blow to Europeans and Americans. This film is very in line with the spiritual power core of European and American culture's outward adventure. In this era of conservatism and change, it is natural to be loved by them.
Overall, it's a pretty good movie, much better than the embarrassing ones, laughing, tearing, loving and thinking, happy ending, inspirational and hypnotic (not to make people want to sleep, but to make people feel happy to continue living in fantasy and ideal).
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