When I first watched this movie, I was afraid that I would fall asleep next time. The composition of the picture is ordinary. The daughter of the protagonist is very weird. The protagonist’s old man is even more ordinary. The storyline is like a running account. Such a movie is really true. Is it okay?
However, everything changed when the old man drove a tattered lawn mower on the road to Wisconsin. I think the climax has come, and it is a very long climax.
The brother of the old man lives in Wisconsin. He has a conflict with the old man. He hasn't spoken for many years, but suddenly suffered a stroke. He died soon. The protagonist who also died soon decided to visit him, and he did not take a bus or drive (because he didn’t have a driver’s license). ), but to see him with the broken lawn mower at home (you must know that my brother’s house lives far, far away, and the lawn mower is probably open for many weeks). If this is a gimmick from the script and the director, It is better to say that this is actually a sincere and cunning strategy of the protagonist.
The old man of the protagonist slowly set off from his hometown in Iowa, driving the lawn mower, and the wind of the cars along the way blew off the protagonist’s hat, just like a poem on the journey, gentle and indifferent, making people feel warm. As for The speed of the lawn mower is conceivable. If you have already driven from Beijing to Tianjin while starting with the lawn mower, the lawn mower is still advancing at the East Third Ring Road, but the protagonist controls everything. It doesn't matter whether it is slow, as if we impatient people are wrong, and it is wrong if the world is not so leisurely and slow.
Along the way. The old man met all kinds of people, children who had run away from home, road bike riders, and a kind family who helped the old man repair his car. The old man's attitude was always ordinary, kind, and indifferent, just like his natural dull expression when he turned on the lawn mower. When I finally met my younger brother, it was also the real climax of the whole movie. The two old men sat in the afternoon sun with complicated expressions. They wanted to look at each other but didn’t dare to face each other. The protagonist’s eyes wanted to say nothing. Hugh’s little emotion seemed to leak all the discord with his brother over the past few decades to the audience. When he saw this, I had to be moved. When my brother saw the old man’s lawn mower, the picture showed us, brother and There were tears in his brother's eyes that he could no longer hide. The picture came to an abrupt end, and the movie ended at the climax, leaving me with a strong shock. That's right, this is brotherhood, this is brotherhood in the setting sun and dusk. Without any words, the younger brother understands the hard work of the brothers all the way, so I said before that this is actually a sincere and cunning strategy of the old man. , He used the way of driving on a lawn mower to complete his expression of life, and also used this way to make the most sincere apology to his brother. This is a black-bellied and naturally moving old man.
The protagonist is the hero of this article. The natural, smooth, atmospheric, and calm acting interprets a cute, gentle, stubborn and indifferent ordinary old man. Uh, it’s very appropriate. The atmosphere created by the whole movie also breaks many people’s opinions. The stereotypes of American movies give people a sense of warmth and identity, and a long-lost feeling. In terms of the shot and rhythm, the director also changed his style of ghost talent, trying to maintain the level corresponding to the movie itself, maybe A movie that pleases the audience is not only a movie that creates a visual impact.
In short, it is not so much a good movie, a moving movie, but a long-awaited movie, where it is meaningless to criticize the human nature in reality and criticize the abnormal expansion of society. This type of movie just hasn't appeared in a long time. In the eyes of people, there are not only Hollywood fast food blockbusters in the United States, but also many good movies hidden in the deep sea of art. The simple and moving things I encountered in childhood, now I want to find out all of them.
This movie is not sensational, but it makes people feel warm. The plot spreads slowly, but it does not make people sleepy. Just like a country song, when you discover its beauty, you find the most true softness in your heart.
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