My viewing point does not focus on the 9/11 event itself, although this is one of the most important fuses of the movie. Some people say that the movie is too sensational, and the director is deliberately manipulating the emotions of the audience, especially when it comes to the sensitive incident of 9/11, it is difficult to take off this hat. But I think 911 is not the main reason that moved me, or that the film reflects the scars of 911 through personal pain. It is typically small, and very subtle, without the slightest exaggeration. I don’t know where they think they’re manipulating, because everyone’s tear points are not the same. I think my tear points are relatively high, but the drama that hits me is undoubtedly family, affection and growth. This is the main theme I think, because watching this story, it is too substituting, I seem to understand everything Oscar does, because I seem to be such a person.
Before his father died, Oscar was still a healthy child, of course he still had many problems. He is undoubtedly smart, but also precocious and sensitive, and still timid (as seen from the swing). His too close relationship with his father seemed to help him escape these problems temporarily, and when Worse Day came, everything could not be avoided.
In a series of stories from the day of 9/11 to thereafter, Oscar fully demonstrated all aspects of his personality that were exploded. He is autistic, carrying his father’s answering machine, secret cabinet, and later keys and envelopes. There are too many secrets. He will not fall asleep late at night, crying alone, repeating his father’s last words and the moment of falling, He is cautious and fearful of everything. He doesn’t trust public transportation. He doesn’t dare to cross a rickety bridge. He will lie and blame himself. He has a tendency to abuse himself. He is always blue and blue. He can The grandfather was brutally forced to finish listening to that message, and at the same time there was an unimaginable calmness that showed no emotion to outsiders. Moreover, he has a kind of unimaginable strength, persistently looking for the key, trying to connect with his father in the slightest. All of this seems unreasonable, but it is true. There are a few shots that impress me the most. The first is that on the day of the incident, Oscar was hiding under the bed. What a protective space and way, both grandma and mother had to come down to look for him. When the mother came, he even completely Shrinking inside, this is the way for almost everyone, especially children, to face the unbearable, shrink to a closed corner and hide. This shot almost condenses the subtleties of the relationship between thousands of teenagers and their parents. Parents always try to protect their children, but as everyone knows, children are always afraid of getting hurt. The other is that Oscar left the house, but then got down and said to the crack of the door, I love you. I really love this shot, because this is what I would do. I can't help but hurt the person I love most, but I can't help regretting it in a way that makes me comfortable whether the other party knows it or not. To ease. At this moment, the complexity of all emotions is exquisitely magnified and within reach.
Family emotions are what I think is the highlight of this movie, the ingenious transition from father's love to mother's love, knowing the final outcome. At the beginning, I always focused on the boy's nostalgia for his father. I always found it a bit strange, because the departure of my father alone would not torture people to this point. Of course, the puzzle was finally solved because of guilt. In the process of finding the key, as Oscar himself said, the closer he is to his father and the farther away he is from his mother, he hurt his mother again and again, just as he cruelly said in that conversation, I hope you were in The building, of course, he didn't want to hurt his mother, but because his mother was the one he loved the most, and he could only rely on him, and he couldn't help but hurt him. Of course he didn't want his mother to be there, but because the guilt for his father had already made him unable to bear it. It seemed that if his mother was in the mansion, he would not have to face such guilt. It's really because of his kindness, the softness and delicateness of his heart that caused him so much guilt towards his father, and it also caused him so much harm to his mother. I think I can understand all of this. Sometimes, some people are just so stupid, but they still don't realize it. But at this time, all young people's minds are greater than love. Maternal love is always the best tear gas. When Oscar hysterically said, Mom, you don’t understand, you don’t understand how hard I struggle, how hard I work. Go to become normal. Mother said, I understand, I understand. But the boy still shook his head, what you don't understand, you don't understand. I really thought that these words spoke my heart. How could an adult understand the world of a child? You will never think of how painful he is, how strong he is, and how naive he is. But this time I was wrong. Maternal love conquered everything. In order to help her son get out of the predicament, her family visited the people her son was going to visit. He told his son that in order to understand him, she had to try to think from his son's perspective, so she done. Yes, it is impossible to fully understand, but the dedication of maternal love is the greatest. All the barriers gradually disappear in this wonderful connection between mother and child who visited countless people at the same time. They all talked about those interesting people and shared memories. Watching his father's bit by bit. This family finally reintegrated in the long tense relationship after the death of his father. The mother's acting skills here are impeccable, and she portrays the image of a strong and great mother to the fullest.
Having said that, returning to the previous narrative about 9/11, my view is that this disaster can be any event other than 9/11, and it does not affect the future direction of the story. But the wonderful thing is that with the help of 911, the misfortune of a family has been magnified into social scars. Just as Oscar didn’t understand why someone he never knew came back and attacked. Everyone who was killed had a family, and every family had a story behind it. , And the reaction of ordinary people in the process of searching for the mother and son as the reason, grandfather is a refugee from World War II, also symbolizes that society is gradually moving towards healing and light.
The film’s narrative and rhythm are also quite distinctive. There are a few things that surprised me. The first is to hide the reason for the little boy’s guilt, because the death of his father alone does not seem to be enough to give him such a great pressure, and the suspense is also left over and over again. When I met the black uncle, he confessed his guilt to a complete stranger, because at that moment, he couldn't answer the phone when he was obviously there. It seems impossible, but it is like this. I have a similar experience myself. When something is too unbearable, the instinctive reaction is to avoid it, and when this kind of avoidance happens too often, it becomes a kind of dullness. I can almost imagine Oscar being unable to move his feet and watching the building collapse. Therefore, later he could only double self-blame on himself, and gradually showed the negative in his character. Knowing the appearance of the deaf-mute grandfather, he seemed to be going to gradually uncover the boy's heart knot, and suddenly his grandfather's departure brought the story to Negative, followed by a sharp turn. Black's wife took Oscar to her ex-husband, and the story gradually climaxed. As everyone knows, this just uncovered the knot of the other person and has nothing to do with her. The little boy who walked out of the building could not restrain his emotions and yelled furiously at home, but all of this was finally resolved by love. Rhythm and transition can be described as quite in place.
Finally, when it comes to the ending of the story, the family is gradually returning to completion, and in the end Oscar managed to swing the swing. In fact, I even expect an ending similar to rocket science. The stuttering boy will end up stuttering, but after all, it is 9/11. After all, the director cannot be too cruel. For a time that is too heavy, a good ending may be the best cure for everyone. Method.
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