In fact, I don’t quite understand what the director and screenwriter want to express. At first, I thought it was to explore the meaning of life, and then I thought it was about the universe, and then it made people think about whether to place the individual’s fear of the unknown in a super grand narrative. Under the framework, it will not appear so sad, anyway, Homo sapiens are going to be extinct. No, it's essentially a glorification of the fear of extinction, just a religious escape speech. Look further, oh so it was about family growth? At the end, the elder brother reconciled with his parents and younger brothers, but he still doesn't understand the author's true intentions. Anyway, this doesn't really matter. There is a saying in Dead Poem Society: When you read, do not consider what the author thinks, consider what you think. Similar to writing, writers don't often say that when a work is finished, it does not belong to the author himself , belongs to every reader, and the same applies to movies. I don’t have to worry about what the author wants to express. The key is how I think, and how I think in the process. Cogito ergo sum.
What did I get from it, to love, to learn to love correctly, to love tenderly.
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