a world without magic

Zena 2022-04-21 09:02:03

A few days ago, I took time to watch this movie with my 2-year-old son. This is the first movie in his life that he has officially watched while sitting in the theater. At the end of the movie, warmth and consolation wrapped people in an instant. After all, we followed the two protagonists through a fantasy adventure, bravely defeating monsters, and finally achieved a happy ending. He smiled innocently and pointed at the hesitant screen. expressing.

If you put aside the child's innocence, only from the perspective of an adult, the story is full of sadness and contains all kinds of depression and helplessness in life. The fathers of the two brothers in the film passed away early, and the emotional support of the growing father is destined to become a gap. It is conceivable that during their childhood, mothers must have struggled with both livelihood and emotions, so the relationship between mother and son is not so deep, which can be inferred from the son's attitude towards his mother. Based on this, the two characters have sharp and fragile parts, one is humble and gloomy, and the other is impetuous. Overconfidence. The way of life shown is that the inferior brother is always out of tune with the surrounding environment, and is extremely insecure and lacks a sense of belonging. From the beginning, he tried to seek spiritual support, and finally projected all spiritual sustenance on his deceased father. everything just to see him once. The impetuous elder brother always likes to cause trouble. He drives a dilapidated car around all day long, talks neither high nor low, and achieves nothing in the eyes of others, but by chance, he embarks on a journey to find a spiritual home with his younger brother. He tried his best to encourage and guide his younger brother all the way. In the end, the story ended successfully when the brothers worked together, challenged many difficulties, found "Dad", and enhanced their relationship.

Finding "Dad" is just the end of a paragraph, but not the way out of life.

"All misfortune in life begins with the family", this sentence is explicit and true. If we were in a relatively happy family as a child, we would not be looking for emotional sustenance in our helplessness, vulnerability, and anxiety when we grow up or even grow old, because the seeds of hope are planted in our own bodies. Such lucky people are rare. The suffering and confusion the brothers experienced also happened to happen in the real you, me and him. It's a pity that we live in a crueler world, because there is no magic, no sword, no expert to help you, or even a partner to fight together, and some are just chicken feathers and broken dreams. All helpless. Not everyone can get another fortune in the misfortune of the original family, such as fully supporting their brothers and sisters, such as accompany a loyal partner, such as a friend who sees death as a result... In the adult world, It is often a hippie smile that faces the emptiness around him, and his appearance is detached to meet the joy of others. All things put their own safety, interests, and comfort first, always giggling in loneliness, silent in the noise, let alone possessing magic, it is difficult to blow even a chicken feather, look around, chicken feathers are everywhere, sticky. At the feet, trouser legs, sleeves, hats... No matter how you run away, you can't escape.

Most of the adults who have been running for their lives in the torrent of life have difficulty changing their miserable situation, and it is even more difficult to find a partner who will treat each other with sincerity and share the storm. Either stop the pain to yourself and don't continue it, or be prepared, create a life, give him all hope and opportunities, let him live the rest of his life, without needing to ask others to rescue him, without running around to seek spiritual sustenance . As long as you are innocent and stubborn like a child, chasing after the perfection of everything, smiling without thinking, and living a life with a clear love and hate.

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Onward quotes

  • Barley Lightfoot: [Shrunk, in Ian's shirt pocket] I have to use the restroom.

    Ian Lightfoot: Can't it wait?

    Barley Lightfoot: All right, your pocket.

  • Ian Lightfoot: I didn't call you a screw up.

    Barley Lightfoot: You didn't have to. The magic said it for you.