"Extremely Loud, Very Close": Pain that is very far also needs attention

Thomas 2022-04-21 09:02:15

The little boy who was always close and happy with his father suddenly lost his father forever after an unprepared "dark day". Maybe it is because he misses his father eagerly, or because he is afraid to face the sudden reality. When he accidentally gets a key in a vase bought by his father in a closet, the little boy has an inexplicable hope. Be sure to find the lock for this key, even if you go all over the city and all the people, because the father who loves him must have a precious secret waiting for him to open. After searching all over New York City and knocking on the doors of various families who have experienced the "dark days", I finally found the owner of the key. Sadly, this is not the key left by the father to himself, but the key left by the deceased owner of the vase to his son. The real owner is not the boy's father. Toss for a long time, just to open a secret for others. However, the secret that his father left to the lost boy was far and near. It was a small note tucked under the swing. In addition, the relatives who have been silently following his mother and the grandfather who was finally found are the relatives he should pay attention to the most. The deceased father can only be a memory to be treasured forever.

This film is similar to "Remember Me", which tells the story of how people faced life in the post-9/11 period. Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock play the parents of the little boy respectively. If we are not a person who likes to pay attention to current affairs news and international events, it is easy to be infected by the plots in the film and be moved to tears. When the characters in the film ask "why" in a loud voice of grief, the answer is actually very simple and clear. When a country causes excessive harm to another country, it is bound to receive retaliation to varying degrees. No matter how powerful or hegemonic the country is, the other party will wait for any opportunity to counterattack, even if it is suicide. This is the most substantial and fundamental reason for the 9/11 incident.

It is a pity that the Americans do not realize this deeply, and they are still evaporating the damage they have suffered to anywhere in the world, thinking that they can get their own peace by killing all the people in the world. Friends or foes, Americans can put people in an instant torment between heaven and hell if they want. The bombing of one of their own twin buildings can evolve so many aphrodisiac dramas, and I don't know if they know how many lost families and human tragedies will occur when the entire city is destroyed in the country they invaded. Perhaps, to the pain of others, they will say: very far, no sound! What can we say about such an aphrodisiac, of course, we will never say what Sharon Stone once said to the Chinese people.

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  • Ernie 2022-03-29 09:01:03

    The film completely failed in the story, it was a two-hour torment~ and children hate annoying people very much, the whole is a lunatic~

  • Otha 2022-03-29 09:01:03

    The trauma brought by 911, on the way to find the answer, re-warm the heart with love. A subject worthy of attention, but this movie puts it all on the little boy to show it, it's too single... not emotionally moving. I especially hate this little boy, thinking that only myself is hurt in the whole world, so I keep hurting people who really care about him.

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close quotes

  • Linda Schell: I went into your room and I tried to think like you did. I wanted to understand.

    Oskar Schell: You were snooping on me?

    Linda Schell: I was searching for you.

  • Oskar Schell: I wish it were you.

    [pause]

    Oskar Schell: I wish it were you in the building instead of him.

    Linda Schell: [very softly] So do I.

    Oskar Schell: [pause] I didn't really mean that.

    Linda Schell: [sadly, in a whisper] Yes you did.