At the end of 1951, also nearing graduation, 23-year-old Argentine student Ernesto and his friend decided to take a year off from school to travel around South America. Their self-drive vehicle was a 1939 Norton motorcycle, which traveled through South America along the Andes Mountains, via Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia, to Venezuela. The journey was recorded in Ernesto's diary. Eight months later, he went home. "The person who wrote these diaries died when they set foot on the land of Argentina again. I am no longer me..."
Fortunately, there was this diary from the journey, and the movie "Motorcycle Diary" was born. Fortunately, this trip gave us a more familiar name: Che Guevara. I agree with the director to express such a character from this angle. Whether by accident or necessity, great people have become successful, and along their youthful experiences, we can find the extraordinary. However, the movie "Motorcycle Diary" is just a road film to describe the straight road, without rendering the blood and passion of a revolutionary. There is no wit or ups and downs, but the presentation of an experience just plainly deduces the growth of a young man.
Before leaving, the mother repeatedly told the two young people that the motorcycle loaded with soft and soft set off like an arrow from the string. The family was in a cold sweat. This reckless departure seems to tell us that this trip is clearly two young people who want to practice the sense of adventure in their bones. Young hearts are always restless, and they long to have a direct and even complete perception of the South American continent under their feet.
"From now on we'll only trust our motorcycles." The old ones were going fast on the road. This road leads all the way to the distance, bordering the blue sky in the distance. In their eyes, this "far ahead" is the whole of Latin America, and what they leave behind is the poor and boring student life. They lowered their bodies against the wind, eager to drive their motorcycles faster, and even raced with cowboys riding horses on the road. They accidentally tripped over the stones on the road and rushed their cars into the ditch beside the road. They aspire to be like adventurers, surrounded by passion, admiration, and envy. "I'm so happy that we have left civilization behind and are close to the earth." Between the familiar urban civilization and the unfamiliar vast land is the journey they will travel in their hearts. The ideal life is always elsewhere. This kind of desire cannot be changed by the sweet love and the pitiful reluctance of his girlfriend.
This movie is intoxicating to watch because the scenery along the way is so beautiful. Calm deep lakes, mountains with white snow caps in the distance, green grasslands, the land is vast, serene, and even full of mystery. But the journey was not all smooth sailing. The mountain road is winding, there are many obstacles along the way, and the car is scrapped in the end. Fortunately, as medical students, they can beg the locals for food and sleep. As they walked on foot, they gained many friendships from strangers, but facing the dying patient, Ernesto realized the helplessness, fear and despair in the patient's eyes. The plight of the locals along the way weighed heavily on the journey. They gradually and deeply discover the truth and suffering of life. Those displaced peasants and enslaved miners rediscovered Ernesto's world as a strange, puzzling and angry reality. After a few months as a volunteer in a leper village in Peru, he found that everything had changed, and so had he.
A trip changed the outlook on life and the world. Is this a coincidence or is it Guevara's luck? The young man in the movie gave us a lot of moving and admirable. I'm thinking, what made him find himself and his life's direction on the journey? In life, there are many people who are complacent, but there may be more people who are helpless. How difficult it is for a young man to find self-affirmation and an accurate understanding of the world around him, and it is admirable to be able to do it yourself! In the film, Guevara has integrity, fearless courage and a kind heart. But in my opinion, what is more important is his feelings, the passion for life and the love for this land are the source of his life force.
Youth, walking, adventure, experience... These words often converge in our imagination and longing. But in many cases, it is just imagination, and there are not many people who make brave actions for ideals. Perhaps, as ordinary as you and me, there are not so many gaps in life to spend freely. Even if you can travel freely and visit various places, you may still find that the beauty and style of the journey can be fixed again and again, laughter and good memories can be told, but it is only the joy of resting time, and parting with regular life. 's escape. This is a long way from abstract rosy visions, and there must be something missing from it.
Yes, that is idealism, a deep feeling in the bones. This is very important for a young man. Walking is just a way, sightseeing is more of a pleasure. If we have to say that the young Guevara is lucky to have this journey of life, it is also because he can constantly collide his originally small and restless self with this vast, ancient and deep nature during the journey. In contrast, to change the narrow-mindedness of one's own vision, the youthful and vigorous radicalism and the one-sidedness of thinking.
"Let the world change you, and then you can change the world." The movie's slogan is true.
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