You can't change the world just by watching, you have to change it by choosing your own way of life

Leslie 2022-04-19 09:02:43

This movie is a typical inspirational movie. The story is very simple. Two ideal men and women achieved their respective goals through an unprecedented hot air balloon flight. Of course, there are various difficulties and obstacles in the middle, but the protagonists have overcome them fearlessly. It's a very old-fashioned story, but the "adapted from a true story" at the beginning makes me unable to laugh at the banter.

In 1862, the prejudice and bondage against women in that era were still so deeply ingrained that the female protagonist just went in to find the male protagonist and it caused a sensation. Physically, they saluted the hostess like a gentleman, but said in the most arrogant tone that this is not the place where women should come, and they can inform them on their behalf, how ironic.

It is in such an environment that our heroine accomplished a historical feat and reached a height that neither men nor women have ever reached in history.

Her name is Emilia Ryan, a widow, and everyone around her calls her Widow Ryan. They despised her in their mouths, but feared her in their hearts. Because she is the only female hot air balloon pilot. She and her husband had several hot air balloon flights, but her husband tragically passed away during a record-setting flight.

When she appeared on the stage, she looked like a clown, dressed like a clown, wearing exaggerated feathers on her head, doing some somersaults, exaggerated tone and behavior, I really didn't like it.

However, what she said to the male protagonist made me understand that she is really a very smart woman. She said that flying is also a performance, and she wanted to make the audience's money worth the money, and her performance was indeed a success.

Such a smart woman is really not a clown. Her profound professional knowledge, strong skills, and clear mind make me proud to have such a woman.

What amazes me the most is that she has an unyielding character and a strong will that is rare for ordinary people. The exhaust port of the hot air balloon was frozen by the wind and snow. She climbed to the top of the hot air balloon by herself. Her hands were frozen and broken, so she climbed with her arms and fell unconscious. in the basket.

She really told me what a woman can hold up half the sky, the male protagonist is in a coma, loses consciousness, and she does everything by herself.

She is awake, strong, and burdened, but she moves forward fearlessly. Watching this woman persevere in a high-altitude, oxygen-deficient and freezing environment, I am reminded of the heroes of the Anti-Japanese War.

Now, bombarded by the media every day, those who insist, those who are fearless, are labeled "weiguangzheng", always with a bit of ridicule, because we are already familiar with this kind of plot, and our immunity is very high. However, the appearance of this woman and her persistence always shocked me. It turns out that the ones we praised are really worthy of praise. Even if we usually joke about such a great light, we are still easily moved when such people really appear, because we can't do it ourselves.

Yes, the older you get, the more sober you become. I used to watch TV and movies, and the imperfections in the characters, the lack of sobriety, always made me so angry, always thinking about how they couldn't see through such a simple thing.

Now, I always envy, admire, and envy those people, not only the protagonists, but also the imperfect supporting roles.

When the male protagonist preached arrogantly to the female protagonist with his scientist attitude, when he lost his mind and only wanted to improve himself, when he proved himself like those people, I no longer have the idea of ​​​​being angry, but I am jealous of him from the bottom of my heart. He has Fight for it all your life, even if you pay for the ideal of your life.

He acted for the ideal, and despite being laughed at and humiliated by everyone, he continued to move forward. Even if only one step forward!

The last sentence of the film made me extremely ashamed, just watching can't change the world, you have to choose your own way of life to change it!

Our generation always looks at the wonderful life of others from various channels, and does nothing, even if it is just a little bit, I hope I can improve in the future, even a little bit.

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  • Arden 2022-03-27 09:01:18

    4.5. A majestic sky tour.

  • Harmon 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    The wiki of this movie said that the actual liftoff in history broke the world record and reached 11,887 meters (38,999 feet), which felt ridiculous. I continued to read Glaisher's wiki and said that it reached 9,500~10,900 meters. Coxwell's The wiki says that it is 10,700~11,300 meters, and one data is higher than the other... But there is a data in the wiki of the two pilots that is relatively consistent, that is, it is mentioned that they both fainted and lost consciousness at around 8800 meters, and the coxwell was turned on before fainting. Deflate the valve, can the balloon continue to rise after the valve is opened? The 10,000-meter+ height statement can only be explained that Coxwell had reached 10,000 meters+ before opening the air valve (and another hypoxia that was more than 1,000 meters high and had been fainting and did not die), and the height of Mount Everest was in the early 8800s. It is already an inhuman environment. The pilots of World War I usually fly at or below 20,000 feet without oxygen supply. The open cockpit of World War II aircraft also needs oxygen supply to 20,000 feet.

The Aeronauts quotes

  • James Glaisher: You are the only person who could fly us higher than anyone has ever been.

  • Amelia Wren: You don't change the world simply by looking at it, you change it through the way you choose to live in it.