Happiness is caring

Kay 2022-01-08 08:04:06

Many people feel that this film about the life of an older London young woman laughing and joking is very incomprehensible. In our impression, London is a traditional, orderly, and gloomy city. Even Doudou wears suits and shoes every day. Let’s not talk about whether the elementary school teacher’s dress is compliant, (where did she find flower socks in various colors?), the attitude of giggling at the sight of people is really not British. Shouldn't the older leftover women hold Jane Austen to hurt the spring and the autumn in the rainy season? Why is she so happy? ? So from the beginning, when she started talking to her buddies in the bookstore, she was regarded as an alien.

However, around Poppy, we saw the real and sad London: problem boys under the influence of domestic violence, poor homeless men with mental disorders, grumpy driving coaches with psychological shadows, angry dance teachers who can’t forget the past, and Sisters who follow the rules and are not close to humanity.

If Poppy is really just a heartless silly elder sister, he should not be sensitive to the boy's abnormalities, will not try to approach homeless people, and will not teach driving coaches. . . She is not superior to others, and she is not slower than others. It's just that she chose to face life happily. Yes, we can choose to be happy, choose to let people around us see a happy me, and hope that our happiness can infect those around us.

Compared with some inspirational movies, this film does not arrange any thrilling tasks for the protagonist. Ordinary mind, ordinary things, spend every day sincerely, create a "carefree" atmosphere within the limits of your ability.

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Happy-Go-Lucky quotes

  • Poppy: Where are you going?

    Tramp: Longest way out, shortest way home.

    Poppy: Oh, Sod's Law.

    Tramp: [whispering very softly] Is he gone?

    Poppy: Alright, you what?

    Tramp: [moves towards Poppy urgently, whispering] Is he gone?

    Poppy: Ease up! What?

    Tramp: [whispering urgently] Is he gone? Is he gone?

    Poppy: Is who gone?

    Tramp: [whispering] The rubber knocker man.

    Poppy: What?

    Tramp: [whispering with emphasis] The rubber knocker man.

    Poppy: Oh, the rubber knocker man! Why didn't you say?

    Tramp: [whispering urgently] Is he gone? Is he gone?

    Poppy: Yah yah, yah. He's gone, he's gone.

    [playing along, looking behind her]

    Poppy: I see him. He's a-running. He's a-rubbing his knockers. He's gone.

  • Zoe: So where did you go tonight?

    Poppy: Eternal question. Where have we been? Where are we going? What's the meaning of life? I went to the moon, and then back again.

    Zoe: Wow, you walk quickly.

    Poppy: I've got good legs.

    Zoe: Yeah, you've got great legs. Not that you're my type.