Rain man, kind child

Madalyn 2021-10-13 13:06:01

Many years ago, I learned about Rain Man, a film shot in 1988, during a movie appreciation. I wanted to watch it very much, but I didn't know why it was shelved. Yesterday, when I was watching the film Soul Catcher, the idea of ​​watching Rain Man fully resurfaced. This film is so good to watch. When I watched it, I burst into tears, and my heart was filled with warmth after watching it.

Rain Man is an autistic patient with amazing memory and math talents. These talents have been mentioned many times. Once in Yuren’s adoption home, the guardian told Yuren’s younger brother Charlie that these books had not only been read by Yuren, but they could also be memorized. Once in a hotel on the trip, Yuren's reading time was up, but there was no book, so Charlie impatiently took a thick phone book to him, but when he was eating the next day, Yuren saw the name tag posted by the waiter. , Will be able to report her phone number. Once, Yuren accidentally overturned the toothpicks, and the toothpicks were scattered all over the place. He could immediately count the number of toothpicks. So check ideals to test whether his brother Yuren has special talents. The results showed that Yuren was a math genius, and he could even figure out the root cause mentally. The movie constantly compares the reactions of ordinary people and rain people to this. Everyone was amazed, but Yuren always had a dull expression, even at a loss in the curiosity of everyone, muttering "I don't know". Everyone was amazed because talent means money, status, respect, and other dazzling and lost things, and it can also make people vanity. This contrast reached its peak when Charlie used Rainman's ability to memorize many decks of cards to make a lot of money in the casinos of Las Vegas. Everyone was unbelievable and amazed. Everyone was cheering. Only the rain man was dumb and out of place in the crowd. No one knew what he was thinking. Rain man, what are you thinking? What can leave an immortal trace in your heart, and what do you want?

Many of the stories in this film are not directly unfolded. It is entirely through Charlie's "kidnapping" Rainman, what the two experienced during their journey, and the various behaviors of the Snowman to continuously reflect and reveal the answer.

It is family affection that leaves immortal traces in Yuren's hearts. Even if his father sent him to an isolated nursing home for his mentally retarded brother not to hurt his brother, he never knew that he had an older brother anymore, even 30 years later. He still remembered his father being instructed by the co-pilot, letting him drive the limited edition Buick, and he still murmured and called his father "Dad" from time to time. . . He has always treasured pictures of himself and his little brother, who is still a baby. . . He would lose control of his emotions when he saw the boiling water, because he had burned his younger brother, which was the reason why his father sent him away cruelly. . . He loves his younger brother and always remembers the songs he sang to his younger brother when he was a child, and always remembers his father's teaching, "Don't hurt Charlie." . . The memory that can't be erased for thirty years is the once home. Although I can't see them, I put them in the deepest part of my heart.

So what does Yuren want? The end of the film is very touching. Charlie and Rainman’s current guardian are fighting for guardianship, not because of property, but because of family affection. Charlie believed that the rain man had the ability to make his own decisions, so he let the rain man choose. Yuren’s therapist asked him, would you like to live with your brother Charlie? Yuren answered in the affirmative, yes. The doctor kept confirming to Yuren, and Yuren answered in the affirmative. Yes, I do. I am willing to live with my brother Charlie. However, the doctor asked him again, would you like to return to Wallbrook (the nursing home where the Rain Man lived for 30 years)? Yuren also gave an affirmative answer. So the doctor kept asking questions, let him choose one of the two, thinking that he was still an idiot, and would just say yes. The younger brother Charlie had already read his brother, understood his thoughts, and interrupted the doctor's constant questioning, reprimanding the doctor not to humiliate Yuren by asking questions like this, he has his own judgment. Yes, in Yuren's gentle heart, he hopes to be with his younger brother, but he is not willing to live with Wallbrook for many years, where his friend Vern is there. During the journey, he murmured and spelled the old friend's name "VERN" more than once. He just didn't understand why he had to choose one of the two. Perhaps he also had the same question in his heart, why did his father choose one of the two and send him away? He loves Charlie. As long as he tells him what to do, he can not hurt his younger brother Charlie. He just can't express it normally. Charlie dismissed the doctors who asked the question and comforted Yuren. You definitely don't want others to ask you questions like this, right? Yuren answered "No". Who said our rainman would only answer "Yes"? You just don't understand him. The two brothers who couldn't live together for a long time turned their foreheads to their foreheads, comforted each other, and understood each other.

Maybe, the rain people want more. Dr. Wallbrook believes that people with autism want an unchanging lifestyle, and once they are broken, they will become irritable. Yes, this is their usual performance, but they also desire a slight change. For example, in Las Vegas, there is a beautiful woman who strikes up a conversation with Rainman. Charlie thinks Rainman will not like it and can't handle it. He wants to answer for him, but Rainman eagerly said, we just talk casually. He enjoys such a chat. Although the beauty finally found out that Yuren was a mentally retarded person, she left angrily, but Yuren mistakenly thought that beauty had agreed with him on a 10 o'clock date, so she didn't forget, and Charlie even taught him to dance. Charlie's kind-hearted girlfriend helped him realize his wish, danced with him in the elevator, and kissed him. When the doctor asked him what he had experienced these days, he replied, dated, danced with Charlie, Kiss.

Rain people are simple people, the purest kind children. There is such a scene in the movie. In the Las Vegas casino, he helped Charlie win a large sum of money. Amidst the cheers of the crowd, he sat dumbly. He saw the turntable. He calculated that he could stop at that number, so he couldn't help himself. Walked over. Charlie, chased it, and bet $3,000 on 20 as he said, but lost. He was obsessed with this, and even mentioned it when the doctor asked him what he had done recently. As for the fact that he earned 80,000 US dollars, it seemed that there was no trace in his mind. He is such a kind child, he only remembers the beautiful things that others did to him, and the wrong things that he did. He won't remember his father abandoning him, he just remembered his father letting him drive the Buick; he won't remember Charlie yelling at him on the road that he was an idiot, he only remembered that he taught him to dance. . . He remembered that he had burned his brother, and he remembered that he had lost $3,000. . . Kind silly boy.

In sharp contrast with Yuren, the younger brother's grudges. Charlie hated his father because his father refused to let him drive a Buick, secretly drove the Buick and was detained by the police, and ran away from home, and has been living in hatred of his father. His father left these to him on his deathbed, but he sneered, thinking that his father was mocking him, and he was thinking of the three million that his father had left to Yuren. Yuren, who had no idea about three million, recognized his father's Buick and driving on the slow lane at a glance after thirty years. Yuren untied his knot and realized his father's love. Father left the Buick car and the rose garden to him, because in this respect, he loved it when he was a child, and on the other hand, he reminded him that the most important thing in life is not money.

In addition to my moving flow, many times I was amused by the cute rain man and laughed loudly. "Kmart sucks", "I am an excellent driver". . . Who said that the rain man had trouble communicating with others, he would still joke, praise him for jokes, and he would laugh.

I don’t know if I understand Yuren. . . But I like you, rain man.

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Rain Man quotes

  • Charlie: [Raymond making remarks about going to Cincinnati to get underwear] Ray, did you fucking hear what I said? SHUT UP!

  • [Raymond is afraid of riding in a car on the freeway]

    Charlie: Hey Ray, I got a great idea. Stay in front of the car until we get off the exit, you'll get in and we'll take a not so dangerous road, whatever that might me. Is that an idea?

    Raymond: Yeah.

    Charlie: Give me five, that's a great idea. Give me five.

    [Raymond doesn't comply so Charlie jogs back to the car]

    Charlie: This guy's a fucking fruit cake.