10 million miles will not be a milestone in life

Vallie 2021-10-20 17:30:59

Fortunately, "In the Clouds" has not been reduced to a cliche of the prodigal son who turns his head back. Alex said to Ryan: I am an adult, and you don't know what you want. Ryan's eyes were a little bit helpless. He became a loser. It's not that whoever goes first or who pays more affection is the loser. But in a relationship, the person who doesn't know what he wants must be the loser. Ryan can always play the role of the prodigal son and treat life as a journey without end. You don't have to care about the objects of short-lived love, but post them one by one into his sexual partners list like collecting stamps. However, he was also tempted. He thought he could control his life and be arrogant about life, but no, his feelings came a little bit suddenly. The brief body temperature during those midpoint transitions gave him a sudden urge to settle down. So he took the address and flew to the city of ALex immediately, so there was a scene where Alex refused him. It’s funny. The scene where Ryan was rejected at the door of Alex’s house made me feel like a little boy. At first he didn’t like a toy, so he threw it aside. One day, he suddenly felt like he liked it again. It was, so he looked back, and he was full of confidence that this toy was originally his, as long as he wanted it, it would still be waiting for him in that corner. So when Alex refused him, he was at a loss. Isn't this my toy? Why is it gone? ALex knows that life is life, dew body temperature is dew body temperature. Of course, this is not something that can be clarified in one or two sentences of morality. As two adults in their thirties, Alex thought that Ryan had a consensus with her on this point. And Ryan was obviously not prepared. Many people are discussing the theme of loneliness in this drama. Maybe everyone is destined to be alone. Alex has a family, a lover and children, but if she is not lonely, she will not hook up with Ryan; Ryan looks free and easy, come and go, but if he is not lonely, he won't want to settle down with Alex. It's just that the taste of the bowl of soup in life, everyone has to taste it personally in order to understand it, but it may not be expressible. So they have nothing to do with their respective endings. Perhaps, Ryan should know that 10 million miles of flying will not be a milestone in his life. If you choose languor at the beginning, then if you want to return to stability one day, you need to prepare for the best and the worst: the best thing is when you want to be stable, you encounter an object that can meet your stability goals. ; The worst thing is that the person you want to be safe does not have the same consensus with you, such as the male in "In the Cloud" Heroine. But maybe this is not the worst. The worst is that when you want to be safe, you can't even find such an object. So you can only die alone. At this time, you must not be the master of life, but a beggar who thirsts for luck from life. Among the heroes and heroines, I prefer the heroine, not because she feels that her life is fulfilled, she has a family and an affair, but because of her thorough and complete self in life. Maturity is not about us putting on a curse. From that sly monkey to a vague passerby, maturity means having a relatively complete worldview that cannot be subverted, and it is our own unique worldview. Alex has, Ryan doesn't, so he wants to switch from one life to another. And God did not follow him, this is a lesson from fate. But the reason why "In the Clouds" hasn't become a cliché is that Ryan finally returned to his life as a trapeze. From the perspective of maturity, this may be considered a middle-aged growth for Ryan. After eating the closed doors of fate, he returned to the life role he set for himself at the beginning. In this way, it is relatively complete and inviolable. The good thing about adults is that you can set a life style you want for yourself, and then live according to it; but don't forget the responsibility of adults: pay for your choices.

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Extended Reading
  • Elouise 2021-10-20 19:01:55

    On "Why don't people want to live alone". This is how a good movie is. Warmth and loneliness coexist. When you embrace warmth, you also reap loneliness—the same is true in life. It is not love that illuminates loneliness, but loneliness illuminates love.

  • Eunice 2022-03-23 09:01:22

    This film is a smart and temperamental guy, and this time it is still sincere. He tells a story that is very appropriate and contains eternity. The first two thirds are unparalleled, and thereafter the curtain call is leisurely and routinely. Also, Vera Farmiga's ass!!! OMG!

Up in the Air quotes

  • San Francisco Manager: [interviewing Natalie for a job] So, what happened?

    Natalie Keener: How exactly do you mean?

    San Francisco Manager: You graduated top of your class. You could have had your pick of employment, including right here. Instead, you went to Omaha to... fire people for a living?

    Natalie Keener: Challenging work.

    San Francisco Manager: I'll say. I couldn't imagine doing that day in and day out. Not in this climate.

    Natalie Keener: I... followed a boy.

    San Francisco Manager: I guess we've all done that at some point in our lives.

    [the manager pauses and picks up a letter from his desk, showing it to Natalie]

    San Francisco Manager: This guy says I'd be lucky to have you.

    Ryan Bingham: [voiceover, reading the letter] To whom it may concern: I can't begin to count the number of people I've fired in my lifetime. So many that I've forgotten what it's like to actually hire someone. We've never met, but I know you'd be lucky to have Natalie Keener. My advice? Take her and don't look back. She'll be the best decision you've made in a long time.

    San Francisco Manager: [holding his hand out] I sure hope he's right.

    [Natalie springs to her feet and shakes hands, gathering her composure and trying not to smile too broadly]

  • Ryan Bingham: [giving a motivational speech] Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it's *because* they sat there that they were able to do it.