When I heard this last sentence in the movie, my heart trembled because I was afraid of being like the protagonist. When I realized that life could be made more beautiful, I had to pay a price I couldn't imagine before.
A good movie is like a mirror. We can't see our complete self directly, but the smooth and flat mirror illuminates all possible us so clearly. For the people in the film, life is not a bright mirror, exposing what they want to hide. My fear is by no means inexplicable. The people in this movie at best exaggerate us a little bit in life.
I think even people who have just reviewed their own lives will find it difficult to calm down after watching this "American Beauty".
Material satisfaction and spiritual happiness are contradictory in the film.
Caroline, the wife who yearns for success, has become a material prisoner with strong smiles in her years of struggling to obtain a stable life. Even when I thought she had gained some real happiness in the cozy affair, the source of her tragedy began to grow quietly again.
"To succeed, you have to maintain the image of success." This classic quote of the real estate agent is like a roller coaster that drove her from heaven to hell. When the decent material life bumped up to her side, where was the girl who was once embarrassed and could only rent a room with a few people, and would be so happy to run up to the rooftop to open her chest when she saw a helicopter flying by?
Perhaps it is impossible for ample material and full happiness to coexist at all! During my internship, I have witnessed how high-end lawyers who make money by minutes do not sleep and eat and forget to work, and how they have no time for leisure. Professional knowledge and skills will not automatically translate into spiritual beliefs. This may be why Leicester would say when choosing to be a fast-food restaurant worker: "Yes, that's it, the less responsibility the better."
We may dream of working hard for a few years to make more money to lay the foundation for future enjoyment, but will this only be a fantasy that we can still have such a happy state of mind in the future? Who can guarantee that each of us will not change from being active to passive in catching up with the material you, and will not be able to pull it out once invested? Is it fun to have fun for the sake of happiness? Don't we ever worry that our tired body and mind are unable to bear the beauty that we once dreamed of? Lester's words can't help but remind me of Pete's uproarious remarks in "Fight Club": "If you want to be free, you have to give up everything." What a terrible sentence, I don't want to believe it, but it is so easy to believe.
The pursuit of beauty is made by human instinct. What is beautiful in the end? Is it a moving girl like a rose, a glorious past and the image of a giant who depends on it for survival, a safe and comfortable house and a sofa of several thousand dollars, or a stunning image under the lens of photography?
In fact, everything that can be touched, everything that is strong or under pressure, and everything that cares too much will not be truly beautiful and moving. Beauty always exists in a certain mental state, in a certain subconscious mental state. This is why people's aesthetics are always so different. Aesthetics is inherently subjective.
Lester’s fascination with girls has actually turned into a pursuit of a hope of beauty like a rose. Because of this beautiful hope, he began to become courageous, began to be unwilling to be oppressed by his superiors, and began to shape vigorously, and began to learn. Live comfortably. When he was about to touch the girl's body, it was the hope of beauty that stopped him. While letting go of the truly beautiful body, a new experience of beauty was sublimated in the spirit. The flesh, all touchable substances, may be able to give temporary satisfaction and a sense of security, but it will be destroyed; the spirit of life carried on the substance, although invisible, can bend, stretch, and be immortal. Lester took a photo of a family and smiled so calmly. Do you smile in front of the screen at this time?
The ending of the film is unexpected, but despite this, it allows people to accept it quietly:
"I think I can be angry about what happened to me, but the world is so beautiful, I can hardly be angry all the time. Sometimes I feel like I see too many beautiful things at once and I can hardly bear it. My heart is like an inflated balloon. , Is about to explode... Then I remember to relax, don’t hold on tight. So they flow through my body like rain, I don’t feel anymore, only gratitude, grateful for every moment in my stupid life . "The
beauty is not much, but deep. We don't have to ask for the beauty that pours out all our lives, there is no beauty that exists forever, only the mediocrity that exists forever. What we have to do is never forget our dream of beauty in our hearts, bloom our beauty, and leave our spirit in this wonderful world.
The clip of the plastic bag that Rich plays for Jenny in the film is undoubtedly extremely moving. The plastic bag, which shivered in the cold wind to dance in the wind, looked so pitiful but so stubborn. This is a tenacious gesture that dances at your fingertips. Since you can't settle down, why not dance more beautifully?
Jenny asked Rich, why did you take these pictures? Rich said: “Because I think they are beautiful, whenever I see them, I feel that God is watching us from above.”
Yes, although pain and struggle are the eternal themes of the world, I would rather believe in heaven all the time. Not caring for us, giving us countless beautiful opportunities.
This is a movie that I like very much. Every scene and every line in it reminds me a lot of things. I can't suppress the desire to write down my feelings, but I always feel a little bit powerless and incomprehensible. Just don't write and feel uncomfortable. I think when I am a little older, I will have more emotion when I look back at this movie.
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