Dance yourself

Jose 2022-03-19 09:01:02

The first ninety minutes of "Little Sunshine" is really boring, the characters are too ordinary, the story lacks drama, the comedic effect is not strong enough, and there is no star face at least for eye-catching. But in the end when the whole family was dancing around on the stage, an inexplicable touch suddenly surged in my heart, and I felt an inexplicable comfort. Being moved is a natural response to the warmth of their kinship; while comfort is a relief after abandoning secular values.

The film is actually just a true restoration of the life of a family that has suffered various failures in their careers, and does not have the slightest sense of preaching to the audience. The so-called abandoning of secular values ​​is not to teach people to be indifferent to fame and wealth, but to convey a survival philosophy of finding happiness and living out of oneself; the so-called examination of failure is not an inspiration such as "failure is the mother of success". It is to tell us an attitude toward life that faces setbacks and wins or loses.

I have to mention what Van Loon said in "Tolerance": "Nature is innately disgusted with any standardized ideals." Everyone in the world is different and has his own hobbies and aesthetic views. ,value orientation. A happy life is a successful life. How to live happily is the ultimate proposition of life, but a single success criterion cannot be used to measure everyone. People in modern society are accustomed to using established values ​​to evaluate others and themselves. They only regard political stars, economic stars, and entertainment stars as their idols. Only fame, status, and money can be recognized in their hearts. Everyone becomes A machine chasing utilitarianism. Just like the vanity and blind beauty pageant in the film, the little beauties wink their eyebrows one by one, and are nowhere near as cute as the fat girl's hearty striptease. The philosophers of ancient Greece have long said-know yourself. Know yourself, not know others. Happiness can only be found in oneself, how can imitate imitate it?

I really like SHE's "Happy". I love and hurt myself. I enjoy whatever life is given. I cheer for love or hurt. They are all evidence of living. The example of Proust in this film is the same. Perhaps the most valuable and memorable memory in life is the time of setbacks and failures. Success is gratifying, and failure is not destruction. At least it proves that you have had such an experience to make your life rich and not monotonous, happy and not depressing. It can be said that failure is not terrible. What is terrible is the fear of failure. Just like the grandfather who teaches his granddaughter with crude words and deeds in the film, as long as he does it, there is no failure. Those who really fail are those who have not done it. No one can go smoothly forever. Loss, injuries, resentment, separation, and unwillingness are all the fateful sufferings of life, but they are also the traces of the framed memorial. The world is not just a stage for the winners, don't forget that the losers also play an equally important role in it.

Such a film is difficult to attract the attention of the audience whether it is an investment or a main creation. It lacks the atmosphere of a commercial film, nor does it have the depth of a literary film. The technical methods and artistic value seem to be lacking, but it can feel silky from the noise. Silky warmth, touches a little bit of light from the shadow of frustration, and regurgitates the astringent taste of life from the encounters of ordinary people. Go to his beauty pageant, go to his pilot, go to his career, go to his love, as long as I dance my own posture, there will naturally be my beauty, my wings, and my sunshine.

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Little Miss Sunshine quotes

  • [first lines]

    Richard: There are two kinds of people in this world, winners and losers.

  • Richard: Oh my God, I'm getting pulled over. Everyone, just... pretend to be normal.