Movies always idealize reality. We yearn for that kind of world, but we can only accept reality. Even if this is adapted from real people, it still remains the same for us.
"You shouldn't drive in Georgia." "Why, I have a driver's license."
Parents always have to tell us what we should do and not what we should do. So are schools and friends. Even TV and the president of the state have to be from time to time. Come and remind us: My child, you shouldn't do anything, this is not right. We resisted, but in the end it was usually just a sadder ending. But we really know, what are we going to do, what should we do? Does anyone really know?
Wayne said that Alex was too extreme because he was young. We are all young, and young people have dreams, so when facing reality, we will find that the gap between so-called dreams and acquaintances is so big, and extremeness comes from this. Maybe, sometimes it’s not very rational, but humans are always emotional animals, so relatively speaking, extremeness seems to be a good thing. After all, we can do some crazy things when we haven’t seen the world thoroughly. , Otherwise, like "the old have nowhere to depend" Moss, the old cowboy in the house, could only tell his wife about one of his dreams in the small room, except for some comfort in the dream, nothing was left.
White-collar workers still go to work in crowded buses and subways every day. The students, bearing their parents' expectations, struggled slowly under the pressure of homework exams. People repeat their monotonous lives day after day. In the face of reality, what can we struggle with, can we really survive in the wilderness like Alex? All we can do is dream to our heart's content, and finally sink into the huge bottomless pit of reality until we get old.
"The only thing the sea can give us is the ruthless waves. Sometimes, the waves come very violently. Now, I have at least little to the sea, but I know this is how it exists. I still know, or how important it is, You don’t have to be really strong, but you have to feel strong, even if only once, you have to prove yourself, even if only once, you have to find yourself in the most primitive ecology, face the cold stone alone, relying on your hands and brain. "
What is the gap between reality and dream?
It's just that I was sitting on the bed and writing this useless thought. I can only experience all the beautiful things in the movie, but I can't really practice it. this is the truth.
But we can only accept, this is the saddest thing.
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