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Sense and Emotion
Arielle 2022-03-20 09:01:06
This is a typical American blockbuster. Heroes, duels, beauties, and happy ending. You can see the end from the beginning. But the confrontation between reason and emotion has always been interesting. The two protagonists represent reason and emotion respectively, but Spock chose not to go to graduate school before, until he lost control of his emotions, and finally his father’s reason for "because I love her" all implied that the importance of emotions often surpassed rationality. Rationality can indeed prevent us from making mistakes, but we Being a person, as a person, there will be emotions, flesh and blood and emotions. Apart from the huge scenes, the discussion of reason and emotion in the film is also quite deep.
Extended Reading
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George Kirk: What are we gonna call him?
Winona Kirk: We could name him after your father.
George Kirk: Tiberius? You kidding me? No, that's the worst. Let's name him after your dad. Let's call him Jim.
Winona Kirk: Jim. OK, Jim it is.
George Kirk: Sweetheart, can you hear me?
Winona Kirk: I hear you.
George Kirk: I love you so much. I love you...
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Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Permission to speak freely, sir?
Spock: I welcome it.
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: Do you? OK, then. Are you out of your Vulcan mind? Are you making a logical choice, sending Kirk away? Probably. But, the right one? You know, back home we have a saying: "If you're gonna ride in the Kentucky Derby, you don't leave your prize stallion in the stable."
Spock: A curious metaphor, doctor, as a stallion must first be broken before it can reach its potential.
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: My God, man, you could at least ACT like it was a hard decision.
Spock: I intend to assist in the effort to reestablish communication with Starfleet. However, if crew morale is better served by my roaming the halls weeping, I will gladly defer to your medical expertise. Excuse me.
Leonard 'Bones' McCoy: [as Spock leaves] Green-blooded hobgoblin.