However, if we knew what would happen tomorrow, just like Phil, the protagonist of the film "Candlestick on February 2", went to a border town called Pusutani for work to report on the local groundhog day. celebration. There was a blizzard on the way home, and I had to stay there overnight, but after waking up, I found that everything was like yesterday, repeating day by day. Going out to meet the same people, hear the same words, see the same scene... Life is like a computer program that has been programmed for a long time, step by step, and it's hard to do it even if you think hard to end your life. After watching the film, after a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, it was more reflection and self-questioning. Why don't we live tomorrow today? Why don't we know what will happen tomorrow?
In the town of Pusutani, which is always February 2nd, it seems that there is no change, and it seems that there is no time. However, turning around and staring at our own life, getting up at a fixed time, going downstairs, eating breakfast, going to work, lunch, leaving get off work..., most of the time, we just repeat the life of yesterday, do the same things, and talk to the same people. , Even saying the same thing. If you think about it, there are 365 days a year, how many days are very different? Answer: Little is pitiful. Like Phil, most people actually know what will happen in the next moment most of the time. Because of this, we feel that life is boring, life is boring, and life is not exciting enough. We complain about bad luck and it is difficult to change the status quo. But I have never had the courage to face myself, make up my mind, and start from changing myself.
Life is wonderful because of change, this is the most understandable aspect of the meaning of this film. The reason why real life is not yet desperate is because it is different from what is depicted in the film, "change" is possible. Therefore, even if life is difficult, most people still choose to persist instead of desperate like Phil. To die.
When watching the movie, many people must have laughed when they saw Phil go to the cash transport truck to carry a large bag of coins. In life, people always joke about robbing banks, but few people actually do it. Yes, people are afraid of the consequences, and people are more afraid of "tomorrow". We don't know how to face tomorrow, so between making many decisions, we will hesitate, fear, and shrink back. If we need courage, we can temporarily forget the existence of tomorrow. This should also be a good way! (Of course not to grab the bank!) To
change your life, start from changing yourself. I don't like the film being translated into "Stealing Love", it is easy to mislead people to imagine the theme of love. In my opinion, the meaning of the film is not so simple as "love". And "change" is the deep meaning of the film. I often say that fate is in my own hands, and I agree with it. The most concrete and initial manifestation of reversing fate is the change of every word and deed every day. Different words and deeds have completely different results.
Every day is Candlemas. This is drama and life. The same life, different endings. We are all Phil, and whether we can produce a wonderful "February 2 Holy Candle" is up to ourselves.
(I wrote a film review for the first time, in fact, it’s more appropriate to say after watching it. It’s just for sharing and communication.)
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