Every moment must be meaningful

Brice 2022-03-19 09:01:03

On the plane back to Shanghai from Kunming, I once watched the beginning of "Click" amidst the constant roar of the engine. I admired one of the characters for his dedication to his identity and name: "My name is Habib, not Ha. Bibaba! Habibaba is bubble gum, I am a prince! Not bubble gum!!”

At night , I suddenly thought of the Arab prince who had swearing to be a bubble gum, so he immediately started and took the trouble, first import the files into T61, and then connect T61 to TV one by one. It is equipped with two cushions, a plate of braised duck buns, a plate of melon seeds, two moon cakes with fresh meat, and a pot of frozen grapefruit tea. Have a laugh.

The first half made me and the artillery amused. At that time, Michael was a popular architect in a certain company. His wife was good-looking, and his son and daughter were well-behaved. The relationship between his pet dog Golden Retriever and the toy duck was also in full swing. It was a matter of course for him to live well. But the problem is that he is unhappy, very, very unhappy. In order to make more money, he is so busy that his family picnic plan is far away. He can't even remember the various remote controls at home. Know which is which. On a tragic night when several attempts to turn on the TV failed, he couldn't bear it. He rushed into the store in the middle of the night to buy the universal remote control—he got it, and the story began.

This is not an ordinary machine. It can not only remotely control electrical appliances, or in other words, its main function is not remotely controlled electrical appliances at all—magical, it can actually control Michael’s life—like every smart person who loves himself, he is very Learn to fast forward quickly, skip those bad things that you don’t like, such as quarrels, eating with elderly parents, such as the long wait before promotion, he is like a dragonfly with water, flying across the dark. On the surface of the water, only stay for a while at the moment of festivity.

However, life is not water after all, there are too many people and things, and after skipping, they will never be seen again, and will never be repeated. Michael became the president of the company at supersonic speed, but because of this he was aging early. He didn't recognize his grown-up son and daughter. He didn't know that his wife had fallen into the arms of others, and even missed the dying side with his old father-you can play it back. , You can watch, but you can't change it anymore. In the moments that used to be annoying, the trivial demands of the wife, the noise of the children, the nagging of the parents, and even the hypocrisy of the boss, all became very, very, very precious.

There are two scenes. One is the replay of the old father who came to the office to invite Michael to dinner and was ruthlessly rejected. That is the last part of their father and son; the other is that the old Michael pulls out the needle from his body and rushes into the rain desperately to persuade his son. "Family first", I burst into tears. The lost time cannot be replicated a second time, and it cannot make up for the most skin-conscious pain.

However, the director apparently took care of the fragile hearts of American audiences. In the end, he told everyone that with regard to the remote control for life, it was nothing but a great autumn dream made by the exhausted Michael on the sample bed of the supermarket. In fact, everything was still too late. This ending relegated the film to a fable, but fortunately it still touched me a lot.

Family first, every moment of sadness or joy must have meaning.

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Extended Reading
  • Reginald 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    Family is more important than work~ There are hardships and happiness in life, and sometimes, hardship is happiness. Life pursues the process, not the result.

  • Flavio 2022-03-24 09:01:20

    Although it’s a bit embarrassing to say that the Angel of Death is a little old man~ But every time I watch this kind of film, I can’t help but sigh about life~ After all, our life does not come back to this kind of thing~

Click quotes

  • Donna Newman: Don't get mad at Peanut just because he found your Twinkie stash.

    Michael Newman: Who's Peanut? Where's Sundance?

    Donna Newman: [whispers] Don't mention Sundance! The kids just stopped crying.

    Michael Newman: About what? Why? What happened?

    [Donna looks at him confused, then Michael realizes that Sundance has died]

    Michael Newman: He died?

    [starts to cry]

    Michael Newman: Oh no, no, oh no, the stupid idiot and soft fur.

    Donna Newman: [to the kids] Daddy held it in so long.

    Michael Newman: He was the best dog!

    Donna Newman: And now he's letting himself feel it.

    Michael Newman: [crying] One night when the duck's head was off, he tried to hump my leg, and I didn't let him, and I should've! And I'm sorry! What an idiot.

    Donna Newman: It's okay.

  • [In the far future, Michael is confronted with kids that don't respect him anymore, a wife that has moved on without him and the breaking point - the treehouse that he had started building for the kids years ago remains unfinished]

    Michael Newman: No. No. Ten years, you're not finished yet?

    [screaming into the heavens]

    Michael Newman: Morty! Why did you do this to me?

    Morty: [suddenly appearing] You did this to yourself, Michael.

    Michael Newman: No. No, I didn't wanna waste all that time. I didn't wanna lose Donna!

    Morty: The remote goes by your behavior. Every time there was a conflict between work and home, work won!

    Michael Newman: No, not true!

    Morty: Lie to your wife! Lie to yourself. But you cannot lie to the remote. The remote is lie-proof, so you can't change what already happened. But you're still a young man. A young, fat man. You could win Donna back.

    Michael Newman: So that's what I'll do.

    Morty: Go for it, tubbs.