You can marry for selfish purposes, but marrying for a purpose that is unlikely to be achieved is actually unreliable.
Many people believe in fairy tales that two people will live happily together ever after after marriage. They blindly ignore many details, and they temporarily forget that only the person wearing the shoes knows whether the shoes are comfortable. I am not a pessimist, I am just a realist. So I believe that no matter how glamorous the appearance of a marriage is, how luxurious the opening is, the good show is still to come. There will be quarrels, boredom, mutual disapproval, and deception; of course there will be sweetness, warmth, mutual support, and company. You can say that this is life. Of course life is not always satisfactory. Marriage is not a perfect summary of the relationship between two people, it is just the beginning of real life.
Starting a family or being alone is just a choice. Like any choice, there will always be gains and losses, depending on which one is more important to you. Those who choose to get married, please endure limited freedom, accommodate to another person, and even your family, change yourself if necessary to match the growth of your spouse, and, most importantly, please stick to your commitments and responsibilities. Those who choose to be single need to endure sometimes loneliness, and don't envy others where they belong, because you have more freedom than them.
People are contradictory animals. Married people will inevitably admire the freedom of being single, and single people will always have some moments when their hearts are touched and they begin to think about the possibility of two people being together. Independent like Ryan, he also has the urge to leave everything behind and run to find Alex. If the movie ends at this time and two people live happily together ever after, then it would be a cliche. Fortunately, the director prepared a surprise for us.
I like the role of Alex very much. It is rare that a male director is willing to believe that a woman can do anything that a man can do, sometimes even stronger than a man. As a woman in her 30s, Alex is perfect, in work and life. She defines herself as a woman's version of a man. I want to give her another adjective: perfect. In contrast, Ryan is really a small kid.
He is indifferent and doesn't know how to get along with his family. He constantly reduces the weight of his backpack, because loneliness is his religion. One of his goals in life is to accumulate miles that have no practical meaning, because he can't find anything more meaningful. This point has the same effect as many people persistently remembering countless anniversaries. You desperately want to remember, because there is nothing more meaningful. However, what we don't deliberately but really remember is really meaningful.
Apart from all the above, I still like Ryan very much. Partly because independent people actually have similarities. The other part is probably due to maternal nature. I have watched too much, and listened too much. A man, no matter how old he is, is actually a child. There is still a large part, of course, because of George Clooney. I still like him as much as ten years ago, or more.
Back to the topic of marriage and family. At the end of the film, it is pointed out that the one who supports you in adversity will ultimately be your partner, child, and family. Yes, that's right. Although life is trivial and helpless, when you jump out of your regular life and look down at your life from a certain height, all you can think of and remember are probably beautiful things, and everything else is no longer important.
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