A nostalgic film of a group of old people

Rocio 2022-01-27 08:01:42

Calling them old people is indeed a bit of a "flattering" for this group of people in their 30s and 40s who are in their prime. But compared to the younger generation in the film, they are indeed old; besides, isn't the theme associated with the words "nostalgia" and "feelings" often the weather-beaten "old man"?
They are indeed old. Fatty can't let go and jump into the lake when he's on the water swing; Hollywood can't shoot so well (although he claims it's for the purpose of educating children==); they also have their own families, Some children are already grown up.
The story of the film is quite simple. Five old people meet again after 20 (or 30?) years by chance. They bring their family and a large group to a lakeside place where they used to meet when they were young. I spent a holiday that was closest to nature in this place, and a lot of blabla happened in this place.
The film is really lighthearted and sincere, but even if it is a relatively ordinary American weekend movie (I heard that the five leading actors are more famous? Other than this, there is not much outstanding), it is suitable for the whole family to go together on weekends The movie theater kills time, but I still gave it five stars, which is the way of expressing this kind of "feeling" movie.
After watching it, a question suddenly popped into my mind: Where is the climax or dramatic conflict of the movie? Then there is a sense of fear, "Why did you bring this kind of rational thinking into the appreciation of movies, you don't need it?" I asked myself, because when you introduce reason to analyze a lot of emotional emotions, people often These sensual things will be lost. Okay, off topic... does the movie have a climax? When I disrupt some bridges and other bridges, it will not affect the logical structure of the whole movie at all, or if I stop the movie somewhere, everyone can also be very happy to think that the movie is over, and then go on to do something else. Therefore, the film does not actually have too many conflicts. If you have to find it, it can only be said that it is the last dialogue on the lakeside to solve family problems. A story supported by cause and effect.
The whole movie is full of joy (largely due to the funny talent of these comedians...), and at the same time, I feel a little bit of coolness. Well. However, it suddenly occurred to me that this seems to be the first comedy I’ve seen that expresses the sense of the passing of time in this way. If it was made by a domestic director, wouldn’t this story become a big tragedy again? Pulling a domestic director out, probably when the coach passed away, everyone got separated, and then went to find the others one by one. At the last moment, everyone met and hugged each other with tears in their eyes. Ren'er (it feels a bit like "My Brothers and Sisters"), the producer wrote "Thirty years, thirteen people" on the poster, and the audience walked out of the cinema with snot and tears in satisfaction after seeing it. The next day, newspapers published so-called "news" with headlines such as "Our Faith" and "Thirty Years of Crying" so big that even the author could not tell whether it was an advertisement, an advertisement, or an advertisement. It's far away, but sad pictures are generally the favorites of domestic directors.
In fact, it's not that I don't like this kind of tragic movie story, it's just that when the director is creating, he can think more about how the story can be fun and innovative. After all, our society still needs more positive emotional factors to be harmonious ==

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  • Lenny Feder: I bet you 5 bucks he gets on one knee.

    Kurt McKenzie: You're on.

  • Deanne McKenzie: How about I take you out for a date night every Thursday?

    Kurt McKenzie: Well, Thursday night is Grey's Anatomy, but any other night would be great.