Near the end of "UP IN THE AIR", the story tells that the hero Ryan, played by Geogle Clooney, is sitting on an airplane and has just reached 10 million miles. The gray-bearded captain sat next to him and congratulated him. In that scene, I have been obsessed with such a dialogue.
Captain: Congratulation,man! You just hit 10 million miles!
Ryan: Yeah,that's true.
Captain: You know what,the most cheerful part is,you didn't die in an accident. In
my impression, the film has always Voyage metaphorically refers to the tendency of life, so when it reaches 10 million miles, it is too extravagant to discuss whether to be alone or have a partner. Anyone who discusses the meaning of life has to solve your problems of life, death, food and clothing first. Therefore, the protagonist has flown 10 million miles, and he should be piously thanking God by being on the plane, which is a little closer to God, for not letting him encounter a major air crash.
As a "professional layoff author," middle-aged man Ryan flew to various companies to pacify after dismissal in various companies. In the language of the movie, it means that the dismissed experienced great changes and experienced life. On the lowest day, words made them less sad and able to walk on again. From here, the film's discussion of the theme of "transformation" has begun to take shape.
Soon from the beginning of the film, a scene has been shown back and forth: Ryan puts on a meticulous suit, packs his luggage quickly and methodically, walks briskly at the airport with a small suitcase, swipes his membership card to quickly pick up tickets, and skillfully passes through security. Since then, the protagonist has been a romantic and suave, wandering through the world but not in the posture of the world. The middle-aged man has white hair but has become more attractive. He has never been married and has no partner, which adds a lot to his "lonely temperament". He has always admired the value of "no responsibility". After establishing this value theory, he also gave lectures around to preach his "knapsack theory"-cut off the fetters of material and emotions, and go lightly. The lecture is more like an extension of his usual real life habits, so he can talk freely when giving a speech, and shaking a joke can cause laughter in the whole room.
No one has ever thought that such a confident man would be unable to complete a speech due to emotional depression in a lecture. He hurriedly ran out of the lecture hall, and then bought a ticket to board the plane, subconsciously looking for Alex, a woman he met during the flight who flew to all parts of the country like him. This woman once drank, danced, talked, talked and laughed with him, met at different places at an appointed time, and turned up and down in guest rooms everywhere, and Ryan even took her to his sister's wedding as a female companion.
That's how the transformation happened-Ryan, who was confident in the lecture before, could not beat the embarrassment in his heart; the man who used to be unfettered, unconcerned, and willing to travel to and from different places on the plane was moved by the truth. If it is a movie with a teenager as the protagonist, the male protagonist is so romantic and unwilling to hesitate, and he has to reap a vigorous love. However, for middle-aged man Ryan, after finding Alex’s address, what awaits him is the cruel truth-Alex has long been waiting for him. Get married, and even have a few children.
Went to Ryan's sister's wedding together. Ryan took Alex to his former school, and even kissed Alex in the old place where Alex had made friends with his girlfriend when he was studying. Then the wedding was about to begin, but the younger sister’s husband Jim suddenly had stage fright before getting married. Ryan was asked by his sister Kara to convince Jim to face the upcoming wedding again. Ryan, who had no intention of getting married in the first place, was reluctant. Kara said to him, don't you just rely on your mouth to eat? If you don't tell, this family won't recognize your existence. It is often said that it is easy to persuade others and the hardest to persuade yourself. When Ryan persuaded Jim to accept the marriage, he was persuading himself to find an emotional sustenance. Afterwards, there was a plot of leaving the venue in the middle of the lecture to go directly to Alex.
It's a pity that there is no good result from a sincere heart, and Ryan can only sit lonely in the car returning to the airport. Alex calls and says that Ryan has never figured out the relationship between the two parties, and she has never regarded him as an episode in her marriage. Ryan couldn't answer the call, so he could only hang up sadly. Several previous layoff scenes directly contrasted Ryan’s eloquence, and his sister Kara even bluntly said that he relied on his mouth to eat. At this moment, facing Alex on the other side of the phone, Ryan couldn’t utter half a word. The intense loneliness and sadness in this can only be left to him silently.
Ryan is in this mood to welcome 10 million miles. In the past, he regarded this mileage as his lofty goal, and he didn't even tell others easily, but now that he reached the goal, he feels lost. The excitement that should have been met with the unresolved depression in his heart, it is indeed tormented to think about it. After returning to the company, he called the airline, intending to exchange the mileage for the air tickets for his sister and his newlywed husband to travel the world. At this time, Ryan's mentality has changed drastically. He has experienced the pain of losing his sweetheart at his fingertips. The so-called mileage is only an empty number.
At the end of the film, Ryan was at a loss facing the colorful flight sequence full of screens. No matter how free the flight is, it is always a destination flight. Tossing back and forth on various routes is actually a kind of numbness to life and an escape from one's heart. Ryan will begin his journey of duty across the clouds again, as if being trapped in the air by a huge and unpredictable life.
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