I know that no one wants to grow old, but no matter how much you resist, life and time will still move forward without mercy. You can't ignore getting old just because you're young. Because, one day, you will become an old man too.
This is the biggest emotion I have after watching "The Old Man and the Cat". This film tells me my thoughts on life and age through the adventures of a half-hundred-year-old grandfather and a cat.
This is not a thrilling, adrenaline-pumping movie. But it is a story that reveals surprises in plainness, comes slowly and is worth savoring.
Maybe, it's suitable to watch on a lonely afternoon when you're not in such a hurry.
Note: There are spoilers below. Watch carefully.
1
The protagonist of the film, Harry, is a gray-haired dying old man who lives with his cat "Toto" after his wife's death. Every day is about going out to buy cat food, chatting with old friends on the side of the road, buying newspapers at the newsstand and going home to watch, chatting with cats and then sitting on a chair and falling asleep.
When I saw Harry talking to himself and the cat alone in the house, my mood was very sour. Maybe it's thinking about your parents and relatives, or thinking about your own old age in your mind.
It was raining overnight, and old Harry couldn't even keep his place, because this area was about to be demolished. Although the eldest son invited him to live there, he was crowded into their already cramped home, and not only was disliked by his daughter-in-law, but Harry was also unhappy.
So regardless of his son's objection, he decided to go to Chicago alone to find his daughter. After a series of adventures to meet his daughter, Harry sighed to her daughter: "The strangest thing when you are older is that all your friends are dead."
The people around him are dying one by one. What should the old people be left behind? This is worth thinking about.
2
Before leaving New York, one of Harry's best friends left. He wanted to see the body of his old friend, but he couldn't say his date of birth or his ID number. Harry said to the staff: "I just want to see my old friend, and I want to see him go to earth for peace."
I can't understand the feeling of my good friend's death at present . I only know that parting is the most painful thing in life. . Just like what the male protagonist said: "You can never feel the pain of others, you can only feel their death."
Perhaps it was because the people around him were slowly leaving one by one, and Harry regarded the cat as his life, and basically the cat would not leave his body all the time. Give Toto the best cat food even if you don't eat it yourself. Because Toto wanted to go to the toilet, he insisted that the driver stop illegally in the middle of the road...
It was all the accident that led to Harry and the cat's self-driving tour. Without this cat, old Harry would never have imagined that he could still live like this at his age.
He lived his whole life, worked for the family for most of his life, gave up his singing dream, and gave up his travel dream. In the final stages of his life, Harry got his wish and embarked on a fantastical journey with his cat.
It was a prank, but a warm and funny prank.
3
To travel by car, you must first have a car. Harry found a used car market and bought a blue car for $250 from his uncle who had a migraine. But when I called my son, I remembered that his own driver's license had expired for decades.
Old Harry hit the road with an expired driver's license and met a lot of people along the way. There is Ginger, a big-breasted girl who ran away from home and lied about her age, Carlton, a sales man who sells vitamins in a big box, and a charming senior hooker who drives a convertible. This trip was of great significance to Harry. He didn't intend to come out to see the world, but the world was slowly unfolding before his eyes.
If it wasn't for the encouragement of the big-breasted girl, Harry might never have the courage to meet his first love again in his life. To meet someone important in her life at this point in her life, even if she no longer remembers herself, even if she just chats, the picture is touching enough.
Apart from the people he met, Harry also did a lot of things that he had never done in his life, such as urinating at the entrance of the casino and then being caught in jail, where he met a mysterious doctor who used shaman Witchcraft cured old Harry's frozen shoulder...
4
This cliché travel story, put on old Harry and his cat, has become different and thought-provoking.
One day, we will all grow old. At the fork in life, no one can accompany anyone for a lifetime. Even in "The Old Man and the Cat", there may be a day when they part.
At that time, the people around us have left one by one. How should we live? You can feel sorry for yourself, you can rely on the old and sell the old, but you can also choose to start a new "journey" like Harry.
Do the things you didn't do when you were young, meet the important people in your life, and leave without regrets. Perhaps, this is the ultimate secret against "aging".
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