In fact, the movie is like this, if you keep watching it with a "so-what" mentality, chances are you won't get anything. So in the movie, we can completely indulge in the beautiful seaside scenery, the magnificent rocks and the silhouettes of children in the sunset. Put yourself in the shoes of a few children who grew up in an orphanage where all their entertainment was catching fish during a flood was such a rare treat. In fact, that period of life by the sea can be more or less a period of innocence, although in these days they began to grow, witnessing youth, jealousy, suspicion, illness and even death.
I really like the long shots in the movie. A few children are running in the shots, which makes people think of the simplicity of playing with friends when they were young.
My favorite part of the movie is the unhappiness of everyone in it. The hero riding a motorcycle turned out to be just a worker shoveling camel dung, a beautiful woman turned out to be infertile, the vicious fisherman who fished at sea every day turned out to have only one belief, and the amiable and energetic couple turned out to suffer from illness . The four children also have their own unhappiness. Misty was the first to learn about the adoption and was struggling to hide from the other kids, but Spit and Sparks began to intrigue in every possible way. Maps met his first love at the beach, only to be abandoned so much that he began to trust no one. This is the misfortune of every individual character. And when they were together, when the people of the village got together to celebrate Christmas, when the four children finally returned to the orphanage together, it all got better again. I like this kind of family warmth. As Misty said at the end, I've already got a family.
There are indeed some unknown places in the film, such as the recurring horse, what is the metaphor?
The last scene of the three old men returning to the beach to scatter Maps' ashes sounds tacky, but when I watched it, I was very moved. The old people's running gestures and the long shots in their memories combine to bring us back to the youthful days that belonged to the December Boys. wonderful.
In addition, although the Virgin and the nuns who appear repeatedly in the movie sometimes do not know their intentions, they are very interesting in Misty's daydreams, especially the one-handed turn, which is full of childlike interest.
But the Australian indie film still seems a little too bland. Or let us experience the strong friendship of the December Boys.
It ends with the sentence at the beginning of the film:
All for one, one for all.
With such a friend and such a family, what more do we need to look for.
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