This is a bitter and slightly sweet story.
The cowboy played by Norton reminds me of many faces in my memory: they or they are young, enthusiastic, full of fantasies, however, the way to achieve their ideals is always a natural choice to escape, always thinking about getting out of here, away from this place that doesn't belong to you Bad place, maybe the next stop will be better.
I think the cowboys in the film represent this type of youth.
It is undeniable that such a "free bird" has a magnificent charm, dazzling and short-lived. This charm cannot be meaningful because of its own limitations.
No one can be isolated from the contradictions and limitations of reality.
At the beginning of the film, the image of Cowboy Sunshine is deeply rooted, riding a white horse, running on the grasslands and ridges of the western United States, like an angel of freedom.
Then gradually, you will find that this perfect cowboy also has shortcomings: the ability to lie and make up stories is first-rate ^^
The arrangement of the plot allows the cowboy's charm and shortcomings to show at the same time, and he makes sense when arguing with the girl's father.
His arrival gave the two children of this repressed family infinite happiness and freedom.
Cowboys are going to take girls, that's his way of showing love.
Cowboy always writes to a man named JOE, and later episodes show that this man named JOE is Cowboy's father, and the house is empty. It is conceivable that Cowboy's running away from home is also the result of his escapism and his pursuit of ideals.
Including the second half of the film, the cowboy took the girl's younger brother to escape the pursuit, etc., all showing his extreme and evasive personality characteristics.
In short, Cowboy is a character you can't hate but dare not love.
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