"Life of the Sea"____ Many people applaud inside, but you smoke outside by yourself

Shanie 2021-10-22 14:33:39

This is the third Weiss Anderson movie I watched after the "Budapest Hotel" and "Darjeeling Co., Ltd.". After seeing this "Life of the Sea", I actually felt like crying. The narrative of the film is not as mature as his later period, but it tells a story very sincerely and vigorously, and every corner of the layout and setting is full of the virginity of a 12-year-old child. If it were not for this sincerity, I would also I can't read this movie because he is a bit cruel, not like a comedy, like a confession of a person, a see-saw of talent and fame.

It doesn’t make much sense to ask what they talked about. You can say that he wrote about the difficulties of middle-aged men, the affection between father and son, love, the relationship and understanding of husband and wife for many years, the tolerance and support of life and death brothers, and a bunch of Weiss Anderson. Unique humor processing method, because he will not give you a complete joke, the reason you will laugh out loud is because they look reasonable and cruel, and you can't tell which is a joke between true and false. Those are real. Bankers, investors, pregnant reporters, Hansini, pirates, it seems that everyone is playing house, but you will believe that they are all related to death, which may bring the story to an end.

I said that I want to cry probably because of this reason. Everyone has an ultimate proposition in his life. This is something that needs to be solved urgently. However, it may be very clear and superficial, and others do not take it seriously. In some audiences Here, they only care about the climax of the heroic missions, and after the end, they can embrace the beauty. If you look at it in this way, "The Sea Life" is completely destroying a hero. It tells a story about companions and virginity, because life It's like a house-playing house wine. The only important thing is the group of friends you play with. There is no real food or furniture. Everything is illusory and imaginary, but it is very real because it is what you believe.

So the scene switching in the story (especially the movement during the quarrel with Ned) is really a game, right? Like the little girl’s model castle, and the colorful fish that appeared in the sea (especially the colorful seahorses the child gave to Jizu), for the child, that is what he sees in the world, which is gorgeous, and Jizu Very cherished, he responded to the reporter's 11 and a half years old: "That is my favorite age." In addition to part of the nostalgia for his son's childishness, he also responded to his imagination and memories of his childhood.

So if the story is about the midlife crisis, it seems that some are right and some are wrong. To be precise, he is actually a crisis of leaving his childhood, and this crisis is facing each of us. When his beloved crew member was eaten by the Jaguar Shark, he thought about revenge, and when he finally saw the Jaguar Shark, the idea of ​​revenge had disappeared, because of his beauty and his heart to return to the ocean. We can never forget our eyes as simple children. He is a viewing window and an observation deck, taking us to see a more beautiful world.

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou quotes

  • Jane Winslett-Richardson: Are we - are we safe in here?

    Steve Zissou: I doubt it.

    Klaus Daimler: Do you still want to blow him up?

    Steve Zissou: No, we're out of dynamite anyway.

    Eleanor Zissou: It is beautiful Steve.

    Steve Zissou: Yea, it's pretty good isn't it... I wonder if it remembers me...

  • Ned Plimpton: You don't know me, you don't want to know me... I'm just a character in your stupid film.