At the beginning of the movie, the intuitive impression of Alex, the protagonist of rock climbing, is that he has a clear understanding of his life goals, exudes an instinctive rationality and indifference from time to time, and has a strong exclusivity in the process of achieving his goals. But with the passage of time, it is precisely the changes in several aspects of Alex that transformed him into a new self and helped him realize his dream of climbing El Capitan.
Family
A silent father and a demanding mother had a great influence on Alex's childhood. Frustration education made him lack of self-confidence. After he came into contact with rock climbing, the higher and higher goals made Alex constantly sway between self-confidence and low self-esteem. Now the mother realizes how rare it is for her son to find his love and keep moving forward for it. Even in the face of danger or even life and death, she will support her son's choice without hesitation.
friend
Influenced by his childhood, Alex was gloomy and closed at the beginning of climbing, and he didn't know how to get along and communicate with his peers. After gradually showing up in the climbing world, Tommy, who was his role model, began to work with him. He came into contact with him and admitted that he deeply understood his ultimate pursuit of climbing, which made him let go of his concerns and slowly open his heart, learn to try to express his feelings, and gradually gained a group of friends who also strongly love climbing. In the process of finally deciding whether to film Alex's unprotected climb, the filming will bring great uncertainty during the climbing process, and this uncertainty will interfere with Alex or even cause him to fall to his death. The director and the film crew communicated with him many times to confirm whether he was willing to choose to record it. Alex said that even if he had the right to challenge the climb without notifying anyone, he was unwilling to choose this method. I seem to see this inconvenience here. The person who expressed it began to take the initiative to choose to share concerns for his partner, and put forward higher requirements on himself in order to take the risk of shooting, and at the same time let me discover the delicate side of his heart.
Fairy
Alex, who is devoted to rock climbing, can be called a "Tie Hanhan" in the words of his girlfriend. In the past, the emotional experience ended because he couldn't give up unprotected rock climbing, and Sangsang was deeply attracted by Alxe's simple and upright personality. Her appearance added a lot of laughter and vitality to Alex's monotonous life. At the same time, the patience and tolerance given to Alxe are also unparalleled, so it is not an exaggeration to say that Sangsang is the fairy who came to save Alex. This unrequited love is really not something that everyone can bear, and it is the heart of Sangsang. Their strength and self-confidence can support the continuous development and stability of their relationship. In the process, Alex gradually feels how different and rare this relationship is.
Faith
Even if there are many external reasons for success, it is ultimately inseparable from Alex's unremitting pursuit of challenging the limits. For the strictness and self-discipline of physical training, the continuous dismantling and trial of rope routes, the transfer of the center of gravity of climbing skills, the conversion of techniques and the adjustment of different rock faces, these series of actions must be perfectly connected in order to make him He reached the finish line safely, and in this process, even any small mistake was enough to make him fall off the cliff in the challenge. After eight years of preparation and constant familiarity with the scene to simulate unprotected rock climbing, the proficiency of muscle memory and skills finally gave him the final step. A solid step in the challenge. If climbing El Capitan is compared to "devil" difficulty, then unprotected climbing can be described as "hell" difficulty. Perhaps Alxe is the "perverted" "devil" who finally managed to escape from "hell" after going through twists and turns! Faith is a very empty thing, as Alex said, in unprotected rock climbing, it is the armor to wear to the heart.
Alex's success is not just accidental, but inevitable. It's up to people, it's all about yourself and others. It is the chance that brings everyone together to make up for each other's shortcomings, so as to achieve the most perfect state. At the end of the film, the most difficult word in Alex's family, "I love you", was also naturally spoken to Sang Sang who had been waiting anxiously after the summit. I think this is the most touching detail. Watching a movie can't escape the fate of "lemon essence".
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