Dave is a weather forecaster by profession. They called him the weather man and smashed him every now and then. The first time in the film is a cup of ice shaker coffee, which to me looks more like melted chocolate ice cream.
There are plenty of monologues in the movie. Dave always looks sad, so these monologues are more like making up for his facial expressions. There are doubts, helplessness, irritability, excitement, anger, self-questioning and self-answering, and even ramble. He presents his life in monologues, recalling or explaining, sometimes introspecting.
He was always gloomy and screwed up a lot. For example, he wanted to show affection to his estranged wife, but he smashed a snowball on her face impartially. For example, he took his daughter to a skating game, but tore her ligament. For example, his son wanted to show his love for his father, but he made the conversation awkward.
Son Mike has a drug counselor, Dun Burton. I hated this guy from the start, took care of every detail of Mike with a creepy love. Mike told his friends that Deng was a good man. But I could see Mike's discomfort in his presence.
I tried to describe every detail that moved me, every monologue, every character's character. The result is that I have to describe every minute and every second of content, but that is a huge project.
When Dave stared out of the window with sad brows, the camera stayed on his side for a long time. I suddenly noticed his slack jaw and felt so sorry for the aging jaw.
Dave strolled down the long ski run with his daughter and asked her about the nickname "Camel Slap". This was the outline that those people used to mock Shirley's fat lower body. I thought there would be a scene of father and daughter talking, but Shirley looked firmly into Dave's eyes and said: Because of its tenacity, it walked through dry desert and hot sand. And I am as tough as it is.
I think it's not just Dave who underestimates Shirley, each of us underestimates what a person can afford. Maybe someone else, maybe yourself. So we abuse our sympathy, show pity for others, and pity ourselves when we are alone.
Perhaps very few people really use these senseless emotions. So I know, don't indulge your sadness, you can be strong.
Father's funeral. Although I know that the rain scenes in the film are basically sprinklers plus post-production. But that rain was what made me feel so real going through it. I think it was everyone's tears. Dave's, mine.
Dave got his wish and stood on the "Hello America" parade float. The difference from the ideal is that he is standing on it alone, not with the whole family. But offscreen, Mike and Shirley watched their father's show with a smile.
At the end, Dave walked confidently through the crowd with a bow and arrow on his back. Monologue: No one throws fast food at me anymore, maybe because I'm carrying a bow and arrow.
I didn't expect this movie to have such a big impact on me before, just like I can't predict what new impact it will give me in the future.
I know that no one's life is what we imagine it to be.
Life is like drinking water.
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