I originally wanted to write a short review, but halfway through it, I found that I had a lot to say, so let’s change it into a film review!
The movie contains almost everything that one can experience in life, such as birth, death, abandonment, joining the army and fighting, abortion, love, friendship, family affection, growing up... The movie does not seem to be so difficult to understand from the perspective of Chinese people, but it can be understood from the perspective of Westerners. It is really not easy to make such a movie and finally be understood by others. After all, most people who receive Western orthodoxy are unacceptable to abortion.
The protagonist Homer in the film also cannot accept it, but growing up in an orphanage, he seems to be even more unacceptable to those irresponsible parents who were born without raising them. Because he was used to seeing examples of people who brought life but could not bring happiness to children, he finally picked up the scalpel, and at that moment, he began to reconcile with the most important person in his life, Dr. Large. This is also the main line of the film.
Homer received the care and care of Dr. Large since he was a child, but he was not satisfied. He hoped to break out of the shackles and get a new life, to experience all kinds of things in the world, to explore, to experience, and to enrich himself. In a word, leave this place where he grew up but cannot satisfy himself.
When he left here and experienced love, betrayal (or abandonment; after experiencing incest, friendship and the brilliance of human nature, he also became no longer rebellious and matured. At the same time, he knew that he only belonged to the one who needed him most and also him. The place that I needed most, I embarked on the road of return from now on, under the escort of Dr. Large, who will go to hell, I returned to the place where I should go.
When people are young, they don't know what they want, and they are vaguely dissatisfied with the status quo and life. Desperate to break through the cage and pursue self. But after experiencing some things, I found out that the outside world is not as good as I imagined, and the environment in which I grew up is not so unbearable. When you realize this, when you can face your own shortcomings calmly, and at the same time accept reconciliation with those around you, you will truly become mature.
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