"McFarlane" 2020.04.18

Willis 2022-03-23 09:02:46

em...Character conflict, plot climax, and story restoration, while adding touching "teacher-student love", and finally winning the first place, everyone is happy...It's quite satisfactory (this kind of structure makes me a little visual fatigue)

This film tells the story of a physical education teacher with a loner teaching method who "falls out" to teach a group of "low-level teenagers" in a small town, and changes their destiny through cross-country running.

The first point of the film is the growth of the teacher's state of mind. The teacher came to the town because he was originally conflicted. Seeing that the surrounding villagers are all "gangsters" who want to run away, slowly, the harmonious communication between the neighbors, the praise of the supermarket owner, and the This group of teenagers ran together and won the championship, which was well received by everyone.

Another point to watch is fate. Those teenagers should have inherited their parents' wishes and become ordinary laborers to spend their whole lives. After being influenced by the teacher's "going to the countryside" and getting results in the competition, their fate has gradually changed. The big mountain in the film is like a hidden difficulty. Watching Xiaopang Dun go crazy for the team... I can't help but sigh, "Do you like running?".

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  • Maria Marisol: [reading Jose Cardenas's paper] We fly like blackbirds through the orange groves, floating on a warm wind. When we run, we own the earth. The land is ours. We speak the birds' language. Not immigrant no more. No stupid Mexicans. When we run, our spirits fly. We speak to the gods. When we run, we are the gods.

  • Maria Marisol: Welcome to McFarland, Blanco.