The book I read first, I knew it was a story about a wise man leading a young man out of his mental confusion. When I read the book, I felt that the story was very ordinary, and the highlight was the conversation between the wise man and the young man, so I never thought that there would be a movie in this story.
When I was looking for a movie yesterday, I found out that there is still a movie, so I was curious about how to present such an ordinary story on the screen? When watching a movie, I really match the editor's editing skills and the director's ability to present shots. It's the story of a gymnast who broke his leg and got back on the court. Movies are better than books.
There are two scenes in the movie that I like. The first is that Socrates and Dan had just met. Jordan met somewhere on the campus, intending to answer some of Dan's doubts, but because Dan was anxious to go to the gym for pommel horse test training, he just met Socrates and said that he was Time was of the essence, hoping Socrates would keep the story short and fight quickly, and then Socrates threw Dan into the water before he could react. By the time Dan climbed out of the water and questioned him, he said it was the quickest way to clear your mind from those emotions. Just yesterday, I was waiting for my colleagues in the department to send the video material. I didn't wait from 9 am to 7 pm. My head was always occupied by anxiety, loss of control, and irritability. When I saw Dan's expression, I realized that I should also clear my head.
The second is Socrates asking Dan are you happy? Dan replied that he had a wealthy family, excellent academic performance, outstanding gymnastics skills, handsome and attractive people, and never lacked women around him, but Socrates continued to ask, then why do you lose sleep at night? Dan was speechless. You see, happiness has nothing to do with how much you have, happiness is only about enjoying the moment, so at the end of the movie, there will be such a dialogue: Where are you? Dan; here. What time is it right now? now.
My understanding of this sentence is, don't be a "busy" person who thinks that all efforts at the moment are to achieve future goals, and the painful process is the only way to obtain future happiness; don't be "nihilistic" A person who has lost hope and desire for life, neither enjoys what is in front of him, nor gives any hope for the future; to be a person who "feels happiness", don't let anxiety about the future affect you, don't Let the pain of the past hold you back, enjoy what you do in the present, and focus on the present.
I feel that this film is similar to "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" I watched last year. The essence of the story is about a wise old man guiding a confused young man to find the true meaning of a happy life. The filming techniques and editing skills of this film It is better than that movie, but the casting of that movie is better than this movie. The male lead in this movie is self-aware, and the performance marks are very heavy. The image of the old man and the wise man is not as good as that of Tom Hanks, and the length of the movie is too long. However, there are not so many plots to undertake, which leads to the protracted plot in the later stage and it is very tiring to watch. The plot in the later stage should be cut down, and one and a half hours is enough.
The highlight of this film is probably the lines. The following are some excerpts from the lines:
1. Everyone is telling you what to do? what is good for you! They don't want you to find your own answers, they want you to believe theirs; and I want you not to gather information from the outside world, but to look inward, although people are afraid of their own hearts, but the heart is the only thing they have home,
2. You want to be someone who uses your mind and body in a way that surpasses the guts of others, and I'm going to train you, Dan, to be a true warrior.
3. The brain is just a reflex organ that responds to everything and floods your head with thousands of thoughts every day, none of which reflect you more than the freckles on your nose. (So don't pay too much attention to those thoughts in your head, thoughts are like the weather, fleeting, and don't be occupied and dominated by emotions)
4. It’s never possible that nothing happens, there’s never an ordinary moment (focus on paying attention, paying attention to everything around you)
5. There is no best in the world, you will never be the best, and in the same way, you will never be worse than anyone else (don’t fall into extremes in your thoughts, don’t think that you are the most pitiful and miserable when you encounter things, and then do it. Extreme choice, in fact, you will not be the best, nor the worst, there are many people in the world who have the same experience, don't make yourself unique)
6. Death is not sad, sadly most people never really lived. (As Pu Shuxuan wrote in the lyrics, go to scrambling! Go to intrigue! The person with the expressionless face is your future! The person who has not really lived, just doesn’t face the true self A person who finds that he has also partially lived as he hated when he was a child, with insincere words, incomprehensible words, cowardly and timid, and only knowing how to escape)
7. A warrior is not meant to be perfect, not to be victorious in every battle, not to be invulnerable, it is extremely fragile, that is the only real courage. (Like I used to think that heroes and great people are strong and perfect, but after reading biographies, I found that they are also ordinary people, but they have their own perseverance, their own beliefs, and they have achieved the unity of knowledge and action, so accept yourself urge me, imperfect, without these, how can I continue to improve myself motivation)
8. Warriors are active, fools are passive (I am a fool, a fool in love, not only passive, but also withdrawn)
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