To those fathers who failed

Kelli 2021-11-17 08:01:26

This movie reminds me of my father and the ordinary fathers I know. They have never been to Iwo Jima, and they have never done anything earth-shattering. They are the losers of our inspirational age, just like the old Schmidt.

My father, uncle, uncle, and the uncles and uncles in the building where I live, they are all small people in the big plan, they can only follow the flow of life and watch the age of life, and then as if they had never existed before. disappear.
Isn't our life like this, it's just that when we laugh at our father's backwardness and incompetence, there is still youth to squander. It wasn't until one day, when I was getting old, that I understood the father who was always excluded from the office, the uncle who sold candied haws on the street, and the uncle who was afraid of his wife for a lifetime.

This is nothing more than the life of an ordinary man.
He fantasizes about being Napoleon, an extraordinary big man.
He likes a female classmate in the class, but he never confessed, or she married someone else and
he became an ordinary clerk, but he still believes that he can become a minister.
After talking about a round of unsuccessful love,
he married a woman he didn’t know and loved. He regretted it, but with a child,
he gradually admitted that he had no future, but he never admitted it.
Yes , he suddenly liked a woman he met by chance. He was obsessed with it, but gave up. Maybe it was the only true love in
his life. He retired and the
child got married.
One day, he found that his life was a failure.

Finding out the photo of my father's high school graduation is as young and energetic as we are. It is not at all sloppy and unreasonable. He is a complete cynic, who can't even use computers and ATMs. Why is he so incapable? If it were me,
in fact, you would eventually understand that you are not as good as him. Don't look down on your father. It is very difficult to survive in the world.

Maybe he gave up a lot for you, you never know. Even if you know you will not appreciate it.

Until you become a father yourself.



What moved me most was the last scene. The old man returned home and cried when he saw the paintings given to him by African children.

Except for love, everything is nothingness.











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  • Allen 2021-11-17 08:01:26

    Actually I saw it a long time ago and didn't recognize it. Everything about him is both funny and realistic. I hate his wife, his wife dies, finds an affair, travels alone, is dissatisfied with his son-in-law, and his daughter is alienated and cannot be changed. Whose now? Whose future? Life, life~hahahaha~ It's a bit like seeing dad's future~

  • Shany 2021-11-17 08:01:26

    When you are unable to resist, life begins to betray you. When you think your life is abundant, you realize that your life has been extremely failed. The story itself is desperate, but Alexander Payne handled it very cleverly. A lot of bitterness and helplessness have been slickly and comically. The frustration of life is like that waterbed. It can crash you even your neck. , But it is absolutely impossible to drown you, the positive and negative energy will eventually be resolved into nothingness, leaving only love.

About Schmidt quotes

  • Warren Schmidt: You've got to appreciate what you have while you still have it.

  • Warren Schmidt: I am *begging* you not to marry Randall. This guy is not up to snuff. He's not in your league. I can't let this happen, I will not allow it. I mean, look at these people!

    Jeannie Schmidt: All of a sudden you're taking an interest in what I do? You have an opinion about my life, now?