The story is bland, and through the male protagonist's marriage, career, and family, I see the journey of life that we all go through. From the initial youthful passion, full of ideals, to compromising with reality for the sake of livelihood, life returns to plain, and then to the passing of time, I finally feel the meaning of true warmth and happiness.
Although this story happened in the distant United States, it is actually happening to each of us. It’s just that in today’s China, we have to bear more burdens of material life, and we are far less comfortable than the American people. But the emotions buried in it are universal.
I think the director put a lot of thought into it, and the background of the film matches the emotional trend very well. At the beginning, the young couple settled down in the Florida seaside where the seasons are like spring. Young people are always full of passion and romance, and the hustle and bustle of tropical beaches are always so fascinated by young people. As time passed, and into middle age, the family moved to a quiet town in Philadelphia. The patches of red maples and the golden waves of wheat all reveal to people that they are no longer young, and that they have entered the golden autumn of life through time.
The death of the dog actually heralds the end of an era for the hero, and some things are gone forever. This is something each of us cannot escape.
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