The name of the movie is "Adam", the Chinese translation is "Adam", but I prefer another translation, "Adam is not easy to be", which is more expressive. As a result, Adam is not only the hero Adam, but also millions of people, those different groups of people. In fact, each of us has an Adam in our hearts, a weakness, and a loneliness. But not everyone gets to meet Beth.
Adam, a toy designer for voice-activated dolls, proficient in engineering programming, and an astronomy enthusiast, is very skilled, and can speak a string of amazing numbers fluently. But because of his social phobia (known as "Asperger's Syndrome" in the film), which is autism without significant language barriers, he has been living alone in a large house since his father's death.
Beth, a newly moved neighbor, has a cheerful, lively and easy-going personality. She is a kindergarten teacher, which may have made her more patient and careful. When she finds out that Adam is a weird but very kind person, she tries to understand Adam with confusion and tolerance.
Yes, I admit that Beth did approach Adam out of curiosity at first, and after learning that Adam has Asperger's syndrome, I also admit that at first, it's hard to say whether she fell in love with compassion or not. Adam's, I've also seen a lot of people say "sympathy is not love", but I don't think Beth is just out of sympathy. We often say that great love has the power to change people, but compassion cannot. Or Adam wouldn't have kissed Beth out of anger or shame, but out of anger and shame after taking the book Beth bought her, Jobs for People with Asperger's Syndrome—you know that What an easy step for Adam, a 29-year-old man who is as simple as a child!
There is a plot in the play that is impressive. It seems that when Beth asked Adam to a small housewarming party for the first time, Adam was actually ready and anxiously waiting at home for Beth to knock on the door. But when everything became a reality, he hesitated and never took that step. The part where Adam was crying at the door after Beth left, I think I understand his mood. I worked hard for a long time, but at the moment of success, I couldn't take a step. It can't be said to be cowardly, but a duty... a very helpless duty. In fact, it is normal like us, who can be confident that they can easily overcome their own weaknesses?
There are always some people who live very well and live comfortably in their own little world without any discomfort. But just because they are different, other people always want to pull them into the world of mortals, party like ordinary people, play with friends, have normal social activities, fall in love, get married, have children step by step, and spend this life. ..... Some have been successful, while others, can only leave regrets (this is a comment on Douyou Dingdang wanting to travel, borrowed here).
Watching Adam express his feelings and thoughts clumsily time and time again, watching him force himself to face groups of strangers and even Beth's parents in order not to disappoint Beth, watching him spit out a string of new words like a machine gun. A string of astronomical numbers can't help themselves, looking at the innocent and happy smile he showed at Beth, watching his helpless helplessness after always making Beth angry because he couldn't understand others... Very real man, moved Beth, and also moved me in front of the screen. Probably most movies like to portray heroes who are out of reality or perfect characters, so a flawed but real person like Adam is easy to please me, but more importantly, in Adam, everyone is To be able to see one's own fragility, but also to see one's own efforts to improve and survive, is a resonant emotion.
Everyone has a resonance, but not everyone can be Beth, the empathetic Beth, the Beth who is optimistic and sincere and really helps Adam because of his ex-boyfriend's stealing and his father's scandal and lawsuit. Beth, who no longer eats macaroni every day and has a cluttered wardrobe, is the one who helped Adam overcome his hardships, encouraged him to work hard and taught him to overcome his interview phobia during the most difficult period of Adam's unemployment.... Such a unique existence. However, Beth is an ordinary person after all, not a goddess, so she did not choose to go to California with Adam who found a job at the California Observatory, no matter how Adam pleaded...
Adam learned that his meeting with Beth's parents was actually a lie carefully planned by Beth , poor he can't tell the difference between a white lie and a real lie, so he went crazy, threw things, and insulted Beth, cracks, and so on... That part made me terrified and distressed, distressed about this child. Yes, he is too simple to be himself, he loves Beth too much, but he can't express it correctly... Later, Beth left Manhattan and returned to his hometown due to his father's lawsuit, and Adam finally understood his own under the guidance of his friends. In the heart, he resolutely went to find Beth alone. It was cold winds and heavy snow. In the middle of the night, Adam, who was walking alone in the snow, was so helpless and so persistent... Finally, he found his Beth, but his request , Beth hesitated. Can't blame Beth for being inhuman, and don't be surprised how Beth, who knew Adam so well before, left resolutely when Adam finally confided the truth, because even a sentence "I love you" was forced to say it. Adam, you are so worrying.
But dear Beth, why can't you see how much courage and love Adam means when he says "I need you"? Much deeper than just "I love you", yes, he said "I can't go to California, I can't live without you" but he also said "You're like a part of me, I'm used to having you life", but Beth, you still didn't promise him, and turned away. Seeing Adam's restraint and forbearance with helpless hands and tears, there is an indescribable sadness in his heart. However, the love did not disappear. Adam finally chose to go to California alone. This is his change and his success. In California, everyone is very friendly and no one regards him as an alien, and Adam gradually changed himself into others. , and finally, he received the published fairy tale book written by Beth - with a letter in between: Adam, this is our love. Beth…..Thanks
to the director for not making this story a comedy (Adam and Beth live happily together) nor a tragedy (Beth explicitly rejects Adam), but made it an open-ended In the end, leave the imagination to the audience. Perhaps, the director also felt that letting Adam live a normal life, doing what he likes with his strengths, is the happiest way for him to live. And love, which does not disappear, melts into the details of life, continuous and tenacious.
So I know that the love between the prince and the princess does not necessarily lead to marriage... However, sometimes marriage is not the best answer, it is just an answer that conforms to the thinking habits of ordinary people.
It's hard to say whether Beth and Adam will be happy if they really live together. Maybe for an Asperger's patient like Adam, he lives in his own world, but his heart is full of love. There is someone who can miss him. Maybe It is the happiest, thinking of that person, there is a smile on the corner of the mouth, faint, deep, this kind of simple happiness, we may not be able to have it.
Actually, although I have written so much, the movie is very simple and looks fast. Faint, there is warmth; there is regret, but also hope, this is life, whether it is vigorous or plain, it must continue. However, how lucky are we to meet our Beth in this life?
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