The film is arguably the toughest Matt Damon's first time as a single dad, caring for two small children and grieving the untimely death of his beloved wife. Cameron Crowe, a director with a zoo plot, met Damon, who was filming "Thunderbolt" at the time, when rewriting the script. The two immediately discussed the plot and details, and finally Damon joined Crowe's crew, precisely because the director saw Damon's family-friendly temperament created the small success of this film.
At the beginning of the film, it seemed to give the audience a kind of warmth of home and everything, but Benjamin's son Dylan kept repeating the 20th century's laziest word "whatever" every day. Benjamin was only worried about whether Dylan would take the exam. Passed, will he even be expelled after being punished several times by the school, he doesn't care about Dylan's only favorite painting, which is in stark contrast at the end of the film when Benjamin, as a fan of his son, uses Dylan's painting as the logo of the zoo, Dylan has not changed, Benjamin has not changed, what has changed is the meaning of mutual understanding.
Because his son was expelled from school and his daughter couldn't sleep at night because of the noise from the neighbors, Benjamin had to go around looking for a new home, and finally found a dream home for him and his daughter, only to learn that it was in a zoo, although Benjamin was like other buyers. The bottom of my heart retreated, but after seeing that his daughter was so happy to get along with the peacock, Benjamin instantly made up his mind, as long as the child is really happy, nothing is important to him. Once again, we feel the responsibility of the father.
When the zoo encountered an economic crisis, it was his deceased wife who rescued him. The wife's discretion left Benjamin a considerable fortune. Perhaps this explains the responsibility of a family, whether in life or death, always The act of caring for his family made Benjamin happy and moved us. Under the persuasion of his brother, Benjamin still chose to use the money to continue taking risks. He bet on his family and bet too many things that couldn't fail, but he didn't want to disappoint his employees, and he didn't want to let his mind be shackled. This again reflects Benjamin's fearless spirit and his 20 seconds of courage.
After Benjamin quarreled with his son Dylan, he resolved all the conflicts between father and son. They may have misunderstood each other. No one is right or wrong. It is just a lack of communication that makes an already grieving life even more hurt.
Benjamin and his son finally sent away the painful "Spa". Through simple heart-to-heart, Benjamin taught his son how to confess to the girl he liked. It was those 20 seconds full of courage. The girl still loves the boy, but Dylan His love was hidden in his heart, as he had given his father, he loved his father and the girl, but he didn't have the courage to say it, and the girl didn't dare to get close to Dylan. After Dylan saw the girl's slogan "if you love me let me know", Dylan could no longer suppress his inner emotions and finally got married.
"Why would an amazing woman like you, even talk to someone like me", this is Benjamin's brave confession to his wife, a simple "why not?" is the best explanation of the meaning of life, when When we face good things, or we have setbacks in front of us, why not take it as an adventure for ourselves and try to experience it?
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