For rational and pragmatic Orientals, there will be a lot of disapproval when watching this film. Just for a competition, in order to see a few wild birds, it is unimaginable and incomprehensible that one has to run around, abandoning his wife and children, and insisting on his unbounded interests by giving up almost everything. But if we take this pursuit as part of the American dream, we might think hard and acquiesce, but it’s still a crazy, boring game. As the dialogue in the film says, "Only Americans in the world have this competition." I don't know if they are promoting their own unique sports in a positive or negative sense.
In the end, the last defending champion won the first place by watching 755 birds, but he paid a heavy price for this, and the beautiful wife finally couldn't bear it anymore and filed for divorce. The other two players who won the third place in the team told each other on the phone that although they didn't get the first place, they got more through this competition, reunited with their families and met their girlfriends who were in love with each other, and these It should be the ultimate goal for them to pursue their interests. At the end of the film, when Owen Wilson, who won the first place, saw a happy family of three in a small Chinese town, perhaps he really realized what the ultimate meaning of his pursuit should be.
In addition to the profound didactic section, the other attraction of this film is that the audience can travel with the three birdmen to various forest parks in the United States, and watch a variety of rare and precious birds, although very few Someone can see how rare that is. After all, this is a uniquely American sport, and as the champion advertises himself, he considers his interests comparable to Mozart's. If this were the case, then every entomologist in the world could call himself a master of art.
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