This is a romantic film in the guise of an inspirational film.
But that doesn't seem very accurate. There are too many labels in the movie, such as western, love, adventure, inspirational, which are more or less involved in the movie. Dreamers can say that this is a film that pursues dreams. After all, Joseph and Shannon have always been on the road to their dreams. Despite the difficulties, the belief of "owning a piece of your own land" has always been a beacon. There is a seductive light in the dark; historians can say that this is a film that reflects the awakening of freedom in the 19th century, after all, in the context of that era, Shannon, the farmer's daughter, was a self-proclaimed A "very modern" person, unwilling to be a rigid and monotonous lady, boldly "abets" Joseph, a farmer who should have been bound by the land, to leave home with her and go to the United States to find free and fertile land. Isn't this "world-shattering" behavior a yearning and pursuit for a free life? Land, to be precise, my own land, is a symbol of freedom... But I prefer to see it as a love movie. After all, Joseph and Shannon always go together because of love.
This is a story that makes you feel cliché when you look at the introduction.
The story of a beautiful and free-spirited farmer's daughter and a handsome farmer who go through ups and downs in their pursuit of the land and finally fall in love. It's cliché enough that stories like this have been shown on the big screen thousands of times. However, conventional stories also have the power to shock people, otherwise, how can such stories be read over and over again.
Beautiful love is always fascinating, especially between handsome guys and beauties like Joseph and Shannon. Lively encounters like chickens flying eggs, coincidental peers, slapstick-like getting along with friends, helpless partings and the final reunion after going around. The quintet of love is lively staged in the background of chasing dreams.
What impressed me the most was this scene - Joseph bought a high-end suit after making money from boxing matches. He fell in love with buying hats and kept asking Shannen if his hats were beautiful. Once, he and Shannen had a small quarrel. Shannen said that the leader of the club just regarded Joseph as a cash cow, did not respect him at all, and just used him. Enraged, Joseph hugged Shannen and threw her into a bathtub full of water. Joseph put his hands on both sides of the bathtub, looked at Shannon who was as embarrassed as a chicken, and roared: "Tell me you like my hat! Shannon, why can't you say you like my hat and clothes? This is me I earned it, I did a good job!" But Shannen still stubbornly kept his mouth shut and refused to say anything.
I could clearly see the urgency and desire in Joseph's eyes.
That longing for the approval of a loved one.
Joseph worked hard to make money, fighting fight after fight, saving money that would bring them closer to their dreams. In those days, he was high-spirited, accompanied by beautiful women, with the glory of victory, and the so-called worthy brothers in the society. There were many things he had never dared to think about before, but it seemed that there was always something missing. Shannen always seems to dislike his new clothes. Shannen doesn't care about his victory every time. There is always a little disapproval in Shannen's eyes. Oh, Shannen, what are you thinking! All the money I do, isn't it all for our land? Why didn't you come to support me, why didn't you come to encourage me, is my success so trivial? ! Joseph didn't understand Shannen, and he didn't understand why he cared so much about Shannen's opinion. He could only ask "Why don't you like my hat?" over and over again, asking Shannen and asking himself.
No way, who told him not to know that he had fallen in love with her.
At the end of the film, Joseph said to Shannen, "Everything I do is to get your approval." Fortunately, Joseph finally knew why Shannen didn't like his hat was so important to him.
Isn't that what love is supposed to be like? I work like crazy for your "great", and I don't know how to care for your "like". Everyone wants the approval of others, especially the approval of their lover. I hope you can see my efforts, I hope you can recognize my success, I hope you can like everything about me, I hope I can attract you as much as you attract me. Instinct and raw, I would love to hear a "I like it" from you. Love starts with caring.
It is this subtlety of unconscious love that is enough to move. It's not the tragic moments of life and death, but such real and subtle emotions that make me feel that love is everywhere. Maybe as soon as you turn your head, you can see that the people around you are working hard to make yourself better. I am carrying the TOEFL words because I want you to see yourself communicating in English fluently; I am standing on the podium and giving a speech because I want you to see a confident self; I put on a dress, Step on the little high heels, because I want you to see a beautiful self... These are all my efforts for your "likes".
Although Joseph was lost in front of all that boxing brought him, and although it was opportunistic to rely on boxing to make money, the desire for Shannen's recognition eventually pulled him back to the road of realizing his dream down-to-earth. I love his hunger for recognition.
If you had a lover, would you want to say to him,
"Honey, please like my hat, okay?"
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