The young Xianyi angry horse, ordinary only adults!

Elissa 2021-12-21 08:01:21

Who is the "ordinary person" in the film? The protagonist son of self-salvation after Nirvana? No, I saw Chang'an flowers in one day, and even my troubles were hot stamped when I was young. The real ordinary people are the middle-aged mother who doesn't love her son very much, and the middle-aged father who has never dared to face the problem and pretends to be harmonious and decent. The frailty of the middle class, the unbearableness of the adults, bleak and real! The ordinary people I understand are not juveniles during the period of personality shaping, but adults who use their sense of management to fight against their unsound personalities and eventually find that they are powerless. Life will make choices for us, although I didn’t understand before the age of 32...

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Ordinary People quotes

  • Conrad "Con" Jarrett: [Berger is pretending to be Buck, Con's older brother] Bucky, I didn't mean it! Bucky, I didn't mean it!

    Dr. Berger: What?

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: I said put the sail down, but you said keep it starboard, and then we go over! And you say "Hang on, Hang on!", but then you let go! Why'd you let go?

    Dr. Berger: Because I was tired!

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: Oh yeah? Well, screw you, you jerk!

    Dr. Berger: [Back in reality] It hurts to be mad at him, doesn't it?

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: God, I loved him. It's not fair. You just do one wrong thing, and...

    Dr. Berger: And what was the one wrong thing you did? You know. You know.

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: I hung on. I stayed with the boat.

    Dr. Berger: Exactly.

  • Jeannine: [In a McDonalds restaurant booth Conrad sits with Jeannine, the suicide attempt scars on Conrad's wrist are displayed] Did it hurt?

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: I don't remember, really.

    Jeannine: You don't want to talk about it?

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: I've never really talked about it. To doctors. But, not to anyone else. You're the first who's asked.

    Jeannine: Why did you do it?

    Conrad "Con" Jarrett: Uh... I don't know. It was like... falling into a hole. It keeps getting bigger and bigger and you can't escape. All of a sudden, it's inside... and you're the hole. You're trapped. And it's all over. Something like that. It's not really scary... except when you think back on it. 'Cause you know what you were feeling...