The film’s narrative is fairly standard, telling the story of a boy who got a scholarship by building a rocket to enter the university and walk out of the town. With everyone in the small town looking up at the sky, the protagonist has the idea of building a rocket. Then came two major difficulties: accused of burning down the forest and his father suffered a mine accident. The climax appears in the last thirty minutes: the protagonist restarts and wins the science fair.
Another narrative clue is the relationship between the protagonist and his family, especially his father. From the first effort to play football and longing for his father's approval, to the effort of building rockets was denied by his father, and then the protagonist was affirmed by the mine for taking on family responsibilities. The last climax also appeared in the last 30 minutes, and the father finally confirmed and helped the protagonist build the rocket, and appeared on the scene of the last test flight.
The structure and lens of the film are also very neat, with almost no errors. For example, at the beginning, the whole town looked up at the rocket launched by the Soviet Union, and at the end everyone looked up at the rocket launched by the protagonist, and connected to the scene of the launch of the "Challenger" in history. The scenes of several plot turning points are even quite memorable, especially in the heavy rain and lightning in the dark night, the mother calmly told Homer that his father was in a mine disaster. In terms of character creation, almost all supporting actors have reasonably participated in the plot and have a fairly complete image. Even the girl who only appeared in two scenes and was enamored with the protagonist was outlined. All these provide evidence for us to believe, immerse and be moved.
Even better is the union with real history and real people. In the 1960s, American society entered the post-industrial era from the industrial era, and various cultural movements occurred one after another. Young people began to reflect on the alienation of people from industrial society. Homer cared about the impact of mining on the health and life of workers and yearned for a more open life. His confrontation with his traditional father who always cared about the interests of the company was the epitome of society at that time. And Homer himself is also derived from real characters. These projections from real life make the story more three-dimensional and more believable.
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