kiss with pain, smile back

Hayden 2022-04-21 09:03:23

This 2008 film directed by Peter Warner has a strong inspirational color, tells the story of a disabled person, and is adapted from a real story, which has a powerful appeal; compared with many similar films, it also There is an obvious feature, that is, warmth and warmth.

Inspirational movies take it as their responsibility to transmit positive energy. Unlike some movies that are equally inspiring but full of publicity, American inspirational movies mostly choose little people who are not widely known as the protagonists. Their deeds are not earth-shattering, but it seems that every ordinary person You can feel your shadow in them. Of course, American inspirational films also tell famous people, such as "A Beautiful Mind", this Oscar-winning film is about the famous mathematician, Nobel Prize winner in economics, game theory inventor John Jr. Forbes Nash's story of fighting schizophrenia.

The biggest conflict in inspirational movies is that the protagonist suffers misfortune, most of which are diseases or obstacles caused by some congenital deficiencies, and are ridiculed, discriminated against and rejected by the people around them. In "Forrest Gump", Forrest Gump was born mentally handicapped, with an IQ of only 75. How to reverse this unfavorable situation and write his wonderful life became the focus of the film. Remember Tagore's poem in "The Birds": The world kisses us with pain, but asks for a smile in return. Kissing with pain and reciprocating with a smile is probably the dramatic conflict mode of all inspirational movies. The Eastern proverb goes: Nine times out of ten, life is unhappy; the Western proverb goes: Please enjoy the unavoidable pain. In the movie, the pain of the protagonist will be materialized and manifested as something like an intuitive and perceptible disease; in real life, dissatisfaction is a metaphor, it is like clothes that always wraps the pedestrians on the road, a kind of inexorable Missing dress. Therefore, inspirational movies that talk about personal pain and touch the hidden pain in the hearts of people can easily move people's hearts, convey spiritual secrets, and be welcomed by the audience and praised by the society. Inspirational movies are not destined to be the subject of high-spirited stories, because they have a painful premise. In fact, inspirational movies must be a kind of narration that is determined, undeterred, unforgiving, and kind. Starting from this unfortunate shore, going through painful waves and seas, and arriving at the other side of smiling, a heart that resists the storm is the minimum. Hugo Cloud: There is no storm, and the sail is just a rag. Everyone who regards hardship as a teacher has a sail in his heart that has been tempered in the storm, and discards the rag that has been washed away by the world and misfortune. Starting from the dramatic conflict mode of inspirational movies, we can also draw the following conclusion: pain is given helplessly by others, but smile is found by ourselves.

Unlike "The Shawshank Redemption", where Andy suffered grievances and was full of gloom and depression, although the protagonist encountered difficulties, the whole film is still filled with a warm atmosphere, selfless mother's love, the tolerance of the principal, and the discerning eye of the principal. Especially the one-step achievement in love shows the great tolerance of love and marriage. As always, the film puts on tinted glasses for Chinese (possibly other Asians), and after the protagonist has worked hard to become a second-grade teacher in elementary school, there is only one Chinese parent who thinks that the child will suffer from the teacher's Tourette's syndrome. A transfer was proposed on the grounds of affecting learning.

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Front of the Class quotes

  • Brad Cohen: It's hard to be patient when you feel as though you've blown your last chance.

  • Jim Ovbey: Hilarie and I discussed you with the teachers. And, we talked about how proud we are of teaching our kids to never let anything hold them back in life. And, Hilarie said that if we're gonna talk the talk, we need to walk the walk.