I CHOOSE US

Danielle 2021-12-10 08:01:40

Sometimes I lament the conciseness and clarity of English. A sentence like "I want us to be together" can be summed up in three words, "I CHOOSE US" in a simple but profound aftertaste. "THE FAMILY MAN", the so-called family man, one of the most classic lines, I think it must be this line.

It's another film about choices and hypotheses, but in reality, I don't seem to be so "lucky" to encounter this "experience". But to be honest, a successful single man, a woman with a luxury car status, and a lot of money are all within easy reach. However, when he wakes up one day, he finds that he is a house with a wife and children living in a loan to pay off. It's strange that the middle-aged man of the tire salesperson is not scared to death. And Nicholas can gradually adapt to it, which is already very good.

Moreover, he can gradually realize that in the past, he seemed to have a life without defects, but he lacked the most ordinary but most important element-love. A decent job, a good life, and a beautiful woman can't fill the void in the relationship.

I still remember when he tried to get back to the city to work, and when his wife questioned him, he frowned and said, "I just want us to live a better life, a life that everyone can envy", and his wife replied "We have made others very envious." At that moment, he seemed to realize it suddenly. Yes, we all want to live a life that others envy, so we directly think of those luxurious material comforts, countless money, endless top foods, endless brand-name clothes, and all kinds of Noble outfit. However, it turns out that as long as the company of family members, the company of friends, a true lover, and a happy life are enough, it is enough for others to envy.

We used to think that happiness is so difficult, but in fact it is very simple, it is even within reach around us, but we are not satisfied.

However, when you think about it later, people are naturally greedy. Although the life assumed in the movie looks warm and happy, but there must be people who are willing to do so. If Nicholas and his wife have been thinking after they got married that they could have a better life at the beginning, and they could have been so prosperous, but now they live in such a small town and live such a useless life, then naturally they would not feel that Satisfaction, it is impossible to be so happy. Therefore, the key is whether that person knows how to cherish and whether he will cherish it, and chances are determined by nature, and success or failure is actually difficult to define. More often, it is not that we don't know how to choose, nor is it wrong to choose, but we can't choose.

However, if you were allowed to choose, what kind of life would you choose? No one wants to have both fish and bear's paws, but if you can only choose the same, what should you do? I remembered what the god-like black man in the movie said, "Actually, you chose it yourself." This is true.

I don't know if I have the courage to say that "I CHOOSE US" firmly. Therefore, I am very moved by this sentence. Just for the courage to say this sentence, and the deep love contained in it.

"I am willing to follow you anywhere, because I love you."

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  • Rozella 2022-03-28 09:01:03

    Four stars to two stars. It's ridiculous to read this story now, it's just a trick to coax "minors": If Jack returned to a parallel world with not a precocious daughter but a noisy child, and his wife became a yellow-faced woman due to time, he would be nostalgic or happy? The perfect setting of the film can only say that Jack is born to be a successful person, whether it is the upper class or the commoner class. The wife's sentence "I choose us" instead of "I choose you" (I just revisited "Leaving Las Vegas" two days ago to understand the meaning of love), is it not a moral kidnapping? But it is euphemistically called the choice of mature people with a family. Maybe this is the electrocardiac response of love. Those who have been extinguished will not burn again.

  • Davon 2022-03-22 09:01:51

    You choose, the road in the future. It's really hard to have both fish and bear's paw. I think the man who chooses the family is also a great man. Cage gave me a surprise again =3=But although the ending is full of hope, our Annie, Annie~~What a cute little loli is missing in this time and space. The ending is more popular and beautiful = = There is still no regret medicine in this world. If you choose, there is no way out, not to mention the dream of this movie.

The Family Man quotes

  • Annie: Do you like kids?

    Jack: On a case-by-case basis.

    Annie: Do you know how to make chocolate milk?

    Jack: I think I could figure it out.

    Annie: Promise you won't kidnap me and my brother and plant stuff in our brains?

    Jack: Sure.

    Annie: Welcome to earth.

  • Jack: I'm sorry I was such a saint before, and I'm such a *prick* now!