Full of routines, toxic thoughts (I don't understand why this movie is rated so high?)

Elinore 2022-04-20 09:01:04

Maybe I'm a maverick, maybe a lot of people want to scold me, but I just ask you to read this movie review before scold me.

I didn't even finish watching this film. I'm tired and tired of watching it. To be honest, I can't agree with this value: in an age of such rapid industrialization, globalization of information, and weak human relationships, it is necessary to squeeze the breadwinners in order to rise up. And desperately trying to drain the last drop of blood for the damn information society. There are a few questions that can explain the problem: 1. The male protagonist is often the first in the school test, and then he has become such a fart in the society. What does this mean? Does it mean that studying in school is useless?

2. This seems to be a movie that has nothing to do with dreams. From the very beginning, it was said that the male protagonist has been selling bone detectors, so is this his dream? Is it his dream to sell a bone detector? The movie doesn't seem to be involved, this is the biggest flaw!

3. Then let's discuss what the male protagonist has done, and clearly said in front of the child: If you have a dream, then get it. And what the male protagonist does is that he doesn't want to chase his dreams at all, it can only be said that he is desperately trying to support his family.

4. The male protagonist is good at mathematics, but he goes to sell, and then he fails to become a stock broker. Note that this is not the performance of making full use of his own strengths, so he is undoubtedly self-inflicted.

5. Regarding the topic, the male protagonist later devoted himself to the position of stockbroker. Please keep in mind that this is just an emotional act of the male protagonist. Remember, on the street, I saw a man driving a luxury car. That man was a stockbroker, so our male protagonist ignored it and wanted to drill into this industry. So it can only be said that the motive of the movie is to make money, make money, and make money again, thinking that if you have money, you can live a happy life, which is fundamentally contrary to the dream.

6. Since happiness is involved, I would like to ask you to come up with a definition of it. What is happiness? Needless to say, one thing is for sure! It is psychological well-being, not financial well-being. But the film gives us the feeling: to be happy, first make money.

7. We don't deny making money, it's totally okay, but he makes money as a prerequisite for happiness, which is stupid. However, some people have said: People can't support their families anymore, how can they be happy? Isn't it natural to make money? My understanding is: that's what he deserves! ! Are there still few such people in China? Are there few people who are happy like this? Not a lot. If you can't do the male lead, you can do physical work and move bricks. In China, how many migrant workers are living like this, supporting their families and barely having enough food and clothing, but some of them are also happy. For them, there are too many things to be happy, and we can only say that we are too narrow-minded. For them: having meat for lunch, having a video call with their children at night, and grabbing a ticket home during Chinese New Year, these are all happiness. Both are.

Why is your happiness happiness, and the happiness of others not happiness? We can all have a reason to work hard, but in my opinion, at least not in a claustrophobic office, trying to curry favor with bosses and customers, doing massive data processing for people we have never met, but don’t be a marriage of the times. Yi, even though everyone says you're selfish, so what? Just do what you really love. All is well.

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The Pursuit of Happyness quotes

  • [last narration lines, while walking in the crowd and crying]

    Christopher Gardner: [voice-over] This part of my life... this part right here? This is called "happyness."

  • Christopher Gardner: [the first day of the internship program] This part of my life is called "internship."