The moment

Rowena 2022-04-19 09:01:24

People often say "seize the moment", but in fact, it is often "the moment seizes you".

This 2 hours and 45 minutes of life, which took 12 years to shoot, does not show off skills, does not preach, and is not hypocritical.

The parents inside are also bumping and bumping all the way, not only can't tell the truth, but also can't live their own life well. Not living happily, nor casually. Being recorded by the camera is like a pointless hurry.
It's such a film that seems to have nothing to say, but it is so familiar with the style of "talk about nothing than anything", which is very appealing to me.

A mother who has been divorced several times cried sadly when she said goodbye to her son to go to college and sold the big house, saying that all the milestones in her life were over, such as marriage, divorce, degree, work, sending off a pair of children to college, and then, again All that was left to arrange was his own funeral. The son looked at her inexplicably: "Mom, have you fast-forwarded 40 years." I don't know why, but I couldn't help myself laughing. How frustrating if your life is just a rush to the end.

Time is eternal, and seriously, only every moment is true.

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Extended Reading
  • Kaia 2021-10-20 19:01:39

    This is an "American movie", not a "Hollywood movie." But so many give 5 stars... In fact, if the director is long enough, he can continue to film "Youth" and "Middle Age", and finally put it together into a trilogy "Glory and Dream: The Age of Americans."

  • Jalyn 2022-03-23 09:01:21

    Some people lament the meaning of time to people, some express the desire for growth, some appreciate the joy of change, and some escape the panic of squandering. In the final analysis, when the swallows snapped the water, the swallows shot the green waves, the world is really good. It is fleeting and never reappears.

Boyhood quotes

  • Dad: [Mason Jr. bowls a gutterball] Alright, don't worry about it.

    Mason: I wish I could use the bumpers...

    Dad: You don't want the bumpers, life doesn't give you bumpers.

  • Samantha: [as the family leaves their house for the last time before moving] Goodbye, yard! Goodbye, crepe myrtle! Goodbye, mailbox! Goodbye, box of stuff Mommy won't let us take with us but we don't want to throw away. Goodbye, house, I'll never like Mommy as much for making us move!

    Mom: Samantha! Why don't you say goodbye to that little horseshit attitude, okay, because we're not taking that in the car.