Today, someone specially recommended it, so I finished watching it. I haven't watched the movie coherently on the computer for a long time.
Ryan said: If you want to know me, just fly with me. When I heard this sentence, I knew it was the movie I wanted to watch.
Ryan's job is to lay off employees for some companies. He spends most of the year flying in the sky and has no fixed abode.
His philosophy of life is to travel light, dislike getting along with people, avoid fixed relationships, and like to live alone.
He said that some animals have to carry each other to survive, but we are not swans, we are sharks.
He despises marriage, seeing no value in it. He said that people will grow old alone.
He never wanted to have a future with any woman. He didn't think there was such a thing at all, it was impossible.
When the girl was very angry and asked him: How could you have never thought about it, how could you have never thought that you and others will have a future?
He said: It's very simple, you look into each other's eyes and you know it. You can feel her eyes can see through your soul.
Then the whole world went quiet.
If a year or two ago, I would have questioned him just like that girl, disapproving of his indifference.
But today, I am on his side. I don't think there can be purely long-term relationships between people.
Most people who have lived together for many years develop one habit and thus carry on, not the other.
Now that I've agreed with Ryan's way of life, I don't want to argue any more. I don't talk like I used to.
Once, when a person told me that he would never fall in love with anyone or live with anyone, I didn't take it seriously.
I always felt that it was because I had not met such a tempting person, and everything would change when I did.
Later I found out that it is not possible. Maybe, but it's really hard.
People who live alone for a long time will become difficult to get along with others, and it will be difficult to believe that others will have feelings that can satisfy them.
I don’t want to change, I don’t want to take risks and accept, so I would rather say goodbye at any time, wander forever, and never remember anyone.
It's like having autism, unable to communicate emotionally with people, unable to establish a warm relationship.
Later, because of Alex, there was a change in his heart. And his sister is getting married, and he has some yearning for the family.
He said he didn't know why he always emptied his backpack before, maybe he just wanted to go on by himself.
But now, he wants to empty the backpack first, and then figure out what exactly he wants to put back.
Before his sister's wedding, he was forced to persuade the man who escaped.
He said: Marriage is one of the most beautiful things on earth, and people work hard for it.
I don't want to lie to you, marriage can be a pain. These things do lead you to the final destination of death.
it's meaningless. But think about it, your fondest memory, the most important moment in your life, was when you were alone?
His words made the man stop escaping and return to the wedding.
Later, he also went to Alex. But what she saw was the real life of her children and men.
She had a great time with him, but didn't want to change anything about her real life.
He seemed surprised and shocked. In fact, he shouldn't be surprised, isn't that his usual idea and practice?
Those moments of warmth, passion, and yearning for happiness are just some illusions, some beautiful thoughts.
Those who want to stop, take off again. And then find out that he has achieved a life goal he once dreamed of.
He racked up 10 million miles on the plane and was promoted to Lifetime Ultra Platinum Premier.
And this moment is not as exciting as expected, only loss. It seems that everything no longer makes sense.
But maybe, if he gets the love of Alex and is willing to live with him, he will fall into another abyss.
The legendary thorn bird has no feet, and only keeps flying until it finds the bush of thorns it seeks.
It will rush up with all its strength, let the thorns pierce its own chest, and sing songs that move God in joy.
But a few people would think that maybe what the thorn bird pursued for a lifetime, and gave his life for it, was actually empty.
The moment it pierced its chest, it realized that the bunch of thorns was not the kind it was looking for.
What it uttered was not a joyful song, but a helpless and desperate whimper.
Ryan took off again that night, when most people were back home to enjoy the warmth of family.
He said: "One light, a little brighter than the others, was on the wing of the plane I was passing by.
I actually prefer this ending to the big reunion. It's a terrible thing to be apprehended by life.
I would rather see him flying alone, without a fixed place, without sustenance, wandering among women after another.
I also don't want to see him being trapped by reality, walking into a vicious circle, breaking down little by little, restless, and unable to escape.
Of course, there are times when someone's eyes look right into your soul, and the whole world goes quiet.
But that is only temporary, and it will be more noisy after that. The brighter light will probably always be the one that flies over the wing.
For some people, it can only be this way and it can never be changed.
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