In American football, each team has its own blind spot when it comes to running the offense. The better the team members, the more they can attack the opponent's blind spots and make them chaotic, and the more each team can reduce its blind spots, the better they can play.
This is only one aspect of it. More importantly, our lives also have their own blind spots. Only by reducing these blind spots can we achieve success. This is the deep connotation of the title.
As a player who can attack the opponent's blind spots well, Auch's life originally had serious blind spots. He came from a poor family, did not receive any family education, and left him with so many painful memories in his childhood. He lacked supervision after going to public school. He helped his good teachers, which almost doomed him to have no chance of success in this society.
However, the blind spots in his life were illuminated, and the life that was almost impossible to change was also changed. This is precisely not the result of his own efforts, but depends on many external factors. This is what makes this film different from ordinary inspirational films, and it is also the most moving place. What is the key to his change? In the movie, the school motto of the private school he later transferred to: It is impossible with man, but not with God, because God is capable of everything. Two close-up shots with meaningful meanings are given, which can be regarded as the finishing touch.
"There is no love for no reason in the world, and there is no hate for no reason. As for the so-called 'love of human beings', there has been no such unified love since human beings were differentiated into classes. All the ruling classes in the past liked to promote this thing, Many so-called saints and sages also like to advocate this thing, but no one has really implemented it, because it is impossible to implement in a class society." This is what we have been taught, and it is difficult for us to understand love for no reason. It made many people cry, and the warmth that permeated the film was actually not won by Auch's efforts, but someone who was willing to pay and constantly asked for no report.
"To unite, to protect your family, remember, your teammates are your family." In the most tense duel, Auch's first consideration was to fight for the smile of his relatives rather than his own gains and losses. In the love of his family, he found his dignity and what he did, knew who he was, and what he meant to his family. Knowing this, he actually succeeded.
True success is to be the best version of yourself and to use your talents. The so-called talent, as can be seen from the film, is the talent bestowed by God, and everyone has the responsibility to protect and actively guide it.
"Weakness" is not a story about a sparrow and a phoenix, or an ugly duckling becoming a swan. The director needs to interpret it more positively. He basically believes that Auch is originally a phoenix or a swan, but he has a serious blind spot. Once this blind spot is eliminated, he can show the best side to the world. In fact, Andersen's "The Ugly Duckling" is not about ducks turning into swans, but about swan eggs accidentally laid in duck nests, and the hatched swans always judge themselves with the standards of ducks, which makes themselves very inferior, and finally learned to When I looked at myself with the standard of a swan, I realized that I was a beautiful swan. The ugly duckling did not become a swan because of self-confidence, but found that he was originally a swan, but he was in a blind spot and didn't realize it.
The film was not made to be supposedly aimed at eradicating racism, and it didn't touch on that aspect at all, because its intentions were much higher than that. It is not that whites should show mercy and charity to blacks, but to let each person discover the beauty, kindness, dignity and worth in himself, which is an appropriate interpretation of "all men are created equal" in the Declaration of Independence. China is mistaken for "all men are created equal".
It is precisely because of these profound intentions, as well as the legendary experience of the real Auch, coupled with the superb acting skills of Sandra Bullock, that this film has captured the hearts of Americans. Some people say that this is just a Hollywood-style inspirational film that people in other countries may not appreciate. really? Who says Chinese people don't need love for no reason, unity and warmth, and being the best version of themselves?
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