◆The power of maternal love The
film has a sacred position for the role of mother. Whether it is Benjamin’s birth mother who passed away because of childbirth, or Queenie, who raised Benjamin’s growth without the pressure of everyone, the sacred brilliance of maternal love illuminates this The original atmosphere and power of the film.
Queenie is an ordinary woman, has faith, and knows how to tolerate. She longs to love and be loved, has the most ardent expression of emotions, and at the same time does not conceal the emotion that is born in her heart. For the old-looking baby Benjamin, the love in her eyes is absolutely not pretentious. She loves this child, whether he is weird or not, whether he is born or not. With this alone, she has reached a sacred height that other mothers cannot match.
The whole movie is in the form of love, and maternal love is the first movement. For Benjamin, his existence different from ordinary people did not hinder him too much from feeling the completeness of maternal love, the enlightenment of love and the world, he was not isolated or forgotten, but how precious it is. This precious power has supported his entire life, let him learn to love, learn tolerance and forgiveness.
At the funeral, Benjamin said softly in Queen's ear: "You are my mother." Yu Quini, all the hard past has become a sweet note; we outside the film are moved and shocked.
◆Confrontation and forgiveness
The opposite of the role of mother is the father. Father's love was placed in a hidden corner, covered with cobwebs.
Mr. Barton loves his wife very much. After rushing back, he agreed to his wife's last request and gave Benjamin a complete family so that he could experience the world like a normal child, but he was still seeing Benjamin's wrinkles. Abandoned him behind his face. At that moment, he loved his face more than anything else, including his own child, Benjamin. The abandonment here is the foreshadowing of confrontation.
The character who spread the other line is the captain (I'm sorry I forgot his name again). I am surprised at the three-dimensionality of this image, although it is only a few short shots and lines to set off. In the confrontation between father and son, Benjamin has no choice but to be placed there, but the captain is the choice of distinct individual emotions. Leaving at the age of 7, seeking to survive on his own, trying to get rid of his father's fate, is really a reappearance of this fate. When he showed the art he was proud of, the eyes of others were mixed with ridicule and laughter, and he didn't care. He uses this as a bargaining chip for confrontation, because the object is unique, so he does not demand public understanding. This kind of confrontation runs through life. I thought it was inseparable, but at the last moment of life, it suddenly moved towards magnanimity. No matter how life exists in the process of entangled resentment, in the end, we will leave with peace.
So in the film, we saw a different sunrise. Benjamin went to the beach with the elderly Mr. Patton on his back. They sat on wooden chairs. The morning breeze was clear and the clouds were red. The spider web faded away, and the time before the sun suddenly appeared, it was so beautiful and so tender.
◆Love has never left.
Putting aside the picture of family affection, let's talk about another theme of the film, love. This is the saddest love I have ever seen. It is the right person, but the timing is always wrong.
When I met her, she was cute and cute, but he was full of looks; when
she took the initiative to approach, he was not ready; when he ran to recover, there were others beside her; the
world was disturbed and their world gradually As the journey drifted away, God gave opportunities and mercy, and dignity became a new barrier;
the time was finally right, and every minute and every second was cherished, and the next journey would still be separation.
Love takes time, at least in the form of this film. It needs the best time, the best event, and the right person. Such a person, you will never forget what you do no matter where you are; it is you who will say goodnight softly in the quiet time before going to bed every night; it is that even if the world is far away, you will still remember when you need it most. The fastest arrival; is to respect your heart, and construct the most perfect guarantee for your life's happiness every day now.
We have seen many fairy tales. The ending in fairy tales is always after parting and suffering, and finally happiness and reunion. These are two trajectories that are constantly approaching and eventually parallel. But Benjamin's sadness lies in the fact that his love with Daisy is two crossing lines. Compared with the long life, the time of love is so short and sad. I saw them living in that wooden house. They laughed and made noises. The happiness is obvious and the sadness is deep. (How hard they are in love, the time is so short, it is a foreseeable fate.) The
reverse life path is not happiness, especially against all living beings. (In fact, it's not happy, it's just going against the people you love.) To live younger and younger is the dream of many people, but if you trek from the extreme end to the extreme end, it would be an ironic tragedy. (Especially after experiencing the sweetness of love, separating at the moment when each other is still in love.)
Benjamin's departure is an extension of love. He knew well what kind of family Caroline needed, and he knew that Daisy could not bear such a blow. Caroline finally said, as the audience expected, that she really hoped he was her father, but it was only in her mood that she had experienced after years of hardship that she understood the meaning of this great love. Before that, she and Benjamin could only form a confrontation, not that they could not be resolved, but the time was not right.
We see Benjamin running around the world and surviving. Behind this behavior, as the diary shows, love never leaves, but it is love to leave.
◆The meaning
of death. Death is different from leaving.
The film arranged for Benjamin a different kind of environment, similar to a nursing home in China. Here, death is like air, because it is too common and common, and because it is common and silent. One day, you will find a chair empty in the hall, or the music that lingers in the morning will suddenly disappear, or you will wake up one day and find that the next room is suddenly empty, and soon there will be new people living in. .
It is commonplace, sadness is no longer blatant, but hidden under those deep wrinkles, buried in muddy eyes. In the beginning, Benjamin didn't know the meaning of death. People came and went, and the world worked as usual, nothing different from yesterday. It was the old man who taught Benjamin to play the piano and told Benjamin the meaning of death to life.
This is an unavoidable place for everyone, and it is also our uncontrollable destiny. Its existence puts everyone on an equal position and tells us that what enters our lives can be determined subjectively, everyone Not equal.
The status of others in one's heart is directly proportional to the intensity of emotions. The more important, the more you should cherish. Only in this way can you regret less after losing. Grief is allowed, but regret has no way of salvation.
This is more than just love. The same is true for dreams.
◆The time limit of dreams.
This is another appeal of the film. Dreams often have nothing to do with others, just promises and expectations for oneself. But it has a time limit, and the bottom line for cashing out is the lifetime.
The lady finally challenged her limit and fulfilled her promise in her 60s. This was a profound inspiration for Benjamin. It became the source of his power to keep walking and regained his inexhaustible curiosity about the world in his childhood. Love is also Benjamin's dream, and writing is a kind of appearance and remembering. With the memory of his lifetime, he completed a life journey similar to the circle, and finally returned to the original point. Besides love, Benjamin has life and other dreams, so there is no reason to despair. (What's more, his love has always been extended, with footprints all over the corners of the world.)
◆The stubbornness of hummingbirds
Some people will be lonely and difficult throughout their lives, just like hummingbirds that appear in hurricane weather, just one, Lonely, thin, but stubbornly thumping.
Perhaps, it is looking for his lover.
Benjamin had encountered such a hummingbird before, and he learned its spirit. The laws of nature were completely reversed on him, and he would suffer throughout his life, and the people he loved so much died before him. And, at certain moments, you can't choose to leave.
I always remember the truth Queenie told Benjamin in a daze. At that time Benjamin had a 70-year-old face but a 7-year-old mind. He had too many things that he didn’t understand, and there was too much confusion that needed someone’s guidance. Restless at night. She squeezed his hand, just as a mother gave her child courage and peace of mind. She told him that each of us will eventually go to the same place. No matter what form or method we are in the process, we will Different routes lead to the same goal.
This is the most shocking hint and the theme of this movie. When the film was about to end, I thought of this shot, and understood that what these ordinary shots wanted to present was a simple but tender truth.
Different routes lead to the same goal.
At the end of the film, Benjamin, who was already weak as a baby, left quietly in Daisy's arms; at the end of the film, Daisy saw a stubborn hummingbird when the hurricane hit.
At this point, tears came surging.
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