The old man's self-awareness

I thought it was a family comedy. After entering the main line, I found it was a family-seeking road movie. When I watched it, I remembered Jack Nicholson’s "About Schmidt", and I also remembered what was mentioned in the article "What Americans Envy Chinese?" Viewpoint: "Although the United States has a relatively complete social welfare system to protect the daily lives of the elderly, the elderly lose emotional contact with their offspring, feel lonely, and cannot enjoy family happiness."

In the film Robert De Niro and his children His estrangement is not without cause, he is a typical self-conscious person. Subjectively positioning the children under pressure caused a crack in the communication between the two sides, and finally evolved into a fault.
There are several sets of scenes in the impression. Although they are all subtle events, they can also reflect the self-awareness of the old man's character and dealing with matters from another aspect:
1. The old man is on the train and asks the woman in the seat to guess his career. In the process from being at a loss to showing an evasive expression when the woman was unable to make a correct answer, the old man was always in a leisurely mood. His repeated prompts did not produce the joy of communication, but brought the boringness of the other party's embarrassment.

2. Painters and painters. For dialogues that appeared more than once, the old man did not position them based on his son's interests. Although the dialogue appeared when the child was young and ignorant, the pressure that the old man put on his children was clearly shown on the screen even after the children became adults.

3. Charity to the street teenagers. It was a benevolent act, but a word of the old man's preaching made the young man who wanted to leave runaway. "You should say thank you." It's a pity that he unilaterally didn't choose the right time and target. You must know that it is normal for a homeless teenager in the rebellious age to say thank you or not. If he is not sensitive to being rebellious, he is also diligent in saying thank you. Thank you for not accepting charity from others without returning home at night.

They don’t know the current situation of their children’s life and work, and children cannot be honest with their fathers all year round. The old man’s various self-consciousnesses are exposed or hidden. The root cause of the incident. Therefore, it is not enough to mention only the moving part of the film. The film serves as an inspiration for modern American family relations, but it also hopes that the viewers can get self-reflection from it.

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