Manchester by the Sea is a movie in excellent shape. The so-called state is the state in which it presents content and emotions, not exaggerated, not pretentious, not unscrupulous for the theme, repeated, no solution, no progress, as if a period of time was intercepted from life and put up without any intention. the dramatic.
Lee is a middle-aged man, decadent, depressed, and irritable, but his state is not a normal middle-aged state. He did not have a process of being worn down. Instead, he was suddenly destroyed when his mind was still like a teenager. Like the fire that suddenly burned his life to ashes. Fragments of once-happy times point out that he was a teenager who committed omissions that an adult shouldn't seem to have committed, even when John was with him especially like his father, and he was a man because of himself. mistake homeless teenager. It can be said that the relationship between him and Pat is essentially the relationship between two young people who have suddenly disappeared, but one is still a beating flame, and the other is already ashes.
Lee has been stuck between two states, one is losing control of his emotions, the other is losing his emotions, his heart is always surging, and he is often powerless. His deepest pain is that he always thinks he is guilty again, and his wife's words make him feel that his sin is unforgivable, but he has not been punished, so he cannot be relieved. Lee found himself a small house in Boston, a depressing house that resembled a prison, presumably a form of self-imprisonment. His work is tedious and exhausting, and he is paid the minimum wage. Perhaps he has lost interest in life, just because he cannot commit suicide, he punishes himself to live numbly. What I care about is the flowers outside the window of Lee's small room. In the place where he lives in an enclosed space, the beautiful flowers that can be seen as long as he lifts his eyes may also be a constant reminder of the happiness he once had, and then Plus is converted to Torment. Just like the pictures he always put out.
Those photos tell us that Lee never tried to escape the past. If he could really learn to escape, he would probably find the courage to live again, but he didn't ask himself to do so, he didn't self-forgive and he didn't choose to cheer up. But in the face of his ex-wife's escape, the fists on the window after moving back to Manchester are saying that no matter what kind of self-punishment, the pain in his heart can't be calmed down, let alone numb. Even if he faced the past, he still couldn't face himself. When he said I can't beat it, it was not a surrender without ambition, it was indeed a confession that he had worked hard and could not come out. That's guilt itself, he's both a sinner and a judge, so he can't get out.
Pat is actually a strong and kind person. He gave Lee the best understanding. His long-sick father passed away. He was probably mentally prepared. Maybe it was the youth and the future he had that made him not immersed in it. . In fact, he has a very good relationship with Lee. Since childhood, when Lee still can't get rid of the past, and he is most adopted by others, maybe Pat realizes what his father's death means, maybe he will have a bright new life, no need to Lives with an uncle who exudes negative energy, but he is no longer part of the Chandler family, and even Lee will disappear forever one day. What he lost was not only a family member, but also a family and a life.
The movie didn't make Lee feel any better by the end, and even when he kicked the can with pat, he didn't feel like that. But he also has a concern for pat in his heart, and it is also a rare warm color on the cold seaside. Maybe it's not good to share the pain of others, but for the audience when they are depressed, what a good ending. People have the right to live in depression. If you share the sadness with the protagonist in the movie, but are forced to cheer up at the last moment, you will only have a feeling of being abandoned. It's good to have hope, but it's also good to allow people who don't see hope to live in the way they choose.
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