What does it mean to grow? Growing up means that your ship of life has successfully overcome another storm; it means that your invisible wings are once again full of strength; it means that this journey of life is becoming more and more colorful...
When you experience setbacks, how do you face them bravely? When you find your imperfections, how do you embrace them? Today Le Xiaobian wants to introduce a movie about growing up inspirational, the confusion of children's growth, we can all find the answer in this movie.
Miracle Boy is based on the novel by R.J. Adapted from Palacio's novel, a family drama film produced by Lionsgate, directed by Stephen Zobowski and co-starring Julia Roberts, Jacob Trebray, Irving Wilson and others. The film tells the inspirational story of a young boy with facial defects who enters a normal school and regains self-confidence and faces life positively. The film was released in the United States on November 17, 2017, and in China on January 19, 2018.
Synopsis
A young boy born with facial defects, Auggie (Jacob Trebrey), was taught at home by his mother from an early age, and in the fifth grade, he finally had the opportunity to enter a normal school. Ogi, who is new to school, is ridiculed and bullied by his classmates for his looks, but with the help of his father (Owen Wilson), his mother (Julia Roberts), his sister (Izabela Vidović), his teachers, and his friends, he eventually finds self-confidence and changes the minds of others with his actions.
Movie reviews
The film's young actor Jacob Trebray once showed an age-out-of-age acting talent in "The Room", in which he played the 10-year-old male protagonist as both cute and intelligent, even if he wore a heavy astronaut helmet, the audience could communicate with his heart. The film occasionally falls into the trap of children's films, appearing too cute and creating inappropriate humor for younger groups. However, the film ultimately succeeds not only in telling a complex story, but also in conveying to the audience the experience of teenagers experiencing confusion, loneliness and fear. It preaches kindness, but it is also extremely ironic. The main purpose of the film is to accept individual differences and explore content beyond appearances, but it does not break through tradition but only stays on the surface.
Curated lines
1. Auggie can't change his appearance, and perhaps, we can change our vision.
This is one of the contents of the conversation between the principal and Julian's parents in the office of the turchmanian principal. In fact, in the whole process of conversation, it is not difficult for us to find out what kind of family, what kind of children will be raised. Julian's parents are overly doting and regulating their children. So much so that Julian has a clear sense of "self". Doing things according to their own desires and consciousness will bully Auggie in school. However, a child is a blank piece of paper, and all knowledge is learned and done.
Family education is very important, parents should correctly teach their children, cultivate children to form a correct world view, outlook on life, values. Instead of looking at everything in the world with a deformed, ugly, realistic eye. Auggie's appearance may not be good-looking, but we can change the way we look at things, and treat things differently and with a different perspective and mentality. You will discover the good side of this world.
2. Greatness is not about the strength of your power, but how you use your power correctly, and all people, male and female, transform their charm into strength and influence those around them.
This is a passage from the Speech of the President of Turchmania at Auggie's graduation ceremony. Through the speech of the Turshmanian principal and the replay of the camera, the film better interprets the theme of helpfulness and kindness to others. By synchronizing the three events of Jack for Auggie to beat Julian, Samo taking the initiative to be friends with Auggie, Amos helping Auggie out of his predicament, and the Turchmanian principal's explanation of Beecher's proverbs, the meaning of this line is vividly expressed perfectly.
At the end, the film interprets a truth through the picture of Auggie promulgating this award and all the people standing up and applauding from the bottom of their hearts: it is great to use human strength in the right place; it is barbaric to bully the weak with the strength of one's own strength.
3. If you want to choose between right and good, choose kindness.
It was augie's first time away from home and in the first class at school, where the teacher said a word in the coursework taught to all the students. This sentence can be said to be the central chain that lays the overall development of the film in the whole film. This sentence not only laid the groundwork for the change in the attitude of the protagonist Auggie, but also laid a generalized foundation for the emotional transformation of the sister who lacked parental care, Miranda, who was divorced by the couple, and Jack, who played with Auggie.
When the bad things happen in the film, after experiencing the run-in of time, everyone's choices are slowly biased towards the good side, driving to the right track, and finally presenting a happy ending in front of us.
4. A person's good deeds will be passed down through the ages.
Auggie's relationship with each other also stiffened after that Halloween by hearing Jack Weir say bad things about him behind his back. JackWell reflected carefully on this lesson about what he had done wrong to Auggie. In Summer's classroom response, I explain the understanding of this sentence: What each of us does is important. This also made Jack think of the wrong thing he said on Halloween, and that accidentally being overheard by Auggie was the cause of the whole incident. Later, JackWell also put it into action to make up for his mistakes.
This is actually telling us such a truth: in life, everyone will make mistakes, and it is not terrible to make mistakes. What's really scary is that you don't realize your mistakes and want to act on your mistakes. As long as you are willing to remedy it, the hole will become smaller and smaller, and perfection will get closer and closer.
5. If you don't like where you are, imagine a place you want to go.
When Auggie first came to this strange school, Auggie, who took off his helmet, tried to face himself bravely and face others. Dad said to Auggie, "You'll feel lonely, Auggie, but we're all with you." "The face is ugly because of Auggie, who has undergone 27 surgeries. Face the new environment, new eyes and the shadow of fear brought by the appearance of the heart. In his heart, he tried to comfort himself with his mother's words, imagining the world of astronauts who brought happiness to him.
In this inner world that doesn't care about beauty and ugliness, but only focuses on inner ability, he is happy. Caught in the night, you don't need to stop blindly afraid. Look at things differently, in this dark night, take a step forward, look up, and the starry universe is flickering for you.
Don't care, there is no solution to the problem in life
Believe that the dark clouds gradually dissipate and there is a miracle
The world is not perfect, and it would be more beautiful to have you...
——Zhai Lijuan