Americans have a midlife crisis!
- So there is a movie like "Crazy Primitive Man"!
Weird logic, right? Maybe, but after watching the movie, I did have this feeling.
It is joyful, moving, inspirational, funny, and even a little nonsensical, but it is undeniable that it contains a profound philosophy of life. (This sentence is very vulgar, in fact, Hollywood movies are always so "vulgar", but the customs after the processing of industrial assembly lines are always so good.) ）
To put it simply, the film tells the story of the prehistoric caveman Gollum family, who are forced to come out of the cave where they have lived for a lifetime to explore the new world.
And what I mean by midlife crisis is naturally about the role of the father in the film.
Why let Nicolas Cage play the role of father? Perhaps, it is because this guy is indeed experiencing a heavy midlife crisis, and it is also because he has successfully played a similar role ("The Weather forecaster")? In fact, Cage also perfectly played the role of father with his voice, and it's no wonder some say it's his best movie of a decade.
I hope he uses such a movie to get out of his midlife crisis.
Traditionally, the eldest daughter eep and her boyfriend guy are the male and female protagonists of the film, or the eldest daughter eep is the only protagonist, after all, the film is unfolded from her point of view. It is no wonder that some people think that their father's role is a little more. But if we look at it from the perspective of a midlife crisis, it feels natural.
Like all typical, ordinary fathers, middle-aged people, sinister living conditions, three children with different personalities to feed, a bad mother-in-law to deal with... Grug inevitably becomes the same typical father, rigid in thought, conservative in behavior, and overbearing in attitude.
Once, Grug obeyed the rules of the primitive world and was far from all possible dangers, so that the Gollum family could survive in this dangerous world, so he firmly controlled his patriarchy.
However, when the old world on which he depends is about to be destroyed, and all the old rules cannot continue, the rigid grug can only no idea! So our poor grug is gradually not trusted by his family, then snubbed, and even abandoned.
What is more dangerous is that with the emergence of guy, this man with extraordinary creativity and innovative ideas can not only always help his family overcome difficulties at key moments, but also gain more and more recognition, but also gradually capture the heart of his most beloved eldest daughter - his deep warning is ignored, and a casual word of his sweetheart is enshrined as a guideline, and the last dignity as a father will no longer exist?
In order to rebuild the patriarchy, Grug strives to prove that he is a person with an idea, but it can only be counterproductive, in exchange for the evaluation of the poisonous tongue-in-law's mother-in-law "desperation".
Lack of environmental recognition, declining competitiveness, loss of self-confidence and hope... Isn't this the standard midlife crisis?
But as the family's situation becomes more and more sinister, death and destruction may strike at any time, grug, the father who is facing a serious mid-life crisis, gradually recognizes himself, he forces himself to accept new ideas, change old ideas, and bring his family and himself to a perfect new world with love, responsibility, courage and strength!
Great Father!
It was natural to think of my father, who was equally conservative, like every ordinary Chinese, who adhered to the rules of the world, lived carefully, perhaps incapable of creating a new world, but also did his best to support a side of the sky for us. Once, he was even equally harsh and arbitrary, but gradually thought that he could not lead the way of thinking of the younger generation, and began to give in with dignity, and his expression became more and more gentle.
I believe that every conservative, strict, and domineering father has a deep love in his heart, although the way they express love may not be direct, or even self-defeating.
The above is dedicated to my father and all my fathers.