I like you as you are
You are unique in the world, and I like you as you are.
-"A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood"
Recommended in this issue: The movie "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood"
Synopsis
News reporter Royd Vogel (played by Matthew Reese) who wants to expose the dark and ugly society is arranged Interview with Fred Rogers (played by Tom Hanks), as a new issue of the magazine's heroic special report
Lloyd, who tried to take the opportunity to dig out the dark side of Rogers, is also facing family problems and personal dilemmas due to his conflict with his father
During the interview, he was slowly affected by Rogers’s consistent sincerity and kindness, and his relationship with his father, son, and wife is also changing.
If you consider it to be a movie about friendship based on the title, then But it was so wrong
The protagonist Rogers is a famous children's show host. How popular is he? When taking the subway, a black girl recognized him and excitedly sang the theme song of the show. Following that, the people in one carriage sang happily
In the daily show, he maintained uniform clothes, Greetings and gestures, slowly and with a smile, face the camera. These seemingly simple recordings, he has never been slack and casual, and he has to watch it again after each recording
He is very concerned about the education of children, and he always thinks about how to deliver meaningful and valuable to watching the program Parents and children of
There was a show where Rogers wanted to show how to prop up a tent. After a long time of tossing, he was so tired that he couldn’t open the tent. In the end Rogers gave up directly... and said, "No, I can't do it. It takes...two adults to set up."
This may seem ridiculous, but he is actually trying to show it to the children and tell They, adults, do bad things, and guide children to accept their own flaws
Another protagonist, Lloyd, is a news reporter. At the beginning of the plot, his expression always wanders between sadness and disgust. Happy look
He received a mission to interview Mr. Rogers and write a short hero introduction for him. Regarding this work arrangement, Lloyd was very disdainful at first
He was rebellious in his heart, and had instinctive resistance to such a positive energy representative. His wife knows him best and asks him, "Be merciful, don't ruin my childhood". This personality is mainly influenced by his father-an irresponsible alcoholic
Lloyd has been deliberately estranged from his father as an adult, and never tried to reconcile. At the sister’s wedding, the two people who hadn’t seen each other for a long time even fought against each other. The conflict in the movie was established: Lloyd, who was unfortunate in his childhood, was full of doubts about the kindness that a children’s show host continued to radiate
, but in the process of dialogue In, he was also infected by Mr. Rogers and gradually opened his heart. Before I knew it, I wanted to try to reconcile with my father
The main theme of this movie is indeed the relationship between Mr. Rogers and Lloyd and the reconciliation between Lloyd and his father. When you hear this, you will think, This is a very simple heart-warming movie
. The story content is indeed like this, but the film performance will be more exciting. For Mr. Rogers, based on his image in the eyes of the public and his life in the world, we would think that he is a positive, optimistic, gentle, and trouble-free old man
However, in the movie, the staff who recorded the program had been impatient with him; At the end of the movie, the recording of the show ended, and everyone left one after another. Only he and the piano
were different from playing the piano with his wife before. He became mad when he played and the notes were chaotic. Actually... he is also an ordinary person who has troubles and can be mad
In short, thisIt is a wonderful, sweet, funny, and sad movie. It allows people to put down their pretense and get unexpected things
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