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There are some movies that you may not want to watch after you watch them once, because what is said in them is clear at a glance.

Some movies may feel very enjoyable when you watch them, but after watching them, you may not even remember what story the movie is telling.

There are some movies that you feel one way the first time you watch them, and then you have another feeling every time you watch them.

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is undoubtedly the last one.

This is a film open to various interpretations.

The element of rejuvenation makes this movie easily discussed by the audience in the opposite way.

Of course, it will also trigger many discussions about life, time, etc.

Hollywood film critic Arenas wrote: "A friend told me that the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is really strange. The plain plot can make people cry uncontrollably, although they don't understand why.

That's not surprising, because I felt the same way when I first watched the movie.

When the first tear crawled onto my cheek like a caterpillar, it was the moment when the movie camera flashed to New Orleans in 1962.Daisy, who had given up her stubbornness at that time, finally returned to Benjamin, and the two were enjoying the happiest moment in their lives. Perhaps it was because the promotional video made me predict the sadness that would follow, whether it was walking among the blue sky and white clouds, or greetings from the bright sunshine. , or the kiss in the sound of the romantic sea, the bright and continuous soundtrack, and even Daisy's sweet smile, all the too beautiful pictures made me feel inexplicably sad, and the tears brewing silently made me so caught off guard.

Until the end of the film, Benjamin, who finally reunited with his true love after many years, has become a child whose height is barely as high as Daisy’s waist. The face of his former lover makes him feel strange and extremely frightened, "Do we know each other? I feel now , It’s like I once had a lifetime, but I can’t remember what it looks like now.” It wasn’t until this moment that I suddenly realized that facing those calm scenes before, our tears were not just for Benjamin and Dai. When we flow to the west, we also flow for ourselves. We cry because we have discovered an amazing secret and feel lost, because in such an incredible and fantastic life, we actually see our own shadow - this is Benjamin Button The unspoken secret of the story: In fact, each of us suffers from a terminal disease called "aging disease", but it is difficult to detect because the symptoms are different from Benjamin's.

Weeping, probably because we have discovered these hidden details.From the moment we leave the mother's body, we already know how to announce our arrival to the world with cries. We babbling and vaguely call "Mom" for the first time; we can't help but point out various activities with curiosity. The little animals that jump and urinate around ask the world for their names and learn to describe, describe and record their stories; we play and fight with our friends and learn to quarrel over a toy.
We discovered that shyness can be a form of reserve, and ambiguous signals can also be conveyed through glances; we understand that although the world is big, it does not belong to us alone, and we must grasp the appropriateness in our hearts in everything, and quietly move forward and back while trying to figure it out. ; We are familiar with hiding errors and meaningless words in different ways from person to person, replacing lengthy chapters with beautiful verses and familiar allusions. We learn to listen to what is said, what is meant, and watch the play within the play, the outside world. As we grow older, our skin We begin to relax, and fine lines appear on our temples. We practice various grammar and expression skills, but the vocabulary we can use fluently and freely becomes less and less. In the end, our language ability is not even as good as that of a newborn baby. At least they can still Cry fearlessly, but we can only remain silent.

More than that, time carries scars, bloodstains, love, and nostalgia. When we experience more and more things, our memory declines with age. When we think we remember everything, we find that we have forgotten everything.

We have to escape, and we can only hide our emotions and encounters, making the brain a poisonous magnetic zone that cannot be opened, because memory is a sadder thing than forgetting; as more and more knowledge is accumulated, the meaning of things is diluted. It becomes more and more blurred, and over time we don’t even care anymore. That’s because we understand that the greatest sorrow of human beings is like this. We barely use a few abstract symbols and words to convey things that can only be understood by heart. The world is still very new. , many things don’t have names yet, we can only point out them like a newborn child without the ability to express language;

Everyone is the love of another person's life. We hope to fall in love with the right person at the right time, but most of the time the other person is not suitable for the time. You are old and he is young, you are still young and he is old; we will Like Benjamin who experienced love, we are also destined to lose the people we love, otherwise we would not know how important they are to us.The passage of time did not make us have more love than when we first arrived. At least at that time, our parents greeted us with smiles and expectations. In the end, everyone had to leave alone.

So, I understood why Benjamin didn’t cry when his mother Queenie left, and he didn’t seem to be sad, because he had already expected this day, because he had witnessed too many such things.

Isn’t Benjamin’s fantasy story a microcosm of our lives?

Because we are also destined to lose the ones we love, no matter how reluctant we are, no matter how reluctant we are to let go, there is nothing we can do.

Only time is meaningful and eternal!
I thought that the story of Benjamin and Daisy was the jealousy of time, turning such a beautiful love into a pool of tears. I thought that my compassion was for Daisy, but when I saw her lover turned into a baby in her arms and died, I watched her hugging her. Benjamin was like hugging the melting body of a snowman, but in fact I could feel more sadness.Just like Ben's father abandoned him as a monster, people are constantly making choices based on various normal standards and principles in life. We have chosen a correct life, but this life is very correct. It’s also lonely.

Aging is actually a terminal disease that everyone suffers from. This is the secret that kind-hearted people like Benjamin Button have never told.In order to have a normal, standard or better life than these principles, people lose their enthusiasm and consume new life in the pursuit. In the end, they are exhausted mentally and physically. What they get is to become like a fetus in the mother's womb: the eyes are Others' mouths belong to others, and their bodies belong to others. There is no mind, no soul, no likes and dislikes. If there is anything at all, it is probably only the eternal pursuit of the standard answer.

Each of us is constantly chasing every day, whether it is a dream or something else, but we are all inevitably chasing and are gradually passed by time. The carving knife of time has always been there. Constantly marking the wrinkles on each of our faces.

Regarding love, Benjamin has only loved Daisy from beginning to end. As for the other woman in his life, the spy wife, she gave him the enlightenment about love when he was lonely and empty, and made him understand that true love is not That kind.

So he returned, but when faced with Daisy's love, he refused.

Why?In fact, isn’t this a microcosm of each of us?
It was precisely because I cared about him and loved him deeply that I refused him at that time.

Because of his desire and fear!
I long for this love, but I am worried that it will come too easily. I am afraid that this love that is easily obtained will not be able to withstand the wind and rain.

So I refused!
But he still says, Good night, Daisy!
And she would also say, Good night, Benjamin! "

There are many people and characters in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" who are also discussed by fans.

For example, the most discussed one is the man who was struck by lightning seven times!

Benjamin often meets an old man in the movie. The old man always says in a confused voice: Did I tell you that I was struck by lightning 7 times?

"Special, very curious, what is the story of the man who was struck by lightning seven times?" "Similarly curious, it's so cool. Except for some scientists who played with video games when they were young and wet the bed at night, most normal humans never Will be struck by lightning. Once struck, shout "I'm dead!" "Then you really report to God. I have been struck by lightning twice, either I became the Flash or God struck me wrong again.

He was struck by lightning 7 times and still survived!How lucky is this? "

"Perhaps he is the real child kissed by God? For example, kissed by thunder and lightning?"

"Then why seven times?"

"Seven deadly sins?"

"But it seems that the movie only talks about being struck by lightning six times. What about the seventh time? Where did it go?"

"Is it possible that he left the last time for himself to die?"

"The film constantly uses the sound of wind and rain to remind that the story takes place when Hurricane Katrina is approaching. Will the thunder and lightning in it complete its mission for the seventh time?"

There are countless discussions like this, but because there is no official explanation, these discussions and disputes are destined to be fruitless.

Some people even went to watch the movie carefully several times because of this.

Then I carefully prepared an article called "The Man Who Was Struck by Lightning Seven Times"!
"I watched it carefully over and over again. Indeed, in the entire film, there are only six scenes of the old man being struck by lightning. But does the seventh time exist? I think it does, because I found that the old man was struck by lightning. Only Benjamin can see the old man who has passed away seven times. Every time the old man appears, it brings a major cognitive change to Benjamin, and each time is a turning point in the plot.

The absurd plot of the old man who was struck by lightning seven times appeared for the first time. He said it twice, once on the roof and once across the street to get the mail.One time represents the lightning-like love at first sight that just happened - only those who are struck by love will fall off the roof; the other time represents emotional frustration - getting the trust is blocked by an electric shock.After this episode, Benjamin accepts the fact that he is different from everyone else.

The second time he appeared, the old man who was struck by lightning told how he was struck by lightning for the third time: while grazing cattle in the field.Then Benjamin chose his career, became a tugboat worker, and started his first adventure in life!
The third time it appeared, at the end of World War II, Captain Mike and others were dead and injured, and only Benjamin on the Chelsea returned home from the battlefield and returned to a nursing home.At this time, my mother was old, Wesley died, and my sister grew up. The old man who was struck by lightning seven times was still the same, unchanged at all.He recounted how he was struck by lightning for the fourth time: driving on the road, thinking about something.This was also the first time that Benjamin lamented that things and people have changed. He said, "You realize that the only thing that has changed is yourself."

Appearing for the fifth time, this year, Thomas Barton revealed his identity to Benjamin, told him that he was his father, and asked Benjamin to inherit the inheritance, hoping that Benjamin would see him die.Benjamin was greatly shocked. On the other hand, it was difficult for him to open his heart and accept his father who had abandoned him so early.The old man who was struck by lightning still looked the same. You must know that he has lived in a nursing home for 20 years. He told the story of the fifth time he was struck by lightning: he was walking his dog on the road, but he was struck by lightning. Then the old man He said a word of thanksgiving to God.Benjamin realized that living in this world is already a very lucky thing, and he has to let go of many things.He accompanied his dying biological father at sunrise by the lake, and Thomas died peacefully.Subsequently, Benjamin’s life became rich and leisurely with his huge inheritance!
In the last lightning strike scene, the old man did not appear.It's a narration from Benjamin, probably written in his diary.At this time, Benjamin has died in the plot. This paragraph is the summary of Benjamin's fantasy life.In this lightning strike scene, a man is leaning against a farm railing, looking at the camera with a smile, and then is struck by lightning.

From beginning to end, the mystery of the seventh lightning strike was not solved.But let’s interpret the last paragraph in the diary:

Some people are born to be able to sit leisurely by the river (friend)
Some people will be struck by lightning
Some people understand music (teacher)

Some people are artists (bosses)

Some people are good swimmers (lover)

Some people understand buttons (biological father)

Some people understand Shakespeare (adoptive father)

Some people are mothers (mothers)

Some people are dancers (lovers)

So, who was struck by lightning?I think it must be you. "

"How lucky you are to be able to survive after being struck by lightning seven times. The appearance of this episode also fits part of the theme of the movie. At the same time, it also serves as a clue that runs through Benjamin's life, which truly makes people understand that some things are changes. Yes, some are not.”

"I don't think so. It's just that the director had some special idea about the number 7 when filming "Seven Deadly Sins", so he made it mysterious!"

"Yes, the only thing more fantastic than Benjamin is this man who was struck by lightning seven times. He is the most fantastic existence in the whole film, because he was there when Benjamin was a child, and he is still there when Benjamin is old and dead. , the key is, he has never changed!"

"I think this is using this bizarre thing to tell everyone that there will be people who believe your experience, no matter how bizarre it is. The reason why people think someone's experience is made up or they can't believe it is just because they are mortals , my own realm cannot reach that.”

"YES! Benjamin, too. You can believe it or not. I am just a young man with an old face and a young heart. I don't know if you believe it or not. The key is that I believe in myself."