If I was asked to recommend an inspirational film to a friend, the movies at the top of my list would be little Miss Sunshine and The Shawshank Redemption.
I still remember after I watched The Shawshank Redemption, I was too excited to stay still on the chair.
A lazy person like me began to clean the room for releasing the emotions accumulated while I was watching the movie.
In the later days I learned that in that year’s Oscar Award, The Shawshank Redemption earned numerous nominations but was finally defeated by Forrest Gump.
Another movie I would recommend is Little Miss Sunshine.
I watched it long after it had won enormous praises from all fields. I was afraid that the movie was not up to its fame. The truth it is worthy of the name.
Yesterday I watched it again, finally found myself cried with laughter, smile with tears.
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Strictly speaking it’s not an inspirational movie as The Shawshank Redemption, it’s an alternative one.
It teaches me to look at life from another angle. It challenges me to reassess my definition about success and failure.
There are several witty dialogues in the movie.
The most impressive one is the dialogue between Uncle Frank and Olive’s brother Dwayne.
Dwayne: Sometimes I just wish I could go to sleep till I was 18, and skip all this crap – high school and everything – just skip it.
Frank: You know Marcel Proust?
Dwayne: He’s the guy you teach.
Frank: Yeah. French writer. Total loser. Never had a real job. Unrequited love affairs. Gay. Spent 20 years writing a book almost no one reads. But he’s also probably the greatest writer since Shakespeare. Anyway, he, uh, he gets down to the end of his life and he looks back and decides that all those years he suffered, those were the best years of his life. ‘Cause they made him who he was. All the years he was happy? You know, total waste. Didn’t learn a thing. So, if you sleep until you’re 18, ah, think of the suffering you’re gonna miss. I mean, high school? High School – Those are your prime suffering years. You don’t get better suffering than that.
Dwayne: You know what? Fuck beauty contests. Life is one fucking beauty contest after another. You know, school, then college, then work? Fuck that. And fuck the Air Force Academy. If I wanna fly, I’ll find a way to fly. You do what you love and fuck the rest.
I wrote down the interesting script to remind me of always treating the torture as a treasure.
Sufferings make us grow more quickly. It’s easier to forget happy moment than painful memory.
Another sentence should also be paid attention to , is Grandfather’s encouraging words for Little Olive:
Losers are those who are afraid of failure, and never give a try.You are already a winner.
Although Little Miss Sunshine is a movie full of losers, it does not lack of spirits of striving for success. And the attitude toward success is healthier than the traditional value。
Should not we live in this way, calmly accept results if you’ve tried your best.
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