The origin of the universe is the condition for the birth of life, which is also the content of the first half hour of the film; the ultimate question of the origin of life is the ultimate question that all philosophers have pursued, but the title of the film gives us some answers. How to look at the tree, if you look at it from a religious point of view, it can be the tree of life. In Christianity, there is a tree in the Garden of Eden. It is called the tree of life. Those who eat the fruit of the tree can live forever. This is the difference between it and life. The tree can also be a reference to life. The tree is the most common organism with energy metabolism function, and it will experience birth and death that all living organisms will experience. The tree is given meaning about life. When Jack and Dad planted that tree, that long life about them began. As the tree in the yard grows, so does Jack. Jack and Dad have a relationship with the tree. The care of his father is the same as his strict tutoring to Jack, one planting trees and one educating people.
It’s just that the forest disappears and the trees no longer exist, replaced by steel and concrete. The steel forest appears, and they may become a new form of life. This is what the director Malik wanted to convey to us. When life is no longer "life", does he overthrow the construction in front of him? Life is being changed by people. When all kinds of lives are displayed in the first half hour, I will be attracted by this beauty Live, and sometimes even sigh about the beauty of life. It has not been overthrown, but there are more forms of life, and it has begun to become diversified. He gives life, just as our parents also nurture us into a whole person the day after tomorrow.
This is exactly what Jack and his parents are. The hug of relief is not just because of maturity or growth, but when he stands in this steel forest created by human beings, he is already relieved. But this hug was postponed to the beach, just because the life of the steel forest originated from humans, and humans originated from a tiny cell, which was nurtured by the ocean, and everything returned to the starting point of life. The hug on the beach is still the release of life. The earliest life came from the ocean. In this place where life originated, I felt the most direct life, and I also thanked my parents for the life.
What does it feel like to be alive, and is life just living? I'm still just a superficial high school student, I can't penetrate the essence of life, but I know that to live is to feel the taste of cherries, and life is a miracle, a miracle is a chick emerging from its shell, a green plant emerging from the ground, or a toddler of us; when I have questions about what life is about, the person walking on that beach and Jack should already have their own answers.
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