The meaning of perfection

Stan 2022-04-19 09:01:44

A movie I watched a long time ago, the story of five crew members fighting against the wind and waves in the vast sea.
The huge wave that looked like a mountain on the cover finally drowned them. A full boat of harvest was finally recovered by the sea, with a few unwilling lives along with it. There's no happy ending that you're used to seeing in disaster movies, and yet, that's what I remember most about this movie. A small fishing boat in the ocean, even if it had the greatest courage and fought tenaciously, the result is not necessarily what we want.
The second half of the film is full of turbulent turbulent waves and splashing sea water. The ship collapsed little by little in the constant tearing of the waves. The storm formed by the entanglement of several hurricanes ignored all the efforts of the crew. , leaving no hope for people. After the huge wave rolled over, the sea was empty, and the previous struggles and resistances were as clean as they were wiped off by a blackboard, so my heart was also empty. The memory of this movie is like this, and I have a different understanding of the "Perfect" in the title. A storm with unprecedented ferocity can also be described with such words.
Rethinking this movie, it is the photos of the earth taken by several astronauts that I saw two days ago. The photographer said: When I see such an earth in space, I am always shocked by its beauty, so I often turn my head and can't bear to see it again. But isn't the pattern of the dancer's swirling skirt in the photo the cloud of a hurricane? ! The beauty that is white, stretched, and takes one's breath away, the beauty that makes people unable to look directly, is "Perfect", a "perfect storm" in the true sense!
Every cyclone is the willful dance of the storm goddess. The sea will be as wild as in the movie, deep inky blue, like the abyss of rage. If a ship is unfortunate enough to go under it, it will face the same predicament as the crew in the movie. But standing at the height of an astronaut, I can look at the earth with a serenity and indifference, a blue gem covered with a veil embroidered with white lilies.
In fact, a lot of things we have encountered are like this. When trapped in it, the predicament is like a disaster, the head is covered, the hostility and loneliness are surrounded by the surrounding, looking around, there is no life. But after walking through these things, looking back, the twists and turns along the way can almost be enjoyed as a beautiful scenery! Emotionally confused? Has become a romance story; frustrated at work? Has become a workplace experience; the abandonment of friends? After the pain, the heart has become more mature.
To enjoy life, we must put our heart and soul into it. Captain Billy (George Clooney), the captain in the storm, loves the sea and fishing. Knowing that the storm is coming, he chooses to drive to the fish. After surfing the waves exhaustively again and again, he saw the last wave coming on, holding the steering wheel tightly, shouting excitedly, rushing towards the best and most perfect wave he had ever seen in his life. 's waves. After the waves shattered all his efforts, he sank to the bottom with the fishing boat, even with a smile on his face. That fleeting smile is the most shocking part of the whole film, lighting up the dark, wet and cold eyes. The captain enjoyed his life like this, without regrets, and with his crew, he walked neatly and heartily, leaving me with a dark blue void.
To appreciate life, we need to stand at a certain distance, facing the disaster that once overwhelmed us, praise "Perfect"! It is precisely because of the extreme predicament that we can experience the "perfect" life that only exists once in a person's life.
Revisiting the film and rediscovering the meaning of "perfect".

The movie is based on true events.
If people really have souls, Captain, they must be in heaven by now, admiring the perfect storm clouds like lilies
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Extended Reading
  • Rhiannon 2022-03-25 09:01:07

    My dad took me to see it when it was first released in 2000. "I still like the feel of the cinema." I remember his words

  • Shannon 2022-03-21 09:01:43

    I watched it in the school gym during my freshman year, 5 yuan, alone, boring weekend

The Perfect Storm quotes

  • Linda Greenlaw: [in the bridge of the Andrea Gail] I saw your guys loading bait. You doing a turnaround?

    Captain Billy Tyne: No rest for the weary.

    Linda Greenlaw: There you go. Flaunting your work ethic.

    Captain Billy Tyne: I don't have a work ethic. I just have work... If I'm going to catch up to you.

  • Bobby Shatford: [in the bridge of the Andrea Gail] So, what are you so happy about?

    Captain Billy Tyne: You just caught me on a good night. I'm doing what I was made to do - and I've got a feeling I'm going to do it even better this time.