Follow the story - accompany him through the hurricane

This is not a story that can be told clearly in one or two sentences. There are many levels and different meanings, but it is also a story that goes all the way to the end. A middle-aged man in Hawaii, his wife was in a coma due to a boat accident, he took his two daughters, a 10-year-old and a 17-year-old, to deal with everything about his wife's impending death: tell their relatives and friends to say goodbye to her - family and friends Love; at the same time, he unexpectedly learned that his wife had had an affair before he fell into a coma and planned to divorce him - betrayal and forgiveness; in addition, he was also the heir to a large piece of bay and land on an island in Hawaii, selling it to a developer that could Making him rich but also changing the nature of the entire island - a theme that goes back to the film's title: Descendants. The heritage handed down from generation to generation by ancestors is not only a piece of land, but also a spiritual pillar that closely links future generations. It is a kind of family spirit. His last-minute decision to keep the land stemmed from a deep love for the land, for his wife, and for his daughter.

Director Alexander Payne has always spared no effort to describe the background and environment of the place where the story takes place, showing the beauty of natural features without being deliberately romantic, just like the heavenly Hawaii in "Descendants", with cloudy and sunny days The most authentic island scenery. At the same time, the characters in this environment are so real, whether you love them or hate them, you care a lot about them, which is so rare for the audience because you get into the story. George Clooney, as Hollywood's fifth-oldest diamond king, washed all his splendor in this film, a lot of facial close-ups, gray sideburns, wrinkles and spots, all of which are emotional savings. After he leaned over and kissed his wife one last time, he said that moving line Goodbye, my love, my friend, my pain, my joy -- it became the new image of Clooney in my heart, profound and profound. reality.

After watching the whole film, you may not find a "crying point", such as sensational lines and soundtracks, but you must have experienced a process from moving to peace in your heart. On the contrary, in the rendering of traditional Hawaiian music, you can feel the inner grief, struggle or relief of the protagonists. This is the genius of this film. Let you follow the story, and the feelings naturally follow you. When everything in the story came to an end, and when you saw a family of three squeezed together on the sofa to dig ice cream to eat, you may have been so calm that you forgot to shout.

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