Mindfulness of mind, not meaning.

Roel 2022-03-21 09:02:54

My dear friend, I must recommend a movie to you, the movie "Ben x".

This is a story about an autistic person who is a high school student just like us. It's a Belgian movie, and they all seem to be using flip phones at the time of the story.

Then, it is natural to imagine how "special" my friend, an autistic teenager, is in the eyes of everyone, and how he will be bullied.

Actually I don't have much to tell you, I just think that many times we should take "feelings" seriously, not the meaning behind everything and every definition. After all, the word meaning itself has no meaning.

I recommend not reading the introduction (don't read it). As you know, many movies are showing everything in the eyes of the protagonist, and it is difficult for us to use "reality" to judge true and false.

The way the movie is narrated can make it difficult for you to judge the next plot direction, I think this is also the charm of the movie, let us focus more on the current plot.

By the way, one of my own firmer thoughts is that "people are not born to be defeated". (I want to read the old man and the sea again^)

In fact, everything is silent. I think depression or some other friends will be more emotional about this movie, and many things can't actually be communicated with "people".

(tip: Friends who are susceptible to emotional thoughts suggest that you consider it as appropriate, after all, it is easy to replace it.)

Hope everyone is well//^

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Extended Reading
  • Leta 2022-04-24 07:01:19

    The penultimate song is actually sigur ros

  • Alessandro 2022-03-26 09:01:11

    The ending didn't come to the point of surprise, it was all expected, and it was only by exposing the truth that it would be taken seriously. There is a line in the film that says, "Autism is his problem, but it's not a problem for him, it's the attitude of others towards him that is the problem." Maybe we don't know these people, but if we can't take care of him patiently, then it's good to leave him alone and not bother him

Ben X quotes

  • [first lines]

    Ben: [voiceover] It's hard to explain. It's hard to explain myself. But I never tell lies. Everything I say is true, even when I don't say a thing.

  • Ben: It is high time to become who you are.