Philip grew up in a family with strict family education, not allowed to celebrate Christmas, not allowed to celebrate birthday, not allowed to play trick or treat Halloween game. At the beginning of the film, while the bohemian Butch is planning an escape from prison with his casual partner, Philip and his sisters are at the dinner table discussing which role they would prefer if they played the elf. The strict mother urged them to go to bed quickly. The well-behaved Philip looked at the costumed friends with envy and sadness in his eyes. He didn't know that a man was about to enter his life not far away, and they would be together. On a long and fantastic journey, the dreams he wants to achieve are about to come true, and there are things he is about to lose.
Butch may have seen Philip's situation at a glance. He grew up in a family where yin and yang were declining, and he was very much like his childhood. That's why he taught Philip to hold a gun to his head, and that's why he took little Philip as a hostage. Everything is like a conversation with your childhood self. Whether all this is fate or reincarnation, even Butch himself does not know.
Road movies are always intertwined with redemption and search. Yes, life is a journey, and everyone on the road is trying to find an answer. Along the way, Butch is telling Philip how to decide for himself, how to tell right from wrong. He unconsciously played the role of a father, that is, Philip's "father" is also a make up for the lack of his childhood. Seeing that the relationship between Philip and Butch is getting deeper and deeper, my mood is also getting more and more complicated. A wanted criminal, a hostage, in the real world, they are destined to be separated, and it may even be life and death.
Sure enough, Butch, who taught Philip to use a gun and taught him to distinguish right from wrong, was eventually shot by Philip. How can such a world be perfect?
Butch clutched his wounds and chased after Philip, who fled in panic because of fear and helplessness. He gritted his teeth and shouted at Philip, "I only killed two people, one to hurt my mother and one to hurt you." Tears flowed down at some point. Zhang Ailing said that in life, there is no relationship that is not riddled with holes. Butch's mom gave little Butch a missing childhood, and Philip gave Butch a shot. But they love each other. We gave each other the right to hurt ourselves first. Nothing is worth it or not, only willingness and no regrets.
In the end, Butch died. Philip followed his mother away in the helicopter. He calmly looked at Butch's body lying on the ground, holding the postcard that Butch's father gave him. That is a hope in Butch's heart, and also the obsession of his life. Now this obsession is planted in little Philip's heart. I believe that he may have played against this malicious world for the first time, and he may have vaguely felt that he has to face many things calmly from now on. He has grown up.
Freud always believed that the shadow left in his heart in childhood will accompany him for a lifetime. Butch finally completed a soul redemption by death, he began to believe in the existence of elves, he said, "This is really a perfect trip. Goodbye, Philip."
Goodbye, Butch. Sometimes living is not easier than dying. Because the world is not perfect. Brave you know this for sure.
Goodbye, Philip. Work hard to fulfill your dreams. Although this world is not perfect, it is still worth living seriously.
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