I CHOOSE US

Danielle 2021-12-10 08:01:40

Sometimes I lament the conciseness and clarity of English. A sentence like "I want us to be together" can be summed up in three words, "I CHOOSE US" in a simple but profound aftertaste. "THE FAMILY MAN", the so-called family man, one of the most classic lines, I think it must be this line.

It's another film about choices and hypotheses, but in reality, I don't seem to be so "lucky" to encounter this "experience". But to be honest, a successful single man, a woman with a luxury car status, and a lot of money are all within easy reach. However, when he wakes up one day, he finds that he is a house with a wife and children living in a loan to pay off. It's strange that the middle-aged man of the tire salesperson is not scared to death. And Nicholas can gradually adapt to it, which is already very good.

Moreover, he can gradually realize that in the past, he seemed to have a life without defects, but he lacked the most ordinary but most important element-love. A decent job, a good life, and a beautiful woman can't fill the void in the relationship.

I still remember when he tried to get back to the city to work, and when his wife questioned him, he frowned and said, "I just want us to live a better life, a life that everyone can envy", and his wife replied "We have made others very envious." At that moment, he seemed to realize it suddenly. Yes, we all want to live a life that others envy, so we directly think of those luxurious material comforts, countless money, endless top foods, endless brand-name clothes, and all kinds of Noble outfit. However, it turns out that as long as the company of family members, the company of friends, a true lover, and a happy life are enough, it is enough for others to envy.

We used to think that happiness is so difficult, but in fact it is very simple, it is even within reach around us, but we are not satisfied.

However, when you think about it later, people are naturally greedy. Although the life assumed in the movie looks warm and happy, but there must be people who are willing to do so. If Nicholas and his wife have been thinking after they got married that they could have a better life at the beginning, and they could have been so prosperous, but now they live in such a small town and live such a useless life, then naturally they would not feel that Satisfaction, it is impossible to be so happy. Therefore, the key is whether that person knows how to cherish and whether he will cherish it, and chances are determined by nature, and success or failure is actually difficult to define. More often, it is not that we don't know how to choose, nor is it wrong to choose, but we can't choose.

However, if you were allowed to choose, what kind of life would you choose? No one wants to have both fish and bear's paws, but if you can only choose the same, what should you do? I remembered what the god-like black man in the movie said, "Actually, you chose it yourself." This is true.

I don't know if I have the courage to say that "I CHOOSE US" firmly. Therefore, I am very moved by this sentence. Just for the courage to say this sentence, and the deep love contained in it.

"I am willing to follow you anywhere, because I love you."

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  • Sincere 2022-03-28 09:01:03

    life choice is love and responsibility

  • Colleen 2021-12-10 08:01:40

    Cage's work can be said to be quite exciting. Sometimes do we really like our current life or the life of someone, an encounter, or another life that we have missed? Of course, this is not completely expressed in a film in 120 minutes. I like the film very much. It has 4 stars for plot + acting and 1 star for personal emotions. Full marks.

The Family Man quotes

  • Kate: [about the apartment] So, what's the big surprise? You didn't rent this for the weekend, did you?

    Jack: Think bigger.

    Kate: For the week?

    Jack: This place is a perk, Kate.

    Kate: A perk? For what?

    Jack: A company called PK Lassiter investment house. Uses it to attract new executives. I'm going into arbitrage, Kate. It turns out, I have an act for it.

    Kate: Jack, what are you talking about?

    Jack: I'll be making twice what I make now, plus a hefty bonus and that's just the start. And we can live in this apartment practically rent free until we find a place of our own.

    Kate: Are you out of your mind?

    Jack: I don't think so. This is gonna be a better life for us. We can put Annie and Josh into private schools...

    Kate: Annie goes to a great school, Jack.

    Kate: I'm talking about the best schools in the country here, Jack.

    Kate: Jack, what could you possibly thinking about? What about my - what about my job?

    Jack: Well, this is New York City. It's like the needy people capital of the world. Your Jersey clients aren't a tenth as pathetic as the ones you could find here.

    [laughs]

    Kate: I can't even believe you're talking about moving back into the city, Jack. I thought the reason that we left was because we didn't want to raise the kids here.

    Jack: No. No. This is the center of the universe. If I were living in Roman times, I would be in Rome. Where else? Today America is the Roman empire. New York is Rome itself. - John Lennon.

    Kate: Jack!

    Jack: Listen, Ok, you know something? I'm detecting, like, a funky tension here and this was supposed to be a happy day, so guess what? I don't need this. We don't have to live here. Forget it. I'll commute. I'll drive to work.

    Kate: God! In traffic, Jack. It's over an hour each way. That's like three hours every day. When are you ever going to see the kids?

    Jack: Kate. You're not understanding me. I'm talking about a perfect life, a great life. Everything we pictured when we were young. The whole package. You said so yourself. Life is throwing us a few surprises and we made sacrifices. Well, guess what? Now I can finally get us back on track. I can do that, Kate. I want to do that. I-I need to do that as a man! For all of us. Please just think about this for one second. No more lousy restaurants. No more clipping coupons. No more shoveling snow.

    Kate: Then get a goddamn snowblower, Jack! Don't go get a new career without even telling me about it! And don't - don't take Annie out of a school she loves and don't move us out of a house we've become a family in.

    Jack: You're-you're... Don't you see? I'm talking about us finally having a life that other people envy.

    Kate: Jack. They already do envy us.

  • Jack: Do you have any idea what my life is like?

    Kate: Excuse me?

    Jack: I wake up in the morning covered in dog saliva. I drop the kids off, spend 8 hours selling tires retail. Retail, Kate. I pick the kids up, walk the dog, which by the way, carries the added bonus of carting away her monstrous crap. I play with the kids, take out the garbage, get 6 hours of sleep if I'm lucky and then everything starts all over again. So-so what's in it for me? Wh-where are my-my Mary Janes?

    Kate: You know, it's sad to hear that your life is such a disappointment to you.

    Jack: I can't believe it isn't a disappointment to you! Jesus, Kate. I could've been a thousand times the man I became. I could have been one of the richest - Forbes - How could you do this to me? How could you let me give up on my dreams like this? Really, I want to know.

    Kate: Who are you?

    Jack: All right, look. I'm sorry. I'm sorry I was such a saint before, and I'm such a *prick* now! But maybe, I'm just not the same guy that I was when we got married.

    Kate: You know what? Maybe you're not. Because the Jack Campbell I married would not need a $2,400 suit to feel better about his life. But I'm telling you, if that's what it's gonna take, then buy it. Jesus! We'll take the money out of the kids' college fund.

    Jack: [takes jacket off] Forget it. We'll get a funnel cake. It'll be the highlight of my week.