The moment

Rowena 2022-04-19 09:01:24

People often say "seize the moment", but in fact, it is often "the moment seizes you".

This 2 hours and 45 minutes of life, which took 12 years to shoot, does not show off skills, does not preach, and is not hypocritical.

The parents inside are also bumping and bumping all the way, not only can't tell the truth, but also can't live their own life well. Not living happily, nor casually. Being recorded by the camera is like a pointless hurry.
It's such a film that seems to have nothing to say, but it is so familiar with the style of "talk about nothing than anything", which is very appealing to me.

A mother who has been divorced several times cried sadly when she said goodbye to her son to go to college and sold the big house, saying that all the milestones in her life were over, such as marriage, divorce, degree, work, sending off a pair of children to college, and then, again All that was left to arrange was his own funeral. The son looked at her inexplicably: "Mom, have you fast-forwarded 40 years." I don't know why, but I couldn't help myself laughing. How frustrating if your life is just a rush to the end.

Time is eternal, and seriously, only every moment is true.

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Boyhood quotes

  • Dad: [frustrated with the monosyllabic answers Mason Jr. and Samantha are giving him] No, no, no. I'm not gonna be *that* guy. You know, the "biological father, who I see on the weekends, and I make small talk with him while he drives me places and buys me shit." No.

    Samantha: Dad, these questions are kind of hard to answer.

    Dad: What's so hard to answer about "what sculpture are you making"?

    Samantha: It's abstract!

  • Dad: Is she cute?

    Mason: Yeah.

    Dad: All right, well, here's what you do, all right, first off you gotta ask a girl a lot of questions, then you have to listen to the answers, actually be interested in her, all right, If you can do those things, you'll be light years ahead of all the other guys.