
头两天看了阳光小美女(Little miss sunshine) 去年就下下来了 但一直都没看 因为那几天找工作 感觉挺不爽的 在闲暇之余 就看了这部电影 总体感觉还是挺不错的 尤其是在你细细品位那些细节,台词的过程中 会找到很多共鸣的东西
这是一个家庭悲喜剧,这是一个公路电影,这是一个关于成功者与失败者的故事。
爸爸Richard是一个一门心思投入到他关于成功的“9步理论”的人,整天都念叨着他的句句“至理名言”,夸夸其谈却濒临破产的危机。
妈妈Shery已经对婚姻麻木不仁,生活的忙碌让她整天以烟消愁。
儿子Dwayne正处于叛逆的青春期,他对父母强烈的不满,沉迷尼采,憎恨所有人,不说话,只写字,但他是一个意志力很坚强的人,为了表示报考飞行员的决心,他决定不实现理想就不开口说话。
爷爷整天以海洛因、黄色杂志为伴,张口就是一大堆粗话,典型的粗俗糟老头,但却说的很多都是硬生生的道理(尽管能说的你无言以对)。
舅舅Frank则是个同性恋,还未走出自杀未遂的阴影中,他爱上了自己的一个学生(男的),而那个学生却爱上了自己的同事,事业、感情的不如意让他对自己绝望了。
开场不久,主要人物的性格就一个个地生动的显示了出来,唯独只有女儿Olive积极、乐观,乐此不疲地为她的选美比赛做准备。可是,她并不是一个典型的美女:胖胖的肚子,大大的眼镜,她能成功吗?
全家人因为女儿的比赛而走到了一起,旅途中笑料百出,悲喜交加,有争吵,有安慰,还有各种让人不知所措的突发事件。影片细腻而又真实,特别能带动观众的情感,让观众跟着故事的角色们一起欢笑,一起悲伤。甚至到最后选美那一刻,我紧不住为小女儿的表演鼓起掌来,she' so cool。
影片用它那诙谐动人的故事探讨了关于成功者与失败者的主题。人人都想自己成功,到底怎么样才算是一个成功者?以世俗的眼光来看,爸爸的成功理论无人问津,儿子因色盲与飞行员失之交臂,女儿的选美竞选也注定不能成功,他们都是生活的失败者。但是成功一定要经历那9个步骤吗?成功一定看起来光彩夺目吗?不是的,为什么我们一定要用世俗的眼光来思考问题,得到名利、地位就算得上成功了么?影片为我们展示了另一种成功的理念:只要团结一致,只要不言放弃,勇敢地追求自己真正想要的东西,那就是一种成功。结果如何又有何关系呢?
片中当Dwayne得知自己是色盲而不能当飞行员在经过极大的宣泄之后,在与舅舅Frank说了这么一段话:
Dwayne: Sometimes I just wish I could go to sleep till I was 18, and skip all this crap – high school and everything – just skip it.
Frank: You know Marcel Proust?
Dwayne: He’s the guy you teach.
Frank: Yeah. French writer. Total loser. Never had a real job. Unrequited love affairs. Gay. Spent 20 years writing a book almost no one reads. But he’s also probably the greatest writer since Shakespeare. Anyway, he, uh, he gets down to the end of his life and he looks back and decides that all those years he suffered, those were the best years of his life. ‘Cause they made him who he was. All the years he was happy? You know, total waste. Didn’t learn a thing. So, if you sleep until you’re 18, ah, think of the suffering you’re gonna miss. I mean, high school? High School – Those are your prime suffering years. You don’t get better suffering than that.
Dwayne: You know what? Fuck beauty contests. Life is one fucking beauty contest after another. You know, school, then college, then work? Fuck that. And fuck the Air Force Academy. If I wanna fly, I’ll find a way to fly. You do what you love and fuck the rest.
呃,不管怎么说,只要一个人尽力为了自己的梦想而奋斗了,不管结局如何,There's no loser!
