I looked up some information on the internet and came to the conclusion that the protagonist image and story experience in this film are quite different from the real people in history. Even so, I think it is a very successful and inspiring film.
The longer the article is written, the more I feel that writing is an expression and output of values. Literary works, like movies, music and other audio-visual works, are all forms of showing values.
Art comes from life and is higher than life.
If the author's understanding is added to artistic expression, the good parts are extracted, the bad parts are discarded and positive energy is transmitted, it can be called excellent works. This "king of the circus" is like this in my eyes.
No matter what the real barnum is, we only talk about barnum in the film. In my eyes, he is a mature man full of whimsy, enthusiastic and optimistic, striving for noble status and daring to admit his mistakes.
Barnum, the king of the circus, was played by Hugh Jackman, the actor of Uncle Wolf. I remember the first time I saw the X-Men, I was attracted by Wolverine. Not to mention Jackman in The King of Circus, he is handsome, family-oriented, enthusiastic, good at singing and dancing, and tall and straight. Uncle Wolf is 50 years old this year and has never changed his previous style. He is definitely the most attractive character in the film.
This is a musical, similar to la la land, which was released on Valentine's Day last year. Actors sing and dance while performing, so friends who don't like this theme don't have to watch it. Today, I only talk about some values conveyed in movies.
The first is the whimsy of the protagonist barnum.
In the film, after the company went bankrupt, barnum borrowed money from the bank with the company's shipwreck certificate and bought a museum, but the lifeless model did not attract anyone.
One night when he came home, his daughter said to him, Dad, your museum needs "living" things, and living things can attract people, but those vivid things always exist in your head.
Barnum was awakened by her daughter's words. She openly made a fuss and became famous after holding a show in the museum. There were strange voices in the applause. The critic wrote an article attacking him as a liar.
Barnum asked the critics that everyone was happy to come here to watch the performance, but as a critic, you can't find happiness in the theater. Who is a liar? I think this sentence is the truth of barnum satirist's comments.
When I was a kid, I always thought everyone was the same. The only difference is that I wore different clothes and got different scores in the exam. I always thought others thought the same thing as me.
It turned out that this was not the case. Everyone has a unique heart and thought. It varies from person to person. Some people just think more flexibly, some people just dare to break through barriers, and some people just don't drag their feet. These things in their minds are the biggest difference between people.
The decisive factor for barnum to become the "King of Circus" in history lies in his unique ideas.
The difference of thinking is the biggest difference between people, and perhaps the starting point of success lies in the sparks of these thoughts.
Secondly, the film expresses the meaning of the word "respect".
Barnum worked hard to make money, not only to give his family better material conditions, but also to get rid of the identity of a tailor's son and gain social respect.
The performance in the museum made him earn enough money, but he was never recognized by the upper class, so he spent a lot of money to attract young playwrights with well-off families to join his team and introduced him to the famous female singer "Swedish Nightingale" Miss Linde. By acting as the agent of Miss Linde's global tour, barnum made a lot of money and successfully entered the upper class.
But at this time, he is no longer the first person in barnum to bow to talent. He shut out circus performers from humble origins and prevented them from making friends with upper-class people, because he felt that they did not deserve to appear on such occasions, so he personally gave up the respect he had given them.
In the next scene, Ms. Bearded sang "This is Me", expressing her indignation and telling the world that they also have self-esteem as human beings.
"Miracle boy" Rioji said that no one is ordinary, as long as you look at it with your heart. Equality does not lie in birth, wealth or status, but in the fact that we all have the same soul and have to live a hard life.
This? It's me. This is me. I am me, a fireworks with different colors.
Respect is not only earned by yourself, but also given to others by yourself. Give someone roses, smell incense and respect others to get the same respect.
Third, is it the same thing to pursue your goals and prove yourself?
At the beginning of the film, barnum married the young lady of the host family. They lived a poor life in the city and washed sheets for a living. Barnum and his wife danced a beautiful waltz on the roof. Pure white sheets are gently placed in the wind, dancing with footsteps, and happiness is beyond words. This is love!
Then two daughters were born. How to give them a better material life is what barnum is most worried about. Every important thing he did was to fulfill his promise to his wife, but gradually, it seemed to change. He constantly proved himself and won his dignity.
When Miss Linde confessed to him, when he realized that he had neglected the circus for too long, and when he thought of his wife and children who were watching in his hometown, barnum chose to go home.
This is a happy story about the prodigal son, but many details in the film are unforgettable. Barnum's stunned expression when he first heard Miss Linde sing "Never Satisfied", his wife knew at that moment that he was different; When he rushed to the world tour with his suitcase in his head and never looking back, his wife stood in front of the door and said goodbye silently, knowing that everything was irreparable.
Is this the happiness I want? My wife keeps asking herself. On the roof where the sheets used to hang, she has said countless times that family together is the life I want, but this sentence is not the same as barnum's understanding.
My so-called promise is that you will always love me and accompany me; Your promise is to give me the best life. In reality, these two goals do not conflict, depending on how people choose.
Does making money mean no time to spend with your family? Does satisfying desire mean abandoning secular common life? Is it equal to separating your family from others to realize your ideals?
Each of these problems is a difficult problem, and each one involves people's inner values.
For barnum in the film, the initial pursuit of success was to give his family a good life, but it gradually turned into satisfying his own desires. The former is to protect the promise for love, and the latter is to fill the selfish desire.
On the surface, it seems to be the same thing. Isn't making more money just to give your family a better life? But the core is different. Because he didn't listen carefully to whether his wife cares more about money and his return to his family.
What I want to do is different from what you and I discuss what I should do.
One is to focus on yourself, and the other is to improve yourself with you.
Finally, how to face failure?
Last year, I watched an interesting cartoon "Singing", which also told the story of a theater owner's re-emergence after bankruptcy.
So when I saw the scene of barnum sitting in front of the burnt-out theater in the middle of the film, I remembered the scene of Yue Bole standing in front of the broken theater in Star Wars, which was exactly the same.
Yue Bole said, "Do you know the benefits of falling to the bottom? There is only one way left for you, and that is to go up! " This sentence is fresh in my memory.
Every time I watch a film and television work fail to render, I have an unspeakable feeling. For ordinary people, failure is not being reviled and chased, nor is it owing huge amounts of property or turning against each other. For most of us, failure is inner loss, anger, depression and yearning for failure.
Maybe after working hard for a long time, I suddenly know that I can't do one thing, and it will take a long time to accept the result, and then I will spend a lot of time looking for the next goal, saving my energy and continuing to struggle, and even more accepting that I don't know when I can harvest an ending and fulfill a wish.
There are always too many things in life that distract people's attention, and there are too many choices that affect people's persistence. Sometimes they may inadvertently take a road and turn to a corner unconsciously, with too many necessities and unconsciously.
Is the past failure still a failure? Come on, maybe I'll be glad I didn't go that way.
We are not the hero of the halo blessing in the film. What we can do in the face of failure is to accept it silently and continue to work hard silently.
A good movie will convey many meanings in its lines. These are condensed philosophies of life.
In the play, Miss Linde said to barnum, "People born with golden keys can't really understand power." It's always easy to look from top to bottom, but I don't know how high the gap is from bottom to top.
On a global tour, she said to barnum, "I gave you the whole world, but you took me as another stunt." I led you into the aristocratic palace, but you just wanted to use me to make greasy money. This is similar to the fact that in real history, Miss Linde felt that the cooperation with barnum could not help her realize her music and charity, so she broke the contract. She insists on different values and can't collude with her career.
Barnum told the drama critics, "People don't like the fun of cheating, but like the real thing." He just shows people the real and unusual things, but people may not buy the lies of the drama critics. As barnum famously said, the noble art is to make others happy. The noblest art is to bring happiness to people.
After watching the movie, I just want to use one word to describe it, and that is passion. The whole movie is very complete and wonderful in terms of dress, scene, performance, rhythm, story and so on.
Every time I go to the cinema in out of the dark, I have a feeling of coming back to reality from my dream. Alienation is a common feeling for me.
On the one hand, it is a dream created by others, on the other hand, it is your own life. Sometimes it's frustrating, because I know that all the flowers I see in my eyes are Conan's dreams, but I have to admire the great energy of the filmmakers.
So I can't help but feel that the end of the film is a process of pulling away from my mind. What about actors, directors, screenwriters and screenwriters? What is their life like?
Through the thin screen, so close and so far. I think everyone's life is similar, eating, sleeping, joys and sorrows, day after day.
When I grow up, I haven't got rid of that feeling, just boring and repeating my life day after day. Who can say that I am not bored, but I have to live my life? What is the belief that supports people?
This? Is it? As for me, I still can't forget this lyric in the movie. Anyway, this is me. Anyway, I must find my passion. Movies may remind me of my passion.