Tonight, the war movie "The Battle of Midway" will be released in the mainland. Director Roland Emmerich talked about the box office and word-of-mouth failure of the last film "Independence Day 2", and spit out "Will Smith opted out. He wants to make "Suicide Squad". The film had to "soon Piece together another script". It turns out that "Independence Day 2", which has a lot of shortcomings, came like this.
This also shows that "The Emperor" is very popular in Hollywood. "Gemini Killer" directed by Ang Lee is also in theaters recently. 51-year-old Will Smith plays two roles. Ang Lee's movies often tell stories around the relationship between father and son, and "Gemini Killer" is no exception.
"Gemini Killer" is not the first time Will Smith has performed a father-son relationship in a movie. In "When Happiness Comes Knock on the Door" scored by 930,000 fans on Douban, the role of "Historical Emperor" is more unfavorable. The father who is declining and dependent on his son. This rare transformational performance won the 2007 Oscar nomination for "Historical Emperor" and was a highlight of his actor career.
Today, Xiaomei Ying will take you to review this high-scoring inspirational film based on real stories-"When Happiness Knocks on the Door".
Even at the end of the road, I still have a dream in my heart. The story of "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" took place in San Francisco in 1981. Chris Gardner used all his savings to purchase a batch of bone density scanners. His daily work is Hospitals and clinics promote scanners. This bone density scanner is twice as expensive as an X-ray scanner. The economic environment at the time was not good, so Chris had a hard time selling goods.
In order to support the family, his wife Linda had to do two jobs a day and was exhausted every day. But even so, the rent and the kindergarten tuition of 5-year-old son Christopher still worry the couple.
At the door of a stock brokerage company, Chris saw someone's luxury car and asked why they made so much money. They answered that "you only need to be proficient in numbers and be good at doing things." Chris is just a high school veteran, but he has the idea of becoming a securities broker. In his wife's eyes, this is a pipe dream!
Misfortune came one after another-Chris went to the stock brokerage company for an interview and asked the singing girl to help take care of the scanner. As a result, people ran away holding the machine; in order to recommend himself to the top of the stock brokerage company, Chris sat in a taxi and performed himself But because he can’t afford the taxi fare, he has to run without paying...
is already so poor that he can ride in a “busy car”. I didn’t expect that there will be a “dead end” waiting for him, his wife Linda can’t After enduring the embarrassing life, he decided to leave Chris and his son and go to New York to make a living alone.
Because he could not pay the fine for illegal parking, Chris was locked up by the police overnight and had to go to the stock brokerage company for an interview in clothes full of paint ideas, but he impressed the interviewer with this sentence:
People, if you ask a question I don’t know the answer, I’ll tell you “I don’t know” directly. But I assure you: I know how to find the answer, and I will find the answer."
from "Hard Mode" to "Hell Mode"
Soon, Chris faced the hardest choice in life: he got an internship opportunity in a securities brokerage company, and only one of the 20 interns could stay in a job after six months. There is no income during the internship.
Chris decided to give it a go, and his life went from the "Hard mode" to the "Hell mode".
was evicted from the apartment because he and his son could not pay the rent, and they moved to a Motel. Because of bankruptcy,
and his son were kicked out of the Motel and had nowhere to go, so they had to live in the toilet in the subway.
Even in the most embarrassing time, Chris tried not to leave a gray memory to his son. He and his son played a game of "hiding the dinosaurs" in the subway, and the two hid in the toilet overnight. Chris leaned against the wall, his son fell asleep with his thigh, someone smashed the door outside, Chris hurriedly pressed the door while covering his son’s ears, and at this time he was already in tears...
The young man was so helpless and self-blaming, and this scene also reminded many fans of his father, thinking this was the most memorable moment in the film.
Later, the father and son lined up with the homeless people to live in the shelter every day. Even so, the father and son were still having fun in their misery.
has to pick up children every day and sell bone density scanners on weekends. Chris’s internship is very tight. In order to make more calls to contact customers, he always calls the next one without hanging up. He does not drink water. , So you can go to the toilet less.
He recites the thick test content all night long in the corridor of the asylum.
has nowhere to store his luggage. He drags his luggage to work every day. In order to feed himself and his son,
does not hesitate to sell blood for money.
was hit by a taxi on the street in order to recover the lost bone density scanner, and he ran down the road barefoot.
, even if you are down, we will protect you
. We all know that Chris faced all these hardships to move towards "that moment". Even if he knew that "that moment" would finally come, seeing Chris gritted his teeth day after day, never being overwhelmed by suffering, he still couldn't help being infected.
After half a year of hard work, bloodshot Chris stood out from 20 interns and became a securities broker. The moment he cried was so touching. The cruel life was clear, and he was finally bathed in the warm sunshine.
"When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is not the kind of enthusiastic special effects blockbuster, its story is even a little old-fashioned, but it uses warmth and interlocking narration to reach people's hearts, the process is very sour, and the ending is very healing.
Being a parent, you will be moved by the true love between father and son. Even if you are down, you must be guarded.
is at the bottom, dreams but has not acted, will be inspired by Chris' courage to pursue dreams.
Those sufferings that have not brought you down, turned out to be the test to happiness!
"When Happiness Knocks on the Door" is adapted from the autobiography of the same name by African American investment expert Chris Gardner. The prototype experience is even more difficult than Will Smith's male lead. When Chris Gardner and his son were homeless, and his son was younger, Chris Gardner could only carry his only possessions on his back, a diaper in one hand, and a stroller in the other, and The son went to the shelter together. In the hardest time, the father and son had to spend the night in parks and subway toilets.
plays the son in the movie by Will Smith’s own son, Jaden, so the father and son have such a tacit understanding. In the ending, Smith and his son nodded to a passerby, and that person was Chris Gardner.
When you finish watching this inspirational movie, you will not really be relieved. It is too difficult for you to rely on your IQ and EQ, stand hard work and stand up from the bottom like Chris. Those who line up with the father and son to live in the asylum Homeless, how many millionaires can counterattack like Chris who can earn $80,000 a month?
At the time of filming, many extras in the play were homeless vagrants. The crew gave them an hourly wage of US$8.62 per hour and also provided free working meals. However, the opportunity to make money from filming in this way might only be once in their lives. .
Not everyone has a protagonist halo, but you can’t just succumb to fate. Finally, let’s end this film review with the words Chris Gardner said to his son. Let’s encourage together:
Let others tell you that you can't become a talent, even if it is me. If you have a dream, you must defend it. Those who do nothing, want to tell you, you can't become a great weapon. If you have ideals, We have to work hard to achieve it."
