Wednesday, February 10, 2016

My type

The film Birdman is about an actor, who was famous for the role of birdman in the film birdman, wants to find the existential by directing a musical and perform it on Broadway. However, there are a lot of difficult relationships that need him to solve: the relationship between his wife and daughter, the relationship between other actors, the relationship with the society, and most importantly, the relationship with his own mind. After experiencing all the pain, struggles, and disappointments, he finally develops the value of himself in the end of the film by solving all the problems ,and gets supported from all the relationships.

Moreover, the film also addresses some important human issues. One of them that pops out is that people nowadays blind themselves by ignoring their own values because of the expectations from the society and the people around them. They lose themselves and try to change themselves in order to fit in the society, and during the process they also ignore their closest people, which is family in this case, and the disappointment that they give to their families create huge distance between them. To be a human does not mean to become the same type of person as others, but live in your own way like the leaves from the trees base on the society which is the body of the tree in this case. There are a lot of leaves on a tree, and the tree will not die by losing one leaf. Some of the leaves may fall earlier than others, and some can even stay while the winds are coming. People choose what kind of the person that they want to be by themselves, and the society will not stop working by the effort from one person. Therefore, we need to make our life more unique and valuable so that we can enjoy our life in the process.

I really recommend the film especially for the people who are struggling between decisions. This film lets us question ourselves that what kind of the person that we really want to be, and helps us develop our own values. We are humans but we do not need to be the same. Everyone is good at something and everyone’s efforts make a society. Therefore, it is important to have all kinds of people in the society, and every talent is unique and special. People should be proud of what types of person that they are, and to use their values in the society.

2 comments:

  1. I appreciated your perspective on how "people nowadays blind themselves by ignoring their own values because of the expectations from the society and the people around them." I think there is a lot of truth in your statement but this pressure to conform isn't talked about openly.

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  2. I really like your idea about human beings now are ignorant to what they truly value. Like Riggan, his continuous struggle between his pursuits of art, wealth and fame left him a loss of direction in his life, and that's where all those inner battles come from.

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