"Dream Giant" is the work of director Spielberg in 2016, and it is inevitably a little late to come out now.
It was only in such a special time that it reminded me of this simple and profound story, and briefly introduced it to friends who had not seen it.
This is a film about loneliness and dreams, and the film uses metaphors and metaphors to write two different stories in reality and dreams.
In reality, the little girl Sophie is an orphan in the orphanage, she is mischievous, disobedient to management, does not like the caregiver and the director, and often feels lonely and bored.
She often flashed some strange thoughts, and she had a strong curiosity.
In the dream, under the metaphor of the details of the movie, the little girl Sophie is also a princess of the royal family, but she cannot feel the love from her family, she always feels that although she has a family, she seems to be in an orphanage.
Reality and dreams overwhelmed her, and growing up alone made her heart knot bigger and bigger.
Until she met the well-meaning giant, Sophie was abducted to the giant world by the old giant.
In reality, the old giant has an almost unlimited lifespan and lives with nine other giants.
Although the old giant was huge compared to humans, he looked short and thin compared to the other nine giants.
The nine giants often beat him, tossing him around like a toy without the slightest dignity.
They laughed at the old giant for not eating meat, but eating the foul smelling "stinky melon" and living in the kennel all day.
In the dream, the old giant is doing a noble thing, he will run to the top of the giant world, enter the dream space, and chase different dreams with the dream catching net.
Then, he would sneak into the human world at night, implanting those beautiful dreams into the minds of human beings and bringing them joy and happiness.
It's a story about loneliness and dreams, and sometimes we can't tell the difference between dreams and reality, but we can always feel lonely.
Maybe the Dream Giant really exists, all this is a dream of Sophie, it is the old giant who makes Sophie grow up in the dream.
Maybe the Dream Giant is just a metaphor, something Sophie has imagined, and she imagines such a kind old giant in the same situation as herself to save herself because she can't escape the cage of loneliness.
Either way, whether it's Sophie or ourselves, loneliness always seems to be the norm.
It does not appear because there is no one around us, but it becomes more obvious because of the bustle around us.
Just like Sophie, the royal family, the orphanage, is not always a lack of people, but no one has entered her heart.
People around her labeled her in various colors, but none of them were really her.
It is as if we are in society, always because of different behaviors to leave different impressions on others, in the eyes of the masses to form a three-dimensional self.
Only when we let go of all our gaze, return to our room, and listen to a song silently, can we finally relax and quietly feel the loneliness that flows down.
The old giant in the movie is even more lonely.
The old giant had an almost unlimited lifespan, living with the other nine giants for countless years.
These nine giants are like his inescapable family, they are the same kind, living together in the giant world.
But the old giant never ate meat, was short in stature, and looked cleaner and more civilized.
All these characteristics, unlike those of other giants, did not earn him praise, but rather long-term insults and ridicule.
He could not be understood by anyone, and could only silently capture the dreams, put these dreams into the human mind, and then rely on beautiful dreams to alleviate his loneliness.
I think that's also a somewhat ultimate philosophical theme that director Spielberg wants to convey — that even the closest family members who have lived together for a long time can't fully understand what you're thinking.
For a variety of reasons, your family wants you to act according to their ideas, which eventually leads to conflicts.
It seems as if a person can never truly escape loneliness, whether he is lucky or unlucky, whether his family is harmonious or mutilated.
People are born to go forward alone.
But the film is not only about the theme of loneliness, but more about telling us how to shake hands with loneliness.
From enduring loneliness, to slowly walking out of the inner knot, to slowly appreciating loneliness, slowly reaching inner peace.
The best way to live in harmony with loneliness is to have a beautiful dream, and with the support of dreams and ideals, step by step.
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