This line comes from the work "River Love" directed by Robert Redford. Just like this line gives people the feeling, the movie is interpreting the true meaning of life from beginning to end, living. Meaning, it is like the simple poetry pursued by the pastor father in the movie, telling a brotherly story as beautiful as poetry.

In this story, what is inseparable is the big river in a small town in Montana, where the two brothers have their childhood memories and the tireless teachings of their pastor father. As Rob Ryan said in the movie "The Bucket List": "Life is like water, flowing to the same river, to the paradise hidden behind the waterfall."

Everyone's life is like a big river , or choose to brave the rapids, or enjoy the calm waves.

In the movie, Norman and Paul are two brothers with completely different personalities on this river.

The elder brother Norman is traditional and steady, reserved and elegant in speech, but he also lacks the interest in life; the younger brother Paul is trendy, rebellious, impulsive and daring, but he ends up being unruly and unruly.

Paul has shown his character traits since he was a child. For example, when he and his brother Norman went to peek at the door of a brothel, he dared to run out and dance provocatively; when his brother suffered a loss in a fight, he went up holding his breath. They are just a bunch of heads, as Norman said: "The younger brother has the inner strength."

As an adult, Paul became even more "wild". He dared to go rafting in dangerous waterfalls and make fun of his life; he dared to go against his father's "four beats" fishing method and use his own wild way to fish. ; He did not care about the opinions of the people in the town and fell in love with an Indian woman; he spent money on gambling and even lost his own life.

And what about Norman? Norman actually also has a rebellious mentality, but he appears restrained in front of Paul. He understands the responsibilities he shoulders. In addition to protecting his younger brother, more importantly, he is the eldest son and needs to shoulder his father's expectations and the burden of the family.

Perhaps it was because of such an environment that he learned to stop when it was necessary; and because of such restraint, he seemed more serious or boring among his family and friends. This can be seen at home. Every time Paul is around, my mother always smiles and my father always has something to say. But when Paul is away or walks away, the atmosphere becomes a little unnatural and awkward.

At the same time, Norman also seemed reserved in communication. He met the girl he liked, Jess, for the first time at a cocktail party, but it was a particularly awkward conversation; when Jess's brother came to Montana for vacation, he, who was not good at talking, seemed a little out of place in his girlfriend's house; there was even Once Jessie took him through a railway tunnel, and he seemed more demanding and timid in front of Jessie.

But even so, the two brothers never had any disagreements or arguments. The only time was when they were scolded by their father when they came home from waterfall rafting. The two brothers got into a fight over who was mainly responsible.

Paul is respectful to his brother. He will go fishing with someone he doesn’t like, Jess’s brother, for his brother’s sake; he will go to great lengths for his brother’s sake. And Norman also loved his younger brother very much. He knew his brother's character, so he accompanied him to the waterfall rafting regardless of the danger; he went to pick up Paul who was making trouble in the police station again and again; he also allowed and supported his younger brother to fall in love with the Indians. .

It is hard to imagine that people with such different personalities could be born in the same family. Although their personalities are completely different, they love each other.

This kind of love is no longer just family affection. It is an attachment to this town, this river, and the people here. Paul is attached to Norman and also to the river.

In the end, Paul died. We always thought about Paul, who had a sunny smile all day long and could make his family happy. He was also the creative idea and leader among friends, although he would He went through gambling, drinking, and fighting, but such a boy should always have a happy ending.

But no, Paul was eventually beaten to death with the butt of a gun and dumped in an alley. The director was very smart. He did not show the scene where Paul was beaten to death. He restrained the tone of the entire movie - melancholy, but kept it to the point. He never let any of the tragedies of the characters in the movie be magnified to the point of causing emotional outbursts. extent.

At this moment, I suddenly remembered several scenes in the first ten minutes of the movie, and I felt sad unconsciously: It turns out that in these last ten minutes, everything seemed to be foreshadowing Paul's death.

At Lulu Nightclub the night before, Paul told Norman, who was about to leave the casino, that he might not have the chance to go fishing with his father and three others in the future. When the family ate the next day, Paul was no longer there. Sharing interesting news again, it was my brother who told everyone that he was a professor. This was the first time that Norman’s words made the whole table smile happily, as if this day no longer belonged to Paul; when the three of them went fishing together , Paul caught the biggest fish in his life, and Norman took photos for him...

At this time, Paul had the same confident and youthful smile as he had returned ten years ago. He is not standing on the river, but floating on the earth, without any restraint, like a work of art.

We will miss Paul’s gesture of throwing the fishing line in the river, and we will also miss his shy smile.

There is no longer any expectation, because all this is not arranged by the director, but it goes on the trajectory that life should endure, whether it is sad or happy, dead or alive.

The movie "River Love" is like a beautiful but heavy poem, which makes people sad, thoughtful and memorable.

The sadness of the music, the defocus of the picture; the eloquent plot, and the profound meaning of the lines. It seems that we can always see the passage of time and the reincarnation of fate in every scene and character in the movie. It seems that the fate is arranged by God, but it seems that everything should be better.

But this is life, like a rushing river, you can't turn back and move forward rapidly.

I also have a younger brother whose personality, interests, outlook on life, and values ??are completely different, but my relationship with him seems to be far less pure and delicate than that of Paul and Norman.

"River Love" touched me very deeply, and then I remembered the sentence in the movie: "In our lives, there are those closest people who are usually the most unpredictable to us. But we can still love him, and we can love people we don’t understand wholeheartedly.”

When we can love people we don’t understand wholeheartedly, we may be truly mature.