花园里的萤火虫

Here Come Real Stars To Fill The Upper Skies,
And Here On Earth Come Emulating Flies,
That Though They Never Equal Stars In Size,
(And They Were Never Really Stars At Heart)
Achieve At Times A Very Star-Like Start.
Only,Of Course,They Can't Sustain The Part.

豆瓣中的第一篇影评，不是因为电影本身有多好看，而是因为被触动到。茱莉亚罗伯茨虽在电影中短暂亮相，但无疑是本局的最大亮点，云淡风轻的演绎让人给人更多的是对于生命的解读。影片前半部分让人感到沉闷，剧情也相对有些拖沓，但导演还是掌握到了拍片的真谛，最后的爆发相信赚到了不少眼泪。男主在怀着对父亲多年的怨恨后因母亲大学毕业回到家乡，不了不亲车祸去世，更加添了其对父亲的不满。但最后其还是选择了原谅，深夜在家中发现旧时录影带，观看的过程其实也是一次自我的救赎，那一段触动了我，与异国他乡的深夜也随之动容。

《花园里的萤火虫》 看这部不算新的片子 是花痴地奔着瑞恩·雷诺兹去的 看完了这部不喜剧不刺激不惊悚也不悬疑的作品后 突然想起了《放风筝的人》他们唯一的共同点----童年的阴影 童年的阴影这辈子都挥之不去 无法释怀

【關於家庭......是很奇妙又複雜的群體】
Waechter (Willem Dafoe 飾) 標準的在外失志，而想在家獲得掌控權的父親
Lisa (Julia Roberts 飾) 則是介於兒子與丈夫中間，一心想維護家庭溫馨的母親
或許 Waechter 是愛之深責之切
或許 Lisa 真的是為了家庭的完整而忍氣吞聲
然而對於年幼的 Michael (Cayden Boyd 飾)
不管是不留情面的責罵、抄寫家規或體罰
看到母親不斷的包容父親
都很難不怨恨父親和母親
恨父親的病態
恨母親的懦弱

原以為說會改變的父親Waechter 是不會改的
原以為成年的 Michael (Ryan Reynolds 飾) 將會憎恨父親一輩子
想不到全因母親Lisa 車禍身亡
也漸漸看見父親的軟弱
母親的秘密

原諒
似乎變得那樣自然而然
而且簡單......
也不須藉由出版 "Fireflies in the Garden" 來抒發了

【關於電影......】
今昔的剪接
看得出來有其關聯性
但有點薄弱
而從過去的Michael 剪接至外甥 Christopher (Chase Ellison 飾) 衝出田野
或許特別
但頓時有點錯愕

除了 Lisa 的秘密外
年輕的 Jane 和 Michael 似乎有一段過去
Jane 和 Jimmy 婚姻似乎也有問題
Kelly 和 Michael 的婚姻問題似乎因為懷孕而迎刃而解 ?
太多而且複雜的線索
或許能勾起觀眾的興趣
但最後直接以Happy Ending 為疑惑畫下句點
總有鬆散、草率的感覺

不過
對於其中兩幕一直很有感觸
父親Waechter 跑到廁所，開啟水龍頭，偷偷痛哭
Michael 抽著菸，面無表情的懷想母親
往往表面越強悍或樂觀的人
他們都會躲起來自我療傷

Rating：5.6 / 10

It's slow,hard to understand and focus on, so it's to some degree boring to me...But Ryan Reynolds, he is handsome to death!!!! The movie goes about a strict and even almost mental-disordered father, a sweet,generous,dedicated mother and a poor boy Michael with miserable memory of childhood. "Michael Taylor (Ryan Reynolds) is an author who has channeled his painful childhood memories into his novels. With some reluctance, he is flying home for his mother Lisa's (Julia Roberts) college grad...( read more )uation. After a lifetime of putting everyone else first, stroking her husband's (Willem Dafoe) massively insecure ego and raising her children in spite of that, it's Lisa's turn. What should be a moment of great celebration turns into a tragic reunion when Lisa is killed in a car accident, leaving father, son and family to pick up the pieces. While preparing for their mother's funeral, memories are relived and secrets are revealed which will test the family bond. After a childhood of hiding in his father's shadows, protected by his mother, Michael must confront his past and find an understanding of his family, his father and himself." How terrible a father the man is! What a lovely mom for Michael ! But things turn into a bigger tragedy with his mother's death,michael's angel finally leaves him and flies away...Even though, everyone has to learn face, to face life,to move on...