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In our youth, we always yearn to fly away from our hometowns and monotonous lives. We dream of leaving for a larger and more prosperous city to chase after freedom and freshness.
At length, a coming-of-age movie is shot to vividly express such strong feeling and passion. Today I want to share with you this hit Oscar movie——Lady Bird .
This movie obtained both good word of mouth and triumphant box office. It was not only nominated for 5 Oscars but also won 2 Golden Globes. Also, the mainstream media paid it extravagant compliments with one accord.
I guess its magic lies in the most repeated word in the American film review website, Rotten Tomatoes——relatable. It means the movie can resonate with us.
Plot
Summary
當紅女演員西爾莎·羅南扮演的女主，是一個平凡普通、但是又有點自命不凡的18歲女孩，在一所教會學校上高中。她的學習成績普通，不夠上耶魯這樣的頂級常青藤名校，但可以輕鬆上個本地的城市學院，稍微努力一下，也能夠上紐約某所好學校的 waiting list。而她的家境就更普通了，一把年紀的父親突然被辭退，需要重新找工作，母親是醫院的護工，斯坦福畢業的哥哥沒找到工作只能在超市收銀打零工，一家人二十多年沒有換過房子。
但她不太普通的是，她內心自命不凡，自由不羈，不願意被人控制，不願意服從權威。她甚至可以在跟母親在車上吵架時，一言不合就開車門跳車……
Her rebellious characteristic gives rise to her dislike of Sacramento, her very place of birth and growth. She takes this place for tedious, vapid and lack of culture. As the first scene presents, “Anybody who talks about California hedonism has never spent a Christmas in Sacramento.”
此外，她認為當前生活中最大的束縛來自母親。母女倆幾乎可以說是水火不容，不停地因為各種大事小事發生口角，前一秒鐘還有說有笑，下一秒鐘就開始了爭吵。在女兒看來，母親出於關心而為自己做的種種要求和決定，都是對她的束縛。
Therefore, Lady Bird’s dream is to be admitted into a university in New York rather than California. Then she can thoroughly break away from current constraints of her hometown, school and family especially her mother.
Film
Analysis
從未接受過真實的自我，
更不懂得如何去體諒他人
正因為伯德小姐活在自我編織的對未來的想象中，反倒讓當前的一切顯得黯淡無光。當下的各方面像一根根鐵絲，編織成一個困住她的籠子。
Although Lady Bird’s mother always criticizes her of being self-centred, she just takes it as angry words instead of thinking critically over it. When facing the non-wealthy even crummy living condition, Lady Bird is apt to conceal it and reluctant to expose this weakness. She asks her father to drop her off far away from her school because she doesn’t want her schoolmates to see his elderly father and the cheap car. She even lies to her new friend that she lives in a big house downtown.
我們在心裡都會設想一個更好的自己，希望能成為一個群體的不可或缺的人，甚至是站在人群中心的人，被其他人仰視和羨慕。為了維持這個更光鮮的自我設定，我們不得不花費心思去經營、去偽裝；當我們在這個設定中沉浸過久，真實的樣子很容易就被遺忘。
當伯德小姐意識到這一切，她漸漸有所領悟。生活的很多折磨和痛苦都源自人們對真實自我的無視和逃避。她與媽媽經常吵架，是因為媽媽希望自己能成為她心中更好的樣子，雖然她一直與媽媽“較量”，但她的努力很多時候並不是捍衛真實的自己，更像是情緒上的敵對。
影片最出彩的地方，恰恰在於其描述的父母和子女之間那種既有愛意又互相角力的複雜關係，因為不管是國內還是國外，這樣的關係都普遍存在。
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就像豆瓣上一段評論說的：青春期與原生家庭的衝突方式是普世的。年輕人與父母一輩的裂隙、爭吵、代溝，無論文化差異如何，都會在一個特定時段以一種相差無幾的方式表現出來。
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現實生活遠比想象中的艱難，
遠方也不曾真的閃閃發光
Everything happened during the third senior year changes her mind. In this very year, she undergoes two love affairs and devoted her virginity. However, these novel life experiences are not as wonderful as she once imagined. On the contrary, her annoying mother is exactly the one who supported her in her lows.
比如當好強又挑剔的母親，當她知道女兒真要遠走他鄉時，一邊因為這個揹著她做出的決定而生氣，直到女兒坐飛機離開也不搭理她。另一邊卻一遍遍地嘗試寫信給女兒，希望能夠緩和關係，但每一次都半途而廢。幸好爸爸將這些扔掉的信撿起來，偷偷交給了伯德小姐，才讓她在到達紐約之後明白媽媽對自己的感情和態度。
在影片的最後，伯德小姐考上了心儀的大學，終於逃離沉悶的家鄉，來到了夢寐以求的紐約。然而，一切卻與她想象的相去甚遠，在激動的情緒和新鮮感褪去後，初到紐約的迷茫與無助和對家鄉的懷念使她失去了方向。人只有失去了才懂得珍惜，她徘徊在紐約的街道，在紐約逼仄的樓宇間才想起薩克拉門託的陽光；只有在聽見陌生教堂的唱詩班歌聲才懷念教會學校生活；只有離開了家才知道自己愛著爸媽。
We always take family’s love as granted until we lose it. Once, to express her eagerness for freedom, she gave herself a unique name “Lady Bird”，hoping that one day she can become a bird and fly away.
At that time, she is Christine who was loved and cared by her family. However, only when she finally becomes a lonely bird living outside does she fully accept her given name and realize the importance of family.
Personal
Feeling
看完這部電影，我想，成長或許就是這樣一場和解，接受自己不優渥的家庭，接受我們的不善表達的父母，接受真實的不完美的自己。這些源頭式的生命經驗，不是我們自身所能選擇的，無論當時如何接受或反抗，這些經驗都在塑造和影響著我們對自身，對人際關係，對社會和世界的態度和想法。
我們帶著父母、家庭和故鄉的印跡出發，邁向遠方，去探索更多的可能性，而這場旅程的終點或許仍是我們的童年和青春，仍是我們的家庭和故鄉。
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