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›Captain Fantastic - What is the right way to raise a child? [Esp-Eng]@jemima19961479d
Fuente by Filmaffinity editada en VistaCreateGreetings my dear friends, I hope you and your family are doing well and that you are having a great day, and that you are all in good health. These days I have been a little sick, so I have been forced to stay at home, so I have had a lot of time for many things, among them, watch some movies some of them very good and others not so good and of course, today I wanted to share with you my opinion about one of them that I enjoyed a lot, because it is super cool.
At first I really thought I wouldn't like it, because the title of this movie doesn't really suit it, I thought it was about a pseudo super hero or something like that, when in fact it doesn't come close to that at all. It is a different movie, you could say, it shows us something that perhaps many have thought of, especially parents, such as taking children away from a society that is plagued by a lot of filth. In addition to other things that clearly affect children, or people in general, every day of our lives.
Saludos mis queridos amigos, espero que se encuentren muy bien tanto ustedes como sus familiares y que estén teniendo un día genial, contando todos con buena salud. Estos días yo he estado un poco enferma, por lo que me he visto obligada a estar en casa, así que he tenido mucho tiempo para muchísimas cosas, entre ellas, mirar algunas películas unas de ellas muy buenas y otras no tanto y por supuesto, que hoy quise compartir con ustedes mi opinión sobre una de ellas que disfruté un monton, pues es super genial.
Al principio realmentente pensé que no me gustaría, pues el título de esta película como que no le va muy bien, pensé que se trataba de un pseudo super heroe o algo así, cuando en realidad no se le acerca a eso para nada. Es una película diferente, podría decirse pues, nos muestra algo que quizá a muchos en ocasiones se les ha ocurrido, sobretodo a los padres, como lo es, apartar a los niños de una sociedad que está plagada de mucha suciedad. Además de otras cosas, que claramente afectan a los niños, o a las personas en general, cada día de nuestras vidas.
This great movie is called "Captain Fantastic" and it came out several years ago, to be specific in 2016, I don't know why I had never heard of it, but I'm glad I met it at this point in my life, maybe a few years ago I wouldn't have enjoyed it so much. This film stars Viggo Mortensen, who I feel like I've seen a lot in other films, but not enough to remember them. Who plays the role of a rather dedicated family man, struggling to raise his children in the best way possible.
The movie tells the story of Ben and Leslie, who have 6 children and decide to raise them in a different way, using methods totally different from society, trying by all means to make them develop their own way of thinking without the influence of all that civilization and so on teaches. Because of this they move into a kind of forest where they teach the children not only about mathematics, science and history, but also about philosophy and politics, no matter how old they are.
Esta genial película se llama "capitán fantástico" y salió hace varios años atrás, para ser específicos en el 2016, no se porque nunca había escuchado hablar de ella, pero me alegra haberla conoció en este punto de mi vida, quizá unos años atrás no la habría disfrutado tanto. Esta película protagonizada por Viggo Mortensen, a quien me parece haber visto mucho en otras películas, pero no lo suficiente como para recordarlas. Quien hace el papel de un padre de familia bastante dedicado, que lucha por educar a sus hijos de mejor modo posible.
La película cuenta la historia de Ben y Leslie, quienes tienen 6 hijos y deciden criarlos de una manera distinta, usando métodos totalmente diferentes al de la sociedad, intentando por todos los medios que desarrollen su propia manera de pensar sin la influencia de todo lo que la civilización y demás enseña. Debido a esto se mudan como a una especie de bosque en donde, le enseñan a los niños no sólo sobre matemáticas, ciencia e historia, sino también sobre filosofía y política, sin importar la edad que estos tengan.
These kids have been living in the forest all their lives, which has helped them to keep very well in a physical sense, because they are also trained by their parents to survive under any unfavorable circumstance, this way of teaching them, achieves that all of them, from the oldest to the youngest, have the physical endurance of an athlete, with skills that other children of their ages do not normally possess. For Ben, this form of education makes him very proud, mainly because he knows that his children will be able to take good care of themselves in his absence, and that they have the maturity to understand many things because of his extensive education.
Thanks to his efforts, all the children are practically geniuses, able to speak and understand different languages as well, which is why Ben considers it totally unnecessary for them to attend school or university, since they have already learned what is really important. However, a tragedy affects this family, because of this, Brn is forced to go with his 6 children to the city, where they try to convince him to take the children to school and allow them to have a normal life, assuring him that the way they live cannot be doing them any good.
Estos chicos llevan toda su vida viviendo en el bosque, lo que los ha ayudado a mantenerse muy bien en sentido físico, pues también es entrenado por sus padres para sobrevivir bajo cualquier circunstancia desfavorable, esta manera de enseñarlos, logra que todos ellos, desde el mayor hasta el menor, cuenten con la resistencia física de un atleta, con habilidades que otros niños de sus edades no poseen normalmente. Pará Ben, esta forma de educación le enorgullece mucho, principalmente porque sabe que sus hijos podrán cuidarse bien en caso de que el no esté, además de que cuentan con la madurez necesaria para comprender muchas cosas debido a su amplia educación.
Gracias a sus esfuerzos, todos los niños son prácticamente genios, capaces de hablar y comprender diferentes idiomas también, por lo que Ben, considera totalmente innecesario que estos asistan a la escuela o la universidad, pues lo verdaderamente importante ya lo han aprendido. Sin embargo, una tragedia afecta a esta familia, debido a ello, Brn se ve obligado a ir junto a sus 6 hijos a la ciudad, donde intentan convencerlo de que lleve a los niños a la escuela y les permita tener una vida normal, asegurándole que la forma en la que viven no puede estar haciéndoles bien.
There are many things that happen in this film, leaving us much to think about. It deals with the subject of education in a crude, but at the same time, with balance. It is true that I don't have children, but on several occasions, I took Ben's side, who only wanted his children to live being free, without the need to adapt their way of thinking to the rest, and of course it must be painful for a parent to have to allow their child to accept and adapt to a world that is very bad, morally and in many other ways.
Still, while it's a great idea to take one's children into the woods and teach them the most indispensable and necessary things, it is of course something that could affect them. It is incredibly difficult to raise a child, to live with the desire to keep them locked up in a bubble so that nothing bad happens to them, but it is something that simply cannot be done, even if it brings many benefits.
On the other hand, a parent's love is enormous and capable of surpassing even what we as children can understand, making it clear that no matter how much a child knows, as they go through a certain stage, they will require and need many things that parents simply cannot give them, forcing them to give them certain freedoms, in order for them to develop new skills and so on.
Son muchas las cosas que ocurren en esta película, dejándonos mucho en lo que pensar. Pues trata el tema de la educación de una manera cruda, pero a la vez, con equilibrio. Es cierto que yo no te go hijos, pero en varias ocasiones, me puse de parte de Ben, quien lo único que quería para sus hijos es que vivieran siendo libres, sin necesidad de adaptar su manera de pensar a la del resto, y claro que debe ser doloroso para un padre tener que permitir que su hijo acepte estar y adaptarse a un mundo que está muy mal, en sentido moral y en muchos otras sentidos.
Aún así aunque es una idea genial apartar a los hijos hacia el bosque y enseñar lo más indispensable y necesario a los niños, es algo qur por supuesto podría afectarles. Es increíblemente difícil criar a un hijo, vivir con ganas de mantenerlo encerrado en una burbuja para que no le ocurra nada malo, pero es algo que simplemente no se puede hacer, aunque esto traiga muchos beneficios consigo.
Por otra parte, el amor de un padre es enorme y capaz de sobrepasar incluso lo que nosotros como hijos podemos entender, dejando claro que por mucho que sepa un niño, al pasar por cierta etapa, este va a requerir y necesitar muchas cosas que los padres simplemente no pueden darle, obligándolos a darles ciertas libertades, con el fin de que desarrollen nuevas habilidades y demás.
Captain Fantastic, makes it clear that the world can be very bad, but we can always keep our beliefs and values intact, even if people around us have customs and ways of thinking that may be normal for them, if we do not feel comfortable with it, we can simply be ourselves and keep our ideals, of course respecting those of others.
On the other hand, communication is important and necessary, when we are truly frank and sincere when talking, things can be much easier to carry, that is to say that explaining things clearly to a child, without inventing fantastic stories or trying to make it pretty, can sometimes cause many confusions and make it more difficult for the children to accept reality.
This is a super cool movie, that really makes us think about too many things, I guess parents much more, however it is a movie for all audiences, that shows us in a different way, the most complicated part of being parents. I hope you liked my publication, but more than anything that it has served in some way, if you have already seen this amazing movie, you can tell me what you thought and if not, it is a good time to do it. See you soon friends, we'll read each other next time.
Capitán fantástico, nos deja claro que el mundo puede estar muy mal, pero siempre podemos mantener intactas nuestras creencias y valores, aunque al rededor de nosotros las personas tengan costumbres y maneras de pensar que pueden ser lo normal para ellos, si nosotros no nos sentimos a gusto con ello, podemos simplemente ser nosotros mismos y mantener nuestros ideales, por supuesto respetando los de los demás.
Por otro lado, la comunicación es importante y necesaria, cuando somos verdaderamente francos y sinceros al hablar, las cosas pueden ser mucho más fáciles de llevar, es decir que explicar a un hijo las cosas claras, sin inventar historias fantásticas o intentar ponerlo bonito, a veces puede causar muchas confusiones y lograr que para los hijos luego sea más difícil aceptar la realidad.
Esta es una película super genial, que realmente nos hace pensar sobre demasiadas cosas, supongo que a los padres mucho más, sin embargo es una película para todo público, que nos muestra de una manera diferente, la parte más complicada de ser padres. Espero que les haya gustado mi publicación, pero más que nada que haya servido de alguna manera, sí ya vieron esta increíble película, pueden contarme que les pareció y si no, pues es un buen momento para hacerlo. Hasta pronto amigos, nos leeremos la próxima ocasión.
›Captain Fantastic: Social Compromise@serialfiller2220d
Captain Fantastic is one of those niche movies, that gets inside you, leaves you with something but that will hardly ever become a box office phenomenon. The classic niche movie. The challenge that Matt Ross poses is tearing him and the viewer apart. In this hyper-globalised era, is it possible to press the pause button and alienate oneself from the world as a form of rebellion against the system and self-determination? How bad can this choice be for our children? It is no coincidence that the protagonists of this story are a group of people and not just one person, it is no coincidence that an unconventional and anarchist family takes the reins of the narrative. A family of which we do not know the lineage, the surname, this formalism that for centuries allows us to identify family nuclei and descendants. Patriarch Ben has many children and for each of them he has chosen a proper name that is unique in the true sense of the word, an unconventional name that you won't find in any other family, anywhere else in the world. Boseman, Vespyr, Rellian and so on are children of an abnormal family led by Ben and his wife on an unconventional path compared to the canons of today's society. Some might call them savages, others visionaries.
"Interesting is a non-word!"
Ben's children don't go to any school. They're self-taught. They read a lot of books and know by heart the American constitution and the various political and social philosophies that have passed through the centuries. Ben's children don't go to McDonalds or the supermarket but they feed on what they hunt, what they grow. Ben's children don't go to the mall but they procure and build most of the basic necessities that they might need to live on. Ben's children do not respect social conventions in any way, but they are educated to survive, they are enormously cultured, they know how to heal a wound, they know how to light a fire, they know how to climb a mountain, they know how to fight, they know how to think. Think... What an obsolete verb in a society where the only thought seems to be that of spending, consuming, getting rich, impoverishing, chatting, playing the playstation. To form one's own thought is useful to form oneself, it is useful to think, to reason, to discern right from wrong, to make conscious choices. Our children today don't know how to think, they weren't taught how to turn on their brains, but they were passively created a world in which to immerse themselves as in a bowl full of water where they can swim in a circle without going further. Ben's boys are out of this world but they have their own culture, their own identity and seem to be happy. But how far will this go? How far will this really make them better? How long will they be able to exist without coming into contact with the system that they are fighting in their own small way? A family drama will push Ben to start their big bus and bring the family into America, which they fight viscerally day after day to the sound of books and experiences in the wilderness. This journey will open a thousand questions and sink into a thousand contradictions. Can a brilliant boy like Boseman continue to live in the woods or would it be fairer to fly to Princeton to study and establish himself? Can children, despite having developed above-average intelligence, continue not to attend school? Is it correct that these children are full of bruises and small wounds due to their wild but free life or would it be more right to "shut them up" within 4 walls? How should they be protected? Is continuing to marginalize the best way to emancipate themselves? The world out there doesn't work, the system makes us worse but it is still our world. Is hiding from it the best way to fight it? It's a series of questions that the film doesn't shy away from, but tackles blow by blow by blow, trying to set the rhythm to the sound of controversy, clashes and tight but often full of silence. There is so much love in this anarchic world and so many rules in spite of the longed-for anarchy. Living it deeply is the best way to get rich, but leaving a small space for openness to the outside world is perhaps the best tool to ensure that this anarchy is not wasted. Viggo Mortensen is intense and sublime in his role as Ben. His children are delightfully free in their movements and hopes. Captain Fantastic is a free film with a capital L that makes us think and teaches us to think, with our heads through this weird and wonderful family.
›Captain Fantastic: un film intimamente e socialmente sovversivo@serialfiller2614d
Immagine priva di diritti di copyrightCaptain Fantastic
La libertà ai tempi della globalizzazione
L come libertà
Capitan Fantastic è uno di quei film di nicchia, che ti entra dentro, ti lascia qualcosa ma che difficilmente diverrà mai un fenomeno da botteghino. Il classico film di nicchia.
La sfida che Matt Ross lancia è dilaniante per lui e per lo spettatore.
In quest'epoca iperglobalizzata è possibile premere il tasto pausa ed estraniarsi dal mondo come forma di ribellione al sistema e di autodeterminazione?Questa scelta quanto può essere nefasta per i nostri figli?
Non è un caso se i protagonisti di questa storia siano un gruppo di persone e non una persona sola, non è un caso se sia una famiglia anticonformista ed anarchica a prendere le redini della narrazione.
Una famiglia di cui non conosciamo la stirpe, il cognome, questo formalismo che da secoli ci permette di identificare nuclei familiari e discendenze.
Il patriarca Ben ha molti figli e per ognuno di loro ha scelto un nome proprio unico nel vero senso della parola, un nome non convenzionale che non troverete in nessun altra famiglia, in nessun altro luogo al mondo. Boseman, Vespyr, Rellian e via discorrendo sono figli di una famiglia anomala guidata da Ben e sua moglie su una strada anticonvenzionale rispetto ai canoni della società attuale.
Alcuni potrebbero definirli dei selvaggi, altri dei visionari.
"Interessante è una Non Parola!"
I figli di Ben non frequentano alcuna scuola.Cultura, questa sconosciuta
Sono autoditatti. Leggono una marea di libri e conoscono a memoria la costituzione americana e le varie filosofie politiche e sociali che hanno attraversato i secoli.
I figli di Ben non vanno al McDonalds o al supermercato ma si nutrono di quel che cacciano, di quel che coltivano.
I figli di Ben non vanno al centro commerciale ma si procurano e costruiscono la maggior parte dei beni di prima necessità che potrebbero servire loro per vivere.
I figli di Ben non rispettano le convenzioni sociali in alcun modo ma sono educati a sopravvivere, sono enormemente acculturati, sanno medicarsi una ferita, sanno accendere un focolare, sanno scalare una montagna, sanno combattere, sanno pensare.
Pensare...
Che verbo obsoleto in una società dove l'unico pensiero sembra essere quello di spendere, consumare, arricchirsi, impoverirsi, impoverire, chattare, giocare alla playstation.
Formare un proprio pensiero è utile a formarsi, è utile a pensare, ragionare, discernere il giusto dallo sbagliato, compiere delle scelte consapevoli.
I nostri ragazzi oggi non sanno pensare, non gli è stato insegnato loro come accendere il cervello ma gli è stato passivamente creato un mondo nel quale immergersi come in una boccia piena d'acqua dove nuotare in cerchio senza spingersi oltre.
I ragazzi di Ben sono fuori dal mondo ma hanno una loro cultura, una loro identità e sembrano essere felici.
Ma fin dove questo basterà?Fin dove questo li renderà davvero migliori? Fino a quando potranno esistere senza entrare in contatto con il sistema che nel loro piccolo combattono?
Immagine priva di diritti di copyrightUn compromesso sociale
Un dramma familiare spingerà Ben a mettere in moto il loro grosso autobus e portare la famiglia dentro l'America che combattono visceralmente giorno dopo giorno a suon di libri ed esperienze vissute nella natura selvaggia.
Questo viaggio aprirà mille interrogativi e affonderà in mille contraddizioni.
Un ragazzo brillante come Boseman può continuare a vivere tra i boschi o sarebbe più giusto farlo volare a Princeton per studiare ed affermarsi?
I bambini, pur avendo sviluppato un'intelligenza sopra la media, possono continuare a non frequentare la scuola?
E' corretto che questi ragazzi siano pieni di lividi e piccole ferite dovute alla loro vita selvaggia ma libera o sarebbe più giusto "chiuderli" fra 4 mura? In che modo andrebbero protetti?
Continuare ad emarginarsi è il modo migliore per emanciparsi?
Il mondo li fuori non funziona, il sistema ci rende peggiori ma è pur sempre il nostro mondo.
Nascondersi da esso è il modo migliore per combatterlo?
Una serie di domande che il film non rifugge ma affronta colpo su colpo provando a scandire il ritmo a suon di polemiche, scontri e dialoghi serrati ma spesso pieni di silenzi.
C'è tantissimo amore in questo mondo anarchico e tante regole a dispetto della tanto agognata anarchia. Viverlo a fondo è il modo migliore per arricchirsi ma lasciare un piccolo spazio all'apertura verso il mondo esterno è forse lo strumento migliore affinchè questa anarchia non vada sprecata.
Viggo Mortensen è intenso e sublime nel ricoprire il ruolo di Ben. I suoi figli sono deliziosamente liberi nelle loro movenze e speranze.
Captain Fantastic è un film libero con la L maiuscola che fa riflettere e ci insegna a pensare, con la nostra testa attraverso quella di questa famiglia cosi stramba e meravigliosa.
Perso tra le montagne di Twin Peaks mi ritrovai ad Albuquerque dove un furgone mi trasportò a Westeros e a Westworld successivamente dove ritrovai una cabina telefonica inglese con un Dottore pronto a giocare a Basket o a Calcio con me e a parlare di sociale, politica, futuro, persi come fossimo sull'isola di Lost.
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›'Captain Fantastic' by Matt Ross Review: A film of loss and acceptance@namiks2814d
While I'm feeling relatively good about the fact that I'm taking travelling seriously and actively partaking in the necessary preparations to get things rolling, I've been wanting to post about a specific film for a couple of weeks now: Captain Fantastic.
Being a fan of Viggo Mortensen, I realised that this 2016 film was one that I had completely missed, and with it being branded as a drama and comedy film, it certainly caught my interest.
Captain Fantastic, however, is a film that I struggle to agree fits the comedy genre, it's a film riddled with heartbreak from the start, and it continues to yank at your emotions throughout -- of course, that's a great thing in cinema, but it's worth noting if you're looking for something more upbeat.
Ben Cash (Viggo Mortensen) is a father that lives isolated from society, raising his children to be more critical thinkers, free, artistic, and aware of the evil capitalist, brain-dead consumer nature of society. With the death of the mother, the family has to venture out of their comfort zones and into the world in order to give her the proper burial she requested; all alongside fighting the strong opinions of outside family.
While the film doesn't have many comedic elements, it certainly can feel wholesome. The sense of adventure the family has for just discovering the world they've grown to hate allows the film's premise to not grow stale, it allows for us to witness the ways in which their isolation has affected their levels of social skills, and that escalates the drama among the family as some begin to realise what they've been missing, and that they don't actually have any true way of understanding and connecting with others.
Ben's love for the outdoor world results in his ignorance to believe that it is his fault, that in reality his attempts to shelter his family and create what's best for them has in a way damaged them, kept them a bit too close and actually limited their true potential. The bigger picture is revealed and shows that Ben has accidentally been the leading cause of all this, and it's unclear as to whether it's what his children want for themselves.
Viggo Mortensen's performance in the film makes for some incredibly dramatic scenes, ones in which you can really feel yourself feeling his sense of loss and loneliness in the world, his pain for hurting his children, and his now deceased wife. His expressions of clear depth, thousand-yard-stare-like emotions as he realises his children are all he has, and he has to let them go can hit like a train.
Captain Fantastic is stylish, beautifully filmed, and focuses so heavily on the acceptance of loss and moving on. It holds a simple narrative, and flourishes in its creativity and strong use of colours in order to show just how these characters stand out from the world. It's an excellent viewing, but only if you're prepared for the sadness that follows.
›"Captain Fantastic" with Viggo Mortensen - movie review@godflesh3048d
We have all heard about people who have got tirred from the commercial society, selling their household goods and going to live in the woods. Well, that's a similar story. Viggo Mortensen plays Ben. 15 years ago, Ben moved to the wild northwest of the United States with his wife Leslie (Trin Miller) and their newborn son, Bodevan (George McKay). There are five more children and a tragic loss to leave their lost paradise, in a final attempt to reach out to modern society.
The film starts with an exceptionally beautiful frame, filled with the vast forest of wild forest. We get an idea of the virgin idyll in which the family lives. We see the growing Bodevan hunting, thus proving his courage to his father. Ben already has six children, and their mother who suffers from bipolar disorder is cured in the city. Later, we understand that she has committed suicide at the hospital where she is placed. This is where the story starts - they have to get to the funeral in New Mexico. Once we've got the idea of the family's primitive life, there's another show that directors Matt Ross ("Silicon Valley") is doing smoothly and unobtrusively. He engages us with the everyday life of such a family, we see the rituals and the small challenges that they make. Once Ben understands the death of his wife, he does not hide anything from the children. He communicates it directly and respectfully. Ben's relationship with children is at the heart of the movie. He educated them alone, giving them Dostoevsky and Karl Marx, but also Lolita. This contrasts with the preconceptions some of the outside world has. Later, we see a scene that illustrates how far ahead some of those who have gone through the school system. The word "interesting" does not apply to them - it is "dumb". Instead of saying "it was interesting," and to avoid the issue, you need to deepen, analyze, compare with your personal impressions. All important qualities that Ben emphasizes. Most importantly, he treats them as equal and respects their personal choices. He puts them on physical tests every day and teaches them self-defense. It is interesting to see a character like Ben. He openly denies the commercial society, capitalism and all its qualities. Teach his children not to celebrate Christmas: "Why celebrate a magical elf instead of a living humanist who has done so much for human rights?" Of course, here is talk of Noam Chomsky, a famous American philosopher, historian and social activist. Ben does not celebrate Christmas, and a day of Noam Chomsky sounds fun right? Oddly enough, this is one of the many ways in which we see Mortensen's character deny everything related to civilized society. The "villain" in the whole story is Jack, Leslie's father, who appears to be Ben's antipode. Taking an extreme view of childcare, the grandfather firmly states that he does not want his grandchildren to be reared in the wild. Although children are highly educated, they fail to cope with the social situations that the world gives them. This isolation in which they were born, without their choice, makes them doubt their father's choices. "Unless it comes out of a f ***ing book, I do not know anything about anything!" Bodevan furiously tells his father in one of the most emotional scenes in the movie.
"Captain Fantastic" compares the conformation of society with educated hermitage. Where it is very good to introduce a comment on the raising of children in the normal, capitalist society, it also commented on the raising of children in the forest. It shows the values that are important to a family (respect, love, understanding, compromise), but without dangling them in our face. The story is well composed and presents both the pros and cons of both sides - "civilization" and relics. The last shot of the whole movie is probably one of the most beautiful things in the whole story - long, quiet, something missing, but the whole family is preserved. Where Matt Ross fails to succeed is in the game itself. Without doing too much, we will mention that in the end something is happening that is so inappropriate that it makes the story look predictable and not so natural. The direction of the rest is, however, on a highly professional level. Laughingly, for Matt Ross, who has little experience behind the camera, but we can appreciate how much he has done to make such a profound comment on the current society and family values. We have to insert that with this role Viggo Mortensen is certainly on our list for the top 5 film dads. Do not forget "The Road," where he had to make compromises and difficult choices in a slightly different setting to keep his son innocent. Here, however, is a real superhero. Captain Fantastic is a funny, touching, warm and meaningful film about the gap between the parent and the child, the difficult choices and compromises that rise as bridges on both sides, and the cunning reconciliation of socialism and capitalism. By operating on two planes, the film does not fall into the idealistic error, but on the contrary, like the Lolita example, it requires us to do the homework.
