"The Road to Return" can be regarded as an autobiographical performance by Ben Affleck. The role of Jack, a basketball coach, is almost based on the life of Da Ben. Maybe the script of this movie is simple and unpretentious. Many inspirational films give people infinite power after watching it; maybe the plot of this film is not so ups and downs, not as exciting as many sports elements. But in this movie, Daben played such a downcast role almost in his true colors, washed away the lead, and tore his wounds to let us see his suffering and his torture.
The world is suffering, but still have to bear the hardships and climb up. This is not only the return road of coach Jack in the movie, but also the return road of Daben himself from the bottom of his fallen life to a happy life.
We all know Big Ben, this guy who smiles so silly
After the filming of "Batman v Superman" and "Justice League", he took over the task of directing the new version of "Batman", but the failure of "Justice League" made him feel more pressured, and he was separated from his wife for a long time. He was about to face a formal divorce, and his long-standing alcohol addiction also happened unexpectedly. In this case, he had to be sent to a rehabilitation center to be forced to give up alcohol addiction.
This is the low point of his life. I still remember that a while ago I often saw Ben Affleck's various eating and drinking photos. He was once laughed as "Burger Man", and he was in the "Justice League" supplementary shot. In the middle, the big book is obviously swollen a lot than the original lens. Who knows, he was so tortured at that time.
Therefore, the movie "Road to Return" is more like a true portrayal of Daben's fall into alcoholism and marriage breakdown, and the period when his children are drifting away. He can't restrain his alcoholism while working. His derailment, his irresponsibility, and his inner pain are all manifested through the role of Jack. Even, Daben born in 1972 is almost the same year as Jack in the movie (the movie mentions that he was 21 years old and led the team to the championship in 1993, which happened to be Daben’s 21 years old).
Jack, who was once brilliant, rejected a great offer to rebel against his father who only valued his own glory. He did not continue to play basketball. He was engaged in an unknown job in a small town. After his son died of a tumor, he and his wife gradually became Unfamiliar and divorced, he eventually fell into the abyss of alcoholism.
At this time, an opportunity to guide the basketball team of his former school appeared in front of him. He did his best to guide these potential but no conviction children, and set some examples with his actions. However, he The fact of alcoholism finally made him lose his job. He received treatment and started a new life. The team he directed also inherited his spirit.
This is a quiet script. If it weren’t for what we knew about Daben’s experience, it would be difficult to see his reflection and thinking in it. The more than ten cans of wine in the refrigerator can be drunk in one night, and I don’t forget to drink it every morning when I take a shower. One can, go to the construction site to pour the wine into a glass, more often go to a bar to drink until you can hardly walk, or go to the wrong door, and fall seriously injured when he escapes hurriedly.
All this is the fault of his alcohol addiction, his own fault, and the fault of his life experience, lack of fatherly love, bereavement, divorce, ex-wife immediately found a new love, friend and child are dying, and he lost his job...life It has always been difficult for many people, and one person will easily fall to the bottom.
However, although it is not my fault to fall to the bottom of the valley, if you just lie down on the bottom of the valley and do not climb on your own, what you miss is your entire future life.
Therefore, the road to return is on the right track of the past, but the return is also very difficult.
In addition, we also saw Jack's guidance to the two players on the team, Durrett and Dawes.
Durret’s father was also a basketball team member, but it’s a pity that the old Durrett could not go down this road. Although the young Durrett is very talented, he has never been confident in himself; Dawes is idle and likes to show off. Not obeying discipline, in the process of gradually getting in touch with the players, Jack finally made Little Durret more confident (his father also went to watch his game eventually), and also made Dawes more practical. Although he has lost his children, he can still become a good father, a role model for children, and have a positive impact on his younger generations. This is something Jack's father could not do.
This is probably the same thing Daben wanted to do for his children. Although he divorced his ex-wife Ghana, Daben would often take the children to and from school, take his son to karate classes, and eat with his daughter. ice cream. Maybe his emotional relationship with Ghana has failed, but his father cannot fail.
Of course, at the end of this movie, Jack let go of the past. Through this movie, Big Ben probably remembered the pain and experience that he could not bear to look back on in the past few years. At least he is now in a sweet love again, envious of Daben. Ben, I also wish Daben never drink too much again.
After all, watching the sea alone is sad
Happy when the two play around
In the 2021.1.19 update, Daben and Anna have broken up, Yun Bei, just don't get fat and go back.
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