I watched it in March 2020. It was when the troubled divorce case turned around. It may be true that Johnny hit Amber with a wine bottle, but I think it is anger rather than the numb domestic violence that he is used to. It's impossible to turn him into a scumbag because of a misbehavior of a school tyrant. I don't say here that Amber's people are bad. After all, she is that kind of person. She is fanatical and has a strong desire for control, but she is amazingly beautiful. Johnny didn't make her good or bad, it's just that she messed up Johnny's life. The prodigal son will eventually suffer the fate of a snake and scorpion haha.
Going back to this movie, Richard (Johnny)’s wife cheated on him and didn’t love him. She never smoked herself for some reason with lung cancer. Life has been so f***ed up, and her daughter came out again. This worse day made Richard decide to do it. I indulged myself once, promiscuous, smoked marijuana, and got fucked. But he also decided to use the last time of his life to do something meaningful. His literature class is only open to people who really love literature. Each student reads a paragraph of his favorite text and takes students to experience life. Encourage her daughter, let her take care of herself and live bravely. Richard gave me the feeling of experiencing the ups and downs of life and still loving the world. He can be very angry, complaining about the unfairness of life, and taking revenge on the society, but he didn’t. He calmly accepted death slowly, with His dog drove slowly and disappeared into the night. At the end of the movie, the road has come to an end, but Richard laughed and continued to drive forward: The road is set for the well-behaved people. What does it matter if there is no road ahead? I am different from the people who are waiting for death. I see To open life, we must leave detached.
I saw the peace of death and the hope of life. What I saw was not only the professor, but also Johnny who was exhausted, facing this turbulent life, indulging but not degenerating, accepting but not being knocked down. Besides, as an actor, Johnny should be his best performance as a real character. He was shocked when he won the prize for lung cancer. When he woke up in the hospital, he did not forget his humor. Facing death calmly, he lost his previous neurosis. And twist, (Sorui, Looking for Neverland, Charlie's Chocolate Factory, Driftwood, From Hell, and a lot of movies. He feels that he just can't play a normal person who can carry the burden of life) Johnny can also Well play a lovely middle-aged man. I hope he can also face his own life with the attitude of Richard and surprise the audience on the road of acting.
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