The daily life of a Texas teenager

Although the title is Boyhood, the film is not limited to telling the story of the male protagonist Mason’s growth. It also involves Mason’s sister Sam, the first stepfather’s children Mindy and Randy who had grown up with them, and the Carol family who took care of the three of them. The story of Lee and Abby, and those little friends who have no names. They are a generation that has grown up playing video games, listening to Britney songs, and reading "Harry Potter".
The growth experience of American teenagers is colorful. Playing video games, playing baseball, playing photography, forming a band, reading popular novels, drawing graffiti, helping fathers promote the election, camping, playing with older children, secretly drinking beer, talking about girls and sex, being ordered by parents to weed, and talking Girls make friends, move houses, transfer schools, meet new friends, open parties, shoot guns, play Facebook, and work to earn money. Mason's "boyhood" seems to be much richer than others, and he has appeared in almost all the things experienced by American teenagers.
Mason seems to be a quiet child, he is much shy compared to his sister Sam. He is always vague and unwilling to express himself too much. When they were young, what the two children looked forward to most on weekends should be the chance to get along with their father. His father took them to bowling, watching baseball games, and camping; he talked to them about current affairs and politics, taught them how to protect themselves, make music, and chase girls during adolescence. Even if they are not together every day, father and son can talk about everything, which makes us feel their still close feelings.
Children who grow up in divorced families always feel that they don’t know how to love and express love. His mother's multiple marriages made Mason a little rebellious and a little confused, not knowing what he really wanted and what he would do in the future. He moved everywhere since he was a child and had no long-term residence. He experienced four men appearing in his life. He saw his mother being abused by his stepfather. His classmates bullied him because of his mother’s spoils. He didn’t want to go to school because his hair was too short, so he promised to send him off. The car was sold by his father, confused about the future. He seems to be deeply influenced by his mother. Fortunately, his father is always helping and teaching him so that he can stay on the right track. But fortunately, Mason's dedication to art and photography allowed him to continue on this path, showing his own difference from others.
The ending said: The moment seizes us. The moment is always right now.
No one can predict the future. We are often swayed by time, and what affects the future is often a decision we make now. So to live every day and every moment is to grasp life.

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