I went back to school one day early for the Dragon Boat Festival, feeling a sense of loss in my heart. It's not a feeling that comes from these days, it's been with me for years. Maybe from junior high school, or from elementary school, or even more, maybe this loss accompanied my birth, and it has been with me like a shadow. So, I'm used to, or adapted to, such a day, alone in the dormitory, watching movies, reading books, writing movie reviews, drinking something, listening to music, and occasionally tidying up the room and cleaning clothes. Then my mood will gradually improve little by little. Positive, optimistic and hopeful thoughts will make me feel positive and struggling. So, instead of rejecting being alone, I would like to have alone time, which may be one of the reasons why I am single. I am not good at dealing with the relationship between the two, because I have adapted to the time alone. I can't have both,
I don't know why I downloaded the movie "Becoming Flynn", it just happens to be on my computer desktop, and it happens that there is no Internet, and there are no other movies that I haven't seen yet. . So, of course, "Becoming Flynn" was opened.
This is a movie that I like. Leaving aside the plot for the time being, the filming techniques and the charm of the script itself are enough to attract my attention. So, I watched it without hesitation. "We are born to help others" is a line that runs through the film's theme, although it only appears three times in the whole film, but with my understanding of the film, I think this is what the film is trying to express - We are born to help others. And the staff in the streets and alleys in the movie adhere to this sentence. In the end, I believe that the male protagonist was also inspired by this and chose to forgive his father. So, it's kind of like an educational film -- for me. And I do feel it, because I have a similar father. Of course, movies always use exaggerated forms, so my father is better than Nick's father, Jonathan. Flynn is better. At least he didn't leave for 18 years. But as equally unqualified fathers, they have many similarities. There is no sense of responsibility, lies all day long, does not do the right job, does not admit mistakes, and has a bad temper. In addition, they have one thing in common, that is, they both meet a good woman. Jonathan met Nick's mom and my dad met my mom. So, in Nick, I seem to have found my shadow.
Father Jonathan Flynn is an actor who plays a pivotal role in American film history. When he first came out, Jonathan claimed to be a great writer, that his work was excellent, and that he would soon become known internationally. According to the appearance of his clothes, there is indeed a bit of literary flavor, and his unswerving tone makes people more willing to believe that this is true. Actually he was a bohemian taxi driver. Claims to be very popular and has many friends because he is very talkative. In fact, because of his bad temper, he didn't have many friends. Later, his business license was revoked because of drunk driving and crashing. Since then, the days have gotten worse and worse. At the time when he was kicked out by the landlord, he contacted his son Nick, whom he had not seen for 18 years, Jean Nick. Flynn helped him move. Nick spent eighteen years thinking about what kind of person his father was. But after the meeting, Nick had a real impression of his father. "Your father sucks", this is what Nick's friend said about him after meeting Nick's father after helping with the move. I think that's how Nick feels too.
Nick works on the street corners - places to stay for homeless people. He was introduced by a female friend, Dennis, who she knew, because she thought he should come here to work. The street corner is a place where people can regain their vitality, at least for her, so in the face of bad Nick, she made the above suggestions. The people who work here are good people. People who are here to help others. Of course, Nick was originally here, partly because he didn't have a job, and partly because he wanted Dennis to be right. The final result also verified that Dennis was right. Although Nick was once addicted to drugs, Dennis lost his confidence, but the result was as expected. The work in the streets gave him the motivation to start a new life, and finally forgave his father. In a way, Nick was also a homeless man, and it was the street that rescued him. Although Nick's original idea was more adhering to the phrase "people are born to help others" in his heart, he came to the streets. Initially, he also asked other staff how many homeless people here ended up on the right track. It was Nick himself who finally got back on the right track. He himself was one who was rescued.
Shortly after working on the street, Nick's father, Jonathan, moved in. Full of lies, drinking too much, often clashing with other homeless people. In the end, the staff voted and were kicked out of the streets and alleys, and lived in the cold winter without clothing and food. During this brief period of contact with his father, Nick was also influenced by his father, lost his motivation in life, became addicted to drugs, and began to collapse. Dennis was also disappointed in him and chose to leave him, because her brother was addicted to drugs and finally went to the road of no return.
Nick has always had expectations for his father, which can be seen from the box of more than 100 letters written by his father that he kept since he was a child. Although he hadn't seen him for 18 years, even though his mother's teachings were still in his ears, his longing for his father never disappeared. Eighteen years later, those letters gave Nick the impression of a father—a writer, maybe a talented writer, though not a qualified father. But in just one month of contact with his father at the street, he was utterly disappointed with this father. The good things that I had always hoped for were all woven by my father's lies. Although Nick is no longer a kid, but who can withstand such a blow? It was so difficult that Nick almost got crushed.
When they just learned that Nick's father also went to the street to receive relief, those of his colleagues expressed sympathy for Nick. The person in charge of the street who had received relief at the street and finally got on the right path through hard work claimed that it was hard to get up and said that it was easy to fall, so men who dared not hate themselves felt that this was a letdown. Unbearable things, I hope Nick can take a break. But Nick didn't, because Nick still had hope in his heart that his father really did what the letter said. As said, it's not easy to get up, but it's easy to fall. No one blames Nick for his fall, but who cares? Aside from showing sympathy, not everyone can help Nick except himself. A person can save himself only by himself.
Looking back on it again, I still didn't understand how Nick got out of the woods, so I watched it a third time. This time it seems to have a sense. To sum up, I think is it love? God, what else could there be but love with such great power? I was wondering if it was the responsibility? It's too much nonsense, I think, the reason why I think of the word responsibility is because I imagine myself too tall, thinking that I can rely on responsibility to shoulder my own future. Full tm bullshit. Such a great idea, time to let it go to hell. Now, what I should look forward to is love, and love is the source of strength.
Here, to explain a little. Dennis was the kind of guy who only slept with Nick at first, and didn't get together with Nick in the end, so I didn't think much about this relationship before. But from the current understanding, this relationship is also the highlight. Dennis introduced Nick to the alley, because Dennis felt that Nick was as passive and depraved as she was before she went to the alley, but Dennis had cheered up, so she hoped that Nick could also cheer up through the work of the alley. Later, the arrival of Nick's father, Jonathan, nearly destroys Nick, and Dennis tries to save him, hoping he can move in with her. But after saving hopeless, Dennis chose to leave. She didn't want to repeat the previous tragedy again. Her brother fell because of drug addiction. Maybe Nick, who lost his love, finally woke up. Went to a detox meeting. He went to university, took poetry seminars, became a teacher, published his own poetry collection, had a wife and children, and finally forgave his father and himself. Before that, he had always thought that one of his short essays had caused his mother to commit suicide. But his father taught him - the best writers can't kill people with a single article.
After watching it three times, I felt that it was the power of love that saved Nick. I can only sigh with emotion here, love moistens things silently! Here, there is a little bit of expectation for love. After all, I don't think I've ever met love. Maybe I met when I was in my first love, but I was too young at that time, and my understanding of love was not like it is now. If I look back, it will be a different person.
Finally, a word about my father. Watching this movie reminds me of my father. I have never completely forgiven my father. His irresponsibility has made the family suffer enough. He lied so many times that the family couldn't lift their heads. His bad temper made the family unbearable. Now, I am grown up. I can leave at any time to fight for my life. But I can't, this is not America, and my parents are the bottom of the insecure. Who else can they rely on besides me? Especially my mother, who worked so hard all her life, just for this family. Responsibility makes me a little depressed, and the lack of ability makes me look good. I don't want to endure the hardships I've had. I don't want to go back to the home with him. But. That home is mine too, it's time to change this home. It is my responsibility to bring new changes to this home.
Come on, love, come and save my world.
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