Drugs, rock music, loneliness, bewilderment, loss of belief, despair, breakdown... This movie based on a true story is full of the lost generation of young people in the context of rising capital and gentrification in the 1950s and 1960s. I see shabby neighborhoods, dirty addicts, alcoholics. There are also thirteen- or fourteen-year-old teenagers who are alone in their struggle against themselves and the world. Can't help but wonder why this happened? Jimmy was originally a good young man with excellent character and study. He could participate in the National Basketball Tournament and get an offer from a famous school, but he was sinking again and again. In fact Jimmy tried to save himself. When things started to go bad, he tried to open his heart to the priest, but the religious beliefs at that time were as useless as dog skin plaster, and the priest closed the door perfunctory, which made him even more suspicious. The death of his friend made him wonder why the world was like this. He felt it was unfair, but he didn't know why. "Faith" is very good, but it seems that when the heart breaks down, it is never religion, not faith, that saves people. what is that?
I like three scenes in the film. The first one was before the drug addiction, Jimmy and Reggie were playing in the sun, which is my favorite teenage look. The second is when Jimmy was addicted to drugs, and happened to see an interview with his former friend after the NBA game on TV. That was the life he could have, and I was moved by the complex emotions flashing in his eyes. The third is Reggie rescued Jimmy from the snow to help him quit gambling. Jimmy asked why, he said, "Because someone has helped me in the past, I always want to pass this kindness to others."
It may not be religious beliefs that can save a person, but the most precious things in one's heart that have been ignored by oneself, or friendship, or family affection, or dreams.
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