I have to say, there are not many movies that can make me cry now. I remember that the last time I was deeply moved by the plot of the movie was when I watched "Spring in the Cow Herding Class". It's been a while since I thought about it. During dinner, I told my mother about the plot of the movie. She wanted to know the final result impatiently. I smiled and told her: The whole movie tells the story of a miner's son who learned to dance and finally succeeded. I've deliberately left out all the details in order to joke with her. But in fact, "Billy Elliot" is really a simple story. There is no complicated plot, no dazzling stunts, everything takes place in that remote little village, a low-class society, a group struggling for individual survival. Little Billy is not a cute and happy child. On the contrary, his character is very rough, with a natural and primitive wildness, like an uncarved stone, with sharp edges and corners, and outstanding personality. In a miner's family, in a village that advocates masculine beauty, Billy should learn boxing and develop a strong body so that he can succeed his father and start his own life as a miner. However, he chose ballet, which in the eyes of others only girls can learn. Maybe other boys in the village also like ballet, and maybe they have their own plans for their future, but the people who really have the courage to stick to their dreams will never be the majority of the society.
I remember at the beginning of the film, Billy's brother Tony likes to listen to music, Billy eavesdropped on his brother's music, and his brother was very unhappy; my grandmother with Alzheimer's always said, I could have been a professional dancer; Billy died Mom left a piano, and the family should have been filled with music; Dad had a pair of boxing gloves, and maybe he was a good boxer when he was young. These little dreams were once rooted in the hearts of every member of the Billy family. However, as the years go by, how many people can truly pursue their dreams and keep moving forward? They may have succumbed to fate and become normal people in the eyes of others, or they may have long forgotten the world they yearned for when they were young. Find a fixed point, rotate, and go back to the origin. This is what Mrs. Wikinson said when she taught ballet dance steps. Unfortunately, we often cannot find our fixed point. Even if we do, after the dizzying rotation, we have long lost our direction and forgot. The original intention at the time, to have the opportunity to stand on the stage and take a leap like Billy, was after all a minority of the minority. When Billy got on the long-distance bus to the dream and came to the Royal Ballet Academy, his father and brother stopped the strike and continued to return to the dark mine to continue their life. This cruel contrast is probably the difference between people.
When I listened to Elton John's "Electricity" for the musical "Out of Me", I didn't think Billy's dream moved me so much. But now, when the music is playing, I see Billy's uneasy expression when facing the examiner, the panting sound that has been amplified due to tension, and the incomplete words, all of which are like a desire for dreams, a sense of destiny resistance. With stubborn eyes, as if to pierce the hearts of others. He is not an elegant English gentleman. He fights, quarrels with teachers, dances wildly when he is angry, and hides in a small room to cry silently when he is sad. He is very real, too real to hide. A child in a small village, standing in the highest school of English ballet to take the exam, sounds a bit ignorant, but who can say that such a strong desire is not beautiful? If you don't even have the courage to pursue your dreams, everything can only be a flower in the mirror, and the moon in the water. Although beautiful, it is but a phantom. A line from "Rhino in Love" suddenly came to mind: "Before, I also didn't believe that a person's desire could be big enough to change the color of the sky, the shape of objects, and make dreams have such a real and possible shell, but now I know That's because the desire is not strong enough." Yes, it is not an easy task to find that fixed point, and try to turn around, turn around, turn around, and finally stand on that origin. But if we can, everything can be another way.
Had to go back to the last prancing again. Watching Billy break free from the shackles of his body, release the passion of his whole body, and jump with the bravery of his youth, the breathtaking picture is really like an electric current, shaking everyone who has a dream. For him who was supposed to be a miner, that leap was a jump into another life.
PS: I really like what Billy said to the examiner when he took the test. His explanation of dancing is actually an explanation of dreams.
Tutor: What does it feel like when you're dancing?
Billy: Don't know. Sorta feels good. Sorta stiff and that, but once I get going... then I like, forget everything. And... sorta disappear. Sorta disappear. Like I feel a change in my whole body . And I've got this fire in my body. I'm just there. Flyin' ike a bird. Like electricity. Yeah, like electricity.
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