Father and Son's Secret

Scot 2022-03-22 09:02:25

I watched this film because of Robin Williams, and because of Bob Goldthwaite, who was good at playing big adventures in comedy. The movie is not bad. Even if the structure is deliberately created with twists and turns, the overall narrative context is still clear enough.

The stream of consciousness is occasionally added to join in the fun, and it can be considered a small embellishment. After all, in some hot foul language and vivid life background, we need to find some windows that correspond to death, poetry, confession, and education.

Before Lance's son Kyle died, I liked the dialogue between father and son full of contradictions and gunpowder. It can also be said that I think the most exciting part of the whole show is before Kyle is still alive.

The way Kyle treats his father is defined by conventional rules, that is, it is treason. But as a father, Lance can endure and educate Kyle in a variety of soft and hard ways, which is also a manifestation of the father's love for the world. But there is a problem that must be faced. The "generation gap" between parents and children cannot be dissolved. Teenagers commit suicide. When this issue is discussed, the first thing to find out is the "social family".

The cuteness of this film is also here, without the kind of preaching. Everything starts with the child not teaching, the father's fault, the child's physical and mental health, and the beautiful "hypothesis". In the film, the character characteristics of the father and son are not rigid and fixed, and there is a vague feeling.

The way Lance treats his son, from the beginning to the end, there is no need to doubt his love for his son. All the guilt comes from the lack of communication and the lack of understanding of the son's remorse when the son exists. But what is certain is that Kyle is a child whose IQ is not high enough, but has his own ideas, but has nowhere to stretch, and is extremely lonely. In fact, people are like this, no one is perfect, can an Einstein be produced in hundreds of years? As everyone knows, Einstein has also suffered from ignorance and slander.

I like Lance's self-disclosure before the opening. It's not easy to be a writer with both fame and fortune. Like Mr. Mike, an article can be published in the New Yorker magazine, while Lance can only throw his handwritten manuscripts in the trash. Luckily, sometimes it's so important, that talented people are likely to fall into the word in their lifetime. Fortunately, Lance still had a bit of luck. In order to cover up his son's accidental death during masturbation, and to give his son a fair treatment and a good image for his son, he began to write about his son in his own writing and in his own words. suicide diary.

In the last few dozen minutes, although I felt a little tricked, I could still feel the depth. Lance rescued himself from his grief, and mocked all the hypocritical people and things on campus with harsh truths. Miss Reed has re-entered Mr. Mike's arms. She is the biggest irony. Playing on a seesaw alone is doomed to be lonely.

Lance and the neighbor's wife, plus Kyle's good friend, sit and watch a zombie movie together. The picture is warm. This is a harmonious family of three. Although they come from different families, they can truly communicate with each other in order to truly give back to each other's care and love.

PS: Forgot to mention, there is also an important character in this movie, Bruce Hornbys, it is not too much to say that this movie is his music movie.

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  • Andrew: I think they're doing it.

    Kyle: What? You think that they're fucking? Andrew, Andrew, you have to understand that fucking pussy's virgin shit, alright?

  • Lance Clayton: I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is ending up with people who make you feel all alone.