There is a plot in this film. David talks to Cheech in the pub. For the first time, he completely knows Cheech's screenwriting talent, and he is shocked and regretted saying something like, why do you waste your talent and don't become a screenwriter? On the way, I believe that many viewers have the same idea as David, but Cheech just smiled and said that he does not need this at all. From his tone, I can't see his talent being wasted. Maybe many people think that he is using calm to cover up, but I think that, to a certain extent, maybe he really doesn't feel much pity.
In the past, I sometimes thought the phrase "genius is lonely" was hypocritical, and I wondered why many people who achieved great things didn't seem so happy.
But then I gradually realized that you are lonely when what you say is correct but most people around you don't understand you, and when most of them use "everyone thinks this way" in order to appear correct , you're the weird one if you don't And maybe many geniuses have lived like this all their lives, enduring the arrogant mediocrity of ordinary people. (Alan Turing is a happy 100 years old.)
And many people who have achieved great achievements, if you read their biographies a little, you can probably see similar to the difficulty of starting, the incomprehension of the people around them, the pressure from all aspects, Hardship, betrayal and betrayal along the way. (If it doesn't, then that person is either someone who likes to hide or a nouveau riche). If you have experienced this, it is also possible to feel that there is nothing to be happy about when facing your achievements. Therefore, in "The Social Network", Mark stared calmly at the screen showing the huge number of clicks, without the slightest excitement. In "Nikita", NIkita didn't feel at all relaxed after watching Percy fall.
So I probably understand why cheech doesn't feel sorry for his wasted talent. Maybe in the environment he lives in, this talent has no meaning at all other than being laughed at by his accomplices, and maybe compared to writing scripts professionally, he I prefer my current life.
And david, I don't think he's qualified to have this kind of talent, he's always wanted to be famous, and he doesn't see how much power he has. I wonder how long he will stay with his girlfriend after he suddenly comes back to her, he always needs to do something to support his life, and writing the script seems to be his only ability, he is not a stubborn and uncompromising person , In the face of the difficulties of life and the call of the entertainment industry in the future, I don't think he has enough determination to choose the former.
Maybe everyone has the right to despise and squander what they have. Except for some can and hypocritical showing off, they should have their own reasons. What really belongs to you may be what you can face calmly.
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