The story takes place in the United States in the 1990s and begins with the inner monologue of the protagonist Jim. Jim and three other basketball teammates run wild on the streets of New York. They are youthful, rebellious, energetic, and wanton. Skipping classes, playing pranks, stealing and even taking drugs, staring at the name of youth and fearlessness, doing all the bad things you can do in adolescence.
Jim and his friends, who love basketball and writing, had a bright future, but in the rigid Catholic school education, the lack of communication with parents and elders, the chaotic neighborhood, the instigation of bad friends, the bad lure of social people and other factors. Under the influence of , they gradually degenerate, step by step to the brink of crime, and finally fall into the endless abyss.
There are a few moments that make a deep impression on the film.
1. My friend Bob died of illness. Despite being rebellious and indulgent, Jim always treats his friends with sincerity and sincerity. Before the basketball game, he mobilized his teammates to sign Bob's signature on the hospital bed, took him away from the dull hospital and went to the block to experience daily life. The coolest person.
Second, the robbery of the supermarket. After being expelled from school, Jim and others live in no fixed place. They rob the supermarket to satisfy their drug addiction. When the police come, Mickey hurts Pedral so as not to drag himself down. Jim kept shouting his name and couldn't bear to leave him until he was killed by Mickey. drag away.
3. A diary that never leaves the body anytime, anywhere. What's striking is the diary that Jim carries with him wherever he goes, even when he's expelled from school, run away from home, on the street, or even delirious. He loves writing. Hanging out, taking drugs, ignorant sexual consciousness, desire for growth, confusion about youth and future are all his writing content.
4. When you see old friends on TV, your eyes are bright. When he was desperate to get drugs, Jim saw his former friend Nutral in the basketball game broadcast on TV. The friends who used to hang out together have entered the National High School League and are waiting for the good news of the scholarship. Mickey lamented that they could all be After participating in the league, he said who cares. This is the difference between Jim and him. At this time, he frowned, his smoking gesture was stagnant, and his eyes were shining.
5. The mother's hand holding the banknotes and the son crying and begging outside the door. Jim was addicted to drugs and desperate. He went home and asked his mother for help. The mother and son were separated by a door with iron chains. . I need some money really bad." "I' ll do anyting, I' be a good boy." Jim's piercing cries were heart-wrenching pain. He was still a child, a child who fell into the abyss.
Just imagine, if there is no instigation and temptation by bad people, Jim and his friends will not be infected with drugs, nor will they rob and commit crimes, become addicted to drugs, and in the end they will not fall into the dark abyss.
Fortunately, at the end of the film, Jim was released from drug addiction and returned home. And the former friends all ended up in a bleak ending, which can't help but be embarrassing. On the other hand, in the real society of mixed good and bad, all kinds of dangerous temptations are surging under the tide of society, and the education and care of young people, the strengthening of social security, and the struggle against the dark forces are all worthy of our deep consideration.
It is worth mentioning that the starring Leonardo's interpretation of Jim in the film is very good, full of emotions, and precise in details such as psychological expression, which successfully drives the audience's emotions. At that time, Xiao Lizi was only 20 years old, and his acting skills were amazing.
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