The beginning of the story is always beautiful, not exactly. The owner of the surf shop caught the business opportunities of the skateboarding industry, so he called these young and dangerous teenagers to lead them to practice boarding and sprint to the championship of the skateboarding competition. They practiced boarding together to squabble, molested the good women, and sneaked into the surf skateboards in the swimming pools of Dogtown. Their friendship seemed indestructible. Even if there is an impulse or even a fight between women, the hormones of teenagers always come and go fast, and they are still called brothers and sisters after quarrels and fights.
As they practiced hard, they gradually showed themselves in skateboarding competitions. People always lose themselves in desire and materiality. Due to the unruly personality of these teenagers, the surf shop owner’s skateboard was swept away in the competition, and for a time this group of poor villagers were also pushed to the forefront of the media, taking photos, pretending to be cool, and appearing in magazines. Everything became inevitable. The young people's pride and vanity swelled up to make them seem to be at the top of the world, something they had never felt before.
Before the temptation of the material world, some people are disdainful, some are lost, and some are deeply trapped in it. TONY is the most material and realistic person in the team. Under the temptation of money and beauty, he walked onto the broad road without looking back, surrounded by material, and there is no shortage of women who are tempted by the flames. STACY has always been a figure outside the team, and slowly he also established his own brand and became a sports star. In fact, after TONY's departure, the team has already dispersed. Because as they grow older, they can no longer sit back and relax in rebellion, live unscrupulously, and the helplessness of the adult world surrounds them deeply.
In this movie, JAY is the character with the most distinctive personality. In terms of skateboarding technology, his ability is not inferior to TONY and STACY, but he has always been reluctant to win the game in a conventional way, but has always insisted on his own skateboarding method. His persistence is also reflected in his treatment of fame, wealth and money. In front of the ten thousand dollars, I do not believe that he has not wavered. After his father left, he has become the pillar of the family, and he also promised to develop and make his mother live. Stable life. But he still despised the ten thousand dollars, and walked by. When he used his own unique way more than once to interpret skateboarding and refused the temptation of money again and again, I silently yelled in my heart that DAMN IT is so cool.
What's next? Life is more than just parting ways. Childhood partners will start to have gaps, and these gaps are confined to them by secular regulations. Because of the game, they met frequently, but some compared with each other and were jealous; some were so yellow, looking at their former friends with compassion or a little pride, still sloppy and sloppy. Under the support of the society, they were divided into two factions, and they did not fit in well. It's sad to see here. As if the beautiful fairy tales were torn apart in front of you, the cruel reality and the fickleness of human nature were naked in front of you.
The climax of the story lies in the fact that JAY, who insists most on his own life, shaved off a fluttering blond hair in order to make a living. Once upon a time, it was a reckless Beatles logo, flying on the bottom of the azure blue swimming pool and on the court. As he slowly shaved off his long hair, I seemed to see the youth's dreams being ripped apart, those frivolous and unruly buried in the corners of my heart, replaced by the stability and peace of adapting to the world.
Perhaps the zipper on Jay's head means that he has buried his dream deeply in his mind, and he has also grown into a robot controlled by the world, supporting his family and running around all day long.
The end of the film seems to be to make people feel better. When SID is about to die soon, the heroes of all walks of life gather again in the pool where they used to have fun, smile and regain their grievances, and return to youth with laughter. And I think that is a dream, a paradise that can’t be returned. The boys who were struggling in the world and suffering from weather and frost return to their teenage years and feel the happiness and simplicity of that time, but they all understand in their hearts. , Everything has passed.
Everything will never go back.
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