"It's better to start again" is reminiscent of the phrase He Baorong often said in "Happy Together", "Lai Yaohui, it's better to start from scratch." Of course, these are two unmatched movies. One is Wong Kar-wai's homosexual love. Movies, one is an American-style youth inspirational biographical movie. It tells the story of a boy growing up. Toby was left behind by his mother who "courage is far better than common sense", and his mother found a new home. And he didn't feel warm because of having a stepfather, but because of his stepfather's unreasonable suppression and hatred, he wanted to take his mother to leave Comfort Ford and start a new life. Such a story of growing up, everyone wants to escape from life, but not many escape successfully.
This movie is undoubtedly likable, and it makes us involuntarily think back to our distant youth. At that time, did we play truant, smoke, fight, do all the bad things, laugh at others, be self-righteous, and at the same time complain of inferiority, hate the muddle-headed self, but don't know why we did such a thing. As stated in "Days Related to Youth", it was a period of youth that was so self-righteous and so embarrassed, with laughter and tears, vigor and decadence, sweetness and absurdity, confidence and confusion, we are sensitive, we Paranoia, we are stubborn to the end pretending to be strong, we easily hurt others and are easily hurt by others.
In the movie, Toby complained to his mother, "If you really care about me, you shouldn't divorce your dad", but he regretted it immediately after saying it. He knew that was not the truth. In the film narration, Leonardo’s young and slightly apologetic voice tells the truth that every teenager hides in his heart, "Sometimes I just want to blame someone, and she is the only relative by my side." When we were still young and young. When I was a teenager, we had never experienced anything. We were too confused, too careful, and too rampant and too stubborn. We are eager to put aside responsibilities and like to blame others. At that time, everyone around us was someone who loved us without asking for anything in return.
Everyone will have their own growth story, but not everyone has the same growth as Toby. Stepfather Dwight suppressed and hated him, and completely vented the pressure of life on him. He began to resist, but found that his resistance had put his mother in a dilemma and put their stable life at risk. The group of decadent young people in Comfort Town have their own dreams. They want to drive a luxury car, become an electrician, and change themselves. Everyone wants to escape from life, but no one dares to fight. Say "It's better to start again" by myself. Only Toby and the sissy Arthur, they endured everything in the town of Comfort, reminding themselves not to become people they hate, start over, and leave. One became a successful businessman, and one became a professor of literature.
When Toby and his mother rushed out of the old house that was like a shadow of life, Dwight's frustrated roaring voice was forgotten by them. Dreaming of this moment for so many years, when it suddenly came, it passed by. You have to stretch out your hands to seize the flame of opportunity, or you will miss it forever. After enduring for so long, they finally seized the opportunity, left, and never looked back.
As for Dwight, the nominal protagonist, in the end, despairing and pretending to be innocent, asked if anyone was thinking about Dwight and clamoring for people to remember him. He is a poor man, a disappointing and hopeless little man. And for this effect, we must thank Robert De Niro.
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