When watching a movie,
Many barrages have been pity for Dave, saying that he had a miserable life.
It's too subjective.
Objectively speaking, the unfortunate childhood experience was not his fault. He should have cherished his life even more if he was lucky enough to escape, but that was not the key to his unhappiness in life.
The key to his unhappiness in life is his character and choices.
On the night of the accident, he lied to his wife and didn't tell the truth, which caused his wife's unease and suspicion. Didn't he bring it on himself? Because of childhood shadows, he didn't trust his wife. He? He is really sick.
Then he was questioned by the police, his childhood friend, and he still lied, reported the time of his arrival home, and provided false testimony when the police investigated the case. Do you understand that it affects the investigation? To some extent, Dave's lying to cover up the truth affected the arrest of the real murderer. What may cause more tragedies, Dave is not the real murderer, but he who opened his mouth to lie to interfere with the investigation makes him as hateful as the real murderer.
In the end, Jimmy asked him if he did it. He was still emphasizing the shadow of his childhood. Maybe in his world, the misfortune he suffered in his childhood was something he could use as an excuse for the rest of his life. The whole world owed him, childhood. The misfortune is beyond his control, but his subsequent misfortunes are all his own choice.
Before he died, he didn't tell the truth, confessed to death, lied many times, and provided false testimony to interfere with the investigation. It's all because of his childhood friends who don't trust him, and it's all because of passers-by who don't trust him.
To tell the truth early, wouldn't it be enough to tell the truth to the wife and the police at the beginning?
See, his subsequent misfortune was his own choice.
Dave also keeps making his childhood friends feel guilty about his childhood misfortunes. It's the people who make Dave unfortunate, not his friends, right?
Although Dave is an adult, he has never considered his wife and son. All he has in mind is the shadow of his childhood. He even wants his childhood friends to feel guilty for his misfortune all his life. When such a person encounters misfortune, who is by his side Whoever is unlucky will be like that for the rest of their lives.
Judging from Dave's character, even if he didn't suffer misfortune, he wouldn't be a good person.
The childhood friend felt guilty, and Dave felt that it was not enough. In the case of the murder of the childhood friend's daughter, what kind of mentality did he lie to interfere with the investigation.
If the theme of the movie expresses the unfortunate childhood of BT, then it makes sense.
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