1. The scene where Sam takes Sonny and the fool to go fishing is a very important scene. Sam mentioned his youth and the girl who bet him on horseback crossing the river. The lion king Sam spent his entire life indulging in those beautiful days, muttering to himself: "Old time, old time". When he was young, Sam was very beautiful. He owned the best industry in this town and once had the best girl in this town. The times are changing too fast, and everything is right and wrong. People with a little bit of knowledge and brains all went to large places to seek development. Only the empty and dusty streets and a group of crooked children were left in the small town. Only the shabby "Royal" sign seemed to be still trying to tell. The glory of the past. The era of heroes and cowboys is long gone, and now is the world of mine bosses and coal bosses. The once beloved girl fell into the arms of the coal boss, the younger generation is imitating the fashion of the big city lamely, and many good pasts no longer exist. Sam is still here, running that outdated property. He bet on the local children's rugby team. Although they couldn't even learn to "grackle", he got the phrase "Who told you that you don't have a good hometown" from the winning coal bosses. Sam is nostalgic for this place, deeply in love with it, because of homesickness, this is a complex of inexplicable ways. He wants to do his best to continue the old times and traditions. Just like that fool, sweeping the streets in a windy day, but can never clean the dust.
2. The will of the lion king Sam is very special: he left the billiard hall to Sonny, the cafe to Jennifer, the cinema to the old Miss Moss, and one thousand dollars to the fool. You might think that this is just Sam's pure intention to help the weak, but in fact it is not. Sam's arrangement is profound. Deep down in his heart, he knew that only these four people, like him, had a deep attachment to this dilapidated small town. They would die in the small town with nostalgia and continue the old days.
3. Sonny and Dunn are the best partners who grew up in a small town, but they are two completely different people. Sam's favorite children during his lifetime were Sonny and Fool, but he was relatively indifferent to Dunn. They tasted the taste of broken love in the same girl Jessica. In the face of a broken relationship, Dunn’s choice was to “go away and fly away”, and Sonny once wanted to leave, but he was still unable to break free from the embrace of the “old woman”. The role of "old woman" here is an obvious metaphor. Isn't she exactly this dilapidated hometown? In order to maintain the billiard hall that Sam left for him, Sonny had to choose to work in the mine, but the old lion king did not look away. No matter what he went through, Sonny could not escape here. This is his hometown and his final destination.
4. Sonny and Dunn went to the cinema of the old Miss Moss to watch the last movie. The cinema was about to close because people stayed at home 24 hours a day to watch TV. Old Moss was sad, but she could do nothing. She said that if Sam was alive, there might be a way. Sonny has long been keenly aware that everything in the town has changed since Sam's death, an era is over, and a new era is coming. The truck driver killed the fool and was still wondering why the children in this town were all stupid. Sonny stayed in the arms of the "old woman", and there were repetitive, monotonous, brainwashed soap advertisements on the TV, and everything came to an abrupt end. This is the ultimate homesickness.
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