Before watching the film, I thought that the road to return is more about the coach's return to the basketball court, but in fact, the metaphorical return is to find himself again.
The protagonist and his wife originally had a beautiful marriage, but the son had a tumor and eventually lost his life after long-term chemotherapy. From then on, the protagonist began to get drunk and became emotionally unstable, which eventually led the marriage to move towards The end.
He does some part-time jobs every day, and after work, he goes to the bar in town to get drunk, day after day, unchanged. One day he was found in the high school where he used to go to, and wanted him to be the head coach of the school's basketball team. Originally, he wanted to refuse, but in the end he chose to accept this important task.
So many times, some people have some kind of talent. When they are faced with choices, the worldly rules or artificial obstacles can't stop him from moving forward. And since the protagonist entered this school, the team that hasn't won in 25 years even reached the state (to be confirmed) finals.
For an unremarkable team, what made it achieve a historic victory in a short period of time; this is still very curious, but from the perspective of the plot, it actually lies in the values that the coach instilled in the players. .
What values? You are bloody when you are on the court. You are not trying to be gentle and fair. If it is a competition, there will be winners and losers. If you win, you will be the king. If you lose, don't think about doing some celebration dances.....The second thing is discipline.
Why is a player kicked out by the coach just four minutes late? Because in the basketball court, even if there is only one second left, sometimes it will determine the victory. If these students did not take into account that their own habits might ruin their future in the future, then the price they have to pay in the end must be Chanyeol. Fortunately, they met this coach, and this coach happened to care more about their future, otherwise he would not go to the student's home to let his father pay attention to the children's interests.
It is inevitable to talk about education here. In fact, I have also learned about education in the United States, and I have also stayed in the United States for a while. My personal understanding is that it has many problems, but the good thing about education in the United States is that, It is indeed to a certain extent, especially the release of the child’s nature is better than what we have to do. Our current education is almost focused on cultural courses, and everything else is secondary. I just heard from my niece that they don’t even have a physical education class now. It's really regrettable to think about it. Let these children's physical conditions aside for the time being, can a school that has canceled physical education classes cultivate so-called sports talents? It's just kidding.
For the coach, returning to his home court is like life on the right track. But he was always reluctant to face his past self, and he couldn't let go. He saw his friend's child enter the intensive care unit, and he thought of his child, but he had no courage to face it all. He escaped for many years and still couldn't face it. It wasn't until the school expelled him that he seemed to realize that he would really destroy himself if he continued.
In his extremely difficult time, his family still did not give up on him. Therefore, American movies always return to a theme most of the time: family is always your strongest backing. This is a bit more grounded than the fact that most of our movies finally return to the collective. Because in the final analysis, we are all ordinary people in the end. In this world, the only ones who can accompany us through our lives will eventually be our own family.
Finally, I wish you all don’t give up when facing the adversity of life. Although this sentence is particularly easy to say, when we are really faced with some difficulties, in fact, we are particularly vulnerable to being overwhelmed by the reality. So treat your family well, because even if you are crushed by the cruelty of life, your family will never abandon you.
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