It was sad to see the end. Gary misses the happy times of bar hopping with friends when he was young, and wants to invite friends to reunite again after 20 years to fill the regret of not sticking to the last bar 20 years ago. It's a pity that it was difficult to implement. First of all, when inviting friends, there were all kinds of shirk. Gary King worked hard to persuade everyone to show up with his clever tongue. Later, when everyone got together, Gary kept trying to keep his friends young: playing songs they recorded together when they were young, discussing embarrassing things, saying secret words between friends, jumping over guardrails, ringing someone's doorbell and running away, But friends are no longer interested in these, what do they think Gary's behavior is? Is immature, is rude.
The 20 years have made everyone change, mature and "perfect". The town has changed, the tavern has no personality, and it has been commercialized by the chain; the people have changed, the age has increased, and the mentality is no longer young, and the original can no longer be found. The mood of the protagonist Gary is the only thing that has not changed in the town. He is still yearning for high-spiritedness, youthfulness, and naughty troubles. Although the friends sat together, the atmosphere and liveliness of the year were no longer there.
He actually knew this in his own heart, but he didn't intend to face reality. After being accused by his friends, he chose to deceive himself and started his own imagination. In the movie, after the third bar, he entered the story of "drinking 12 bars" in his imagination, because Gary was mentally unclear and was a patient. Well, the following plot is based on Gary's imagination and will not be discussed. Like Andy asked, "Gary, if you've never been sober, how do you know you're drunk?", Gary replied, "I don't want to be sober." It's too painful to wake up, the protagonist can't accomplish anything when he reaches middle age, his friends are all there, but things are different. Coupled with their own spiritual problems, they are even more reluctant to face reality.
People live in the world by being strong and courageous. Times are changing, and some people will be immersed in the glory of the past and cannot face the present. Or immersed in the pain of the past, unable to go to the present. Neither of these two types of people are free. I believe that the best state is to spend the least time thinking about the past, spend the most energy living in the present, and spend some time looking forward to the future. So how do you deal with people who are immersed in the past? Never criticize them for not being comfortable with them, like the friends in the movie do, and they will be hurt. Treat them with encouragement and tolerance.
I guess: the original intention of the movie is to miss the past, the era when you could drink Taiwanese wine and the unrestrained and indulgent youth when you were young.
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