Talent has always been the gift that you and I have expected to come to us. We always hope that we can dig out a special talent and understanding in a certain area, thinking that as long as we awaken even one talent, we can be invincible. We may hope to live a prosperous life with great wealth and honor, and be surrounded by the world by virtue of our indomitable talents. But do real geniuses really embrace our so-called future as we ideally believe?
Birth of a Genius
"Heaven will assign great responsibilities to the people of this country, and they must first suffer their will, labor their muscles and bones, and starve their bodies and skin." The birth of this genius is indeed unfortunate. After being abandoned by the family of origin, he was still abused in the three foster families that followed. At the end of his adulthood, he had no choice but to escape, and with his unparalleled talent, he went to the society to do the lowest level of work. The description of Will's life experience in the film is placed on the dark line. Although it does not show all of his previous experiences straight to the point, it can be seen from his residence, his occupation, and his friends watching football games and fights. The life experience of a genius must be tragic, because the characteristics of these various troubled teenagers are in conflict with his talent, and there is no normal family that cannot find such a talent until the child reaches adulthood. So it can only be that he has no family, or at least, the family relationship is extremely bad. Every genius is a gift given to mankind by God, but it seems extremely unfair to the genius itself. He may not want to be a genius, nor does he want to be a gift to mankind, but he cannot decide his birth, even , sometimes God is so stingy that even a decent family can't give him alms. Will, is such an unfortunate lucky one.
A group of "fox friends"
It is said that things gather together and people are divided into groups. What kind of friends you have will affect what kind of habits and what kind of values a person has. So what should a genius friend look like? It's not associated with alcoholism, girl-hunting, drag racing, and construction sites anyway. But Will got into a ball with these people, not only full of foul language, but also irritable and impulsive. When he saw the person who bullied the child before, he couldn't help but say that if he rushed up with his brother, it was a violent beating. The police didn't stop until the police came. uniform. But it is this group of "fool friends" who accompany Will in the society, working together during the day, and drinking in bars in their spare time at night. And it is this simple and difficult life that has become Will's only appeal to live. In the movie, Will's friend Chuck is portrayed more, and he is also a representative of that group of good brothers. He drives to pick up his friends to work every day. Will's itinerary is always inseparable from him. It seems that he is Will's inseparable "soul" friend, but when the psychiatrist asked him about a friend who could really touch his soul, he said Shakespeare and other "old-fashioned" friends. The great man, it can be seen that Will is still lonely and closed deep in his heart, and no one in the real world can really understand what he needs, and no one can truly empathize with him. Genius, for us A world of difference.
two bole
There are also two key characters in the film, one is math professor Rambo and the other is psychological tutor Sean. One who loves talent and one who cherishes talent. Rambo discovers Will's talent and bails him out of the judge, hoping to nurture him into a useful person for society by focusing on him. Sean was the mentor that Rambo invited to help Will overcome psychological problems, but his expectation for Will was not what important career he would take in his later life, but to really help this genius find the way to life. direction. From this, it can be seen that the starting points of the two mentors are contradictory, and this is just a reflection of the contradiction between the two mentors. Back then, Sean didn't attend that class reunion because he couldn't bear to show off Lambo's attitude after winning the mathematics prize. But Rambo thinks it's the jealousy of his old classmates for his achievements. As a result, the relationship between the two old classmates has been very awkward. It was not until the appearance of Will this time that Lanbo finally put down his face and asked Shann to come out in person. The two teachers in the movie undoubtedly had a profound impact on Will's life, but this also created the biggest controversy in the whole movie. Did the appearance of the two teachers really make this genius better?
dazzling rose
There is also an important character in this movie, but it appears in the middle of the movie, and the scene is not long, but her influence on Will cannot be underestimated, that is, he hooked up with his good brother in the Harvard bar A girl who arrived - Skylar. He thought that this time his girlfriend could be different and more affectionate. However, his aura of genius was always lingering, and he didn't want his girlfriend to know his true life experience. In the future, Will chose to repeat the same mistakes and choose to escape in the face of the unknown. Although he was reluctant to give up, even though he really loved it, he still threw down this rose in grief. She was so dazzling, gorgeous and dazzling. So far, several key characters in the movie have been gathered. This game, no matter how you look at it, is the road to salvation for Will. It is also commonly known as a typical example of inspirational films. A group of people redeems one person, but is this really a redemption for Will? After sorting out the plot, it can be found that Will is a gifted boy who had a bad family of origin and was subjected to domestic violence by foster families three times. Although he has not received enough education, with his extraordinary talent, it can be said that he taught himself in the public library. It's a book of poetry. He does the lowest job, has a group of loyal but equally gangster brothers, and lives a "regular" gangster life. Although he has brothers, he is still very lonely in his heart, no one can have enough intelligence to understand his world, and he is gradually doing as the locals do, not wanting to be alienated by those around him because of his talent, so he only interacts with Books and heart-to-heart conversations with those ancient and wise and equally lonely great men. From this, it can be seen that what Will lacks the most is understanding, and a partner who can exchange souls. He has also had girlfriends, but the same is only on the body at most. But a little bit of alcohol and a game of football every day of life will satisfy him. So it can be said that although his life is casual and perfunctory, all he really cares about is having a soul that understands him. That was what he had been lacking since his birth, the most primitive and most basic desire. Man, what is intolerable is loneliness through the marrow.
Now let’s look at math professor Lan Bo. He is a prestigious professor who has won awards, is an excellent teacher in the school, and is a true mathematician who does research and educates people. When he found Will, he not only released him on bail immediately, but also took the initiative to arrange for him to find someone for psychological counseling. The only requirement was to discuss math problems with him and go to psychological counseling on time. The reason is just to solve his rebellious psychology so as to take the initiative to be good, and then become a better talent than him. He even did not hesitate to find a college classmate who had a holiday, Sean. But did the seemingly painstaking Professor Lambo really consider it from Will's point of view? He just wants him to be talented so that Will's talent doesn't have to be squandered. This is when Will burns the formula he solved and walks out the door, and Rambo said sadly: I really wish I never met you, so I don't have to watch you ruin your talent. It can be seen from this sentence that Professor Lambo cares about Will's talent from beginning to end. As I said at the beginning, genius is a gift that is forced to be packaged and given to human beings, and he is more distressed by Will's. Talents are not put to good use. As for Will's background, and what Will wants, he doesn't really care.
And what about Sean? Entrusted by Rambo to do psychological counseling for Will, he may not have cared about it at first, but he gradually discovered Will's uniqueness and his real loneliness and confusion during the counseling process. That's why he asked him: "Do you have a real friend? The kind of person who can touch your soul" Sean knew very well that he didn't, so he was giving him a hint and putting pressure on him to stop using himself The reason for him to numb himself is to get him out of the bitter sea of emptiness and loneliness, and to accept the imperfect self of this genius, so that he can truly empathize with the world. A genius can also not be alone. In the movie, Sean has known Will since the night he was injured by Will. He is deliberately using his sharp sword of talent to alienate others because he has not been treated well. He only uses emptiness to protect himself. Since the night of the hangover, Sean has turned his back on Will, questioned him, tortured him everywhere, and every sentence hit Will's real pain point. He has never traveled, experienced war, never Have true love, not even a soul's best friend. Frustrated everywhere, in the end Sean finally broke the empty shell, the sword fell, and Will finally accepted himself. I think this is also the meaning of the name of this movie, Soul Catcher, the word "catch" is a series of beatings on Will's soul, even if Sean captures Will's true soul, Will finally captures it. true self.
But this is not the whole story, Will's friend Chuck is also the weaver of the net, and what he really reveals is the conversation at the construction site at the end of the whole story. Chuck said: "Even if it's fifty years after I opened my eyes the next day, and I'm still doing this kind of work on the construction site, I don't think it matters, but you are different, you have the talent we can't ask for, like winning fifty million I don't dare to cash out the lottery tickets, it's very fucked" and "I am very happy to drive to pick you up every day, but my happiness is only a few seconds, that is, walking from your garage to your door, I hope I knock No one responded at the door, nothing left, just left" These words were precise, and they were whipped on Will's heart. Chuck was his best buddy, and even his best buddy wanted to He knows his talent enough, what else can he say to refute it? So later he went to find a job, the one recommended by Lambo.
When Will finally completed the psychological counseling and finally found a serious job, and Sean reconciled with his old classmate Rambo, everything in the story was a happy ending, and Will finally had the courage to pursue his love. Kayla. When Chuck knocked on the door again, he had also left silently, just as Chuck expected, leaving nothing behind. When the car that was his birthday present was running on the spacious road, I felt a little desolate.
Is this the path of genius, is this his destination, a destination as a gift to mankind? A genius's life is also destined to not be ordinary. I don't know, does he really like that job, I don't know. However, he may rarely have the opportunity to get drunk in bars in the future, and rarely have the opportunity to run amok on the road with his friends in the middle of the night. Meetings and research reports may be the whole of his day. Maybe as he said, those The results may be used in the military or in other. Will there be new wars, new technologies for listening. I don't know, he no longer belongs to himself, but a human being, or a country, or from the moment he was born, life has abandoned him. He found himself, did he find it?
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