We all lose our 21 grams

Eldora 2022-04-21 09:01:33

How many lives do we have?

How many times can we die?

They say we lose 21 grams the moment we die, everyone.

How much is deposited in these 21 grams?

How many have disappeared?

When did we lose those 21 grams?

How many go away with them?

How much did you get?

How much did you get?

21 grams, a small pile of five-cent coins, the weight of a hummingbird, a small piece of chocolate, how much does 21 grams weigh?



21 Grams is a movie about redemption.

The three families each have their own helplessness and happiness. In an accident, all three families were changed and linked together.

The structure of this film is very interesting, as if the director deliberately disrupted the so-called chronological order, and randomly inserted and played every small segment of the event within the range that we can accept.

Therefore, within five minutes of the beginning of the film, the director changed the ending to us, and we saw this scene again at the end of the film. The difference is that the scene at the beginning is followed by a scene of countless birds flying out, while the place at the end becomes the same place and the same background. The countless birds return to their nests like fallen leaves.

These are the two pictures that impressed me a lot!



In fact, I always think Sean Penn's character is very strange: for the redemption of his soul, he would not hesitate to hurt the woman who has always taken care of him and loved him, and he has no turning back, as if he is still righteous.

But he was also sad. He was sitting there naked, smoking a cigarette, silently watching the sleeping heroine. The image also appeared twice.

All the people inside were venting, but he was the only one who always seemed to be so sullen, silent, but his eyes were full of sorrow.



And Benicio. De Toro's Jack is the man most tortured for redemption.

He was the one who made the accident, he turned himself in, he tried to kill himself, he scraped off the tattoo on his arm with a knife, he held the altar and wept bitterly, he went into self-imposed exile, he went from being the most devout Christian to blasphemous , he begged Sean Penn to kill himself.

But none of this lessened his pain.

He was still deeply enveloped in guilt, until Christina turned her head slightly and looked at him in forgiveness, while he himself flickered without escaping.

Only then did he realize that he still had a family that he needed to take care of, a wife who loved him and two lovely children. This was the real salvation.



Christina said to her comforting father: Do you know what I thought when my mother died? I don't understand, how can you talk to people like you normally do, how can you smile like you normally do, how can you still play with us? And now I understand that it was just a lie - life does not just go on!

So she had to rely on drugs to numb herself as before.

And Sean Penn's death and Jack's self-torture finally made Christina realize that she had to free herself and face all suffering and pain. My father was right - life goes on!

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21 Grams quotes

  • [from trailer]

    Paul Rivers: They say we all lose 21 grams... who will be next?

  • Paul Rivers: We've been a fraud for a long time, Mary.