Very depressing film, with a sense of powerlessness and suffocation

Joy 2022-04-20 09:01:27

I watched it many times, but I put it on hold at the beginning, and I finished it in one breath today. Feeling repressed, fleeing in the face of death, until death. I read one person's comment: Vigo has no armor and holy sword. Like a victim, the only motivation for struggling on the road is to protect his son. Regarding the final outcome, whether the boy was deceived or was taken in by a good-hearted person is a matter of opinion. This is the same as whether the top of the Inception space has stopped in the end. Everyone has their own answer. The man with the gun has no thumb, and he can't hold the shotgun. The close-up of him, in my opinion, implies that he is essentially good-willed, and holds a gun for self-protection. In my world, the boy met a good person, and he had support.

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The Road quotes

  • [first lines]

    Wife: What's happening? Why are you taking a bath?

    The Man: I'm not.

  • The Man: [gleefully to boy] What do you want for breakfast?