It has been heard for a long time that "Human Ghost Love" is a romantic movie, and the name of the movie also implies that the theme of this movie may be the love between humans and ghosts. But after actually watching the movie, I don't think it can be regarded as a love-themed movie. Above the story line of the soulful dialogue between the male and female protagonists across life and death, there is a deeper thinking on life and human nature, which is also the moving point of this movie.
life:
This movie tells us to cherish the life we are alive. The male protagonist lost his life due to the villain's attack in the first half of the movie, and then the movie revealed to us the panic and helplessness that exists in the world as a "ghost" from the perspective of the male protagonist: unable to contact any entity, including the inability to touch Even if you touch your lover or smoker, you can't smoke the cigarette in front of you; human beings can't listen to you, no one can understand your appeal, and no one wants to believe in the cause and effect of any supernatural existence. This is a fatal blow to the male protagonist who knows his girlfriend's dangerous situation and can't take any action. It is also difficult for him to have the opportunity to say the late "I love you" to his lover. Fortunately, the editor's kindness lies in arranging Audemei, a psychic medium who is good at deception but has a good heart. She is the bridge between the male protagonist and the two worlds of yin and yang, and is also one of the important roles of this movie. Ridiculously she is the real heroine, and I will talk about it in detail later.
human nature:
When the male protagonist turned into a ghost, he gradually discovered the law of fate after death: the sinful people will go to hell, and the righteous people will go to heaven. Based on this law, this film lays out another theme line-the judgment of the good and evil of human nature.
When the holy light leading to heaven appeared in front of the male protagonist for the first time, he did not leave because of his lover's painful call. We all sweated for him, and we did not know how such a choice would affect the rules of that unknown world. whether the language is beneficial. But when the male protagonist successfully rescued his lover and the psychic who was involved in the turmoil after many challenges, the light of heaven illuminated him again, and the female protagonist could also see the last side of the male protagonist. At this moment, the audience was moved , and can feel a divine power that the director and screenwriter want to prove to the audience, perhaps the power of love, or the power of kindness, or the mercy of God, or the tolerance of fate. In short, with this power, we see a reassuring and encouraging ending: a pair of lovers who are in love with each other in God's mercy and love can see each other clearly, the male protagonist can tell the male protagonist and because of mutual help, he has already become His friend Odyssey says his final goodbyes, and he will finally find his home for his hard work, affection and integrity. At the same time, the villain, the second male, who would not hesitate to hurt friends and women for money, and his cruel accomplices were all caught in hell by evil spirits after their death for doing a lot of evil.
Here, allow me to devote a bit of space to the lovely supporting role, the psychic medium Odyssey. Although she used to make a living by cheating and cheating, and left a large number of criminal records in the police station for forging documents and documents, before the strong male lead, she never had the ability to "psychic", but her original intention was kind. She was involved in danger for the love of the hero and heroine. From the beginning of being forced to participate to the last initiative to cooperate with the hero and protect the heroine, she was even willing to hand over her body briefly to satisfy the reunion of the lovers. She was persuaded by the male lead to give up the huge sum of four million dollars and agreed to donate it to the church, so as to live her life as a medium happily... In the end, before the male lead left, the male lead solemnly paid She expressed her appreciation and gratitude that she won the respect and attention of "white people", which was a civilizational progress and gain in the 1990s when the film was filmed. The audience also loves Odemei, this ordinary person who is cute and respectable despite her exaggerated personality, under her chattering knife mouth, she is a kind and empathetic person who saves the heroine and successfully takes revenge. There is an undeniable contribution to the process. Compared to the male protagonist's good friend Carl Jinyu, who is so despicable and depraved, Odemei's appearance has indeed brought great comfort to the audience.
love?
To sum up this movie, we still need to discuss the last question, is there a deep love between the hero and heroine? Is the heroine who was almost seduced by the hero's friend really in love with the hero? The answer is yes. The male and female protagonists love each other and are attached to each other. For both sides separated by life and death, they are both reluctant and regretful. It's just that perhaps, in the long river of the world, they may not be able to treat each other unswervingly, and this is not the core theme of this movie's argument.
In the first half of the movie, the screenwriter did not spend a lot of space to pave the way for the depth of the relationship between the male and female protagonists. We can guess that they are still in a sweet love stage. Through the hint of the dialogue between the male protagonist and the psychic, we can also know that , There are many good memories between the male and female protagonists. The romantic picture of the male and female protagonists kneading clay together at 2:30 in the morning is known as a classic of sensuality. So it appeared that the male protagonist could not be relieved to leave for a long time after his death, and the female protagonist missed the scene with grief every day. This kind of deep affection for each other is enough for the time described in this movie. We don't have to ask the heroine to stop falling in love with other people after the hero leaves, and we don't have to ask the hero to stay by her side until the heroine dies. Now this just right arrangement is already a beautiful and moving story. Perhaps, the heroine is just a fragile little woman, she always needs a man to protect her, so there is no upright hero who treats each other as the only one, and the emotions they are currently showing are real. Combined with the situation in reality, we know how vulnerable feelings are and how fragile human nature is, so many people will speculate that the feelings of the heroine are not profound and pure, but how can the hero who loves him hope Seeing that she can't let go of her life and can't continue to move forward?
The last sentence the male protagonist said to the female protagonist before leaving was "It's so amazing, Molly. The love inside, take it with you." The subtitles translated it very romantically as "The true meaning of love is to die", This is very suitable for the theme of the plot of "The ghost of a person is over", but combined with the background that the male protagonist is about to leave the female protagonist forever, I think the true intention of the male protagonist should be restored here: My love is in your heart, please stay in the future. Carry it all the time. This also explains why the heroine does not need to love the hero as the public expects, the hero only needs the heroine to understand that no matter whether he is by her side or not, his love for her in this life will always be with her. This is the whole meaning of the romantic ending of Western love movies, we just need to understand and relive it carefully.
Overall, this is a film with a very tight plot and character relationships. Compared with films with broader themes like "Scent of a Woman", the film does not have too many plots and new characters. Closely revolves around the cause of the male protagonist's death - his best friend's motivation for stealing passwords to launder money, so the audience's perception is better, and the two-hour plot has always been close to the theme and characters, but the details are given to the audience. Something new and surprising. A classic is a classic, comprehensive evaluation, I think this is a very good movie, worthy of repeated aftertaste.
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