This is actually a psychological film not a sci-fi film

Malachi 2022-04-23 07:01:29

I watched this film very carefully, I watched every line and every scene attentively, because it is said to be a brain-burning film, and it is also a sci-fi film with pure lines. It has high requirements for the screenwriter and details. . The whole movie looks pretty good, but I really didn't say I like it very much, at least it didn't produce a feeling like the night when the comet came. I feel that science fiction movies can still be made like this.

When I watched it, I changed my mind many times, from first believing that he was from outer space, and seeing how it developed, to indeed from various indications that he really came from outer space, and then maybe he was just a mental patient's self-justification, In the end, it doesn't matter, it's just a clever design by the screenwriter, so that people who think he is mentally ill can find all kinds of clues, and people who think that he is an alien can also find all kinds of support, whatever they say, Just like Inception, you never know which one is real, and maybe it's just a dream. But it's true that this movie didn't leave me too much space for thinking about the future or outer space. His focus is more on spiritual therapy and psychology, so I think it is more like the psychology of people's inner redemption Movies, not science fiction. On the other hand, since he doesn't have too many whimsy and sci-fi scenes, and it doesn't seem to be too observable, overall, I would think that the screenwriter is excellent, but this movie did not leave me very deep impression.

The details seem to be more suitable to discuss with others than to write them here, but let's try to perfect them. This is really a movie about self-growth and self-redemption. Everyone wants to help others, but in the process, they slowly discover their true self and reconcile with themselves. The doctor finally chose to take the initiative to communicate with his son. After the victim of paranoia died once, he found that there is nothing more terrifying and certain in the world than death. And this main line in Port has buried a lot of foreshadowing, from I have a friend, to the fact that I am him, to although my body is him, but my soul is not him. Many people have been wondering whether he is a liar or not, and why he left on this day of five years, but I don’t think it’s really a problem. It’s like setting a deadline for myself. On this day, I decided to leave. Now, I can't help him live forever; or until this day, the other one in my brain doesn't want to live anymore, and I decide to choose brain death to choose to give up living. There are many such very specific things in the film, but you find that you can explain the small details in both of them, which shows the ingenious conception and meticulous care of the screenwriter. In any case, in the final analysis, there is another thought in his body, but you don't know whether this thought came from the split of his original thought, or whether it really came from the sojourn of his friend on an alien planet. But if I say this, I will tend to think that he is from the split of the original thought, because indeed this thought has a lot of wisdom before him (the knowledge of celestial bodies is very good) (now many people with schizophrenia have been found in it A divided mind has a very high IQ, or a picturesque picture is very artistic), and at the same time removes what it does not like, he no longer likes family, and no longer needs to be bound by it (he He had talked about how miserable he was, having a girlfriend, accidentally having kids, and being forced to live the same life as his father, he was disappointed), he found that killing the perpetrator didn't make him less miserable A point, so now he is more inclined to think that tit-for-tat is the stupidest way in the universe, and the views of the world he shows in the film are exactly the opposite of the previous life he hated. Isn't such an ideal idea born out of the schizophrenia of a person who hates himself, hates the world, and can no longer live? Maybe before this, this little thought was more like another thought that appeared when a person was in pain and frustration, but when his superficial thought felt that he could no longer live, he The deep thoughts gradually awakened and took over the dominant position. Just like this movie

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  • Dr. Mark Powell: Well, let's hope extraterrestrials qualify for Medicaid.

  • Dr. Mark Powell: You know, maybe what's wrong with him is that he is.

    Claudia Villars: Is what?

    Dr. Mark Powell: From the planet K-PAX.