Endured the intense drowsiness for more than two hours. Let me put it this way, if I were a Christian preacher, I would definitely use this film to preach, and the results are absolutely superb. The first is its grand narrative method, which is embodied in the fragmented plot of the postmodern stream of consciousness, the ethereal and magnificent church-style orchestral chorus soundtrack, and the wide-angle lens looking up at the light source throughout the film. It has to be said that these combinations are simply a textbook-like method of Christian brainwashing. It seems that God is quite keeping pace with the times when it comes to "new things" like movies. I have no doubt that a devout believer will be moved to tears, because he can see the core of this movie, the trunk of this tree. Too bad I'm just an atheist, so I end up seeing only fallen leaves.
In addition, through this film, I suddenly realized that my new list of "Top 100 Film Critics' Favorite Films of the 21st Century" by the BBC may have two fatal flaws: overemphasis on technique and connotation, and among them Most of the films were selected by the Christian world. The result of the combination of these two factors is that the list is filled with a lot of films that discuss religion as the theme. Naturally, it is inevitably full of prejudice, subjectivity, self I was moved, which made me, a materialist who grew up under the bath of Marxism, very uncomfortable, and wasted precious time. It seems that from tomorrow onwards, it is necessary to have a general understanding of whether this movie is based on religion before watching the list. If so, skip it. After all, once the movie is contaminated by religion, it will lose its most precious share. objectivity and calmness. No two stars.
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