dog town

Colt 2022-04-23 07:01:46

The clips of the movie flashed back to my mind. I have a lot to say. Can poverty be evil? Or are people born evil? Do you have the power to decide the life and death of others? Grace grew up in a mafia family, why did she not directly blacken but instead have a critical brain, able to see life from another angle? And 4/5 of the whole movie, Grace really has a heart of gold. So much so that it's a little too much. Of course, you will understand later that she actually saves others by herself, and believes that everyone's moral standards are the same as hers. In fact, everyone is demanding Bill with their own moral standards, but we do not have the great and compassionate hearts of grace.
Compared to her, we are all part of Dogtown, and only she is God.
The content of this part is similar to Cheng Xin's. In fact, they all just look at the world with their own moral standards. But the reason why they are so wrong is because there is no morality in this world and the entire universe. In fact, who can't see through who, just didn't say it. Cheng Xin's dog town is too big, and she doesn't have a father to end her, but Grace does. That's the difference.
Seeing the back, after Grace figured out the whole thing, she felt a sense of pleasure when she killed Zhen. I know it's fake, they're all just actors, but it still feels that way. But, do people really have the right to decide the life and death of others or the right or wrong of others? Everyone is an independent individual with an independent mind. Their actions are all out of this, why should someone decide the life and death of others? But thinking about it is relieved. This is the same as primitive society, if you have a fist, you can. In modern society, human beings think that they have approved a layer of civilization, but they have only turned their fists into power. So, neither grace nor Dogtown is wrong. They just used their power. Dogtown people used the right to use grace, and grace used the gun. How is it different from a tiger eating a man? Probably the only thing that is wrong is that there are still people who believe in human nature...

Can poverty make evil? is it not OK? In fact, it is possible to be rich or poor. It's just that you take advantage of your ability to do evil, and others will use other rights to deal with you. Weigh the pros and cons before doing it. I remember there is a saying that there is no right or wrong for adults, only pros and cons. It couldn't be more right. Perhaps this trade-off of pros and cons has become so-called morality, and further into law.

However, when I saw Grace being raped, I couldn't help but think, if she were a man, would anyone dare to do this? No, such a noble and tall man, no one dares to bully him. So, women are always seen as weak in this world. The director's choice of a female protagonist may not have realized it at all...but it's true. In fact, women are not without aggression, and the ending also proves this. Don't mess with women is not meant to be a warning. But because those who provoke women dare not provoke men.

The director was so tactful and put the scene on a big stage so that the audience and actors would not be distracted by the outside set and instead focus more on the story itself. And the story has nothing to do with the setting.

I want to say too much, it's a bit incoherent, there are too many typos, and I don't want to sort it out. The purpose is just to talk, the goal is achieved.

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  • April 2022-04-24 07:01:05

    8.5 Chapter-style movies in the form of stage plays. Although the duration is nearly 3 hours, the narration is surprisingly compact, and even the narration is constantly used to help the audience understand the plot; the conception is relatively sophisticated, but there are some incomprehensible places in terms of common sense. The ending is wonderful, Grace left Dogtown, but the outside world is not "Dogtown". The disgusting is not the place, but the people; the irony is that Chuck also ran out of the city, but was the first to commit atrocities. Lars Von Trier does have a powder-absorbing and powder-sifting halo to some extent. Then Nicole Kidman's temperament is not very suitable for this role.

Dogville quotes

  • [after being left the "last man standing"]

    Tom: Bingo, Grace, bingo. I have to tell you, your illustration, it beat the hell out of mine. It's frightening, yes, but so clear. Do you think I can allow myself to use it as a inspiration in my writing?

  • Tom: I think if Dogville had any significant symbolic meaning it wouldn't have an ordinary name like Dogville.