Is Watching the World a religious movie?

Nicola 2022-09-02 14:39:10

Some friends said that the play was anti-Christian, and it was confirmed by the Christian Doomsday that three and a half years later it was "raptured in disaster". I think this is a bit over-interpreted. This drama is a true drama, but it is still a drama that uses religion as a background to tell the attitude of life. In particular, the hypothesis of whether St. Wayne was God or not, including whether Kevin had written "it'sa girl" after killing a deer, implied that Christine's child was the savior. These statements are a bit too attached. In the original work, it is clearly stated that Wien is a magic stick. Not saying that in the play is obviously to sell some points for the later plot development, but if Wien is really God, the whole tone of the play will be the opposite of the original.

I think it talks about several attitudes to life. One is the attitude of the person in white-quite normal-after this kind of thing beyond the scope of human understanding, everything becomes meaningless, only this thing is the biggest. The second is the attitude represented by Nora, which is an evasive attitude. She hopes that life will still be on the same track-in fact, this is simply impossible. Wayne is not God. I think it is a cult. The reason is that he serves these escapes. The third is the attitude of Pastor Matt, who thinks this is a test. He did not evade this incident, and at the same time believed that it could be dealt with by faith. The fourth attitude is Kevin's attitude. He wants to deal with this matter with human reason. This was clearly reflected in his dialogue with Patty. He still has to live the original life, but live the original life actively.

An analogy can be made for these kinds of attitudes. For example, we are ants, and we were suddenly killed a lot. This matter is completely beyond the scope of our understanding. But if the ants are nothing more than that, every day is this thing, which is obviously very stupid. Among the above attitudes, the attitude of Kevin and the pastor is that they neither evade this matter nor regard it as a big deal. This attitude is worth promoting.

Kevin and his dad actually encountered the same problem. They were all divided, they all heard the voice of nothingness, and they were all locked up in a lunatic asylum. The difference is that Kevin did not compromise, so he finally woke up. Since it is a divine drama, I guess Kevin's split screenwriter will not fill the hole. And this plot is not in the original book.

So I think this play is about the outlook on life. Just because of the sudden departure, it is very clear.

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