Touching but not worthy of praise

Zack 2022-04-23 07:02:13

(The following is only my personal opinion, don't spray if you don't like it)

This is another literary film, but this literary film is much easier to understand than "Youth" and the like. After watching the film, many people commented that they were very moved, and Benino was willing to sacrifice for love. myself, and then gave five stars one after another. From my point of view, there is indeed an element of moving, but I don't think this moving is worth praising. The outline of the story is not shown here, mainly from Benigno's point of view, to talk about the director's values. From the movie, we can also see that in many places, the director appreciates this kind of behavior of the crush: like a girl who doesn’t look at a man with resentment after waking up, and still has a friend like Mark, crying and weeping , mourning him, like Sadia lacked Mark's ear to speak and lost his life to compare... This is the director's values, everyone has their own values, I don't disagree with his idea, but I don't agree that many people don't add Think blindly to go along with this idea. First of all, we know that Benigno has been caring for his mother since he was a child, and he often stays at home with little contact with the outside world. So the little space in the window has almost become the only channel for him to communicate with the outside world. He looked outside, watched the girl dance ballet day after day, and even saw the girl drop her purse, he would try his best to pick it up and chat with her, remembering her house number. Maybe we will be very moved that there is a crush who observes and accompanies in secret. But from the girl's point of view, she is unaware of this love. In modern times, he might be seen as a voyeur and a harasser. After that, he was lucky enough to be able to take care of Arisia. Day after day, he talked to her and watched the movies she liked to watch. It also seemed that outsiders would be very moved, so stubbornly guarding a love. But Arisia can't express it, it's like a doll with a human body but can't express joy, anger, sorrow and joy, and is at the mercy of others. And Benigno thinks he understands women, but does he really understand? At most, he only knows their daily routine and how to take care of women, but how much does he know about women's thoughts and temperaments? In the same way, what he knew about Arisia was only her appearance, and the hobbies he got from just one conversation. After that, he thought that he loved her, and he kept deepening this concept, until he finally sexually assaulted her in the name of love. I think this is a very scary thing, he regards the joy of being able to control the things he likes as love, just like two people who start a passionate relationship, thinking that each other is a natural couple, but one day they find out that each other is also When they don't do all kinds of things according to their own wishes, there will be a little resentment in their hearts, and the contradictions will continue to accumulate, and they will start to think that the other party is not their true love. but they don't It's love, they just enjoy having someone do what they want. Similarly, on Benigno, women, as aphasia, cannot express their joys, sorrows and sorrows, they will not quarrel, because the other party can always act according to Benigno's ideas. After you watch this, do you still think it's worth praising him?

But these things in real life are like the thoughtful harassers reported in the newspapers. In this way, the director's values ​​are actually debatable and worth considering. It is undeniable that Benigno is a very kind and gentle man who is willing to spend such a long time with a woman and even help her out of a difficult situation (which is unexpected), these points Every bit is very touching, but speaking of his words from the level of true love, this matter is not worth celebrating, because love is a matter of two people, not obtained from unilateral efforts and fantasies. of.

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  • [last lines]

    Katerina Bilova: Nothing is simple. I'm a ballet mistress, and nothing is simple.

  • Marco Zuluaga: Love is the saddest thing when it goes away, as a song by Jobim goes.