Who is silent?

Cory 2022-04-19 09:02:01

Whose silence is it? With this question in mind, I watched the film intermittently. Is it the silence of the villagers? Is it the silence of missionaries? It was not until the end that it was discovered that God was silent. Facing the prayers of villagers and believers, and the prayers of missionaries, God did not answer. There is a classic fallacy: Can God stop evil? If he cannot, he is not omnipotent. What. I am an atheist, and I don't know how Christians understand this issue, but I think Yoshijiro's actions are the best explanation. Facing the blind faith of the villagers (thinking that they have gone to heaven after becoming religious), the daimyo's actions Repressed by force, he betrayed everyone, just to find a place to survive in the turbulent times. Compared with other villagers, he appeared to be a coward. But he pursued himself, cowardly, alive, and continued to follow Jesus, while the villagers were Perfect interpretation of "religion is the opium of human spirit", they may not know what Christ or religion is, just because they are in the social pyramid, suffering and struggling between the bottom and hell, maybe they can have It can only be this spiritual sustenance. In order to be human, they will not let anything take away what they can keep. Since money and food cannot be retained, they will use their lives to defend their "spiritual pure land". Maybe some people have not seen the god in their hearts. In their thinking, martyrdom may be a complete relief, but in fact, it seems that there is no faith where life comes from. The original face of faith is to make people stronger The vitality of life, whether it is to live or do something meaningful. Once it is gone, all of this is lost, and there is no meaning at all. It is right and wrong to say that God is silent. Yes, he will not respond to any Man's prayer; wrong, wrong in that he has been guiding you all the time, making you work hard for your life and make it meaningful. I think the innocent martyrdom of the villagers is exactly the opposite of that, and they die without a place.

This is a completely humble opinion. If you misinterpret the teachings or understand the film differently, please forgive me.

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Extended Reading
  • Marques 2021-12-15 08:01:03

    Because the original work is so good, Martin's adaptation basically captures the theme of the original work, and the latter part also gives more explanation and play to some. I was still moved by watching it in the theater, especially depressed and helpless, a kind of suffering in the life of poor people. For them, their longing for faith and God is mainly too poor, they need a sustenance, or how to live.

  • Melany 2022-03-23 09:02:00

    The best of the year, the top three in the old horse's career. It has nothing to do with the differences in the object of belief itself, but about the way people practice their beliefs. Under the packaging of cultural and human conflict, there is the confrontation between formalism and true knowledge and wisdom. It is a believer's seemingly tragic struggle from arrogance to lowliness. His loyalty has never been lost, and doubt is a must. The last shot gives not the answer of religion, but the answer of faith. Time will tell the value of this new classic. →20.4.20 Revisited after three years. Very fittingly, watch it with Dad. There were brief discussions, and even new suspicions, but it all turned into greater glamour in the end. Great. Among the 700+ movies I've watched, this is the most informative (narrow sense) movie in the 2010s, like this tome. Solo/narration: Garfield's large monologue has two functions, one is to prove his sincerity on the basis of getting close to the audience (so he must be vigilant when he ends his self-talk and introduces unfamiliar narration), and the other points to "silence", which is a response to the beginning from the shady scene. It appears to be the implementation of thinking without sound. There are as many as three off-screen narrators, which directly bring about reincarnation and the loss of subjective and objective.

Silence quotes

  • Ferreira: I pray too, Rodrigues. It doesn't help. Go on, pray. But pray with your eyes open.

  • Ferreira: There's a saying in here: "Mountains and rivers can be moved but men's nature cannot be moved".