When I was free, and at the same time out of respect for Mr. Anthony Hopkins, I went to the cinema to see the movie "The Detective". I remember that in the movie "Silence of the Lambs" in 1991, Mr. Hopkins created The character Hannibal won the best actor at the 64th Academy Awards with 21 minutes of acting. Sure enough, it is not a vain reputation. At the age of 78, he still created a character image that can shake my heart so much that I can't help but pay tribute to Mr. Anthony Hopkins again. In the film, Hopkins plays John, a retired doctor with supernatural powers, who can perceive in his mind the fragments of people and things that have changed in the past and even in the future through contact, staring, etc. This character has a lot in common with Hannibal in The Silence of the Lambs, high IQ and keen insight into human nature. There is a perception in the literary and art circles that writers use words to tell reality, and actors use their eyes to interpret human nature. What reveals is confidence and ruthlessness, while John's eyes reveal kindness, hesitation, and helplessness. What they have in common is that their eyes are as deep as an abyss. Do you know the reason why Andy Lau's film and television works are numerous, but there are no classics? I think the reason is like this, sorry, it's a bit too far.
The film is drawn from three bizarre serial murder cases. The three victims were directly stabbed to death from the central nervous system of the posterior cervical medulla, implying that each deceased did not feel pain when he died. It was a very kind death. The FBI agent Joe, who was assigned to this case, asked the protagonist John to come out. During the investigation of the case, John gradually discovered that all the victims were terminally ill patients through the perception of peculiar functions. The investigation of the murder case gradually turned into thinking and reflection on bioethics. At this time, the murderer, and another handsome protagonist, appears, a psychic Charles, who is more awesome than John, who can sense whether a person has a terminal illness and end the patient's life before their painful death. Charles' criminal motives put John in a painful struggle. It turns out that John also personally ended his daughter's life in order to end the pain of his daughter with leukemia. Ultimately, John kills Charles in order to save the policewoman Cowles. The same ability, the same motivation, the difference is that Charles is more determined that what he does is to exercise power on behalf of God, while John is more in the tangle of right and wrong. Having said that, let's go back to the topic at the beginning of the article: people should be devoted to goodness, not to harbor evil thoughts, but to be compassionate. But what is good? What is evil? What is compassion. If it is said that murder is evil, adults are good, equality is kindness, and homogeneity is compassion. If one kills because of adulthood, and to kill is for adulthood, then who is good and who is evil? If you face this problem intuitively, the boundaries between good and evil interpreted in this film become so blurred. , Charles said: I don't want to kill, this is not my hobby, but sometimes the greatest love is the most unbearable to do. John said: We cannot always claim to be God. In simple emotional terms, both John and Charles are good people. Both believe in the mercy of God, Charles chose the cause, and John chose the effect. Although the two sides of a coin are different, it is still a coin, and a God has many faces, but he is still God.
As a standard mortal, I don't have the psychic powers to see whether everything I do is good or bad for people or things. Since you can't figure out the result, let's start with the cause. The most primitive behavioral motivation in our subconscious is the intuitive feeling and the drive to a certain need. When our original motivation is to pay for the happiness and care of others, it is good. If it is for our own demands and self-seeking, it may be evil. As for the result of our actions, hehe, that is God’s business.
I thought I would end my thinking about this film with a quote from John: "We can't always think of ourselves as God." By the way, but there is a God in everyone, even if there are 1000 faces in the heart of 1000 people.
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