Love is not love, love is just need

Lesly 2021-12-11 08:01:26

This is a complex, oppressive film that is saturated with the entanglement of men and women, races, joys and sorrows; even, there is no hope, only despair.

Race: The director struggled to express the hatred between black and white people, and then desperately to bridge the gap between the two. In a sense, after more than two hours, the basic gap seemed to be closed, but the scar gap was still deep.

Men and women: In response to the topic of this article-love is not love, love is just a need. From father and son "the same posture of the same prostitute" to (old) father and son "have not smelled a woman for a long time"...especially the last sex scene: the man asked "Can I touch you" to the woman enjoying the orgasm until she was about to go "Buy Chocolate Ice Cream". It's not love, it's a "need" for men and women who take what they need—it's cruel, right.

Joys and sorrows: The whole play has never been joyful, although the director’s final camera was swayed above the starry sky, don’t forget — my review basically didn’t mention the three newly dug graves in the male protagonist’s garden! ——This clue helps us to imagine and think: to think about life and love, no matter how we go, the process may be gorgeous, the starting point may be beautiful, but in the end it is disappearance, despair, and death.

Based on the positive impact formed by the combination of the above little elements, life is inevitably miserable.

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Extended Reading

Monster's Ball quotes

  • Lawrence Musgrove: I'm a bad man.

    Tyrell Musgrove: Who says?

    Lawrence Musgrove: I do.

  • Buck Grotowski: Who are you?

    Leticia Musgrove: Um...

    Buck Grotowski: You just walked in my house.

    Leticia Musgrove: My bad. I thought...

    Buck Grotowski: Hank? You lookin' for Hank?

    Leticia Musgrove: Yes. Is he here?

    Buck Grotowski: Who are you?

    Leticia Musgrove: My name is Leticia Musgrove... and, uh... me and Hank is, uh... friends.

    Buck Grotowski: Musgrove? Please, little darlin', have you got a cigarette?

    Leticia Musgrove: Yeah, but it looks to me like you really don't need to be smoking.