Today, when technology is so advanced, it seems that human’s self-awareness is also being magnified, and the shortcomings of human beings are undoubtedly reflected – we all think that we are omnipotent, this is OK, and sometimes we even want to surpass limit.
The movie "Clone" is the ultimate interpretation of the above ideas. The whole film answers the question "If we have the ability to die, should we resurrect them?" Combined with the recent human genetic coding experiments, these questions are thought-provoking .
[The following film review contains serious spoilers, please watch carefully]
01 Buddhist stories about karma
When the Buddha Shakyamuni was alive, a woman lost her beloved son. She heard that the Buddha had great supernatural powers, so she hoped that he would bring her son back to life. The answer: "Yes. But first you have to find a mustard seed from a home where no one has died."
A mustard seed is easy to find, but not so easy to find a family that has never died. The woman searched for a long time but could not get her wish.
People are always going to die, and every family has to experience the pain of dead relatives.
The Buddha taught women, "Death is the greatest pain in life. If you want to get rid of the troubles of life and death, you can consider taking refuge in Buddhism."
It is worth mentioning here that Buddha Sakyamuni, Sakyamuni is the name of the race, Mani means "saint", and the literal translation is "saint of Sakyamuni". But when the Buddha was alive, the Sakyamuni family was wiped out by the Liuli King Tuan. Even if they had great supernatural powers, they would not be able to match the karma created in the previous life.
What should come will always come, and what should go will always go.
However, in the movie "Clone", the protagonist changed his life against the sky and created a different timeline.
02 Mistakenly thinking that you are omnipotent
In addition to being a good teacher, thinking that you are omnipotent is another big problem for many people. Because of the limited ability, the personal impact caused by this in reality is relatively small, but in the movie, it can be performed to the fullest.
"The Clones" protagonist Will Foster, a neuroscientist, used an experimental technology to resurrect his wife and two of his three children after a car accident in his family. The third was also resurrected at the end of the movie. .
Regardless of the logical contradictions in it, it is enough to say that the accident that caused the death of the four people was concealed and unreported, the bodies were destroyed, the company's property was stolen, and human experiments were carried out illegally.
This is still not the most serious problem, the "delusion that humans think they are God" is the biggest risk point. Throughout the history of various disasters, many are created by this.
The Persian king Darius asked someone to do the math before he set out to conquer Greece, and the answer was, "If you cross the sea, a great nation will be destroyed."
Yes, the Persian Empire fell. But Darius didn't think of this before he set off. He ignored the other possibility of the answer and just thought that he would win and Greece would perish.
It's horrifying to think about the consequences of the movie's protagonist Will Foster's resurrection of his family.
So, where is the problem?
03 Accept the limitations of being a "human"
Although we often mistake ourselves for omnipotence, we know in our hearts that this is an unreal dream, just as the death of our family and ourselves is a limitation. From ancient times to the present, there has not been an immortal person, and anyone who does not agree with this view has been arranged to be hospitalized.
There is a prevailing optimism at the moment, "hard work will succeed, breaking through the safety of fate", "not accepting the arrangement of fate" is of course no problem, but even this has boundaries.
For example, I am 1.70 meters tall and over 40 years old, and if I expect to play on an NBA court, it will only hasten my death rather than get my wish. This is the boundary and limitation. After recognizing the boundary of one's own ability, working within the boundary can achieve better results.
To tell the truth, too many people have never reached the limit of their ability in their lives, and they have not worked hard enough, but they delusionally want to dominate everything. In the end, I guess it's just a dream.
Everyone will face the fact that "the family has left", and one day they will also leave. Is this lucky or unfortunate? Everyone will come up with their own answers based on their different understandings and levels.
Change what can be changed, accept what can not be changed. Death is one of those facts that mortals cannot change.
Don't cross the line.
Another: The movie is worth watching, but the amount of film is too low. If possible, I hope everyone can go to the theater to see it.
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