In fact, before meeting Georgi, Johnny did not complete the identification of his gender identity. It was after meeting Georgi that Johnny recognized himself.
After reading many film reviews of "The Kingdom of God", I found that everyone's analysis of the hero Johnny mainly focuses on his relationship with Georgi. In fact, this film can also be viewed this way. It is the hero Johnny A brief history of the transition from boy to man.
From the spiritual dimension, boys and men represent two sets of lifestyles, behaviors, and ways of thinking.
When it comes to boys, the related keywords are: excitement, hesitation, childishness, impulsiveness.
When it comes to men, the related keywords are: maturity, responsibility, thoughtfulness, restraint.
1. As a gay boy-man
1. Johnny, who is in the boy stage, has an inadequate identity.
At the beginning of the film, Johnny and a little brother he met in a restaurant played wild guns in the humble toilet, which showed his body's desire for men and his homosexuality. But there is one detail that is very easy to overlook. That is, when the little white brother wanted to kiss Johnny in the process, he was rejected by Johnny. Instead, Johnny quickly pressed his body on the little brother. Reluctance to kiss means that you deny your sexual object, and just use the other party as a tool to vent your desires.
After that, the younger brother pretended to be the first time, and pretended to invite Johnny to have a drink. In the face of the younger brother's invitation, Johnny refused. The words of his rejection were very straightforward: We? No!
It can be seen that Johnny hates the " We " in the mouth of the younger brother very much , because he refuses to be in the company of people with the identity of the younger brother. So for Johnny at the time, he was conflicted about being gay.
Johnny's gender identity is gradually established through his close relationship with Georgi.
First, let's note that Johnny didn't kiss Georgi in the first Love in the Water scene. That time Johnny pressed on Georgi, as if to kiss face to face, but instead of burying his head in Georgi's chest, he followed the trend and released himself under Georgi's cock for a long time. 's libido. Johnny is not in love with Georgi at this moment, he is just using him as the object of his sexual desire.
And the second time, in the cabin, Georgi gently stroked Johnny, wanting to kiss the warmth of his love, but Johnny's hand caught Georgie's close face, implying rejection, and Georgie took it off. Clothes, stroking Johnny slowly, giving him the warmth of love, perhaps the gentleness given by Georgie for several days in a row, made Johnny feel different from the joy of libido at this moment. Enveloped in violent emotions, it broke through his heart. Johnny started trying to kiss.
In the film we can clearly see that Georgie is leading the reluctance to kiss Johnny to try to kiss. After all, no lover can stand not kissing. From this we can see that Georgi is different from Johnny. Johnny just wanted to have carnal pleasures at first, while Georgi wanted to have a romantic relationship with Johnny. After this time, Johnny also let go of his self-identity denial and began to identify with his own sexual orientation.
2. Johnny, who is in the boy stage, has no sense of responsibility in love.
In the film, after Johnny's father suffered a stroke and was hospitalized, Johnny had to deal with the affairs of the farm and his life. Considering the future of the farm and worrying about his father's health, these were beyond Johnny's tolerance. Johnny hoped that Georgi would stay and accompany him to tide over the difficulties, Georgi agreed, and was very active in making plans for the future operation of the farm, sharing his past experience of failure in the operation of the farm, Johnny felt great. He thought that Georgi was thinking too long, and said, "I didn't ask us to get married", but Georgi's promise to stay should be the determination that the two will be together for a long time. In this case, Georgie was hurt.
Georgi shed tears secretly at the bar by himself. This behavior was even ridiculed. An uncle dipped his finger in the wine and flicked the drink on his face. He beat people in a fit of rage, and was then driven out by racists.
Distraught Johnny drank a lot of wine, and fell in love with the little brother across the bar, who happily and frantically fucked in the toilet. At that moment, Johnny should have no Georgie in his heart. He didn't realize that he had a responsibility of loyalty to the other half.
Georgi, who suffered humiliation and witnessed betrayal, chose to leave.
After Georgi left, Johnny regretted it. With great regret, he came to the caravan where Georgi once lived, smashed and threw the contents inside, and did everything he could to destroy. However, on the other hand, in this process of lovelorn, Chifeng's father was discharged from the hospital and returned home. In the process of taking care of his father, in the trivial details of his life, he felt the past Georgy's affection for him. care.
Johnny realized his past mistakes and naivety. One afternoon, he mustered up the courage to tell his father that he was going to find Georgi, which also implied his gay identity.
From being a closet to coming out, Johnny grew up. He began to face his family as his true identity. He also chose to be brave to find his love back. Even in the face of the possibility of failure to reunite, he has to give it a try. Because it was caused by his own hands, he decided to make up for it. Make a mistake and correct it.
Can't help but think of Bob Dylan's popular saying: How far a man has to go before you can be called a man.
A man has to cry a few times before you can call him a man.
2. Boys as sons - men
Homosexuality is just a sexual orientation identity, and Johnny is not only a gay man, he is also a son. His maturity is not only reflected in his love experience with Georgi, but also in the awakening of his sense of family responsibility.
When his father was hospitalized with a stroke, the family's career and responsibility fell on Johnny's shoulders instantly, and his sense of responsibility was awakened at that moment. Remember the identity image of Johnny in the game at the beginning of the film?
He has nothing to do and is addicted to entertainment. The "delivery lamb" explained by his father, he delayed the death of the lamb because of shooting, and the "send him up the mountain tomorrow" explained by his father, he missed because of a hangover in the bar. and so on. At that time, Johnny faced these mistakes without any guilt. The feedback he gave was naive. He took the dead lamb to the vet. He accused his father of being too harsh on him. In addition to being so unreasonable to his father, the naive Johnny is also relatively indifferent to his grandmother. Johnny basically doesn't listen to what his grandmother usually says.
These attitudes changed after my father had a stroke. Johnny became someone who would take care of the farm, get rid of parasites, and drug the sheep himself—a pillar. Even if he decides to leave the farm to find Grid, he promises his father that he will "will come back." It is by no means an act of evasion. We also knew that Johnny would come back whether or not it was a successful reunion. He realized that he had a heavy responsibility for the farm. And this kind of change, my father is watching.
Johnny not only kept the farm dishes in good order, but also took good care of his father and grandmother, and his attitude towards them changed from indifference to warmth. When he gave his father a bath and his grandmother did not approve, he said: I said I can. The attitude is so firm, it seems to be a little angry. But I believe that at that moment my grandmother was happy, because her grandson finally began to have some sense of responsibility.
Kingdom of God is not only a gay film, but also a little history of a boy's growth towards maturity. 's video.
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