Actually not bad

Diego 2022-12-10 13:32:02

This film has a touch of European art film, but because it was filmed by Americans, there is more American religious consciousness. When many people see that it is related to religion, they think it is for preaching. Actually, I don't think so. The religious consciousness of Americans is stronger than that of Europe, but the intellectual class is relatively less religious. It is more like a middle-class film seeking inspiration.

When I watched the beginning of the movie, I felt that it was my food, and the restlessness under calm and silence performed very well. The sound effect of this movie is very distinctive. The background sound has always been very strong. At first, the reverberation effect of the video I downloaded was not good, so that it produced the kind of sound effect that was secretly shot in the movie theater. The audio effect of the next version is much better, but the background sound is still very obvious. This background sound is often associated with Jack. Some people say that the bee at the beginning of the film symbolizes God’s revelation, but I don’t think so. The bee is more like a symbol of Jack itself, integrated with the world full of various buzzing noises. It bumps, maybe it yearns for the outside world, maybe it is content with such an environment. But when the conflict broke out, it was crushed to death. However, the heroes and heroines in the film still get the opportunity to start again, although many years have passed and they have experienced a lot of torture.

The name Stone may come from Peter (meaning rock), the founder of the church believed by the Catholic Church, "I also tell you, you are Peter, and I want to build my church on this rock. The gate of the underworld cannot beat She. I want to give you the key to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven. Whenever you are released on earth, you will also be released in heaven." But Stone is not a typical Christian, he The accepted ideas, what reincarnation, what stone soul, plant soul, etc., are completely a hodgepodge of ancient Eastern and Western philosophies, more like the concepts of the New Age Movement, rather than orthodox Christian theological thinking. However, he undoubtedly represents the power of mystery and revelation. He said to his wife who came to visit the prison: I'm a listener. This is the biggest difference between him and Jack. Jack is an American Anglican (Actually, De Niro is of Italian origin and Catholicism is normal, but this is not middle-class enough. The Anglican Church is more suitable to reflect people who have a decent position in society. Norton himself has been involved since childhood. The Anglican ceremony, and the Anglican ceremony has a strong sense of ritual, and the set of receiving holy bread), he is accustomed to living according to the rules and habits, and has never listened carefully, so his appearance is always strong The background sound, because he didn't hear it. When he really started listening (after Stone was released, he listened vigilantly at home), only to find that he had heard it wrong because he started listening a bit too late. Of course, he started listening, in the middle of the movie, he got off the car after listening to the radio and started playing golf on the grass.

Grass is also an image that often appears in movies. Norton played "Leaf of Grass", the name of the blade of grass comes from Whitman, and Whitman often praised the nature of the United States, including the green grass. The natural form of the United States has a lot to do with the beliefs of Americans, and it is easier for them to approach pantheism. Therefore, although revelation is advocated in the movie, it is hard to say that it is the revelation of Christianity. However, Christianity, which refines the original thinking of good and evil and the world in the Western philosophical tradition, provides a relatively complete philosophy and ethical system for everyone to reflect and contemplate. Otherwise, relying only on those mixed and flattering New Age ideas, I don't even know what fluffy the film is. Therefore, in the heavy introspective tone of the film, the deep organ-like tone becomes the main tone of the background music.

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Stone quotes

  • Stone: Hey I'm trying to prove myself in here... MOTHERFUCKERS

    Stone: They say when you have neck pains, it's because you were hanged in a former life

  • Jack Mabry: They say people change... people never change