Many people have a misunderstanding of "the world is not benevolent, and everything is a humble dog", thinking that it means the world is cruel and ruthless, and people are like weeds. But the usual explanation is that “Heaven and earth are indifferent to benevolence and preference. It treats everything as equal as a dog.” The
old DVD introduced that the title of the film came from the motto of the Chinese Taoist philosopher Lao Tzu: The English translation of "dog" is "Heaven and earth are not humane, and regard the people as straw dogs."
Whether it is a misunderstanding of Laozi by later generations, or Gordon Williams borrowing money from Laozi, it is understandable, just like China People do not delve into whether the "California Beef Noodle King" comes from California. This film intercepts the allusions of the straw dog. The previous film emphasized the obsession with "the world is not benevolent, and everything is the dog", and the new film is the use of the "straw dog".
When watching the old version of Straw Dog, I failed to completely connect the three words "Straw Dog" with the content of the film. The new work uses the protagonist to express Gordon’s understanding of Straw Dogs. "The buddies who renovated the roof are just like the Straw Dogs after the sacrifice. After the season is over, they come off the stadium and they are nothing."
They are the stadium. The star on the show is the old love of the cheerleader in the past, and is the focus of the eyes of everyone in the small town, but now he can only watch his former girlfriend marry as a mistress and repair the roof for it. In the face of the various demands of the male protagonist as an employer, although on the surface he is respectful, he still bears the attitude of a rugby star in his heart and is unwilling to bow his head.
The director’s various presentations in the front, the title of Heishui Town and the chaos of Blackie Bar, even let the audience directly see the hostess’s friendliness towards Jeremy. Compared with the previous work, there is a little room for imagination and blank space, and It directly led to the uncoordinated rhythm of the film, and the climax came too short, like a stuffy firecracker, not strong enough.
The relationship between people is always very delicate. The first brother in the small town is curious but slightly resistant and disdainful to foreign writers. In their circle, whether a person can be integrated depends on whether he should be enough. Man, you can eat meat and drink with them and abuse the little wild deer. Secular rules and civilized education are irrelevant to them. They treat the sheriff superficially and disdain.
The former girlfriend brought the outsiders back home. Although the young couple did not show off or high-profile on the surface, it is a pity that the heavy bookishness of outsiders failed to integrate into the small circle of locals, with the nobility and principles of literati, and eventually led to catastrophe.
Investigating deeper, this is an inevitable battle, unless the outsiders are not outsiders, but the teammates who fought together at the beginning, and may be able to fight and laugh. But the outsider is a writer, a little scholar who relies on a pen to eat in the civilized world, and there is no way for him to integrate into this group of guys who are loyal to their buddies. Coupled with the emotional entanglement between his girlfriend and the little brother in the small town, he is destined to suffer.
The former rugby stars could not stand the arrogance of outsiders. The young couple’s principles were incompatible with their ways of doing things. The demented Jeremy happened to act as a catalyst for the conflict between the two sides. In the end, the scholar picked up a gun and weapon and pierced the enemy's heart.
In this small town, people are only crazy about rugby. The closed environment has brought about the dilemma of personal survival and growth. If a person fails to go out successfully, he can only prove the value of life and seek achievement in the environment of the small town. Feelings and other things, it’s a pity that this is always just a closed town. Even if you get to the seat of a rugby star with a beautiful cheerleader in your arms, this glory will disappear one day. The change in mentality that comes is just like what the Chinese said, “It’s easy to go from simple to extravagant, and from extravagant to simple”. What should we do when we step down from the altar? What the small town can provide is to play ruthlessly in a bar, or go to the woods. Deer hunting, or just a bunch of buddies whistling and playing hooligans at the girl. There was an avalanche before the summit reached the summit, and the climax suddenly vented before the climax. What a tragic thing. The primitive brutal violence is enough to bully Jeremy, to the outsider from the prosperous place full of money. The sense of superiority turned into the embarrassment of facing reality. This was the last straw that overwhelmed the camel, and it was also the first straw that the straw dog was abandoned by the altar and was pulled down to wipe the ass by the ignorant child.
Life’s embarrassment cannot be erased with violence nor can it be alleviated with sexual obscenity. Choosing to use primitive methods to maintain the dignity of a man is a very childish act. In addition, the children on campus will use Pussy to fight against incompatible outsiders. If this is the only way to bring about a sense of psychological superiority, it can only be said that life has reached the desolate state of being exhausted, and if you can’t mix in a civilized society, you can only find a cave in a cave and put on a grass skirt and pick up a spear. .
PS: The director is really bad. The male protagonist put the plate in the last fight, and he gave the muscular man a smirk. When he entered the house for the first time, it was also the plate, which made the heroine displeased, immediately. Turned off. I guess that when they were young, it might be this plate that witnessed the sharing of the female lead by the muscular man and his brothers.
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