Happy gods, lonely beasts

Isai 2021-12-30 17:17:18

This should be regarded as a biographical story... At the beginning, Jimmy Weir was interviewed by a college student. At this time, because of the impact of the stroke on his brain, he became confused and kept recalling the pictures of the past. But here also leaves me outside. Although there are memories of the past, they are all moments of pictures, like occasional flashbacks in memory, most of the time the protagonist still has to face his current life. Memories flashed by, when the chaos was unclear, the lover in the rain, and the battlefield where the protagonist and Clay walked into the last. The past, the past that walked into the reality, and the present self that walked into the past, are intertwined with the present.

Homosexuals have no jobs, no hobbies, alone, and even life still cannot bring happiness, but the effects of stroke continue to evoke painful memories.

Why was Clay chosen, because he is the second monster. When I first saw the monsters appearing in Jimmy's movies, I felt that Jimmy looked a bit like him, and through the only monster sketch left by Jimmy, we can see that Clay is also very similar to monsters. The most like is, solitary loneliness, no friends.

Although the protagonist is a once smashing director, the film's career has been mentioned in his joking self-narrative. He has made many horror movies that many people like, and he has also made his own best works. The career has encountered downturns. Finally left the film industry because of the issue of sexual orientation. This is supposed to be the most important label of the protagonist’s career as a director. Instead, the love and the killing and cruelty of the war during the First World War have been throughout the movie.

When you think about it carefully, it's actually nothing more than that. So much time has passed in a person's life, and many things have happened, and there is nothing more than those that can be remembered. The first is childhood. Everyone’s childhood life plays a vital role in his growth. It depicts an outline and background. Then there is the greatest impact in life, the turbulent years, the love of years ago, the cruelty of war, the pain of losing the first love, and so on. Trenches, lover's faces, and explosive battlefields appeared repeatedly. The flashes and pains in life are presented one by one. Up to now, death is not terrible. Even if you can't go to heaven, you have already experienced beauty and happiness, and now you can go to death generously.

Clay, who is willing to take off his clothes and model for Jimmy, should be sensitive at that moment to feel that Jimmy has lost all his expectations for life. He can only wait for death. Jimmy irritates him, but still cannot kill this lone beast in his anger. .

In the end he imitated the way a beast walked in the rain, as if he was a beast.

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Gods and Monsters quotes

  • Clayton Boone: You must think the whole world is queer.

  • James Whale: Ma'am, may I introduce Mr Clayton Boone, my gardener.

    Clayton Boone: How do you do? Clay Boone.

    Princess Margaret: Quite. I adore gardens.

    James Whale: He's never met a princess, only queens.