Fortunately, this movie does not have such exquisite techniques and technical flow, so most people can guess the ending when they see the middle part. Regardless of whether the ending is open or closed, there are no surprises in the end.
Famous characters, pictures, stories, and logic are all attractive things. But this movie is not just to repeat a story fatalism or trying to break free of fate, it is actually derived from the more ancient human king of Oedipus irony:
the wise Oedipus guessed the Sphinx He knew three-legged, two-legged, and four-legged people, but his cursed fate began precisely from this point. After that, he killed his father and married his mother, stabbed his eyes, mutilated his children, and was still displaced when he was old...
this is man. The destiny of a person who thinks he knows people and himself, the most outstanding person in mankind.
So Sophocles called him "a tyrant" rather than a "king", which means: someone who trespasses his limits.
1. The
chicken or the egg came first?
——Cock first.
are you gay?
"Flash Bomber" is really a silly name, I hate that name. It sounded like his bomb just flashed, as if it would not cause real damage. ...
There are many bad guys outside waiting to be shaken. They should be scared.
He killed 112 people.
——Some people are going to die. ...Maybe he was doing a great job in this city
...
These chattering conversations seemed to reappear when the agent met the laundryman. It turned out that the person has not changed: the young John and the old laundry. The essence of work is the same, just like the meaning contained in these words.
Only young agents are high-spirited, full of goals and hopes: they want to influence the past and change the future.
He could persuade John like an elder persuading his children, but in the face of his old self, he chose to refuse.
John pointed the gun at himself the first time, and the second time he pointed the gun at the future.
2.
Are you alone in your life?
When John went back in time and met Jane, he knew the truth about himself. At the same time, he also discovered that he was so beautiful.
It turns out that only oneself can truly discover one's own beauty.
When you know your past, you know who you are, and it is possible to know your future...
But he does not want to leave his past, he does not want to leave her, like a man caring for a woman, but more like An elderly person takes care of a child.
——Isn’t Eve just Adam’s rib?
3. It
is stated in the Heart Sutra: The relic is the empty-phase
baby of all dhammas , and Jane, John, the agent, and the old laundryman are all the same person. The same is true for human beings. You, me, him, men, women, babies, children, young people, middle-aged, old, black, white, yellow people... In fact, all of them are "one."
This one is like the protagonist, who doesn't know his past, let alone his future. Because his past is his future, and his future is also his past
"Have you ever thought of changing yourself?"
"Are there choices?"
-Yes
-but you don't think that some things are just inevitable NS?
"You aren't really there at all. There isn't anybody but me-Jane-here alone in the dark."
This is not just a science fiction movie or novel, but an ancient story of knowing yourself.
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