When I was young, I read a fairy tale about two children who set off on a long adventure to find the blue bird for the treatment of the neighbor’s wife’s daughter, and finally found the blue bird. Later I learned that it was an adaptation of the Nobel Prize-winning work "Blue Bird". The so-called blue bird is the happiness of mankind. And the danger along the way is the many obstacles that humans have on the road to find happiness. There are memories, darkness, ignorance, death, etc. I remember that the daughter of the neighbor’s wife immediately recovered when she saw the blue bird disease, but the blue bird It still flew away, symbolizing that happiness is so fleeting and fleeting.
After watching this film, I know that this is another "Blue Bird", not "A Quiet Place" that you repeatedly mentioned. The metaphors implied in this film are far more than those in "Silence", but there are few omissions in the plot, which of course benefits from the wonderfulness of the original work. And like "Blue Bird", the essence of this symbolism is an attempt to tell a story of human pursuit of happiness under the appearance of a horror movie.
What exactly is that dark mass? Brother Supermarket explained as a human nemesis in many cultures. It can be seen from the movie that people who see it will mourn the names of their departed relatives as if they have seen them, or as if they have seen the ultimate fear or the ultimate happiness, and immediately commit suicide to death. However, the mental patient is not affected in any way, and instead becomes a believer of "it", and uses violence to force normal people to see it. And "it" is everywhere.
I understand that "it" is the most fragile part of human nature: extreme longing for loved ones (following them to another world), desire for extreme happiness (overdose to death), fear of extreme darkness (fear leads to excessive mental stress) Suicide) seems absurd, but it has happened countless times in reality. You cannot contend with it because human nature is so fragile that it cannot resist drugs that are ten times more than sexual pleasure, and it cannot even cure "depression". The only way is to "cover the glasses" and stare into the abyss. Also staring at you, and you can't fight the abyss, then just look and don't look. It's not so much a "setting" of what you call a car crash, but rather a symbol of the creator's careful design.
The three birds symbolize Mafrey and the two children respectively. The color of the birds is probably not a coincidence. At the same time, it also takes the meaning of the blue bird-the happiness and hope of human beings and even kindness. So the names of the children have always been called boy and girl. This symbolism is almost awkwardly made. The name of the movie and the original is also called "bird box". The birds have always been contained in the box. Even when it was the most dangerous, Mafrey and the boys and girls did not abandon the box and carefully protected it. When "it" arrives, the bird will chirp uneasy. When the believers of "It" try to attack the people in the house, the first thing they do is to put the bird cage in the freezer. In the end, the three birds were finally released from the box in the green vine garden of the School for the Blind, which corresponds to the plot where happiness is finally found in "Blue Bird".
Other symbolic places are too numerous to mention. The uncle symbolizes the most conservative part of human nature, doubting and vigilant about all strangers, and refusing to change. Judging from the long history of mankind, this can guarantee temporary safety, but it is self-proclaimed and unable to make progress. Human progress depends on shocking and deviant, and the significance of great voyage is far greater than any so-called prosperous age. If the uncle is alive, they will not be able to take a step out of the hut, and they will not be able to reach the last paradise. The fat pregnant woman, which represents the kindest part of human nature (that is, the Virgin), let the darkness into the house, taking everyone's lives. The black stepfather symbolizes the most beautiful qualities in human nature-bravery, strong, kindness, hope (tell the children about the future scenes of playing with the children), and self-sacrifice (finally take off the blindfold to save the children and Maffrey ). Mafrey, in fact, represents the weakness of human beings, the nature of avoidance (do not want to face the fact that there are children, even if you are pregnant, you still have to drink) and doubt the nature, in the sense of responsibility (have two children) and hope (the influence of black people and the river Driven by the paradise in the lower reaches, he gradually became brave after many trials (torrents, etc.), and firmly believed (in the last woods, not to be confused by the sound of "it"), and finally achieved happiness.
And in the end, isn't that door the "narrow door" in the "Bible"?
In summary, I hope that everyone can regard this film as a wonderful film full of metaphors and successfully set the metaphors into a reasonable plot, rather than a car crash. This film will eventually get a big hit. Most people’s approval, I have this confidence.
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