From the perspective of the ethics and customs of the civilized society that we claim, Juno made a serious mistake at the beginning of the film. In reality, this “error” may even be fatal—not that his behavior itself causes tragedy, but comes from morality. Trial and punishment. But in the film it seems "no big deal", it's just an improper impulse act by young people, just like the original nature of this matter. Human beings first proposed morality for the stable existence of society. However, in the process of social civilization development, the development of morality always lags behind and becomes rigid dogma in people's minds. Therefore, the world is full of prejudice, arrogance, oppression and persecution: People Use "morality" as a weapon to kill each other, especially for those with unique personalities or intellectually detached. Another type of people practice self-imprisonment in the name of morality and hopelessly attempt to surpass the despair of life through self-punishment, such as the Puritans. In fact, human civilization has always been in a moral dilemma. The more relaxed the tone of this film, the heavier our hearts will be, because people who still yearn for truth, goodness and beauty and mature sane realize that the plot in the film "cannot happen like this" in our reality.
All of us grow up making mistakes throughout our lives, especially for young people who are still incapable of making mistakes to prevent them from making more serious mistakes in adulthood. This is not to say that children make mistakes worthy of encouragement, but that adults should rationally think about the nature and nature of these mistakes, instead of resorting to dogma or emotions and arbitrarily interfering or even punishing them. There is an abusive rhetoric that is the most reasonable: education is to guide rather than restrain. Restraint is always easy. As long as you are stronger than your children, you can forbid them to do all kinds of things, but this will not make them yearn for and better, but will only arouse their rebellion (sooner or later). But guidance is to attract children with good things, tell them why they are good and encourage them to pursue them, so that they can fall in love with life, and then know how to love themselves and others.
However, "Juno" is not a film about the growth of adolescents. "The mistakes of life are necessary for life." Nietzsche said. But we also know that after the death of Nietzsche, who opposed moral dogma for his entire life, his "will to force" and "superman worship" were dogmatized by the Nazis, which caused great harm to human society-if we lack a deep understanding of ethics and human nature And sober understanding, and blindly spoiling and favoring children (there is no lack of such people in reality), it is not tolerance but indulgence. The most likely consequence of simply de-dogmatizing morality is that people interpret morality according to their own likes, dislikes and interests, and this will only make the world worse. Because in reality there is a huge gap between people’s universal character, intelligence, and the level that an ideal world needs people to achieve; so although many people have realized the barbaric side of morality, we still use barbaric morality to help society—— It is precisely because most people themselves are not good, so morality can only be followed by bad, otherwise it will be counterproductive from the perspective of utilitarianism. Ethics and morality are always pragmatic, so they are also "utilitarian" and "fickle": moral values are only absolute in theory, and are always relative in practice. We must remember that Nietzsche also said: "The noble man asks himself not to make others ashamed: he asks himself to see all the sufferers and feel ashamed."-His "Superman" is based on such a noble human character Above, not against the humble, numb, and ignorant people, such as the Nazis who worship him. In fact, there is no essential difference between the Nazis and us. They are not all people who are more brutal than us. They are just lost in value judgments in a special era, society, civilization, tradition, and national situation. To become the superman Nietzsche said, the first thing to do is not to expand outward, but to cultivate inwardly.
Just like reading Nietzsche, watching the film "Juno" gave me a heartfelt heart for kindness and hoped that I would become better, although there is no preaching in this film, and even a lot of the content seems quite good." Apostasy". This is because we have been deeply aware of the near-perfect tolerance and kindness of the characters in the film, and it is precisely because they have the noble character that they live in a relatively perfect ideal world (fiction in the film). When we blame how bad the times and society we live in, we should also realize that we are not that good. If possible, we should not adapt to this society in order to make life easier, because this will only consolidate the bad things in this society. As mentioned above, what we should do is self-discipline and improvement: prepare for a better world. (I am not referring to the afterlife, but the present life of the spirit.) As said in "What Zarathustra Says": I love that kind of person, and he turns his morality into his own preference and destiny, so He is willing to survive or die for his own morals. (The morality that Nietzsche said is about the realization of self-will, which is different from what we generally say.)-A good book or a good movie will often benefit our lives; know the right person at the right time It has the same effect.
"Juno" does not completely fictional a beautiful world, there is also a realistic side, such as the gossip on campus, but Juno's unique character makes her immune to these influences: she is more brave and self-conscious than most of us , Regards other people's inappropriate comments on her as invisible, hearing as inadequate, and did not become arrogant and self-centered appropriately. Ego should first be embodied in the respect for the personality and differences of oneself and others, while preserving oneself without derogating others, being maverick but not arrogant, neither thinking that oneself is superior to others (arrogant), nor feel that others are Should revolve around oneself (self-centered). Although generally speaking, the “mainstream majority” in a certain aspect in any period and social environment is more likely to ignore and deny differences, the “majority and the minority” are arbitrarily understood as “normal and abnormal”, which arouses the minority to violently even A tragic resistance. Juno is a genius with a pure character. This kind of person is very rare: she is simple, but she simply and directly reached the realm that we can reach through hard work and complicated processes. In other words, her nature is so perfect and makes us yearn for: in front of her, we all want to make ourselves simpler. We can perceive Mark's change, and his courage to regain himself is more or less influenced by Juno. But Bleeker, whom Juno likes, seems unremarkable. If she took the initiative to try sex with Bleeker with curiosity, then they really started to love each other after the baby was born. Bleeker is not handsome, and a bit dull. Apart from being good at long-distance running (which is an unpopular sport in the United States), it does not seem to stand out. But Bleeker is very frank, he is really immature, but he never tries to show his maturity, fun or character that he doesn't really possess, and Juno (including us), who is equally straightforward, appreciates this.
Another important couple in the film is Mark and Vanessa. They are still in their own hands when they are young, so they published an adoption advertisement in a magazine and were photographed by Juno. With Juno getting in touch with them, we know that this is a wealthy couple living in the suburbs. It is Vanessa, the wife who really desires a child, and the husband Mark is just trying to cooperate. In fact, he has almost nothing left to cooperate with the marriage.
At a glance, we can see that the difference between Mark and Vanessa is so obvious and huge: Mark is a group of punk youths in the nineties, and the flame in his heart has never really been extinguished. Vanessa is a high-level white-collar worker with a "training illness". Although her occupation is not explained in the film, we can roughly grasp her status and class in terms of her dress, home decor, and employment of a private lawyer. She is always very cautious in dealing with people. She appears unusually courteous, friendly, and decent as if she suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder, which makes people who deal with her cannot help wondering whether they are in contact with her. However, her piety turned these into her "cute flaws." Like most women, she longs for an ordinary and stable life and a happy marriage.
There is no doubt that Mark and Vanessa once loved each other deeply, because Mark succumbed to the mediocre middle-class community in order to live with her. He is completely incompatible with this place, and he gave up the pursuit of freedom and music to engage in boring and boring things. Advertising song creation (although it also made a lot of money). And Vanessa has always tried to be considerate of her husband's personal pursuits that seem unrealistic to her, such as putting up with him wearing a "childish" rock T-shirt and specially opening a music room at home for him. But even though they have been in love and have always respected each other as guests, when they suppressed their own nature for the sake of love for many years, the flame of love gradually depleted. In fact, this is the case for all couples: pure love is just a moment of flame, while marriage is a long contractual relationship. When love disappears, it will be other human feelings that maintain the marriage. This is due to human nature. People who are always loyal to love will continue to "betray love" because they are always loyal to their true feelings. And most people who do not do so are because loyalty to pure love will inevitably damage other feelings that we value. Marriage is not always the sublimation of love, and sometimes the two even swear that it is difficult to achieve the same: if marriage is moral, then human nature is immoral. Vanessa bluntly showed off to Mark: his pursuit of rock and roll is impossible to achieve, but her wish for a child can be achieved, and because of the appearance of Juno, it will be realized. But the problem is that success or failure is not the most important thing for Mark. Even if he can never become a rock star, he will only be happy if he engages in the career he loves, even if he faces his failure in the end, but this failure Still more proud of than a compromise victory. Moreover, "Never Compromise" itself is a cold and bitter victory. If it weren't for Vanessa's eagerness to adopt a child and Juno's rapid appearance, their marriage could probably be maintained for a period of time with the sacrifices of both parties, but that outcome might not be better.
When Vanessa heard Mark propose to divorce in order to continue her music pursuit, her immediate reaction was to sigh with appreciation: "You are really amazing."-No complaints, no accusations, but praise (because of Mark In terms of pursuit, his age is indeed not young), this kind of love and understanding beyond selfishness moved us. Although it’s hard for someone as educated as her not to make people feel that everything in her, including her happy marriage and happy family, is whitewashed, but at this moment we finally believe that her piety is the same: her attitude towards Juno is indeed the same. It comes from sincerity, not just because of etiquette—Compared with Juno, who is self-directed and unobtrusive, Vanessa is mediocre but not hypocritical. What she has is another kind of sincerity: her sincerity is not to her own. Perceiving the bottom line, she does not brutally force herself to face the original face of the matter. Perhaps at many sensitive moments, she has sensed Mark's hesitation and boredom in the depths of her consciousness, but she sincerely put her salvation on her belief in happiness. Above. Belief (not referring to religious belief) is a kind of giving rather than asking, it is suffering rather than avoiding. Pure faith is such a thing: even if it repeatedly disappoints you, you will always believe, rather than blame and question. (This is not against people's value thinking, only against utilitarian trade-offs.) So when Mark frustrated her hopes, she neither embarrassed him nor changed her original intention. If Juno is a sincere girl, then Vanessa is a pious woman. In fact, her unprejudiced respect for Juno in every place has won our favor; her over-dogmatic cultivation has become harmless due to her tolerant spirit at the same time; the warm maternal love permeated by her makes us completely Trusting her will raise the baby into a happy person who loves life-it is these that make her detach from the mundane world in our minds and enter the doorstep of the ideal world. It can be said that the characters in this film treat each other better than each other and us as the audience expect — more tolerant and selfless, more respectful and patient, and mutual trust and understanding — in other words, this is a better than reality World, an ideal world that we both yearn for and possibly truly pursue.
2012.11. Dali
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