Morality and religion have always denied the flesh and desire. The two themes of order and reason in modern society also deny flesh and desire.
Behind the brainwashing therapy is order and discipline. They hope to use this thing to completely transform people into a clockwork orange. A registered citizen who has no desire, no anger, is absolutely rational, works and pays taxes in a proper manner.
But the final ending is romantic. After falling from a high altitude, Alex’s shackles were also miraculously broken away (it was EVA One broke the S2 mechanism by itself). In the fourth movement of Beijiu, Alex’s humanity was revived. Under everyone’s attention, the female superior (note that It’s very important to be a female superior. If you switch to a backwards style, you can imagine what the result will be. The backwards have a humiliating nature, and Nietzsche’s big shortcoming is his prejudice against women. Here Kubriktinice makes up for it. For a moment) in the hearty sex, real people are resurrected, and the power of individuals is resurrected.
In this movie, I tend to think that crime is just a form, a rebellion against modern social models. Powerful people hate reality, but they can’t find a way out. They can’t find a place to release their energy, so they can only be cynical. . The Catcher in the Rye is very clear about this issue. Recognizing the reality, sober people cannot continue to make Clock orange, but the question is what do they do? The world can't hold them, maybe it's true. I think this is the unsolvable thing behind this series of movies.
Don’t you think that Monkey King has an inherent connection with this movie? He is an extremely powerful creature. After doing a lot of damage, he was severely punished, and finally he was also a spiritual shackle—the hooping curse. Tang Seng was going to the West to learn the scriptures, and finally was able to find something to do for Monkey King. This might be a better ending. Another sad ending is that Monkey King was finally turned into an extremely docile creature by the ring on his head. The Jade Emperor touched the monkey head and smiled. The most interesting ending is undoubtedly-Monkey King is too powerful, he directly destroyed the universe, and then died in the explosion with him, this explosion gave birth to a new world. Well, did you think of the villain? Isn't it the desire of the villain in Batman to destroy the world? It's all related.
Speaking of Batman, Alex's initial outfit looked a lot like the Joker in there, didn't he. "Batman" is actually an extreme example of "Individual vs. Modern Civilization". After the heroes have saved modern civilization, they can't help but reflect on modern civilization. This is where Batman is profound.
I can't help but mention that another "Individual VS Modern Civilization" movie is King Kong. King Kong, a symbol of male power, fell on the Empire State Building, a symbol of rational power, still reflecting on our society.
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