Between reincarnation and despair

Aurelia 2022-03-20 09:01:03

Between reincarnations and despair-feelings about
watching "Twelve Monkeys".



At first, I only believed that the greatness is the feelings, but at the end I was powerless to see that the strong and the destiny were destiny.
—To Cole and Lely.

Can going back to the past change the future? As a science fiction film, a science fiction film with the theme of time travel, "Twelve Monkeys" raised this question from the very beginning, and at the same time, it also used the protagonist Cole to make the film's answer:

"No, I'm not here to change history. No one can change history."

Yes, when it comes to time travel, I have to mention two theories, namely, parallel worlds (there is a parallel universe, and going back to a parallel past can change it. ) And the non-parallel world (the reality is fixed, going back to the past can never change the place that is contrary to the future), and this film obviously belongs to the latter. Cole was dispatched as an observer from 2035 to 1996. He was repeatedly told: the virus has spread, human beings have died, history has occurred, and nothing can be changed, so all he can do after he goes back is "observation." He wants to bring back pure virus samples, not to prevent the spread of the virus. It seems that from the very beginning of this task, there is a sense of helplessness and fatalism.

By mistake, Cole was sent to 1990 and met Jeff in the lunatic asylum. This is the "lunatic" who will form an army of twelve monkeys in the future. Perhaps it is not appropriate to call him that way. Obviously is the most sober motto! Thank you Pete for playing such a "normal lunatic" so vividly. At the same time, Cole also met his destined lover, female psychiatrist Lely. The camera flashed back repeatedly, and the people in the recurring dreams finally met here, but they didn't know it, and neither did we. Who can say that this is not driven by fate?

Cole, who came to 1996 smoothly, hijacked Reilly in order to complete the mission. Along the way, the barn’s predictions, the bullets from the wounds, and all the signs finally convinced Reilly of Cole’s doomsday prophecy and tried to prevent the disaster from happening, but she forgot the "Cassandra complex" mentioned in her book. , Cassandra, who is predictable but powerless, is not the one who knows the future! Lei Li called Jeff's father, a virologist, to remind him to be vigilant, so the twelve monkey army turned from the culprit of spreading the virus to the clown releasing the animals, but the rolling wheel of history did not stop moving forward, the virus The scientist's assistant got a chance and caused a disaster.

Without the twelve monkey army, there may be assistants, and without assistants, there may be others. This is the history, and the fate is like this. However, Cole did not understand that he could not only be a bystander after all. That flying body, how many times were flying, how many times were shots, and the death of "his" in the eyes of little Cole, How many deaths.

Everything is reincarnation, and the future cannot be changed.

Life and death, reality and illusion, past and future, reincarnation and rebirth. No matter how many times it changes, history remains silent, and only deep despair permeates time.

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Extended Reading
  • Caterina 2022-03-24 09:01:03

    The past cannot be made up, and reincarnation is in vain and fate. Instead of indulging in self-pain and powerlessness, it is better to cherish the present. "All your piety and wisdom will not make it a little bit back, and all your tears will not make it change a little."

  • Tyrese 2022-03-23 09:01:03

    There are too many clues. It is really a movie that makes non-native speakers sad to watch. You should download subtitles...TT

12 Monkeys quotes

  • [James Cole found a spider and knows he's got to take it with him, let's it crawl over his hand while deciding what to do with it]

    Jeffrey Goines: You know what crazy is? Crazy is majority rules. Take germs, for example.

    James Cole: Germs?

    Jeffrey Goines: Uh-huh. In the eighteenth century, no such thing, nada, nothing. No one ever imagined such a thing. No sane person, anyway. Ah! Ah! Along comes this doctor, uh, uh, uh, Semmelweis, Semmelweis. Semmelweis comes along. He's trying to convince people, well, other doctors mainly, that's there's these teeny tiny invisible bad things called germs that get into your body and make you sick. Ah? He's trying to get doctors to wash their hands. What is this guy? Crazy? Teeny, tiny, invisible? What do you call it? Uh-uh, germs? Huh? What? Now, cut to the 20th century. Last week, as a matter of fact, before I got dragged into this hellhole. I go in to order a burger in this fast food joint, and the guy drops it on the floor. Jim, he picks it up, he wipes it off, he hands it to me like it's all OK. "What about the germs?" I say. He says, "I don't believe in germs. Germs is just a plot they made up so they can sell you disinfectants and soaps." Now he's crazy, right? See?

    [James Cole finally takes the spider into his mouth, Jeffrey Goines is either too deep into his talk or unimpressed by this and continues his talk as if nothing happened]

    Jeffrey Goines: Ah! Ah! There's no right, there's no wrong, there's only popular opinion. You... you... you believe in germs, right?

  • James Cole: Look at them. They're just asking for it. Maybe the human race deserves to be wiped out.

    Jeffrey Goines: Wiping out the human race? That's a great idea. That's great. But more of a long-term thing. I mean, first we have to focus on more immediate goals.