Sacred ceremony

Leo 2022-03-19 09:01:02

For an unexpected film, I am not referring to the plot itself, but the baptism of people in these three hours.

When I first saw the type of the film, I thought it was a suspenseful logical reasoning. It turned out that what the film really showed was a fairy tale. In this fairy tale, there are characters representing various forces. They are combined and alternated step by step, straightforward. But purely, it fully interprets life and good and evil.

Coffee is like the incarnation of nature and gods in the world. It is moving to experience all the sufferings in the world.
The warden and his party, the chief and his wife, and the three main prisoners constitute various roles in the world.

The most impressive thing is actually the three death sentences. The completeness of the front and back process, even if it is repeated, still insists on not omitting it. With the power of repetition, it hits the heart over and over again, and uses the different details to express the good and evil in the world straightforwardly and vividly.

And each death penalty is not only the final judgment of the prisoner, may God bless everything in his life from now on; it is also a baptism of the executioner, which judges people by law rather than morality. This is probably also in religion. It is not so universal, so in the film, the "God" still uses the force of nature to punish the wicked, but the laws of the world did not completely conform to the morals, and the gap between them has aggravated the suffering of all living beings, and the executioner He was also baptized in the process.

From a religious perspective, the death penalty is the most sacred ritual, allowing the good to go to heaven and the wicked to exile in the region.

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  • Leif 2022-03-20 09:01:03

    uh-huh! Can pass the time

  • Adelbert 2022-03-23 09:01:04

    Speaking, calm and natural, the holy relics of God will eventually be destroyed, but the power of God will never die. But for the protagonist, such immortality seems a bit cruel. Does this mean a form of repentance? In addition, when I watched this film, I always felt something was missing.

The Green Mile quotes

  • Paul Edgecomb: [Dean is in tears as he kneels to strap John Coffey to the electric chair] Wipe your face before you get up, Dean.

  • John Coffey: Boss? I gots to speak with you now, Boss.

    Paul Edgecomb: [prostrate on the floor after being hit in the groin] This is not a good time, John Coffey. Not a good time at all.