Lost in the fog (serious spoilers, be careful)

Rhett 2022-03-19 09:01:04

It is said that in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a Taoist technique called Zhang Kai, who knew how to do Wuli fog. After watching Darabont's "The Mist" today, I really feel like I've fallen into five miles of fog, and it also smells fishy.

To tell the truth, the original intention of watching this film was also directed at Darabont and Stephen King. When I first heard about this film, I was heartbroken and asked myself: such a director, such a screenwriter, such a good pair of NB groups, Why didn't you look for it sooner? The moment I turned on the player, there was a feeling of "the willow head on the moon, the person is about after dusk".

Maybe many people have the experience that when they think they have no plans, things don't happen as planned. For example, I think GF will definitely be home at 8:00 today, and start cooking at a good time. Sigh, either he came back early for nothing, or he came back very late for the meeting, or the power went out during the middle of the meal. So when it comes to that creature, he is very stubborn and caring (Northeastern dialect: it means that people do things unreasonably, "hole" is read softly), or should be called her, and no one can guess her mind. Therefore, when I usually make predictions, especially when I hope to get good results, I will create an illusion of "chaotic hearts". For example, when I want the people I live with to come home later, and let me enjoy the small kitchen to the fullest by myself, I often say in my heart: Are they coming back soon? Not coming back at this time? No, it should be there every day. Can't you be back late for something? No, no, how could something happen. Is there really something wrong? Can? I don't believe it, is this a good thing? Really? Can you come back late? And it turns out that this mindset tends to have a higher success rate than the former.

Obviously, I made the above mistakes before watching The Mist, and I put so much faith in past experience that I gave myself a loud slap in the face. The story goes something like this: A small town was suddenly shrouded in fog, and there were many man-eating monsters in the fog (it was later explained that American scientists had opened the door to another world), and people were forced to take refuge in supermarkets. At this time, a woman said To go home to take care of the children, she asked a lot of people who would help her. Everyone was afraid that no one would come forward. The woman cursed people for leaving alone and entering the fog. The combined fear of loneliness and claustrophobia made another woman think it was the end of the day and she was an evangelist of God, and many came to believe it. A group of people led by the male protagonist (including his several-year-old son), still awake, killed the witch who claimed to be the messenger of God and decided to take the risk and escape. Unfortunately, the car ran out of gas. During the driving process, they all saw an astonishingly large monster passing by in the middle of the road, so everyone thought it would be impossible to survive, so they unanimously decided that they would like to be shot and killed by the host rather than buried in the monster's belly. In the middle (of course the little boy would not express his opinion), the hero killed everyone including his son, but when he wanted to commit suicide, there was no bullet in the gun, so he jumped out of the car and prepared to kill the monster. When he heard the "humming" noise and thought that the monster was approaching, he found that there were tanks and a car of soldiers, one of which was not only soldiers, but also the woman and her child who had initially cursed to leave, At this time, the fog has gradually dissipated, and the male protagonist fell to the ground screaming, The End...

After reading it, I really have an indescribable disgust, fucking great power chauvinism and personal SB.HEROism. What the hell is going on with that perverted ending? Because the male protagonist didn't help the woman who left first to save her child, he should be punished to see the rescue team arrive 40 seconds after killing his own child with his own hands? Don't forget, the reason why he didn't go at that time was because his children were also by his side, and he would put his own flesh and blood at risk for the sake of people who are not relatives? Fuck that SB's personal heroism? This is not as simple as helping to repair the car and take care of the back garden, it is a monster that cannot be fought by human power! Speaking of this, I think of Fan Paopao, the reason why he was fried and fried was not because he left his students behind to save his child's life, but because he was an SB! Remember he was condemned as a SB! Anyone around you who does something like Fan Paopao will be forgiven, but doing it and publicizing it openly doubts and challenges the public's ability to judge morality. Anyone with a little IQ knows that such an arrogant provocation cannot escape Haibian, so they will not do it. But Fan ran and did it, so there is only one explanation, he is SM or SB. It is hard to imagine that with such an IQ, he can still be admitted to Peking University and teach and educate people, so it is excusable to revoke his teaching license. Of course, if he is SM, it will be another matter. It is the so-called seeking benevolence. At the same time, we should also ask those who scold Fan Paopao for his immorality, what do you want him to do if he is your father? You will always love and miss him because of his glorious sacrifice of saving the dead and helping the wounded? Or will you resent him in the future because of the lack of financial resources, or the lack of fatherly love, which leads to autism and finally gets pissed by the pranked classmates? I'm a little excited, sorry, but let's go back to the movie. The arrival of the troops made it possible for those ignorant people in the supermarket to be rescued. What did they do to be rescued? Because of the mass murder of soldiers who were just unreported? Perverted behavior fueled by this ugly fear?

Those who hold stinky feet say that Darabont and Kim are trying to talk about the ugly appearance of mutual suspicion in front of fear and the unknown, and will not hesitate to give the divided people their own tragic end. So shouldn't the woman who left first be the first to split? Didn't she also leave because of selfish desires? Remember that her purpose is to save her own children and not to go to the rescue team. Why was she rescued? What do you say to those who hold stinky feet? The protagonist's child - the boy what did he do wrong and be killed? Got the wrong tire? In this way, Zhu Bajie was lucky to be born into a pig fetus by mistake. At least he thrived without being slaughtered in confusion. That person was still his biological father! The film puts on the face of a judge, using simple to naive reasons and unfulfilled story development to make extreme judgments on the people in the film. No wonder, no wonder people with stinky feet feel the same way: the goddesses in the movie are the most vividly portrayed (the other actors are not as rigid as those stunt bugs, as if they have masks on their faces). Although she died, she achieved her purpose. If she knew the fate of the protagonist, she would be very happy. It seems that she is the protagonist in Darabont and Kim's heart. If I had to explain it this way: there is no plot where the big monsters are killed, it is also possible that the monsters won, and the soldiers and the woman who left first and the people in the supermarket were all eaten, look, no one can escape. . If that's the case, let me be blunt, Darabont and Kim are fucking stupid narcissists, why should the viewer guess the plot that you're buried five miles deep? Then I can also say that there are still angels in another world, and they also came over to subdue the monsters, and then said, "Bastards, you still haven't appeared?! Devid, hurry up and save your master." Sprinkle a few drops of fairy water to save the life. Everyone who died is very happy, how wonderful.

Many people know the story of Wuliwu at the beginning, and think Zhang Kai is a very NB. However, in "Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Zhang Kai's Biography", it goes on to write that there is a person named Pei You who knows how to do Sanli Wu. He learned that Zhang Kai's fog is two miles more than his, and he wants to go with Zhang Xue. Maybe Zhang Kai sees this. Human deer head, mouse head, thief head and thief brain are by no means good, and there is no answer. Afterwards, Pei You really committed a crime and was caught stealing in the fog. Out of some dark psychology, he also confessed that Zhang Kai knew how to do Wuliwu. How could the court see this? The husband was innocent, but he was guilty, so Zhang Kai was also arrested and quarantined for two years before being released. So pretending to be foggy like this is not a good thing after all, and it often harms others and oneself. Stephen King is said to have written "The Mist" in 1984, when he was 37 years old, and perhaps the mist of the shadows of the injustices that King suffered as a child is still looming, so I feel it, but Darabont is clearly depraved. An overly dark tone is also pretentious, whether he's using it on a cat or a whole human being.

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The Mist quotes

  • Wayne Jessup: I heard stuff.

    Mrs. Carmody: Stuff...

    Wayne Jessup: Yeah, we all heard stuff! Like uh, how they... they thought that there were other dimensions. You know, other... other worlds all around us, and how they wanted to try to make a window, you know, so they can look through and see what's on the other side.

    Mrs. Carmody: Well maybe your window turned out to be a door. Isn't it?

    Wayne Jessup: Not my door! It's the scientists!

    Mrs. Carmody: [sarcastically] Oh, the scientists.

    Wayne Jessup: Yes, the scientists! They must've ripped a hole through by accident. That's how their world keeps on spilling through into ours. That's what Donaldson was saying right before he killed himself. I didn't understand half of it.

  • Dan Miller: [after the car runs out of gas] Well, we gave it a good shot. Nobody can say we didn't.