If the end of the world is still not far away, is everything in the world still meaningful? money? For a wedding organized by astronomical numbers, when my brother-in-law kept mentioning how much the wedding cost, how would justine feel? She was just listening to a bunch of objects that were about to have no meaning saying meaningless things, but she was still listening because she was scared, she was terrified and she didn't know what to do. A career, a job that everyone envies, is of course meaningless, seeing through the greedy and ugly face of the boss. That's right, when you become a spectator of life, all the desires and everything in everyone's mind can no longer escape your eyes, because you are far away from them. Even, love? Schopenhauer said that love is a beautiful disguise that the human reproductive instinct puts on consciousness. Then when the species ceases to exist, love has no meaning. But if only one person knows the truth of all this, who can understand her loneliness, fear, and helplessness.
When justine said "because i know things" in a trembling voice, my heart also broke, and sometimes I felt that I could understand her. I did get into the movie while watching this movie, and I felt a lot of what she felt. When there is only oneself in the world, what to do, how to explain, and to whom to explain. But isn't that the situation I'm in now? When the most beautiful food tastes like ashes, how should we welcome this world, what is to come, and where is the meaning of life?
Faced with the inevitable problems in life, how should we face them? Death may be a good choice, or it may be to face it and meet its arrival. Humans have four realms: nature, utility, sages, and heaven and earth. How everyone handles when things go far beyond our control is exactly what the end of the film tells us. Is it to escape, to force a smile, or to face the truest truth. I would like to choose the latter.
"The world is so sinister, we will not have any nostalgia" - justine
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