Although from the beginning of the promotion, the movie seemed to have a grand scene, a very thrilling plot, and a "suspense" about the world was set up, but after watching the movie, I think the biggest suspense in the whole film is not The propaganda "whether machines replace humans" or "who is the biggest villain" and so on, but whether the machine with Will's consciousness is Will.
In fact, this question has been raised from the very beginning. When the phrase "Is Anyone There?" appeared, the ecstasy of success convinced both Max and Evelyn that it was Will, but when he calmed down, Max began to doubt: "He" was really Will ?
Although Max raised his suspicions, Evelyn completely ignored it. At that time, she was experiencing violent mood swings of "losing" and "regaining". At this time, she has completely reached the state of the so-called "As long as you say it, I will believe it".
Evelyn believed that this was her husband and her lover, so she did everything she could to fulfill Will's request: a more powerful processor, networking, and moving to Blightwood. She didn't think about right or wrong, and there was no right or wrong. In fact, there is no such thing as "decent" and "villain" in the whole film.
But two years later, everything Will does confuses Evelyn: What are you doing? At this time, Evelyn had lost her initial firmness, and she began to be confused about her initial approach.
She kept Will alive in that way because she couldn't accept Will's departure, she wanted Will to stay by her side, and the final result was "You are not here with me.". Will wasn't there, or in the way that Evelyn wanted.
People are greedy. At first, I only wanted you to be there, then I wanted to see you, then I wanted to touch you, and then I wanted you to be by my side like before.
Such thoughts began to shake Evelyn, and with the persuasion of her friends, Evelyn slowly turned to the other side. She also began to have questions: Are you really the one I love?
Later, when Will appeared in front of Evelyn with a full body, I believe Evelyn was happy at that moment. She waited for two years, and finally came to this moment. If it was me at the time, looking at the person in front of me, I really feel that I don't care about anything, I don't want anything, the world has nothing to do with me, I just want to be with this person in front of me. But Evelyn backed away, backed away after the hug.
She chose the other side, she chose to believe that the one in front of her was not her husband, but just a manufactured Transcendence. It's not that she didn't want to, it's just that Will's actions made her confused and scared.
Yes, she was scared, when she saw Will's power, when she saw the hand, she was scared, she didn't know what Will was trying to do. But Max and Joseph told her what Will was going to do. She believed it, and could only believe it, because there was only one reasonable explanation in front of her.
Because of fear and confusion, Max's words on the edge of the cliff, "That's not Will, it's you who want to change the world" and Will's words "I finally found a way to come back" when he appeared, did not make the She understands: Will is fulfilling her dream, and Will's dream is just to get back to her.
Maybe she didn't know that Will was realizing her dream because her dream had already changed. She no longer wanted to change the world and create a better world, but just wanted to be with Will.
We can't blame her for her last distrust. She waited for two years, waiting for fear and panic.
I think the phrase in the poster is particularly good: eternal life for love. If people want to live forever, it must be because they have something they can't give up, just like Qin Shihuang couldn't give up money and power to seek immortality. Will couldn't let Evelyn go, he loved her, and he couldn't bear to let her live alone.
Will answered "Always" when Evelyn asked him "Is that you?" at the end, while Max said "Never" earlier. This is where I am the most distressed.
I'm here, I've always been, but you don't believe it anymore. I have always been the one you love.
When the two of them lay in bed in the end, Will's entire system collapsed, and when those people he had cured returned to their previous appearances, only he himself did not disappear like in a dream, Instead, the lines on his face slowly faded, as if he had become a real person, a real body of flesh and blood, hugging his lover and falling asleep.
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