I read a lot of reviews and found that a lot of people were distracted by the violence, ingenuity and other gimmicks in the film, and didn't really see the main point of the film.
If you accidentally understand the gist, it is estimated that your favorable impression of this movie will be far beyond your original imagination, and you will find that this is not just a grandstanding movie. As we all know, a profound art work will inevitably explore or express a profound topic, such as: expressing social reality, satirizing social reality, exploring human nature, exploring philosophy, exploring religion, etc., and this film shows the most profound and The most tangled issue is whether there is a God, whether to believe in God, whether to listen to God, etc., and the film expresses its view in the most extreme way, that is, God exists, not only to believe in God, but also Act completely according to God's word. It is really courageous for the film to express this kind of topic. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to express it clearly.
Below, I will specifically say the theme of the film.
To put it simply, all the director wanted to say was one sentence, which was the title of the film—“Listen to the words of the gods.” Here, netizens complain that there are no numbers, so don't worry, listen to me and then complain again.
"Listen to the words of the gods", these five words are very simple, we often hear and see them in our daily life, but how many people have thought about this sentence carefully, "Isn't it just five words? I understand"; how many people believe this sentence, "I don't know who God is, I believe it!"; How many people do it according to this sentence? "Damn, Lao Tzu is a god, I only do things according to Lao Tzu's words!" I guess many people feel that when they see these five words, they just feel "no sense". This is not to blame for everyone. In the past 200 years, China has been in a period of confusion. "God", heaven, etc. have become luxuries of thought. It is natural to have no time to think about it.
The real power of this film is that it does not use theoretical preaching, but uses bloody reality to make you feel "feeling" about the five words "listen to the words of the gods", so that you can understand the meaning of "listen to the words of the gods".
As shown in the plot of the film, if you do not follow the rules of the game, you will be punished; even if you do it according to the rules of God, but you are not physically strong enough, you will be punished; if you lack imagination, you will be punished; if your IQ is not enough, you will be punished; If you are not lucky enough, cut you... Here, "rules of the game" symbolize "words of the gods", and "physical strength, imagination, IQ, and luck" symbolize the level of effort to serve the gods. Through the most severe game, in this era of lack of belief and abandonment of gods, the gods killed all those who did not believe in and did not work hard to serve, and finally selected a person who listened to the words of the gods the most and had the highest quality as the "Son of God". "I told everyone that the gods exist, and my brother is back. You must continue to believe in me and serve me before you can get my forgiveness.
At the end of everyone watching the film, as soon as "Son of God" appeared on the stage, everyone admired it. The purpose of the gods was achieved. He created an "example", an example of listening to God, believing in God, and serving God. In this way, everyone will imitate and follow the "Son of God" and "listen to God's words" again. Finally, the gods appeared slowly.
At this point, the film's position and theme are clearly expressed.
The film has a lot of morals, write it out, and everyone will understand it better.
1. In the film, the male protagonist feels that life is very boring, but after experiencing a cruel game, he saw his friend die, and finally realized that "you know how to cherish when you lose it", and only then did he discover the wonderfulness of life. "You know how to cherish when you lose it", which is a metaphor for human beings who lose their lives because of the loss of God's care, and only then can they think of "God" and cherish "God".
2. In the film, "God" turned out to be an ordinary beggar. The status of a "god" as a beggar symbolizes the lack of belief in today's society. Everyone does not believe in gods, and the status of "gods" is like a beggar.
3. In the film, the tumblers, lucky cats, dolls, and white bears in the game are all cute, but they all kill people and play. Insinuate that human beings are just playthings in the eyes of God, and killing you is a game. Kill you with seriousness? God can easily destroy the ridiculous ignorant arrogance of human beings, in short, you have no negotiation.
4. In the film, the bully dies, the bullshit also dies, the damned dies, the undeserved dies, the virtuous dies, the bad virtuous may not die. It implies a terrifying reality. Any meaning attached to the person itself is not important. These are not the factors that determine life and death. In fact, there is only one reason for death: not listening to the myths, not serving God well, and there is only one reason for living: listening to Myths and can serve God well.
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