I think it's a bit narrow because it's a film with too many elements. Movies, put all the elements together, and you'll find that no movie you've seen before contains anything like Thelma's. This may be a film that the world has never seen before, but in fact, from the perspective of a lesbian film, there is no film like Thelma. So the film is quite special, and I can't find any similar films.
There are too many elements covered, there are supernatural, horror elements. There are elements of religion and patriarchy. There are elements of lesbian, sexual awakening. There is the ultimate free will awakening element. A certain part of the movie even gave me an element of whether it was a suspense movie, because I wondered if Anya was just a fantasy character of Thelma, because she never had friends under the control of her father and mother, so she imagined a person, this feeling is It took a long time to watch the video.
I try my best to interpret the content covered, and I hope that friends who watch the film can see more elements that the film wants to express.
The following involves strong spoilers. You can read the introduction of the previous elements, pause the viewing of the following content of the article, and go to the movie first.
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Let's do it in sequence.
1. At the beginning of the film, the father and daughter are walking on a peaceful and calm ice surface, with fish moving under the ice surface. The picture is very beautiful. The two walked into the snowfield and saw a deer. The father slowly raised his gun and aimed at the back of his daughter's head. The strong change in the fatherly love scene leads to a thrilling scene, enough to entice the audience to pursue the conclusion.
2. Thelma grew up and went to college, and her loneliness can be seen in the performance of the camera. In the evening, she was directly questioned by her parents' phone call about her schedule that was originally fixed but changed. Thelma lives under her parents' monitoring every day.
3. In the self-study class, the crow represents the monitoring of the parents. Thelma yearns for the death of the crow and the seizure, which can be considered as the strong resistance of Thelma to the monitoring and the desire to break free. In the follow-up of the film, it can be seen that the crow also represents religious surveillance.
4. Thelma was admitted to the hospital because of epilepsy. When she heard that she had to contact her former doctor to learn about her medical history, she first thought of not being known by her parents. She was full of fear of paternity in her heart, and she also saw the confusion and confusion of Thelma.
5. At night, in Thelma's dream, a snake went to her grandma's hospital and walked through her grandmother's body. At the end of the film, it was found that Thelma's supernatural ability should be passed down from her grandma. Isn't this a bit of a subconscious connection? Snakes, in northern Europe, act more as evil gods, and in the west, they represent seduction more. The self-seeking in Thelma's consciousness is represented here.
6. When parents come to visit, it can be seen from the conversation that it should be face-to-face monitoring. Thelma talks about other people's fathers, other people's parents. Her father, Tatsuya, criticized her. Her father said that all beings are equal, but what it revealed was the taste of patriarchy. Her mother looked at Tatsuya's words of patriarchal power without any words, and acquiesced to the majesty of patriarchy. In the final night, Thelma once again bowed her head to the patriarchal patriarchy and admitted her wrong.
7. After the parents left and the evening self-study was over, Thelma followed her inner guidance and went to the bar to find her new friend, Anya, who she met because of her epileptic seizure. In the communication with some peers, I didn’t get my mother’s phone call. In the disco, I saw my father’s phone and left immediately and answered my father’s phone. I was still afraid of patriarchy, but this time, I didn’t tell the truth. , but followed his inner choice.
8. Thinking of Anya at night, Anya appeared downstairs in Thelma. After the meeting, Thelma had a brief epilepsy, and it could be seen later that she wanted to break free from the ideological imprisonment of lesbians, but this time the epilepsy disappeared quickly. The two spent a normal night together.
9. The contact between the two gradually increased, and they talked about patriarchy and religion. They want to break free from patriarchy, to break free from religion. During the discussion, fire was given the symbol of hell.
10. In the concert, Anya's touch made Thelma, who was imprisoned by patriarchy and religion, have a strong resistance; from passive to active kissing in the dressing room, and finally Thelma vomited when she refused, in fact I want to spit out the confinement in my body. Finally got home and confessed to religion, and in the confession of patriarchy, changed my mind and ended up describing only a very light 2-beer confession.
11. Thelma seeks a religious return in the church, and then brings a male classmate she once despised but knows to the party to resist the temptation of lesbians. Anya thought she would return to her previous state. But in the induction of several classmates' pranks, Thelma awakened her sexual fantasies about Anya. This time, the snake that appeared in the subconscious represents sex and the awakening of Thelma's sexuality.
12. In front of the bedroom door, seeing Anya's phone, Thelma collapsed, because she thought she could return to the normal in the eyes of her parents, but today she knew what she really wanted. In depression, she collapsed.
13. Thelma went to the hospital again to explore her inner doubts.
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14. In the hospital, I know that it happened once before the age of 6, but she was prevented by strong suppressive drugs. segment memory. It was the patriarchy's imprisonment on her awakening. I also remembered a small incident when I was a child, Thelma transferred her younger brother at close range. The film is full of patriarchal patriarchy, the younger brother is more important than her in the eyes of the mother.
15. Under the guidance of the doctor, Anya appeared in the subconscious. Because of the imprisonment of patriarchy and religion, she resisted and Anya disappeared.
16. Through the doctor's conversation, I learned that my grandmother is still alive, I went to the hospital and saw my unconscious grandma. Through the paramedics, I learned that my grandma has supernatural abilities and can control other people.
17. In the swimming pool, from being submerged under control to the surface of the swimming pool being blocked, and finally being able to escape and return to the outside of the swimming pool, Thelma realized that she has the supernatural ability to control people, including her own life and death.
18. In the fear of super powers and the remorse of letting Anya disappear, she called her mother and eventually returned home.
19. A drink from her parents made Thelma confused. The parents also told Thelma how her brother got under the ice lake as a child. The little boy under the ice lake is still quite scary.
20. Under the supervision of her father, Thelma carried out religious repentance, but at the end of her repentance, she questioned God and fatherhood, and expressed her awakening to herself and free choice.
21. The parents unanimously decided that when the religious patriarchy could not control Thelma, the last resort was to make Thelma become like her grandmother, unconscious.
22. Bathing Thelma made Thelma realize that she might be turning into her grandmother.
23. Early in the morning, in Thelma's dream, his father drove a boat to the center of the lake. As the crows danced wildly, the father began to spontaneously ignite, and the father faced a choice, whether to be burned to death on the boat or drowned in the water. The water that appeared several times, felt the smell of purification, did it die here in the water, a little bit Thelma wanted his father to be purified, not to go to martyrdom in the fire?
24. Thelma woke up and realized that in her subconscious, her father died. Thelma stepped into the water and swam deep, to save her father? Or do you wish for a deeper purification? Finally, he swam to the school's swimming pool and took the initiative to kiss Anya who appeared again, representing the awakening of thorough sexual selection.
25. The crow flying from outside the swimming pool, representing the surveillance, brought Thelma back to the lake, and spit out a dead crow from his mouth. Thelma saw the life of all things, saw the cell phone in the cabinet and received a call from Anya, and she resurrected the crow that spit it out. Thelma realized that her ability is not just to kill people, she can control the life and death of life.
26. Thelma came home, the mother who could not find her father saw Thelma, already knew that Thelma killed her father, Thelma stroked her mother's leg, the mother could get out of the wheelchair, the leg caused by the attempted suicide The paralysis was cured by Thelma's consciousness.
27. Thelma left home and went back to school. The birds in the forest were just birds, and they were no longer the ones monitoring her. She is free, free to choose to be with Anya.
The whole movie is over. Supernatural films have added a lot of elements, and we can’t ponder the truth any further, because supernatural elements are destined to be unanswered from a scientific perspective, and only horror can be obtained. The writers, directors, and actors have contributed to a film with so many integrated elements that it is enough for us to watch it.
A few last words, which may be nonsense, can be ignored. Thelma, Thelma, in addition to the name, the word itself also means willpower. The title should be a pun.
There is no right or wrong in willpower. Wouldn’t it be nice if her parents guided correctly and made Thelma realize earlier that what she possesses is not the ability to kill people, but the ability to freely control life and death, it can save many people’s lives , even resurrecting life. But the control of religion is that God created all life, and the devil deprives all life of the control. Father couldn't understand it, and many tragedies occurred in the film. (This paragraph may irritate the believers of God, please ignore this paragraph, I only have my own viewing experience and interpretation as a movie audience)
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