Because last Saturday was the "Zhongyuan Festival" in our traditional culture, last week became a veritable "horror week". Various media were doing some related programs, and some horror movies were also mentioned and discussed by everyone. , Although everyone has talked about a lot of horror movies, what I want to talk about today is a "ghost movie" that was released this year without ghosts. This is the horror movie "Ghost Story" based on a well-known British stage play.
The name of the movie "Ghost Story" sounds very "hard", and people are prepared to be scared from the beginning of the film. And the content of this movie is also very simple, that is, it tells you three "ghost stories". The protagonist of this film, Goodman, is a fighter dedicated to uncovering the secrets of various "fairy witches". Just like Sima Nan who publicly challenged various "great immortals" in his early years, because of the TV shows he saw in his childhood, Goodman became a A staunch atheist, he believes that there are no ghosts in this world, and that all "ghosts" are just lies fabricated by oneself in the human heart.
Since then, Goodman has become a "fake fighter", specializing in exposing the scams of various psychics. His dream is to be able to be with his former idol, that is, the psychologist Charles Camere who inspired him to embark on this path. Dr. Lun met, but unfortunately, Dr. Cameron has disappeared mysteriously. But suddenly one day, Goodman was entrusted by the long-lost Dr. Cameron to investigate three "ghost" incidents, and these three "ghost stories" also made Goodman completely collapse.
The night shift old man, the cowardly young man, and the successful lawyer, the three characters are unrelated, but each has a terrifying and bizarre experience. At the beginning of the investigation, Goodman completely held a contemptuous attitude, believing that this was just another absurd idea of a fragile mind. However, as the investigation deepened, he gradually learned a little bit from the experiences of these people. He saw some strange things, which are exactly the things that a person who is not superstitious should not see, and after witnessing the collapse of the lawyer, he also collapsed, because these three ghost stories belong to the ancient Derman's own ghost story.
At this point, the plot seems to be exploring how fragile people's beliefs are. Like Goodman, a staunch anti-superstitious, who believes that all supernatural powers are false, but that's because those stories are other people's stories. But when the three ghost stories in the film are shown in front of him, what he sees in others are all the stories that have happened to him, which shakes him and makes him collapse, although he finally runs to Came Lun shouted loudly in front of him, but this can only mean one thing, that is, he also had to admit the existence of supernatural powers, that is, "ghosts".
When I saw this, I thought of our "faith" in reality. As far as I know, someone around me suddenly felt the call of God because of something that happened to me or something happened to my relatives and friends. some kind of belief. But will this belief stand firm? Is this belief really inspired by some god? What if it just happened to be just by chance? Goodman, who never believed in ghosts and gods, would become suspicious of himself by investigating a few ghost stories, so what about the other way around? Perhaps, for all "believers", what they believe in is just a comfort zone that they are looking for in their hearts, but human beings are fragile, and this comfort zone will collapse at any time, and it is not as it seems firm.
Back to the movie, after Goodman experienced his "belief collapse", the movie took a magical turn, telling us that the three ghost stories in front of us both exist and don't exist. The thing is true, but the ghost is false. of. All of it is actually the interpretation of Goodman's own mind in a deep coma. These ghosts that haunt him are actually not supernatural things, but are his own "inner demons".
In the process of growing up, we always encounter some bad things, and when these things happen, we always have to make some choices. For example, if we see someone being bullied, should we help? If we accidentally bump into someone, should we get out of the car and take responsibility, or should we sprint on the gas pedal? If we see the old man falling, should we help him or pretend not to see it, etc. , the choices we make in these moments seem to only have an impact on the time, but in fact, a seed will be quietly planted in our hearts. As time goes by, the good parts of these seeds will not be good, but the bad parts will thrive, and finally grow into horror ghosts, rushing towards you in your dreams.
This is the case with Goodman. Because of cowardice and avoidance, he has made wrong decisions in his life choices. These decisions did not seem to have much impact on him, but as time passed, he had a feeling in his heart. Little by little, he opened his mouth and let those evil spirits get in, torturing him again and again. At the end of the film, we know that all this is a "little theater in the brain" of Goodman, but Goodman's situation and reality also let us see that this "little theater in the brain" that tells ghost stories will It will be repeated again and again and again and again, and those evil ghosts will also appear in front of Goodman again and again, torturing him.
I think the meaning of this movie is to tell us that we will always face some choices in our long life, and when facing these choices, we must not make the wrong choice because of selfishness, otherwise, even if we can make the time When you are freed from yourself, these things will also become all kinds of terrifying things, appearing in your nightmares again and again, appearing in your mind, and haunting your long life.
Ghost films without "ghosts" are not unfamiliar to our Chinese audience, because every year in domestic theaters, we can see dozens of ghost films without "ghosts", which the producers use to launder money, The audience is mostly a couple who are bored and take the opportunity to make out. Even if all kinds of strange forces are confused, they can always end with a so-called "scientific explanation", not to mention the horror scenes are also very bad, it can be said that they do not leave. The heart does not go to the kidneys.
However, "Ghost Story" has been quite successful in this regard. When the "Ghost Story" was told in the early stage, the atmosphere was created quite successfully. Even if you are mentally prepared, you will still be made to stand up and urinate. And the subsequent turning point is not blunt at all, using a magical and magical method to let us further understand what made Goodman encounter these things, both heart and kidney, it can be said to be quite successful.
Last but not least, this movie is very good at burying its stalks. Almost from the very beginning, it has begun to lay down various foreshadowings, but people can't notice it, and when the whole movie ends, people will find out that the original Some things are actually everywhere.
Give you some tips, pay attention to the numbers, pay attention to the time, pay attention to the windows and pay attention to the mouth.
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