I think this film is definitely one of the must-see movies in 2015. The director's dark humor and elusive plot lead me to go deep into the zoo little by little. The story begins in a society that does not allow singles, a single man is forced to stay in a luxurious matching hotel, and must be successfully matched within 45 days, otherwise he must become an animal of his choice and be exiled into the forest. The second half of the story is about what happened to the man in the forest.
Matching restaurants reminds me of the current fast food love. After all, we love, is it because of the social reason? Or just on impulse? Or, is it really simple love? The most impressive thing is that on the night of the secret operation, the leader of the singles alliance provoked. He gave the hotel manager's husband two options: Do you think you can survive alone? Or, you can't live without a partner? The Leader gave him a pistol to see if he was going to kill himself or his wife. In the end, the husband said, "Actually, I can live alone a lot of the time. It's not that I need her so much every second." He pulled the trigger and pointed the gun at his wife. It was an empty gun, and the feelings of the two exploded instantly when the gun was pointed at each other.
The current social habit of "classifying" and "grouping" people: there is no middle ground. In order to be recognized by society and to have something to say, you classify yourself; singles criticize those who have a partner, and those who have a partner criticize those who are single… The two sides criticize each other, but there is still no conclusion: this It's the society we live in. How about you? Have you classified yourself as well? The protagonist David also classified himself! He first classified himself into "must have a partner system", "heterosexuality", "size 45 shoes"... In the classification, you have no other options, no freedom: you can't choose whether to fall in love, you can't choose to be a pair Sex, you can't choose to wear a size 44.5. All in all, nothing is possible, there is no intermediate option: since you have determined your own classification, there should be no other options. So we chose to run away, and so did David. He tried, he thought he tried, but he couldn't live like this, so he fled to the forest of singleism. But no matter how to escape, he still has no freedom: it seems that there are not enough options, and the world of choosing one is not suitable for him. In the forest of singles, he met his true love, and finally he fled to the so-called "city". He thought that he could stay with his true love for a long time, without having to make unnecessary choices; but this society has never been kind, and what he will face is still Multiple-choice question after question: Multiple-choice questions with limited options. The final title of the story is: In marriage, should you become like each other? Is it love to become what the other person wants?
Unexpectedly, the final problem is not as simple as the beginning. Is this kind of social system not suitable for us? Or are we unable to adapt to such a social system? This is another difficult multiple choice question! And the cold-blooded and emotionless nature of this film from beginning to end makes me think, maybe we just don't adapt to such a society, right? In the final analysis, this is indeed an emotionless society, and we are only small players in it with expectations.
Finally, I want to say a setting of this movie that I like very much: except for David, almost all the characters in the film have no names. After reading the introduction to the story, the director used the characteristics of the characters he played to introduce each actor. If you are interested, you can search the Internet to see it, it is very interesting. Have you ever wondered, which of these characters do your traits fit into? Have you ever wondered, what animal do you want to become when the pairing fails? - I most want to be a mayfly: short, free, floating in the sky, in line with all the you I want to pursue? what is it?
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