If everything is arranged, what can we do?

Casimer 2022-03-23 08:01:05

This movie shares many similarities with the well-known "Death Is Here" series. It's all about Death's arrangement of our destiny. The so-called life and death have fate, wealth is in the sky. In Western mythology, the god of death is responsible for arranging death, while in Chinese mythology, Lord Yama is in charge of the book of life and death. Is there any arrangement in the destiny of human beings? If everything is doomed, what else can we do?
There are always a few people who survived in this type of film with superpowers, predicting the death of others, hoping to save them, but the final answer is: this is none of your business, it is not something you can decide. So the damned still has to die, and there is nothing anyone can do to stop it. In this film, it has evolved to prevent behavior that will cause even greater consequences. In the film, the protagonist seeks answers from the Bible, and the god of death will punish those who change his decision, and even bring more death. In Chinese legends, the person who leaks the secret must also suffer from natural moat. What information do the coincidences in Chinese and Western legends convey to us? There are always some unexplainable karma in the world, life and death parting, perhaps compared with the known world, the unknown part is much larger. It's as if death is something that we will never be able to understand in this world. Luckily, we ordinary people don't have the psychic powers of movie protagonists. I can't hear the call from another world, live a quiet life, go to work or go to school, I still have to talk about injustices, and I still need to help those who need help. Although it is impossible to predict when life will end, it is much better to live a full life every day than the protagonist of the movie who is in the fear of waiting to die every day. Sometimes it seems happier to know less. Since death cannot be predicted, don't think about when we will leave, and at least live one day here seriously and happily. If you happen to save someone's life, who knows if this act of righteousness of yours was arranged by God? At least Buddhists say that it is better to build a seven-level pagoda.
All digression aside, back to the movies. Compared to other films of this type, this film is only average. Especially the plot at the end is abrupt, the protagonist's soul came out to save it is really a failure, there is no foreshadowing that the soul can make a difference, and such a plot appeared abruptly in order to achieve a happy ending can be described as a flaw in the whole film. Such a supernatural suspense theme could have made a difference, but Hollywood's assembly line of screenwriters finally yielded all the ideas.

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White Noise 2: The Light quotes

  • Henry Caine: [repeated Line] And on the third day... Christ rose again... but what about the devil?

  • Henry Caine: [repeated Line] If you save a life... you are responsible for it