The five minutes in heaven that Joy was referring to was the five minutes that could possibly stop Alex. He lost his only chance for those five minutes 33 years ago. Now, he hopes to get it back, even though he knows it's impossible.
Joy kept telling herself that her mother blamed herself for no reason. In fact, it was not herself who caused all this, but the murderer with the gun. But, deep down, Joy thought the same thing as his mother—or rather, he didn't think so at first, but because of his mother's constant blame, this thought was rooted in Joy's young heart and turned into himself Thought - Joy blamed himself for inaction at the time from the bottom, and he knew it himself: he was terrified, he was afraid, he was afraid, he was cowardly.
Alex became an abstract representation of fear in Joy's heart, constantly reminding Joy that it was because of his cowardice that all this was caused - in return, it was not only the misfortune of the family, but also the hatred and contempt of his mother. eyes.
Joy finally broke into tears and said one sentence (if I remember correctly): "I want to be a father that my daughter can be proud of." Joy was fed up with being blamed and despised. If you have let the relatives you once have so disappointed, at least, at least let your daughter stop looking down on yourself! If possible, make your daughter proud.
If, in those five minutes in heaven, I could stop Alex, my mother would be proud of me! If, now, I can recapture this paradise for five minutes, and I want to kill Alex and avenge my brother, then my daughter will be proud of me too! Because, I killed the person who once scared me so much that I lived my whole life under my mother's contemptuous eyes! Because, I have overcome my own cowardice and fear!
Alex used all his strength to stop Joy. Because he's been through it, he knows that doing so will only put you in another miserable situation with no satisfaction whatsoever.
How similar! What Joy wanted was very similar to what Alex had been through - Alex wanted to kill for glory. Joy wants to gain self-esteem by killing Alex.
However, death can bring only pain and nothing else.
Alex talks all over the place trying to remind people of this, because no one ever told him, so he does it now. But no matter how many people you tell it, it's useless. Alex knew that the only person he really wanted to tell was Joy. Alex's pain is doubled. He not only has to bear the pain of killing himself and blame himself, but also the pain of destroying the Joy family.
I'd like to believe that Alex just wants Joy to have a good time. I'd like to believe that Alex didn't have any selfish intentions in going to see Joy. But, I have to say, the worse Joy's life is, the heavier the burden on Alex's heart. Joy is better off, and the burden on Alex's heart is lighter. No matter how Alex argues, he's doing it for himself - that's a burden a man who has made a mistake can't shirk. Just like what Yesha said, Alex is not qualified to say: "Forget me, you should focus on loving your daughter!"
However, Alex still said this. He knew that he was not qualified, and regardless of whether he would be criticized, he still had to say - he really hoped that Joy would have a better life! Alex said, "I'm going to tell you how it all started, nothing, I was just a kid, I was just for vanity, it's that simple, it's not worth mentioning at all! So forget me."
Joy finally sees it clearly The man who deprived him of his normal life for 33 years turned out to be so ordinary, as he himself said, it turned out to be so insignificant! And hating him—and then hating himself for so many years—was so unworthy!
The masked man always reminded Joy of his own cowardice and his mother's contemptuous guilt, just as the fearful eyes of the little boy reminded Alex of his own crimes.
Only when Joy realizes that Alex is actually an ordinary person who cannot extricate himself from endless pain and self-blame like himself, can he feel a little calmer-maybe call it forgiving Alex-and thus forgive himself, Alex. It is also possible to obtain a little bit of redemption through Joy's calmness.
Two people are so closely intertwined - only by redeeming each other can you redeem yourself.
The last "Alex, we're done." Maybe the real paradise. But does heaven really exist?
This movie shows us a path to heaven - but it's only a movie, no matter how detailed it is or a thick line - can this path be traversed in the millions of times more complicated real life? Does such a path even exist?
I thought, maybe it's something the director can't do, and it's a permanent problem that this movie leaves us with.
Or, as Mr. Liu said: "Think before you act." - Even if there is such a path, we must be very careful, and never let our life have even the slightest connection with such a path.
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