I choose to believe, which is the same as believing in God’s answer. There are similar lines in the movie, and this is logically flawed, but I think the answer is simple and difficult to overturn: can you deny that the protagonist is not Jesus? Like can you deny that God does not exist? Although you may not be able to prove the existence of God, you cannot deny that it is not.
The transition from scientific controversy to religious discussion is in line with people’s common sense: relatively speaking, religion can solve most of the ultimate problems that science cannot explain.
Most people choose theism or atheism passively. No matter which is more scientific and logical, they are just a kind of "theory", regardless of which country or educational background. Will instill certain beliefs in the younger generation. This belief is the bottom line of most people's logical thinking.
Many places in this film remind me of the book "People Are Going to Die". Immortality is the desire and fantasy that everyone once had. After the immortal protagonist in that book has lived for N years, he realizes that eternal life is eternal punishment. Because the people he loves will die, and any of his achievements will eventually turn into dust over time.
The difference is that the protagonist of the film believes that he is not immortal. His calm face didn't show much sadness, but for him, the people who loved him and those who loved him are dead, this cannot be ignored.
In addition to discussing immortality and eternal time, the audience is rich in thinking space, and the role of knowledge in history and human civilization is also highly rated. The protagonist who has lived for 14,000 years must rely on knowledge. In order to retain the memory, this setting itself is also quite interesting: if others can learn to a certain degree, they can be almost as drip-proof as he said. This reflects the director's ingenuity in the layout of the story. If you choose to believe it or not, it depends on how you think, rather than clinging to true or false value judgments.
At the end of the film, the protagonist stops and waits for the woman who loves him. The camera does not take whether she pulls the door to get into the car. The suspense in it makes me very touched. A man around his lover who will eventually die of old age will leave those around him every ten years, which is both self-protection and care for others. But will he stop for the woman in front of him? When he stopped to look back at the woman, the subtle changes in the woman's face were so heart-warming! Ten thousand years of life has nothing to do with me, you are just the man I love, you leave the people around you like you have repeated it N times in the past, but you still stayed for me for a moment.
Do you want her to go with him?
PS: One more question. Do you think that when the religious old lady kissed the protagonist last time, did she believe that she kissed Jesus? I think she believed it, and even if she didn't believe it, she would kiss him as Jesus.
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