I flipped through a few film reviews and found that many people were quite critical of the ending. To be honest, no matter when it was the first time after watching it, or when rethinking the aftertaste after reading a film review, I still felt that this ending couldn't be more appropriate. Whether it was Will's death, or the woman's leaving with it.
When Will threatened John and begged John to end his story, everyone heaved a sigh of relief, but not immediately. It should be said that everyone has accepted this story, and everyone knows that "this is a story" is a lie for them, but they have come to the edge, even if they lie to themselves, even if they scold their friends, there is no more Courage to believe again.
They all know that "this is a story" is lying to themselves. But they have no other way. They are not ordinary audiences, they are professors, PhDs, people who are proficient in various fields and impart knowledge for many years, and they are John's friends. People who have no relationship and no "belief" like that girl student can accept and believe it, but they can't. For them, knowledge is their belief. They would rather believe that this is a story, a joke.
If the story ends here, there is no doubt that this can only become another K-star alien. But it is not. The author played another card. The weight of this card is enough to make it a classic.
The difference between this movie and K-Star Alien is that although it also tells an impossible and unbelievable story that cannot be falsified, the focus of K-Star Alien lies in discovery and skepticism, and the focus of this work It's about telling. Although it has a plot similar to that of K-Star Alien, there is no very fierce dialectical conflict in the film (I'm sorry I haven't come and read the original carefully). One person tells it, others believe it, nothing more.
Without the death of the last old man, no one would be able to verify the truth or falsehood of what he said, and the degree of suspense would be dull compared to K-Star Alien.
However, the cry of an old man really gave us a violent punch. When we almost calmly buried our doubts in our hearts like a black gentleman and turned to leave, suddenly there was such conclusive evidence that he was real! When we were about to calm down because of his acknowledgment of "this is a story," and turn into a suspense that will never be revealed, the author once again pushed the story to an impossible peak.
However, the old man died, and no one knew the truth of his story anymore. Except for that woman, the woman who believed him all along.
The woman never raised any questions in front of other people in the whole film, she always silently watched and watched. Maybe someone would ignore that woman while watching, but she gave me a strong sense of presence throughout the film. If the story john tells is an open thread, then the woman is the only dark thread in the story. Maybe this is not a plump image, but it is a just right image. Don't forget, he told them everything to say goodbye, but in the end, he had to personally make them think that this was just an overdone joke, a lie. Until the very end, the only person who could prove him, his son, died. He plucked up the courage of fourteen-thousand years to tell his story to ordinary people and friends, but in the end he was left alone.
However, he is not alone. There is still a person who believes in him from the beginning. There is a person who trusts him more, knows him better, and accepts him more than the deepest friend. Still willing to accompany him for only a short ten years of existence. Even though time is nothing more than a passing gap for him, fleeting, but at least fourteen-thousand years of wandering, sometimes between moving on and moving on, he is not ALONE.
He is a MAN, from EARTH.
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