No smoke war.

Chesley 2022-12-06 20:39:16

A thousand Hamlet-type films, then I will talk about my understanding.
The first conclusion for the whole film is that the protagonist is Adam [named Anthony].
There are two characters on the screen, one is the counseling history teacher Adam Ah Dan, and the other is the cool third-rate actor Anthony A Dong. Ah Dan has a very habitual life, except for three meals a day and work every day, that is, she is in love with her blonde and fat ass girlfriend. The opening of the film vaguely reveals the character's tone from Ah Dan's residence, dim + dark, which is the character of Ah Dan. Such a boring history teacher who doesn't even have a big TV to watch movies, so he can only sit on the sofa and watch it with a computer, wakes up when he recollects the film that just ended in his dream one day. He secretly felt that it was not right, so he turned around to confirm whether there was anything unusual in the film he had just finished, and he actually saw a face exactly like himself.
The two characters began to intersect.
And the A-Dong that A Dan accidentally discovered, has completely different attributes from A Dan. He has a much brighter room than Adan, lives a happy and nourishing life, and is willing to eat organic blueberries for his work. And his wife's personality is very different from Ah Dan's girlfriend. His wife is a very forbearing character, more gentle than his girlfriend.
Ah Dan hurriedly searched the Internet for A Dong, then took out his grinning photos for comparison, and found that even the small pit on the top of his head was exactly the same. They met by appointment, and when they really met, Adong bravely accepted this reality, even pulling off his clothes to confirm, but Adan flinched.
In the hotel room, Ah Dan did nothing but stretched out his hand.
Ah Dan went to her mother and asked if she was the only son. [You eat some blueberries] Mother took out a plate to entertain Ah Dan. [Blueberries are unpalatable] Ah Dan rejected his mother. This shows the difference between him and A Dong. [Have you taken off your clothes to confirm, maybe your body is different] Mother asked. [I didn't take off my clothes] Ah Dan said. [That's not enough] Mother said with a smile like a okay person. I couldn't figure out the intention of this passage at all, until my mother added the sentence [Give up your dream of a third-rate actor]. [Third-rate actor? ] Ah Dan’s expression is a bit uncomfortable. [Third-rate actor? ] My mind also started to be confused.
Once again, the history teacher is Ah Dan. A Dong is a third-rate actor.
Ah Dong may have become lustful. After meeting Ah Dan's girlfriend, he ordered Ah Dan to rent his girlfriend to him for one night. Of course, he did not dare to refuse. But Ah Dan also has his own Xiao Jiujiu. He really couldn't swallow this breath, so he went to A Dong's house, pretending to be A Dong and going to Shang A Dong's wife.
The film reached its climax, and the two characters began to exchange lives.
Girlfriend Ah Dan and A Dong who are equally passionate and passionate have made love, but at this moment Ah Dan hesitates to be at a loss beside A Dong's wife. Seeing the finger with the wedding ring mark, Ah Dan was furious and stopped the friendship and rushed out of the hotel. At the same time, Ah Dan couldn't stand the guilt in Ah Dong's house and walked out of the room to sit on the sofa and cry with his head. A quarrel broke out in the car. The wife in the room woke up. The two in the car started to lose control. The two in the room began to embrace each other. After the car overturned, Ah Dong and Ah Dan's girlfriend died. After the kiss, Ah Dan merged with Ah Dong's wife.
The story ends here first, and then I will talk about the reason for my conclusion.
First of all, I started looking for clues based on the grinning photo, and assumed that the master at that time had not split. Judging from the disappearance of the last four protagonists, the only real characters in the film are probably the master and the mother of the master. The third-rate actor represents Anthony, and the mother's words about blueberries and third-rate actors also imply that the actual host character should be named Anthony and love to eat blueberries.
The master character happily acts as an actor before the split, until one day the second character starts to preempt. The second personality takes away the name, preferences, and even work and life of the master. After the master was abandoned, he found a shelter named Adam, and became a personality completely different from himself. He became disliked to eat blueberries and disliked to be an actor, but his personality remained the same.
The second personality became the first personality because of being strong, and the first personality became the second personality because of cowardice. The name was just the code name, the Anthony bag, because he was too embarrassed, he could only hide in the dark and damp corner and live in the name of Adam.
For too long, both the master personality and the second personality forget their own appearance.
And when the master [now Adam] broke into the life of the second personality [now Anthony], the first person he met was the wife of the second personality, and even before he officially met with the second personality, he met first But it was full of curiosity to hide his identity in school to find the master, the wife of the second personality. The reason is actually very simple. In the battle to regain one's own identity, the master needs this helper who has the same personality, same habits, and tacit cooperation with him. In other words, you can actually think of the gentle master personality and Anthony's wife as a pair, and the grumpy second personality and Adam's girlfriend as a pair.
At the same time, the master character made up the two roles of girlfriend and wife to help him.
The master gradually merged into the life of a third-rate actor without consciously, began to return to his own life, and tempted the second personality to start contacting his girlfriend. The master doesn't know everything that happened, but he actually controls everything. He constructed his girlfriend to quarrel with the second personality, which eventually led to the death of the second personality.
The key point is when the master person forges his identity and enters the second person's home. He behaved very strangely and uncomfortably, but his wife did not make a big noise when she knew her identity was wrong, like her girlfriend. On the contrary, when the owner was helplessly shrinking on the sofa, she walked to the side and comforted and said [Stay].
stay.
This is a large segment of two scenes constantly intersecting, and when the master's helper, the wife says [Stay], the second personality turns over and no longer exists. The master character was victorious in this war and stayed, returned to his life as a third-rate actor, and got his own name.
It seemed successful, but when he finally recovered, the helper wife turned into a big spider.
At the beginning of the second personality film, I once watched a dancer playing with a spider in the ballroom. This is the first time that a spider has appeared. After the master went to see his mother, there appeared a big spider that destroyed the city like Godzilla, and then the second person took a grumpy look in the mirror to practice [Did you sleep with my wife], this is the second appearance of the spider . After the master returned, he talked to his wife casually, but found that the wife no longer existed, and the big spider occupies the entire room.
As far as I think, spiders actually represent the second personality, which can be regarded as a self-defense weapon of the second personality. Powerful, occupying, [the master who thought I was driven away like this] seems to have such a charm. After the death of the second personality, the spider became the only chance for the second personality to stand up. At the end of the film, the owner of the film was puzzled and horrified, and it seemed to explain everything as if he had buried an egg.
So he didn't succeed, and the spider came back.
----------------------------I am the dividing line from the plot --------------- ---------------
Finally, I can talk about treasure.
The nine years from 2005 to the present are the years that Jake and I have traveled together. After Brokeback Mountain, every movie chasing dramas is the same as watching new stills and meal shots on the official website all day long. Now, after watching the rivals, I feel more [growth together]. In 2005, Bao still didn't know the way he was going, and even took on a meaningless movie like Blade of Time. But unlike Sister Ka, he finally chose the path he liked correctly and became a semi-cult and semi-commercial expert. He accompanied me through elementary, junior high and high school like a family member, and is about to accompany me to university together. I am really grateful to meet him in my life. He used to be very clean and innocent, honing himself hard. Now he is very mature, stable, and capable.
And I can't use words to describe my excitement and gratitude after watching this film. I cried and cried because I saw a great him.
It's a place where Jake alone supports it, plus a good director, so it's great. The director is also worthy of praise. When the two personalities are about to meet in the hotel, when the host trembles and says [I just say], the half of his face hidden behind the door makes me shake.
There are also good supporting roles, good posters, good scenes, good colors, and good shots.
I feel very happy when I think of being able to keep walking like this with Bao in the future. I hope, I'm sure I can see him who will always be this good and even better.
Jake, you are great.

View more about Enemy reviews

Extended Reading

Enemy quotes

  • Anthony: Control, it's all about control. Every dictatorship has one obsession and that's it. In ancient Rome they gave the people bread and circuses. They kept population busy with entertainment but other dictatorships used other strategies to control ideas, the knowledge... how do they do that? Lower education, they limit culture, censor information, they censor any means of individual expression and is important to remember this, that this is a pattern, that repeats itself through out history.

  • Teacher at School: Where There's a Will There's a Way.

    Anthony: It's true.

    Teacher at School: No, it's a movie, I saw it a little while ago but um... I remember it was... I liked it.

    Anthony: Hmm. Where There's a Will There's a Way.

    Teacher at School: Yeah, that's it. Local film, if you...

    Anthony: I'll keep it in mind.