"Womb of the Goddess" once again proved that a good script can trump a high-priced special effects blockbuster, bringing out a terrifying fable through an interlocking, step-by-step narrative...
The film begins with the male protagonist telling his son about the ancient legend of the evil god Hastur. This greedy evil god has been living in the womb of the goddess because of the curse, guarding his huge treasure but can't touch the grain... This legend was introduced and happened after Everything, but also repeatedly stressed the "retribution of greed". Almost all of the characters in the film revolve around desire (be it money/status/sex/love).
The incessant rain covered the mysterious city of Tabad, the sticky raindrops and the fluid in the womb complemented each other; it was full of uncomfortable and inconvenient feelings and emotions. The old house was dilapidated and gloomy, and it was not until halfway through the film that the audience followed the characters to glimpse the truth of the terrifying secret that sounds like a fantasy.
At first, I couldn't understand why the male protagonist was so obsessed with wealth as a teenager, but his mother commented that he was exactly the same as his father, and then after seeing the male protagonist's son who looked like a model decades later, I realized the inheritance of this inferiority; The continuation of this kind of persistence may also be a curse, especially in the context of India’s belief in cause and effect, it seems that tragedy is doomed. The male protagonist's friend, like his father's great-grandmother, is also a victim of wealth.
And the female characters also bloomed well in the short space. The mother's 12-year forbearance broke out on the day of her brother's death; the wife, who most yearns for women's independence, earns her own money, and participates in feminist activities, has always had the least status and right to speak at home; the smart and vain mistress is a good choice. The femme fatales standing on the side (maybe they can live the longest in a turbulent society); the horrible and pitiful grandma keeps praying for freedom... Their role is to explain the environment, and also compare the status and character of men; in the film, men and women The two sides formed two defects of recklessness and cowardice.
Finally, I will push this work again, and there are still performances in the Golden Horse, please grasp it.
4/15 (Mon) 17:20 Xinguang Second Hall;
4/19 (Fri) 14:00 Xinguang Second Hall.
Cereal Recommended Index★★★★☆
~~~Lightning protection line~~~~
There are two specific curses in the film: one is to be touched by Hastur and become immortal in a state of pain (excluding friends may be because it was too late to escape the hole and was beaten to the wall as a reserve food), the male protagonist and grandma. It's all like this. Another curse is that you can't say that to others casually unless you use it formally; the male protagonist said it when he was a child, and his brother died, and the son said in the car that his father had an accident.
My father's change moved me very much. I didn't expect to see such a wonderful and full-bodied character in a horror movie, and I also felt the warmth of a treacherous person: once he rescued a woman who was driven away (although in the end the slave girl Turning over to be a mistress), once crying and calling for his mother after being drunk, once when he couldn’t bear to see his friend’s life would be worse than death, and then on caring for his son (meeting his wedding wishes, saving him twice), and finally the representative The belt of the deepest father's love... These non-absolute positions gave him a feeling of humanity later.
And the finale is actually quite intriguing. Because the closing of the manhole cover or the ignition of the son can actually be the ending, but the director specially reserved it until the son closes the door and leaves at the end. I understand that on the one hand, it ends the incident, on the other hand, it symbolizes the son's transformation, and he no longer cares about money. Covetousness; but it also leaves a new suspense, will it not come back after seemingly resolute departure? Who will be the next person to open the door with such deep-rooted inferiority and desires of neighbors and friends?
Btw, I learned from the stills that the little actor who plays the son also plays the role of the great-grandmother! It's amazing.
btw2 In the end, if I were the screenwriter, I would change it to: Dad gave his son gold coins, and his son took it first (accepted it), the father tearfully asked his son to burn himself to death, and the son was reluctant to execute it; after the father died, the son sprinkled the gold coins on the The ashes are left (not taken).
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