The brief introduction of the film, and even the name of the film, give people a natural association. This movie about Kevin will revolve around Kevin. This kind of thinking is natural: Facing a young killer, it is a normal reaction to try to find out the reasons. After all, we can't avoid living in a modern society with a stereotype of thinking that "you should not be a killer". Compared to a fragmentary life film about the murderer’s mother, a documentary that deeply analyzes all aspects seems more suitable for recreating the truth and alerting the public.
Unfortunately, fortunately, this movie is based on a novel, and the novels are all made up.
So this is a "scattered piece of life around the murderer's mother", and it seems that we can relax and intervene virtually in her life from a different perspective.
Those who have watched the movie should agree that the perspective of this movie is indeed different from that of the documentary, but the audience is far from relaxed. The tone of the whole movie is so bright, but the tone is so dark. It easily imposes the torment of nowhere to escape to the audience. It makes people feel like a barbecue on a charcoal fire in the sun. Fall into the abyss like entering the esophagus.
This movie seems to be mainly about mother and child, after all, the whole family is only alive with the two of them so far. But if this film is talking about mother and child, it seems that it is not so accurate. First, the film is completely centered on Kevin’s mother, including a lot of painful time when Kevin was tortured after she was in prison. Second, it looks like this film. Nothing has developed since the birth of Kevin, and everything slowly ends in a certain stillness. Of course, don’t forget the title of the video: "We Need to Talk about Kevin", "We" is plural, and it certainly does not refer to both Kevin and his mother, otherwise the sentence would be "We need to talk about you, Kevin ". Therefore, "Who is'We'" needs to be clear at least first, and the answer is also obvious-"we" watching movies.
Of course, how we want to talk about Kevin is our business, but if we follow the context of the movie, it seems difficult to find an entry point and breakthrough. Like the bright sunshine, the movie shines as usual from beginning to end, without the slightest change. Kevin's performance is almost the incarnation of evil since birth, a statue of a devil, whether it is an "Opedi" or an "anti-social personality" "All kinds of analysis, it is like throwing at it a plastic universe circle, and it doesn’t move and collects all the photos. It seems to trap it, but it can’t be dragged. It is still there, and it touches every one oncoming. The head was battered.
In retrospect, it’s interesting that when the relationship between the mother and the son was shining throughout the movie, it was precisely when the mother did not try to "talk" about Kevin: first, the mother was studying for the sick Kevin, and the second was the mother talking about golf. Fat guy on the field. And other times when she was about to talk to Kevin, Kevin was full of evil.
From this point of view, is "talking about Kevin" itself the crux?
To a certain extent, my mother has been "talking" about Kevin. From the beginning, she was facing Kevin. He is a thing that needs to be treated, a relationship that needs to be handled, and she is reminding herself of this life. It was her son who reminded herself of the obligations and responsibilities related to it. She was working hard to manage this matter. From the performance point of view, she was quite serious, but in the end she suffered a complete failure.
Location is everything.
To be honest, the sense of obligation and responsibility the mother has towards Kevin may be far greater than love, but this is beyond blame. This movie may not be warm, but it is full of humanity. When an adventurer who has fallen into mediocrity faces a difficult situation but has no way to escape, if she can still be full of textbook maternal love, then she can only be the Virgin. A person needs to have enough wisdom and frankness to admit that maternal love is not like breast milk. It is naturally secreted as soon as a mother is born. Here, let's talk about whether the child is starving to death with a flat chest.
From the so-called operational level, the mother’s education to Kevin can be said to be a perfect example of care. Since love is almost exhausted by dryness, of course there is no such thing as spoiling, but the care and patience are irrelevant. Picky, the only beating and scolding is the double effect of loss of control and accident. If her identity is not a mother but a nanny, it is estimated that she can apply for the prize, but the result is that Kevin will eventually go from being rebellious to absolute evil.
If the final result is attributed to the lack of love, as mentioned earlier, it is not fair in itself, and from another perspective, it is not even correct. Because if according to this logic, any poorly managed orphanage will mass-produce perverted homicides, and any parent will inevitably be killed by his own child just because he is busy at work or absent-minded. This is obviously absurd and not in line with reality.
Taking a step back, if love is a "natural" part of human nature, then there is no reason why anger and hatred are not. If love is promoted as "favorable" by a wrong idea just because it is "natural", then why is the same "natural" anger and hatred to be suppressed? From the beginning to the end of the film, his mother was played by Kevin in the palm of her hand, and she compromised almost infinitely in the face of pure evil. The only outbreak left a scar on Kevin's arm, but Kevin said in an admiring tone. "That was the only time you were real."
Like love, anger and hatred are also missing between mother and child. The result is a mutual loss of mother and child, lost in two extremes. Kevin lost his absolute self and challenged all existing values and concepts within her reach, while his mother was lost in the complete loss of self. Everything followed the rules of the society to continue to write a chapter like a corpse. Finally, Kai Wen, the rebel, used the most extreme way to tear up the existing form, escape the arrangement of being sent into the army to forcibly institutionalize and socialize, accomplish his coming-of-age ceremony, and break this ring.
Will things be different if you bring the position closer, stop talking, love and hate intertwined? The film does not give any guarantees, and no one can give a definite answer. The next generation is always an independent unknown. Rather than face it, it’s better to meet. Rather than deliberately, it’s better to meet as you wish. Give the rest to God, to fate, and time, just like the end of the movie, he was so sure of it. Now I don't know, mother and son are still embracing each other.
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