Daigo. Demons are sent by gods for revelation.
It's just that the way of expression is slightly obscure, integrating elements of religion, mysticism, metaphysics, medieval folk songs, etc. The visual aesthetics is dark and gothic in the Middle Ages, and it deliberately creates a strange atmosphere, which once made the audience's tension rise to the throat. The narrative is a bit tricky to play with the cloud and mountain fog. Personally full of metaphors, hints throughout, and most astonishingly consistent in time-stitching, it's worth revisiting later. After all, the setting of Christmas Return makes people smile after being shocked. (Please ignore private goods)
Dreams, souls, and destiny are all at your feet. The riddles of life are very ordinary and unpretentious, even full of errors and omissions. A young man is neither confident nor confused about the future. He seems to be in a daze and has no direction. As the nephew of the king, Jinshuiloutai, who has been promoted to officials and nobles, has strong self-denial and doubts because he has no practical martial arts skills, and is among the talents. It is even more out of place among all the knights of the round table who have experienced a lot of battles, and make the young man suffer from "imposter syndrome", drinking and having fun all day long with his little girlfriend. The mother, who has two brushes and can do sorcery, looks calm on the surface, but in fact hates iron not turning into steel. She can't bear to see her son continue to sink, so she summons the green knight (like an old tree spirit, not a grandma, so maybe it can be done for the time being) Seen as a natural law that symbolizes the change of life) as the test that the son must go through to finally obtain the title of knight, it can be regarded as a coming-of-age ceremony for his son. In fact, if you want to become a real knight, you don't even need peerless martial arts, and the whole film doesn't even mention the geometry of knight's swordsmanship. No one is born a legend, but the path you choose must be traveled by yourself. Accepting the challenge and beheading the Green Knight (undead) is not the end. One year later, on Christmas Day, he must keep his promise and arrive at the Green Church at the agreed place to receive an axe from the Green Knight as a reward. A year has passed in a blink of an eye, looking at the snowflakes in the sky, the agreed time is coming, but the young man uses alcohol to anesthetize himself every day and is unwilling to face the reality. Under the urging of his uncle's king and mother, he had to pack his bags and set out on the journey, Just to finish what he started. To put it simply, it is actually a story of catching ducks on the shelf to catch the deadline. The title of the whole film is all in the word "complete" or "return". The male protagonist, who stumbled all the way to the appointment, even denied his knighthood to the thief in Yamano in order to survive (Of course, it was also a concession that he had to make in order to recover the belt that he regarded as an invincible amulet.) Wet body and green hunter benefactor but not completely green (worthy of the title of the green knight) is even more ridiculous and humiliating to the knight Spirit. Fortunately, the young man overcame many difficulties and resisted all kinds of temptations. He did not turn back from beginning to end, but set off towards the appointed place. This is enough, after all, as the saying goes, don't be afraid of being slow, but be afraid of standing.
Impulsively and ignorantly, the bloody boss was ordered to accept the challenge, and the fear caused the male protagonist to use alcohol to drown his sorrows in the night and night to delay and escape for nearly a year, but finally, under the urging of his family, he embarked on a journey to complete the task in order to keep his promise. Although he was still timid and hesitant until the last moment when the axe fell, he searched his stomach to find excuses for the green knight not to cut him, but by visualizing the disgusting mediocrity and deceitful life after escaping and returning home, the male protagonist was finally inspired. Potential and make it overcome fear, and then discard all flashy external things (including the most important belt, which is regarded as an amulet, but its actual function is questionable), and face death alone with the strength of a child, but pass through it in an instant. Passing the test, regaining new life and freedom, and making oneself worthy of the title are the whole content of this film.
Looking back, life is to do what should be done, there is no mystery.
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