The World in Kyle's Eyes - Philosophy in "Godsend"

Rhoda 2022-03-21 09:03:19

Kyle is a person with an extremely developed brain, but he can't even speak at first, and he has to learn everything from scratch. The world is foreign to him.
At the beginning of the film, he uses his inner narration to see the world from Kyle's perspective.

When Kyle first came into contact with human society and met more and more people, he thought: "From a certain point of view, the more people I meet, the more lonely I feel."
Reflecting on our modern people, is this the same? Woolen cloth?

Hearing the piano sound of the girl next door, he thought when he first came into contact with music: "But I feel that no matter what it is, it is a gift from God to enrich people's emotions." At this time, the girl His mother just happened to walk by, and he was amazed at her ignorance of the music, "What surprises me is that not everyone can appreciate this miracle. For those who don't feel this beauty, this melody makes me feel more and more They feel sad."
We are so familiar with the good things in life that we often overlook them.

When he asked the hostess who I was, the hostess had a hard time explaining to him, thinking, "The more human beings try to define themselves, the more confused they become about who they are."
Who am I? Why do I live in this world? Although we have highly developed technology, we cannot solve our own problems.

The hostess said to the child: "Don't waste time, go do your homework." He thought, "It turns out that time can be wasted."
He said to the host: "You are still looking at the time while you are running, and Time is just something that people dictate." The
host replied, "We need these numbers to maintain order in the world."
"Then, you can never get rid of time, never."
Time is a concept created by humans, but we often bound by it.

When George brought Kyle to the pool for the first time.
Kyle: "Aren't we swimming?"
George: "We're not here to swim, but to see beautiful women."
At this time, a beautiful woman appeared.
Kyle: "Then why don't you talk to her?"
George: "Talk to her? Are you crazy?"
Kyle said to himself: "We came to the pool, but we didn't swim; we came to the beauty, but we didn't Talk to them?"
George: "The world is cruel, and I have to live with it."
Reflect on how often what we want to do and what we do contradict each other?


Kyle got his first erection in the pool and was laughed at by everyone.
The host comforted him: "What happened today is normal, it just shouldn't happen in public."
Kyle: "That's not normal." The
host: "It's normal. In fact... this is A natural reaction of the body."
Kyle: "Then why hide?" The
host: "This..."
is natural, but we deliberately try to cover it up; originally normal things, we let It becomes abnormal.

PS: With the development of the plot, such philosophical narration dialogues become less and less, which is also a common problem of many American TV dramas.


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