Nice people are not gentle

Cade 2021-11-27 08:01:19

This is a closed island story.
Double openness, no matter how inferred it is true.
Heroes may be insane, angels may also be demons.
Everyone will have their own conclusion after reading it.
Because every person has his own God in his heart.

Traditional movies, especially super hero stories.
Good guys and bad guys will always be so black and white, kill the bad guys, and the world will be calm.
The bad guys never know how to pretend to be good
guys. Good guys are all high-end masters who look to the bottom at a glance.
Those rough plots convey only appearances.
We will never see the really important things.
We will never get answers to really important questions. What is the truth

in the feathery rumors
?
DOUBT hit this problem precisely and once again I was lost.

The reality has never been like this.
The reality is that bad guys are usually patient, gentle, and very empathetic.
Because he is very smart, only smart people dare to go bad.
He felt that no one was smarter than him to be able to see that he was doing bad things.
His cleverness has become a huge temptation, and it is difficult to control himself not to use this cleverness for profit.

They can gain the trust of others and approach his true purpose step by step.
They get people's attention, sympathy, love and trust.
They have both fame and fortune, and a collection of thousands of pets.
And those bad guys who can be seen at a glance and are pointed by thousands of people.
I can only say that I have overestimated my own intelligence.

And those good people are usually smelly and hard, don't know how to be accommodating, have a grumpy temper, and annoying.
Few people think that it is precisely because of this stubborn character
that they can strictly abide by the bottom line of morality.
They are not clever, only one tendon remains stubborn.
Just blurt out like a child without thinking.
He wanted to protect, but he hurt someone.
He wants to give, but it makes people feel restrained and depressed.
After hurting others and hurting themselves again and again, they became more and more weird and indifferent.

So you know, there are actually no good and bad people in this world.
There are only smart people and dumb people.

The priest is obviously a wise man.
His last departure may be due to two considerations.
One is that he is really a boy molester, and he is afraid that the nun will throw out his old bottom.
2. He was worried that the nun's persevering investigation would involve more people in the incident.
In the end, regardless of whether he did it or not, the
reputation of the child, the child's parents, the entire school, and himself will be irreparably affected.
Because people only want to believe in bad things.
So whether he is a saint or a devil? He will choose to leave.
This is the most confusing part of the movie.

Is Sister Ai a smart person? Hard to say.
But obviously her cleverness is not as comfortable as the priest's.
Even if she has good motives, people can't like her.
Her noble, mean, poker face, and a trace of undisciplined nun clothes.
It is easy for people to have an instant impression: a perverted old virgin.
Especially during her conversation with her black mother, I
believe that many people's aversion to her will reach its peak.
However, the ingenuity of the screenwriter is that
she arranged many details to show the kindness of Sister Ai.
For example, she would hide for the blind old nun, in order to make her end.
In this way, she does not seem to be a person who hates the world and whose conscience is wiped out.
Therefore, her attitude towards priests is even more incomprehensible and confusing.
Is she really the only one who knows the truth?
If not, then what a dark and terrifying place will be in her heart?
The last cry of her made me horrified.

Sister James is also a very interesting figure.
She is like a blank sheet of paper, a blank character set by the director.
She was conflicted, confused, and constantly swaying
her while arguing with Sister Ai in excitement and defending the priest.
On the one hand, she also started to reprimand the child like Sister Ai.
Her loss is so real.
She represents the desperate confusion we face when we face the absurd life.
She is a concrete manifestation of metaphysical pain.

Although the black mother only played for a few minutes, she was a very rich figure.
She is like a badly injured beast, her whole person is shrinking, cautious, and extremely insecure.
She seemed to have caught a glimpse of something extremely terrible, and since then she kept it secret.
She knew that her son was gay and might still be assaulted.
But she chose to escape and turned a blind eye because she couldn't bear it.
So when the nun tried to lead her to tell the truth,
she was extremely angry. This anger was actually a concentrated outbreak of fear.
She tried her best to cover and protect this calm appearance.
She is just a poor mother who can do nothing but love her child.

This kind of story is terrible, just like you are walking on the green grass.
Then encounter a trap out of thin air, and the person falls.
The camera, but it just stays on that piece of grass.
Bright and blank, as if nothing happened.
Only you know that you have fallen.
Under the calm surface, in the dark, keep falling.

The movie is over, and you are still falling.
There is no light, no bottom.
The only thing that can comfort you is deep sleep.

Falling, sleeping.
Don't shout, don't ask for help, don't open your eyes.
In nightmares and dreams, waiting for our final ending.

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Extended Reading

Doubt quotes

  • Father Brendan Flynn: [to Sister James] There are people who go after your humanity, Sister, that tell you that the light in your heart is a weakness. Don't believe it. It's an old tactic of cruel people to kill kindness in the name of virtue.

  • Father Brendan Flynn: [to Sister James about Sister Aloysius] The dragon is hungry.