Martin is a key figure in this show. He believes in pi, the golden section line, the Fibonacci sequence, etc., and believes that "the essence of nature is mathematics, there is a hidden purpose in reality, and everything is arranged according to a pattern, a plan, a logical sequence, even to the point of The smallest snowflake, its structure also contains a mathematical principle. If the mysterious meaning of numbers can be discovered, the meaning of life will be discovered. This idea has been foreshadowed since he lived in Mrs. Egleton's house. In a conversation with Mrs. Egleton's daughter Beth, Martin has stated that it is not a coincidence that he lives in their home, and he does not believe in coincidences, while Professor Selton's view is that life is absurd and random. You can even "create" a serial murder that doesn't exist. What you see is real, but there is still a gap between the real and the truth. It can be said that Professor Selton is an expert in using random phenomena to create serial murders. If the audience judges from this, it is highly probable that Professor Selton was the mastermind of the serial murders. Martin wanted to leave Oxford due to disagreements, but stayed because of Mrs. Igleton's death. That was an accident Is it a coincidence? Or is it a pure butterfly effect as the professor said?
I don't think it is. If it is revealed in the superficial way at the end of the film, then the film is just that. But there is a 14 interspersed in the play. A perfect murder case where the man conceived of killing his wife in a different way is finally killed by his fearful wife. This seemingly unrelated plot implants a concept in the audience's mind, "the scapegoat". Who is the scapegoat?
The real answer is actually given in the video. Martin said to the professor, don't be sad, you are just a pawn to him. I don't think that statement was made by Martin under the misconception that there was another serial killer. But it is teased when too proud. During his interaction with Lorna, Martin revealed that he wanted to be smarter than the professor and that he wanted to prove his philosophy. Overthrow the professor's ideas. In fact, he learned a lot from Professor Selton, and it was these that made his ideas more perfect. From the beginning to the end, he was the role of a case judge, but this case judge designed a logical sequence, and Professor Selton, who was the biggest scapegoat, was always in the sequence, helping him to complete his theory unconsciously. This is completely in line with the differences in the theoretical concepts of the two people at the beginning of the film. At the end of the film, Martin walked up to the professor and tried to use the professor's own theory to get the professor to voluntarily plead guilty. It does it perfectly. The professor's final point also became the final battle of the two theories.
Maybe many people won't agree with me. It doesn't matter, watching a movie is totally a matter of opinion. Think back to what Professor Selton said in the lecture, "The vibration of a butterfly's wings caused a hurricane in another city. This is the butterfly effect theory that we have been talking about for decades, but who can accurately predict a hurricane? Coming? Who?" How to evaluate this film is like how to interpret this passage. Is it the butterfly effect? wrong. I just think the butterfly effect is the set that is being exploited, the real keyword is who predicted the hurricane.
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