Female Jesus from another angle

Kaela 2022-03-23 09:02:14

I have to say that it is a good movie. Like everyone else, I don’t want to watch it again.

However, after reading some film critics, I feel that everyone's understanding of the film may be slightly biased at one point, or you can try to look at it from another angle, which is Bess's self-talk in church.

The movie was recommended by our European literature teacher. When he told us, he meant that director Russ assumed what would happen if Jesus was a female. In other words, Bess and Jesus are God's children.
So I started looking at it from that perspective. In this way, Bess's performance is normal, she is God's child, she is good at believe. She believes in God, not the church. All her actions cannot be called "reasonable" but are of her own choosing. So Dr. Richardson always thought Bess was a good person, didn't he?
Of course, she is not like Jesus to announce the existence of God, she is just an ordinary woman. But in the end, like Jesus, she died of being spurned by everyone, and she was still covered with scars. Save others with your own supplement. These all have the taste of metaphor Jesus.

It's just alas, I still don't understand this movie, it's so weird. . . What kind of God is the God in this movie? . .

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Extended Reading
  • Letha 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    Persistent and stubborn Beth, your dedication makes people tangled

  • Clemens 2022-01-02 08:01:35

    Emily Watson's performance is of the "once in a lifetime" level.

Breaking the Waves quotes

  • Bess McNeill: [as God] Bess McNeill, for many years you've prayed for love. Shall I take it away from you again, is that what you want?

    Bess McNeill: Oh, no. I'm still grateful for love.

    Bess McNeill: [as God] What do you want, then?

    Bess McNeill: I pray for Jan to come home.

    Bess McNeill: [as God, in an impatient voice] He will be coming home in ten days. You must learn to endure, you know that.

    Bess McNeill: I can't wait.

    Bess McNeill: [as God] This is unlike you, Bess. Out there, there are people who need Jan and his work. What about them?

    Bess McNeill: They don't matter. Nothing else matters. I just want Jan home again. I pray to you, oh please. Won't you send him home?

    Bess McNeill: [as God] Are you sure that's what you want?

    Bess McNeill: Yes.

  • Bess McNeill: Have you taken my calendar?

    Dodo McNeill: What? No I have not. What would I want with your calendar?

    Bess McNeill: You've taken it.

    Dodo McNeill: I have not taken it.

    Bess McNeill: Yes you have.

    Dodo McNeill: I don't know what you're talking about. What calendar?

    Bess McNeill: Where is it?

    Dodo McNeill: [returns to the room with Bess's calendar] Bess, you have to stop all this, you know. I mean you've got to go on living when he's not here. I mean he's not dead. You're not dead.

    Bess McNeill: Give it to me.

    Dodo McNeill: You've got to stop it.

    [Bess rearranges the ripped up calendar, staring at the words "I love Jan" on the corner]