What happened to Mr. Brooks in this movie, can't be explained by split personality alone, main personality and sub-personality? Simultaneously? Seamless transition? And can two personalities perceive each other? This is illogical. He has hallucinations, and he has conversational and commanding auditory hallucinations, but his thinking and emotions are completely normal and cannot be explained by schizophrenia. It's nondescript, so let's just take it as the background of science fiction, and don't explore whether it is rigorous or not.
Mr. Brooks is a very smart person, all murder plans can be described as perfect. He talks, discusses, and implements a murder plan together with his fantasy Marshall. This Marshall, as I understand it, he is also a part of Brooks, is the executor of the subconscious that Brooks strongly suppressed, and represents the "id" part of Brooks, the suppressed desire to release the hidden desire in the heart. The conflict between Brooks and Marshall is actually a conflict between the id and the ego.
In the movie, Brooks, as a father, also made me feel emotional about his protection of his daughter. He even broke with Marshall and decided to protect his daughter by suicide. Fortunately, I met Smith, a fool, and things took a turn for the better. Smith is really stealing the chicken without losing the rice. With an IQ like his, other than handing over the photo to the police or choosing to never speak, all other methods are self-defeating.
The film deliberately downplays the guilt of murder, which I do not support. Most viewers will be led to admire Brooks for his intelligence and rigor, and for the sacrifice Brooks made to protect his daughter, ignoring how innocent the people they killed were.
Kevin Costner's acting is superb, praise!
Brooks' line at the end of the film:
My God, grant me the serenity to accept the things that I cannot change;
Courage to change the things that I can;
And wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him
forever in the next.
Amen.
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