the other world

Idella 2022-03-23 09:01:48

Kevin's mother is a freedom-loving person, so she hates not being free.

The unexpected pregnancy brought her free life to an early end. Everything came too suddenly for her, and she was not fully prepared to accept it.

Most of the pregnant women looked very happy, doing preparations, but she looked depressed and left the corridor filled with shadows.

Then there is pregnancy. . The distorted footage shown through the mirror, accompanied by her moaning in pain, while the doctor said, "stop resisting."

Once again hinted at Eva's resistance to Kevin's arrival.

Next was her, who was sitting on the hospital bed with a depressed face, and her father, who was holding Kevin who was crying non-stop.

Kevin loves to cry a lot, maybe it's an expression of his thirst for love, maybe especially his thirst for a mother's love. All babies want to be hugged and cared for by their mother.
But EVA didn't want to hug Kevin at all, she just felt that Kevin's crying was very loud, she never hugged baby Kevin in the movie, she just held Kevin there with both hands, away from her body, listening to Kevin Crying, she has always had an unbearable expression, with only a forced smile on her face.

From the beginning to the end, she had a bitter and depressed expression on her face, even pushing the stroller.

Kevin never stopped crying. Dad is very good, he said to EVA, you just need to hold him and shake it. But she never did.

Kevin grew up a bit and started to interact with his children. At this time, Kevin looked very smart, and he already understood his mother's attitude towards him. However, I don't think it's easy to imagine a child's emotions. Maybe my thinking is too normal. If I really want my mother's love, I should behave better. . . But Kevin didn't. Maybe it's like the phrase "how you treat others, others will treat you as well." Kevin is also resistant to EVA. He refused to cooperate with her and did not want to call her mother.

EVA thought he had a hearing problem. I think she felt guilty when she parked the stroller next to the drill and felt that the child was born abnormal.
In fact, they are shifting the blame for themselves, ignoring their lack of patience and caring.



Serial killers are said to have three characteristics: bedwetting, animal cruelty, and arson.

Although Kevin is not a serial killer, his performance seems to account for all three. Maybe the author did this on purpose.



Personally, I think the analysis of narcissistic personality written in one of the film reviews is in place.



Regarding some details, after Kevin's sister was born, he deliberately made her cry. Looking at EVA's reaction, EVA did not show disgust for the cry of the little sister.

Kevin should be doing an experiment, he wants to know if EVA just doesn't like to hear crying, and EVA loves his little sister very much, Kevin should feel much less self-blame.

He will feel that everything is because of EVA, EVA lacks early care for him.

It reminds me of the killer doctor in American Horror Story season 2 who grew up in an orphanage and longed for a mother's hug, but hugs in an orphanage are doting and not allowed. He later became the Bloodface Killer, killing and skinning his imaginary mothers.

This should be some exploration of human nature in the West. An abnormal person is largely caused by a series of factors in the process of his growth.

In infancy, the shadows of childhood can have a big impact on a person's growth, some people may be able to overcome them, some people may slip into the darkness, and some people may live in the shadows, tormented by the past.
For example, Neil in "Mysterious Skin" always suffers short-term amnesia. To some extent, it is a self-protection mechanism. The more serious development should be the generation of multiple personalities. ——"The 5th Sally", "Tokyo Boys", a person is greatly stimulated in his childhood and may develop multiple personalities.
Charlie, who was tortured by mental illness in "The Wallflower", was harassed by his aunt when he was 5 years old, and his aunt died in a car accident while buying him a birthday present. He both loves and hates his aunt. And Sam, who always associates with people who don't value her, was harassed by her parents' co-workers when she was 11 years old.

The heroine in "The Devil" grew up in an abnormal family.
In "Forrest Gump", A-Gump's beloved jenny was also harassed by an alcoholic father when she was a child. When she grew up, her self-love coefficient was very low.
Kelly and Tom in The Butterfly Effect. In the first world, Kelly's father records child pornography of Kelly and the male lead, Kelly grows up as a prostitute, and Tom has a sociopathic personality.

Childhood shadows. Can I get rid of it when I grow up?

Some people can, they may become stronger people because they were victims and they want the tragedy that happened to them not to happen to others again.

Some people are hurt too deeply, become abnormal, and turn to hurt others.

Some people, they are weaker, they look down on themselves, they hurt themselves, they may have self-destructive tendencies.

These are the marginal products of the world, and no matter how much they are repaired later, they are always people who have been injured.

And these, only those who have been injured will understand.

For those who haven't been hurt, unless there is a special love, or to protect their lover, few people will care.

Most people are like this. When watching "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," or doing a report, all they care about is the superficial, bright star.

Only those who have 'little secret' will understand.

We can't choose where we come from, but we can choose where we go from there.

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Extended Reading
  • Mckenzie 2022-04-24 07:01:06

    The narrative is fluid, and the lines between memory and reality start in the middle and feel confusing. The beginning is great, but after sucking people in, I can't hold back. The story is too flat, and the "crisis of deep emotional crisis" and "mother's love and guilt for her son" in the synopsis are not presented at all. Maybe in the novel, but not in the movie. Tilda's acting skills are amazing, and her son's is handsome since childhood.

  • Madonna 2022-03-28 09:01:02

    A careful comparison of several films of troubled teenagers will reveal that this film is peculiar in its rhythm, or more like a variation. It shows Tilda Swinton's inner confusion, fear and despair in an almost embarrassing way, making me look at her face, Playful horror, as elegant as dance

We Need to Talk About Kevin quotes

  • Franklin: Hey, Kev. Listen buddy, it's easy to misunderstand something when you hear it out of context.

    Kevin: Why would I not understand the context? I am the context.

  • Kevin: It's like this: you wake and watch TV, get in your car and listen to the radio you go to your little jobs or little school, but you don't hear about that on the 6 o'clock news, why? 'Cause nothing is really happening, and you go home and watch some more TV and maybe it's a fun night and you go out and watch a movie. I mean it's got so bad that half the people on TV, inside the TV, they're watching TV. What are these people watching, people like me?