Compared with the large-scale cold black tone of "Desperado Drive", the large and eerie red in this film seems to be more infiltrating and a little scary. And even the little warmth of protecting the mother and daughter of the neighbors in the desperate driving has completely disappeared, and everyone is in an extremely serious, cold and somewhat inexplicable state.
To put it bluntly, the storyline is just revenge for my brother. The story that can be told in a few sentences, plus the deep Oedipus, "father-killing" plot, a lot of metaphors and symbols, is a bit confusing, and I have to put the friends' opinions. Read the comments and think again.
1. The first thing I don't understand is why Billy has to kill the girl, and then waits for the police to arrest her stupidly. There were comments before that he was fed up with his mother's oppression, and he was not close to his younger brother, so he had a strong desire to destroy in a state of extreme depression. But I really don't understand the relationship between the two brothers - although Billy is incest with his mother, or the fact that his mother prefers his brother will make Julian jealous, but it is Julian who killed his father, not his brother, and Billy still accompanied Julian. Thailand has been hiding for 10 years, and he feels that he is not bad to his younger brother. And who the previous sentence time to meet the devil was referring to.
2. The most complicated thing should be the relationship between mother and son. Among the three, the mother is undoubtedly in absolute control and leadership, and obviously prefers billy to julian, but what I want to know is that although according to Freud's theory, Men will have Oedipus plots, but there are very few who actually do this kind of incestuous behavior. So is this guided by the mother or is it a spontaneous and uncontrollable desire to possess the mother? And what do Billy and Julian think of this kind of behavior, are they happy to have their mother, or are they ashamed of the incestuous behavior, or are they forced to do it under the strong inducement of the mother?
3. The relationship between the three people inevitably leads to the question of murdering the father. What is the reason? Was it caused by Julian's own strong Oedipus plot, or was he seduced or even coerced by his mother? (Just like asking him to kill the old policeman)
But no matter what the motives and reasons are, the root cause of the tragedy of the two brothers is still the mother. A strong, controlling mother who only loves herself, treats her sons like a lover or servant, use it when necessary, then throw it away, and demand their absolute obedience, even for the sake of survival. You can sell your own son. I really don't understand this woman. Was being killed by God in the end because of unforgivable sin?
That old policeman should be the god in the movie, right? There is a sense of justice. At first, I didn't quite understand why the film was called Only God Can Forgive. Later, after reading everyone's analysis of the metaphor of the hand, maybe this God forgives the sins of everyone who has made mistakes, but only in a violent way.
Seeing that Julian took the initiative to let God cut off his hand so calmly in the end, it seems to imply that he has or is determined to get rid of all the things his mother has imposed on him, and decide to really grow up.
Recently, I have been avoiding this kind of brainy and metaphorical film. After watching it, it seems that I need to watch a few episodes of Black Bookstore immediately to relieve the depression. I thought I could see the handsome guy throwing his punches, but I didn't expect the handsome guy to be beaten so badly, which directly caused me, a face control patient, to have the urge to abandon the film. However, the character of this little boy who doesn't seem to grow up will naturally only be beaten when he encounters God, and his strength, speed and skills are not on the same level at all.
Compared with the pleasure brought by Quentin's violent aesthetics of throwing ketchup, this film is not less violent, but it is unreasonably quiet, coupled with the supernatural song of the Killing Matt version, and the strange red and yellow lights. , there is a real sense of fear. (I still don't understand the purpose of the three songs that the old man sang.)
Commander Gao seems to have no expressions in the whole film. He almost doesn't even move his eyes, not to mention the poor dialogue. Really Created a new peak of his silent staring. But even if he stared blankly at you, Commander Gao, who didn't show any expression, was enough to end the game.
Mom's aura is a complete victory, and the insidious, domineering and controllable feeling is really brilliant. Now I find that all kinds of films are full of bad guys aura.
The old policeman is also, every time he hears his leather shoes stepping on the stone road, a sense of fear slowly rises up. He looks like a gangster. Personally, I think that the scenes of playing with knives are not as deterrent as walking quietly. Of course, it is scary enough when cutting people.
In short, the film itself is too stylish, but unfortunately it is not my thing. It is estimated that when I think of this film again after a while, only the strange red eyes and the high commander who was beaten as miserable as a pig's head are left.
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