- a little idea of the movie "Song of the Sea" I
always want to write something that others have not written before, otherwise, it will inevitably be suspected of plagiarism. In his famous essay "On Plagiarism", the famous American judge Richard Posner once expressed the common embarrassment of writers: when you want to get on a boat, you will find that there is already someone on the boat where you belonged. And my usual feeling is that by the time I want to get on the boat, the boat that was supposed to be my place is already far away. The movie "Song of the Ocean" has "nostalgia" and philosophy of life, all of which have been explained by netizens, so I had to find another way to talk about my thoughts from the perspective of human nature.
People have feelings of joy, anger, sorrow, and love, hatred, and hatred. These are the most basic emotions in human nature. If rough, we can roughly divide these human emotions into two categories: painful emotions and happy emotions. Because it is also a basic characteristic of human nature to seek benefits and avoid harm, we usually feel that happy emotions are better than painful emotions, which has led people from ancient and modern times to think about how to get rid of pain more effectively and retain joy. In the mythology reflected in "Song of the Sea", the witch Macha wants to solve this problem for mankind. At first, she used magic to remove all the emotions from the suffering person, so as to defuse the pain. However, her magic has serious consequences, in that those who have been relieved of their pain will be turned to stone. Even later, her "experiment" has progressed considerably to remove only painful emotions, but this still risks leading to "half-stone men". The thinking and conclusion that this fairy tale leaves us seems to be: people are actually emotional animals, without emotions, people are walking dead, just like stones; life is inherently bittersweet, without pain, there is no joy in life. In other words, any experiment that seeks to change human nature is inadvisable and will ultimately fail.
Therefore, this film does have a place to reflect on scientific civilization. Myths can sometimes inspire modern science. Ideas that were often seen as myths and whimsical in the past are now often realized by science and technology, especially when it comes to human capabilities and pushing human limits. For example, our current manned rockets have made it a reality to "go up to 90,000 miles"; current space vehicles have made it possible to "walk 80,000 miles a day on the ground, survey the sky and see a thousand rivers". Even so, many still believe that science should have its fundamental limits in fulfilling human dreams, especially those things that are generally considered to be categories of human nature that were originally set by God, and that science is better off getting in the way. The seven emotions and six desires are the most basic human nature endowed by God at the very beginning of man's creation. Therefore, any attempt to violate the relevant ethics or attempt to change God's setting will be severely opposed by them. Because of this, ideas such as asexual reproduction and the removal of human suffering can only appear in mythology. However, the various boundaries and taboos set by humans are often broken and discarded by humans themselves. If it is said that "human nature is needs", the emotions and six desires are the typical psychological needs of human beings. The reason why such needs are regarded as the basic of human nature, and even pretended to be set by God, is because no one has the right to deprive others of these basic needs. Emotional experience, even if Macha in this film is based on "mother's love", she has no right to choose his own emotional needs in place of her son, so this film finally makes Macha give up her stupid behavior.
In the real world, however, people making choices for themselves can be seen as the greatest freedom. If the giant Mike Lear wants to get rid of the pain himself, instead of being replaced by his mother, then the ethical balance seems to be tilted in the giant's favor; similarly, if modern science has this possibility, the individual also wants to use scientific means to get rid of the pain. Emotions, then, it seems that this behavior should also be allowed. Although this film also expresses its own attitude that it is not desirable to control human emotions through external force, it does cause us to think about such issues. (Signed slate planting flowers, please indicate the source and maintain the integrity of the article)
View more about Song of the Sea reviews
