In the "Trilogy", "I Want Revenge" has a gloomy tone and is full of a sense of fatalistic tragedy. Although there are a few strands of family affection in the motive of revenge, when the dark organization ruthlessly crushes life, when the crime is committed The film is filled with icy emotions when the actor remains unmoved in the face of the moaning body when he executes his revenge.
In "Old Boy", the insertion of incest makes the contradictions in each link of the "revenge" chain more intense. At one end of the wrestling is Wu Daxiu's most incisive force of revenge, while at the other end, there is no escape like the palm of the Tathagata The chain of revenge, inhuman imprisonment is just a letter spit out by poisonous snakes, and putting people in an ethical extreme situation is a well-covered evil.
While "Old Boy" was the pinnacle of revenge, "Kind Gold" interprets revenge in another feminine style. She is more forbearing, because the more innocent it is, the more painful it is, and every link is more delicate and beautiful. The final execution is somewhat like "Murder on the Orient Express", but with a stronger sense of ritual.
The narratives of all three films are equally beautiful. "I Want Revenge" intertwines two clues of revenge, and carried out three unexpected revenges; "Old Boy" is about a "cat and mouse game", and Wu Daxiu's revenge became the victim of Li Youzhen's revenge; In Kind Gold, the interlacing of time and space is so skillful, and consciousness and metaphor are so ornately decorated.
Reflections on revenge are also increasingly evident throughout the trilogy. There is no preaching in "I Want Vengeance". What we see is an individual's resistance to an unfair fate, and then he immediately falls into a predicament that is even more powerless to get rid of. Through the tragic fate of the individuals, we see a dejected, violent, ruthless and ruthless society that crushes each other. In contrast, "Old Boy" thinks more like an ultimate philosophical proposition. Can love break through the limits of ethics? Is love the ultimate redemption.
Among the three films, "Kind Gold" has the most obvious educational significance. The car lights in the dark appear in the film, like the eyes of the devil, implying the black attribute of revenge. What followed was an interrogation of human nature: when the issue of justice or revenge was raised against the parents of all the murdered children, the vast majority, and finally all, chose to kill the enemy.
It is not entirely true to say that revenge is the dark side of human morality, but it is true that revenge has a long history. The first practice of human society is "homogenous revenge", that is, when members of clans and tribes are harmed by outsiders, the victims give equal revenge to the other party, life for life, and injury for injury. It is not only the rules of tribal intercourse, but also found in ancient codes, such as the Code of Hammurabi in Babylon and the Law of the Twelve Tables in ancient Rome. Therefore, revenge can be regarded as the original justice.
The blood of vengeance can also be seen in human history. Wu Zixu whipped the corpse of King Chu Ping, Sun Bin shot Pang Juan under the tree, and the reason why the Count of Monte Cristo became a classic is that the hardships and sufferings of revenge are so fascinating. However, the revenge of justice has irresistible charm, because it often means self-improvement and forbearance, and it means the challenge and correction of injustice and injustice.
However, human beings and society are still progressing, and moral progress has elevated people's respect for life over revenge. We don't care about justice anymore, we care about the legitimacy of the enforcers. The Bible says: "Vengeance is mine, and I will repay." (Romans 12:19) First affirms the need for "retribution" (punishment and correction) for unjust actions, and then emphasizes " The "retributor" should be God, and the one who wields the sword of Damocles in the world should be the law. It removes the right of mortals (civilians) to retaliate because the blood debt may increase and violence may spread. This is also why Buddhism encourages everyone not to hold grudges in order to eliminate karma.
However, the punishment of human civilization can only be limited to the law, and many of the "evil" we know are outside the hands of the law. At this time, choosing to be a tame sheep may mean condoning the wicked to continue to do evil, and seeking justice entails risking the unknown. This risk includes not only unexpected punishment, but also your own fall - when you stare into the abyss, do you become part of the abyss?
Therefore, Jin Zi's solution was to let the victims choose to do it. She herself just shot the person who had imprisoned her for thirteen years twice in the toe, and after his death, shot him twice in the face.
In the snow-filled sky, Jin Zi hugged her daughter and said, "To be snow-white, to live in snow-white, like snow." Most people may not have the luck of not encountering wicked people and evil deeds in their lives, so if misfortune comes, you will choose to fight with the devil Peer? Or dance with angels?
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