When I first encountered this film, my reaction was like many viewers who were entangled in trivial matters, such as "why not Burn a few buildings to create more light", "Why did the black kid survive so many teammates". The next two times, I repeatedly thought about a question, why should there be light? Why even if there is light , Some protagonists are still unable to escape the fate of being drawn into darkness? After reading the third time, I may now have an answer that is similar to the answer, and I will share it with you here.
In "Genesis", God said on the first day, 'Let there be light'. Light separates darkness from chaos, and human beings can work, explore, and live under 'light'. At night, people use "sleep" to avoid the coming darkness. In reality, humans are more inclined to Work efficiently during the day, rest at night, and human beings are naturally afraid of darkness and closer to light.
The film further extends the meaning of light, and the protagonists keep repeating "I exist" to remind They are still alive. What makes them desperate is often the relatives they rely most on in their memories, but in reality they have long lost their relatives. These memories support them to survive the initial attack, but they are also the root cause that eventually led them to be swallowed by darkness.
If it is said that light represents faith, or more extreme, it represents "Jesus Christ", then this faith actually exists in the hearts of many people. For atheists, Buddhists, or Muslims, faith is always the one that supports the individual. The torch of the will to live. But why isn't faith enough? Why does the seemingly weakest little loli survive unscathed? My understanding is that for many of us, "Jesus Christ" or whatever" "God" is good, but it's just the straw that you have to grasp when saving your own life. I know that many Chinese people go to church every week to pray for their sons and their blessings, to get promoted and get rich, and the most important thing in these people's hearts is Things around you, family, friendship, love, etc. These may stimulate people's survival potential in the face of disasters, but they will eventually devour the individual. Imagine, if faced with great suffering, a person is only because of his / Her family or lover struggles to survive, but in the end, she almost always loses, because the great suffering is continuous, long-lasting, and may even be accompanied by a lifetime, and clinging to an imperfect object such as "person", it extends It must be doubt, denial, or even betrayal. As for the solution, the film also gives an answer, dedicate one's own soul to the absolutely perfect Christ, pure, firm, and without doubt, it is possible to truly survive. Like the little loli, she is alone but her aura is much stronger than the other protagonists.
All in all, this film uses real events in history to explain to people how to view the lack of faith, and implicitly expresses the beliefs about "Christ". I think this is very, very worth understanding and pondering for the current Chinese people.
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