Maybe just maybe I can get through it alone

Romaine 2022-03-27 09:01:09

BGM is awesome.
Later, I heard that there is a BGM first and then there is a movie, and I think it is quite reasonable.

After reading it, I feel that my head is stuffed with a lot of things, but I can't talk about it. I can only write down the fragmented feelings, and the well-organized writing is unreasonable.
Strangely, after the movie ended, I didn't care too much about whether Daniel's Manny was really a corpse with special functions or the other self in Hank's mind. What made me even more unforgettable was the fragmented dialogue in the movie. Scenes.

Manny is a corpse that knows nothing, doesn't know love, doesn't know sex, doesn't know public transportation, and is ignorant and fearless. And Hank, like us, at least like me, knew all the rules and constraints, and followed them carefully. He was afraid of people's eyes, afraid of being out of line, afraid of losing face. When Manny bursts into Hank's world as a corpse that knows nothing, questioning and questioning what Hank takes for granted, he also bursts into mine and shakes me.

This ignorant corpse made me realize that the bus is so beautiful. Sitting on the seat listening to songs and swaying through the world turned out to be so interesting. But this corpse also showed me that there are so many constraints in my life that I have long been accustomed to, ranging from shit, urine and fart to love life and death, in order not to be watched by people with strange eyes, we have added rules big and small to ourselves , but was so accustomed to questioning it that he never thought of it.
Maybe because it is impossible for him not to obey these rules, so when Manny, who can disobey all the rules, said sadly, "Did you see their eyes?" When the second died because of other people's eyes and became an ordinary corpse, I was so sad and powerless.

Maybe it's because of my personality that I'm very restrained. I deliberately don't like people too much or hate people too much. I'm careful not to offend people and leave room for myself. Although I am happy all day, I am not as sensitive and soft as Hank, but I still saw some shadows of myself from Hank, and I was shaken by Manny along with Hank, so I felt heavy and deeply touched.

Although maybe the rules still have to be followed, and maybe I will get into big and small dilemmas, but maybe, just maybe, I can get through it alone.

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Swiss Army Man quotes

  • Hank: You just seemed really happy, and I wasn't.

  • Hank: You know... I... I had always hoped that right before I die, my life would flash before my eyes and I would see wonderful things. A life full of parties and friends, and, and how I'd learned to play the guitar, and, and maybe there'd even be a girl; but as I was hanging up there, I didn't really see much of anything, but I did see you. And I know... I know it sounds dumb, but I, I really thought for a moment that, that maybe, just maybe there was a reason that you...

    [Manny farts again]