Don't take any chances, someone will help you

Shanie 2022-03-27 09:01:08

After watching "Lake of Eden", they all say that they are abusive, but I think it is just right. The meaning of the director and the intention to warn people are all reflected.
The female protagonist and the male protagonist came to an unfamiliar place on a weekend vacation. This place is completely the prototype of certain societies. The overall characteristics are poor humanities, low-end education, and violence to control people's will. It is the interpretation of the film, the labor is very honorable, there is no meaning to discriminate against low-level work), the lack of social morality, and several unpleasant contacts with the forest bear children push the film's tense rhythm to a climax step by step. The definition of the female protagonist, the male protagonist and the people here is actually that the civilized man meets the primitive man. The touch of two different social characteristics and concepts is destined to be unable to solve the problem in a civilized way. The male protagonist did the two most wrong. Decided to ruin the fate of himself and his girlfriend, NO.1 chose a place he didn't understand for vacation, and his girlfriend persuaded him to stay firmly when he returned. NO. In the forest, the car was stolen by the bear child, and in a conflict, he grabbed a knife and accidentally killed the child's head, Brandt's dog. He threw down the only weapon that could protect himself and fled in guilt, revealing his cowardice. For the behavior of the male and female protagonists, the child head Brant will interpret that they are afraid, which fuels Brant's desire for revenge. Let's imagine, it's very simple when you encounter an animal that is going to attack you. If you run away, it will definitely chase after you, but if you walk away calmly and slowly, and don't let it think that you are afraid, it will attack it. Create a deterrent force, and will not be attacked. In the primitive society, the weak eat the strong, and the weak must be eaten. The moment the weapon is put down, the male protagonist has already defined himself and his girlfriend as prey, and then they are chased and hunted for reason. There is a detail that can clearly reflect that there are big problems in the society here. After the male and female owners found that their food was destroyed and their tires were punctured, they went to a small town restaurant to eat and chatted with the waiter. The waiter greeted him with a smile, but then the male lead When it was mentioned that the child pierced her own wheel, the waiter's expression immediately became hostile. After saying "not my child", she turned and left. It was difficult to understand her sudden change of face. Hume, the English philosopher, described an "uneducated morality" in "On Human Nature," stating that "it is the natural disposition of man to love himself more than any other man, and in the midst of his love for others , and have the greatest love for their relatives and acquaintances.” This uneducated morality just encourages the behavior of partiality—protecting the short-term. This behavior is very common in this closed town, where people love each other. Recognize that when something happens, everyone hides and hides from each other, and treats "foreign enemies". It looks very united, but this is a very prominent feature of low-level society, so it is incompatible with people with social morality, incomprehensible, difficult Integrate into the atmosphere of mainstream civilized society. Later, the male protagonist was brutally tortured and killed by the child head Brandt and other bear children in the forest. The female protagonist fought hard and finally escaped. This is the ultimate meaning of the director's expression. Can save yourself. The heroine asked people in the town for help twice. The first time was taken back to the forest by the driver, and the second time the car crashed into a small courtyard in a small town. The father of the child, Brandt, learned of the incident. After the incident, he made a decisive decision, "We have the final say here", and executed the lovely heroine in the bathroom. Following the scream of the heroine's pain and fear, I believe it touched the hearts of every audience, feeling angry and unbearable. , but a smile appeared at the corner of Brandt's mouth. In the last scene of the movie, Brandt returned to the small room, took out his mobile phone, and deleted the video of the male protagonist who was tortured and killed. All kinds of crimes
To sum up, the hero and heroine get along with the primitive society in a civilized way, and are hunted as the prey of the predators. I remember that in "The Way of Heaven", Ding Yuanying had a very interesting dialogue "Civilization is for a person who cannot use human characters. In this case, violence can protect oneself. Of course, we are not advocating violence here, but we must keep ourselves from harm as a principle. Some people say that the director quickly shot the sequel, and the heroine rose up to kill all those bad guys, which is very pleasing. I don't think it's necessary. His purpose has been achieved, and people are awakened in spite of the pain. After making a sequel and flipping the plot, people will soon forget it after watching it, and it's meaningless.

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Eden Lake quotes

  • Steve: I promise, the quarry's fucking stunning.

    Jenny: The quarry is stunning. No 'fucking'.

    Steve: [getting closer to her] Please, miss.

  • Brett: Follow the blood!