Broken, then tranquil

Kayden 2021-12-27 08:01:54

Is the script good? maybe. They hold the title of Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Is the plot very good? not necessarily. Halfway through, I thought I was discussing the human nature of a pastor serving in a lifeless church crowded out by capital; discussing how he preached and helped people answer various life problems every day, but in the end I only found myself pouring chicken soup in a high-sounding way. There was also an abyss behind him, only to find that he didn't really live in this world; to explore how his body deteriorated and he persisted in the way of God. I would say, ah, good, this is what I want to see. Maybe I have no religious background, so I can't see any key points. Halfway later, I discovered that this is an environmentally friendly film. Taking Michael as the starting point, Toller rethinks what mankind has done to the earth, and then thinks about whether Dige will really forgive mankind. Towards the end of the film, I thought it was a horror movie again, thinking that the fruitless priest prepares to burn the jade and the stone, and find salvation in sublimation. In the end it turned out to be a romantic movie, Mary appeared again, and Toller's name appeared for the first time. Ernest, who was about to die, immediately melted and broken. Only after broken can we find peace! At this point, I understand, the film still returns to the pastor's tangled humanity thinking, because under the black clothes are soft thorns.

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  • Malvina 2022-04-21 09:02:51

    This pastor also bears too many expectations beyond his ability. You are a pastor, not God! But it seems that he can't say no to the person who came to ask for help, and the person who has high expectations for him naturally can't be relieved and released. Sometimes the person you ask for needs help too.

  • Lucinda 2021-12-27 08:01:54

    All aspects of the configuration are very similar to the "Diary of a Country Priest", the setting of the protagonist of the clergy/alcohol and disease, etc., who are more suspicious of their beliefs and have a tendency to self-destruct. The extreme environmentalist husband and the woman who cared for the protagonist but was rejected both bear the shadow of the roles of Feng Sudoff and Ingrid Turing in "Winter Light". I don’t know if it’s because I don’t care about religion and environmental protection. Kind of really schizophrenia. But he was impressed by Schrader's coldness and his uneasy use of shocking images. In addition, the lamp in Mary's room is an obvious "eye of God", and the close-up of the weird mixture of liquid in the wine glass is also very beautiful

First Reformed quotes

  • Michael: What was his name? Your son?

    Reverend Ernst Toller: Joseph. The boy thrown down the well.

    Michael: I remember. The dreamer.

  • Reverend Ernst Toller: I know that nothing can change and I know there is no hope. Thomas Merton wrote this.