In the beginning, the cowboy made a mistake. The sheriff made a judgement in accordance with the law on the grounds that the prostitute is property. Yes, it may be reasonable from the law at the time, but it is unsympathetic. There is no era when there is a law. Solve everything. Prostitutes are also human beings. They have the need to be respected. When the older prostitute asked for a caning, the sheriff refused. This was the fuse for the development of the whole story. Sometimes the serious consequences started with small negligence. . Of course, the sergeant was self-contained and used to cover the sky with one hand (many details can be seen later). He didn't care about the demands of prostitutes at the time. It may be that character determines fate. If the sheriff flogs a cowboy and expresses comfort to prostitutes, they will probably not be murderous. Therefore, the sheriff is unforgivable for his disrespect for humanity.
In spring the cowboy went to send the horse. As an accomplice, the cowboy’s brother really regretted it and gave a horse to the injured prostitute. At that moment, the prostitute’s eyes were complicated. I think it contained surprises and contradictions. She was a little shaken, if this time The principal culprit also comes to apologize sincerely, or give extra compensation to the prostitutes, I think they can completely shake their conviction, the prostitutes are not villains. However, everyone will find such a detail. The principal culprit sent Ma Yang away. He didn't know that he had been sentenced to death the moment he turned around. Like the sheriff, he thought that the two would be cleaned up in accordance with the law, so he also ignored human nature, so he was unforgivable. In the end, he was beaten to death by a blind man and a rookie in an extremely disrespectful way.
That half cowboy is forgivable, he is innocent. He made a mistake that everyone can hardly avoid. When his brother asked him to help, he didn't hesitate to catch the prostitute. He was morally wrong, but in that situation it would be difficult for anyone to stand up and maintain justice. Sometimes people just wade into the muddy water involuntarily, and even have no time to think. It can only be said that he has paid a lot of his life for this. But when the wheel of destiny is turned, how can you accurately avoid harming the innocent? We can only express our deep regret, he is not a bad person. He is considered dead and decent. He drank water. I think this kind of thing shouldn't be common in that era. But I was really sad to see him die. Our Uncle Freeman also hesitated and even took his life for it (he would not be caught if he didn't leave). I think they can all go to heaven.
But our hero is going to hell. Before killing the sheriff, the sheriff said I am waiting for you in hell. The hero has no fear. He knows he is going to hell, but this time, he went to hell for his friends. . This is the biggest theme of the film, friendship. The hero is old and has changed. There is no murderousness in his eyes. He will not be complacent about the glory of the past, and he will not even feel resentful for his humiliation. He loves his wife, he longs for God's forgiveness, he praises the shameless prostitute, and he misses his children at home. He is an ordinary person, he said himself. He killed people only for money, in order to give the children a better life, some people would say that they should kill people? This is a bit bookish. Think about our era, or the era of all human beings. How many people are desperate to survive because of poverty? Or are there many people who still stick to morals? In the face of survival, we will only show the animal side. However, some people have fallen and become wicked criminals after discovering that it is easy to survive murder and overrun, so they are not worthy of mercy. But what about our protagonist? We all know that he won't do it again after finishing this ticket. He took the child to San Francisco. He is not a depraved shameless bastard, he came back out of the arena because of his old and helplessness.
We would not call him a hero if he killed people just for money. He is a hero because he kills for friendship, and he kills for the sake of heaven and justice. He is Guan Gong and Zhong Kui. He kills the inhumane sheriff, he kills the barkeeper who treats prostitutes as improper people, and he kills the timid policeman who is willing to be a sheriff's running dog and can't do anything. On that dark and rainy night, the light of justice cut through the sky, illuminating the future of the people in the small town, illuminating the mouth of the black brothers' paradise, and illuminating the way home for our lonely old hero.
In the end, what reminds me is that the sheriff said before his death that the roof of my house has not been repaired yet. I suddenly discovered that the living, the dead, and everything are ordinary people. At a certain moment, someone played the role of a demon, and someone played the role of God. He can neither play forever, nor anyone who has explicitly authorized him to play it is absolutely correct. Role, but his destiny will change as a result. A person’s life is long. Most of the time, a person is an ordinary person. The hero will be helpless in the pigpen, the sheriff will rack his brains on the roof of his house, and Uncle Freeman will miss his Indian wife, the blind gunman. Will cry bitterly after killing. How do we define a person who will live that long? Who has the right to end his life for what, and make everything empty? What is left of a person when he dies? Is this a ridiculous world? There is no absolute justice or evil. People are born by accident and are declared to be damned for inadequate reasons? Where is the meaning of life?
Who should be forgiven, who should not be forgiven, and what are the standards? All kinds of religions can't convince everyone. I don't think this can be answered by a movie.
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