In fact, it doesn't make much sense to have a philosophical context for this film. I ventured to try to figure out Director Chen's intentions, and felt that he didn't intend to make us all think too clearly. Chinese people believe in fate or not in gods. I will interpret this film as a numerology analysis of life.
The four people in the Promise World are actually contained in our hearts. Different people are more or less important.
Kunlun
as a slave, no one regards Kunlun as a human being, but he is the most perfect person. He was full of human sparkle. He is loyal, although he was just stupid at first, but when he learned to think independently and understood the true meaning of chasing, his loyalty also sublimated. He dares to love and hate, his love for Qingcheng is selfless and fearless, and his hatred for Wuhuan is unforgettable. He is full of light that we can't see and can't reach, and in my opinion, he represents the highest ideal of human beings.
Wuhuan
In the film, Manshen, the prophet, only reminds the fate of two people: the allure and the light. They represent most ordinary people. Under the torture of love and hatred, they are confused and ignorant about life. After knowing their own destiny, they are still overwhelmed by the choices they make. Just like most people, they seem to understand the beginnings and turns of destiny and the direction of life, but they can never grasp it. Manshen did not remind Kunlun, because he is a perfect man, he will realize it by himself. Another thing she didn't prompt was Wuhuan. For outright love and hate do not need prophets, since they are born, they are known to end.
Unhappiness represents our hatred. His hatred came from the bottom of his heart, so completely. He doesn't need a hint of fate, his fate is hate. In the last scene of the film, he revealed the mystery of hatred-the childhood scar complex, which caused the whole audience to laugh. But after reading it, I quietly recalled that the same is true of our hatred. Maybe a sneer or a sneer will also make us hate it. We must know that forgiveness does not belong to human beings, but to God. It's just that our hatred has not "sublimated" to the realm of no joy. Wuhuan is a person who pursues perfection to the extreme. He shoots to kill because his fan is dirty, which shows his cold blood. It is not difficult to understand how much Qingcheng's action hurt him.
The unrequited hatred is quite memorable throughout the film. His hatred fulfilled Guilang's atonement, his hatred fulfilled bright love, his hatred fulfilled Kunlun's perfection, and his hatred fulfilled Qingcheng's destiny. Who said hate and love are not two sides of the same coin?
General Guangming
Guangming, he represents a large number of mortals, and is also the character with the most complex character in the film. Unfortunately, Sanada Hiroyuki's performance was not good, and he did not fully grasp the inner changes of the characters. Bright has the weaknesses of ordinary people and the good side. Compared with Kunlun's unattainable, he is more real.
At the beginning of the film, Guangming has won many battles, but he doesn't know why he is winning. He just fights blindly for the sake of fighting, just like everyone who works hard for money, success, fame, etc., but in the end he can't understand the life Sincerely. With the development of the plot, he took off the flower armor that bound him, and was at a low ebb in life. He seemed lost, but he realized the unexpected freedom and fulfillment of his soul. After impersonating and defrauding Qingcheng's trust, he had a happy time. After Qingcheng left, he painfully found that he fell in love with Qingcheng. Kunlun, who was driven away by him, came back with an answer: "The real speed is invisible, just like the sun rises and the moon sets, and the wind is surging. It's like you don't know when the leaves turn yellow and when the baby grows its first A tooth. It's like you don't know when you will fall in love with someone." Tears flashed in the bright eyes.
But he didn't cry after all. Not because of being strong, but because of not being free inside. The so-called success represented by the armor of flowers enveloped him like an invisible net. He couldn't break free. Between the choice and the choice, he struggled painfully.
Later, he self-righteously sacrificed his life for love in exchange for the so-called righteousness on the surface and won the heart of Qingcheng. His hypocrisy was on display, and the life he had built by deceit was a meaningless, empty circle.
He finally understood and untied the shackles of his soul. Before dying, he sincerely said to Qingcheng: "Don't die, just live well!" Because of repeating Kunlun's words, the audience laughed again. But after thinking about it carefully, for Guangming, it is only when he reaches the end of his life that he understands what is most worth cherishing, how sad and helpless. Everyone wants to re-take the path of life, and everyone can repeat the same mistakes.
Allure
, the woman who strung the whole film, always longs to be loved, but never gets it. But he did not hesitate to throw moths into the flames, tried hard again and again, and never gave up. In the end, the wrong person was always chosen, and the one who loved the most was missed again and again.
She represents all women born for love.
How does Huarongyue look like? What about Jinyi and Jade Food? A woman who stands on a high place and is envied by women all over the world has a bottomless emptiness in her heart.
At the end of the film, Qingcheng finally flew to the sky with the person he loved. The director gave us an idealistic ending - although Kunlun wears the black feather coat that symbolizes imprisonment, freedom cannot be imprisoned. The body is imprisoned, but the mind can still fly freely.
After watching "The Promise", I couldn't get back to my senses at first. This is a genre film that I've never seen before. It's like a fable, with some magical elements and some scenes like a dream. There are indeed a lot of flaws in the film, the computer stunts are not perfect, and the characters also have stylized marks of axe, but after watching it, this story that has been made up has given me the motivation to think over and over again. The fate of the characters is big and empty, but it's always good to think about it. Unlike "The Lord of the Rings" and Tim Burton, this film can only be made by Chinese people. Its oriental connotations and nihilistic thoughts cannot be copied or compared.
This is a film that got me thinking. After 10 minutes of watching it, I can't say why. After watching it for an hour, I started to peel off the cocoon and find the original intention of Director Chen. Peeling off the gorgeous shell, the framework of formalism, I seem to see him pointing his hand - think about it with your heart, the infinite in your heart.
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