Death requires ritual

Burdette 2022-04-21 09:03:23

It’s been a long time since I wrote a review for the movie I watched recently, but this one makes me feel a pity not to.

I never write long-winded things, just how something feels to me.

I said that I have never been afraid of death, or even longed for it, because the world is not fun. But if I deliberately seek such a way to die, I don't want to, cancer is just right, because it is not you who chooses, but God chooses you. Then I can gladly accept this kind of death.

Or I choose euthanasia when I am old, because the reason why I can make this choice is just: I chose to let death choose me before because I still have hope for life and expect something wonderful, but when I am old, there is no hope, so I choose to leave. This boring world is the best policy.

But after watching this film, I realized that it is a boring film, but this is life.

"Third Star"

Daily conversations, love between boys, quarrels on the way, and the revealing of the truth. At one point, the film was pushed to the brink of boring, even fast-forwarding. Then there are waves of climaxes: the car slides down the slope, the rush after the fight, the excitement on the cliff, the amusing of encountering strange flowers, the gorgeous fireworks, the laughter and slapstick at the beach, seeing their bright smiles, I Unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth.

The wonderful thing is the sudden silence after the carnival. Isn't this our real life? The perfect vacation, the exciting skydiving, the dazzling array of items, the festive carnival, the heartbeat when you meet your lover, the grand wedding, the excitement after a successful business, and then what? Everyday normal.

Writing here comes from the sadness, but what can save the boring is the sense of ritual. The beginning of life needs a sense of ritual, the process needs a sense of ritual, and it also needs a sense of ritual at the end. It tells us how sacred everything is and how meaningful your existence is.

James said: "I've never been so strong and now I want to end it.

He wanted to swim to the middle of the sea and never come back. He wants to fight against the sea, to feel the fight, to feel the enormity of the fight, to feel the courage.

He wanted to leave sober. Finally, he left.

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Extended Reading

Third Star quotes

  • [first lines]

    James: James Kimberly Griffith. See I... The thing about life is... Oh, what was I gonna say? The thing about life is... I'm 29 today. Won't see 30. But I'm uh... I'm okay. Really. Okay.

  • James: This is how my life is going to be from now on. Because of the pain. Because of the drugs I take for the pain, because of the drugs I take for the side effects of the other drugs. I mean, you've seen it. It's only going to get worse. My life's all up here now, really. It's taking over and gradually I'm going to slip further and further into thinking only about pain and that's not worth living for!