Tao Tao, the protagonist in "Hero Tao Tao", was jealous of his neighbor's boy Alfred's wealth and many toys when he was a child. Wreck and fantasize that a neighbor murdered Dad. At this time, Tao Tao had developed a deep hatred for the Alfred family. In addition, the consequences of falling in love with his sister due to emotional deformities have affected Tao Tao's life to a greater extent. Tao Tao, who likes the "enemy" Alfred because he is afraid that his sister will abandon him, instigated his sister to burn the neighbor's traffickers, but it accidentally caused The death of his sister brought his hatred to the neighbors to the extreme, and he fantasized about becoming a killer on the screen, hoping to kill Alfred one day. The grown-up Tao Tao happens to fall in love with Alfred's wife, Evelyn. Evelyn's departure makes poor Tao Tao almost desperate. Tao Tao, who escaped from a nursing home many years later, intends to kill his lifelong "enemy" Alfred with a gun. Things are always changing, just like Tao Tao's bold move after a conversation with Alfred and Evelyn. At this time, Tao Tao chose to die instead of Alfred because he saw through some of the true meanings that made him make this decision. At this time, Tao Tao appeared on the screen as a hero. The hero Tao Tao was not only a person, but also a spirit. From the ending point of view, it can be said that this film is not tragic. Tao Tao has been escaping reality all his life, lost the person he loves most, but finally became a real hero and realized the beauty of his life that had been forgotten all his life. .
There will always be some real experiences and unreal fantasies, especially childhood children. The juvenile Tao Tao is a prominent and typical example, and his fantasies are filled with hatred and jealousy, and long-term fantasies have formed an almost real image in his mind. He didn't dare to admit that he forced his beloved sister to die, and he didn't even want to admit his true origin; especially, he didn't want to fall in love with the same woman as Alfred, so he avoided it all his life. Maybe this is nothing in the eyes of a child, but when he grows up, he will find out how absurd and unreal this deformed relationship is, and even make a decision to regret his life in order to cover up the truth. After reading a film review analyzing the similarities between the Korean films "Old Boy" and "Hero Tao Tao", I watched this highly rated "Old Boy". This South Korean action film known for its high investment is nothing more than a In the form of bloody violence, it tells the story of Li Youzhen, who had an incestuous love with his sister, who took the same form of revenge on Wu Daxiu, the exposer. In the process, he did not think that the pressure he formed caused his sister to jump off the bridge and commit suicide, but that his inner conditioned escape automatically turned into toying, chasing and even inhuman abuse of Wu Daxiu. Presumably Li Youzhen and Tao Tao, who lost his sister, have deep similarities. They both have great pain, which also indicates that they will definitely end the film by death. Therefore, when Li Youzhen finally showed Wu Daxiu a photo of Daxiu's daughter, he saw Wu Daxiu who broke down and wailed because of incest with her daughter cruelly cut off his tongue. The past that Li Youzhen had been escaping from was finally presented in front of him scene by scene. Naturally, Li Youzhen ended his life with a gun. And Tao Tao and Li Youzhen are very different. He is like a child living in fantasy until old age. His starting point is not as bad as Li Youzhen and his sister's original sin. He has child-like dreams, sweet candies, various It may be that the director's thinking and methods are different, so that the "amour" between Tao Tao and his sister is forgivable in the eyes of the audience, and they can't even bear to see them separate. This makes Tao Tao's death certainly not tragic, but natural. The director believes that Tao Tao's way of dying should be cute, because he is accompanied by his favorite candy and the philosophy of life he has already understood. Personally, the fundamental difference between the deaths of these two people is that Li Youzhen never forgave himself or regretted everything he had done all his life. He has been escaping from the facts and left behind a painful Wu Daxiu; , but he finally understood Alfred, who was lonely all his life and evading pursuit, and Evelyn, who had always loved him deeply, and he moved towards To be true, to find happiness, although it is the happiness that has been neglected for a lifetime. The most important thing is that Tao Tao's death was heroic. He died for Alfred, leaving behind a happy Alfred. From a hierarchical point of view, "Old Boy" is far inferior to "Hero Tao Tao". "Old Boy" is just naked bloody violence, perverted and revengeful without artistry. And "Hero Taotao" not only tells us the memories and fantasies of a child-like old man with artistic narrative techniques and warm camera language, but also tells us a truth: memory, there are many unbelievable things, for facts Unbelievable is unreal. It is what we don't want to mention or even think about. Tao Tao tells us with actions that we should not escape from life, but tolerate the unfairness of life and the wrong things we have done. Tragedy is the punishment for evasion of wrong things.
At the end of "Hero Taotao" we also know another truth: don't always envy others, happiness is often around us, we just don't find it. In the film, what Alfred said to Tao Tao, who was also in his twilight years, not only surprised me, but also surprised all the audience that he was as fond of Tao Tao's life as Tao Tao towards himself. He is envious of Tao Tao's family of five, Hanhan's younger brother, and a beautiful sister that he does not have. He can fall in love with Tao Tao's Alice, mostly because of his childhood desire for the life of the Thomas family. This is inextricably linked to his marriage to Evelyn in the future. However, Alfred never thought that the person his wife Evelyn likes is Tao Tao, who has only met each other, which means that Alfred's life is full of tragedy. On the contrary, like most of us, Tao Tao, the protagonist of this film, does not notice the seemingly ordinary people around us. Others see us as happy, but we do not pay attention or notice. This theme is very similar to the theme of "Looking for Jay Chou". In the film "Looking for Jay Chou", Pu Pu alone looks for a track "Track" from Jay Chou's record because of his lovelessness. Pu Cai realized that the person who suits him best is by his side. The male lead is Yu Tsai, played by Shawn Yue. Yu Tsai is handsome and kind, but Pu Pu regards him as having no personality. Only in the end did he realize that Yu Tsai is what she has been looking for. "Jay Chou". We are often like this. We are often not good at digging out all kinds of happiness lurking around us, and we only envy some "good things" of others. What we may not get is what we like the most and want the most. This is actually very important. normal. When I was a child, and even now, I envy the children of rich families. After all, they don’t have to worry about food and clothing, and they can basically satisfy their needs. I think this is also the desire of many adults. But the desire is the desire, and it cannot cause hatred and dehumanize it. When you get power and money, you may lose some of the original things around you, and these things are what the people with power and money we envy desire. Why do we always have to be dominated by our desires, abandoning the happiness around us in pursuit of the hard-to-get things? The film "Hero Taotao" is to solve such a question for us: learn to forgive and control, restrain desire, and discover the happiness around you. Just like the old Tao Tao, when he understood this truth and put everything down, he suddenly found that his childhood was so beautiful; a kind father, a gentle mother, a silly and innocent brother, a beautiful sister, brisk songs... …what a heartwarming picture, isn’t that what Alfred envied? The director told us: abandon the original happiness to pursue the flashy
In the film "Hero Tao Tao", the person who knows how to enjoy life and reality the most must be the younger brother who is regarded as mentally handicapped. He is leisurely, happy and kind, and has the character that "Hero Tao Tao" should have. He who does not consider the hardships and sorrows of life is the philosopher of life. Due to the limitation of my thinking, I can only see these two vague themes for the time being: Don't escape from life and reality, and face the wrong things bravely; Envy may happen around you, simple will be happy.
There may be many themes worth exploring in this film, just as we need to discover the happiness around us...
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