But I have to admit that apart from the ending, the plot hasn't made me feel uncomfortable, at least the plot is very exciting. Why did all the residents of the island, even her mother, say that the girl in the photo is not there at all? Why is there only one rabbit in the girl’s grave? There are also the strange customs on the island, the worship of sex, and the primitive religion, all of which attracted me to watch this movie.
But the ending gave me unspeakable anger in addition to panic and sadness. It turns out that everything is a trap carefully arranged by the residents here, the purpose is to lure this kind police officer to the bait. They ruthlessly used his kindness and responsibilities to make him pursue it on the island. It turned out that he was only asked to make a "sacrifice." The wicker people are burning in the raging fire, the police are crying desperately for Jesus, and the people below are singing and dancing joyfully on the green grass, seeming to be full of happiness and sacredness, not at all because they have deceived a good person. Conscience is disturbed. Looking at this contrasting picture, there is only the word "evil" in my mind. There is no conscience, no humanity, only their so-called gods. Is this religion? Do not! This is a cult! The true religious spirit is philanthropic, compassionate, and self-sacrificing, rather than full of conspiracy and bloodshed like this (of course, this is also the case in medieval Europe, but it really deviates from the religious spirit, otherwise it will not There is a Reformation Movement). I even think that "religion" is not a guise. If the inhabitants of the island are truly pious and truly fear their gods, they should sacrifice themselves to influence their gods, and they should feel glorious and sacred for being a "sacrifice"; they should never take advantage of a complete disbelief. They were a "religious" outsider and put him brutally burned to death forcibly. This evil island conceals the sins of the soul with the cloak of religion and belief.
Maybe I'm used to a beautiful ending, I'm used to an ending where sin can be punished, and I feel particularly uncomfortable with this ending.
But I have never understood what this movie wants to express? Irony of religion? Make people think about the consequences of religious fanaticism?
By the way, Mr. Police Officer is too "cuisine". You can't blame him if you fall into other people's traps, because he is kind and responsible. But he is a trained police officer who dares to investigate what he identified as a "murder" without even carrying a gun. Moreover, it was so caught by a group of people, there was no way to fight back, and being carried on the shoulders could only do a senseless struggle. How could this be a police officer. Suddenly I thought that if I changed to James Bond, I would be able to take out two guns and fall a few down on the last occasion, and then run away, or directly hijack that Lord, at least he would be able to take out a knife at the last moment. The wicker was cut and fled.
After watching this movie, I came up with a strange idea that it is better to have socialist China. This kind of cult will never be allowed to exist, even self-immolation will not work.
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