This is yet another movie that disillusioned me.
The first is the protagonist joker himself. In most films, the protagonist will be given a setting that makes people empathetic. He has done many evil things, but he also has a hint of kindness or compassion. This setting will make the viewing experience very comfortable, at least it will not produce hatred. . But once again this movie made me hate it. joker is too cold and too contradictory. He ignored Leonard's occasional dependence.
It can be said that the joker is Leonard's only emotional sustenance and can bring him some comfort, but the joker has never responded to his request for help. Leonard took the joker's help to him as an expression of camaraderie, but the joker was just a routine.
This emotional asymmetry led to a complete breakdown of Leonard's emotions after the joker and the other crowd beat Leonard. He would never laugh again. His laugh, in my opinion, is his nature, and he is not good at covering up. Maybe he never wanted to cover up, and his nature became the reason for everyone's bullying. I don't know the reason why Leonard joined the army, maybe it was at that time that many young people joining the army had become a social trend, he was not suitable for the army camp, I was very puzzled why he didn't leave, obviously he was bullied so much in the army camp and became a A trash can for venting group emotions.
Leonard's death may not be inevitable, if the joker and the trainer didn't force him to go back to bed, I don't think he would necessarily kill himself, because, obviously, he has been trained to be a killing machine, and the target he shoots, should be the enemy. It was their coercion again that caused his emotions to swell. In order to maintain the only thing he cares about now, which is his rifle, it was extended to his new personality and identity, a battlefield killer who killed everything that threatened him. , his shaper, trainer. After that, he aimed the gun at the joker, but instead of pressing the trigger, he turned and aimed at himself.
I don't understand why he committed suicide.
As for joker, I think he is very contradictory, like his helmet and badge, born to kill vs. peace, what a contradiction.
I think in joker there is no "dual nature" as he claims to exist, he is a hypocritical coward who wants to kill, not because he yearns for peace, no, he is like all people in the barracks, the constant war is Their sustenance, their hunger for blood and slaughter. It's just that the special thing about joker is that he doesn't dare to kill. He wrote born to kill on his helmet and placed it in a very conspicuous place, but the place he wanted to go was the news department. Go, he is so clumsy.
He subconsciously glorified the killing, or himself. That peace badge seems to bring rationality to his actions, he came to war only to bring peace to Vietnam, not that he wanted to kill, it was a forced move. How hypocritical.
Another point, joker can kill, provided there is a reason. For example, on the plane, two officers brutally dropped the Viet Cong from the plane, so he killed the two officers. At the end, the girl shot him, but he didn't dare to shoot with the pistol until the girl was hit by someone else and lay dying on the ground. He didn't know what to do with the girl and he didn't shoot until the girl said shoot me. These pauses are because he is looking for a rationale to make his actions seem reasonable, not that he is going to kill for no reason, but that they are asking for it, whether the request is criminal or otherwise.
Isn't this the logic of the whole country? In the name of humanitarianism, flood the territory of other countries with blood. The interviews of those soldiers can also show the remarkable degree of the results of this logic propaganda. They complained that the Vietnamese do not thank them, and they are not grateful to them. They are fighting for peace for the Vietnamese at the cost of their lives. This logic itself is very problematic. . Arrogant and hypocritical.
The hypocrisy of joker is also reflected in this clip. He thinks the soldier who shoots innocent people is cruel and asks how he can kill women and children. However, in the last scene, it was he who shot the girl. Perhaps, this is a kind of proof, to prove my nature to kill, to prove to the boss, colleagues and girls, I can kill too.
Watching the full movie, very disillusioned, heartbroken, for me, the second District 9.
2021.7.20
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