We can't kill the demon, we just learn to live with it

Noah 2022-04-20 09:01:05

The movie was aimed at Benny, and the acting, plot, and special effects didn't disappoint me at all. I seldom write movie reviews of Marvel or DC series movies. I always feel that most of such American blockbusters sell scenes and special effects. Speaking of plot and practical significance, it is probably not enough to write a movie review with inspiring words. Whether it's the novels like "Zhu Xian" and "Star Change", which were popular in youth, or the anime "Naruto" and "One Piece", or the Marvel or DC series of American comics, they are gradually blurring a boundary. Justice and evil boundaries. There are generally the following types of themes: the so-called villains are more upright and kind than some sanctimonious decent people; the wicked are not born to be evil; the so-called righteous heroes will also harm innocent people in order to maintain the so-called justice.

Today's Doctor Strange isn't an exception. Gu Yi, who maintains justice but draws strength from the world of darkness, can only watch Mordo, who has always believed in shattered and blackened. The plot is not complicated at all, and the theme is not difficult to understand. The feeling of time and space dislocation brought many people back to "Inception", so another superhero who saved the world from fire and water was born. The difference from the Avengers series is that one of them helps the earth resist physical attacks, and the other resists magical attacks. I'm not a film expert, so I can't make a professional evaluation of those film techniques and special effects. It's not so much a film review, but rather a little bit of feeling that I've seen a movie.

In short, it is actually difficult for me to express some thoughts about this kind of blockbuster. The main purpose of writing today is probably also derived from a line.

"We can't destroy the demon, we just learn to live with it."

No one's heart is pure and spotless, and no one's heart is unsightly. I can't deny the pity I felt when I heard the Joker talk about his tragic childhood, and I can't deny the grudge in my heart when Tony insisted on researching Ultron. I still remember the childhood drama "Journey to the West: The Legend of the West", that wicked man has his good side. Probably, those so-called good and evil originate from the different ways of coexistence between each person and his inner demon.

This line is from Master Gu Yi, and she probably had a deep understanding of it when she said it. It's not that she doesn't have demons, and it's not that she has no dark side in her heart. She also draws strength from the dark world, but she chose such a way of coexistence. It's just a pity that Modu finally chose another way. It's not a poor man. At the moment when his belief collapsed, he probably could no longer coexist with his inner demons in a rational way.

For most ordinary people, the inner demon is not a big evil, nor is it a dark force that can destroy the world, it may be just some kind of negative emotion, it may be just some dark thoughts, or even just a thought to jump over the fence. There are so many legends and stories out there. The charm of art is probably to magnify the bits and pieces of reality on a huge screen and magnify it to the eyes of the whole world.

I'm not a psychologist, just a listener, a more patient listener. A friend once asked me one day, you said, am I too bad? I feel like I'm getting worse. I said, no one is a bad person, you have never murdered and set fire, you have never done heinous things, maybe you are just a little dark in your thoughts at certain times. However, which mortal can love the world and save all beings? God also asked Noah to build an ark, not to mention you are just an ordinary person. There are always people complaining that it is too difficult to be a good person, how can you love the world selflessly. You have a world for you to love, but not as big as a world for you to hate.

In the face of the pressure from all over the world, who has never thought of quitting; in the face of the trampled kindness, who has never thought of being selfish like this; in the face of others' borrowing the east wind, who has never roared at the sky It's not fair I'll be God. In the end, after complaining and venting, you still have to sort out the work at hand, continue to care about your loved ones, or step forward with your feet on the ground. It was as if the moment Dr. Strange knew the truth about Gu Yi's power drawn from the dark world, he never questioned, never complained, never thought of giving up. It's not that he never thought about using magic to restore his hands and then become that first-class neurosurgeon, and it's not that he never thought that these holy artifacts could actually turn around and be left behind. In the end, the red cloak chose him, and he chose to use an infinite loop of death to negotiate with the dark other dimension.

It is not only a team that requires common ground while reserving differences, but also oneself, seeking common ground while reserving differences with his so-called inner demon. Changing the scriptures may not be able to overcome the darkness in our hearts. We who are not saints and not Buddhas can probably just learn how to coexist with that smear of darkness. In those days of job hunting, interviewers like to ask me, what are your strengths? I said, my ability to withstand pressure is very strong. The interviewer will ask me again, what are your weaknesses? I say I get a little irritable when I'm stressed out. The interviewer said that the two are not contradictory? I said, no, when I'm impatient, I'll use my own way to channel it away and solve the problem, but I can't avoid the emotion itself.

When watching "Harry Potter", Professor Dumbledore asked Harry, you have Voldemort's talent, he has his strength, and he has the same desire for recognition from others, then why did you not go to Slytherin House But what about Gryffindor? Harry said I asked the Sorting Hat to put me in Gryffindor. Dumbledore said, yes, that's it. Who you become is not because of who you were born to be, but because of your own choices.

Then, the way to coexist with demons is our choice.
The so-called good and evil, good and evil, probably this is the case.

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Doctor Strange quotes

  • Kaecilius: Doctor... we don't seek to rule this world. We seek to save it... to hand it over to Dormammu, who is the intent of all evolution... the why of all existence.

  • Man on Bus: That is hilarious!