The optimism of the pessimists, the preaching of the loners

Lysanne 2022-09-29 22:10:11

True Detective is relatively serious.

At present, as long as two men appear together in a movie and drama, the entertainment audience will happily give it the element of rot, and in the face of "True Detective", it seems that it is not so easy to start. Whether it is literary works or film and television works, it is inevitable to be heavy when serious, and some audiences can't accept it and feel dull, so this is not a play suitable for all ages. The door is open to those who want to simply get a sense of refreshment from fast-moving shots, rushing to the seemingly fancy fights, to the wild reasoning. It's not a plus or minus, it's just its idiosyncrasy and personality, like the writer said, If someone likes True Detective after three episodes, I can guarantee we didn't drop the ball. And if you don't like it based on the first three episodes, you should stop now. Plenty of other stuff on TV.

But there's no denying that True Detective's eight-episode first season is well-made, with sincerity everywhere, director Cary getting it right, Matthew and The acting skills of the two actors of Woody are stable without losing the standard. The script dialogue does not leave the surface, and the photography is indispensable. The two girls who are exposed are excellent in figure.

Talking about Rust, Rust, as the protagonist in the play, the charm of the protagonist comes from the tension shown by this character in the three dimensions of thought, language and behavior, and it also reflects the character of another character Marty.

Rust is pessimistic about life, he told Marty in his cramped car, under a gray cloud, I'm a realist, and philosophically, I'm a so-called pessimist. He also said, I think human consciousness is a sad mistake in evolution. We know too much about ourselves, and nature takes part of itself and incarnates into nature. According to the laws of nature, we should not exist. creature. We are creatures that we are enslaved to by the illusion that we have a self, and this accumulation of sensory experiences and sensations is presupposed together with the hubris that affirms that each of us is someone when, in fact, everyone is not. I think the noblest thing for all creatures is to refuse to set, stop reproducing, and go hand in hand to extinction. At the last midnight, the brothers and sisters opted out of the injustice. (Does Schopenhauer Nietzsche have an upper body?)

The death of his daughter in a car accident, his divorce from his wife, his long-term undercover life, alcohol, and drugs are all the bricks and tiles that form his concept. Yes, evil is the power that rules the world. Humans are destined to accept suffering and disaster. The value of morality lies only in destroying desires.

Rust is also pessimistic about the people around him. Under the shed, he looked at the people being preached. He asked Marty, what do you think the average IQ of this group of people is? He said, 'I see the tendency to be poor, fat, fairy-tale thirsty, people who put their few dollars left in little rattan baskets that are passed back and forth, and I think I can say that no one here is going to split the atom. He is standing in the corner of rationality, watching these people who only have emotions but no thinking, and he can't fit in. Even for Marty and his colleagues, he is critical. They are just obstacles for him to solve the case. He looks down on his colleagues who were drinking in the bar during the investigation. He mocks him for Marty's cheating.

However, he is extremely paranoid about solving crimes, punishing evil is promoting good, and after years of indulging in alcohol and anesthesia in the cold of Alaska, Rust, who was suffering physically and mentally, still found Marty and said, we have something to do, There are still bills to pay. Catch the real culprit and prevent innocent victims from being harmed again. Even if he is pessimistic and withdrawn, his behavior is still just and selfless, like a preacher who has been doing it for decades. Solving cases is no longer his job to support his family, but a mission. .

And this down-to-earth pessimist, on the brink of death, in the faint consciousness, in the deepening darkness, has truly felt the love of his deceased daughter. After crossing the line and hitting the Rust hiding behind the shield of reason, he woke up in the hospital, watched the stars for a few nights, was pushed out by Marty to smoke a cigarette, and burst into tears. When it comes to the stars, Marty says that, in my opinion, darkness takes up more of the sky than light. Rust said, your angle is wrong, regarding the sky, it used to be only darkness, so if you ask me, I think light wins. At this time, the story just came to the end, the theme was just sublimated, and the tension of the character was just pulled to the maximum.

At the end, you look at what this character does, is he like -- Jesus?

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True Detective quotes

  • Detective Ray Velcoro: If you ever bully or hurt anybody again, I'll come back and butt fuck your father with your mom's headless corpse on this goddamn lawn.

  • Detective Ray Velcoro: Sometimes a good beating provokes personal growth.